I tasted blood and sucked on it before releasing his lip. I licked my lip to taste the remnants of his blood. He tasted delicious.
“Finish what you started.” I demanded.
He flashed me a grin. For a second, my heart stopped. It had been a long time since I had seen him smile like this.
“I love you.” He declared, his smile turning bashful.
“And I love you.” I grinned back. “Now get to work, Alpha.”
“As you command, Luna.” He bowed his head playfully before he sat up, extended his claw and ripped my dress, exposing my naked body.
He look at me for a solid minute, taking in all the changes. I had grown a lot skinnier but at the same time, my boobs looked a little heavier and my belly looked like it could burst any minute. Which was true, I could give birth any day now.
I thought Nik wouldn’t like seeing me like this… all weak and very pregnant.
But a miracle happened. He raised his hand and then gently placed it on top of my belly. A second later, I felt two legs kick against his hand. I winced in pain.
Nik took his hand away immediately and looked at me with remorse, “I -I’m sorry.”
“No!” I said immediately and caught his hand before placing it right back. “It’s fine. Go ahead.” I had been waiting for his moment since forever. I never thought it would come.
The next kick was a little soft, almost as if they knew that they had hurt me and wanted to avoid it this time around. They simply wanted to greet their Dadda.
A small smile formed on Nikolai’s lips and tears erupted in my eyes. It was perfect. Everything about this moment was perfect.
Nik lowered his head and placed two soft kisses on my belly.
My heart was bursting with love for my little family. Now I had no doubt that Nik loved them. And he would raise them with all the love I knew he was capable of giving. And that was all I ever wanted.
Then he moved and sat between my legs. He caught my ankles, raised them and then placed them over his shoulders before he lowered his head between my thighs.
I gasped when he placed a soft kiss against my core.
It had been so long since we had done anything sexual and his earlier ministrations had left me tender, horny and eager for more. So when he sucked on my clit, I felt like I would come in seconds if he kept this up.
But then something embarrassing happened. I felt like I was going to pee so I quickly shoved him away.
“The fuck?” Nikolai rose on his knees and looked at me in confusion before he looked down and his eyes widened.
I freaking peed myself. I covered my face with my hands in embarrassment, “I’m so sorry.”
“You didn’t pee yourself.” He whispered and his tone made my heart drop. “Your water broke.”
I raised my eyes and looked him in the eye. Both of us were thinking the same thing. This is it.
This was it. Today was the day our children were going to take their first breath. And today was the day that I was going to take my last.
With urgency in his eyes, Nik scrambled to my side before capturing my mouth in a bruising kiss. The kiss conveyed everything we didn’t have the time to tell each other anymore.
But the only thing that seemed important right now was, “I love you.”
I heard a small ‘click’. That’s when I felt a collar around my neck. Huh? I raised my hand to touch it but Nik caught my hand, “don’t. It’ll hurt you.” It would have burned me if I had touched the outside of it.
“What are you doing?” My voice rose.
He stood up to his full height and took out a familiar ring from his back pocket. It had a green stone on top of it.
My eyes widened when I realised what it was.
It was the same collar and ring Xillian had used to control me all those months ago.
He put the ring through his middle finger and closed his hand in a fist, as if he need to gather strength to use it.
“What the hell are you doing, Nikolai?” I asked, feeling restless. Something was wrong. I could feel it.
He looked at me with searing pain in his eyes. “The right thing.”
“I know you’re planning something. And you’re going to force me to do it. If it was the right thing to do, you wouldn’t have to force me to do it.” My heart was beating fast in my chest.
He kneeled down and kissed me softly before resting his forehead against mine, “I love you. Always remember that.”
“What are you doing, Nikolai?” My voice rose. I was scared. No, I was absolutely terrified.
He had a look of determination and finality in his eyes. He had already decided upon something and was going to do it either by hook or crook.
“I have something for you in my nightstand.” He said with a crooked smile. “Please follow the instructions on the covers, okay?”
“Okay.” I replied. And then a sharp pain in my uterus made me lose focus. The contractions were starting. And they were painful. I couldn’t even imagine how painful the birthing process was going to be. And I would have to go through it twice.
“Breathe, Love. In. Out. In. Out.” He said, his tone worried as he correctly demonstrated how to breathe. I followed him and slowly, the contractions subsided, but I knew they would be back in some time.
And then he reached down to feel my core. He frowned and then he looked down as if to check something. “About four centimetres already.” He looked up at me, “we don’t have as much time as I thought we did. We need to hurry up.”