My dizziness intensified so I closed my eyes and tried my best to hold on to Lion's back.
It didn't help that my neck hurts because of the chain which wasn't removed by the guards.
I can feel Lion trying to run as fast as possible though I'm not sure where he is planning to go.
The citizens of the city must've been fascinated looking at us as I can hear all sorts of gasps and shouts around us.
I don't want to open my eyes as I can feel that everything around me is spinning way too fast.
How much longer can I manage to hold on to Lion?
It's alright though if he will leave me behind. At least he's free now.
After several moments, I can feel my grip towards him weakened that I slowly slipped away from his back and fell on the ground.
This is it.
My head and the rest of my body hurts too much.
It's so hard to move.
Yet, I want to see Lion one last time.
With great effort, I slowly opened my eyes and saw him looking at me with wonderment in his eyes.
He still didn't recognize me but at least he didn't eat me despite clearly starving.
He kept nudging and nuzzling me all over, making me smile at him as I told him that I'm dying.
I'm not sure if I'm really dying but it feels like it.
My body seems broken and my head hurts too much, not to mention I haven't eaten for quite sometime.
Oh and the wound on my shoulder too.
All of my stuff are gone, especially the artifact that would take me back to my own time.
I guess that I'm stuck here.
The place where I fell seemed like the edge of the city as there is a wilderness ahead of me.
Thankfully, nobody followed us so it's just me and Lion by ourselves.
Now what?
I definitely cannot move for now and Lion can go by himself to wherever he wants to go.
Lion made some sort of soft noises that I grinned weakly at him, telling him that it's alright for him to go.
As I looked at him, I'm reminded again on how I used to be deathly afraid of him by the appearance of his ultimate form.
It's a good memory to look back every now and then.
I'm glad they didn't erase my memory back then.
A soft sound interrupted my thoughts in which I noticed Lion sniffing towards me and gently carried me in his mouth.
I'm in his mouth!
One wrong move and I'll be inside his stomach!
This is terrifying!
But his tongue is tickling me!
His tongue prevented me from sliding down his throat as he tried his best not to swallow me despite tasting my blood.
If he didn't eat me, then that means his sanity is starting to come back.
I can feel him moving fast while trying his best not to swallow me whole.
It's not an easy feat!
He's a predator after all and he's definitely starving! The taste of my blood must be a torture to him!
If he's not eating me still then that means he must've recognized me. Or to be more specific, my scent.
Even though he's not on his regular form right now, my scent is familiar to him that made his sanity return to him slowly.
It will take sometime for it to return as it seems that he's been stuck as a beast for a long, long time.
Not to mention that he must be tortured.
They must be using a unique kind of magic to subdue him as he can easily defeat them.
I wonder what it was.
With all the fighting experiences that Lion had, it seems that it was truly some kind of magic that Lion is not prepared for.
He stopped moving and placed me on the ground in which I can feel him lying down beside me.
I slowly opened my eyes and saw that we are inside a cave. With a quick glance towards the entrance, it seems that the place we are in is quite secluded as all I can see is the wilderness and no sign of the city at all.
Seeing that I opened my eyes, Lion licked me on my face and gave a soft cry.
Ew!
It's so sticky!
But of course I didn't tell him that.
It's too much effort for me to open my mouth so I continued to look at him while he kept crying and nuzzling me all over.
Oh, just change back to your regular form!
I cleared my throat and called his name softly as I gently touched his face. He sniffed me all over, taking his time that I became conscious of the way I smelled.
I haven't yet took a bath for quite sometime! I reeked! Please stop sniffing me!
I tried pushing his nose away from me but it made him more determined to sniff me all over again and again until I gave up.
He kept licking the wound on my shoulder, making me terrified that he might give me rabies but remembered that he's not a wild beast in the first place.
Seeing him licking and sniffing all over my body made me realize that he was just trying to make sure that it's really me.
Ah. An illusion spell must be casted on him back there at the city. Now I understand why he was subdued easily.
So I let him sniff and lick me all over, making me giggle until he sniffed my lower self and licked it in which I gave him an almighty kick on his face.
Don't even think about it!
I told him that I badly needed a bath and definitely do not appreciate being touched and licked below.
It's gross!
Good thing he listened as he sounded like he was laughing while lying beside me once more.
Oh, he's in his right mind? But it seems that he can't change back to his regular form for now.
I snuggled towards him and told him that I want to sleep for now.
With a huge yawn, I closed my eyes and fell asleep.
....
It's warm.
I opened my eyes hesitantly and saw myself being embraced by Lion in his regular form.
He's back!
Oh, wait.. I reeked!
Please don't smell me!
I tried to get out from his embrace but to no avail as it only made his grip towards me tighter as he kept nuzzling my neck.
I told him in a hoarse voice that he can do what he wants with me as long as I am done taking a bath and drinking a mouth cleaning potion.
He laughed for a long time while telling me between laughs that he doesn't think that I smelled and that he loves my scent.
GROSS!
Seeing my glare made him chuckle as he stood up and happily made some sort of a pool using his magic.
After that, he tried to kiss me in which I pushed him away and told him that I needed a mouth cleaning potion first.
Two bottles of mouth cleaning potion later, I finally kissed him and told him that I missed him so much.
He began sobbing as he kissed me all over while carrying me towards the pool that he made.
We slowly kissed each other as he bathe me then he whispered into my ear that holding me in his arms feels like a dream to him.
I asked him on how long has he been stuck in this place in which he admitted that he didn't know but that the last thing he remembered was trying to hold me during the sandstorm.
That long?!
I told him everything that happened except for the part where I almost died from being poisoned.
I don't think it's the right time to tell him about that.
He didn't say anything at all but continued to look at me sadly while nuzzling me all over my neck and face.
He kept on nuzzling me for a long time that it seemed like it is getting too strange, even for him.
Suddenly, I realized that he is trying to place his scent all over me.
Ah. We've been separated for a long time after all.
But his sad face looked too strange for me.
So I kissed him all over his face and licked his neck in which I heard a deep, sad sigh from him as he gently carried me in his arms.
What's wrong with him?
He's acting weird.
Slowly, he stood up and went out of the pool in which he made several thick rugs appear at the corner and placed me on it.
He didn't say anything at all while he continued to lick me on my shoulder as his hand hesitantly touched my body.
Okay, something is definitely wrong with him.
He already healed my wounds so there's nothing for him to be afraid off!
Unless...
Unless he doesn't want to have intercourse with me.
With a sudden pang in my heart, I immediately sat up and grabbed the corner of a rug towards me and covered my body.
He looked surprised when I told him that he doesn't need to force himself if he doesn't want to and immediately lie down on the rug with my back facing towards him.
With a gasp, he instantly removed the rug covering me and gave me several kisses all over my back.
I'm no longer in the mood.
I stood up without facing him, pulled one of the rugs and covered my entire body with it then went outside the cave without a word.
I'm embarrassed.
I should've made sure that he's in the mood!
But I really thought that he was!
Suddenly, I felt Lion's arms around me as he licked me all over my neck.
He still didn't say anything even though I can feel his erection poking me on my back.
No way I'm reciprocating.
I can hear him chuckle even though I continued to ignore him.
I wonder why I'm being moody now. Correction, I was already moody back in the dungeons while I was thinking deeply about everything.
No wonder that the other prisoners looked at me with amusement on their faces.
I kept changing moods in a short period of time like I'm some sort of a person who is bipolar.
I'm sure that I'm not about to have my menstruation yet as I haven't ovulated in quite some time.
Ah... Maybe there's something wrong with my hormones.
Lion continued to lick my neck as he slowly removed the rug from my body in which I began to feel a bit heated.
But my mind is still conflicted if he is actually in the mood or he is just forcing himself.
There's definitely something wrong with me.
I got my answer when my stomach growled loudly.
Oh.
I haven't eaten yet.
Lion whispered into my ear that he's going to hunt for us and kissed me tenderly before he placed a protection spell around the cave.
He told me to stay inside the cave, which I did then he transformed himself into his ultimate form.
....
I was just hungry!
No wonder that I was so moody.
Lion fed me first before eating the rest of the meat. I didn't eat a lot, much to his dismay though I told him that I don't want to vomit as I haven't eaten for quite sometime.
Of course he started to cry in which I tried to soothe him by giving him tender kisses around his face though I can still see sadness in his eyes.
Oh, for goodness sake!
I wonder what's wrong with him?!
I should probably stretch my patience a bit more.
So I stopped kissing him and just sat there while he continued to embrace me tightly as he spoke words of desire towards me.
He licked and sucked my earlobe then his hands started to touch me gently all over my body.
It feels good but my mind is still conflicted.
He placed me properly on his lap then positioned me facing away from him as he slowly licked my shoulder.
His arm held me tightly while his other hand held my face towards him as he slowly began kissing me.
I was soon engrossed with kissing him that when I unintentionally opened my eyes, I saw him looking at me sadly while kissing me.
Oh, for....
I don't know whether to stop kissing him or just try to continue while ignoring the look in his eyes.
Since I am starting to feel heated so despite my hesitation, I selected the second option.
His hand that was holding my face moved towards one of my breasts then he gently teased it while I began to moan softly.
He held me closer to him as his tongue started to give attention to my breast while his hand moved towards my lower self.
At this point, I don't care about anything as it feels extremely good that my lower self is starting to get really wet.
Good timing.
I'm now in heat.
Something about Lion changed as he paused for a moment before touching my lower self with his hand.
I looked at him curiously as his eyes looked astonished while staring at his fingers that is covered with my arousal fluid.
He closed his eyes as he sniffed my arousal fluid, moaning for a moment before licking the arousal fluid from his fingers.
The sadness in his eyes immediately disappeared, replaced with intense joy and passion as he gaze on me.
Now this is weird! He was just sad a moment ago!
Something is definitely wrong with him.
He passionately kissed me as his hands gently teased my breasts while I felt him rubbing his erection on my back.
We took our time kissing each other passionately until he started to kiss me deeply as one of his hands moved towards my lower self.
I started to get restless, making him chuckle as he pulled back from the kiss and whispered into my ear that he didn't expect me to wait for him.
Um.. what is saying?
What did he mean by that?
He was about to say something else but chuckled instead as he gently marked my neck then his tongue slowly moved towards my chest.
No. I want to know what he is about to say.
Seeing me hesitating made him pause and his face started to turn red.
After seeing the embarrassed look on his face, I finally understood why he was in a sad mood earlier.
He thought that I was having intercourse with the rest of the pack while he wasn't around.
I glared at him while he smiled sheepishly though I knew that he was pleased upon knowing that I waited for him.
He won't allow my secondary mates to have intercourse with me if we don't have an offspring yet. Other than that, it's fine with him on them doing what they want with me as long as they have my consent or else.
His eyes had a dangerous glint to them upon saying the last word.
Okay, get in line pretty boy as I would be the first one to kill them if they try to force themselves on me.
Lion saying all of that further proves on how much he wanted to have an offspring with me.
Soon, he became distracted as he told me all about his plans for us and how he wanted to have a lot of offsprings with me, maybe a dozen or more...
Is he insane?!
He wants me to die??!!!
Seeing my glare towards him made him chuckle as he continued on telling me that I won't have any problem on taking care of them as my secondary mates can do that.
As if!
He laughed uncontrollably before continuing, saying that he and the rest of the pack had already talked about that and they already divided the chores between them.
They already made plans?!
With a grin on his face, he admitted that me having several secondary mates is a good idea as we now have free labor to watch our offsprings.
I facepalmed myself as he laughed while assuring me that he won't have any mates besides me and having only me is more than enough for him.
Yeah I know why...
Though I have no doubts of his love, I still felt a little pinch in my heart when I remembered what I realized back in my dungeon cell.
My thoughts were interrupted when he whispered into my ear, as he told me about how lucky he is to have met me.
I felt happy yet sad at the same time upon hearing that.