Induced Vulnerability

"Drink this, Omega. Slowly."

Asterin held the small crystal vial to my lips while two guards stood watch at the door. The liquid inside glowed faintly, the same gold as the light under my skin.

I turned my face away. "I don’t want it."

"The king commanded it," Asterin said quietly. "It will strengthen the pregnancy. Make the child more resilient. You know how important this is."

I glared at him, but my hand still moved on its own, taking the vial. The child kicked hard, as if impatient. I tipped it back and swallowed the thick, sweet liquid. It burned down my throat like liquid fire.

"Good," Asterin murmured, packing his things. "It should hit within the hour. The king will be with you shortly."

They left me alone.

It didn’t even take thirty minutes.

The heat crashed into me like a tidal wave, ten times stronger than any induced heat before. My knees buckled. I grabbed the edge of the bed, gasping as slick poured down my thighs instantly. My whole body lit up, skin burning, nipples tight and aching, hole clenching desperately around nothing.

"Fuck..." I moaned, sliding to the floor. The glow under my skin flared bright. The child’s magic twisted with mine, amplifying everything until I felt like I was drowning in pure need.

The door opened.

Vesperian stepped in and froze, nostrils flaring as my scent slammed into him. His golden eyes went black with hunger.

"Look at you," he growled, already shedding his tunic. "Soaking the floor for your Alpha."

I tried to stand, tried to keep some shred of dignity, but another cramp of heat ripped through me and I whimpered, spreading my legs without thinking. "Alpha... please..."

He was on me in seconds, lifting me onto the bed and ripping the silk away. No patience. No gentleness. He shoved my legs wide and thrust inside me in one brutal stroke, bottoming out with a groan.

I screamed in relief, nails digging into his shoulders. "Yes…fuck, yes…"

"That’s it," he rasped, hips snapping forward hard. "Take my cock. Let me fill that greedy little cunt."

He fucked me like an animal, deep and relentless. Every thrust made the child kick wildly between us. I could barely think through the heat. All I knew was the stretch, the drag of his thick cock, the humiliating way my body begged for more.

"Such a perfect breeding vessel," Vesperian growled against my neck, teeth grazing my mating gland. "Look how well you take me. How beautifully you carry my son."

I hated how his words made me clench harder around him. Hated how much I needed to hear them.

He knotted me the first time fast and brutal, flooding me with heat as I came screaming. But he didn’t stop. The moment his knot went down, he flipped me onto my hands and knees and took me again, harder.

"Alpha…too much…" I sobbed, even as I pushed back to meet every thrust.

"You can take it," he snarled, one hand reaching around to rub my belly. "Our son needs this. Needs his father’s strength. Needs to feel how badly I want both of you."

Another round. Then another. He took me through three knots, each one longer and deeper than the last. I lost count of how many times I came, voice hoarse from screaming his name. The child kept moving, reacting to every deep thrust, every pulse of Vesperian’s release.

By the final round I was a shaking, sobbing mess, barely able to hold myself up. Vesperian pulled me into his lap, facing him, and sank me down onto his cock one last time.

"Mine," he whispered against my lips as his knot swelled and locked us together again. "Both of you. My perfect Omega. My strong little heir."

I clung to him, tears streaming down my face as another orgasm tore through me. The bond burned white-hot between us.

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When it finally ended, I collapsed against his chest, completely spent. My body trembled with exhaustion and leftover heat. Vesperian held me close, one hand still cradling my belly, murmuring soft praises I was too tired to fully hear.

But then I felt it.

The draining magic surged uncontrollably, greedy after so many rounds. It pulled hard from him, stronger than I’d ever let it before. I tried to stop it, but the pregnancy and the heat had made the child’s power too hungry.

Vesperian’s breath hitched. I looked up at his face and my stomach dropped.

New lines of exhaustion etched deeper around his eyes. His skin looked paler, almost gray in the low light. The shadows beneath his eyes had darkened. Even his heartbeat felt slightly slower against my ear.

"Alpha..." I whispered, voice cracking with guilt and terror.

He just pulled me tighter, kissing my temple. "Rest now. You did so well."

I pressed my face into his neck, feeling the draining continue to flow despite my desperate attempts to slow it. The man who had just fucked me through hours of brutal heat was weakening right in front of me.

And I still couldn’t make myself stop wanting him.