"Ember..." her name slipped from his mouth in a breath. He pulled her leg from his shoulder, letting her catch her breath.
She couldn't tell if he had any recognition of what she was saying or what she was doing but she was glad to have a break from his burning pace from before. She ached, a lingering sting persistent in her loins.

She panted pulling warm air into her lungs. Her body was lightly slick with sweat from the ordeal itself but also from the natural heat they each gave off. She had closed her eyes, focusing on her breathing when she felt Natsu touch her face. His finger trailed up her cheek till it reach the bone and then pulled away. She was confused until she realized he was wiping away her tears. She hadn't realized she was crying. Looking down at her, he must have made a decision in his lust clouded mind because he pulled out of her. She winced at the following burn as she regained emptiness.

He processed to flipped them over, so she was straddling him. Her legs on either side of his hips

Ember cried out in surprise and slight fear. Her hands immediately leaped to his chest, placing forces down onto his pectorals in fear that he would force her again.

But... he did nothing, only placing his clauses hand lightly on the skin of her hips. He looked up at her, his eyes blazing with intensity. He was waiting. He was giving her control.

His breath was heavy and raw, panting as he ached for her, driven almost wild with instinct and lust, yet he still waited for her now.

Embers stomach churned slightly now that the reins were in her grasp. The first attempt had been so painful, so forced; how could she possibly continue. Yet when she looked into his eyes she still saw, under the primal glare of lust, traces of him, of love. There would be no stopping.

She lifted herself up, slowly, over him, letting out a shaking breath and began slowly to guide herself back down. His length once again sunk into her but this time at a forgiving speed. She let the sounds slip from her, modestly gone in the heat of the room. His hards gripped her hips guiding her down but not pushing. He had put her in control. He didn't plan to take it.

She began a slowly pace, just a rise and fall of hip. There was still a sting from the previous pace but now it was building into something sweeter. Natsu's hands gripped gently at the tops of her hip bones, moving along with embers slow thrusts. Ember lay her own palms over his feeling him softly begin to guide her.

The pace increased to something of a rhythm. Natsu began to meet her thrust with his own, light in their pursuit of pleasure. Her head fell back as she continued still faster grinding her hips down onto him. A buzz of something began to churn in her mind. Something unfamiliar. Something...animalistic. A simmer began to heat within her as pleasure began to creep between their bodies.

He kissed at her skin between his own groans. Light wistful ones over her chest and hard lingering ones on her neck. Ember ran her hands over him, groping at anything her hands could touch, scratching, biting. Painful bliss blossomed as they nipped at each other. Animals in heat. Primal. Instinctive.

They were both panting, their efforts slowly building towards it finish. Natsu paused for a moment to sit up so they were chest to chest. His arms wrapped around ember waist as her own lay caged around his neck, hand gripping the hair at the back of his neck. He rested his forehead against her, looking into her dark eyes. They were both sweating, out of breath with the effort, yet could still slightly see smiles on each others faces. She pulled him into her, laying her lips to his silencing them both.
He kissed her back hard and hungry, letting his tongue pass the threshold of her teeth to lick hotly in her mouth.

Their movements became erratic and sloppy racing to reach their peak. Natsu reaches down touching her in time with every thrust of his hips. This added stimulation brought her to her end, she cried out with the feeling of a thousands stars all falling at once. Her finished brought upon Natsu's own end. He thrusted firmly until finally with a grunt she felt herself filled with warmth. But before he calmed he bit into her shoulder, canines going into her skin. She flinched having been distracted by her own after glow. But it handn't hurt, it was just very cold.

They both collapsed into the sheets, spent. Nastu pull out, turning to face her in bed. He looked at her with clouded eyes, yet still tenderly ducked his head down and licked at the bite wound. She drifted off to sleep.

But her sleep didn't last long as Natsu instinct continued to rule his mind. Multiple times in the night he reawakened, hard once more, wanting to mate, needing to mate. She satisfied him each time as tired and soar as she was, letting him make love to her every which way.

The night was long with many sessions of love making until finally dawn came and they collapsed in exhaustion.

....
Ember opened her eyes, blinking away the haze of sleep. Her hand lay on the plain of natsu's firm chest. She uncurled herself from him, joints popping and muscles aching. Every muscle in her body screamed as she moved.
It was just before dawn. But hadn't they fallen asleep as the sun was rising? They must have slept through the entire day. Natsu's eyes were closed and breath even in a deep sleep. She brushed at the pink hair at his forehead admiring him in his peaceful state before slipping from his arms.

Ember threw her legs over the side of the bed and stood taking a tentative step on the floor. Walking was wobbly and painful at best but she made her way down the hall to the bathroom slowly.

The reflection that greeted her was almost like looking at a strange. Her skin was littered with purple marks and bruises along her neck and arms. They were tender to the tough and seem like they would last a while.

She grazed her fingers over her shoulders but froze when she felt... something similar to sea glass.
A small watch of red black scales had formed on her should in the spot where Natsu had bitten her.

A claim.

She touched them. They were smooth and cold under her finger tips. They were beautiful. They were his. A gift to her and a proclamation to others.

She sighed at her double in the mirror. A stranger with her eyes,

She turned the nozzle of the shower until hot steam fill the air before stepping under the spray. She scrubbed gently over her tender skin using her hands instead of her usual sponge. The stream was relieving, its vapor sticking to her face as she leaned against the wall and let the spray cover her. It wasn't long before she continued to wash. She was still filled with the product of their many sessions of mating. Gently, hesitant at first, she coaxed his seed from herself, stopping once when the sting was to much.

When she finished she troweled off, talking her time. She threw on a silk robe, a gift from Lucy, looked one last time in the mirror and left.

She knew there had been some blood. She had smelt the metallic scent in the air when he had first entered her, but she knew he hadn't know. She only hoped he wouldn't find any when he woke.

Traveling down to the kitchen was also another ordeal. Once there she took a chair from the table placing it near a large window before opening it to let in some cold fresh air. Outside the air was chilled with mist and dew, bird chirped in the trees. She sat quietly thinking about what would happen when Natsu awoke.
.....

Natsu woke not knowing where he was. His eyes opened to his home but he didn't know how he had gotten there. His mind was foggy and his quads And back ached when he moved. He took in the scene around him. Crumpled sheet strewn over the bed, ripped cloths litter the floor and he was completely naked. His nose smelled the air. Odd, a mix of sweat and something else that lay in the sheets. He could smell...her. On the sheets, the pillows, her sweet floral scent was in every corner. But where was she if not in bed?

Natsu shifted to stand when something caught his eye. He looked down to see small dried circles of blood on the white sheets.

He went cold. His clouded mind cleared and he remembered. Everything. Every tear, every cry of pain and pleasure and fear. Everything.

He shot up from bed, not bothering to get dressed, and clambered through the house. He was almost frantic in search of her going from room to room slamming open doors until her found her.

She flinched when he burst into the room from behind her. She shot up quickly, the chair falling with a clatter, looking at him. He came over to her, naked as he was, beside her. His foot steps carful; as if he were approaching a startled animal.

The robe covered most of the damage but bruises and bites still poked out. He reached out to the fabric, hesitating, afraid to touch her, afraid to hurt her as he watched her slightly twitch from his grasp. She remained as still as possible as he slowly looked her over. He pulled the neck of the robe off her shoulders.

He covered his mouth. Restraining his horror.

"Ember..."

Thanks for the wait. I went though this chapter a hundred time to make it right. But there are probably still spelling errors. Thanks for staying with me.

-firebird.