Cruel Union (Brutal Universe #1)

26. Slade

26

SLADE

T he Need was getting to her— I could tell. It wasn’t just her scent either—though that was fucking hot. It was the way she kept shifting from foot to foot and squeezing her thighs together. Even though I had just made her come, she was already itching for more.

If only she would let me drink from her it would help. She needed the compounds my body made to ease the achy feeling and the unrelenting lust. But she seemed so determined that her sweet pussy was dirty or bad somehow. I wondered what the fuck they were teaching their kids on L’Crist because this was definitely something someone had taught her.

The Thirst was still tormenting me, though thanks to licking her juices off my fingers, it had eased a tiny bit. Not being able to drink from her wouldn’t kill me— I could survive indefinitely, even though the craving to pleasure her and taste her would get worse and worse.

But though The Thirst wasn’t fatal, its female counterpart, The Need could be. Once a Brute finds his Fated Mate and the two of them start spending time in close proximity to each other, The Need will grow and grow. If it isn’t satisfied and slaked with the compounds of the Brute the woman is mated to, she can develop what we call “ Need Fever ” and that can be fatal.

If it came to that, I would have to hold Aurora down and give her what she needed, whether she wanted me to or not.

I didn’t want to do that. I’m no rapist and I fucking hate males who are—rape is a killing offense in Clan Cruel . Not just banishment—you get fucking executed. So I didn’t want to do anything like that to her…but I also couldn’t let her die.

I would have to keep a close eye on her, I decided. If she started getting a fever or complaining that she felt “empty inside”—meaning her little pussy needed to be filled— I would have to take steps to save her.

I hoped and prayed it wouldn’t come to that—she needed to just let me taste her. And then soon after, to Breed her.

If she wasn’t careful, it was going to become a matter of life and death.