His seed was leaking out of my hole, and I quite liked the sensation. “Later.”
“It’ll be abitchto clean your scales if my cum dries.”
I frowned at the word “bitch.” There were several meanings supplied by NAID from a mean woman to a female dog, which Ihad no idea what that was, but from his thoughts, I guessed he meant hard.
“Later. Sleep, Vince.”
He grunted, holding me tight as waves of sleep dragged him away.
Only a few minutes later, my touchstone pinged. Serlotminden’s voice called my name. “Yes?” I answered in a low voice to not wake Vince.
“I assume your two had a great fuck,” my younger brother said.
“What?” I asked. How had he known?
Serlotminden laughed. “Did you forget you share your strong feelings with us sometimes?”
Embarrassment washed through me. “No, I didn’t forget. My apologies.”
“Don’t worry about it,” he said. “I got really turned on, and me and Bartholomew had a lovely time. Since Zoltilvoxfyn and Kalvoxrencol are not answering my pings, I’m going to guess they’re still fucking.”
I held Vince close, running my hand over his arm to soothe my raging embarrassment. I’d never felt this strongly about someone before, so I’d never worried about my brothers catching my strong arousal. But between my love for Vince and my brothers close proximity, it had only been a matter of time.
“Captain, you still there?” Serlotminden asked.
“Yes, Speedy.”
“I wanted to make sure you’re alright,” he said.
I wasn’t. If Vince chose to go home, I wouldn’t survive. Yes, he would still be alive, but the separation would be torture, and it would kill me in the end. Forcing calm into my voice, I said, “Vince fucked me. It was our first time having penetrative sex.”
“Good for you,” he said. “I’m assuming you two had fun.”
“We did.” I kissed Vince’s head.
“I’m happy for you two.”
“Me too, Speedy. I’ve never been this happy before.” Why I was telling this all to Serlotminden was a mystery, but not seeing him or sensing his thoughts was making it easier.
“I hope he stays.”
I kissed Vince again, breathing in his scent, which was laced with the bitter and sweet notes of our spend and sweat. “I do as well.”
Chapter 35
Paradise.
My hands were braced on the edge of the tub as Vince scrubbed me clean. I swallowed, trying to control my cock, which wanted to harden. Sex wasn’t on his mind, not even close. Vince seemed to take almost an indescribable amount of joy from simply cleaning me, caring for me, loving on me. His lathered hands scrubbed at my scales between my butt cheeks and my inner thighs. True to his word, cleaning his seed from last night off my scales was proving difficult, but he didn’t care.
Vince washed me thoroughly and relaxed thoughts floated through his head. The act of caring for me pleased him greatly, and it made tears burn my eyes. He didn’t expect sex, he didn’texpect repayment, and all he wanted was to take care of me. I didn’t understand it.
“I have you,” Vince whispered, placing a kiss on my back.
“How did you know?” I hadn’t made a noise to alert him to my sweeping emotions.
Vince kissed me again. “Letting other people take care of you can be hard, Don, but I want to. Rely on me. I’ve spent every moment of this journey leaning on you, but I want to be there for you too.”
I didn’t know why letting someone take care of me was so difficult, but it was. I’d spent my life taking care of others—my younger brothers, my fellow soldiers, and now my mate. It seemed almost wrong to allow Vince to care for me when I could be caring for him.
