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SKEL

P andora and I added all the final touches, and cats were flocking to the sanctuary we’d built for them daily. I recognized each one so far from the caverns, and even the cats who had been missing were finding this place. It made my heart so fucking full to see them safe and sound, not having to worry about predators or even finding food or water.

I sat in the sand, watching all the cats roam around peacefully.

The cats had been bothered by my leaking magic in the past, but now that I wasn’t leaking, the cats were noticeably more relaxed around me than they used to be. The fear magic inside of me thrummed in harmony with my soul.

It was calm, and so was I.

I never realized just how scared of myself I was until I met Pandora.

Sucking in a deep breath, I summoned a serpent. A flash of gold formed in the shape of one, and it hissed, showing its fangs. With one slight push, I made it vanish at my will.

Pandora fixed me in more ways than one. She fixed my magic, my confidence, my relationship with my sister, and even my soul.

I was hers forever and always. I would lay my life down before letting anything happen to her.

The matebond tugged. I looked over to see Pandora standing inside the protective ward of the Cat-tuary. She had her long black hair tossed up into a messy bun on top of her head, and she wore her nightgown with a thin robe over it.

Not what she should’ve been wearing on campus, even if it was late.

But fuck, she looked so beautiful.

“I felt you out here,” she rasped, stepping closer. “The wards being up on campus again is nice since I don’t have to worry as much about random dark magic portal attacks.”

Worry flooded me. “We talked about you not being alone on campus.”

She huffed, crossing her arms. I couldn’t help but drop my eyes to her full breasts being squished together from the motion. “I’m stronger than you think, and I know how to use my powers now. It’s not like the first term when I didn’t understand them.”

“I know,” I murmured, getting to my feet and striding over to her. “But it still worries me. I had to watch you get shot in the fucking head, Pandora, and get cursed by dark magic.”

“I agree,” Dex said smoothly from the shadows. “Don’t worry. I’ve been watching her the whole time.”

“Good.” Relief swept over me as I exhaled loudly.

She pouted, glaring at the sound of his voice. “Of course you were.”

“Nebs is with me,” he added. “He’s mad that you left him.”

She sighed, dropping her hands and staring at the cats lounging around. “Well...at least one thing has gone right for us.”

“True.” I reached over and cupped her cheek with my palm. “Like us.”

Her cheek warmed. “Yes. Like us.”

“Can we have a moment?” I tilted my head, waiting for Dex to respond.

Dex sighed teasingly. “Fine, but only because I have Nebs with me. I’ll be watching Occult Cat-tuary. Have fun.”

“I intend to,” I whispered before I surged forward.

My lips slammed over hers as I devoured her completely. She was at my mercy as my tongue swiped between her lips.

She opened them for me, and her tongue slicked over mine.

Groaning, I poured everything into the kiss, every ounce of my affection for her. “I love you,” I whispered between kisses as I picked her up and hauled her against the rock wall.

“I love you,” she panted, tangling her hands in my hair and grabbing my horns as they emerged. “I need you, Skel.”

“So needy for me,” I grunted, reaching between her legs and finding nothing but her soaking pussy waiting for me. I moaned as my fingers slipped between her folds. “Fuck, princess.”

“Take me, please,” she begged, tightening her walls around my fingers. “Skel.”

“Anything for you.” I reached down and fumbled with my pants until I pulled my cock out. I entered her with one swift thrust, and she took all of me, locking her legs around me. “You feel so fucking good.”

“So do you,” she gasped, arching her back and pushing against the hard, rough strokes of my cock.

I gave her everything I had, pumping into her. One hand was on her ass, keeping her up against the rock wall as I fucked her. The other hand I tangled in her hair and tugged.

She moaned louder, and I almost came from the sound.

“You like it when I pull your hair, hmm?” I licked and nibbled at her neck as I pounded into her.

“Yes,” she mewled, holding onto my horns tighter.

I thrust into her relentlessly, drowning in her caramel scent. Pandora was everything to me, and she made me feel like I was worth something. And I was.

Her breath came in jagged gasps.

I felt my balls draw up, and heat streaked down my spine. I was about to come, but I had to get her off first.

“Come for me, princess.” I let go of her hair and reached up her nightgown to tweak my mark over her nipple, and she lost herself.

She cried out my name, and her muscles clenched around me as pleasure racked our matebond.

I thrust harder, slicking in and out of her tightness as I played with my mark—pinching and rubbing the hard peak of her nipple as I did.

Her ecstasy flooded me, and my cock jerked. Pleasure overwhelmed me as I spilled into her.

Just as I came, two sharp pricks exploded in my ass cheeks.

I hissed, pushing deeper inside her as I thrust my ass away from the pain.

“Ah! What happened?” she rasped.

Dex’s laughter echoed around us. “Holy Fates, Skel. There’s a cat hanging on your ass!”

“I thought you weren’t going to watch,” I accused him, pulling out of Pandora and shaking my hips wildly, trying to dislodge the cat claws from my ass cheeks. “Get it off!”

Pandora cupped her mouth as she fought off laughter and chased after me in the circle I wiggled in. “Skel, hold still. Stop running!”

I stopped running, but my ass cheeks hurt.

“Don’t hurt him.” She scooped the cat up, setting it on the ground and shooing it on. “Go on, now.”

“Am I bleeding?” I hissed as warmth filled the cheeks where the claws dislodged.

“Not anymore,” she giggled. “You healed up. Thank Fates for demonic healing.”

Dex’s roaring laughter and Nebs’ condescending chuckles filled the air as he stepped out of the shadows.

I yanked my pants back up and tucked my dick away with a grunt. “Cats are little shits.”

“They are,” Pandora agreed between fits of laughter. “Especially that one.”

I narrowed my gaze at the striped cat strutting away and glancing at me over its shoulder.

Little shit.