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A shiver ran down his spine and when it reached his lower back, the first pulse of his orgasm started with a vengeance. He knew he was about to come hard, but startled when Neri exposed her teeth and bit down on his neck, her fangs piercing his skin.

“Holyfuck!”

His hips jerked forward while his hands grasped Neri’s. He pulled her until his cock pressed deep inside and came harder than he ever had in his life. Despite knowing it shouldn’t have been possible, he traced Neri’s venom running through his veins. Half expecting it to be cold, he gasped in surprise as warmth spread through him, causing his extended orgasm until he fell onto the bed, exhausted and spent.

A small pang of disappointment ran through his chest when Neri removed her fangs from his neck. As he tried to catch his breath and open his eyes to Neri to see was okay, blackness pulled him under.

A few minutes later, he forced his eyes open and blinked at a worried Neri hovering over him.

“What’s wrong,” he wheezed.

Neri huffed out a laugh. “I thought I killed you for a second.”

He tried to shake his head from side to side when a searing flash of heat rushed through him. His head ached and so did the rest of his body.

“Well, shit. I’m going through my transition again.”

“What—”

Everything faded away as pain, the pain he remembered from his transition close to a century ago, seared through his body. But this pain differed from what he remembered. Instead of the bone deep ache or the headache being the worst of his pain, this time, it was a searing heat that ran through his veins. And this time, his mind was clear. He could pinpoint where the pain had started and where it was traveling.

It moved from his head to his neck, down to his chest, but his arms hurt the worst and the pain lasted the longest in his hands. It continued through his arms and centered on his hips, moving down his thighs, then his calves, and to his feet. The last of the burning sensation disappeared from his toes, over his arch, before leaving from his heels.

He opened his eyes, blowing out a relieved breath when he spotted a worried Neri kneeling next to him. But when he saw the look on her face, he sat up and reached for her.

“Sorry if I worried you. How long was I out?”

“Two minutes.”

His heart broke as he watched a tear escape and make its way down her cheek.

“No, angel. I’m okay. It was a transition, but it was mild compared to my first transition.”

He sucked in a breath when her fingers reached out and touched her mark. As she caressed it, his cock swelled, and he moaned. A long, low, dirty moan.

“Hunter?”

Without waiting a second longer, he moved with a speed he lacked before and laid Neri down on the bed, face first as he draped his body over her.

“Can I take you like this?”

She moaned and opened her legs, allowing his hips to shift in between her stretched thighs. He thrust inside her, wrapping his arms around her chest and burrowing against her neck, inhaling her scent as he drove into her like a madman.

“Yes, harder, love.”

His panther growled as each thrust caused her to whimper and beg for more. He took her, losing himself in the sensations, until she threw her head back and screamed his name as her orgasm washed over him. His teeth elongated and he bit down on his mark, releasing inside her when his bite made her thrash underneath him.

The energy he saved up from a good night’s sleep drained as he rolled to his side and pulled Neri onto his chest. His eyes blinked closed, almost letting exhaustion take over, when Neri sucked in a breath.

“I’m yours now.”

“And I am yours, angel.”

He took a deep breath and loved her scent as it surrounded him.

She snuggled in closer before she huffed out a breath and leaned back to search his face. “We’ll meet up with the others and share the intel we have. It’s noon and Ghost expected us to be at Kai’s about an hour ago.”

“I don’t think I can move.”