Ronin waggled his eyebrows. “Well, you see, I have reason to believe that’s an incorrect statement.”
Ro had his hands held behind his back and motioned for Oliver’s parents and his brother to join them, and they quickly stepped from behind the wall.
“Hello, son!” Oliver’s mom spoke up, and Ro watched his mate’s eyes widen and his jaw drop. Oliver was a blur as he practically flung himself into his mom’s arms.
“Mom?” He pulled back, his voice choked, tears streaming down his face. “Mommy?” Ollie went in for another hug, and his father joined in, hugging him between them.
“Mom, Dad. What are you doing here?” Ollie’s voice was surprised, but Ro could hear the happiness there. He turned to Ronin with a huge smile on his face as he asked, “You did this? For me?”
Ronin nodded. “I knew how much you wanted to see them, and trust me, they were eager to get here.”
“Ollie,” The little boy who had been patiently waiting whispered. “Ollie.”
Oliver squatted down so he was eye level with his little brother and opened his arms. Lucas didn’t hesitate and jumped at him, wrapping his arms tightly around Ollie’s neck.
“I missed you so much, Lucas,” he said in a tear-choked voice.
“Why did you go?” Lucas pulled back to look him in the eyes, tears still streaming down his face. “I missed you too.”
“I was afraid,” Oliver answered honestly. “But I’m not anymore, thanks to my new friends. I’ll never disappear like that again.”
“You promise?”
“I promise, Lucas,” he replied, the vow in his voice clear to all of them
“You’d better not.” Lucas had stepped back and had his hands on his hips, causing everyone in the little family gathering to laugh, and it seemed to be what was needed to help lessen the heaviness of the moment.
Oliver turned to his parents, and Ronin saw tears in his eyes. “I thought I was a freak, and that if you guys knew the truth, you would never want to have me around.”
His mom shook her head. “Really? Did you think that? We always knew you were special, and Ronin told us just how amazing you really are. We love you Ollie, and we missed you.” Oliver wrapped his arms around his parents and his younger brother, hugging them like his life depended on it.
Ronin watched the embrace, and he was glad to have made the reunion possible. His mate finally had his family back, and he could feel how much of a weight had lifted from Ollie through their bond.
Chapter Fifteen
Ronin
Ronin stood outside and waved to the last of their guests. When he turned around, he spotted Ollie standing at the door. Their eyes met and held, and Ollie responded with a huge smile on his face. As Ronin walked up the stairs to his mate, Ollie walked backwards into the house, never breaking eye contact.
“I hope you were pleasantly surprised,” Ronin said.
Oliver smiled and stepped into Ro’s body. “I can’t thank you enough. You made today that much better.”
Ronin nodded. “They could have stayed here. I would have made up another room for them. I hope they know I meant that.”
Oliver smirked. “I think they wanted to give us some space. Besides, they’re going to stay at a bed and breakfast, and I’ll get to see them again before they leave.”
Ronin tightened his arms around Ollie. “So... are they going to be leaving without you?”
Oliver’s arms went around Ro’s waist. “I can honestly say that I can’t imagine leaving you here… I can’t imagine leaving you.” Ollie held his gaze as he spoke. “I may be new to the whole mate thing, but I know that we are destined for one another. You’re my mate—for life—and how can that work if I’m in another town?”
Ronin laughed, but also couldn’t stop the sigh of relief that escaped. “It can’t. I’m glad you agree. I was terrified you would want to go home.” He pressed his lips briefly against Oliver’s. “Not that I wouldn’t have followed.”
When they parted, Oliver sighed, then added, “I love you, Ronin.”
Ronin felt like he’d just won the lottery hearing those words come from his mate.
“I should have said it first, but I kind of love that you did. I love you, too, Oliver.” Ronin wrapped his arms around Oliver and embraced him. “You have no idea how much.” Their lips locked once more, and he ran his hands down Oliver’s back until his palms landed on Oliver’s ass. They stood in the foyer, their bodies pressed firmly against one another, and Ronin tried to remember ever being happier than he was at that moment.
Ronin pulled back from their embrace. He grabbed onto Ollie’s hand and pulled him along as he headed up the stairs. On the way up, he made sure to send images of what he was thinking to Ollie, and he knew his mate got them when he giggled and patted Ro’s butt.
The steps seemed to take forever, but they finally reached their bedroom. This was the moment for them to be together for real, not in the blush of heat, or on the floor of a forest, but in the home where they would hopefully spend their lives together. Ronin was ready to claim Ollie again, ready to fuck him and remind him just how loved and cherished he was.
Ronin slammed the bedroom door closed behind them and turned to face Oliver.
“Damn, you’re sexy.”
Ollie sighed at Ro and moved in for a kiss, but before it went too far, Ronin broke away from him, surprising Oliver.
He lifted Oliver and threw him on their bed. He loved the sound of his mate giggling, his eyes wide with excitement as he watched Ronin. He chuckled and lowered himself over Oliver’s body and took his lips in a searing kiss.
Ronin closed his eyes, and as the kiss lingered, he savored the taste of his mate, the feel of Ollie’s body beneath his.
Ronin reached between them and pressed his hand against the bulge that was straining against Ollie’s zipper. Ronin growled and bit his mate’s lips.
“Goddess, you’re gorgeous. I never imagined having anyone like you, but I’m so glad I found you.”
Ronin went on his knees, straddling Ollie’s body as he popped the button of Ollie’s jeans and slowly pulled down the zipper. Blanketing Ollie’s body with his once more, Ro took his mate’s lips in a deep kiss, tasting every inch of his mouth, their tongues caressing one another. He slipped his hand into Oliver’s pants, wrapping his fingers around Ollie’s cock and swiping his thumb over the leaking crown.
“Fuck!” Oliver’s body arched off the bed.
Ronin kept teasing the tip of Ollie’s cock, and watched as his breathing turned erratic; he could both hear and feel Ollie’s heart beating faster.
Ronin broke the kiss, then lifted himself onto his knees again and pulled Oliver’s pants down, helping him out of them. The boxers followed next, then Ronin lifted his mate’s body and whipped his shirt off, leaving Oliver perfectly naked to his gaze.
The alpha’s heartbeat quickened in his chest as he grabbed onto Oliver’s legs and spread them open so he could look his fill. Oliver’s hard cock and his glistening hole on display had Ronin grabbing his own erection. Fuck, he was so aroused.
Oliver’s cock was the perfect length for his body, but his girth was nice and thick, and Ronin’s mouth watered. He wanted to taste his mate. His cock throbbed needing to be released. Ro watched his omega’s cock dripping precum, and couldn’t help gliding his finger over the tip once more, and then lifted it to his lips.
“Oh God, Ronin,” Ollie groaned, his eyes completely dark, no sign of the beautiful hazel color the alpha loved to see.
Oliver never took his eyes off Ronin as the man got up from the bed and undid his own pants.
When his hard cock sprang free, Oliver breathed a sigh of relief. Ronin took the rest of his clothes off quickly and lowered himself onto the bed, his mouth in the perfect position to tease Oliver’s cock with warm breaths.
He took the tip into his mouth, licking, then began sucking on the sensitive head.
“Oh God. Oh fuck,” Oliver groaned while he writhed on the bed.
His mate’s legs shook, and Ronin steadied them with his hands, then trailed his tongue down the length of Oliver’s cock before pulling back to the tip and licking the precum there.
Ronin went back to bobbing up and down over Ollie’s cock, making sure to hollow out his cheeks and massage the tip with his throat.
When Ronin pulled all the way to the head and then immediately swallowed back down until the tip of his mate’s cock touched the back of his throat, Oliver bucked his hips up, pumping his cock quickly in and out of the alpha’s mouth.
Ollie’s moans filled the room as he reached out and grabbed onto Ronin’s head and bucked his hips, fucking Ro’s face. The alpha let his mate use him, loving the feel of that silkiness over steel between his lips.
Ronin withdrew his lips from his mate.
“What the fuck?” Oliver cursed, his voice high and tight, and Ro couldn’t help snickering.
“Roll over and get on your knees,” Ronin ordered.
Oliver pulled himself up and did just that, sticking his perky ass in the air for the alpha to admire.
Ronin moved in and buried his face in his mate’s ass, licking up the slick that was pouring out, before curling his tongue and pushing into his mate’s hole.
Oliver keened, pushing his ass back into his mate’s face, spurring him on.
Ronin used his hands to spread his mate wide and feasted on his hole, licking up the slick, the taste and scent pushing Ro’s arousal to new heights.
“Please, please, please.” Oliver kept chanting.
Ro licked and sucked his mate’s hole, readying him for his throbbing cock. Ollie spread his legs wider giving him plenty of access, his moans becoming incoherent as his body shook under Ronin’s ministrations.
“Ahh, Fuck! Please, Ronin! Fuck me! I need your cock in me! Please! Now!”
Ronin chuckled even though he was right on the edge as well. But nothing sounded better than his mate begging for his cock. Ronin moved so he was on his knees behind Oliver and slid his cock between his ass cheeks until the blunt head rested against his omega’s hole. He slowly and gently guided his hips forward, until his cock pushed through the tightly muscled ring of Oliver’s asshole.
“God yes!” Oliver moaned at the feel of Ronin’s cock gradually filling him.
Once his mate was fully impaled on him, Ronin stopped and just laid his entire weight on Ollie, allowing his cock to rest in his hole and giving the omega time to become fully accustomed to his fullness.
Ronin’s face was resting in the crook of Ollie’s shoulder with his mouth right near his ear. It took all his concentration to not move as his mate’s hole clutched his cock.
“You feel so good,” Ronin groaned against Ollie’s neck.
He slowly began to move in and out of Ollie; the position seemed to put Ollie’s ass at the perfect angle for him to constantly graze Ollie’s prostate, sliding over it, back and forth.
Ronin kept his face buried in Ollie’s neck, but lifted off Ollie making it possible for him to thrust harder and deeper.
Ronin’s thrusts became erratic, and he grunted as he bottomed out in Ollie’s ass, knowing he was not far from orgasm. Ronin let in the smells and the sounds his mate made, the feeling of Ollie beneath him, and he felt his orgasm building. He knew he was close, and so was Ollie. His mate’s hole spasmed around his cock.
He felt a tingle in his balls that told him it was going to be just moments. Ronin shifted his hips so instead of grazing his mate’s prostate, his cock hit Ollie’s prostate directly on each thrust, and that was all it took. Ollie groaned loudly as his cum began to pulse from his cock onto the sheets beneath him. At the same time, the clenching of his ass around Ronin’s cock was all it took for the alpha to shoot load after load of cum inside his mate, his knot locking them together. He collapsed on top of Ollie, although making sure not to put all his weight on him, his face still buried in Ollie’s neck where he had left his mating bite.
He couldn’t tear the smile from his lips as he held Ollie in his arms.
Ronin couldn’t wait to find out if his mate was pregnant. “I love you,” he whispered.
Ollie looked over his shoulder and stared into Ronin’s eyes. “I love you too,” Oliver held his alpha’s gaze. “Do you think we’re going to be parents?” Ollie whispered.
Ronin leaned in and kissed Oliver as Oliver scooted onto his back. Ronin kept the kiss going. They were fated to be together and they were ready to take on the world together, no matter what—or who—tried to interfere.
Chapter Sixteen
Oliver
Oliver stretched out in bed. For the first time in several months, he felt a sense of excitement and longing for the future. He couldn’t explain it, but Ronin was a huge part of it.
As he continued to stretch, Ronin grabbed his hand and kissed his knuckles, bringing a smile to his face. He opened his eyes and looked over to find Ronin sitting up in bed, his eyes on him.
“How long have you been awake?” Oliver pulled himself up in bed beside Ronin, but then he shifted so that his back was resting on his mate, who was leaning against the headboard.
“I don’t know, a couple of hours maybe.”
Oliver frowned and looked over to the window. The sun was barely visible. A glance at the alarm clock showed that it was just after seven in the morning. He turned back to Ronin. “Is everything alright? Something weighing on your mind?”
Ronin looked down at their joined fingers, but he took a beat before meeting Oliver’s eyes. He paid more attention to their bond and realized something was wrong, but he couldn’t feel exactly what it was, just that there was something on his alpha’s mind.
All Ollie wanted was to see Ronin smiling.
“I’m listening whenever you’re ready,” Oliver said. “Talk to me, babe. What’s going on?” Oliver frowned. His heart began racing, fear clutching him, taking over the beautiful morning he woke up to and the amazing feeling he had in his heart. “Are you second-guessing us?”
“What?” Ronin arms went around him. “No… never. You are my life, my love, my mate. And you’re probably carrying our baby. I will never regret or second-guess us, not for one moment.” Ronin placed a kiss first on Oliver’s mating bite, then on his cheek. “I just can’t stop thinking about what Devon said yesterday.”
Oliver thought back. They had all shared a lot, so he wasn’t quite sure what statement his mate was referring to. “What part, babe?”
“The part about being given drugs to stop his heat.” Ro’s arms around him tightened. “Did you experience the same thing?”
Oliver shrugged. “I was given drugs, but I guess I never questioned what they were for. Anton said to take them and would watch you taking them, so you took them. I’m going to guess that it had something to do with that. Why?”
“Well, Anton was getting drugs from somewhere to give to all of you, either to stop your heat or, my guess would be, to stop you from getting pregnant.” Ronin paused and Ollie could practically hear his mind racing. “That means he was getting those drugs from someone. Anton didn’t strike me as particularly smart, and I don’t think he would be able to get his hands on something like that if the other person didn’t know what he needed them for.” He hesitated. “I guess it comes down to who. Where did he get these drugs, and who was helping him?”
“Good question,” Oliver replied, although he wasn’t really sure where his mate was going with his train of thought. “I guess I never even considered that.”
Ronin nodded and looked over to Ollie. “Do you remember ever seeing anyone else?”
Oliver shrugged. “I mean, there were alphas coming through periodically, but I guess I just always assumed that they were the alphas that were…” Ollie’s voice trailed off. “I always figured that was all they were there for.” Oliver tried to look back upon that time and images of that room flashed in his head, but it only brought about sadness, so he shut his eyes to block it out.
“Sorry for making you rel
ive it, love. I’m so sorry.” Ronin placed a kiss on the top of Oliver’s head. “I have been thinking about that for the past two hours, and it occurred to me the only ones that have access to drugs are…”
“Drug dealers?” Oliver said helpfully.
Ronin laughed. “Well, yes… that’s true, but I was thinking more along the lines of a professional.”
“Hmmm… you mean a doctor?” Ollie supplied.
Ronin nodded. “Exactly. My brother Ryder is also a doctor. You’ve not met him yet because he’s been in one of the neighboring packs, assisting with a birth and routine check-ups. Even though his main clinic is here in Wildwood, he works with different packs, too, since not everyone can come to his office. I’ll ask him. Maybe he knows something. It’s possible that he would have some kind of idea of who could be helping Anton. I think it’s worth a shot checking into it.”
Oliver smiled. He loved how Ronin was so caring and thoughtful. Even now, he was still thinking about all that they had gone through and how he could help. Ollie couldn’t imagine not having him in his life. “I love you,” Oliver whispered.
He twisted so he was facing Ronin and leaned in, sealing their lips together. Oliver’s tongue brushed against Ronin’s lips, and his mate opened for him as his alpha’s hand went to the back of Oliver’s head, pulling him closer and deepening the kiss.
“I love you too,” Ronin said, after breaking their kiss. He moved and Ollie chuckled as he was pressed into the bed while Ronin was hovering over him. All Ollie wanted to do was spend the day in bed making love. He might be new to it, but he already had a feeling he would never get tired of Ronin.
Ronin pulled back from the kiss. “We need to get up.”
Apparently, it wasn’t a dream that would be a reality that day.
Oliver groaned as Ro lifted off him and got out of the bed.
“Do we have to?” Ollie pouted as he sat up in bed, looking at Ronin’s naked, perfectly sculpted ass.
Ronin turned around. “I lucked out with a sexy omega, and trust me, the last thing I want to do is leave this bed.”
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