Fated

Chapter 38

The next morning I woke the the sun blinding me. I tried to turn over and block out the sun, but Damian's knot was still inside of me. We both woke to a sharp pain.

"Fuck," Damian groans.

"Ow," I tried to be still as to think this through. Damian and I were facing each other, our chests touching. He was warm and his body felt perfect against mine, but every small move we made felt like it was ripping my insides out.

"Hold still," Damian grabbed my shoulders. "Just let me. Fuck." Without any warning, I felt a sudden burst of something inside of me.

"Damian," I looked down between us as Damian's panting seemed to calm down. "Did you just..."

"Holding a knot so long tends to make the male build-up," Damian was explaining as he closed his eyes and came down from the high. "We had been attached all night so the sudden movement was enough to make me spill over."

"But... the condom," I looked between us as I felt Damian's cum run out of me.

"Fuck," Damian suddenly realized that the condom broke and that we no longer had protection. He jerked back, but the knot was as tight as ever, and the pain that caused almost made me throw up.

"Damian," I pleaded with him to stop. "Damian it hurts. You are hurting me."

The words seemed to register in his mind because he went completely still. "Rachel, I am so sorry. I didn't mean to move. I panicked. Are you alright?"

I took a few deep breaths, trying to make it through to lingering pain. Knotting was no laughing matter. It was quite painful. "I... I am good now," I said after a minute. "But how do we break this knot?"

"It releases on its own," Damian cupped my face and made me turn to him. "I am so sorry. I wasn't thinking before."

"This is new for us both," I gently kissed him. "Let's just lay still for a moment."

He nodded and we just stared into each other's eyes. Once the pain was nothing more than a lingering stinging sensation, I smiled and placed a hand on Damian's face. "I am going to need to pee soon," I tried to break it to him gently.

"Can't you just hold it? We have been like this long enough we shouldn't have to wait too much longer," Damian says.

"Damian, small blaster, remember", I remind him. "I have already held it longer than I thought I could.

"There is nothing about how to break a knot. Males knot with their mates until they feel they have bonded enough. It's not something I can control." Damian was right, but my bladder didn't want to listen.

"I don't know what to do," I admit.

"Okay," he nods. "We stand up, I carry you to the bathroom and we get into the shower. Maybe the water can help loosen us up enough and the knot will subside." Damian comes up with a plan.

"Okay," it was worth a shot. Damian lifted me into his arms and carefully carried me to the foot of the bed. Just as we were about to go into the bedroom, the door to the bedroom swung open.

"Damian," Beta Greyson calls out. "Your father is requesting..." he looked up from his clipboard.

Damian spun me around and my back landed on the bed and Damian's body formed a blanket to cover me. "Greyson, get out before I kill you," Damian's growl (or should I say Robin's) was enough to make the ground shake.

Greyson left as soon as he came and Damian's shaggy breaths started to calm as his wolf gave him back control.

"Hey," I cupped his face.

"Hi," he gave a gentle smile back.

"I think your knot is gone," I wiggled enough to test out my theory. I was correct.

"Mating bonds can't happen when one mate feels their mate's life is in danger," Damian explains as he backs up and helps me to sit upright.

"I was never in danger," I point out.

"But my woof was jealous that another man could have seen you, so I became protective. I know Greyson would never hurt you, but my mind and instincts don't always align." Damian explained as he handed me my robe.

"Well, now that we are no longer attached," I stand up. "I have to pee."

Damian's laughter can be heard in the bathroom.