Ginny

GINNY

I n between sessions in the birthing stall, Asteron carries me to his vast bathroom and cleans me up diligently, using the softest of cloths. Then I get to sleep for a while, nestled into his huge body, listening to his lungs and heart, an organ which pounds so slowly, I worry it might stop.

But when I wake, he is there, watching me, a smile on his face.

"Do you need me again, little queen?" he asks, tracing a finger down my cheek. "I think we're close."

I press my fist against my breastbone. It's as if something is blooming there, something new and hot.

Asteron picks me up as easily as if I weigh nothing and carries me over to the stall.

"I'm so tired, but I need you," I murmur as he places me carefully into the contraption.

"One more time, my mate, one more time," he murmurs in my ear. "Our bond is near."

I'm already slick for him, and his cock breaches me with ease, right up to the knot. There's no need for him to work it in anymore because I can take him immediately, something Asteron takes full advantage of, circling his hips before he withdraws and leaves me empty before slamming back inside and filling me completely.

The second he does, it's like fireworks going off inside me. My body snaps around him, enclosing him, taking him deep within. At the same time, I feel a presence I didn't have before. A sense of belonging, of being, of knowing.

Asteron leans over me, arms wrapped around my body, cradling me, nuzzling me.

My little mate, you are my stars, my galaxy, my planet. Everything I am belongs to you.

His voice is in my head, actually in my head, but it's absolutely beautiful. Tears prick at my eyes and I don't attempt to hold back.

"I can hear you," I whisper.

"I can feel you," Asteron says as he gently withdraws from me. ", you are mine. Our bond is complete."

And as he says the word "bond," it resonates around me like shimmering stars. Complete is not something I've felt for a very long time, not since I was torn from my family and had to watch as they perished. But with Asteron, I am linked to him by something more than our marriage.

He is in my soul, as I am in his.

And there is something else, something far greater in this moment.

"Asteron! The baby. It's coming and it's coming now !"