“What is it? Did it get you somewhere else?”
He shook his head. “Just some bad luck is all. Apparently, the stories were right about this as well. They have a toxin in their claws.”
“Oh my God! What do I do?”
“Nothing. There’s nothing to do.”
“Don’t say that!”
He let out a weak chuckle. “Don’t worry, it’s not fatal. It’s meant to incapacitate prey so they can move in for the kill. But in here we’re safe. I’ll just need some time to recover is all.”
“How long?”
“That the stories did not say.”
Maria felt her heart relax slightly. “You scared the shit out of me, you know.”
“Sorry. But I just need to rest a bit. The toxin weakens my body.”
“Then you rest. I’ll get you cleaned up. You’re safe, Zeph. I’ve got you.”
“That’s usually my line.”
“It’s a two-way street, you know. And now letmetake care ofyou.”
“No argument from me,” he said, taking her hand and pressing it to his lips before closing his eyes and lying back to rest.
Maria rummaged through the packs, soothing the spooked animals then returning with her medical supplies. She’d clean him up and keep him safe. For now, that was her only concern. They’d worry about the pack of Volvix later.
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
Zepharos lay quietly, his wound clean and bandaged. It was as he said, nothing serious, but the toxin on the beast’s claws had done its trick, knocking him for a loop. His body was warm, but he trembled slightly, so Maria curled up close to him, draping herself over his body to help warm him further.
Her Infala seemed to sense something was wrong with her mate, glowing steadily as she lay atop him. To her surprise, his began to faintly pulse and glow as well, as if his rune was communicating with hers. They weren’t fully bonded yet, but from what she’d heard about the process, that sort of connection could still very well be possible.
More surprising was the erection that sprang up long and hard, straining the fabric of his trousers. Zepharos’s eyes opened, a spark of energy returning where only exhaustion had been just moments ago.
“Hey, you said that stuff weakened your body,” she joked, playfully whacking his cock through his clothing.
“Not all of it, apparently,” he replied, his hands roaming over her body.
“Hey, you need to rest.”
“I need more than that.”
Maria knew it was weird, but her arousal spiked to match his in an instant, her nipples hard and sensitive, her clit already beginning to swell with anticipation. Sure, part of it was the huge amount of adrenaline in her body shifting from flight to a far different instinct. But it was also the crazy pigment in her flesh pulling her to take him deep. To join their energy and heal him in the most wonderful way possible.
Without even realizing what she was doing Maria slid one leg out of her bottoms, pulled Zepharos’s cock free from its constraints, and lowered herself onto him, slowly taking him until he bottomed out, her body shivering with the rush of sensation igniting static-hot tingles of bliss in her belly and beyond.
“You,” he murmured, his hips moving on instinct.
Maria rocked back and forth, churning his length inside her just right, her clit rubbing against him in the perfect way. “Shhh. Let me do the work.”
In his current state, he was in no condition to argue. Not that he would have. Maria was working his girthy length expertly, drawing his energy and blood flow through his body, peaking in his cock, mingling with her own power, his pre-cum blending with her own juices to form their own perfect lube, sensation-enhancing and wonderful.
The heat in Maria’s belly was a little different this time. Stronger, as if her body was burning through a flu with a powerful fever. She broke a sweat, as did Zepharos, which was normal most of the time under such intimate circumstances, but this felt more intense, as if they were sweating out toxins. It was the strangest feeling, but it in no way tempered their pleasure. In fact, the new sensations were rather enjoyable as their passion grew.
Maria felt her G-spot swelling with every grind, clenchinghis cock tighter as she milked every inch with her greedy pussy, taking all of him deep, and hard, and loving every second of it. The swirling ball of orgasmic energy was exponentially growing, and for a second Maria felt as if she might explode from the pressure.