Chapter 42: Rut
Rex’s Pov
I knew exactly what was happening.
The heat under my skin wasn’t subtle—it never was. It burned, coiled, demanded. My rut had begun, and with it came the instinct that drowned out everything else. Logic. Restraint. Control.
None of it mattered.
Because my body had already chosen.
Her.
There was no point pretending otherwise. No point fighting it. Not when every breath I took felt incomplete without her scent filling my lungs.
And there she was.
Standing just inside her doorway.
Waiting.
Or maybe she wasn’t waiting—but it didn’t matter. The moment my eyes locked onto hers, something inside me snapped.
I crossed the distance before she could say a word.
My hand caught her wrist, the other at her waist, and before hesitation could even exist, I had her pressed back onto the bed. The world narrowed instantly—reduced to her, to the warmth of her beneath me, to the rapid rise and fall of her chest.
Mine.
The thought came unbidden, sharp and possessive.
Mate.
The word echoed deep in my chest, heavier this time. Louder.
I ignored it.
Or at least, I tried to.
My head swam as her scent wrapped around me—familiar, intoxicating, overwhelming. It sank into me, threading through every nerve until it was all I could feel, all I could think about.
And then something unexpected broke through the haze.
Not hunger.
Not urgency.
But the sudden, undeniable need to touch her gently.
To feel her.
To kiss her.
It seemed to sneak right inside of me and through me until I could no longer think of anything else. The thought to kiss her popped into my head and I did not doubt it. Picking her head up as gently as I could as I kissed her.
Our lips met.
The world stilled.
It wasn’t rushed. It wasn’t frantic. It was something else entirely—something that made the tension in my chest tighten instead of release.
She responded instantly, her hands coming up around my neck, her body pressing closer as if drawn by the same force pulling at me.
A low sound escaped her, soft but enough to send a sharp pulse through me.
That was all it took.
The restraint cracked.
My hands moved again, no longer tentative, tracing down her body, relearning every curve as if I needed to memorize her. Her reactions—every breath, every shift—fed the growing storm inside me.
Softly and as passionately as I could muster. Feeling excited as I felt her wrap her hands around my neck and legs around my waist. All I wanted to do was hold her. My hands sliding down from her neck to her breasts and between her legs as she moaned.
"Call out my name!" I demanded and she listened, "Rex!" she called out with reckless abandon as I slipped my fingers into her center watching her writhe underneath me as she continued to proudly call out my name.
"Rex! More " she gasped and of course I knew my hands weren’t enough and I was simply preparing her. The last thing I wanted to ever do was hurt her. She moaned and I could feel her breath come in gasps.
My cock straining in my pants ready to be unleashed as I gasoed wanting nothing more than to pull it and...patience! I needed to be patient and I was until I could no longer take it any longer.
In one swift motion just when I head her gasp calling out my name about cross the edge I pulled my fingers right out of her before I pulled down my pants. Settling myself right by her center as I slowly slif myself into her.
Delighted as she clung to me pulling me closer legs around my waists urging me to go deeper and I obliged. Thrusting deep inside of her as we both gasped. The pleasure was unlike anything I had ever felt in my life. It was immense. It was mind blowing and I wanted more.
Thrusting my hips harder and deeper into her as I felt her walls tighten and apasm around me clenching around me tighter as she came. "Rex!" she gasped calimg out my name as she does her blue eyes on me with reckless abandon.
In one quick motion I tore off whatever else was left of her clothes that obscured her breasts from me as I continued to thrust into her lowering my hands to her breasts as I lowered my lips to her kissing her as hard as I could.
Mate
The word echoed deeply in my head again but this time I didn’t fight to erase it. I couldn’t as I could not bring myself to stop thrusting my hips forward and between her walls as I groaned in pleasure.
I could feel my own peak rising as I leaned downover her my hands on either side of her as I looked down at her. She was beautiful and for a moment the thought of anyone else touching her sent a storm of anger and hatred right through me.
No! She was mine
Holding her firmly as I continued to sheath myself right between her legs watching her squirm with pleasure as she gasped and moaned calling out my name. Holding on to me. Instinctively I knew what she was wanted and I was more than ready to give it do her.
Thrusting harder and deeper as I felt myself reach the edge. I could feel myself shudder as a spasm passed right through me and I felt myself finish deep inside of her. Pushing deep as she gasped and held on tightly to me. Eyes watery with tears as she gasped as I continued to fill her up.
"Rex!" She gasped and I could feel her clenching around me, milking every part of me as I leaned down waiting until the s pasma were over so I could continue moví mg. The thought of pillina out did not once pop into my mind.
Relieved that she felt the same way as I heard her gasp aloud again ss she wrapped her legs around my waist.
"More Rex! Don’t pull away!" she gasped and I had no intention of doing such a thing as I slowly pulled out watching her struggle to let me go a look of pain in her eyes as she looked down at her legs eyes looking back at me urging me to slide back between her legs.
The sight of my seed spilling out of her was enough to make me want to clog her center and I pushed back into her. The pleasure was much more than before ss I trapped her legs pushing it wider ss I felt myself grow bigger inside of her.
She let out a cry but I was too far gobe to care. My head felt cloudy as I felt myself continue to grow inside of her as I trusted like a maniac. The pleasure building in such a way that it was the only thing I felt.
I moved faster and deeper and she begged me to continue with tears in her eyes her hands scratching across my back leaving blistered that would heal as I continued to thrust until I felt myself get to the edge.
It was immense as I gasped fixing my eyes on her as I felt myself fall over the edge. She screamed in pleasure at the same time hand cleching against me in a death trap just before I felt myself grow even bigger inside of her as I felt my seed slowly begin to fill her.
She gasped wanting to pull away but I wasn’t going to let her. Moreover were were joined as I felt myself knot deep inside of her and I filled her insides with my warm seed as I watched her arch her back as she also reached the edge with tears sliding down her face.
Even then I still knew she wanted more. More of what I could give her and I was more than willing to give it.
"Don’t go." she gasped her voice cracked in a way that I knew she was far gone, eyes heavily lidded as I felt myself locked inside of her.
Where could I possibly go?
There was something in her tone—something that cut through what little clarity I had left.
Not just want.
Not just need.
But something deeper.
Something that matched the pull inside my chest.
I lifted my head just enough to look at her again.
Really look at her.
And in that moment, the word came back one final time.
Mate.
My hand moved to her face, slower now, steadier, brushing lightly against her skin as I held her gaze.
"I’m not going anywhere," I said quietly.
And for the first time since this began—I meant it. There was something deep in my body that wouldn’t let me even if I tried.
My eyes sliding over to her neck where I could mark her and make her mine but only if she accepted. If she refused the bond then I would be nothing more than a slave.
Raising my hand, I slapped myself trying to put some more clarity in my thought as I fell on her out bodies still joined as pleasure thrilled through me.
Closing my eyes I began to mutter under my breath, "murderer! You’re nothing but a murderer!"
