“Come for me Tigger!” Tiger flew over the edge of the precipice and released pulse after pulse of warm seed till it pooled in his six-pack. Remi followed right behind him, continuing to fuck in and out of Tiger’s ass, filling him until cum squelched out of his hole and ran down his thighs every time he thrust back in.
Finally, as they both came down from their orgasm, he lowered Tiger’s legs to the blanket and fell forward on his elbows covering Tiger’s mouth with his own. Breaking the kiss, Remi laid his ear over Tiger’s heart and listened to his heart pounding as it gradually slowed down to a normal rate.
Remi rolled them over on their sides and pulled out of Tiger. They lay snuggled up in each other’s arms, too exhausted to do anything else for the moment. Remi smoothed Tiger’s sweaty hair back from his forehead.
Tracing his fingers along Tiger’s cheekbone, he gazed into his beautiful violet eyes and asked, “Are you okay? Tell me what’s in your head right now. Do you regret this?”
Tiger smiled back at Remi, running his hand up and down Remi’s arm. “I don’t regret a thing. Even if this didn’t cure me, I’ll die a happy man.” Then he giggled. Actually giggled. Tiger had never giggled in his life.
“Oh my god! Don’t talk about dying right now!” Remi cried out and slapped him lightly on the chest.
“With a smile on my face,” Tiger laughed.
“I just had the most explosive sex of my life and you’re ruining it!”
“I’m fine,” Tiger soothed. “I don’t feel any different though…. other than a sore ass that is.”
“We should get cleaned up before this stuff starts drying. We don’t exactly have soap and shampoo. How about a skinny-dip in the pool? You think Tae is still out there?”
“Probably,” Tiger replied. “I don’t think he trusts you completely. He would’ve stayed around to make sure you didn’t…. well…. you did ravish me, so I’m not sure what he was thinking. He’s not a violent guy, but he might have bitch slapped you if he thought you deserved it.”
Remi pulled Tiger to his feet and grabbed the blankets to wrap up in for modesty. Sure enough, Tae was still sitting on the log near the pool when they stepped out from behind the waterfall. As they approached, he grinned, well aware of what they’d been up to, but his face fell as they drew close enough for him to get a good look at their chests.
“It did not work then. I am so sorry friend Tiger,” he said remorsefully.
“Wait, how do you know it didn’t work?” Remi asked as he was stepping into the pool.
“The mating marks would have shown up by now if it had,” Tae replied.
“Oh, I guess I forgot about that part.” Tiger looked crestfallen. Turning to Remi he said, “If we were fated mates, we would have gotten matching tattoos had it worked. That’s the way it works for the natives. Lucius says Fae mates have something similar.” Turning away, he limped toward the pool to join Remi.
Frowning, Tae jumped up and ran over to Tiger, pulling him back from the edge of the water. Leaning in close, he put a hand up to Tiger’s ear and whispered something urgently, looking quite agitated.
Tiger blushed and whispered a reply, “Why do you need to know that?”
Tae whispered again in Tiger’s ear, flapping his arms around in exasperation.
“Remi. Why?” Tiger spoke louder this time.
“What?” Remi asked from the pool.
Tae grinned and whispered again to Tiger.
Tiger’s eyebrows shot up and his eyes grew wider and wider. “Really?” Tae nodded at Tiger enthusiastically. Even though it didn’t show in the dark, Tiger was blushing furiously. “Okay, we’ll check that out later. Go on home. We’ll see you in the morning. Thanks Tae.”
Tae trotted off in the dark and Tiger wandered distractedly over to where Remi was. Dropping his blanket, he joined Remi in the warm water, where they helped each other wash off the sticky mess from their love making. They found a shallow spot where they could sit and soak for a while.
“What was that all about?” Remi asked.
Tiger didn’t answer right away, avoiding making eye contact with Remi.
“Was it something bad? I honestly don’t think my heart can take any more disappointments tonight,” Remi muttered.
Tiger glanced up at Remi from beneath his lashes, biting his lip nervously.
“Just spit it out Tigger! You’re killing me here!” Remi grabbed Tiger’s hand.
Tiger mumbled so softly that Remi couldn’t make out what he said.
“What? Repeat that. I couldn’t hear you babe.”
“I said, he told me I needed to fuck you!” Tiger repeated louder. He turned away, head down. He’d never fucked anyone, and it was embarrassing to talk about.
“Why? I mean, did he explain the reason, not that I have a problem with that? I told you before I’d bottom if that’s what you want.” He pulled Tiger back into his arms.
Tiger clasped his hands over Remi’s arms and rubbed them distractedly. “Well, I guess it makes sense really. He said to think of it as me being a male native who’s been bitten and carrying the dormant venom.”
“If we’re fated mates, releasing the virus back into my mate should cause the mate bond to activate and neutralize the venom. But it only works if we’re fated mates, since you don’t have female DNA and you’re human, otherwise it may just pass the active virus on to you.”
“I guess the Fae part of it wouldn’t have kicked in before either because, according to Lucius, it has to be a Fae initiating the act. So, even if it does work, it’s probably only a solution for me, not anyone else, unless it’s the exact same situation which is highly unlikely.”
“Sooo…. long story short, we need to try again,” Remi said, rubbing his cheek against the back of Tiger’s head. “I already told you I’m all in. The possibility of passing the virus on to me isn’t an issue.”
“What about your brother? Who’ll take care of Jake if you’re infected?” Tiger tried to pull away from Remi.
Remi pulled him back and hugged him tighter. “I love my brother, but if something happens to me, TJ and the team will make sure he’s taken care of. I have enough money put away that he’ll be okay financially.”
“It wouldn’t make up for losing his brother, but he knows how I feel about you and he would agree with my decision. He loves you too, you know. He doesn’t know about the bite and he’ll be devastated if we don’t find a cure for you.”
Tiger was quiet.
“It’s a calculated risk Tigger. If it doesn’t work, one or both of us will probably die, but if it works, we both live and have a future together with Jake and TJ, and the rest of your teammates. It’s a gamble I’m willing to take.” Turning Tiger to face him, he tipped his face up. “I’d probably turn into a wretched old drunk without you.”
Tiger couldn’t speak past the lump in his throat, so he simply took Remi’s hand and led him from the pool. Picking up their blankets, they wrapped up and headed back to the cave. Spreading the blankets out, Tiger lay down and pulled Remi down next to him, snuggling up against him.
“Can we just lay like this for a while? Just hold me for now. I’m so tired of fighting, of running, having to plan. I just need to shut down for a while and rest.”
“Of course, Aisoku.” Beloved. “Rest for now and I’ll keep watch.” Tiger’s eyes grew heavy and soon his breathing evened out. Remi tried to stay awake but soon he dozed off too.
Chapter 18
The pair of violet eyes that had been observing them from the darkened entrance withdrew to the clearing outside of the cave. Climbing into the thick branches of a large tree, the silver haired warrior nestled into a comfortable bough. He propped his booted feet against a small limb and crossed his arms over his chest, settling in to keep watch over his kin and his kin’s consort.
Several hours later, Tiger awoke in the faint light of the cave. The fire had gone out and the cave was cool enough that he and Remi had apparently snuggled up tight to stay warm. The d
im light of the glowing embers from the fire showed Remi’s peacefully sleeping face and Tiger couldn’t resist tracing his strong jaw with his fingertips.
Remi shifted and his eyes slowly opened to see Tiger studying him. He smiled and leaned over to kiss Tiger tenderly. Pulling back after returning the kiss, Tiger slapped playfully at Remi’s chest and laughed. “Some guardian you are. You fell asleep and let the fire go out. We could have been eaten in our sleep by wild animals.”
He shifted around and pulled some wood from the pile next to their makeshift bed, then reached over Remi to place it on the glowing remains of the fire, which resulted in his groin resting directly on top of Remi’s already hard cock.
Having gone to sleep without bothering to dress upon returning to the cave, he was all too aware of the skin-to-skin contact of their cocks rubbing together. He lay draped over Remi’s body now and began rutting against him and placing light kisses along his neck and shoulders.
As the wood on the coals started to catch fire and the flames grew, so too did their lust grow. The cave warmed up and their writhing bodies cast dancing shadows of sexual abandon on the walls.
Remi reached out and clasped the container of ointment, pressing it into Tiger’s hand. “You need to get me ready and prepare yourself before we go any further,” he panted. “I want to do it in this position so I can look into your beautiful eyes when you fuck me for the first time.”
He grabbed the backs of his thighs and pulled them up to his chest, waiting for Tiger to move. “It’ll be okay Tigger. I want this. Please.”
Tiger slicked up his painfully hard cock, then took a generous glob of ointment and started working it into Remi’s rim, pushing in and stretching him gradually until he could get one, then two fingers in. He found Remi’s prostate and Remi jerked. “Is that….?”
“Yes! Right there! Do it again!”
Tiger pulled out and added more ointment to his fingers. Soon he had three fingers in and was consistently hitting Remi’s prostate. Remi moaned and grabbed Tiger’s neck, pulling him into a heated kiss.
“Now, Tigger!” he begged urgently. “Need you now! I can’t wait anymore!” He felt bereft when Tiger removed his fingers, but then he felt something large and wet at his entrance. He pushed his hips up as Tiger’s cock pressed into him, locking his ankles behind Tiger’s hips and pulling him deeper into his body.
Tiger gasped and froze, staring wide eyed into Remi’s eyes, transfixed by the sensation of a pulse of energy running through his body from his dick to his heart to his brain. He started to move, thrusting slowly, then harder and harder, losing control over what his body was doing. He couldn’t slow down; couldn’t stop.
Remi reached out and twined their fingers together, squeezing so forcefully he feared he might break Tiger’s hand, but he couldn’t let go. Tiger had his other hand behind Remi’s knee, pushing his leg up and out to go deeper and deeper. His thrusts and grip became so manic he had Remi’s ass off the ground, the arm wrapped around his thigh like a band of steel. The silver ring in Tiger’s eyes was now wider than the violet part and seemed to be glowing.
Remi screamed his name and came so hard his cock painted his chest and shoulder with rope after rope of hot cum. Tiger slammed into him one last time. “Remi! Suirai!” Mine he screamed.
Remi felt the gush of hot semen flood his ass and run down his cheeks. Tiger saw a bright flash and felt like he’d been struck by lightning, before he collapsed onto Remi’s chest insensate. Remi followed him into oblivion.
Laoch, still sitting in the tree and watching the waterfall, saw the bright burst of light flash through the cascading torrent and he smiled. “Ah, well met cousin,” he murmured as relief flooded his system. He dropped lightly from the tree and left the clearing, heading toward the compound.
*****
When Remi came to, he was faintly aware of a ringing in his ears. He initially assumed it was in his head till he realized it was coming from the silver bracelet Tiger always wore……and was it vibrating? Gradually it faded away and then stopped.
As he came more fully awake, he remembered where he was and what he and Tiger had been doing; any concerns he had for the strange occurrence fled. He smiled at the realization that he’d just had the most amazing sex of his life. Had he actually passed out? That had been the hardest he’d ever come, probably more than all the other times in his life combined! He was definitely going to have Tigger top more often. His beloved was a sexual savant!
He felt the beating of his lover’s heart against his chest and the faint warm breath against his neck, reminding him that Tiger was still draped atop him. Prying his eyes open, he ran his hand up and down Tiger’s back, reaching lower to squeeze Tiger’s delectable butt.
“Tigger? Sweetheart? Are you okay?” he asked. Not getting any response, Remi shook Tiger’s shoulder. “Tigger? Aisoku? Come on baby, talk to me. You’re scaring me. Tigger!”
Finally, Tiger stirred. Digging his fingers into Remi’s shoulder, he slowly raised his head, staring blearily into Remi’s eyes. Remi gasped, looking back into the still glowing eyes at what he’d thought was just a lust induced hallucination while Tiger had taken him.
“Tigger? Are you still in there?” Remi wondered if this was a manifestation of the throwback virus. Afraid to move, he froze and didn’t say anything, waiting for a reaction from Tiger.
Tiger slowly blinked at him a couple of times, the glow gradually fading from his eyes, then he pushed up and rubbed at his eyes with the heels of his palms. He heard Remi gasp again and asked in an irate tone of voice, “What!?” He never was a morning person.
Opening his eyes and looking down at Remi, he jerked back. “Holy fuck!” Remi had a silver tattoo over his heart, partially obscured by dried semen, but Tiger could see it was something intricate. Snatching up a bottle of water, he poured it over Remi’s chest and rubbed at it with the blanket.
“Shit! What’re you doing? That’s cold!” Remi yelled. Looking down at his own chest, Remi said, “Is that what I think it is? It looks just like yours!”
“What? Mine?” Tiger looked down at his own chest and he had the same tattoo on his chest. It was a tiger’s head, surrounded by a circle of intricate Celtic knots, centered over the scar from the bite Severen had inflicted on him. Like the natives’ tattoos, it glittered, even in the dark, but his and Remi’s were silver instead of golden.
Tiger was still straddling Remi, staring at Remi’s tattoo. He felt like he was going to pass out again. “It’s beautiful,” Remi murmured. He reached up and ran his fingers over Tiger’s tattoo and Tiger shuddered. It felt like it was directly connected to his cock. He felt like he could come just from Remi touching him there.
“I think this is the Fae bond, just guessing by the color and the design. Do you think this means the venom has been neutralized?” Remi asked.
Tiger didn’t answer. He just buried his face in his hands and a sob tore from his throat. Remi sat up and wrapped his arms around Tiger. “Hey, it’s okay,” he soothed. “I know you’ve been under a terrible strain for weeks now. Just breathe sweetheart. We’ll both need to have Lucius run some tests on us, but I think we beat the odds Tigger.” He couldn’t stop grinning.
“I thought my life was over,” Tiger whispered huskily when he could finally speak again. “I told myself not to get too close to you and Jake because I didn’t think I had any future. I was so close to just ending it all, but I couldn’t just give up.” Remi rolled over onto his side, taking Tiger with him. He kissed him and just held him while Tiger spoke.
“Too late now I guess, but are you really okay with being tied to me forever? I don’t know what our options are if we decide this isn’t working for us. We really haven’t known each other that long and I come with a lot of baggage, not to mention a lot of judgmental brothers. You know, I just shut down after what happened at the TC. I didn’t trust anyone outside of my team; couldn’t handle being around most people. I know I haven’t progressed at all, but I don’t
want to stagnate anymore.”
“Well, I’ve already met some of your brothers and they seem like a decent bunch. I’m even learning to tolerate TJ… most of the time. When we get back though, we need to talk. I have some other information that came in with the search that pulled up the court transcript. There was some background on your parents and some rather disturbing government research on the Fae.”
“TJ and I weren’t sure at the time if it was a good idea to tell you about it, but you have a right to know. No more secrets between us Tigger. We need to help you dump that baggage or you’ll always be stuck in place.”
“Maybe a good start would be to get you a private therapist, so you don’t have to worry about your place on the team, and for the record I don’t consider myself ‘tied’ to you. I love you Tigger. We’re bound to each other, body and soul. It’s meant to be. If neither of us was okay with it, I don’t believe the bond would’ve worked.”
Tiger was speechless. He knew he should respond in kind, but he just couldn’t get the words out. Deflecting instead, he said “Well, I guess before we get too confident, we should go see Lucius and see what he has to say.” Tiger kissed Remi lightly and hopped up, full of nervous energy. He pulled Remi to his feet and slapped him on the butt.
“Let’s go shower and get dressed. No time to soak in the pool this morning.” They rinsed off quickly in the waterfall from inside the cave, dressing and snuffing out the fire. Tiger left his belongings behind but took Doragonsureiyā with him.
As they headed toward the front of the main building, hoping to catch Lucius in his office, they saw him waving goodbye to an attractive man with long platinum blond hair who glanced at them and smiled enigmatically, then turned up the trail leading out of the valley. They watched him until Lucius noticed them approaching and turned to them with a frown. “I see you found your missing friend” he said to Remi. Addressing Tiger, he asked “Is everything all right?”
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