Ch 201: The Imprint's Tug
I had no choice but to snap myself out of this dazed feeling that came over me.
"Ok, I'm coming! Just release me already!" I said strongly waking up out of this unusual trance. I am in from being in heat. With this imprint channeling through us. Nonetheless, I pushed Cory away as he smirked taking a step back. Now I understood why everyone is being all gooey for each other. It's our once-a-month breeding time.
"Are you sure your good?" asked Cory like he was proudly mocking me for making me feel weak in my knees for him.
Ugh! Sometimes, I just straight-out hate this insufferable man! "I am fine!" I boldly sassed getting annoyed at his grinning mouth. He chuckled for a second and went back to the bed to get the backpack and put it over his shoulders.
"Alright, come on," said Cory. "Everyone's waiting."
I only nod and walked near him down the hallway. Our hands bumped together and this uncontrollable need sparked me like electricity. I grasped his hand to hold it without even thinking. As he beamed this grin my way and stopped us dead stance in the middle of the hallway. Like he was now losing control. He easily pushed my back up again the wall. The tension was heated between us in such a hot way. I was lost in his shining eyes alluring me into the depths of this forbidden sea.
'Wake up, Sally,' this small voice yelled in my head. It was that part of me that was still fighting against what I felt for this frustrating Primary King that captured me.
"Don't fight it, Sally," another part of me said it was that part of me that wanted him and needed him. It's the part that wanted to be with him. It was the voice of the imprint between us that I didn't want. Is now tugging at me within.
"Oh, look who's delaying us now from leaving," I said in a flirty voice with a smirk on my face leaving my clouded mind.
Cory smirked back at me and kissed my cheek which made my heart fly to the sky.
"No, I am not," he said denying it. "Now let's go."
We cupped our hands again and left the room. To find tons of people all heading in the same direction to go downstairs. As we followed around his Primary friends to go downstairs. Either, we were following behind others or they were following behind us.
As Cory observed everyone around him. Well, you can tell the moon phase is tonight. He thought holding in a chuckle. All the women went from being moody to sweet and loving. Like they haven't been chewing their poor husbands' ears off for the week. He inwardly thought to himself as his mind shifted to his bride, Sally.
There is a huge difference with her today. Normally, she never would have wrapped her arms around me and she moaned my name. He inwardly smiled thinking about what happened in the room. This is a sure sign the bond is indeed in full play. After he helps her get through this moon phase. There might be a small change in her, he hopefully thought. She might allow me to get closer to her, he told himself relishing. As they were just nearing the second floor on the stairs.
There was a lot of love in the air and now I understood why. The married couples were all over one another giggling and sneaking in a quick kiss while they walked downstairs. The call of mating was upon us.
Finally, getting out of the room my head was clearing to realize this bond connection changed my heat cycle worst than I'd imagined. Gosh, I lost myself in the room with him. My body was baking for Cory when I felt his luscious kisses trailing down my jaw to my ear. And I fell right for it!
Never in my life, I would have ever thought a hybrid man would form an imprint on me. A handful of my passed masters had formed an Imprint on their wives while a majority of them didn't. Yet, the wives who did have a bond connection never failed to brag about it with me. Before I was sold to my next master. Those ladies bragged to me that they'd yearn for that intimacy to have their husbands ran deep and they described how it changed their heat cycle. When a hybrid man connects a bond to you for whatever unknown reason your heat cycle changes. You are not just moody but you feel your body temperature rise to agonizing pain.
My first master's wife was the rudest with me when she said. 'What a shame no one will ever bond with you. You'll never experience anything like that in your lifetime. You're not pretty enough for a hybrid man to connect a bond to you.' Those dark words lingered in my head like an echoing whisper.
Harsh words, indeed. But I knew why my first Master's wife told me that was to break me. Since she understood, the attraction of the bond forms from the first sight the man lays his eyes on you.
Looking back on that day when Cory first made eye contact with me outside my master's office.
I couldn't read his expressions, he only showed a blank face. Yet, he kept staring at me. Perhaps, he was feeling the tug from the imprint at that precise moment. He must've formed it then but he hid it well.
Oh, goodness, I can't believe this! I have to pull myself together and be strong. I need to stand my ground and don't cave. I can't allow this imprint to win.
My eyes look at Cory's face side as drool started building in my mouth. Oh, Cory just looks so dreamy to me right now.
Wait! No! Without thinking, I hit myself hard in the forehead! This loud clashing slap echoes passed the chatting. Oh, goodness, I turned colorless from dying in humiliation and my forehead was throbbing from pain. I realized merely reaching the first-floor. Tons of people, including Cory and his Primaries were gawking their eyes at me in the most strangest way. Once we got off the steps, Cory pulled me off to the side letting everyone else walk ahead of us. Were all going left down the Grand Hall. While others were still coming off the stairs. Oh, this was embarrassing, I cannot believe I had just hit myself openly for a lot of eyes to witness it.
"Sally, did you just hit yourself in the head?" Cory raised his brow asking me. I noticed standing kinda around us were his six Primaries looking at me.
As if I wasn't dying from enough embarrassment, way to pull this one, Sally!
"Y-yes I-I did. I-I felt something on my f-face. I-I guess it was just a little t-tickle was a-all." I stuttered horrible lying and what's worst they all knew I had prevaricated. Oh, I felt myself redden on this one.