Chapter 77 - The Fox Bites The Wolf

Chu Yun's mind was clouded by a thick fog. Thinking cost him, every thought felt as if it was being pulled through a swamp. The overwhelming urge to mate dominated all his senses.

He could feel his fox clawing at his insides, begging for release. With a groan, he relaxed his shoulders and spine and let his tails and ears unfurl.

Xiao Zai gasped the moment Chu Yun's tails fanned behind him, standing on end just as his ears did.

A strong wave of pheromones hit him, making his elbows buckle. Xiao Zai's wolfberry wine scent left him feeling drunker than all the alcohol they had last night.

"You should leave," Chu Yun snarled, clenching his fingers on the sheets.

Xiao Zai was still looking up at him from the floor, his own fingers curled on the sheets as if he was trying to hold himself back. "You didn't expect to go into rut."

Chu Yun lowered his head, trying to get his thoughts in order. "Alpha foxes only go into rut four times a year, we're not like you," he raised his eyes, mustering the strength for one, derisive smirk. "Only omegas have their season every month." 

Xiao Zai ignored the jab. "Let me help you," he said, climbing up on the bed, his nostrils flaring as more of Chu Yun's scent hit him.

That wasn't a good idea, but Chu Yun wasn't able to come up with any explanation as to why.

Meanwhile, the heat burning inside him was growing in strength the more he spent in Xiao Zai's presence. He had to make up his mind and either kick Xiao Zai out, or pull him up, and sink his teeth into his nape like he was aching to do.

He couldn't remember wanting anything as much as he wanted to mark Xiao Zai. The pull to follow his instincts was irresistible, and in the end Chu Yun couldn't hold out any more.

With a snarl, he crawled across the bed and threw Xiao Zai against the sheets, climbing on top of him and scenting his neck viciously, letting the sweet wolfberry scent invade his senses.

Xiao Zai's hands came up around his waist, keeping Chu Yun in place, but remaining docile otherwise, and letting Chu Yun do as he wanted.

His passiveness only heightened Chu Yun's arousal, making his desire to dominate climb higher and higher. 

"I'm going to bite you," he warned, before lapping at Xiao Zai's neck. He held onto Xiao Zai's jaw trying to reach his unprotected nape.

"Do it," Xiao Zai said, his fingers tightening on Chu Yun's waist.

He closed his eyes and turned his head to the side, all the better for Chu Yun to reach his nape.

Before Chu Yun could close his teeth over the back of his neck, into the soft skin hiding his scent glands, Xiao Zai whispered, "As soon as you do, though, I'm going to try."

It took Chu Yun's clouded mind a moment to remember what Xiao Zai was referring to. 

He only paused for a moment, before opening his jaw wide and sinking his fangs into Xiao Zai's skin, his mouth immediately flooding with blood.

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Xiao Zai let go of Chu Yun's waist and slid his fingers up into his loose hair, pushing his head against his neck, sighing in satisfaction as his blood and Chu Yun's saliva mixed, creating the bonding mark that would bind him to Chu Yun.

He expected some part of him to rebel at being claimed like this, in a way so against his nature; to remain docile and inert while another alpha marked him, but all his wolf did was howl in satisfaction.

Xiao Zai could feel the changes of the bond mark working through his system, changing him irrevocably. He didn't even know if this would work, if what they were doing was possible -- if tomorrow he'd wake up sick from his body trying to reject Chu Yun's claim --  but he didn't care.

Chu Yun lapped up his blood thirstily, his fangs sunk in deep, as if he was getting drunk on Xiao Zai's blood. With a sigh he finally pulled away, sitting back against Xiao Zai's knees with a satisfied smirk. His lips and chin were covered in blood, dripping into his chest, and staining his half undone robes.

He licked his lips, looking down into Xiao Zai's eyes. "Now you'll never get away from me."

Seated on top of him like that, covered in Xiao Zai's blood, Chu Yun had never looked more alluring. His tails curled up behind him as if echoing his contentment at having marked Xiao Zai, his fox ears hung close to the sides of his sleek black hair. 

He noticed blood dripping down the side of his hand and brought it to his lips, licking it up without breaking eye contact with Xiao Zai. 

Watching Chu Yun's red tongue peek through his smirking, bloodstained lips was the drop that broke the dam of Xiao Zai's lust. 

With a growl he took hold of Chu Yun's waist and reversed their positions, slamming him down on the bed and covering his body with his own.

"Don't say I didn't warn you," he growled, tearing at Chu Yun's robes. 

He ripped the fine silk right off of Chu Yun's body, smiling in satisfaction as every rip revealed more of his pale skin. His small, beige nipples stood from his slender chest like enticing fruit, Xiao Zai couldn't help biting one and thumbing the other, delighting in Chu Yun's squirming under him.

Chu Yun's fingers sunk into Xiao Zai's hair, half of it still up into a tail, and wrenched him violently away from his chest. "You think I'm going to roll over and let you fuck me?" he sneered, amusement flashing in his heated gaze. "First you're going to have to defeat me."

He jabbed his elbow into Xiao Zai's stomach, disorienting him. He tried to free himself from the cage of Xiao Zai's arms, but he recovered fast enough to catch him, and reel him back in by the ankle.

Chu Yun thrashed and kicked, fighting Xiao Zai for all he was worth, his bloody lips pulled back in a delighted snarl. Xiao Zai lunged at him, determined to overpower him. His blood thrummed viciously in his head, fuelling his arousal. 

This was a fight he couldn't afford to lose. 

He was going to prove his worth as a mate to Chu Yun and claim his prize from his, hot, willing body.