Cruel Union (Brutal Universe #1)

50. Aurora

50

AURORA

I had no idea what Slade was thinking—there was a permanent scowl on his face and he wasn’t looking at me any more than he had to as he piloted the ship. I was still angry at him—angry for not giving me a chance to talk and explain my side of the story…angry for leaving me on L’Crist for three agonizing weeks without a word and most of all, angry at him for being such a stubborn pigheaded male.

But I missed him too. Being so close in the cabin of the ship I could smell his warm, enticing, masculine scent for the first time in weeks. It was invading my senses and making me feel weak in the knees.

The Need , which had been barely kept in control for the past three weeks, had woken up and was roaring inside me like a hungry lioness, demanding to be fed. My nipples were so tight they ached and the V between my legs was getting wetter by the minute.

But Slade didn’t seem to be in the mood to slake my lust. When we finally got to the luxury resort he called home, he came around to my side of the ship and lifted me down without a word. When he tried to put me down, though, I wouldn’t let him.

I clung to him, my arms around his neck, my body pressed to his. Goddess how could I be so angry with him and want him so much at the same time? I didn’t know, but I didn’t want to let go of him.

For a moment Slade froze with his hands on my waist. Then he hugged me back, dragging me to him in a spasm of need I felt run through my whole body. He was nearly smothering me but I didn’t care— I just needed so badly to be near him. I gripped him tighter, digging my nails into his broad back as though I could keep him with me always and mark him as my own.

Slade hugged me so tightly I couldn’t breathe for a moment. Then he pushed me backwards so hard I almost stumbled.

“ Goddess damn you, Aurora ,” he said hoarsely. He grabbed me by the wrist. “ Come on.”

He dragged me through the hotel lobby, ignoring the shocked stares of the normally friendly staff. I tripped and stumbled and barely kept up with his long strides. The only thing that kept me going was the thought that finally he was touching me again. Also , I knew something now.

Slade wanted me as much as I wanted him. He’d been missing me too all these long weeks apart. I could feel it in the desperate way he hugged me—could smell it like a cologne, sharp with desire. And I imagined, that I must smell much the same to him—even more so, since Brutes had sharper senses than humans.

I was still angry with him for abandoning me, but I wanted him anyway, I decided. We could figure out our differences after we came together again and slaked the rampant lust growing between us. Until then, I just had to find a way to keep him with me.

The ride up to the vertical lift was silent. The minute we hit the penthouse floor, Slade opened the door and pushed me inside.

At first I was afraid he might leave me there and ride right back down the lift. And he did seem to hesitate.

I took the opportunity, knowing it might be the only one I got.

“ You’re a mess, Slade ,” I told him. “ You need to come in and get changed before you go anywhere else.”

He looked down at himself and seemed to register the splotches of blood on his white shirt and the rumpled state of his trousers. His tie was lost and his jacket was long gone—a shame since it probably cost more than most people made in a year.

At last he gave a low curse and came in, slamming the door behind him.

“ You need a shower,” I informed him. “ You can’t go back looking like you do.”

“ And where do you think I’m going?” he growled. “ Not that it’s any of your fucking business.”

“ I didn’t say it was,” I said coldly. “ I just said you’re a mess—you’re not fit to be seen anywhere. You need to wash your hair and probably brush your teeth. You literally bit a man’s head off thirty minutes ago.”

“ That was my Darkness , not me,” he grumbled but I could tell he was listening to me. His personal appearance had always been very important to him, which was something I liked about my husband.

That’s right, I reminded myself, he was my husband. But how could I get him to forgive me and come back to me?

I sensed that it had to be physical. I would have to tempt him with my body and then, afterwards, we could have a meeting of the minds.

As Slade ducked into the bathroom and I heard the water start to run, I went back to the closet where I had left all the clothes and shoes Slade had bought for me on our various shopping trips during our honeymoon

I was afraid that he might have thrown everything away, but luckily there wasn’t a thing missing, other than the things I had packed to bring on our ill-fated move to his family’s mansion. Even the high heeled shoes and the lacy underwear sets were still there— Slade must not have been able to make himself get rid of them, even though I could plainly see by the clothes in the hamper that he’d been living here without me.

The thought gave me hope and the sight of all the naughty bra and panty sets gave me an idea. And then I saw the shoes and knew exactly what I was going to do.

Looking through them, I chose a set that Slade had picked out for me. It was a white bra with tiny lace triangles that would barely cover my tight nipples. The thin white straps were stretched to the limit, trying to contain my full breasts.

The panties that matched weren’t much better. The back was just a thin white string that ran up my backside. And the front had another tiny lace triangle so small that it was impossible to cover all of my pussy at once. If I pulled it down to cover my cunny lips, it showed the top half of my slit. But if I pulled it up to cover my slit, it clearly showed my cunny lips and the thin white string running between them.

There was a robe that went with the outfit—a white silk one that was almost completely see-through. I draped it around myself, leaving it casually untied so that it showed almost everything.

I felt incredibly sultry as I stood in front of the viewer and arranged my hair. I looked pretty good considering the hell I’d been through for the past three weeks. I thought it was probably being around Slade again—his masculine scent was reviving me, like a drink of water revives a flower dying of thirst.

The only problem was my lip. It was still swollen and painful from where Hornsby had slapped me. I tested it gently with my tongue and winced. Ouch , that really was painful.

And that gave me another idea.

When Slade came out of the shower, he barely looked at me—at first. Then it was as though an invisible hand grabbed his neck and forced him to turn his head. His eyes went wide when he saw my outfit and he let out a low groan, as though he was in pain.

“ Gods , why the fuck are you dressed like that?” he demanded, glaring at me.

I shrugged, making sure the gesture opened the robe wider so he could see my barely there bra.

“ I don’t know— I wanted to get comfortable,” I told him.

“ Well , if you’re hoping to seduce me, you can fucking forget it!” he growled, but I noticed that his golden eyes didn’t leave my body.

“ I’m not,” I lied coolly.

“ Good , because I’m getting dressed and going.” But though he talked a big game, I saw that he didn’t move—his eyes were still fixed hungrily on my body.

“ Well then, I guess you’d better pick some clothes to wear,” I said. Turning away, I walked a few steps further into the bedroom, my hips rolling seductively with the motions since I was wearing a pair of extremely high-heeled shoes.

I heard Slade groan as he took in my full hips and behind. I turned my head and watched as his eyes traveled down to my shoes…and there they stopped.

“ Aurora ,” he growled. “ Why the fuck are you wearing those?”

“ Wearing what?” I asked innocently, turning to face him again. I had the bed right behind me— I was setting the stage.

“ Those are the ‘fuck me’ shoes I bought you,” Slade pointed an accusing finger at the red heels with their thin leather straps wound around my ankles.

“ Oh , are they?” I feigned surprise as I looked down at my feet. “ Well what do you know, they are ,” I said.

“ I told you—you’re not going to seduce me,” Slade growled, crossing his broad arms over his muscular chest. “ You betrayed me once— I won’t give you a chance to do it again.”

That stung but I knew getting angry and shouting at him wouldn’t get me what I wanted—what I so desperately needed from the big Brute .

“ Fine .” I shrugged. “ But tell me this—we’re still Fated Mates , right? I mean, you can’t just turn it off and choose someone else, can you?”

“ Fuck …” Slade ran a hand over his horns. “ Yes , we’re still Mates . Unfortunately you don’t get to pick who your Fated Mate is and no, you can’t turn it off.”

“ All right, good. And Fated Mates take care of each other, right?” I probed. “ I mean, the way you came and rescued me right when Hornsby was about to fly me off to Skeezix to chop me up. How did you find me, anyway? I mean, how did you know I was in trouble?” I asked.

Slade squeezed his eyes shut for a minute and pinched the bridge of his nose.

“ I had a feeling—a feeling like something bad was happening to you. I tried, but I couldn’t…couldn’t ignore it.”

It hurt to know that he’d tried to ignore it in the first place, but I wasn’t going to concentrate on that.

“ So if fated mates take care of each other, you should still be able to heal me. I mean, before you go,” I said.

Slade glared down at me.

“ And where exactly do you need to be healed?”

“ Here .” I pointed to my sore lower lip. The skin was still split and swollen, though I had done the best I could to ease the swelling with a cold cloth.

“ What the fuck?” Slade cupped my cheek in his hand, turning my face up and leaning down so he could see more easily. “ What happened, baby?” he asked.

His use of the old nickname sent a thrill of hope through my entire body but I worked to keep my expression nonchalant.

“ Hornsby slapped me when I was screaming for him to let me go,” I said.

“ That fucker!” Slade’s eyes flashed black for a moment. “ I should have killed him slowly.”

“ He’s gone now and we never have to see him again,” I reminded him. “ But in the meantime my lip really hurts. I know you’re still mad at me but could you…would you heal it for me, Slade ?”

I looked up at him, putting my heart in my eyes, letting him see how much I needed him.

A low growl rose in his throat but it ended in a defeated sigh.

“ I’m not just angry you know— I’m fucking enraged ,” he told me. “ What you did?—”

“ Was a misunderstanding,” I cut him off smoothly. “ And we can talk it out if you want to— after you heal me.” Taking a step closer to him, I stood on my tiptoes and put my arms around his neck. It was much easier to reach him wearing the “fuck me” shoes, which was nice since he was so much taller than me.

Slade resisted at first. Then , with a low groan he leaned down and gently began licking my hurt lip.

I moaned softly and melted against him and a moment later the healing turned to kissing, just as I had hoped. Slade sucked gently on my lower lip and then took my mouth more fully. He must have brushed his teeth because his tongue tasted like cinnamon. I sucked on it eagerly, wanting any part of him I could get inside me.

Slade groaned softly as he kissed me back. I could feel the hungry intensity in his kiss, in the set of his big body as he crushed me to him. I knew then that he had missed me as desperately as I had missed him. I just needed to bring him a little closer, and I thought I knew how to do it.

When the kiss broke at last, he cupped my cheek and looked into my eyes.

“ Are you better now, baby? Lip all healed?” he asked, his deep voice hoarse.

“ I think so.” I probed my lower lip lightly with my tongue. Sure enough, his compounds had healed me completely. “ Yes , much better,” I said.

“ Good .” Reluctantly , I thought, he began to pull away. “ Then I really need to get dressed and go.”

“ Wait !” I put a hand on his arm to stop him. “ There’s , er, one more place I’m hurting. One more place that needs to be healed.”

“ And where is that?” Slade raised his eyebrows.

“ Come here.” I took his hand and tugged him towards the bed. “ I’ll show you.”

He came with me, though I could see the skepticism warring with lust in his eyes. He gave a low growl as I sat on the side of the bed and spread my legs.

The motion opened my nether lips and pulled down the tiny white lace triangle. Suddenly my aching clit was on display.

“ Here ,” I said, tugging lightly on Slade’s arm. “ This is where I hurt, husband. This is where I need to be healed…”

“ Goddess , you don’t know what it does to me when you call me that, Princess !”

He fell to his knees before me and I could see The Thirst raging in his golden gaze. He needed me as much as I needed him. Slowly , I spread my legs wider.

“ Please , husband,” I pleaded softly. “ I’m so hurt and achy—please heal me.”

I could see it on his face when he gave in. His eyes went half-lidded and he licked his lips. Then , without another word, he wound his long arms around my thighs, split me wide, and feasted on me.

“ Oh … ohhhh!” I moaned as he lashed my throbbing clit with his tongue. Then he sucked it between his lips and started sliding just the tip of his tongue up and down the right side of my little button—which was exactly how I liked to touch myself when I dared to do it.

I threw back my head and gasped as the pleasure rolled through me. The Need inside me was pushing me higher and harder. No matter how good his tongue felt on my bare pussy, I knew I needed more.

But Slade had been thirsty for me for a long time—he wasn’t going anywhere for a while. He was holding me down, his arms around my thighs as he knelt on the floor before me, pinning me to the bed. He teased my clit for a while, making my juices flow, and then he ducked down lower, sliding his tongue deep inside me to gather them and lick up all my honey.

I moaned helplessly and gripped his horns, but this time I couldn’t guide him. Slade knew exactly what he wanted from me and he was determined to have it.

At last I gave up. Laying back fully on the bed, I gave in to his lust to taste me, not even trying to get away as he bathed my pussy with his tongue. The thing was, he kept getting me closer and closer to the edge…and then pulling back at the last moment.

Finally , when I was crying with The Need and writhing under him restlessly, he looked up at me.

“ Gods , you don’t know how much I needed that,” he growled and licked his lips. “ Your soft little pussy has been all I could think about for the past three weeks!”

“ I … I’ve been thinking about you too!” I panted. “ Thinking about how much I missed you…how much I need you.”

He raised an eyebrow at me.

“ So The Need is fucking with you again, is it? Wasn’t the toy I sent you enough to help?”

“ Not nearly!” I moaned. “ Because it’s not what I want—what I want is you.” I sat up on my elbows and looked him in the eyes. “ Slade , you’ll never know how sorry I am for what I did, but you have to believe me— I didn’t know what a serious offense it was. I …” I swallowed hard. “ I hated you when I first agreed to marry you. I was frightened and I just wanted to get away— I thought if I could keep from having a baby, you would let me go sooner.”

He frowned but didn’t seem angry like he had before.

“ And now I’m supposed to think you changed your mind? Why ? What changed it?”

“ You changed my mind,” I told him softly. Sitting up more, I reached out to cup his cheek. “ You were so kind to me—so patient. You didn’t hurt me or force me like I was afraid you would. You were gentle and sweet and you let me take my time getting ready for you.” I stroked his cheek gently. “ I know I insulted you and your Clan and I just want to make it up to you.”

“ And how do you think you’ll do that, baby?” There was definite interest in his deep voice.

“ By letting you Breed me.” I lay back on the bed again and shifted in his grip, managing to spread my thighs a little wider. “ By letting you put your baby in me, Slade .”

His breath seemed to catch in his throat and a growl of pure lust came from his lips.

“ You’re saying you want me to knot you and Breed you tonight, Princess ? You want me to fuck your sweet little pussy long and hard and give you a Deep Seeding ?”

“ Yes , husband!” I nearly moaned. “ Oh God , yes—that’s exactly what I want. Breed me! Fill me with your seed, just like you promised you would during our vows.”

He frowned.

“ And how do I know my seed will take root? When was the last time you took that fucking herb?”

“ Not since the day before we moved to your family’s mansion,” I told him. “ I thought about taking it that morning but, well… I just couldn’t. Because the night before, you told me you loved me. Remember ?”

Slade squeezed his eyes shut for a moment and I saw a variety of emotions pass over his strong features.

“ Yeah , baby. I remember,” he said at last. “ I remember saying I love you.”

I was encouraged that he wasn’t using the past tense—that he’d said “love” instead of “loved.”

“ I’m so sorry I wasn’t ready to say it back to you then,” I told him. “ But I am now. Being without you these past three weeks made me realize it. I love you, Slade — so much. And I never want to be without you again. And if I have to open myself to you for a Deep Seeding to prove it, well then… I’m ready to do that.”

I spread my arms, letting him see my breasts jiggle with the motion. I was trying to be calm but inside my heart was pounding. I was laying on the bed completely open for him and I had laid bare my soul as well. Would he be able to get past the insult I had given him and his Clan and forgive me? Did he still love me the way I loved him?

Thankfully , I didn’t have to wait for long. Before I knew it, Slade was on the bed with me, gathering me into his arms.

“ Gods , baby, I missed you so fucking much!” he growled against my neck.

“ I missed you too!” I wrapped my arms around his broad back and leaned into him, arching my back to get more contact between us. “ Please , Slade ,” I whispered in his ear. “ Breed me.”

“ How can I resist you, Princess ?” He kissed my throat, long and slow and hot before looking up at me. “ You’d better be on top, since this is your first time.”

“ You fucked me before though—with the spreaders,” I reminded him.

“ Yes , but this is the first time you’ll be taking my shaft—and my knot,” he reminded me. He rolled us over so that he was laying on the bed and I was straddling him. “ Lean down and let me suck your tight nipples while you rub your sweet pussy against the head of my shaft,” he ordered. “ I want to be sure you’re nice and wet when I enter you.”

Panting , I did as he said. Leaning forward, I let my breasts hang down in his face and moaned softly as Slade sucked my right nipple deep into his mouth.

At the same time, I was rubbing my open pussy against the broad head of his cock. I could see that it was already leaking golden-clear precum and when it rubbed against me, it made my clit tingle with pleasure.

I still hadn’t come yet and The Need was making me feel incredibly empty inside. I knew I couldn’t wait any longer. So when Slade finally released my right nipple, I took the opportunity to reach between us and fit the broad crown of his shaft to the mouth of my pussy.

“ Easy , baby,” Slade cautioned when he felt what I was doing. “ I don’t want to hurt you!”

“ You …you won’t!” I panted. I was lowering myself onto him now—feeling the wide head breaching my entrance. It was a tight fit—it had been weeks since he’d used the spreaders on me. But the compounds in his precum seemed to be stronger than the ones in his mouth because I could feel myself stretching to open for him as more of his thick shaft slipped inside.

“ Goddess , you’re so fucking tight!” Slade groaned, as I took more of him inside me. I could feel the stretch in my inner walls now, and it was a little painful—but in a good way. I found that I liked being opened by the man I loved—liked having him fill me up so completely.

“ Deeper … I need you deeper inside me,” I moaned, shifting my hips as I took even more. I was sure that any minute I would feel the head of his shaft kissing the mouth of my womb— I couldn’t wait to have him all the way inside.

A minute later, it happened. I felt him pressing hard against the end of my channel and knew he couldn’t go any further. But what about his knot? What about the Deep Seeding ?

“ Why aren’t you all the way in me yet?” I asked, looking down at him. “ I thought you said I was supposed to open up inside so your knot could go in me and tie us together?”

“ Not until I fuck you and come in you first, baby,” he growled, gripping my hips. “ My body makes extra-special compounds when I come—those are what help the mouth of your womb to open for me.”

“ Then do it!” I moaned, wiggling on his cock. “ Fuck me, Slade — please!”

His eyes went lazy with lust and he gripped my hips tighter.

“ Whatever you say, baby. Hang on—it might be a rough ride.”

Then he pulled almost all the way out of me and thrust in again, filling my pussy to the limit with his length as he stretched my inner walls with his thick shaft. And then he did it again and again and again.

“ Oh !” I wailed, throwing my head back as I gave in completely to his pumping inside me. I could feel my breasts jiggling with every deep thrust and my swollen clit was rubbing hard against him, sending shivers of pleasure down my spine every time he hit bottom inside me.

There seemed to be some kind of ridge on the top of his shaft that was stimulating that spot inside me too—the G -spot. I could feel myself getting closer and closer to the edge—closer and closer to completing the Binding we had started so many weeks ago.

“ Slade !” I moaned, grinding against him. “ Oh Goddess , I’m so close to coming! Please don’t stop—don’t stop fucking me! Breed me deep and hard!”

“ Gods , baby, not gonna stop,” he growled. “ Never gonna stop until you come for me. Come nice and hard all over my cock!”

His dirty words spoken in that low growling voice coupled with the thick shaft inside me was finally too much. I felt my orgasm coming over me, rushing with incredible force and intensity as I came.

I could feel my inner walls clenching around his shaft and Slade felt it too because he groaned,

“ Gods , baby—love the feel of your sweet little pussy milking my cock. Going to come in you now—going to fill your sweet little pussy with my cream so you can open up for me!”

“ Do it—come inside me!” I begged. “ Breed me, Slade ! Please — I want you to!”

“ Get ready,” he warned me. And then I felt something hot and wet shooting deep inside me, coating my inner walls with heat that made me come all over again.

When my second orgasm finally passed, I saw that Slade was holding still inside me. He was looking up at me intently, as though making sure I was all right.

“ You okay, baby?” he growled. “ That was a pretty intense orgasm.”

“ I … I think so.” I nodded, my hair brushing against my shoulders with the motion. “ Are …are you going to do the Deep Seeding now?”

“ Yes , but not like this.”

Slade rolled us over so that we were lying on our sides with him still inside me. I had one leg thrown over his hip which kept me nice and open for him.

“ All right now, baby—watch while I do this,” he commanded. “ Look down between us and you’ll see my knot going into you. And you should feel the head of my cock entering the mouth of your womb at the same time,” he added.

I looked between our legs, fascinated as the thick swelling at the base of his shaft began entering my already tightly stretched pussy. I wasn’t sure how he was going to get it into me, but somehow I opened even wider to take it.

At the same time, I felt something else happening inside me. It was almost like a second set of lips had opened at the end of my channel. I felt them sucking eagerly at the broad head of Slade’s shaft.

“ Feel it going in?” he asked, catching my gaze.

I nodded.

“ It …it feels good .”

“ Good , baby—look at you taking my knot in your pussy like a good girl,” he growled. “ You’re opening up for me so nicely— I’m so proud of you for taking it so deep.”

“ Ahh …” I panted. “ I … I’m trying, Slade . I think…think you’re almost all the way inside me.”

As I spoke, his knot slid all the way home and I felt it begin to swell to tie us together. At the same time, I felt the head of his shaft slide deeply into the second mouth that had opened inside me I knew it was lodged securely in my womb.

“ Oh , Slade !” I moaned. “ I feel you in me— all the way in me.”

“ Good girl.” Leaning down, he took my mouth in a gentle kiss. “ Does it feel all right?”

“ More than all right,” I confessed. “ I feel like… almost like I might come again.”

“ That’s because you’re feeling the effects of my compounds,” he told me. “ In just a minute I’ll begin the Deep Seeding . When I do, you’ll probably come several more times. It’s your body’s way of drawing my seed even deeper.”

“ All right.” I nodded. “ I think I’m ready.”

“ There’s one more thing,” Slade told me. “ I’m going to be shooting a lot of cream in you, baby— I mean a lot. It might make your tummy swell for a while.”

“ Really ?” I panted. “ For …for how long?”

“ A few days,” Slade said. “ After I pull out, my compounds will seal you shut and until your body absorbs my seed, you might look like you’re a couple months pregnant.”

“ Really ?” I asked again, looking up at him with wide eyes. “ You’re going to come in me that much?”

“ It’s the only way to do a Deep Seeding ,” Slade assured me. “ Get ready, Princess —here it comes.”

As he spoke, I felt a warm, steady flow begin to fill me deep inside. I could imagine the melted gold cream flowing into me, causing my body to open to take more and more of it as his knot kept us tied together down below so not a drop was lost.

For some reason, the feeling of being filled so deeply with his cream made me come again, though not as intensely this time. If my orgasm while he had been fucking me was like a lightning strike, this was more like a low, rumbling thunder. The pleasure rolled through me, causing my inner walls to contract again and again, milking Slade’s shaft and encouraging his seed to keep flowing inside me.

And through it all, Slade held me in his arms and looked into my eyes.

“ That’s it, baby,” he murmured encouragingly. “ You’re doing so good— I’m so proud of you for taking me so deep and coming on my cock while I fill you. You’re being such a good girl, taking all my cream.”

“ Oh … ohhhh!” I moaned. “ Oh , Slade , yes—yes! It feels so good—so right.”

And it did. Because as he filled me, I could feel something else happening between us. It was like a golden cord was tying our hearts together—bringing me closer to Slade than I had ever been to any other person in my life.

“ It’s the Binding ,” Slade murmured, putting my feelings into thoughts. “ Do you feel it? It’s permanent now.”

“ It …it is?” I panted. “ What does that mean?”

“ It means we’ll always be attuned to each other—and we’ll never be apart,” Slade promised. He stroked my cheek and then reached between us to stroke my belly which felt full and tight from all the seed he had flooded me with. “ And soon it’s going to mean a baby. Permanent Bindings almost always result in pregnancy.”

The thought of carrying the big Brute’s baby no longer filled me with dread—it filled me with joy.

“ Good .” I looked up at him with shining eyes. “ That’s what I want. I want to be with you forever, Slade . I love you so much.”

“ I love you too, baby.” He kissed me tenderly and pulled me even closer. “ Now that I finally have you permanently Bound to me, I’ll never let you go.”