dance as he walked behind Ana, and the whole room burst into laughter.
Yes, it would be more work for all of us, but I shared Cariad’s joy and pride in managing the estate. We both loved watching things grow and our people thrive. Cariad had taught me about the business, and we traveled almost everywhere together unless our duties required us to separate. I’d heard the Town’s folk told the most outrageous tales about me these days, calling me the Dark Husband. I enjoyed the title immensely.
I wished good night to my friends and gave Ana a kiss for the dessert. Stomach full of pie, I climbed up the stairs. I’d bathe and read for a while and have a glass of wine before bed. Only one last night alone. The familiar need thrummed through my belly and chest. The subtle emptiness made itself known, an ever-present echo of our lust. Yes, he’d changed my body, but I didn’t resent him for it anymore. I loved what we’d become together.
In the changing room, I caressed his robe. I’d wear it tonight myself to stay close to him. I untied the strings on my shirt when the clacking of horseshoes on stone drifted through the open window. It was Sera. I recognized the sound of her trot.
My Cariad had come home early.
I spun around and rushed through the door. Barefoot, my shirt open, I ran to him.
Cariad
I jumped off my horse, caressed her nose, and ruffled her mane as a thank-you. She would return to the stables on her own, and Jona would take care of her. Sera had been fast today, tolerating my impatience. I’d left my hunters behind and hurried home. I wanted to be back with Rees as soon as possible.
Rees’s steps pounded from the house as he ran down the stairs. I approached the door with a smile. It flew open, and he burst through, bounding to me. He jumped into my arms at full speed, wrapping his arms and legs around me, then pressed his lips to mine.
I carried him into the house and up the stairs while he kissed me. His hard cock rubbed against my belly, and I kneaded his ass cheeks. In my peripheral vision, two of my hunters tiptoed away through the hallways. They knew not to disturb us. I hadn’t seen Rees in seven days. He needed me, and I needed him.
As soon as we were in our bedroom, behind closed doors, I pushed him against the wall. He humped my belly mindlessly, moaning into our kisses. My cock was fully hard and wet with early seed. My need for Rees made my tongue twitch in my mouth and my horns grow out.
Neither of us could bear waiting any longer. Holding his body with one arm, I unsnapped my belt, and my riding trousers pooled around my feet. I fisted the fabric of Rees’s pants and tore them open over his ass to get to his hole. Then I grabbed Rees’s ass cheeks with both hands, my fingers by his pucker, stretching the skin, and I impaled him on my cock, my early seed more than enough to ease the way. His body welcomed me in, the warm walls rippling around my cock, and he groaned from deep in his belly. His ecstatic sounds ringing in my ears, I let him sink with his weight until his stretched hole nestled against the base of my cock. I rocked my hips.
“Cariad!” he exclaimed. The sound of my name on his lips! My heart soared.
I tore the rest of his ruined clothes off him, and rags fell to the floor as I fucked him. Now that we were joined, my form changed, and the animal in me rejoiced in its freedom. My cock pierced my soulmate’s body, growing harder and thicker, while the thorns on my arms gleamed with silver. My skin glowed with the fire in me, and my muscles pulsed with strength.
“My Lord… Beautiful… Deep… Ah! So deep!” His broken words sounded like a song.
The monster possessed me, and I fucked Rees there against the wall by the door, holding him up by his ass and letting him drop down on my cock as I drove up into his hole. My tongue slithered out, and Rees sucked on the tips. He opened his mouth and let me fuck his throat with it. He grabbed my horns, urging me to delve deeper. So I stole his breath, pushing into him from both