Luke flung his arms around Mark’s neck as soon as he reached him and kissed him passionately on the lips, thrusting his tongue inside. Mark revelled in the kiss, desperate to taste the unique flavour that was all Luke.
Mark was so pleased by Luke’s enthusiasm, he got swept up in the moment. He grabbed hold of Luke’s ass, lifting him roughly off his feet and pressing him to his body and against his already hard cock.
Mark’s tongue duelled with Luke’s and he groaned when he felt Luke’s equally hard cock press back against his own. Luke whimpered into their kiss. God, Mark wanted to fuck Luke. Needed it.
“Come on guys, give it a rest,” Kelan said from behind them. Reluctantly, they pulled away from the kiss and Mark set Luke back on his feet.
“Sorry,” Luke offered, although he didn’t appear sorry at all.
Luke took hold of Mark’s hand and pulled him along to where his two elder brothers were standing.
“Mark, this is my brother Cody,” Luke said, nodding at his brother. “Cody, meet Mark, my mate.”
“It’s good to meet you Mark,” Cody said. “Welcome to the family.”
“Thank you,” Mark replied, shaking Cody’s outstretched hand. “It’s good to meet you too. Luke has told me a lot about you.”
“All good I hope.”
“Nothing but.” Mark grinned.
For the first time, Mark noticed the resemblance between Luke and his elder brother. Although Cody was taller, around the same height as Mark himself, Luke and Cody had the same twinkle in their eye when they smiled. Mark had never known an omega wolf before but for some reason he had expected them to be smaller. He’d imagined Cody to be even smaller than Luke.
“I’ve called a pack meeting tonight,” Kelan said, addressing Cody. “I’d like you to be there but I need to discuss a few things with you first. So if you need to get cleaned up, I’ll be out in the barn.”
Mark carried Cody’s case to his room for him, exchanging small talk with the man as they went. When he was done, he joined Luke in the kitchen.
“Hey, baby,” he said, crossing the room and wrapping his arms around his mate.
Luke smiled at him and leaned up to give him a kiss. “I missed you,” Luke said, blushing at the endearment. “Did Kelan keep you busy?”
“Had me working like a dog,” Mark replied with a chuckle. “I see what you mean about how important this place is to him. He really throws himself into everything that needs doing here. It’s a shame he doesn’t want to see this place as a working ranch anymore.”
“Maybe he does,” Luke looked thoughtful. “It was just way too much work for him to take on alone, but with you here he might see things differently. I’ll talk to him about it.”
Mark smiled at his mate. Luke was one of the most thoughtful people he had ever met.
“By the way,” Mark said, tugging Luke closer. “I missed you too.”
“Yeah?”
Mark laughed. “Yes. Don’t look so surprised. Of course I missed you.”
Luke’s cheeks darkened further, to Mark’s delight. He ran his thumbs over them, feeling the heat radiating from his mate. It still awed him every time he looked at Luke. He couldn’t believe that such a beautiful man was his. A man no less. But now he wouldn’t have it any other way. Luke was perfect.
Luke felt his cheeks grow hotter at the intense look Mark was directing at him. It made him feel like the sexiest man in the world. Mark was starting to mean everything to Luke, but he wasn’t sure he was ready to declare the full extent of his feelings for his mate just yet so he quickly changed the subject.
“Did Kelan say he wanted us at the pack meeting tonight?”
“He didn’t mention it, why?”
“I was thinking it would be nice to have the place to ourselves.”
“Mmm, I like the way you think,” Mark said. “But why wait? There’s a bed upstairs with our name on it. Why don’t you let me show you how much I missed you?”
“You’re on,” Luke said, grinning. “I’ll race you there.”
Luke ran for the stairs with Mark hot on his heels. He threw open the bedroom door and grabbed Mark as soon as they made it inside. Luke practically climbed up Mark’s body, attaching himself to Mark’s lips. Mark groaned and slipped his tongue inside Luke’s mouth, tasting and teasing.
“What do you want, Luke?” Mark asked, when he pulled back from the kiss. “Do you want to fuck me?”
Luke suddenly felt too embarrassed to say what he wanted, so he mumbled his desire into Mark’s neck.
“What was that?” Mark asked, detaching Luke from his neck and making him meet his eyes.
“I said, I like you in me,” Luke repeated, quietly.
Mark’s eyes grew hot. Luke could feel his heartbeat speed up and his cock twitch in his jeans.
“Whatever you want, baby,” he said, when he got his breathing under control. “I’d like that too.”
They kissed again. Neither man could seem to get enough of the other’s mouth. They managed to make their way towards the bed but it was difficult to move when they were plastered to each other’s body, clinging on tightly and pressing their hard cocks together.
Mark reached down and palmed Luke’s erection through his jeans. Luke groaned and bucked into the touch. He was on fire and panting heavily, desperate to feel some friction on his dick or to get Mark’s hand to do something more than just stroke. He begged wordlessly with his body.
Somewhere between walking to the bed and the passionate kisses they shared, they managed to rid each other of their clothing. Luke hissed as their erections came into contact. His cock was aching and already leaking a trail of pre cum down its length. He was desperate for Mark to fuck him. He briefly wondered when he’d become such a slut but then lost the ability to think at all when Mark took his mouth in another hungry kiss.
“I need you,” Luke said, when they finally broke for air.
“You’ve got me,” Mark replied. “Now and always.”
Luke reached down and took hold of Mark’s cock. He pulled back the foreskin and began to stroke Mark with a slow and steady rhythm.
“Jesus Luke, if you don’t stop that, you’re gonna make me come, and I really want to come inside your ass, baby,” Mark groaned.
The words set Luke on fire.
“Do it,” he panted. “Fuck me.” Luke turned his back to Mark and bent over the edge of the bed. He looked back over his shoulder and grinned. “You want me like this?”
“Oh fuck,” Mark moaned. “Just like that. Don’t move an inch baby. I’ve got to get the slick.”
Mark was gone for only a few seconds then Luke felt cold, sticky fingers probe his eager hole.
“Is that lube?” Luke asked, as Mark teased a finger around his entrance.
“Uh yeah.Kelan gave it to me,” Mark mumbled.
Kelan? Oh god, how embarrassing. Luke was about to question Mark further when Mark’s finger slid inside him, stealing his breath and ability to speak.
“Fuck me, Mark.”
“You’re not ready, baby. I need to stretch you some more.”
Luke reached around him and removed Mark’s finger from his ass. He replaced it with Mark’s thick cock.
“Don’t make me beg,” Luke said. “Fuck me.”
“Ah, but I like it when you beg,” Mark said, his voice lower than usual, huskier.
Mark took hold of Luke’s hips and was about to ease his way inside Luke’s body when Luke pushed back and impaled himself on Mark’s cock.
“Yes!” Luke hissed. “I need it Mark, felt so empty.”
“You got it, baby. Anything you want.”
Mark set a brutal pace, fucking Luke in earnest. He wasn’t sure how long he could hold out like this, but he was loving every minute of it. Luke was pushing back into him, meeting every thrust. Sweat was dripping down Mark’s head as he continued to piston his hips, his fingers clinging to Luke’s sides.
“Your ass is so hot, Luke. Fucking perfect, baby. Can’t
wait to taste it later.”
Luke cried out. The combination of Mark’s words and his thick cock hitting his sweet spot had him in a frenzy.
“Oh god yes, fuck me harder!”
Mark did what was asked of him. He slammed into Luke, his own orgasm so close he could taste it. He reached his hand around to Luke’s cock and began stroking him hard in time with his thrusts.
“Come for me, Luke. Wanna feel you come on my cock.”
Mark’s hand on his cock and words of encouragement were apparently all Luke needed to take him over the precipice he had been balanced on. He cried out his release, shaking and spilling his seed over Mark’s hand and the bed beneath him.
Luke’s ass clamped down so tightly on Mark’s cock when he came, Mark felt like his dick was in a vice. He waited for Luke to finish coming, then thrust inside once more and then he was coming too, lights dancing in front of his eyes in a myriad of colours as he spilled himself into his mate.
Luke collapsed on the bed taking Mark down with him, his legs shaking so much they couldn’t support his weight any longer. Mark laughed and rolled to the side, pulling Luke into an embrace.
“Are you alive?” Mark chuckled.
“Barely. Wow. That was incredible.” Luke panted.
“It was perfect. It just keeps on getting better, and tonight we get to do it all over again.”
Luke felt his cock try to twitch back to life at the suggestion but his body and mind were thoroughly exhausted. He wrapped his arms around Mark and sighed contentedly.
“I’m going to try to talk to Kelan about his plans for the ranch before he goes to the pack meeting tonight. I’m sure he’ll jump at the chance of opening this place up as a working ranch again. Especially now that you’re here.”
“I don’t know about that, Luke. I don’t want Kelan to feel obligated to do anything he hasn’t got time for just for my benefit, you know? I can always find work someplace else.”
“Trust me, Kelan will love the idea. Between you and me, he hasn’t been the same since our daddy sold all the livestock. He put his whole heart into this place and although he has other interests now, he hasn’t got that same sparkle in his eye every day.”
“Okay, if you’re sure.”
Luke left Mark to watch the lasagne he had cooking in the oven and went to find Kelan. He caught up with him in the barn just as he was locking Firebolt’s stall.
“Hey, Kelan. Mind if I have a word with you?”
“Sure, I was just about to head in to get showered. What’s up?”
“Well, it’s about this place actually,” Luke said, sweeping his arm around. “And it involves Mark.”
Kelan’s eyebrows lifted and his mouth curled up into a grin.
“I think I know what you’re gonna me ask and I’ve been thinking on it a lot myself these past couple of weeks.”
“Huh?”
Kelan laughed. “Well, it seems to me your man needs a job as a foreman and we’ve got a perfectly good ranch and spread right here going to waste.”
“You’ve been thinking about re-opening the Crazy Horse?”
“Every day. You know I wasn’t real happy when Pop closed this place down. To be honest, I miss the work. I was good at it.”
“Wow. I was hoping you’d say that. Mark’s been talking about finding a job, but there isn’t anything going around here and if he looks further away then I’m afraid I won’t get to spend as much time with him. Although I’m gonna have to start looking for work soon myself.”
“Now just hold your horses. If I do decide to open this place up again, I’m gonna need someone to do the bookkeeping. Mom used to take care of that side of the business and you know I’ve never been any good with figures.”
Luke smiled so widely, his face hurt. “Are you serious?”
“Of course. Why don’t we all sit down and talk about it when I get back from the meeting?”
“Okay great.”
* * * *
Luke and Mark were seated together on the large sofa in the living room as Cody and Kelan were leaving to go to the pack meeting.
“Hey, you ready to go?” Kelan asked.
“Sure thing,” Cody said, “be right there.”
Mark ran his hand down Luke’s thigh. It would be nice to have the place to themselves for a few hours. He was already thinking of all the things he was going to do to his mate when they were alone.
“Hey, you two not coming?” Cody asked.
“Nah, we’re going to have a quiet night in,” Luke answered.
“Quiet night my ass,” Kelan said. Neither Luke or Mark answered but both men heard Kelan mumble, “Loud night in is more like it,” as he left the house.
After they said goodbye to Cody, Mark drew Luke into his arms.
“Alone at last,” Mark said with a chuckle. “What are we going to do with ourselves?”
Luke grinned back at his mate. “I’m sure we can come up with something.”
Chapter Eight
Mark switched off the action movie he and Luke had been watching and turned to look at his mate. Luke was cuddled to his side, a soft snore reverberating against Mark’s chest. He chuckled.
“Luke, wake up—the movie’s over.”
“Hmm?”
“The movie’s finished. Come on, let’s go to bed.”
“’Kay,” Luke said without opening his eyes.
“You rest while I take the dishes to the kitchen, then I’ll carry you upstairs. I’ll be right back.”
“Mmm.”
The second Mark got up from the couch Luke started snoring again. Mark laughed and picked up the empty bowl they’d used for popcorn and the glasses that had held their ice tea. He took them to the kitchen and stopped dead in his tracks.
“What the hell?” he said, depositing the glasses on the kitchen worktop.
He crossed the length of the room and stared blankly at the open back door. He walked out into the empty yard and looked around. Nothing appeared to be disturbed. When he returned to the kitchen, he shut the door behind him, making sure it was locked. Normally you didn’t have to worry about locking doors in these parts, but with Ethan’s threats of late, Mark didn’t want to take any chances.
“Luke! Did you open the door for anything earlier when you made drinks?”
Mark waited for a reply, when none came he strolled back into the living room to wake his mate.
“Luke did you… Luke?”
Luke wasn’t sleeping on the couch where Mark had left him. He quickly walked back out into the hall and shouted up the stairs.
“Luke!” You up there?”
A faint muffled noise behind him caught his attention and when he turned around he noticed the front door was slightly ajar.
“What the hell is going on here tonight?” Mark wondered aloud, crossing the hall to the front door and throwing it open.
Mark’s worse fears were confirmed when he stepped out on to the porch. The sight he encountered caused his stomach to lurch so violently he almost threw up. He grabbed hold of the post at the top of the steps in an effort to keep himself upright. Luke was lying face down in the dirt, an angry looking Ethan towering over him, his boot resting on Luke’s back and a shotgun pointed at Luke’s head.
“What the fuck?” Mark shouted, making his way down the porch steps. “What’s going on?”
“Don’t come any closer,” Ethan warned, eyes never leaving Luke’s back.
“Luke, you okay?” Mark asked.
“Yeah,” Luke mumbled. “Stay back.”
Mark was at a loss for what to do. He was so angry he could feel his teeth itch his gums and his skin start to prickle, tell-tale signs of the onset of the change. Oh God, not now, he thought numbly, eyeing the shotgun which was still pointed at his mate. It wouldn’t do himself or Luke any good if he changed into his wolf form now. He needed to remain human so he could at least try to reason with Ethan.
“Ethan, why don’t we go inside and talk about this reasonably?” Mar
k asked, trying to contain his anger. “There’s no need for this.”
Ethan laughed. The sound was cold and devoid of humour. It caused the hackles on the back of Mark’s neck to rise. Mark was desperate to rush forward and tackle Ethan, to get him away from Luke, but he was powerless to do anything while Ethan still held the gun. If anything happened to Luke as a result of his actions, Mark would never forgive himself.
Ethan took his foot off Luke’s back.
“Get up,” he ordered.
Luke got to his knees awkwardly then stood up. He immediately turned to Mark and offered up a half smile. Mark felt a lump form in the back of his throat when he saw Luke’s bruised and swollen face. Luke’s left eye was half closed and already starting to blacken, and his lip was split and bleeding.
“What have you done to him?” Mark demanded, unable to stop himself from taking a step closer to Luke.
“I told you not to come any closer,” Ethan fumed, swinging the shotgun to point at Mark.
Mark lifted his hands in front of himself and took a step back.
“You don’t want to do this, Ethan. Put the gun down.”
“Don’t tell me what to do,” Ethan spat.
Mark could see the rage and insanity burning in the larger man’s eyes. His gut told him in that moment that things were going to end badly. There was no way Ethan was going to listen to reason. Mark tried to calm down before he did something he would only come to regret.
“What do you want, Ethan?” he asked, quietly.
“You know what I want. The same thing I’ve always wanted. I want Luke.”
“But I don’t want you, Ethan,” Luke vowed. “You’ll never have me.”
“The hell I won’t,” Ethan seethed.
Mark could tell Ethan was getting more and more agitated, so he tried another tactic to try and calm the man down.
“Okay, if it means you won’t harm Luke anymore then I’ll leave. Is that what you want? I can get my stuff together now and just go. You’d never have to see me again. The more I think on it, the more I’m sure that would be the best option for all of us.”
Luke turned to Mark open-mouthed.
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