“Christ, I’d tell you two to get a room but you already have one here,” Kelan said, striding into the kitchen.
Luke pulled away from the kiss, his face instantly filling with heat. Kelan raised an amused eyebrow, his gaze dropping down to Luke’s hand. Luke’s face grew hotter when he realised he was still groping Mark’s hard cock. He jerked his hand away quickly.
“Sorry,” he mumbled.
Kelan waved away his apology, grabbed a bottle of water out of the fridge and took a seat at the kitchen table.
“So you find out anything at the guesthouse?” he asked.
Luke and Mark filled Kelan in on everything that had happened since they left the house that morning, including their run in with Ethan. Kelan whistled when they finished talking and leant back in his chair.
“Ethan Walker,” Kelan said, shaking his head. “I had no idea the man was gay.”
“Yeah, I bet his daddy doesn’t either,” Mark said. “Maybe then he wouldn’t be so quick to throw stones.”
“Is this the first time he’s said anything to you Luke?” Kelan asked.
Luke hung his head afraid to meet either his brother’s or his mate’s eyes.
“No,” he said, quietly.
“What the hell do you mean no?” Mark fumed. “Has he threatened you before?”
“No, he’s never threatened me but he’s been coming on to me for years, since I was about fifteen.”
Mark growled, nearly toppling his chair over as he jumped to his feet.
“I’m going to kill him,” he spat.
“Calm down,” Kelan said, his voice full of authority. “Luke, why didn’t you say anything before?”
Luke shrugged. “It was no big deal, most of the time I just laughed it off.”
“Most of the time?”
“Well, one time he did try to kiss me, but I pushed him away and told him I wasn’t interested. I thought he got the message.”
Mark was shaking with anger. He looked barely able to stop himself running out the door and hunting the wolf down.
“Mark, sit down,” Kelan ordered. “This isn’t helping any.”
Mark reluctantly sat back down, glaring at Kelan.
“I’ve got a right to protect my mate, Kelan.”
“I know, but Luke’s not in any danger right this minute, is he? We need to think about this, come up with the best solution to proceed. You can’t just go charging over there and challenging the man. I’ve just been to have a little chat with Dan and Lyle. They said they didn’t have anything to do with last night. I might not like them, but I believe them. In light of what you’ve just told me, Luke, seems to me Ethan may well have had something to do with last night’s events, but we still don’t have any proof.”
“So what do you suggest we do?”
Kelan pursed his lips. “Let me go make some calls. We’ll discuss it again later when we’ve all had a chance to calm down.”
Kelan got up and started walking out of the kitchen. He was almost to the door when Luke remembered what else he had to tell him.
“Kelan, Marianne came by to see you earlier. She wants you to phone her tonight.”
“Oh, did she say why?”
“Yeah, she wanted to tell you that she’s mated and will be leaving the pack soon.”
“Great,” Kelan said, frowning. “That’s all I need right now.”
“What do you mean?” Luke asked.
“She’s my omega, Luke. She comes to pack meetings with me. More often than not she’s the only person that can keep things from turning ugly there too. Fuck.”
“Oh, oh! Does this mean…?”
“Yeah, it does. Cody’s the only other omega I’ve got. I’ll get in touch with him, ask him to come home.”
When Kelan left the kitchen, Luke reached out and held Mark’s hand.
“Hey, you okay?”
“I will be. So, your brother’s an omega wolf?”
“Yeah, I don’t know how happy he’ll be to come home, though. I think he really loves his life in New York.”
Mark nodded thoughtfully. “Yeah, that’s one hell of a responsibility to lay on him if his life is all set someplace else. I don’t think Kelan has much choice, though. Packs can fall apart without an omega present.”
“Are you talking from experience?”
“Not first hand. I never knew who the omega was in my own pack. Their identity is usually kept a secret, you know?”
“Yeah, I don’t think anyone knows about Marianne and Cody apart from us.”
“When I worked near Fort Worth, the guys there told me about what had happened to the pack before I arrived. Wasn’t pretty. Apparently when the omega left, all hell broke loose. Constant arguments and fighting, four new alphas in the space of three months.”
Luke frowned. He couldn’t stand the thought of something happening to Kelan. As much as he bitched about the man sometimes, Kelan was his brother and he loved him.
“I hope Cody will come home,” Luke said, worried.
“He will, Luke. If your brother’s heart is only half as big as yours, he’ll be on the first plane back here.”
Luke smiled and reached out to stroke his hand down Mark’s face.
“Thank you, that means a lot.”
* * * *
That evening after dinner, Luke, Mark and Kelan settled in the living room to watch an action flick Kelan had rented that afternoon. Kelan took the armchair while Luke settled on the couch next to Mark. Luke had no clue what the movie was about, it was difficult to concentrate on anything with his mate sitting in such close proximity, his delicious scent invading his senses.
Mark’s arm was slung around Luke’s shoulder and Luke was cuddled close against Mark’s chest. It was perfect. Luke yawned, feeling his eyes grow heavy but when Mark started lightly trailing his fingers up and down Luke’s arm, causing tingling sensations to rush through his body, Luke suddenly found himself wide awake and horny as hell.
Mark must have noticed Luke’s sudden excitement because he sucked in a sharp breath and Luke was struck with the smell of his arousal. He looked down, his eyes widening at the sight of the bulge in Mark’s jeans.
Luke stretched out and yawned again loudly for effect.
“Oh, I’m so tired. You ready for bed, Mark?”
Mark didn’t answer him aloud, just nodded quickly, his eyes dark and filled with lust. Luke practically leapt off the sofa dragging Mark up with him.
“We’re gonna call it a night, Kelan. We’re, uh, tired.”
Kelan grinned in response and shook his head.
“Is that what you’re calling it these days? Just try and keep the noise down okay?”
“Okay,” Luke squeaked.
Mark chuckled and allowed Luke to pull him from the room.
“Night, Kelan,” he called over his shoulder.
“Night.”
Luke and Mark barely made it up the stairs without ripping each other’s clothes off. The minute they got through the bedroom door, Mark pushed Luke up against the wall and took his mouth like he owned it. Luke kissed back with all he had, with a need beyond hunger. He loved the feel of Mark’s larger body pressed up against him, surrounding him. It made him feel safe.
“Horny, are you babe?” Mark asked, when they finally separated for air.
“Seems I’m not the only one,” Luke said, grinning, rubbing his hard cock against Mark’s equally impressive erection.
Mark groaned at the contact. “True. Could smell your desire. Wanted you. If Kelan hadn’t been in the room, I think I would have had you right there on the couch.”
“Oh god,” Luke groaned.
Clothes were discarded quickly between passionate kisses then Mark tugged Luke towards the bed until they fell on it together in a heap, legs and arms tangled together. Mark rolled Luke on top of him and opened his legs in invitation, his hands gripping Luke’s buttocks and grinding Luke down onto his erection.
“I want you in me tonight, Luke,” he breathed
against Luke’s ear.
Luke gasped and rose up to look at his mate.
“Really?”
“Yes.” Mark said it with resolve. “I told you, I want to do everything with you. And anyway, how bad can it be? You seemed to like it.”
Luke was embarrassed to admit that he had liked it, loved it in fact, afraid that maybe Mark would think of him as less of a man.
“I did,” he replied quietly. “I liked it a lot.”
“Well then, I think I’d like to find out for myself.” Mark placed a soft kiss on his mate’s lips.
“Okay,” Luke nodded, more nervous than he could remember being. “Okay.”
Mark took Luke’s face in his hands and waited until Luke would meet his eyes.
“Hey. Just relax, will ya? I want this Luke. I want you. Sometimes I can’t believe how much, especially as this is all so new for both of us. But I don’t feel awkward or uncomfortable with you at all. It feels right. You feel right.”
Luke relaxed his shoulders and smiled at his mate. He felt choked with emotion. He grabbed the hand cream off the nightstand and squirted some onto his fingers. He leant down and kissed Mark gently, at the same time stroking Mark’s balls and lower, circling around the entrance he couldn’t wait to be buried inside.
He teased Mark with his fingers, then gently slipped the tip of his index finger inside. Mark gasped into their kiss. He gave Mark a moment to adjust then slid his finger in further, pulling back on the kiss and teasing Mark’s mouth with his tongue.
“Is that okay?” he asked, breathlessly.
Mark threw his head back on the pillow and gasped, arching his back and thrusting himself onto Luke’s finger. Luke took that as an affirmative. He moved his finger in and out of Mark’s ass and added another. Soon Mark was clutching at Luke’s hips with a bruising grip and meeting every one of Luke’s thrusts.
“Now Luke.”
Luke nodded and slowly removed his fingers. Mark groaned and his ass clamped down on Luke, trying to keep him inside. Luke coated his cock with the silky, sweet smelling lotion and fell forwards, bracing himself with one arm on the side of Mark’s head as he used the other to grip his cock and place it at Mark’s entrance.
Mark opened his legs wider and sucked in a sharp breath when Luke’s cock breached him for the first time.
“Oh god, Mark. ’S good.” Luke’s arms and legs were shaking from his restraint. He was desperate to thrust hard into Mark until he was deep inside his mate’s ass. Inching inside this slowly was killing him.
“Do it, Luke. Fuck me,” Mark ground out when Luke was seated all of the way inside him.
Luke started thrusting in and out, slowly at first, each stroke long but deep and hard. The heat soon built between them and Mark’s body rocked up to meet Luke’s where they were joined, encouraging Luke to fuck him harder and faster.
They kissed until there was barely any breath left in them, then they kissed some more, their bodies moving together as one. Luke reached down and grabbed hold of Mark’s hips and changed his angle a little, thrusting harder.
“Luke!” Luke knew he’d hit Mark’s prostate when Mark screamed out his name and began shaking beneath him. He concentrated on the spot, hitting it with each deep plunge of his cock.
Mark came hard. His cock, trapped beneath Luke’s body emptied its seed over himself and his mate. Mark’s orgasm set off Luke’s own. The smell of his mate’s release was too much for him as he plunged his cock inside once more. Insane with desire and need, Luke came in long bursts, filling his mate’s ass with his hot, sticky cream.
While he was still shuddering from the aftershocks, Luke’s teeth lengthened and he leant forward and plunged them into Mark’s neck. Mark cried out and Luke felt more cum hit his belly. He jerked in surprise when he felt Mark’s teeth bite into his own neck, causing his own cock to pulse, extending his orgasm.
When both Mark and Luke’s bodies had stopped juddering, Luke lifted himself off Mark’s body, his cock slipping out of his mate’s ass in the process. He collapsed on the bed next to Mark breathing heavily.
“Wow.”
Mark looked over at the dreamy expression on Luke’s face and felt his heart melt.
“Wow is right,” Mark said. “I can understand now why you liked that so much. That was hot!”
“You really liked it?”
“Fuck yeah, I did. Who would have thought it? A week ago I’d have had a coronary if someone told me I’d enjoy having a man’s dick up my ass but now? Man, I can’t wait for the repeat performance.”
Luke blushed just as Mark thought he would. He was surprised that Luke could feel any embarrassment after what they’d just shared together, but he was getting used to his mate’s bashful nature and he had to admit he liked it. Luke was the cutest thing he’d ever seen, and damn—was he sexy when his cheeks coloured up like that.
* * * *
The next morning when Luke and Mark went down to breakfast, Kelan was already up and starting a pot of coffee. Luke set about cooking biscuits and gravy with a generous side serving of bacon, sausage and eggs.
“Kelan, do you know of anyone looking for a foreman in these parts?” Mark asked when Luke was done cooking and began plating their hearty breakfast.
“Not offhand. Let me have a think about it. I’ll see what I can find out.”
Mark nodded and the three men tucked into their meal.
“Thanks Luke, this is good,” Mark said, leaning over and kissing his mate on his cheek.
Right on cue, Luke felt his cheeks turn what must be a furious shade of pink.
“Thanks.” He smiled down at his plate.
Kelan chuckled and shook his head. “Jesus, you two are priceless.”
When they were done with their meal, Luke began stacking their plates and carrying them to the sink.
“Oh, did you talk to Cody?” he asked over his shoulder.
“Nah, tried to call him yesterday but his cell was switched off, so I’ve written him a letter, asking him to come home.”
“Do you think he’ll come?”
“He’ll come.”
“You know what today is, don’t you?” Mark asked, directing his question to Luke.
“Yep,” Luke replied. “Full moon.”
“Are the three of us gonna go out hunting together?”
Kelan shook his head. “Can’t, I promised a couple of wolves from the pack I’d go out with them. You two are more than welcome to join us though.”
“I was hoping Mark and I could spend our first full moon alone,” Luke said quietly.
Mark looked at his mate and smiled. “I’d like that too.”
“Yeah I can understand that,” Kelan replied. “Maybe you can both join us next month.”
Luke and Mark cuddled next to one another on the large sectional sofa after Kelan left the house late in the afternoon. Mark could feel the anticipation oozing out of his pretty little mate.
“You okay?” he asked, rubbing soothing circles over Luke’s back.
“Yeah, ’m good. Just excited for tonight. It’s been ages since I went hunting. And I’m looking forward to doing it with you.”
“Me too, Luke, me too.”
“Say, what kind of wolf do you change into?”
Mark scrunched his eyebrows up in apparent confusion.
“Tawny, of course.”
Luke shook his head.
“I don’t. Kelan, Cody and I change into grey wolves. Like our mom,” Luke said with a modicum of pride in his voice.
“Wow! Grey wolves are really rare, Luke. I’ve never even met one before. I can’t wait to see you change, baby. I bet you’re a beautiful wolf. You’ve got to be, you’re an incredible looking man.”
Luke knew he was good looking, enough people had told him so in the past, but he still couldn’t help feeling happy that Mark found him attractive. It meant more coming from his mate than it would from anyone else.
* * * *
A few hours after sunset, Luke and Ma
rk stripped off their clothes and headed for the kitchen. Luke swung open the back door and breathed in the humid night air.
“It’s a great night for it,” he said, staring up at the beautiful, luminescent moon.
Mark rested his hands on Luke’s shoulders and gazed up into the sky.
“It is. It’s perfect, in fact. You ready?”
“Yeah.”
Without another word, Luke knelt on the floor and began his transformation. Mark watched in awe as Luke’s limbs elongated and a fine dusting of grey hair sprouted from his body. Mark was lost in the moment. The sight was incredible. All too soon, a beautiful grey wolf sat before him, sniffing the air between them.
Mark waited a few moments for Luke to adjust to his wolf senses. He knew firsthand how disorienting it could be immediately after the change. When he thought Luke was ready, he knelt down in front of his mate. The grey wolf eyed Mark cautiously at first, tentatively inching his way towards him while it continued to scent the air.
Mark saw the exact moment Luke’s wolf realised who he was. His eyes widened and he leapt forward excitedly and began licking Mark’s face. Mark giggled under the assault, stroking along the creature’s flank and running his fingers through the soft fur.
Luke sat down on his haunches and whined, staring up at Mark in anticipation.
“I guess that means you want me to change now, huh?” Mark asked.
Luke’s wolf let out a short, sharp bark in answer.
“Okay, you got it.”
Mark leant forwards on all fours and let the change take over him. Soon he was shaking out his fur and eyeing a small grey wolf.
Mark growled at the intruder. He scented the air between them. He knew he was at home, so he couldn’t believe another wolf would have the audacity to enter his domain.
He growled again at the little wolf, peeling his lips back and baring his teeth. The wolf whined then rolled to its back, legs in the air, baring its stomach and throat to Mark. Mark cocked his head to the side, contemplating the subservient gesture. The wolf certainly didn’t look like a threat.
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