by Jane Perky
“You proved yourself yesterday, when you saved Jim. In the eyes of the pride, you’re one of us. A wolf among lions, but a very special wolf nonetheless.”
“I can be an honorary lion?” Noel asked.
“No, you’re my mate,” Isaac said with outmost confidence, without doubt.
Noel smiled. While his mate was out fighting, he managed to do plenty of thinking. Yesterday’s incident taught him to be prepared for anything. Teddy and his old life, he had to put that behind him, because now, his world no longer just contained him and his brother. He had Isaac, his children, and the rest of pride. A big family. Something he’d always dreamt of having growing up. Teddy and he finally had that.
His Alpha finished his early breakfast quickly. Seeing his ravenous mate made his stomach rumble. Noel ate his cold eggs and ham with relish. He slipped his hand over his stomach. Noel could almost feel it, the new life growing there.
Two. He didn’t tell Isaac yet, but the lion shifter healer who did his check-up a few days ago told him the amazing news. They were about to have twins. He wanted Isaac to be surprised. Through the windows of their home, he could see night change to dawn. New hope. A bright future lay ahead of them.
“Seeing you happy is making me hungry for something different,” Isaac declared.
“You want bacon? I can whip us more eggs if you like.” It took him a second to decipher what his mate said. Noel’s dick went hard at the look of hot desire in Isaac’s eyes. “Oh.”
“Oh. That’s right.” Isaac gave him a toothy smile. “I don’t think I’ve ever fucked you on this table.”
Noel raised a finger, which only prompted Isaac to furrow his brows. “Let me clear the dishes first. Don’t want to get messy.”
Isaac let out a deep and sexy laugh that didn’t fail to make him warm all over, melt his bones to goo. “Being with me is messy, baby.”
“I know, but I don’t mind.”
“You don’t regret meeting me one bit?”
“If it weren’t for you, I’d be dead in that alleyway or worse. Sold off to some bidder by Marsh or—” Noel didn’t continue. Isaac rose from his seat, pulled him to his feet, and planted a deep kiss on his mouth.
“Let’s no longer talk about the past.”
“Agreed.” Noel moved his hand to the zipper of Isaac’s jeans and tugged it down. “Time to reward my big strong Alpha for his victory.”
Then Noel dropped to his knees and reached for the button of Isaac’s pants.
“Oh, I’m liking this every bit,” Isaac said with growl. “You like the taste of my cock, baby? Go on so I can finally bend you over this table and fuck you senseless.”
Epilogue
Six Years Later
“That’s how the lion prince saved the day again,” Isaac heard Noel finish the kids’ favorite bedtime story.
Six years, Isaac mused. It was hard to believe so much time had passed. Noel gave birth to a boy and girl. Jonathan inherited Noel’s wolf shifter jeans while Jessie turned out to be a little lioness. Gone were the days the pride looked at his mate with suspicion.
His mate had proven to be a capable time and time again. Someone the pride could rely on and go to for help whenever he and Jed weren’t around. The twins were a hit with every single pride member, even the submissive shifters who’d been afraid of speaking directly to the Alpha before.
After Marsh’s defeat, the Bloody Claws gang splintered. Some of the remaining hyena shifters tried to form a pack, but they were swept under the rug by more powerful shifter groups. Without the head of the snake, the body remained a disorganized mess. Meanwhile, the Crawford City Pride continued being the dominant animal group in the city. Isaac liked to believe that thanks to his pride, anyone, human or other, could walk the streets freely and without fear.
Isaac cleaned up this city, eliminated every threat that arose so his children could grow up in a safe environment.
Content to lean against the doorway of Jonathan and Jessie’s room, he watched Noel pull up the blanket over Jessie’s small body. Jonathan, who had fallen asleep in the middle of the story, snored loudly from the top of the bunk bed he shared with his twin.
“Daddy, another story?” Jessie asked.
“It’s way past your bedtime, sweetheart,” Noel said with a shake of his head. Jessie pouted, but it had no effect on Noel. “And no tricks.”
“I didn’t do anything yet.”
“I can sense you about to shift, little one,” Isaac said, joining in the conversation and entering the room.
Jessie sighed. “Oh. Okay.”
“I’ll tell you two bedtime stories tomorrow,” Noel said.
“Promise?”
“I do,” Noel said. “Now go to sleep. Here’s Princess Woof.”
Isaac climbed the bunk bed ladder to place a quick kiss on his son’s forehead, then his daughter’s. Jessie clutched at her favorite stuffed wolf and yawned, finally turning on her side. Isaac shared a look with his mate, but this time, Jessie didn’t decide to play a last-minute game of hide-and-seek with them.
They exited the kids’ bedroom, headed to their own. Isaac locked the door behind him, only to see Noel out of his shirt, pants, and boxers, splayed out on the bed. Isaac licked his lips and eyed his tasty mate.
“That must be a record. You shed your clothes in what, five seconds?” Isaac couldn’t help but tease.
Noel’s laughter never failed to make him smile. “I’ve been practicing. You see, I don’t want you to rip that particular shirt.”
“Oh?” Isaac discarded his clothes.
Naked, he climbed into bed with his mate, easily straddled his Omega. Restraining Noel’s arms above his head, Isaac took his time, plundering Noel’s mouth. His cock hardened in moments as he thrust his tongue down Noel’s throat. His mate never tasted so sweet. Heat travelled down his belly, went right to his balls and dick like a bolt of lightning. Raising two kids, being CEO of his company, and looking after his pride always left him tired at the end of the day, but this?
Isaac always seemed to gain renewed energy whenever he saw his mate. Releasing Noel’s arms, he left kisses down the side of Noel’s neck, bit lightly at his mate mark there. A surge of possession and lust filled him. Six years hadn’t dampened the chemistry between them one bit. Time only heightened it.
He left more kisses down Noel’s flat nipples, Noel’s belly, paused as his ears caught the faint sound. Isaac widened his eyes, gave Noel’s lengthening prick a squeeze.
“Baby, when were you going to tell me the news?” he demanded, beginning to give Noel’s shaft a hand job.
“That I’m pregnant again? I knew you’d find out sooner or later. I wanted it to be a surprise.” Noel paused. “How do you feel about the news?”
“It’s amazing. After Jon and Jessie, I decided I wanted a big family,” he said. “It’d be nice to move from this apartment to a big house in a quiet neighborhood. Our home would always be loud, messy.”
He positioned himself between Noel’s legs, hefted them above his shoulders, exposing Noel’s hole, balls, and cock to his gaze. Noel blushed, even after all these years. His Omega knew what came next.
Isaac inserted one, two, and three digits inside Noel’s puckered and slicked up hole. That done, he pushed his prick all the way in, not stopping until he buried himself deep. Noel moaned, clutched at the bed frame above him as Isaac began rutting him.
“I love you, baby. You’re the world to me,” he told his mate.
“Love you back,” Noel answered instantly. Isaac never got sick of hearing his mate utter those three special words, even if they said them to each other every day.
Isaac pumped in and out of Noel, his dick full length by now. He worked faster, went deeper. Isaac found Noel’s prostate, made his wolf purr for him. Noel arched his back, gripped his shoulders, raked his nails across skin. The pain only kicked things up a notch. Isaac growled, each push bringing both of them to the edge.
“I’m close,” Noel whispered.
Isaac fucked his mate a few more times, before bringing Noel to climax. His mate cried out, emptied out his balls. Isaac came soon after. His vision clouded, and his balls tightened against his body. Every muscle tensed, then relaxed, as he filled Noel’s ass with jizz. Isaac placed a kiss on Noel’s belly, then collapsed right next to his mate, reaching for Noel’s hand. Noel squeezed his fingers, rested his head against the curve of his shoulder.
“We did all right, didn’t we, baby?” Noel asked.
“Better than all right.” Isaac corrected.
THE END
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