Jax stared at the blood on his cock. The crimson liquid coated his pennis.
Then his eyes moved to the bedsheets beneath them. White silk now stained with spreading blood.
"Umm... Nerith. We have a problem here."
She was still on all fours, her body trembling from the start of pleasure sheâd been experiencing. Her pussy was still throbbing from where heâd stretched her. "Donât you DARE tease me now."
"No, itâs different." His voice was oddly serious. "Youâre bleeding."
She turned around, her wings folding against her back. "What do you mean?"
Her eyes followed his gaze. First to his blood-covered cock standing at attention. Then to the ruined bedsheet beneath them where drops had pooled.
Horror washed over her face. "This isnât my period time. And the blood is different too."
She gulped, her crimson eyes wide with fear. "Is this... really bad?"
Jaxâs expression turned grave. Deadly serious. The face of a doctor delivering terrible news to a patientâs family.
He was absolutely mocking her. And enjoying every second of it.
"Of course itâs bad. Youâre bleeding from inside. Do you know what that means?"
She shook her head frantically, white hair whipping around her horns.
"You wonât be able to have babies anymore."
Her face went pale as snow. "No way..."
"But thatâs not all." Jax leaned closer, voice dropping to a theatrical whisper. "You have a rare disease. A condition where you can never have sex again. If forced, you will die."
Nerithâs eyes welled with tears. Her lips trembled violently. The demon who had threatened Jax on first encounter turned like a child being told her puppy had died.
Jax had to physically restrain himself from laughing. This was too good.
Then he spoke again. "But there IS a cure."
Hope flooded her features instantly. She leaned forward, one hand covering her exposed pussy, desperation burning in her crimson eyes. "Jax, tell me! I can endure any pain! Anything!"
Jax closed the distance between them slowly. Dramatically.
Placed a gentle kiss on her cheek.
Then burst out laughing.
"BAHAHAHA!"
Her expression shifted from confusion to realization to absolute fury in the span of two seconds. Her fist formed instantly. She charged at him with killing intent.
Then stopped.
Inches from his bruised face.
She had remembered his injuries. Barely restrained herself from shattering his jaw.
But the murder in her eyes promised retribution. Today. Tomorrow. Someday. That punch was definitely coming.
Jax wiped the tears from his eyes, still wheezing uncontrollably. "Okay, okay. Iâm sorry."
He clearly wasnât. Not even remotely.
"I didnât mean to do that. But you just asked for it that way. That face of yours!" He laughed again, clutching his stomach. "âIs this really bad?â PFFFT!"
She clicked her tongue in annoyance. "What was funny about that?"
Jax answered without hesitation. "Your face."
Then laughed even harder until his bruised ribs screamed in protest.
"Fuck you."
"Maybe later. We were in the middle of something, remember?"
She glared at him with enough heat to melt steel. "You havenât answered me. Tell me whatâs actually going on."
Jax controlled his laughter with visible effort, taking deep breaths. "Well, I donât really know either. I only laughed through those classes back in school. Never paid attention."
He scratched his head thoughtfully. "But Iâm pretty sure thereâs nothing to worry about. Thereâs this thing inside a womanâs pussy that breaks during the first time. And Leads to bleeding."
Nerith processed this information carefully. "So everyone bleeds during sex? No one taught me that."
"Partially right." Jax held up a finger like a professor giving a lecture. "Many women donât bleed at all. Only women who are too lazy, who donât stretch, donât exercise, donât do stuff that puts their pussy to work. For them, bleeding is obvious."
He shrugged casually. "Also, itâs a one-time thing. After breaking today, it wonât happen again."
Nerithâs pout could have killed lesser men on the spot. "I am NOT lazy. I practice combat every single day."
"But science says otherwise."
She wanted to strangle him right there. Her fingers twitched with the urge. "Fine. Letâs leave this topic."
She got up from the bed and grabbed some tissues from the nearby table. Handed some to Jax while keeping a few for herself.
"Can we continue?"
Jax wiped his cock clean while considering the question. The blood came off easily enough, leaving his shaft glistening. "I donât really know. But I think we shouldnât. It might hurt you more."
Nerith was wiping her pussy when she responded immediately, almost desperately. "No, itâs not hurting at all! I didnât even realize I was bleeding until you pointed it out. You know that, right?"
Jax could see it in her eyes. The need. The raw desperation.
She wanted him. Badly. More than sheâd ever wanted anything.
He closed the distance and wrapped his arms around her naked body. Her wings pressed against his chest, soft and warm. Her curves melted into him perfectly.
"I donât want to hurt you, Nerith. Thatâs all. We can continue sometime later, after youâre back to normal."
She tensed in his arms immediately. "Sometime later?"
Her voice cracked with emotion. "No, Jax. You donât get it."
She pulled back slightly to look at his face, her crimson eyes searching his. "I donât know when Iâll get this chance again. I donât even know IF Iâll get this chance again."
Her eyes glistened with unshed tears. "So donât push me away. Let me have this. Please."
Jax gently patted her white hair, his fingers brushing against the base of her horns. "Didnât I promise you? I WILL come back."
His hand tilted her chin up tenderly. "And whatâs gotten into you? Why are you so fixated on sex suddenly?"
She didnât reply.
Her face turned angry and she looked away stubbornly. Refusing to meet his eyes no matter what.
Jax studied her profile in the flickering candlelight. The stubborn set of her jaw. The flush spreading across her cheeks. The way her wings twitched with barely contained agitation.
He sighed deeply.
"Fine."
Her head snapped back toward him instantly.
"Iâll do it."
Hope bloomed in her crimson eyes like sunrise after eternal night.
"But on one condition."
Her expression shifted to suspicion, still wearing that angry pout. She refused to look directly at him. "And whatâs that?"
Jaxâs smile turned vicious.
The smile of a predator who had finally cornered his prey.
"Beg for it."