War-Bloodied Claws

Chapter 23: Before the Exodus

Hadrian and Tom remained alone in the royal wing; sequestered by themselves as Hadrian indulged his mate and his lust for the playing of bodies together for the next week and a half; feeding directly from him alone intermittently. Tom had some idea of how sore he'd be after; having had one prior instance to what it could be like beforehand.

However, he was duly unprepared for the reality, seeing as Tom wasn't a creature and did not have their...physical attributes and or abilities; meanwhile this was as Hadrian had touched every part of him through this.

Inside and Outside.

He had never before felt so pleasured after the vampire's lust began to wane; Tom could barely move himself to do anything. That was when Tom experienced the softer side of Hadrian too; the side he had seen glimpses of when Indulal was pregnant. Hadrian continually made sure that he was comfortable and not in severe pain whenever he moved his body about. He brought them both food and fed them, not wanting to rely on the house elves unless he had to; to keep their energy levels up.

He carried Tom around when he wanted to be outside on the large balcony, and not completely cooped up in the bedroom. He helped Tom up to use the bathroom; embarrassing as this was for him, as well as to bathe and to dress.

Hadrian purred affectionately to his skin and nuzzled him softly when they were resting; the sound so soft and much like a very happy feline Tom thought idly with a small smile to his face. His vampire's hands never wandering too low or being too teasing to him; knowing exactly how much discomfort Tom had for the revels Hadrian and he had just gone through. Hadrian had let Aria handle the bodies that needed siphoned of their magic and Keepers Nemesia, Anastasia and Camden; they had done the harvesting of blood, organs, and such.

Hadrian had wanted as much time as he could have through this to spend on his mate; seeing as that he would be very busy after the exodus began and they had moved planes. Tom was enjoying the time alone as well; as he always enjoyed it when he had Hadrian to himself like this. It was not often; so he took advantage of the moments when he could.

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Hadrian purred softly as he gently held a piece of strawberry to Tom; who smiled indulgently and ate it. But the elder wizard's red eyes then saw Hadrian's considering face and knew something was on the vampire's mind.

"Hadrian..." Tom asked softly as he shifted to his side, "What's the matter, my vampire?"

Hadrian eyed him and then the room but smiled slightly, "I have...been meaning to speak to you, mate. Of something important that I think you'll be glad to hear." Hadrian paused as Tom watched him eat some of the rolled meats before he eyed him and smiled with a look that the older wizard took as...mischievous.

"I think I know how to fix your body, mate." Hadrian said slowly with a smile as his eyes shined

Tom suddenly snapped his eyes to him with hope lingering in the scarlet irises, "How?" He asked breathily

Hadrian then drew him to his lap and leaned him back to him as he then rubbed his clawed fingers gently to his middle, "After our revels began mate; I noticed something when I was deeply inside your body; something I hadn't noticed before until now. The place where....where the bearing womb was supposed to be; it was empty. Like it was there before, but was vanished somehow."

Hadrian then nuzzled him softly, "I theorize that your rituals; the ones you used years ago to change yourself, they somehow got rid of it. To ensure you had the...proper lack of emotions you had wanted to achieve, along with gaining immortality. Becoming pregnant without the ability to feel emotions when they should show up more would have been...odd and concerning.