by Fel Fern
Something bumped against him, Kian nearly jumped, seeing the little lion cub peering up at him with playful golden eyes.
“What are you doing here, girl?” Kian asked. She licked his toe, making him laugh. It was then he noticed the slit in the bathroom door. He'd forgotten to lock it.
“She slipped away,” came Noel’s deep voice.
The Alpha snuck in, making Kian all too aware he was naked. Ariel hopped out, completely wet, and Noel made a grab for her. Once the Alpha and the cub left, Kian felt at peace. Damn, but the sigh of Noel holding Ariel was cute. How could he take the Alpha seriously when there was an adorable cub in his arms? Remembering Noel’s tale of how his pack had found the cubs weighed on his heart.
No shifter cub or pup should ever go through anything like that. According to Noel, the cubs’ mother had been in lioness form for so long, she couldn’t shift back. He hadn’t seen Ariel or Aaron in human form, but Noel assured him they could turn back.
Seconds later, the door opened again, giving Kian a perfect view of his Alpha.
He couldn’t move, not with the gorgeous specimen eyeing him hungrily like that. There were two bathrooms in the house, the shared bath and the private one in Noel’s room. It felt right that Kian agreed to stay in Noel’s room. Something about this sexy Alpha frightened him but intrigued him at the same time.
Intrigued was a poor choice of words. Ever since he’d seen Noel in human form, Kian knew he was done for. Standing at what must be six foot three, Noel towered over him, and every inch of the Alpha was layered in muscle. Even now that Noel was barefoot and dressed in a pair of jeans, Kian hungered for his touch.
The Alpha had his share of scars. Given what Kian knew about roaming packs, Noel and his crew must have waded through plenty of fights and won. His eyes dipped lower, settling on the bulge in Noel’s jeans. The Alpha let out a rumbling laugh. The rich sound sent blood pumping into Kian’s dick.
He could feel his cheeks turning red. Kian focused his attention on Noel’s face. That wasn’t any better. He was drawn to the slight, dark stubble covering Noel’s cheeks and jaws, and finally to those tempting lips. God. Kian wanted to be kissed by those lips.
As if reading his mind, Noel closed the door behind him, undressed, and joined him in the shower. The space was too small to accommodate two men. Noel pushed him against the wall as water ran down their bodies, drenching them.
Kian swallowed. Any sane person would start panicking when cornered. Anyone except him, because he let out a needy groan when Noel caged him against the shower wall. The Alpha closed one hand on the back of his neck and finally pulled their mouths together for a kiss.
What a kiss. It was all roughness and hunger, but Kian didn’t care. He burned for this Alpha’s touch and kisses, like he was made to be taken by this powerful man. Their tongues and teeth tangled. Kian opened his mouth wider so Noel could thrust his tongue down his throat.
This Alpha tasted rich, mind-blowing. This time, Noel didn’t pin his arms. Kian ran his hands down Noel’s chiseled torso, those old scars. There were so many places Kian wanted to take his time exploring. For now, he settled his fingers into the belt loops of Noel’s jeans. Without shame, Kian rubbed his nude body against Noel, turned on by the contrast of those jeans against his bare cock.
Noel pulled his mouth away. “Aren’t you a horny pet.”
The nickname no longer struck a chord, because when Noel said it, it made him feel special, wanted.
“I don’t understand,” Kian murmured. “Why is this happening? Why can’t I stop?”
“Didn’t I tell you before?” Noel whispered against his ear. “You want me bad, pet.”
Kian didn’t bother arguing. All he knew was the fact both his wolf and he wanted this Alpha. He’d known that ever since Noel lunged at him in the woods. Instead of attacking him, Noel had started sniffing him, marking Kian with his own scent. Up until then, Kian didn’t realize how much he wanted to be needed by someone else.
It had always been Nathan and him. Even in their old pack, Kian had relied on his brother, despite insisting he was independent. Back in the kitchen, he hadn’t missed the way Nathan looked at him. When his brother told Noel to take care of him, it felt like Nathan was giving his approval, but approval for what?`
“Do you want me, too?” Kian whispered, looking into those intense, green eyes that started turning wolf yellow. It was such an irrelevant question.
“Silly pet.” Noel guided Kian’s hand to the bulge between his legs, still trapped by wet denim. “Feel that? I’ve had a hard-on ever since I saw you walking into that inn.”
Kian shuddered. So, Noel was the one watching them earlier.
“Take off my jeans,” Noel ordered.
Happy to obey, Kian undid the button and unzipped Noel. He’d seen Noel naked earlier, but still, he gasped at the sight of the Alpha’s dick.
“So big, I don’t think I’ve had anything so large in me,” Kian whispered.
“Why, pet? How many men have been in you?” There was a note of jealousy in the Alpha’s voice.
“You have no right to be envious. We’re strangers.” Kian froze when Noel gripped his fingers.
“No, we’re more. We’re mates. Your wolf knows it, so does mine. So I have every right to be fucking possessive of what’s mine.”
Kian didn’t know whether to be offended or turned on. No one had ever called him their anything before, and it felt nice. To belong, to be owned by this powerful Alpha, was that so bad?
Mates. It sounded so strange to his ears, especially at a time like this, but Noel was right. The word resonated deep inside his beast. Besides, if he belonged to Noel, Noel would belong to him, too.
He could feel his face burning but remembered Noel’s order. Kian helped the Alpha out of his jeans. Noel shoved them away. Kian moaned at the touch of Noel’s heated, steel-hard dick rubbing against his.
“So good,” Kian murmured.
“This is nothing, pet.”
“Kiss me again. Please,” Kian begged.
Noel gripped a handful of his hair. Kian didn’t mind. He liked some pain to his pleasure.
Noel took his lips, sending pulses of electricity to Kian’s dick. The Alpha made a trail of kisses down his jaw and neck. Noel took Kian’s left nipple in his mouth and sucked until the bud hardened.
Crying out, Kian began to fist his hand into the Alpha’s hair. Not forgetting his right nipple, Noel took it into his mouth. Feeling the slight edge of teeth, Kian moaned his assent. Noel bit down, leaving the imprint of his teeth there. Through a mix of pain and pleasure, Kian stared at the mark, alarmed by how aroused he was.
Any souvenirs Noel left behind on his body would remind the world Kian no longer belonged to himself but someone else, this wonderful and gorgeous Alpha. Noel trailed more kisses down his body finally settling on his knees and reaching for Kian’s cock. It was certainly an odd position. Most dominant wolves took as opposed to giving, but Noel gripped his thighs and opened them with those powerful hands and blew against Kian’s heated member, already leaking with precum.
“I want to taste you, pet. Once I’m done with you, you’re going to clean away your need from my body.”
Kian shuddered at the vivid imagery. He couldn’t wait to lick the mixed taste of him and Noel’s sweat off those hard planes of muscle. The moment Noel opened his mouth and took Kian’s cock in, Kian ceased thinking. He might be on the receiving end of the blow job, but Noel still had all the control. The Alpha seemed to be having a ball exploring his member. Noel tongued away the precum on his tip, swirling under his sensitive cock head. A moan tore out of Kian. He could sense his submissive beast, yearning for more, for this Alpha’s domineering touch. Noel licked him from crown to base, not neglecting his balls.
“Alpha, please.”
Kian’s voice was ragged with need. He no longer recognized himself, but he’d never felt more free. All his life, he’d lived in fear, waiting for those more powerful than he to make his
decisions. He was a follower. There was no shame in that, but for once, he reveled in making his own choices, and he chose Noel. What would it be like to belong to this terrifying, powerful Alpha? What would it be like for this Alpha to belong to him? For the mating worked both ways.
Dizzy with want, Kian mewled when Noel finally took his prick in his mouth. The Alpha didn’t gag once, didn’t stop. Noel bobbing his head up and down was such a sight. Kian wasn’t sure he could keep himself from shooting. As if Noel understood his predicament, the Alpha pulled his mouth away and rose to his feet. Noel closed his hand on Kian’s needy dick and began to pump up and down, his movements slow and deliberate.
“I can’t hold it back any longer, Alpha,” Kian confessed.
“Then give me your surrender, pet. Do it now.”
The command was enough for the pressure building inside Kian to burst open. With a cry, Kian came, shooting strings of cum all over the tiled wall and spilling some on the Alpha’s ribs and abs. His head reeled. It seemed all his problems were far away, unable to penetrate this momentary bubble of happiness.
When he came to, he noticed Noel watching him the way a predator eyed its prey, but Kian was no prey but a mate who yearned to be conquered. Remembering Noel’s initial comment, Kian fell soundlessly to his knees. The wet tiles were cold against his skin, but no matter. Noel and his flesh were hot enough to burn.
Kian pressed his mouth to Noel’s abs and began cleaning away the spunk.
“Do you like the taste of you and me, pet?” Noel asked.
“Hell yeah.”
After Kian was done, Noel helped him back to his feet. Kian’s gaze dipped to Noel’s dick, so hard and ready for action. He tilted his head. “Are you going to take me now, Alpha?”
Laughing, Noel stole a kiss before spinning him by the shoulders until Kian faced the wall.
“Wait here,” Noel instructed.
The Alpha didn’t take long. Hearing the creaking sound of a drawer being pulled out, Kian glanced over his shoulder to see Noel pulling out a tube of lube. He pressed his cheek against the wall, breathing hard. What would his brother think of him?
Then again, Nathan had pushed him into Noel’s arms, knowing what the Alpha could give him. If this was what he’d been missing out on his entire life, Kian wished he’d met Noel earlier. When Fate doesn’t do something, it has a good reason for not doing it. Kian believed that. Maybe Nathan and he were meant to come here so Kian could meet his mate and help Noel find his missing sister.
Noel joined him again in the shower. “Good boy. Have you been waiting long?”
“Very long.” Kian flashed Noel a bratty look, which only made the Alpha laugh.
Noel nipped at his left ear and planted a kiss between his shoulder blades. The unexpectedly tender gesture made Kian shiver.
“Are you ready for me, pet? Before you answer, I want to remind you this is irreversible. Once we start on this path, we can’t stop. You’ll become mine, mine to mate and possess, cherish and love.”
Kian’s heart nearly stopped at the sheer confidence in the Alpha’s words. He’d never expect to hear such a declaration from any man.
“How are you certain I’m your mate? What if after we do this, you realized you’ve made a mistake?”
Kian couldn’t help but voice his doubts. Noel made it sound like he was such a catch, but Kian didn’t even see himself as a decent guy. No, people could change. Maybe until this moment, Kian had never really lived. Perhaps his real life started the moment he met Noel.
Chapter Five
“Silly pet. Our wolves know it.” Noel closed in for a tight hug and breathed in Kian’s alluring scent. “This is real, but I’m warning you. Once I get a taste of you, I’ll only want more.”
Kian let out a nervous laugh. “You can turn heads with those words, Alpha.”
“I’m only interested in one man.”
“Then claim me. Please.”
Noel nudged Kian’s legs apart and uncapped the lube. He was so hard, so close to bursting, he knew he wouldn’t be able to hold back any longer. Rushing things, on the other hand, wasn’t an option. Noel knew he wasn’t exactly small, and he wanted Kian to remember their first time with fondness. Working a slick finger into Kian’s puckered entrance, Noel grinned when Kian let out a needy moan. He added a second, curling it in until his pet gasped. Noel brushed against Kian’s gland once more, just to hear Kian’s mewl.
“Please,” Kian begged.
That word sounded damn perfect to Noel’s ears. He added a third digit and began widening Kian for his cock. By the time he considered Kian ready, the submissive wolf was pleading.
“I need you in me, Alpha.”
“Demanding little pet.” Noel guided his cockhead into Kian’s entrance and began to push. He gripped Kian’s hips, groaning as Kian’s inner muscles clamped around his dick. “Relax for me.”
Kian obeyed. Noel could hear the rise and fall of the submissive wolf’s chest. Once his ridge passed Kian’s tight ring of muscles, easing in the rest of the way was easier. Finally, Noel was balls-deep in his delightful mate.
“God. You’re so big,” Kian murmured.
“I’ll take that as a compliment, baby. Don’t worry. I’m going to make you feel good soon.” Noel reached for Kian’s dick and gave it a squeeze, eliciting a groan from Kian. “Ready for me to move?”
“Yes. Please.”
Noel chuckled. He liked how Kian knew his manners. Pulling his dick out, Noel hammered back in. He began with slow thrusts, eventually finding a rhythm that suited both of them, or so he thought anyway.
“Faster, Alpha. I want to feel you in me.”
Tightening his hold on Kian’s hips, Noel picked up speed. He went faster, and each push was deeper until he breached Kian’s most intimate places. The submissive wolf’s moans of pleasure only riled him up. Each time their bodies came together, Noel could sense their wolves doing the same, reaching each other on a soul level.
This was the answer Kian was seeking. They were mates, now and forever. Kian was the missing link Noel had been searching for his entire life. Panting, Noel shifted his hips and entered Kian. He must have hit Kian’s sweet spot, because his delightful mate let out a whimper. Reaching for Kian’s dick, he began to stroke and aimed for Kian’s gland repeatedly.
“So good, Alpha,” Kian managed.
“You’re the same, baby. Your ass is fucking deliciously tight around my dick.”
Kian mewled, clearly turned on by the dirty talking. Noel made a mental note of that. Oh, he had a thousand positions he wanted to try with his mate. It wasn’t only about sex, though. Aside from their sexual needs, Noel wanted to know Kian, too. They might have skipped right to the mind-blowing sex, but they had the rest of their lives to figure out each other’s moods, likes, dislikes, and personalities.
Noel couldn’t wait. As Alpha of his pack, he’d always considered the needs of others before his own. It was about time he looked to his happiness as well. However, he wouldn’t forget his duty. With Kian and Nathan’s help, they would find Allie and rebuild their pack. Maybe Noel would even consider allying themselves with Darkfall in the upcoming war with Alpine Industries.
He’d reserve those thoughts for later. For now, he simply wanted to indulge in the collision of his body and Kian’s and the way they fit perfectly together.
“I can’t hold back,” Kian confessed.
Noel gave his tip a squeeze. “Come for me then, pet. Let me hear your surrender once more.”
Kian cried out as Noel sheathed himself inside his body once more. The submissive wolf exploded, screaming. Hearing his name on Kian’s lips triggered his own climax. Several thrusts inside Kian and the bathroom fell away. The pressure inside Noel burst open, and he emptied his seed inside Kian.
They slumped against each other, Noel’s cock still buried inside his mate. The mating dance wasn’t done, though. Was Kian ready?
Noel didn’t need to worry because Kian offered his neck to him. Ac
cepting his gift and trust, Noel unsheathed his fangs and plunged them into that tempting line of flesh. Blood filled his mouth. On the metaphysical level, his Alpha beast reached out to Kian’s submissive animal. They twined against each other, becoming one. They shared one life force now, bounded on the soul level, which was more profound and intimate than the human concept of marriage.
Kian let out a moan when Noel pulled away. His mate swayed on his feet, but Noel easily wrapped his arms firmly around Kian. He increased the water pressure, cleaning away the mess and blood. After scrubbing both of them down, he convinced Kian to sit on the lid of his toilet.
“How are you feeling?” Noel asked.
Kian gave him a drunken but toothy smile. “Happy. Ecstatic.”
Grabbing the first aid kit under the sink, Noel began tending to Kian’s wound. The bite mark would always stay there, like a brand telling the world Kian belonged to him exclusively. The thought made him grin. Noel was one possessive bastard, but it seemed Kian liked overprotective Alphas just fine.
After bandaging Kian’s neck, Noel led Kian back to his bed. The submissive wolf cuddled close. They fit perfectly, with Noel’s front pressing against the curve of Kian’s back. He wrapped his arms around his mate.
“That was…” Kian faltered. “Wow.”
“Wow indeed.”
“What happens now?”
“You’re mine now, part of my pack. We’ll iron things out tomorrow.”
Kian let out a nervous laugh. “I’m not sure how my brother will feel about this.”
“Are you regretting what happened, pet? It’s too late now.”
“Never,” Kian said with vehemence. The submissive wolf turned so they were eye-to-eye. “I’ve never been so sure of anything in my entire life.”
The fire blazing in Kian’s eyes warmed his heart. Noel wasn’t arrogant enough to call this love, but it was close enough. They were still strangers to each other, but no one could deny they connected on an intimate and deep level.
He kissed Kian on the bridge of his nose. “Me neither, pet.”
