2brown-eyes, beagle, and princess read this for me before the contest.

***For those who haven't read this before, prepare yourself, unique plot is unique hahahaha lawd

The lithe, amber-eyed guard who led me to the gallery is on me before I've made it very far. He grips my arm tightly to stop my forward progress and I fight against his hold, everything within me needing to get to my best friend. Tears roll down my cheeks and I scream her name, but it's no use.

A deafening roar expands inside the room, causing me to cower, and just as quickly, the guard's grip is gone. I'm on the edge of a panic attack when I lift my head to see what happened. I go to run, but a mystical force tethers me in place.

Brown meets green.

Time stands still.

I don't need breath.

My heart doesn't beat.

Green darkens three shades, and the alluring almond-shaped pupils shift to fine, vertical slits. The room around us no longer exists, just he and I and the translucent string that connects us. It originates from my heart and weaves its way across the space that separates us, binding me to him for all eternity.

His nose flexes as he inhales a long gulp of air, and a deep growl rumbles in his chest. Before I know what's happening, he loops his arm around my waist and bounds from the room. Behind us, people are calling his name, but he only spins and hisses, his teeth bared, stopping them in their tracks.

I'm disoriented by the time I'm on my feet again, but we're in a well-appointed room with a giant bed against one wall and glass doors lining another. The prince paces near the door, a steady rumble coming from his chest.

I should be terrified.

But I'm not.

His anxiousness is also mine.

He glances my way, our eyes lock, and the cord that binds us solidifies into a visible entity. He leaps across the room with a trill and pulls me into his arms. Honeysuckle that's been warmed by sunshine fills my senses and imprints on my mind.

I'm not sure what's happening.

But I'm powerless to stop it.

I don't want to stop it.

Prince Edward is suddenly the most important thing in my world, and every molecule within me seeks to become one with him. "Please," I murmur, fingers locked into his luscious mane. "I don't…"

"Mine." It's a gruff claim that should snap me out of this daze, but instead, it makes me burn for the unknown.

Nails extend and shred my clothes, my underwear following quickly after. His wandering tongue snakes out, rough like sandpaper, and targets my nipples. Prickly sparks travel down my body and gather in my pelvis, causing wetness to drip from my center. Running his nose along my stomach, a low-frequency rumble builds in his chest, and I nearly cry when I realize what it is.

His purr.

Pupil slits shrink to fine black lines, clear glass green filling his entire eyes. He drops to his knees, panting now, and laps at my juices. His tail encircles my waist, pulling me flush against his velvety nose.

With a deep inhale, his eyes fall closed as he coats his lips in my scent. Hot breath sends shivers coursing through me, and I waver on my feet from the explosion of need that pulses through my body. Impatience flows through our connection, and with a leap, we're across the room.

He pushes me to the bed. "Mine."

My legs are spread, and his head is between my thighs in an instant, tail flicking back and forth in the air, signaling his pleasure. Tensing his tongue, he thrusts the long appendage inside and then flattens the tip to tickle my most secret spot.

I arch from the bed, fingers locked in his mane. "Prince Edward," I moan, thrusting against his mouth. "More. Please."

His purr swells so loudly it fills the room, the sound vibrating his tongue as it picks up speed, thrust, thrust, thrusting in and out of my soaked pussy. Sparks of light flicker at the edges of my vision, just out of reach, and I beg for them to blind me.

"Please, please, please," I chant, nearly incoherent.

He presses down on my stomach, holding me anchored as the first wave batters me. There's another and another until I've come unhinged and am floating in a honeysuckle pond. I've never been more sated in my life, and yet I need more.

I want all of him.

My desire pulses through our connection, and with a snarl, he flips me and pulls my ass in the air. His tail wraps around my ankle, the barbed tip pressing into my skin ever so slightly. I look over my shoulder, trying like hell to see when he unsheathes his glorious cock, but he's inside, filling me like no other ever will.

Much like earlier, the heavy tone of his purr quivers through his being. His thrusts are short and fast, deep and hard, wild and untamed—animalistic. And just when I'm about to pass out from sheer pleasure, he pushes one final time, and a distinctive knot swells from his cock, stretching me to my limits.

There's a slight ache as I adjust to the size, wiggling my hips before pushing back to take it all. He grips my thighs, pointed nails pressing into tender flesh, and releases a possessive growl as he rotates his hips against my ass.

Fireworks erupt behind my lids as another orgasm rocks through me. With every shift of his pelvis, ripples of ecstasy radiate from where we're locked together. His heated breath on my neck causes goosebumps to scatter down my arms, and I'm delirious.

His tongue snakes out and makes slow, easy passes along my shoulders and upper arms, his purr reverberating from his chest to mine. A slow, steady throb pulses from the knot, reinvigorating my spent body. A shimmy of my hips announces my urgency, and my prince push, push, pushes as deep as he can go.

Edward's satisfied purr turns into a low, keening groan that travels directly to my thundering heart, and his burgeoning ecstasy thumps through our connection. Pulses of muted pink light dance behind my lids, a reflection of his building pleasure. His knot throbs, thump, thump, thumping until another orgasm rushes through me.

My rapture sets off his own, and his thunderous roar is deafening just before he digs his canines into my shoulder and comes inside me. Our connection thrums with warmth as pink shifts to deep red, our souls binding together as one.

My name is irrelevant, he knows me.

And I know him.

Inside and out.

Soul to soul.

Mind to mind.

Heartbeat to heartbeat.

The cord that binds us transforms into a full-blown shield that dances around us and shimmers like diamonds. I don't know where I start or where he ends. We're one being now with two like minds, forever entwined and eternally bonded.

The slow pulses ebb and the knot recedes, his cock disappearing into its sheath. Exhausted and spent, we're fully sated for the first time ever.

I don't know how much time passes before I come to some semblance of awareness, but when I do, I'm nestled into Edward's chest. The only sign of life is the slow circuit his tail tuft makes up and down my back.

Edward's fingertips brush my arm, and a low snarl snaps through our connection. "Please forgive Garrett." His voice is a deep baritone that wraps me in warmth. "He was only doing his job."

I nod.

Garrett who?

I try really hard to catch his meaning, but it escapes me.

I'm lost.

Swimming with no destination.

Edward lifts a lock of my hair, his nose flexing as he inhales. A low rumble sounds from deep in his chest and it vibrates my entire being, causing tiny pulses of want to flicker to life.

Fuck.

Me.

He smiles, his lips pulling back to reveal two rows of perfectly straight teeth, including four sharp canines. "I'm Edward and you are…"

"Isabella." His smooth tone is buttery delicious, and chills radiate from where we touch. They travel up my arms and down my spine. "My friends call me Bella."

Friends?

Friend.

Rose!

How are we feeling abt that?

The story continues on Monday :)