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Chapter 4

"I don't know why I let you do that Alec." She said, bewildered but also relieved Logan had gone.

I do your hormones still recognize me as your mate, he thought happily.

"I'm tied and I'm hungry," she whined.

"Pizza," he asked, flourishing his cell phone.

"Yeah, real cordon bleu."

Alec, who thought pizza was food for the Gods, shrugged and hit speed dial. "Would you like me to run you a bath before you go back to bed," he asked smiling at her.

Back to bed, run me a bath, she repeated tiredly in her head as she leaned back on the couch looking at him in bemusement. Her heat was over, but that's exactly what she wanted to do, go back to bed…with Alec she thought bewildered.

"You've had a rough two days and you deserve some pampering. I'll call you when it's ready and then you can sleep for as long as you need too." He said, frowning at how exhausted she looked.

That sounds so good, stretching her sore muscles she flushed as her mind bombarded her with images of how her muscles became sore.

The pizza was there when she got out of the bath and they ate it in companionable silence, sitting on his bed.

I'll bet that tee shirt never looked as good on me as it does on her, he thought, running his eyes appreciatively over the expanse of long, smooth brown leg his shirt didn't cover. His eyes moved lingering up her body, right into her amused eyes. Startled at being caught out he covered it with a nonchalant smirk.

She laughed, realizing he hadn't expected to be caught.

He'd been caught ogling Max and he wasn't in pain, she was laughing, he looked at her like as if she'd suddenly sprouted two heads and that made her laugh all the harder. I can't remember when I've felt so good. This is the strangest heat I've ever had. I'd thought it was over but it isn't I still want him, she realized in wonder.

Imitating Alec she ran her eyes brazenly over him. She lingeringly, hotly, inventoried his body, her eyes finally coming to rest on his astonished face. Why haven't I noticed how gorgeous he is? How many men have eyelashes as absurdly long and as thick, or a mouth as kissable, or look as good as him, she thought appreciatively. He even stands out amongst Transgenics.

Smiling smugly, she grabbed his shirt and pulled him down on top of her, laughing again at his stunned expression. Running her fingers through his hair she pulled his head down and opened her mouth over his her tongue eagerly seeking his.

He's so good at this, she thought languorously as his tongue stroked into her mouth his lips moving hungrily against hers, his hand under her shirt moving in lazy circles on her stomach turning her none boneless with need.

Wanting to feel his skin she tugged his shirt up, his lips only leaving hers for the time it took her to pull it over his head. Running her hands over his smooth skin feeling the warm contours of the muscles of his back contented her for a while, but soon she wanted his clothes off she wanted his skin on her skin.

Slanting her mouth out from under his she kissed across to his ear "Off," she whispered throatily, urgently, unbuckling his belt as she licked his ear.

Groaning he moved his ear against her mouth. I love that thing she does to my ear. She hasn't even got my pants off yet and I'm nearly cuming.

Rearing back off the bed he unzipped his pants and let them drop never taking his hungry eyes off her as she laid waiting for him. "No don't." He whispered coming back down beside her and stilling her hands on her tee shirt.

"I want to take it off," he mouthed against her ear making her shiver. He stroked his hand up her body and along the underside of her arm leaving a trail of sensation as he eased the shirt off her.

She lay there and watched him run his eyes hungrily over her. It's so sexy the way he looks at me so intently, fiercely like he can't decide where to begin.

She's so beautiful everything about her is perfect. Green eyes gazing hotly into brown he closed his hand over her breast squeezing it, his thumb rubbing her nipple as she pushed up into his hand. He watched her eyes hazing with pleasure and desire.

Desire for me. he thought wonderingly, dipping his head and sucking her other nipple into his mouth.

She moaned his name, holding his head to her breast, running her fingers through his hair, and grinding her hips into his. He loved this, loved the way she withered and thrashed, so responsive to his smallest touch.

Still tonguing her nipple he slid his hand lightly down her side and across her stomach, she shivered, his hand leaving a trail of sensitised skin as it moved down her body.

"Oh god," she moaned, as he slid his hand inside her panties and found her sensitive bud. Holding his wrist to keep his hand on her, she undulated her hips frantically against his hand. He grinned against her breast, her nipple still in his mouth. Kissing his way back up to her lips, his other hand on her neck, he stilled her restless head angling his mouth down over hers her tongue frantically moving in his mouth as he kissed her.

Trailing his fingers slowly down her neck over her breast and down her side he hooked her panties and pulled them down. His hand temporarily gone from between her legs.

"Don't stop," she moaned, grabbing his wrist to bring his hand back to her, before sucking his tongue back into her mouth.

His fingers slid over her, so warm and wet, she jerked as his finger found her small bundle of nerves. "Don't stop Alec," she moaned into his mouth, moving into his hand as he stroked her.

His mouth hot and hungry on hers, he could feel the tension in her building as she moved against his hand and made sexy little panting sounds into his mouth.

Pulling back from their drugging kiss he looked down at her arched against him, her eyes closed her face frowning in concentration. So beautiful, leaning down he touched the tip of his tongue to her engorged nipple, her hand immediately went to his head. Moaning as he flicked his tongue over her nipple she jerked against his hand as her climax shuddered thorough her.

Clinging to him his body over her, his weight on her, his erection pressed against her hip, his mouth hungrily back on hers she slid her hands up his sides and around to his shoulders as she pulled him more tightly against her, moving her mouth off his.

"Please, Alec, now, I want you inside me, now."

Hand in her hair he impatiently turned her mouth back to his and covered it again his hungry and hotly demanding.

"Please," she moaned again, into his mouth.

Slipping her hand between their bodies to grasp his hard length she stroked him mewing eagerly into his mouth, as she manoeuvred to bring him inside her. Sliding his hand up her thigh, Alec pulled her leg around his waist as he thrust inside her.

Arching up in pleasure as he plunged into her, she heard him grunt as he entered her. Even his sound is sexy, she thought.

He felt her warm, tight heat close around him, her muscles instinctively squeezing him in welcome. Moving her other leg around his waist she pulled him deeper as he stroked powerfully into her. Hand tangled in her hair his mouth plundered hers hot and demanding. She returned his kiss hungrily as he stroked relentlessly into her.

All sensation concentrated where his body joined hers. She could feel the muscles in his back bunching under her hands as she clung to his sweat damp body and he strained over her.

Alec could feel her clenching around him as she met him thrust for thrust. Could feel her start to tense and thrash as her tension built, her nails digging into his back as she clung to him biting into his shoulder as she started to jerk in his arms. Her climax triggered his own release and he grunted into her ear.

Holding him, his weight still on her, her body still trembling satiated and content she wondered why she had waited so long to feel like this.

Finally rolling off her he brought her with him, he could still feel her trembling against him as he pushed the hair back from her forehead and bent to kiss her gently her lips quivered under his.

Surprised, he pulled back quickly to scan her face. He could see her tears. Fuck she's crying! he realized in panic.

"Max…what…?" he asked aghast.

"Its okay, Alec," she interrupted pulling his head down and kissing him quickly, innocently.

"I don't know why I'm crying I feel good, really good."

She smiled shakily through her tears. "I think it's just my heat hormones."

Stretching up she kissed him again.

Frowning, worried,  he leaned over her brushing her tears away with his thumb, "Are you sure you're okay?" he asked uncertainly.

"This heat is really strange, I feel really weird. But I'm okay," she reassured, rubbing her cheek against his shoulder.

He gently stroked his hand through her hair. Smiling softly she moved closer, he rolled onto his back so she could fit under his arm and she snuggled into his side.

Sighing contentedly as his arms closed around her, she settled her head on his shoulder, slung her arm and her leg across him, wiggled until she was comfortable and drifted off to sleep.

He could still smell her hormones. Just enough for her to still want me close, but probably not enough to make her want to jump me again. he thought regretfully.

He had hoped to talk to her while her heat made her still receptive to him. When she woke her hormone levels would have dropped even more and sexy, cuddly, affectionate Max would be no more.

Shame, he thought regretfully, as he stroked her hair. I like this.

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Alec snapped awake as he felt her pull away from him, he grabbed her wrist as she tried to sit up. Rolling to his side he leaned on his elbow and looked down at her.

"Sneaking off, Maxie, uh uh, not very good morning after etiquette," he admonished, smirking at her.

He watched her close her eyes and saw tears gathering at the corners. Oh fuck, Great Alec, good start he told himself in disgust.

"I'm not ready yet," her voice panicked, as she tried to pull her wrist free.

Not a great way to start he thought scanning her averted face.

"We have to talk," he said, still holding onto her, "you might be pregnant."

The shock on her face told him she hadn't thought of this.

"I didn't use any protection…the heat…I'm sorry…I couldn't think…I'm sorry, Max, I've always…" he trailed off, as he looked at her shocked face.

He ploughed on, "According to the good ole Manticore Sex Ed Manuel, 'X5's in heat have a 90% chance of a successful mating outcome,'" he quoted exactly.

"Successful outcome Manticore style means pregnancy, Max," his eyes were fixed on her pale face.

Silence

"I need to know what you're going to do," he asked finally, still holding onto her wrist.

Max lay there, her mind immobilized, blank unable to think. Pregnant, pregnant to Alec kept replaying over and over in her head.

Silence

"Later might be too late," he stumbled on, momentarily closing his eyes and exhaling deeply as he thought about what he had to say. "I don't know much about it, but I do know you can take pills to stop it from happening, if you do it early enough," he added, uncomfortably. Fuck this is hard.

Swallowing tensely, he scanned her blank emotionless face. "If you are pregnant, with my baby, then I want to help you raise it. Logan isn't gonna raise any child of mine. If it can't be that way, then I want you to see a doctor," he finished quietly, as he let go of her wrist.

Realizing he had let her go, she sat up swinging her legs to the floor. Sitting on the edge of the bed her back to him she tugged the sheet loose wrapping it around her body.

He's just asked me something, something important, her thoughts slow she replayed his words in her head.

"Okay," she agreed flatly, as she started to collect her clothes.

Okay, okay what? he wondered, as he watched her retreating back heading into his bathroom the sheet wrapped tightly around her.

Okay, we're probably going to have a baby?

Okay, we're not?

Okay, fuck you, Logan and me are probably going to have your baby.

Okay, what? he thought in frustration.

TBC

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