Adonis and Aphroditus (15 page)

Well if you can’t remember, just forget it,
right? He curled even farther around his mate and settled back to
sleep. He woke up again, but there was a reason. What was that
smell? Coffee? He decided to get up and left Nettie, who would be
adjusting to mating changes brought on by his venom, to sleep some
more. He pulled on some lounge pants because he didn’t intend to go
anywhere today, and headed out to the kitchen.

Julie! He couldn’t believe he’d forgotten
about her being left on her own. “I see you found the coffee,” he
observed.

“Yeah, it wasn’t hard to find. So, you and
Nettie?”

“Looks like it.”

“You care about her?”

Afrod smiled. “She’s fantastic. I’ve never
known anyone like her. Well, I mean you kinda like her, but you two
are different too.”

“Hey, I knew what you meant. I just want her
to be happy and loved. She deserves the best of everything.”

“I know and I want her to have that.”

“So have you heard anything about Apis?”

“No, but I can check.” He ran back to the
bedroom where Nettie was stretched out on the bed asleep and he
grabbed his radio from the nightstand. He went back to the kitchen
and sat down at the table.

“Hercules?”

“No, this is Eros. Hercules won’t be on until
next shift.”

“Have you had an update on Apis, yet?”

“Sure, he’s just boarded the plane but it’s
not taken off yet. He’s responding well to treatment. Looks like
he’ll be fine.”

“Thank God!” Julie breathed. “

“Thanks Eros, catch you later.”

“No problem.”

“He’ll be here in a day or so if they don’t
have any layovers.”

“Do you guys even have those?”

“I don’t know who is bringing him. Sometimes
we contract a plane for a single use,” he explained. “We’ll know
when he gets closer.”

She seemed reassured and she went back to the
task of cooking breakfast. They had a small but well-appointed
kitchen and it seemed someone had gone to the trouble of stocking
the refrigerator and the cabinets. He yawned and thought of the
gorgeous female still sleeping in bed. He didn’t usually lie around
in bed all day, but he was sorely tempted to do just that.

“I’m going to go check on Nettie,” he said
with a wink and a grin that made Julie flush. He chuckled, she was
so innocent. He turned and walked to the bedroom.

His intentions had been to wake his lovely
lately but she looked so adorable, maybe just a kiss like sleeping
beauty? He slipped into bed next to her and leaned over her. So
lovely, he couldn’t resist ad he gently kissed her. She seemed to
wake and her arms came up and around him clinging to him with all
her might. He gave himself to her and he began to show her his
love. He kissed her, plundering her lips and sinking his tongue on
her mouth exploring her inner secrets.

He moved to her neck and the temptation was
too great, he bit her again dosing her with his venom. He’d never
been tempted before to share his bite with a female. She relaxed
and it would increase her enjoyment and that was all he wanted. He
moved to her breast and he gave them his full attention. He sucked
her pretty nipples until their color deepened and she squirmed
beneath him begging for more. She was gorgeous with her face
flushed with passion and her body responding to his slightest
touch.

He moved his hand down to her sex and found
her drenched, ready, and oh so needy. He positioned himself on top
of her and rolled them over. This time he wanted her to take him.
“Ride me, Nettie,” he whispered hoarsely his voice filled with
passion and his eyes glowing with emotion.

She grabbed his hard and sensitive cock in
her hand and he groaned with need. She rose up above him and guided
him into her hot, wet, and waiting center. She slid down his shaft
and he almost came just form the exquisite feeling of her wet
sheathe grasping him as she moved all the way down his length until
he was firmly entrenched deep within her. She paused, clearly
enjoying the feel of their joining and she made whimpering noises
that drove him wild.

She started riding him, sitting astride him
her head thrown back and her face aglow with need. She rode him
like a rented mule, faster and faster until she rocked and rolled
holding nothing back. Her explosion was near, he held himself back
just waiting for her to claim her pleasure first. Her body started
to tighten and it was all he could do to tamp down his climax. She
froze, just a moment and then she was a wild thing riding his cock
as if she intended to tear it off.

He could hold back no more and he bucked and
bowed, the need to fill her with his seed was overwhelming.
Mine!
Yes, Nettie was his and he would claim her. It was all
he could think about as he rode out the aftershocks of his most
excellent orgasm. When their bodies quieted, he pulled her into his
arms for the talk he dreaded.

“I love you, Nettie,” he whispered.

She looked at him as if unsure how to answer.
“I care about you, too,” she said softly.

“I don’t expect professions of undying love.
I know humans are different. I just have some things I have to tell
you and I want you to understand how I feel about you,”

She looked serious now as if she understood
this would change her life. “Go on,” she encouraged.

“There are differences we gods have that you
might not know that come out during mating,” he paused to make sure
she followed.

She smiled. “You mean like the way you like
to bite me? I never thought I’d get into that kind of thing but it
makes me feel so good.”

“That’s one thing. I release a venom but only
when I bite my chosen mate. I’ve never bitten anyone else before.
I’ve never wanted to.”

“I’m getting a sense that I may not like the
rest of what you’re going to tell me,” she whispered and her
attitude was serious now.

“If we go through the whole mating, you’ll
change. You’ll develop some god characteristics if you take in
enough of my venom.”

“Have I taken enough in? You should of told
me before you bit me,” she snapped angrily.

He thought she was even more beautiful angry
but he wasn’t going to enjoy dealing with her like this. It
occurred to him that he could lose her and fear was like a spinning
blade in his stomach eating at his insides. He wasn’t the serious
type and he wasn’t any good at this. He wished he could tell a joke
and diffuse the tension but he knew she wouldn’t be laughing.

“I don’t think you’ve had enough to make any
changes. I also need to tell you, and you need to know this can’t
be repeated. We can have children but only with our fated
mates.”

“I can get pregnant from sex with you?” she
croaked her voice rough as sandpaper.

“Yes, it’s possible. Don’t you want to have
my child?” he asked hurt evident in his voice and his demeanor.

“That’s not the point damn it! You should
have told me before we ever had sex,” she stated. “I need to be
alone to think about this.”

He nodded and left the room. He joined Julie
and ate breakfast but even though she tried to engage him in
conversation, he had nothing to say.

“First fight?” Julie asked.

“Yeah, and it was a bad one. I told her some
things she didn’t like and she’s mad because I didn’t tell her
before,” he explained.

“She really cares about you. More than she’s
ever cared about any guy before.”

He hoped Julie was right as he thought back
on that conversation Nettie had froze him out for days now and
nothing seemed to warm her up. Apis came home and they went to see
him. He looked almost like his old self. Things would be fine if
Nettie would just talk to him. He missed her in all ways,
physically, emotionally, and mentally. She was his but it didn’t
look like she wanted to be. He was giving her time hoping she would
come to him.

He sat in the living room a few days later
about as sad as a god could be. He was certain he’d lost her for
good. He felt like screaming, crying, or maybe going to the gym and
finding a good fight because either beating the shit out of someone
or getting it beat out of him was sounding good. He was ready to
leave when he felt a weight settle next to him on the couch. He’d
been so immersed in self-pity that he hadn’t noticed Nettie come
into the room.

“I’ve missed you,” she admitted
haltingly.

“I’ve missed you too,” he said with
feeling.

“Let’s talk about this thing between us. I
don’t think I can keep away from you. It just hurts too much,” she
explained.

He smiled and he kissed her. Life was looking
up!

Epilogue

Afrod slowly woke from a deep satisfying
sleep. The kind of sleep a male has when he’s been satisfied
without reservations by the female that he loves. Nettie, his mate,
had finally accepted what they meant to each other. He could feel
her satiny skin against him as she lay in his arms, naked just as
he was. His body was humming with happiness but it was also coming
awake to the fact that his mate was aroused. The female was
insatiable, she was a perfect gift for a god.

He rolled onto his back and pulled her on top
of him. He grinned and whispered, “Have your wicked way with me,
female.”

She giggled as she wiggled around on top of
him drawing interested jerks from his engorged cock. She sat
astride him and leaned down to get her first kiss of the morning.
Her lips teased his and he was tempted to roll them over and take
control. He didn’t think she’d like that so he let her play and
kept himself under the strictest of control. He moaned as she bit
him lightly in the neck then laved the spot with her tongue. His
hips surged up involuntarily searching for the wet heat above
him.

“Naughty, naughty! I’m in charge this time,
Baby,” Nettie whispered.

“Please Honey, don’t torment me so. I need
you so much,” Afrod groaned.

“Mm, you feel so good. I might cum just from
listening to you talk.”

“Just cum all over me, Nettie. I love the
taste and the scent when you do.” He moved his hand to her pussy
and slid along the crease until he dipped inside. He moved his
finger to her nubbin and worried it. He lightly pinched and pulled
as she moaned, arched, and squirmed against his hand until she
screamed his name and he felt dampness flood against him. Her
breathing came in pants as she tried to recover from her monster
orgasm and he grinned with pride for making her lose control. He
wanted nothing more right now than to impale her upon his ready
cock. It was so engorged he fear it would explode without some
relief.

Her breathing came under control and she took
pity on him lifting up over his rearing beast and sinking onto it.
He groaned with pleasure to finally be where he had most wished to
be. She rocked, grinding against him as she moaned with pleasure.
She rolled from side to side as he arched up toward her.

“Faster, Nettie. I can barely stand the need
shooting through me.”

She sped up, her own need building to compete
with his. His control snapped and he flipped them without leaving
her heated depths. He surged into her like a wild beast, fast and
hard. He pounded her unable to hold back any longer and just when
he feared he’d climax first, she shot off like a rocket. Her body
clenched his in a tight grip milking him until he lost his large
load of seed. He jerked and thrashed as he filled her with squirts
of the slick white substance. He jerked and his body tried to shoot
more, but the well was dry and he lay there convulsing.

He slowed and finally grew still, his body
drained of all essence and energy. He rolled to his side with her
in his arms. He pulled her closer to him and they went back to
sleep.

Less than a week later and he and Nettie
stood in front of his brothers, their mates, and Julie. Once Nettie
had accepted his claim on her, she had committed to their
relationship completely. That was why today, on Valentine’s Day,
they were making their love official. He was wedding his female in
front of everyone that mattered to him. He blinked back tears of
love and happiness. He looked back and saw Adonis and his Lucy
waiting to proclaim their love and commitment to each other
next.

All the mates has tears in their eyes as they
watched. Sierra had warned him that she always cried at weddings.
She wasn’t the only one. A minister had been flown in to officiate
over the part that Nettie’s religion required. Afrod didn’t mind,
he would shout his love for her to her God and anyone who cared to
listen. The minister was, thankfully, not long winded and he got to
the point. They said
I do
and his favorite part was kissing
his bride.

They moved to the side to let Adonis and Lucy
take their place at the front of the room. Lucy was a beautiful
bride. Not as beautiful as his Nettie, but very pretty anyway. He
was happy for his close friend and he was certain Apis, who sat
with Julie holding her hand, would join the ranks of the mated
soon. The minister finished the vows and Adonis kissed his bride.
The minister seemed nervous and happy to be done. Maybe it was the
boisterous gods and there well wishes as they yelled and slapped
Adonis and him on the back.

It had been a perfect day for everyone and
especially for him. They had left the wedding dinner as soon as
politely possible and he noticed Adonis and his bride trying to
slip away as well. They made it to their apartment and he hoped
Julie would stay with Apis tonight. He had the most beautiful
female in the world in his arms and he planned to show her just how
much he loved her right now and every day for the rest of their
lives.

The Strong Pack 3

Judah

He found her alone and he made a beeline for
her. She had been driving him crazy for a few weeks now and he had
come up with a plan to finally be free of the desperate need he
felt whenever he saw or even thought about her. She was leaned up
against the wall on the porch just looking out at the darkness
surrounding them. She clearly had something on her mind and hadn’t
noticed his approach. Mal looked up, finally noticing him now that
he was nearly upon her. Just proof as far as he was concerned of
why white wolves were inferior wolves, but he wanted her
anyway.