Page 17 of Hoof It

Seventeen

Chapter 16

Jimazu

I stare between my mate’s eyes for a brief moment before nodding. I glance down between us where her hand is slowly stroking my cock. When I look back up at her face, she has a lazy smile.

Her legs lift and bend at her knees on either side of me. She scoots down so that her pussy is closer to my cock. She tries to bring me into her opening, but her arm isn’t quite long enough. I place my hand over hers and drag my length across her clit twice before notching the tip in her opening.

Her pussy is warm and dripping wet. I can’t help the way my body spasms as I start to push inside of her. I want to watch my cock slip in, but keep my eyes on her face instead. I manage to slide just past the tip into her pussy. She winces and tries to hide it from me. I stop moving.

“Are you alright, little mate?”

She nods but her tense body tells me otherwise. I pull out of her slowly and her face and body relax. “What do you need me to do so you’re comfortable?”

Darcy hesitates a moment. “I want to be on top of you, I think.”

I bring my arm behind her and roll us over so that she’s kneeling near my cock. Shocked by the move, Darcy stares at me a moment before she moves. She places her knees on the sides of my hips and hovers over my hard length. I can feel the heat coming off her pussy and I fight to keep myself still. My hands grip her hips as she slowly slides down my cock. She moves agonizingly slowly. I grit my teeth to keep myself from spilling inside of her immediately.

Once she’s seated fully on top of me, her eyes fall closed and her head drops backwards.

“I’m so full of you, my beast.” She grinds deeply on top of me, and I grit my teeth even harder. Her pussy feels incredible surrounding my cock. Her walls are warm and wet and grip me so perfectly. It takes everything in me to stay still. If I move right now, I fear I will explode. I refuse to do that so soon after finally being allowed to feel her like this.

My mate begins to move, slowly. She rocks her hips back and forth. I can’t help but stare at her tits swaying with each movement. As her hips reach as far forward as they’re able, she dips them down before rising up and backwards. Then she repeats the motions over and over. I’m entranced by her body. Her hands move to my chest and her fingers dig into my skin.

Finally confident that I can move without losing it, I sit up. “Mine,” I grit out between clenched teeth. Darcy’s head pops up and her eye lids spring open. I drive my hips up into her once, and her mouth falls open, a throaty moan leaving her.

“Fuck, Zu. I can feel you so fucking deeply. No one has ever been this deep inside me before.”

Her hands reach up for my horns and she grips them tightly as I continue to thrust up into her. She pulls my face towards hers and kisses me. Her tongue battles mine briefly. She pulls away and grinds down on top of me again. I don’t even try to fight the moan that leaves me.

“You feel so much better than I’d imagined, little mate.”

I pinch and roll her nipples one at a time before dropping my hand down to her clit. I draw small, tight circles around the nub and she grinds down onto my hand and cock even harder. Her hand moves to my cock pocket and she easily slides two fingers inside. Her fingers thrust at the same speed that my hips do.

“Come with me,” I breathe out.

Darcy grinds her pussy onto me harder and my thrusting hips meet hers. It doesn’t take more than another moment before we’re both screaming out our release. My vision goes black for a moment. Then, two fuzzy figures materialize. One is beside me, and I realize it’s my mate’s soul. I turn and in front of me Pan takes form. I reach out my hand and grip Darcy’s and give it a light squeeze before I bow my head in reverence. Darcy copies me. We both stand quietly as we wait for Pan to speak. He doesn’t make us wait long.

“Let no man or creature break apart what I have brought together. Your souls are two equal halves of one perfect whole. You were made for one another. You are truly each other’s perfect mate.” Pan pauses, and I glance up at him. His smile has me in awe. He nods towards my mate. “For the mate bond to be complete, you must bite each other. It does not matter where. The bite will leave a permanent mark, and she will no longer be fully human. Her lifespan will extend to match yours. When the two of you decide the time is right, you will be able to breed her. But not until you’ve agreed upon it. So, worry not about unexpected offspring. Care for and love one another always. Do not let doubt come between you.”

Before either of us are able to respond, my vision returns to normal, and Darcy is still seated on my lap. My cock is still hard inside of her. She lunges for me and wraps her arms around my back. My arms circle hers and we sit in silence, just holding each other. When she pulls away eventually, silent tears are falling from her eyes.

“I never thought it was possible to love someone so soon after meeting them, but I do.” She pauses and takes a deep breath then continues. “I love you, my beast.” Her eyes look into mine and I see the truth of her words. My hands move to cup her face.

“You are my heart. The air in my lungs. Every thought in my head. I never want to be without you. I want to sleep in this bed with you always. I want you to be the first thing I see when my eyes open each morning, and the last they see each night. I want to hear you speak my name every day, and cry out my name every night.”

More tears fall from her eyes, and I use my thumbs to wipe them away. Quietly, she asks me, “You love me, don’t you?’

I nod once. “Yes, little mate. I love you.”

No sooner than the words leave my lips, she launches herself at my mouth. She kisses me with fervor. Her tongue slides into my mouth and she only pulls away when she needs to breathe. My cock stirs inside of her when I see the look on her face. Her eyes are wide and her pupils have swallowed the blue almost completely. She lifts her hips slightly then drops down onto me one time.

“Fuck me, Jimazu. Fuck me hard. Bite me and make me yours forever.”

I don’t question her words. I flip us so that her back lands on the bed. Before she can wrap her legs around me, I pull them up to her chest and use them to drive my cock into her deeply. Her hand reaches for mine and she guides it to her throat, placing my thumb on one side and the rest of my fingers on the other.

“Choke me, my beast. Grip my throat until I can’t take it anymore.”

I give her throat a light squeeze as I thrust into her. But it isn’t enough for her. “Harder, Zu. You’ll know if it’s too much.”

I squeeze harder and a smile takes over her lips as her eyes flutter closed. Her hands reach up and grab my horns tightly. I shift so that I’m on my knees, my hand still squeezing her throat. I lift her hips slightly and drive into her deeper yet. Her eyes spring open and meet mine as I reach down and stroke her clit.

“Zu!” she whisper shouts. “Gonna…come.”

I lean down, my hands still on her throat and clit. I bring my lips to her ear and tell her, “Going to bite you now, little mate.”

I thrust into her and she bucks her hips up into me. Her soft walls grip my cock even tighter and as they begin to spasm, I bite down into her shoulder where it meets her neck while releasing her throat. She stretches up and bites me in the same place. We orgasm together. Her walls grip my cock rhythmically as she milks me. I continue thrusting into her until her pussy calms. My cock finally manages to stop leaking my seed.

I remove my teeth from her shoulder and she does the same. I bring my face to hers and kiss her once before slowly pulling out of her. I drop onto my back beside her on the bed. She manages to drag herself over to me and lays her head on my chest, her arm drapes across my body. I bring her body even closer and wrap one arm around her. She kisses my chest lightly. She mumbles a quiet, “I love you.” A moment later, her breathing evens out and she’s asleep. I kiss the top of her head, then pull a fur up over us. It only takes a moment before I’m following my mate into sleep.

* * *

I wake to the feeling of my mate’s warm mouth surrounding my cock. I open my eyes and glance down. Her eyes peek up at me, and she lifts a single eyebrow at me. The tip of my cock hits the back of her throat and I groan. My hands reach down and stroke her hair. She reaches up and takes one of my hands in hers and buries it in her messy hair before her hand leaves mine. I grip her hair and her eyes roll back.

I feel my orgasm only a moment before it happens and growl out, “Gonna fill your throat with my seed”.

She doesn’t pull away, instead she suctions her mouth more deeply around my cock and swallows every bit that spurts from me. When my cock is spent, she climbs up my body. I give her a satisfied smile and she grins up at me. I lay her down onto my chest and stroke her hair as I try to even out my breathing.

* * *

When I wake for the second time, my mate and I are tangled up with one another. Our legs are entwined. Our arms are wrapped around each other’s bodies. Even her hair is wrapped around my horns. I remove my arms and easily unwind her hair. I resituate myself so that I’m facing my mate. I have no sense of time as I lay and watch her quietly. My hand reaches up and brushes several loose pieces of hair out of her face. My finger lightly traces down her jaw.

Her body tenses slightly, and her eyelids flutter briefly, and I pull my hand away from her face, worried that I may have woken her. Her face settles back into sleep, and I can’t help but to keep watching her. Her body relaxes back into mine. Once again, I send a quiet prayer up to Pan, thanking him for my fortune.

I lose myself to my thoughts and my mind drifts for a while. I recall memories from when I was much younger. I think of my parents and my siblings. I feel a pang in my heart at their strange disappearance. I wonder, not for the first time, what could possibly have happened to them.

The longer I think of them, the heavier my heart feels. Darcy stirring pulls my attention back to the present. Her hand rubs her chest and her eyebrows furrow. Her eyes pop open and she stares at me. She takes one look at my face and throws her arms around me. She buries her face in my chest and rubs my back.

“I don’t know how, but I can feel your sadness, my beast. What’s wrong? Did I do something?” She pulls away from me, and I can feel how worried she is.

I take a deep breath. “It’s the mate bond. When we sealed it last night with our bites while I was buried inside you, it connected pieces of our souls. I forgot about that aspect of mates. I’m sorry I failed to warn you about it.” I shake my head in apology.

Her head moves from side to side rapidly. “I read enough books that I should have known. I’m learning that most of the stuff I’ve read is real. Or at least based on the truth. What had you so upset?”

I’m quiet a moment as I gather my thoughts. Darcy patiently waits for me to speak.

“My entire family, and all of my friends, disappeared about a hundred or so years ago. When I was a kid, I was always surrounded by people. It was always loud and…”

I can’t think of an accurate word to describe it, and Darcy speaks up. “Chaotic? Insanity? Messy?”

I nod. “All of those things. There was never a moment of silence. Never a moment of peace. I was never lonely. I was rarely alone for more than a few minutes at a time. There was always someone around. Then, one day I woke up and I was alone. There were no signs of anyone else. It was like they were never there. I was so lost and alone those first few years. I went from being surrounded by others like me, to being completely and totally alone. It was…hard. I had to learn how to function all on my own without anyone around to talk to. I think that was the hardest part, you know? My kind are social creatures. We live in herds. After a while I started to convince myself that I’d imagined them all.”

I shift onto my back and stare up at the high ceiling. Darcy follows and lays her head back onto my chest. Her hand softly strokes up and down my arm. She waits for me to continue speaking.

“I slowly started to lose my mind, I think. The only thing that helped me keep my tenuous grasp of reality was painting. I started small. Painting on rocks and leaving them scattered all throughout the forest. I went up and down the Chesapeake Bay, leaving my painted rocks and searching for signs of my missing herd. After one too many close calls with humans, I gave up and returned home. I lost myself to painting the walls of my home. I explored deeper in the caves. That’s when I found the hot spring and later the room I use to store food. I accepted that I was going to be alone forever, and settled into a routine.”

While I’ve been speaking, my hand has been stroking Darcy’s hair. My hand stills when I stop speaking. She pops her head up so that her chin is on my chest and she’s looking at my face. She has a sad look on her face. I close my eyes and I can feel her love for me within our bond. It brings a smile to my face.

We’re both quiet for a moment. Eventually, my mate is the first to break the silence. “Then what did you do?”

“I leaned into my routine. I painted. Foraged for food. Swam in the lake at night. Spent hours in the hot spring during the day. Every now and then I would walk out to my favorite hill and just sit. It looks out on one of the nearby towns, and it was as close to humans as I dared to go. It was a simple life. The last fifty or so years have been quiet and boring. At least until you showed up.”

A wave of emotion pulses through the bond. My heart swells, and for the first time in a long time, I feel whole. I know that no matter what else happens, I’ll never be truly alone again.

Darcy’s thumb wipes several tears off my cheek. Her hand lingers on my face and she strokes up my jaw to my hairline. Her fingers tease the messy strands of my hair. Neither of us say a word. The silence is comfortable as she plays with my hair. I don’t feel compelled to fill the quiet. I let my eyes fall closed and enjoy the weight of her body on mine, and the sensation of her fingertips against my scalp.

A contented bleat escapes me. Darcy giggles at the sound. Her joy fills the bond, and then fills me. Another bleat sneaks out and Darcy laughs harder. I can’t fight the smile that overtakes my lips. For a brief moment, we’re lost in laughter.

Taking deep breaths to slow her laughter, my mate finally manages to speak. Her voice is breathy. “You have different sounds you make based on your moods and what you’re feeling. Don’t you?”

“Yes. We aren’t so different you and I. We both show our emotions vocally. Can I try something?”

“Yes.”

I close my eyes and focus on Darcy. I think of the way she makes me feel. Then I push my love for her into the bond. I follow it up with the sensation of wrapping my arms around her and placing a kiss to the top of her head. I open my eyes and see that my mate’s eyes are wide open. Her head is raised, and her neck and arms are covered in small bumps. She stares at me for a moment before speaking in a throaty whisper. “What…what was that?”

“I used the bond to do that. I pushed my feelings to you through it.”

Her jaw drops and hits my chest. She collects herself only a moment later. “I want to try that!” Her excitement is contagious. She sits up and straddles my hips. Her eyes close and she’s quiet.

It doesn’t take long before I feel something. I can’t name the feeling, though. It’s deep, and makes me feel wanted. It makes me feel seen. It’s like a hug on the inside and I want more of it.

She opens her eyes. “Well? Did I do it?”

Rather than answer her, I pull her up my body and kiss her. I take my time with her lips, hoping to show her the way that I feel. When we eventually break apart, her eyes are shining, but she’s happy.

Quietly, we just look at each other for several long moments. Neither of us willing to break eye contact or the silence.

I lose track of time just admiring my mate. Darcy is the one to break the quiet when she eventually informs me that she needs to relieve herself. Regretfully, we leave the bed and head towards the room she referred to as the restroom.

I wait a few steps away as she takes care of her physical needs. My back is turned, but I hear her walk towards me once she’s done. I reach my hand out for her and she entwines our fingers together.

“What would you like to do today, little mate?”