Imperial Duties

It seemed like no matter how lost he felt in his own self doubts, Venom had the answers to guide him back to the light and see the truth. He had expected Venom to try to persuade him otherwise that lacking any unique mutations made him any less valuable as a sire than anyone else. He expected this out of the simple kindness and love she'd shown him. What he hadn't expected was for Venom to assure him of his worthiness by comparing his normalcy to that of her own parents. Maverick blinked in surprise, taken aback by the revelation that the parents of someone as beautiful and unique as Venom had been commonplace wolves like himself. He had never considered the possibility that two average wolves could conceive mutated pups, yet the woman in his arms was living proof of that occurrence. But more than that, he was shocked by Venom's disregard for the importance of having children with mutations. Instead, the Empress only wanted children born of love and devotion.

Maverick gazed in awe of Venom while she reassured him with soft words and gentle strokes of her paws and claws through his fur, easing him into a relaxed state while her velvety words caressed his brain and heart. She was certain that he was more than worthy to father pups with her. She knew she wanted him and no one else to have a second chance at a family with. This breathtakingly beautiful, stunningly sexy, incredible woman chose him and wanted him and him alone. Venom had not only turned his world completely on its head by enveloping herself in his life, she had completely transformed it until Maverick could scarcely believe he was the same rambling ruffian who had harassed her at her own border. How far they'd come... The very thought of it sent him reeling with an incredulous smirk. Before he could respond, retort, or rebuke her words, Venom once more claimed his lips with her own, this kiss less innocent than her previous ones as their mouths remained connected for a few seconds longer. Mav could feel the slow passion burning on her lips as he kissed her back, reveling in her touches and her affections. That simple action flared the heat smoldering low in his belly for her and made him believe her words. When she was kissing him, Maverick felt worthy of her love.

A small grin resided on the sky and snow brute's face when their lips parted, gazing so deeply into his lover's sunset eyes that he felt he might drown in them. The white paw resting on Venom's dark-furred cheek slowly caressed her soft features and warm skin the same way she was touching his face, the brute reveling in the love of his fae while he let her words sink into his brain and take root, planted like seeds in loamy soil. "If there's one thing I can guarantee you, it's my devotion." He smile shifted, turning into the wolfish, suggestive grin he wore so well. "Well... my devotion, my rugged good looks, and my incredible skills in bed." He punctuated his teasing with a swift lick to the end of her nose, followed up by another slow kiss to her lips. He was so sorely tempted to slide his tongue into her maw and send them tumbling back into the primal natures they'd been indulging in together for days on end, but they weren't done talking just yet. "I promised you I'd do my best for you, Ven. I meant that, and I mean it now too. You make me feel worthy of your love, of being the father to your pup—our pups. When that day comes, I'll definitely not be ready, but I will be there to learn with you and do my best. For you, for our puppies, for all of it."

Maverick shot Venom another crooked smile, his paw that wasn't stroking her cheek wrapping tighter around her waist so he could slip his paw lower until it rested on the curve of her shapely rump, right above where her tail met her body. The rogue gave his Empress a provocative squeeze of his skilled paw to her supple flesh, unable to resist nor help himself. Chuckling beneath his breath, Mav's eyes shone with a naughty gleam while he unabashedly felt Venom up amidst their cuddling. "So what's the plan then, Ven? Keep making love and fucking each other silly until the puppy making happens? Because that's a plan I can firmly get behind," the dire brute commented with a husky chuckle, giving her rump another squeeze as he added in, "Amongst other things I'd like to get behind." While Maverick had been through many changes in the last half season with Venom, one aspect of himself that hadn't changed was his lecherous horndog side that came out in spades for the gorgeous Empress.

"Maverick"