by Lynn Hagen
“I ordered some dinners from The Pit,” Reno said as he pointed where the box was to be taken. “It should be here any moment.”
“Oh,” Spencer said, his eyes lighting up. “They have the best food around!”
“You’re only saying that because you work there,” Paine complained. “It better be good.”
Baker chuckled at their banter. He liked Paine and Spencer. They were comical to be around. Spencer was flighty and Paine was…well, lazy. Kenway had to keep snapping at the cheetah shifter to get him to help. But everything was done and Baker was grateful.
“You can take your dinners to go,” Reno said as he pulled Baker into his arms.
“Why?” Paine asked. “I thought we were hanging out here for a while.”
“They want to break the place in, moron,” Kenway said. “Think.”
Baker shook his head. The food arrived not long after that, and the men waved good-bye. Reno set their bag of food on the table in the living room and then turned, wiggling his brows at Baker. “Now, what are we going to break while I fuck you senseless?”
“That’s not what Kenway was referring to,” Baker said as he backed away, a mischievous smile on his face. “We are not breaking anything.”
Baker felt his heart race when Reno’s eyes shifted to coyote. The espresso turned to a café noir coloring, dark, rich, and beautiful. “I’ll break every damn thing in this house when fucking my mate.”
The guy meant it. Baker could see that in the way he was stalking toward him. He backed up into the kitchen and realized his mistake too late. He was trapped with nowhere to run. Baker danced around the table, trying to get away from Reno, and playing his little stalker game at the same time.
It took only seconds for Reno to catch him. The man pulled Baker into his powerful arms, making Baker shiver with anticipation.
* * * *
Reno glanced down at his mate, staring into the deep pools of sapphire blue as he snaked his hand into Baker’s jeans and gripped the heated erection in his hand. It was hard, but felt like liquid silk with the pre-cum leaking over Reno’s fingers in rivulets.
Baker watched with parted lips, his breathing hitching and racing as Reno lifted his hand to his mouth, sucked his fingers in, and let the taste roll over his tongue. He groaned, licking each finger clean before he pulled at the waistband of Baker’s pants, chasing the material down his mate’s body until he could toss the fabric aside.
Reno was still mesmerized by the slight swell of muscles and lean frame. His mate was a work of art, compact, sexy. He lowered Baker to the floor, dying to taste what he had teased himself with.
Baker lay there stunningly naked now, exposed to Reno’s appreciative eyes. He drank the man in as he pushed Baker’s thighs apart. Baker didn’t hesitate. He parted his legs, showing off the sexiest thing Reno had ever seen. A male’s body was such a sculpted piece of art to Reno, so perfect, so exotic. He found himself wanting to rub his scent over Baker, to let the world know this human belonged to him.
As he gazed down at his mate, Reno disrobed and stood buck naked in the kitchen and loving how his mate was looking at Reno like he was the cat’s meow.
Joining his mate on the hardwood floor, Reno leaned forward until his stomach was touching Baker’s erection. He rubbed his body over Baker’s length, feeling the pre-cum trailing over his skin.
“What are you doing?” Baker laughed. His voice wrapped around Reno, touching him in the wickedest of places. Never before had he marked anyone with his scent. The feeling was a rush, knowing other shifters would smell Reno on his mate.
And that was exactly what he wanted.
Reno grinned as he pushed his cock over Baker, groaning when he saw the wet trail he was leaving behind. He gazed down at his mate before dipping his head and licking his own essence from Baker’s body.
His mate’s stomach quivered as he watched.
Reno made a show of what he was doing, his tongue fully extended, lapping and licking. He wanted to show Baker that nothing was taboo between them.
Once he had his mate clean, Reno brushed his body down the length of Baker until his head was even with Baker’s weeping cock.
“Marking you. Leaving my scent so everyone knows who you are mated to.”
“So possessive,” Baker teased as his hands pressed into the floor on either side of his body. “You’ve already claimed me, but I’ll add that to your psychotic tendency list.”
Reno chuckled before he licked a path up Baker’s cock, his tongue circling around the head as he watched his mate watch him. His broad shoulders pushed Baker’s legs further apart, shouldering Baker’s thighs as he licked back down the heated flesh until he reached his mate’s thick and heavy sac. Baker’s hand came down, pressing and massaging his balls, feeding them to Reno. He lapped at them, like a kitten lapping at cream. His tongue glided over Baker’s smooth and lithe fingers as Baker squeezed his nuts harder.
A rush of blaze ate at Baker’s blue eyes as he fed a finger to Reno, pushing it past his lips as Reno sucked it in. His tongue swirled around the digit, sucking it hard into his mouth, his lips promising Baker what he could do with them.
Baker’s fingers caressed Reno’s jaw, gently, almost begging Reno to do with his cock what he was doing with the fingers. Reno leaned forward, taking Baker’s cock into his mouth, the finger wedged between Baker’s cock and Reno’s lips. Baker groaned out his pleasure as Reno drank the man’s dick down his throat.
“Yes,” Baker hissed as he pulled his finger free, placing his hand back onto the floor. Reno cupped the back of Baker’s knees, pushing the man’s legs back as he worked his mouth over Baker’s cock. His body became tight with need, his erection throbbing, and Reno wanted to bury his cock deep inside Baker’s body. But he wanted to play first. He wanted to drink his mate down and lick him from front to back.
Baker pushed his legs back, wrapping them around Reno’s shoulders, pulling him closer as his fingers curled into tight fists. Reno’s chin brushed over Baker’s sac and felt that it was drawn close to Baker’s body. Reaching around his mate, Reno played at Baker’s hole, pressing his fingers against the throbbing muscle, but not entering.
“God yes, please,” Baker begged as his legs tightened around Reno’s shoulders in a death grip. “Please, Reno.” Baker was staring at Reno heatedly, his eyes glittering, savage, hot.
Reno reached his hand up, wetting it with his saliva before placing it back at Baker’s entrance, pushing three fingers deep into Baker’s tight body. Baker shouted, and his hips bucked, pushing his cock to the back of Reno’s mouth as hot seed spilt down Reno’s throat. He drank it like a dying man, pulling every last drop from Baker’s cock.
Reno let Baker’s dick slide from between his lips as he leaned back. He didn’t have any lube in the kitchen, so Reno got to his feet and opened the cupboard, snagging the bottle of cooking oil.
Fuck it. The oil would do just fine. Who said he couldn’t use this? It was slick and would serve its purpose. Maybe not the way it was intended, but he didn’t care.
Reno removed the cap and applied a liberal amount, coating his cock.
God, this shit was messy. Glancing around, Reno saw a hand towel draped over the back of one of the chairs. He grabbed it, wiping his hand clean. He tossed the towel aside and then ran his hands up Baker’s chest, tweaking his nipples, seeing his mate shiver in delight. Baker’s eyes were drawn down to tiny slits, smoldering with desire as he licked his lips, giving Reno a sexy smile.
Oh yeah. Reno could get with that. His mate was looking at Reno, begging with his eyes for Reno to fuck him. He had no problem fulfilling that request.
The head of his cock touched Baker’s sensitive hole, but Reno didn’t thrust forward. He wanted to tease and play, to have the man begging for Reno to take him.
A visible shudder ran over Baker, making his body tremble slightly. Reno could see that Baker’s eyes hadn’t returned to normal. If anything, they had turned darker, glazed over with climax.
Damn if the man wasn’t sexy as sin as he lay there waiting for Reno to ravish his body. Baker’s eyes sparkled like dark gems behind the glaze, telling Reno what Baker truly wanted, what he was craving most. He watched in utter fascination as Baker licked his beautiful lips. God, Reno loved those lips. Kissing Baker was a sex act all on its own. Reno could lose himself just plundering his mate’s mouth with his tongue…or cock. Both images were very erotic to him.
Reno leaned forward, running his tongue along the moist mouth, drinking in his mate’s whimpers and pants as his cock brushed along Baker’s crease. Reno ran his tongue over Baker’s parted lips and then sucked Baker’s tongue into his mouth, teasing it, playing with the appendage. Baker’s hands began to move beside him until he reached up and snagged Reno’s neck, pulling him closer, taking the kiss to a whole other level.
Reno reached up and touched Baker’s moist lips, the pads of his fingers running along the smooth and soft skin as their tongues dueled.
Baker swallowed, his breath coming out in small gasps.
Reno curled his fingers around Baker’s wrists, pulling the man’s hands above his head as Reno’s cock pressed against his mate’s entrance. Baker’s eyes rolled upward, his hips pressing down onto Reno’s cock.
Reno didn’t move, allowing Baker to take what he wanted, what he needed. Reno shuddered when he felt the head of his cock slip past the tight muscle and enter Baker. This was one of those defining moments in his life, one of those perfect seconds that Reno wished could last forever. The tight grip made him shiver as Baker pressed down harder, taking another inch inside of him.
“God, look at you, Baker. You’re so damn sexy.”
Baker’s eyes were still rolling, his tongue wetting his lips as he groaned loudly. Baker didn’t try to free his hands, or even pull at them. He was too lost in taking pleasure from Reno’s body.
Reno’s fingers tightened on Baker’s wrists, fighting not to plunge deep inside his mate. He was stunned by Baker’s sensual writhing, his soft moans, and the way he undulated as he worked Reno’s cock into his body. Reno felt something in his chest and knew it was love, lust, need…all of the above. He wanted to draw the moment out for as long as he could.
When he felt Baker bottom out, Reno was damn sure he was going to lose his mind. Reno felt ravenous, as if he wanted to plow into Baker until his orgasm burst from his body. Reno gritted his teeth, a trickle of sweat snaking from his hair to run down his temple. The need to move was torturous.
Baker began to slide back up Reno’s cock, the grip like an iron fist as Reno’s body trembled. He growled gently, looking down to where their bodies joined together, watching his cock reappear from Baker’s giving flesh. Reno couldn’t be still any longer. The sight made something click inside of him, and Reno was releasing Baker’s hands, grabbing his mate’s hip bones as he began to fuck Baker with an all-consuming need.
His mate cried out, his legs lifting to wrap around Reno’s hips, locking him into place as Reno slammed his cock into Baker’s ass harder. Baker never moved his arms, never took his hands away from above his head where Reno had placed them, but Reno could see the limbs shaking.
Baker’s eyes gleamed as his head rolled back, his back arching as his mate cried out once more. The muscles in Reno’s thighs grew tight as he watched the beautiful sight beneath him. His fingers traced over Baker’s jaw, mouth, and neck, touching the soft skin as he rocked his cock in and out of Baker’s body.
Reno wanted to bite, the need so intense that his gums ached. His canines elongated, his coyote ready to claim Baker once more as theirs. The man was so fucking gorgeous as he jerked around, tilting his head to the side, begging Reno to bite the skin he was exposing.
Reno grabbed Baker’s ankles from around his waist and pulled Baker’s legs up and apart as he watched his cock fuck Baker’s ass.
“Please, Reno, bite me,” Baker cried out as his hands curled into fists, the knuckles turning a ghostly white from the strain. Reno leaned forward, pressing his chest into Baker’s thick calves. The dark hair that decorated Baker’s legs scrubbed along Reno’s chest as he opened his mouth wide and sank his teeth into his mate’s shoulder. The taste exploded in his mouth as he rocked his cock harder into Baker’s ass.
Baker’s hands left the floor as he grabbed Reno’s hair, pulling it hard. An explosion rocketed through Reno’s body when he felt his mate’s ass tighten, signaling his orgasm. The orgasm shot through his groin and then scattered all through his body, his mind fragmenting as he shoved his cock into Baker’s ass harder, deeper, his seed forcefully being pulled from his body. Reno cried out, releasing his mate’s neck as he pistoned his hips, riding the waves of orgasm for as long as he could.
Baker fell back to the floor, panting hard, his body glistening with sweat. Reno ran his hand over his mate’s soaked hair, relishing what fate had given him. Baker had become his entire world and he would protect the man with his life. He had already almost failed the man, and Reno vowed that Baker would never be in harm’s way again.
His mate licked his lips as he touched Reno’s face with his fingers, his eyes filled with love. “Now that is breaking in the place as ours.”
Reno chuckled as he nuzzled his mate’s neck with his face, feeling elated that he was now sharing his life with his mate. Yes, he had been a loner for a very long time, but having Baker in his life showed Reno that he could enjoy life with another person, someone he truly cared about.
“The bathroom is the next room on my list.”
“That is so gross,” Baker said as his eyes sparkled with merriment. “Not on your life.”
“I’m pretty sure I can change your mind.”
Baker smacked at Reno’s chest, a small laugh escaping him. “We’ll see about that.”
Reno just couldn’t get over how much he loved Baker. The man was truly his other half. “We need to get dressed. Your dad will be by any minute.” It was Sunday, and Richard Cross had confirmed that he would be over. Reno had ordered an extra dinner for Baker’s father.
Baker gave a small nod and then laid his head on the floor, his eyes back to normal and a happy little smile on his face. Reno eased from Baker and then planted a kiss on his mate’s lips. He brushed his hand over Baker’s head as he smiled. “Do you know how much I love you?”
He could see that he had caught his mate off guard. Baker looked stunned and then he smiled. “Just about as much as I love you.”
Giving Baker another kiss, Reno pushed from the floor, walking to the guest bathroom down the hall. He needed a quick washup and then he would be ready for company. “Come on, lazy ass, get dressed,” he called out to his mate.
He ran the water in the sink, splashing it onto his heated face before he reached behind him and grabbed a towel. Once he was cleaned up, he took the warm cloth to Baker and cleaned his mate.
Baker still lay there, looking half asleep. Reno chuckled. The guy was hopeless. “If you don’t get up, I’m going to let your dad in and tell him you’re in the kitchen.”
Baker opened his eyes and then narrowed them. “You wouldn’t!”
No, Reno wouldn’t, but he wasn’t going to admit that to Baker. He reached down and helped his mate to his feet, pulling the deliciously naked man into his arms. “I just can’t seem to get enough of you.”
Baker smiled. “That’s because I have such a hot body.”
That he did. Reno wasn’t going to argue that point. “And because you have the sweetest lips I’ve ever tasted.” He backed up his statement with a deep, passion-filled kiss. Reno was getting hard all over again, but knew they didn’t have time for round two. As much as he would have loved to take his mate all over again, they needed to get dressed.
Reno broke the kiss, smiling down at the man who meant the world to him. “Your dad is going to be here—” Reno’s head snapped up when the doorbell rang. “Oh shit.”
They both laughed together as they dressed. Reno couldn’t get the smile off of his face. He was hap
py. Walking into Sweet Delight had changed his life. Reno would be forever grateful that his boss had a sweet tooth because he found the sweetest thing of all.
Baker.
* * * *
Reno stepped out onto the back porch, cell phone in hand as he took a seat. The morning light was just filtering in over the trees, the birds singing all around.
He flipped his phone open and dialed his parents’ home. He was going to have to take Baker to meet them, but that was for another time. They lived far enough away.
“When were you going to call me?” his mother chastised him. “I could have sworn you said you would call as soon as you settled in.”
Reno smiled. God, how he missed his mother. “I’m fine, Mom. Is Dad there?”
She clucked her tongue. “You better come for a visit…soon. I miss you.”
Reno waited and then heard his dad’s burly tone come over the line. “Son?”
“Hey, Pop.”
“You know you had your mother worried.” That wasn’t Reno’s intention. Everything seemed too happy so quickly that he hadn’t a chance to call. Too much had been going on.
“I found my mate.”
His father was silent for a moment and then chuckled. “Congratulations. When are you going to bring her by?”
“Him,” Reno corrected. His parents knew he was bisexual and had never batted an eye at Reno’s lifestyle. But his dad was old school, just like Baker’s father. He automatically assumed Reno’s mate would be female.
“Oh, okay. When are you going to bring him by?”
“I need to ask you something,” he said as he rubbed his hand over the back of his neck. There was no way he was going to give his dad too many details, but he needed to know. “The mating dance.”
“What about it?”
“Halfway through the dance, I was more interested in dating Baker than stalking him. What went wrong?”
His father gave a very deep chuckle. “Son, there is no set pattern to the way the dance works. Every mating is different. I didn’t even stalk your mother.”
