Page 14 of Roman (Destined Paranormals #7)

Chapter 14

Beau

I felt absolutely…terrible. I tried to think back to what we ate that would make me feel like I’d gone several rounds with the enforcers when they were training in their self-defense classes. Would food do that? Why did every inch of my body hurt? I tried to roll over, but there was a massive wall of warmth beside me, and it felt like there was a heavy weight across my side and wrapped around my stomach. Roman. I tried to smile, but I just didn’t have the energy to. How was that even possible?

It didn’t matter that Roman’s arm was holding me prisoner—I needed to pee. I tried to roll over again, hoping to be able to move, but the man’s arm was locked into place. That wasn’t good.

“Roman?” I said, my voice not sounding like my own. That didn’t matter, though, because Roman instantly sat up.

“What?” he asked. “Beau? You’re awake.” Roman was suddenly hovering over me, looking quite disheveled and a bit panicked? Did he always look like that after a night’s sleep?

“Yes, but I feel terrible, and I really need to pee,” I told him, my voice still incredibly scratchy and not my own. I tried to move again, but it was really no use: I was too weak. “Help? Please? What’s wrong with me?”

Roman’s eyes widened seconds before he disappeared. He somehow jumped up and was standing beside me in seconds. I didn’t even have the chance to protest, not that I would have, when he slid his arms under my back and legs and effortlessly scooped me up into his arms. We were in the bathroom shortly after, where Roman carefully set me on the toilet. That was something I was incredibly thankful for. I wasn’t sure I would be able to stand. I didn’t need to, though, because my mate was amazing, and he somehow already knew that.

“Why does my voice sound funny? And why do I feel like I’ve been pummeled? Not that I’ve ever been hit because I haven’t. But I think this is exactly what I would feel like if I had.” Roman knelt in front of me, and I tried to notice things about him. He looked…unkept. “What happened? Why do you look like you have seen better days?” Immediately, I realized what I’d said and winced. “Sorry. I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I think you’re sexy all the time, but you look different.”

Roman chuckled. “You honestly don’t remember anything about the last week?”

I tried to think about the last week. “It was a lot of trial and error. I spent a lot of time thinking about the menu at the bakery. I tried a lot of recipes, but some didn’t work out because they needed things from my realm. Did you know your apples here are different than ours?”

Roman smiled. “Beau, sweetness. You’ve been in heat for the past seven days,” Roman told me. “You and I claimed each other last Sunday. We’ve been mated a week and a day now. Your voice probably sounds scratchy because you need to drink something. That and you’ve done a whole lot of moaning and screaming over the past several days.”

My eyes widened. I’d done what? “I’m sorry. Did you say we’ve been mated for a week?”

Roman nodded before he stood up. He crossed the room to the tub and turned on the water. “Do you remember anything about the evening that we claimed one another?” he asked as he bent down and turned on the water for the tub.

I thought about his question and nodded but realized that with his back to me, he couldn’t see. “Yes,” I whispered. “We went downstairs after our shower and had dinner. Then we went to the couch and were talking about babies and how we both wanted them. That…we then…” I remember sitting on Roman’s lap on the couch, my back to his front, and it had been incredible. It was the perfect position because when his knot expanded inside me, he was able to move us to our sides. We drifted off to sleep, and Roman had to have taken us upstairs at some point after that. But that was all that I remembered.

I looked up at Roman as he came back to me. When he knelt down again, I became concerned about the look on his face. “That is all that you remember?”

I shrugged. “I’m sorry, but yes.”

Roman nodded slowly before he stood. “Are you finished?”

I wondered if he was irritated with me. “I am. Are you mad?”

“Not at all. I’m a bit concerned, but I’ll not worry about it too much.” Roman bent down and scooped me up once again as if I didn’t weigh anything. I guess compared to him, I didn’t. And he was an alpha and quite a bit stronger than I was. He carried me across the bathroom and placed me in the tub. He held on to me as I sat down, and I couldn’t keep my disappointment off my face when he obviously wasn’t going to be joining me. “Do not give me that look,” Roman said.

“What look?”

“The sad look. I very much plan on joining you in the tub. But at the moment, I’m going to run downstairs and get something for you to drink. And probably a small snack. You need to recover from the past week, and getting something more than a few bites of fruit and energy drinks in you will be a good start.”

I nodded. He wasn’t wrong. I wasn’t sure what happened though. I’d had fertile periods before, but they had never been so intense that I couldn’t remember a thing, nor had they lasted more than a couple of days.

“I would love some water, if you don’t mind,” I told Roman.

“I’ll bring water. But I’m going to bring you some juice as well. Is there anything specific that you would like?” I shook my head. I wasn’t overly picky. But I was trying to figure out what happened. “All right. I’ll be back in just a few minutes. If the water fills before I get back, are you all right to turn it off?”

I nodded. He picked up a blue bottle, opened it, and poured it into the water. Immediately, the tub became fragrant, but I couldn’t tell you what the scent was. Roman kissed the top of my head, then stood and left, leaving me with my wandering thoughts. What had happened? It was apparent that I’d had a fertile period. The discomfort I was feeling was obviously because I’d spent my fertile period with an alpha. It had been intense, but I didn’t remember anything about it, and that confused me more than anything.

I looked around the bathroom and noticed small things, items that hadn’t been here before. Thinking back to the last time I remembered being in here, it looked as if Roman had just moved in. That was because he had. He’d told me that he’d just been offered this house that very day. He’d unpacked a few things, but all of the bottles and soaps around the edge of the tub hadn’t been here when we claimed each other. Had he added them while I was having my fertile period? He must have. Where else would they have come from?

I was quite lost in my own thoughts, and it wasn’t until I heard Roman coming back into the bathroom that I realized that the water level was quite high. I reached over and turned the faucet off, wondering if I should drain some of the water. Probably since Roman had said he intended to join me. I wasn’t sure about using magic, so I pushed the stopper and immediately was met with the gurgling sound of the water draining out of the tub.

“Is something wrong?” Roman asked as he came back into the bathroom.

“I don’t know. Probably.”

Immediately, Roman seemed to be on alert and rushed over to the tub. He placed a tray on the end where there was a shelf area and reached for me. “What’s wrong? What do I need to do to help? Should I call a doctor?”

I felt terrible, not only physically but also for worrying Roman like I had. “It’s not that. But maybe we should call a doctor. I’m not sure though.” I sighed. “I was so lost in my thoughts, trying to remember anything, and I let the water get too full.”

Roman visibly relaxed. “If that’s the extent of the issue that is most pressing, that’s an easy enough fix, and I hear that you’re already working on it.” Roman moved me back to where I was leaning against the end of the tub before he stepped in and slowly sat down. The water level didn’t overflow, but it was probably higher than we needed. Roman reached for a glass, holding it out to me. “Here’s some water. But I brought some juice as well. We have apple and orange juice. You said you liked apples, so that’s what I brought. There’s toast as well, but you said your throat feels scratchy. If the fluids don’t help with that, there’s fruit and yogurt here for you. Both should be easier to swallow.”

I could only stare at Roman, who was looking at me with concern. “Thank you,” I managed to whisper to him before taking the glass. I realized it was actually plastic but looked like glass. Probably best for in the tub. Roman reached over and closed the drain while I took my first sip. It was cool and felt amazing on my tongue, and even better as I swallowed it down. I took several more sips, and in no time, it was gone. I handed it back to Roman, who was smiling at me.

“Want to try some yogurt? You really liked it over the past week,” Roman asked as he held out a bowl with a spoon in it.

“I do like yogurt.” I especially liked the peach flavor, but I wasn’t going to complain about anything at the moment.

Roman nodded, then held out the spoon. When I noticed the peach color, I was hopeful. When the first spoonful hit my tongue, I moaned around the peachiness of it. How did he know? It only took me a moment to realize that we were mated and we had a bond. Roman was able to access my thoughts, and most likely, he’d peeked in and searched in order to find out what I liked and didn’t. But I remembered that when we were having our meal that night, steak and spaghetti for Roman and just spaghetti for me, there wasn’t a whole lot in the refrigerator. I definitely didn’t remember seeing any yogurt. Or juice.

“Should I ask where the yogurt and juice came from? I don’t remember it being there before.”

“You can certainly ask.” Roman held out another spoonful of yogurt, and I was thankful that he was willing to feed me. I was starting to feel a bit more energized, but I still felt like my entire body weighed a ton. “I woke up on the couch with you that first night, and at first, I didn’t know what had woken me. Then you moaned. You were burning up, and it didn’t take a whole lot to figure out what was happening. I sent off a text to my brother-in-law Knox. He lives down here off of the mountain with Philip and their twins. Almost immediately, he replied and let me know he would bring supplies in the morning once the store opened.”

I nodded slowly. That was so kind of him. I wasn’t sure if I’d met Knox or not. There had been a whole lot of people in the past days, but I had no doubt that I would be meeting him soon enough.

“The yogurt is good,” I said.

“Did you want more?”

“In a bit.” I sighed as I leaned back and closed my eyes. “I’m not sure what happened.” I took a moment to gather my thoughts, but it was no use. There was simply nothing there. I opened my eyes and looked directly at Roman. “I’ve never had a fertile period that lasted more than three days, and I have always remembered them. The fact that this one was like it was, I’m concerned.”

Roman nodded slowly. “I’ll call Dr. King later on once we get you cleaned up and situated somewhere. It’s most likely that you’re feeling as you are because of the intensity of the past week.”

“Do you think that’s necessary?” I asked. I didn’t want to put the doctor out just because I felt like I’d been run over by a very large truck.

“Dr. King works for the council. He’s the doctor who runs the omega clinic. Unless you want to see Alexander for medical care, which is actually a possibility if that’s what you want, then I should call the doctor to have him give you a checkup. Dr. King is a warlock. Alexander is a wolf shifter, and although he doesn’t work full-time while Rowan is so young, he does still work every so often.”

I had seen Dr. King around a time or two. He’d been coming out of the clinic that was behind the council building. I was sure I’d met Alexander, but again, there were so many new names and faces, and right now, my brain seemed to be mush.

“I honestly don’t have a preference for who I see.” I sighed and looked down at the water. “I spent a fertile period with my mate, so I have a feeling that I’m going to be needing the services of a doctor for other reasons.”

Roman touched my chin. “If you’re pregnant or not remains to be revealed. But it’s the fact that you cannot remember anything from the past week, and you have stated that your fertile periods only lasted a few days at most, that has me concerned.”

I nodded. “I understand.” I thought about my body, and despite my efforts to sense a little one growing inside me, I couldn’t. “I can’t sense a baby. Maybe it’s too soon? Or maybe I didn’t catch.”

“That’s why the call to Dr. King is important.” I nodded in agreement. “Good. For now though, would you eat a bit more? Or at least drink the juice? Water is good for you too, but it doesn’t provide any sort of calories or energy.”

I smiled at Roman. “I’d very much like the yogurt. I think I can hold it now though. That way, you can eat too.” I glanced at the tray. “You did bring enough for you as well, right? Or at least something to get you started?”

“I’ll eat the toast if you’re not going to.”

I nodded. “And the fruit? Tiger shifters eat fruit, right?”

Roman chuckled. “Yes. I’m fond of salads on occasion as well. Are they the first thing I go for when at a large gathering like the council’s barbecue? No. But I do eat them. I can eat the fruit as well if it makes you happy.”

I smiled while nodding. Roman handed me the yogurt, and while I slowly ate it, he managed to eat the toast and fruit and drank something that I had to assume was coffee. I was a tea drinker, but Evan had fully embraced coffee since coming here, and although it didn’t bother me, it just wasn’t nearly as enjoyable to me.

Once I’d finished my yogurt, Roman handed me the cup of apple juice, and after I managed to get half of it down, I was honestly starting to feel better. Still weak, but with Roman’s help, we managed to get to the shower, where he gently cleaned me from head to toe, then himself while I sat on the bench. I’d grown up with Evan, who was an alpha, but he was my brother, and obviously the intimacy between me and Roman and the way he was caring for me was something I would never have expected from my brother. But in those moments, I completely lost my heart to the tiger shifter that had been gifted to me as my mate.

“Are you up for something more to eat?” Roman asked after he’d gotten us dressed and he’d situated me on the couch.

I nodded. “Anything not crunchy. My throat is still a little sore, and I’m not sure why.”

When Roman’s cheeks turned pink, I was surprised. “Yes, that.” Roman sat beside me and took my hands. He leaned in and kissed me on the forehead before he sat up and took a deep breath. “So I’ll share a memory with you,” Roman said before he did just that.

I saw myself moaning and writhing on the bed. Roman had just come back into the room, and when he set something down on the bedside table, I reached for him and sucked his cock into my mouth. I watched, from Roman’s point of view, as I sucked his cock down to the base, over and over. Roman moaned, and it seemed as if he tried to pull away, but it was no use: I was an obviously determined omega who wanted to suck his alpha’s cock.

I watched for several minutes while Roman’s cock moved in and out of my mouth, going deep into my throat. Roman managed to pull out enough that his knot hadn’t expanded inside my mouth, and we both moaned while he filled my mouth with his cum, and my overly stimulated and fertile-period-enthralled body came all over myself, completely untouched.

“Oh,” I said when the memory ended.

“I did try to stop you, but you were determined. And that wasn’t the first time.”

I grinned at Roman. I wasn’t sure how it was even possible after everything I’d been through recently, but I was half-turned-on. I glanced down at Roman’s pants, and my smile grew. He was too.

“Can I do that again? Later? I’d very much like to give it a try while I can remember everything. You seemed to enjoy it during the memory.”

Roman cleared his throat. “I would very much like that. But only if your throat is feeling better. I did enjoy it. But despite that, it’s not worth hurting you. Only if your energy has returned and your throat is completely healed.”

I reached for Roman, touching his upper thigh. I wasn’t quite brave enough to go further, at least not yet, but it was enough for me for now. My hand there had an effect on my mate, and that’s all I really needed to feel reassured. “I would very much like to bring you pleasure like that again, Roman,” I told him. I moved and climbed onto his lap, straddling his legs with my hands on his shoulders. I felt so brave as I leaned in and kissed his lips. Both of us tasted of the minty toothpaste we’d used before coming downstairs, and I didn’t even want to think of how horrid my breath had been before. After I played with Roman’s tongue with mine a few times, I pulled away, smiling at the look I’d put on the sexy alpha’s face.

Roman blinked a few times before he smiled at me. “You have brought me so much pleasure already. But I stand by my words from just moments ago. I will gladly let you suck on me whenever you wish, but only as long as it doesn’t hurt you. I’m not nearly as large as other alphas in the dick department, but I’m big enough.”

I smirked. “I don’t think I complained about your size.” I pushed my lower body into Roman’s and marveled at the hardness that matched mine. How was that possible? I had just had a fertile period, and in all honesty, I was tired and a little hungry. Yet my body was most definitely ready to go another round with my mate. How? “Roman?” I said as I rolled my hips into his again.

He grabbed my hips, holding me tightly to him. “Later,” he whispered. “If you need release, I’ll quite happily suck you off, but right now, I don’t want to do more. I want you to recover a bit more first.”

I thought about it for a moment before I whimpered. “Please?”

Roman groaned. “You do that so well,” he said. I didn’t know what he meant, but I quickly found myself on my back on the couch, and the front of the sweatpants I’d been wearing were pulled down. Roman sucked my cock down to the base, and with a free hand, he gently rolled my balls in his hand.

I moaned as he expertly sucked and played with my balls, and then a finger applied a bit of gentle pressure just behind them. It took less than a minute for my balls to tingle, and then I shouted as I filled Roman’s mouth with cum. He moaned, sucked a bit harder, but it was enough to cause another wave of pleasure to go through me, and I continued to come into my alpha’s mouth.

Without any prompting, Roman pulled off before it became too intense, and I lay on the couch, completely blissed-out. The only thing that would make the moment completely perfect to me would be for him to come in my mouth in return. Roman groaned, and seconds later, he was off the couch but then was kneeling next to it. He pulled the front of his own sweats down, and out fell his engorged cock.

“Just the head. If you try to go deeper, I’ll stop, and you won’t get your perfect moment.”

I gasped. How? Then it hit me: I’d projected those thoughts to him. I turned my head and quickly opened my mouth, accepting the head of Roman’s cock into my mouth. It was hot and tasted amazing with the precum smeared all over it. I moaned around it, and when I opened my eyes, Roman’s hand moved up and down the length. That was one of the sexiest things I’d ever seen, and wanting to help, I placed my hand on top of Roman’s. He moved his, placing his on top of mine, and applied a gentle amount of pressure.

Roman’s breathing became ragged, and his noises went from gasps to quiet moans and then a final louder one right before he grunted. The head of his cock swelled while I felt the thickening at the base, and when I gave it a gentle squeeze, Roman groaned loudly seconds before he filled my mouth with hot cum. I moaned around the head, swallowing as quickly as I could, but it was no use. About half spilled out of my mouth, but I honestly didn’t care. This was by far one of the hottest things I’d ever experienced.

I squeezed Roman’s knot again, getting rewarded with another spurt of his release before he moved his hips back and pulled my new favorite treat from my mouth. I looked up at Roman. He looked how I was sure I did, and I could only smile at him. I was about to thank my mate for giving me the perfect moment, but he interrupted my thoughts.

“Fuck,” Roman said seconds before he leaned down and covered my mouth with his. His tongue pushed in, and we both moaned at the same time. Yep, by far the hottest experience of my life. I’d been too nervous when we were claiming one another, but I was more than ready to do that again. Maybe later. Right now, I was busy trying to keep up with Roman’s demanding tongue.