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GUNNAR

M y beautiful mate was more than I ever imagined him to be. He had me fuck him again and this time I shoved him face down on the bed before burrowing my face in his ass. The smell of our sex hung heavy in the air and when I slid into him this time I didn’t hold back. He groaned and writhed on me and when I reached under him and gripped his cock he spilled almost instantly.

“We should shower,” he said as he lay next to me.

“That does sound good. I’ve grown quite fond of the shower since I’ve been here.”

“I have one here out back. I just prefer to use the one everyone else uses.”

“Why is that?” I asked.

“This one is out in the open and it’s a little cold even with the hot water.”

“I want to try it,” I said instantly intrigued.

After a cold shower and sucking Flynn’s dick because I couldn’t see him naked and not touch him, we were finally inside and eating, both of us wrapped only in a towel. “Good thing it’s not winter, or we’d be freezing,” Flynn said around a mouthful of pizza.

“It’s refreshing,” I said, making him laugh.

“Something tells me nothing is too cold for you.”

“Have you never been to Iceland? My homeland is not known for its warm weather,” I said and for a moment I was nostalgic for my old life, but that life wasn’t mine anymore, and it didn’t include Flynn.

“I haven’t traveled more than the next county to go to college,” Flynn said. “But I have everything here I’d ever need.”

“Someday I’ll take you there and show you the lights as they dance across the sky on the long nights, and all the natural beauty there.”

“I’d like that,” he said. We finished eating and both of us slept in his bed. He fit so perfectly with me and that night I slept like I’d never slept before. Sated and my heart full of love for my mate.

I awoke a few hours later to him sucking on my nipple. His tongue flicked and swirled while his teeth tugged on my ring. “Mate, you make me want you again,” I whispered and slid down enough to take his cock in my mouth. His taste overwhelmed my senses, and I gripped my own hardness.

“You’re all I can think of,” he breathed out as I sucked him all the way down. “Gunnar.” My name on his lips ignited the fire again and I gripped his ass to pull him even closer. It didn’t take long for him to shoot down my throat, and as soon as he was done, I moved up his body to shoot my release on his chest while he helped grip me.

We lay there panting and sweaty all over again, but Flynn was quick to get a damp towel and clean us up and once again we slept.

“Are you ready to go for a hike?” Flynn whispered in my ear.

“Yes,” I said, instantly awake. For a moment I’d forgotten we’d planned to go explore the forest and now I couldn’t wait.

“Let’s get dressed and eat something then we’ll go exploring.”

“Thank you, mate,” I said and was cleaned up, dressed, and ready to go before Flynn was dressed.

“Are we a little anxious?” he teased.

“Yes, I cannot wait to spend the day with you in the woods.” We left his cabin after he insisted we ate something before we left, and after he packed a few things to take with us. Which was probably good since I would have just walked out into the woods and not worried about bringing anything. Humans needed to think about food and water far more than I did and I told myself I would need to remember that.

We hiked for a while in silence with only the sound of birds and animals around us. The forest was alive with so many creatures of all shapes and sizes. Some that were hidden from us, and others that did not care if we knew they were there or not. The longer we walked the older the forest was, and the trees became larger while the undergrowth was denser making it harder to walk without finding an easier path.

“What do you think so far?” Flynn asked as he stood on a rocky outcropping looking out at the forest below.

“I think this is the most amazing place I’ve ever been,” I said but then movement to my right caught my attention. A white wolf. No, it was—more. I watched as it transformed into the same man we’d seen at the restaurant last night. “What do you want?” I yelled and shoved Flynn behind me.

“I mean you no harm,” he said, and held his hands out in front of him as he stood there naked, his white hair blowing in the breeze. “I came to warn you.”

“Warn me? Why would a leshy take the time to warn a troll.”

“Both of you,” he said. “Flynn, I know you know your uncle is dangerous. But you don’t know that he’s been going out on missions to find any creature outside the boundaries of the town to destroy. He’s also gathered a few locals to work with him.”

“What? How can that be? He knows it’s not legal,” Flynn said.

“He does, but he doesn’t care. So far, the institute does not know what he does. But soon they will, and when they do, they’ll make sure he doesn’t harm any other monster around here,” he said.

“I hoped he’d given up on hunting monsters. But yesterday was the first time I’ve seen him in a long time,” Flynn said.

“One of his followers works in your camp. Be careful,” the leshy said before he transformed into a deer and disappeared into the woods.

“Sounds like we were right about Gene,” Flynn said. “What happens now?” He was worried, and as his eyes scanned the area, I knew our perfect day had been ruined.

“Now we protect each other.”