19. Pregnancy （Part 2）

19

PREGNANCY (PART 2)

Everything was terrible. Pinks was too hot, he wanted a raw bone to gnaw on, Zarrie was crying, and the lights were not blue.

He burst into tears.

Galent hurried into the nursery, scrunching his forehead. "What's wrong, Sweety-Pinks?"

"Everything!" Pinks wailed when Galent scooped him into his arms. "I'm hot and sticky. I'm hungry and I want a huge raw bone. Zarrie's crying because she's teething. And I want blue lights on the ceiling. Why're they not blue?"

"Okay, shhh. Let me fix everything." Galent stripped off Pinks' clothes and brought him to the bathroom, gently setting him in the bathtub. He ran the shower and adjusted the water temperature on Pinks' feet, before aiming the spray on the rest of his body. It took away some of Pinks' awful stickiness; he sighed in relief. Galent smiled. "Now, let me get Zee."

Galent undressed Zarrie too, delivering her to Pinks' arms. He slipped out of the bathroom and returned a moment later with Zarrie's teething gel, which he gently rubbed onto her gums. Zarrie sniffled and hiccupped, but at least her crying had tapered off.

"I sent Handsome to the store for a bone," Galent said. "And I'm going out to get some LED strips so we can change the lights to whatever color you want. AlphaBot will guard the house while we're gone."

They'd triple-reinforced the wards around the mansion so no one could break in again. Pinks had felt safer with each measure Galent had taken to defend his lair; it was getting to the point where he never wanted to leave, because he liked it so much here.

"Okay," Pinks said, sinking back against the tub.

Zarrie wriggled. Then she sneezed, and there was suddenly a tiny gray wolf pup in Pinks' lap, yipping and wagging her tail. Pinks couldn't help smiling.

"Aww, Baby Zee!" Galent melted, crouching next to the tub and reaching for Zarrie, his gaze incredibly soft. "Does everything look different when you're a pup, Zee? Does your dad smell different? You know he's carrying your sibling, right? You're gonna be a big sis soon."

Already, Pinks' belly was half the size of a watermelon. He was starting to have aches all over, and sometimes, the baby kicked. Galent loved feeling up his belly for kicks.

"Okay, I need to get you your lights," Galent said. "Handsome might be back first with the bone. Are you going to share some with Zee?"

"Probably," Pinks said. "Especially now that she has sharp little teeth."

"Don't bite your dad." Galent lifted Zarrie up, looking sternly into her adorable face. "Okay? Don't make him hurt, he's an amazing dad."

She sneezed in his face, and Galent grinned helplessly.

"Right, be back soon." Galent returned Zarrie to Pinks' arms, and hurried out.

Handsome was the first one back. He knocked on the bathroom door and stopped by the bathtub, unwrapping the largest bone Pinks had ever seen. "Only the very best for you, Lord Consort. Chilled for your comfort."

Pinks gnawed at the bone with his human teeth, then shifted into a wolf so he could crunch into it properly. Zarrie yipped and came to investigate; Pinks bit off the cartilage and gave her that softer part so she could tear into it with her little teeth.

By the time Galent returned, Pinks had chewed up half the bone and shifted back into a human. Zarrie was curled up in his lap, tired out after all her gnawing.

"Both of you are absolutely adorable," Galent purred. He dropped a kiss on top of Pinks' head, then left to install the lights.

Pinks began sniffling. "No!"

"No?" Galent turned back. "You wanted blue lights."

"I want you to cuddle me because I'm sad!"

"Oh, Sweety-Pinks." Galent set down the lights and came back, grabbing fluffy towels. "Here, let's get both of you dry, then I'll cuddle you for as long as you want."

Galent did most of the drying, really. When Zarrie was sleeping soundly in her crib and Pinks was toweled dry, Galent carried Pinks to their bed, cuddling with him.

"What about now?" Galent kissed Pinks' neck and pressed his hand over Pinks' heart. "Are you feeling better?"

"I guess," Pinks said grudgingly. Come to think of it, Galent had done everything Pinks wanted, without even complaining.

Galent laughed quietly. "My grumpy Sweety-Pinks."

"You like it when I'm grumpy?"

"I like you when you're you. No matter how you are. Actually." Galent leaned in, whispering in Pinks' ear, "I love you."

Pinks' heart tumbled. They hadn't said those words to each other before. It had been months since Pinks first acknowledged Galent as his alpha, but those words... They had felt too big, and Pinks hadn't been ready to say them, even though he'd known what he felt.

He wet his lips, his heart pounding. Galent watched him patiently, fondly. Like he already knew.

"I love you," Pinks croaked. "Sorry it took me so long to say it."

But Galent only smiled wider. He cupped Pinks' face and kissed him deeply, tangling their tongues together. "Mine. Would you like to have my mating bite, Sweety-Pinks?"

Oh, gods. Pinks couldn't breathe. "Yes."

Galent rumbled, stroking his hand down Pinks' chest, to his belly. He pressed his blunt human teeth to the crook of Pinks' neck, and bit down hard, breaking skin.

The jolt was half-pain and half-pleasure. It went straight through Pinks and made him pant, his entire body thrumming with awareness. With belonging. When he looked down, he found thin, swirling lines surfacing on his skin—in a deep blood red, the color of Galent's dragon eyes. "Oh."

Galent made a soft sound of surprise. "Don't these lines only form when wolves mark each other?"

"I don't know. But—But I think Liem has them, too. From his bond with Onyx. Onyx is a demon."

Galent gave a pleased hum, smoothing his hands over the exquisite lines—Pinks' arms, his chest, his belly, his thighs. A tendril of it went down Pinks' cock, to his very tip. Galent traced the line with his thumb, then closed his hand over Pinks' cock and squeezed. Sparks exploded through Pinks' body. "Let's see if it's on... other parts of you."

Galent turned Pinks over, sucking in a slow breath.

"It's all over your back, too." A calloused fingertip traced elaborate swirls down Pinks' back, over his ass and down his thighs. Galent grasped Pinks' asscheek and spread him open, his finger following the markings straight to his hole. "Fuck. The lines all lead here. Like this. And this. And this."

Pinks whimpered when Galent followed each line to his pucker, then pulled away to trace another line. "Just put them inside me already!"

Galent groaned and pushed his fingers straight in, sinking them all the way to his knuckles. Pinks moaned. His body stretched easily around his alpha, already wet, his cock aching with need.

"That's it. Take my fingers, Sweety-Pinks," Galent murmured, holding his fingers inside Pinks, lightly stroking his inner walls. "Now every inch of you is mine. And everyone will know."

"Yours," Pinks said breathlessly.

"I think you're ready to take my dragon cock now," Galent purred, brushing his thumb over Pinks' taint. "I'll be so careful. Push it in slow. Let you feel how big you make me."

Galent stripped. The next thing Pinks knew, there was a great sapphire dragon curled around him, a smooth, thick tail sliding between Pinks' legs. Galent grasped Pinks' cheeks and spread them, nuzzling between them with his snout. He pushed his tongue in and swirled it around, drawing a gasp from Pinks' lips.

"Are you trying to make me lose my mind?" Pinks whined, spreading his legs.

"Mmm. You taste so good." Galent thrust his thick tongue in again, and again, until Pinks gripped the sheets and panted. Then the dragon pulled his tongue out, and a different sort of tapered thing pushed into his body.

It was Galent's tail.

Galent's tail was slender at the very tip; it grew thicker the deeper he pushed, until Pinks was full of Galent's tail, and his cock throbbed so hard, he was about to come.

"You like my tail, too," Galent growled in delight. "You like it when I pleasure you with every part of me." He thrust his tail deeper, undulating it so Pinks felt every single inch.

Pinks came with a cry, only to have Galent push his tail deeper, fucking him thoroughly. Before Pinks could get used to that strange shape, Galent pulled out. And a thick, blunt tip slotted between his cheeks, pressing against his loosened hole.

"Mine," Galent purred, precum shooting into Pinks' hole right before he sank his cock inside.

Pinks came. Galent's dragon cock was big, and the bumps caught against his rim, before Galent pushed them in and they massaged his insides. The curve on the other side of his cock made everything worse—better—when it pressed down against his prostate and forced his eyes to roll back. Pinks wheezed, trying to adjust to Galent's cock, except there was so much of it.

He came again, and again when Galent finally sank his entire length into Pinks, their hips pressed snugly together, Pinks' cock dark red and desperate.

"You're so hard," Galent whispered in Pinks' ear, closing his paw around Pinks' cock. "I'd almost call it... rock-hard."

Pinks huffed breathlessly. "Not a s-statue."

"But I think you should know what it feels like to be so hard," Galent said, a smile in his voice. He gave a firm thrust so Pinks cried out, precum shooting out of him.

Galent sat back, his cock sliding almost all the way out. He caught Pinks under the arms and pulled him upright. Then he impaled Pinks on his cock, jerking him up and down on it, until Pinks thrashed and came helplessly, stretched so wide around his alpha.

"Mine," Galent said raggedly, thrusting into him. "All mine. You keep clenching around me, sucking me down like you don't want to let me go. Want—Want me buried deep inside you forever, Sweety-Pinks? Want me to make you come for the rest of our lives?"

"Y-you can't be proposing right now," Pinks gasped, his voice going high as he came again.

"I'm just saying," Galent panted. He bent Pinks over and began thrusting, slow, deep rolls of his hips that had Pinks moaning, coming over and over until Galent's thrusts grew short and rough. "I'm going to come. Going to fill you up with my claim, every last drop of it."

"Please!"

Galent came with a roar. Pinks panted and tried to breathe. Except Galent's knot swelled in him, so big and round that it pressed against his prostate. Pinks couldn't stop coming.

Galent ran his paw down Pinks' chest, fondling his aching cock as it shot over and over until he'd completely exhausted himself. "So beautiful," Galent whispered in his ear. "My beautiful Pinks."

Eventually, Galent's knot went down. Pinks floated in and out of consciousness, barely registering when Galent arranged him in a more comfortable position in bed. Galent shifted back into his human form and curled around Pinks, covering Pinks' belly with his hand.

Of course their baby had to kick right then. Pinks grunted; Galent cooed, leaning over Pinks to kiss his belly. "Our little pup," Galent murmured proudly. "That was such a strong kick. Our baby is going to grow up strong."

"Babies," Pinks mumbled. "Zarrie too."

Galent inhaled sharply. "Are you—Did you just—"

Pinks closed his hand around Galent's, tugging him back so they were curled up together in bed. "I want you to be Zarrie's other dad."

"Oh, Pinks." Galent choked up, hugging him tightly for a second, before letting him breathe. "Thank you."

"You're amazing," Pinks said fondly. "You're going to be perfect as her Papa."

Galent rumbled, leaning in so he could shower Pinks' face with kisses. "So... In my family, we have a tradition for bonding..."