Chapter 13
I’m screaming, “You bastard, why did I let you talk me into this” as I’m flying across the ravine I fell into on a zip line at forty miles per hour, and all I get in response is Jareth’s laughter.
He’s such a little shit. I’m so going to make him pay for this.
Though I have to admit, this is pretty fun.
Way better than spearfishing. I can feel Jareth’s joy through our bond, and it’s contagious.
So, even though I’m slightly terrified, I’m still enjoying myself.
I may not be able to trust him with directions, but I can say he knows how to bring me out of my comfort zone in ways no one else ever has.
Everything we’ve done this week has been fun.
Even the spearfishing in its own way, despite the disaster it turned into.
I really liked learning how to make my own spear, and I think if we were ever to come back here, I’d try it again since I won’t be suffering from mate-sickness then. But it won’t be anytime soon.
Jareth is waiting for me on the platform at the other end of the line. His face is flushed from the adrenaline, and there’s a huge smile on his face. “So? How was it? Did you have fun?”
After getting unhooked from my harness, I put my arm around his shoulders and kiss his forehead. “Yeah, baby, I had fun. But you’re still going to pay for this when we get home.”
“Don’t threaten me with a good time.”
Laughing, I say, “Come on, let’s go.” After having breakfast this morning, we decided we’d leave when we were finished zip-lining.
So before coming out here, we packed everything up and loaded it into Jareth’s truck.
I took the letters I’d written out of my suitcase and tossed them in the trash since they weren’t needed anymore.
Jareth wanted to read his first before I tossed it, so I let him.
It didn’t really contain anything that hadn’t already been said other than the fact I didn’t want him blaming himself for the result of my own decisions.
After he read it, he hugged me for the longest time before letting me throw it away.
At first, it seemed like he’d wanted to keep it, but when I asked he said he didn’t want to hold on to something that would bring up painful memories for both of us.
He was right. Neither of us needs to be reminded of how close we came to having a future where one of us wasn’t here anymore.
At the bottom of the zip-line platform’s ladder, I take Jareth’s hand in mine and guide him back to the resort.
I want to sleep with him in my own bed tonight, so I can’t have him get us lost. Though that would be a fun way to have a little tryst with him if he ever joins my wolf for a run.
The thought of how it would go has my dick plumping in my jeans, and I have to tell myself to calm down.
If our bond wasn’t healing him a bit faster than normal humans, he wouldn’t be walking today since I was all over him again last night.
I really should give him a break, but I can’t seem to help myself when it comes to him.
Every move he makes is so damn sexy I want to take him to bed constantly.
I’ll have to ask someone who’s mated if it’s always like this or if my libido will cool off a bit, because this is insane.
I know I could go to my parents with it, but no one in their right mind wants to willingly discuss sex with their parents.
Even as an adult, I’d rather fall into a ravine again than ask if what I’m experiencing is normal.
It’s possible this is a result of denying the bond for as long as I did, and if that’s the case, maybe I will calm down after a while.
The question is whether Jareth can handle everything I throw at him until we know for sure.
Maybe I should let him top sometimes, even though he hasn’t expressed any interest in it since hearing my answer the one time he asked if I bottomed.
Jareth squeezes my hand, pulling me from my thoughts. “What are you thinking about so hard over there?”
“Sex.”
He throws his head back and laughs. “When are you not?”
Bumping his shoulder with mine, I say, “I was just wondering if the way I’ve been feeling is normal.”
“Of course it is, babe. My parents always said mates have a higher sex drive for a few months after a bond is sealed before it levels out.”
As we walk through the trees, I spot the lot where we left his truck after checking out of the resort. “I know that, but I feel like mine is above the normal range.”
With a shrug he says, “If it worries you that much, we can talk to Doc about it.”
Shaking my head, I tell him as we reach his truck, “It’s not that it worries me, I just don’t want to risk hurting you since I can’t keep my hands off you for more than a couple hours. Plus, how the hell am I going to go back to work like this?”
I gesture toward my half-hard cock for emphasis. “Anytime you breathe in my direction this happens.”
Jareth doubles over laughing. “I’m sorry, I shouldn’t laugh, because your concerns are valid, but I love that I have that effect on you.”
Seeing the mischievous glint in his eyes, I wag a finger at him. “Don’t you dare use it against me.”
He points at himself and says, “Me? I would never.”
“Liar. You so would. You live to torture me.”
“And you love every second of it.”
“Of course I do. Now get in, I want to sleep with my mate in my own bed tonight, and to do that, we have to get on the road.”
Jareth hits the unlock button on his keys and walks around to the driver’s side.
Climbing in on the passenger side, I put on my seat belt and wait.
Looking to my left, I see Jareth looking down at something before he finally gets into the truck.
As he cranks it up, his phone pings with a text alert.
I watch him as he reads the message with a big smile on his face.
“What is it?”
Jareth holds out the phone to me, and I see a text thread between him and Doc.
Jareth: Hey Doc, question. Rex wants to know if it’s normal for him to want to sex me up every couple hours if I so much as breathe in his direction.
Doc: *laugh cry emoji* Yes it’s normal. Especially in his case since he denied the bond for so long. His sex drive will be exponentially higher than other mated pairs.
Jareth: He’s concerned about hurting me by doing it too much.
Doc: *Dead emoji* Better get a chastity belt and stick to blowjobs then.
I hand the phone back to him, shaking with laughter. “I can’t believe you asked him that.”
He takes his phone back and winks at me. “I wanted to ease your mind. Besides, babe, there’s one thing you forgot.”
“What’s that?”
With a salacious wink, he says, “As your mate, my sex drive increases to match yours. Duh.”
Oh shit.
I know he heard that, because he laughs.
“We’re in the same boat, and I don’t want you worrying about hurting me anymore.
I’ve told you before, if it hurts too much, I’ll tell you, but honestly, I love having you in me way too damn much to worry about a little pain.
I’ll take you any way I can get you. Whenever, wherever. ”
Taking my hand, he brings it to his lips and kisses the back of it. “I may not heal as well as you do even with our bond in place, but it’s enough. Trust me, babe. You start keeping your hands to yourself and I’ll riot, got it?”
Grinning at him, I say, “Yeah, baby, I got it.”
“Good. Now let’s go home. I can’t wait to see how you’re going to make me pay for the zip-lining.”
“I promise, you’re going to love every minute of it.”
“I know I will. I love everything you do to me, just like I love you, Rex.”
“I love you too.”