Bite Me [sHarmony Shifters 1] (Siren Publishing Everlasting Classic ManLove)

by Jana Downs

  “Magic,” Jude said, smiling up at him.

  “And a nice ass,” Orion piped up.

  Logan growled. “Jude, language!”

  * * * *

  They went out back by the fire pit in their backyard. Logan had promised Jude that he could watch him shift, and he kept his promise. Of course, they’d gotten to cuddling on the patio furniture when Orion had disappeared into the house to go play on his PS4.

  “I really enjoyed supper,” Jude said, resting his cheek on Logan’s shoulder. He’d confessed over supper to his ex-boyfriend’s phone call. It didn’t sit well with Logan, but he’d promised to be safer in the future, change his number, and install some sort of security at his office. After tonight, Logan wasn’t taking any more chances with his brother or his mate.

  “I’m glad. Things seemed to calm down. I’ll start repainting the garage and power-washing the sidewalk as well.”

  “You’ll make it good as new,” Jude said, absolute conviction in his voice. The faith Jude had in him over the smallest thing was staggering.

  “Well, I’ve gotta get the place cleaned up if I’m going to sell it,” Logan said, the words just bubbling out of his mouth. He winced. “Er, well, I meant for that to be a surprise. Guess I ruined that, huh?”

  “Where are you moving to?” Jude asked, curiosity all over his expression. He traced his hand over Logan’s chest, a habit he usually fell into when he was thinking hard about something. “It’s not far I hope.”

  “Not at all. It’s actually closer to your office. The new subdivision that my company is working on is taking applicants. My bosses approved me on a lower rate since I’m putting in the labor at a lower rate of pay and not taking the upgrades. I can do all that stuff myself after we move in. It’s bigger, homier.”

  Jude raised his head, considering him. “Why are you thinking about buying a new place?”

  “I want somewhere big enough for all of us.” He hoped Jude understood his intentions because he was beginning to get nervous.

  Understanding dawned. “Oh. Oh! That’s… I don’t even know what to say. That’s wonderful.” He smiled, and relief washed over Logan. “So does this mean you’ll mate me?”

  Logan nodded. “If you’ll have me.” He said it as solemnly as a marriage proposal because it was so much more than one. If Jude chose to mate with him, there would be no turning back. He would have to face discrimination from bigots for the rest of his life.

  A soft smile flirted with Jude’s lips. “In case you missed it, Mr. Carter, I’m crazy about you. The answer is yes. I will move in with you. I will mate with you. Wherever you are, I’m there. I’m ready.”

  “I think I fell in love with you just now,” Logan said, his heart expanding impossibly.

  Jude’s eyebrows shot skyward. “Just now?”

  Logan pushed himself to his feet and offered Jude a hand up. “Just since the moment I met you. Come on. I want to have you.”

  “You promised to show me your shift,” he said.

  “I’ll show you after we mate. I’ll teach you to shift at the same time. How about that?”

  “Really?” The eagerness of the word was plain.

  “Really, sweet.” He tugged his lover to his feet. Orion wasn’t going to bug them the rest of the night, not with his new game. They had an entire night of debauchery ahead of them if he had anything to say about it.

  He ushered Jude upstairs toward his bedroom. There was something incredibly arousing about having his mate in his territory. Knowing that he would be completing their bond just made it that much more appealing. He’d never made a human into a shifter, had been forbidden from doing it his entire life. He felt downright scandalous doing it now. However, the more he thought about how sexy it would be to have no barriers between them, to bury his scent and his seed deep inside Jude, the more the idea appealed.

  They walked on silent feet down the hallway. The light was off in Orion’s room, so he held a finger to his lips. Jude nodded his agreement. They finally reached the end of the hall, and Logan pushed the door open before beckoning his lover inside.

  “Nice decor,” Jude complimented as he sat on the end of Logan’s queen size.

  Logan shrugged. “Orion redecorated a couple months ago. I didn’t even have the walls painted until then.” He’d lived a pretty Spartan lifestyle prior to Orion moving in.

  “It seems that Orion made you a family man. I’ll have to thank him for that.” Jude pulled his shirt over his head and tossed it aside. Logan’s thoughts derailed as his lover’s body was bared to him. “You ready for this?”

  “Uh, yeah,” Logan said, licking his lips. His hunger flared up, and a low growl worked its way out of his throat.

  Jude popped the button on his jeans as he toed off his shoes. “I can’t wait for you to fuck me.” His words sent another shudder of want through him. His animal clawed at the back of his mind, eager to get out and get this show on the road. Patience was not going to be his virtue tonight.

  He attacked his clothes, popping buttons in an attempt to get naked faster. Jude watched him with hooded eyes as he stripped at a slower pace. In no time flat, Logan was naked and panting, ready for what was next.

  “Your headboard is going to knock if you’re on top,” Jude noted, kicking off his jeans and underwear.

  “Huh?”

  Jude laughed. “Never mind. I’ll go for a ride. Lay down. Where’s your slick?”

  “Same place yours is,” Logan said, motioning to the side dresser. “I can get—” He cut himself off as Jude rolled to his side and pulled it out of the partially open drawer. He was having trouble remembering human niceties and behaviors. Hell, I’m having issues with simple communication at this point. He could own up to that much at least.

  He hopped onto the bed and tried to arrange himself comfortably, content to let his smaller lover have the reins for the time being. Jude knelt on the edge of the bed and poured a generous amount of slick into his hand. Logan nearly swallowed his tongue when Jude slicked his fingers before sinking two digits into his own tight ass. Jude groaned, putting on one hell of a show as he screwed his fingers deep. He added another digit and rocked into his hand.

  “Thinking about you bare inside me,” Jude murmured. Logan reached down and started stroking his cock, unable to resist some kind of relief while Jude teased him. Jude swallowed. “Want your prick stretching me.”

  Logan growled. “Hurry, sweet.”

  “Anticipation is part of the fun,” Jude said, throwing a smile over his shoulder. “Isn’t that what you said to me?”

  Logan was eating his fucking words. He made a low whine of frustration and stroked his prick faster. He didn’t want to shoot until he was balls-deep inside Jude, but if they kept this up for much longer, his first spunk would be spent all over his chest.

  “Jude,” he rumbled in warning.

  “Want to fuck me, Logan?”

  “You know I do. Get over here, boy, and ride.” The command just popped out of his mouth, his more alpha tendencies coming out in the face of Jude’s teasing.

  Jude whimpered as he withdrew his fingers. “Impatient.” He turned before throwing his legs over Logan’s hips. He wrapped his other lubed hand around Logan’s cock and pumped his wrist. Logan yelped, bucking up into his lover’s touch.

  “Now, Jude,” he growled, unable to keep the animal out of his voice this time. His mating fangs lowered, causing a twinge of pain as they broke through his gums. Even nonpredatory shifters had mating fangs in their human forms. It was apparently just a quirk of the virus, a way to mark their animal’s designated partner.

  “God, you’re so sexy,” Jude purred, holding Logan’s dick steady as he slowly lowered himself on his length. Logan’s eyes crossed as the tight heat of Jude’s body squeezed his bare cock. “I love how you look when you want to mate me.” Logan was glad because he couldn’t really help it. All his control was maintained with a thread of willpower most of the time.

  He braced his le
gs on the mattress as Jude sank the rest of the way down, sitting on his lap, skewered by his cock as he panted for breath. He’d never looked more beautiful in Logan’s opinion. His skin was slicked with a light sheen of sweet, and lust had transformed his normally carefree features into something just a little bit more edgy. Their gazes clashed as blue met green.

  “I love you,” Jude murmured, running his hands down Logan’s chest. Triumph washed over him. He loves me. Logan had hoped it was more than just good sex and great companionship, but he hadn’t been certain humans could fall in love like shifters could since he’d never been human himself.

  “I love you, too.” It was a relief to say the words out loud.

  Then there was no time for any words as instincts as old as time took over. He gripped Jude’s hips as the man rocked upward, pulling off Logan’s cock before Logan surged upward at the same time Logan forced Jude’s body back down. The rhythm was brutal and fast, impossible to maintain over any length of time. But it felt so damn good.

  The heavy wooden headboard rocked against the wall despite the position, and every knock of wood and plaster punctuated his want. Jude’s thick prick slapped his belly as he bounced up and down, making little keening sounds in the back of his throat. Logan took one hand and wrapped it around his prick, jerking him in time with the movement of his hips. Jude screamed.

  Oh shit. They were going to wake up Orion. He rolled to the side, taking Jude with him. He moved until Jude was on his back with Logan positioned between his spread thighs, joined where his cock met his entrance. Jude looked up at him and gripped his shoulders, scraping his nails down the small of his back. “Bite me,” Jude commanded, arching his neck in an inviting curve.

  Logan gave a rumbled bark of laughter. “Not yet, sweet. It’ll hurt.” He slammed deeper, and his animal howled. He wanted to come so badly, but he wouldn’t, not until his mate joined him in bliss.

  “Logan,” Jude rasped, his hips moving restlessly beneath him. “I’m close.” He knew. He could feel and smell his lover’s body creeping closer toward ecstasy.

  “Come for me, sweet,” Logan rumbled, his mouth full of fangs. Their flesh slapped in the darkened interior of the room, and Jude gave a muffled cry of release as Logan lowered his head and bit into the place where Jude’s neck met his shoulder. His fangs popped the skin easily. Coupled with his saliva, the bite would mark nicely.

  The sticky proof of Jude’s pleasure splashed against Logan’s abdomen, triggering his own release. He growled around the flesh in his mouth, his animal just beneath the surface of his skin. His cock knotted, shooting inside his lover’s eager body. His mind blanked as a barrage of sensations wrung him out, tightening his sac so much that he thought they might’ve turned inside out. Noises of animal satisfaction worked their way out of his throat as he came over and over again in time to the pulsing in his cock.

  Finally, he began to soften, but he still didn’t pull back. He withdrew his fangs, lapping the wound with his tongue to soothe the angry red mark there. “Jude, mate.” The words were synonymous with love, satisfaction, peace, pleasure. Everything good or right in his world came down to those two little words. “Love you.”

  “Love you, too,” Jude murmured, sounding like he was high as a kite. “Holy shit.” He giggled. “That bite was something else.”

  He smiled against the flesh as his fangs retreated. They wouldn’t come out again since he’d completed his mating. “Sorry, sweet. It only happens once.”

  “Aw damn,” Jude huffed. “Here I was thinking ‘bite me’ was going to become my new way to ask for sex.”

  Leave it up to his mate to make a joke at a time like this. He pressed a kiss to his lips. “You can still ask for sex that way if you wanna.” The rubbed his nose against Jude’s. “As long as you ask for it, I don’t care how.”

  Reluctantly, he pulled from his lover’s body and rolled to the side. Jude immediately turned and curled into him, resting his cheek on the heavy muscle of Logan’s chest. His eyes slid shut almost immediately. “Logan?” he slurred.

  “Yes, sweet?”

  “You’ve gotta show me your animal in a minute.”

  “Whatever you want, Jude.” He had the sneaking suspicion that Jude was going to drift off in no time flat. The soft snore that answered his statement told him he was correct.

  * * * *

  Jude woke up feeling different. He couldn’t explain the difference exactly, but he knew when his eyes popped open that the world was fundamentally changed. He stretched, eyeing the rising sun out of Logan’s window. His lover snored softly beside him, sprawled on his stomach and naked as a newborn. That was where the similarities ended. There was nothing childlike about his lover’s huge frame.

  Careful not to disturb Logan, he slipped from the bed and pulled on his boxers. He felt compelled to move. It was like the restless energy inside him wasn’t content to stay in the house. He opened the door and snuck down the hallway, his feet carrying him through the silent house downstairs and out the back door that led to the patio and the backyard.

  Surprise flickered through him as he caught sight of what was in the early morning sunlight of the backyard. He froze as the golden head of a cheetah swiveled to look at him. Holy crap. It had to be Orion. There was no other explanation for why a big-ass cat was here.

  The animal vibrated so fast that the image of the cheetah blurred for a split second. When it stopped, Orion crouched, naked, where the cat had been. “Hey, can you throw me that towel?” the teen asked, motioning toward the patio chair that had a beach towel advertising “Carowinds” on it in funky lettering.

  Jude balled the towel up and tossed it over to Orion, averting his eyes as the boy caught it and stood. “Sorry,” Orion said. “I’m not used to anyone else being here. I like to shift before school. It keeps me from having the attention span of a gnat during first period.”

  Jude shrugged. “I don’t even know what I’m doing out here to be honest.” He crossed his arms over his bare chest. “I’m usually better about being dressed outside.”

  Orion nodded. “Nice bite marks. You mated?”

  A blush scorched his cheeks. “Yeah.”

  “Good. My brother deserves a mate. He’s a good guy.” He smiled and secured the towel around his waist before walking over to the patio. “I read online that the virus works pretty quickly in humans. You’re animal will start forming soon. When the instincts start, it feels weird, but after you shift, you’ll even out.”

  “I feel weird,” Jude admitted. “I think I’ll just sit out here for a minute. I don’t feel so claustrophobic out here.”

  “It’s the animal. They don’t like closed spaces.” Orion patted his back as he passed him. “I’ll send my brother out before I shower. Welcome to the family and stuff.”

  Jude sat down in one of the patio chairs, breathing deeply as the slight breeze comforted his restlessness. Truth be told, he really wanted to run, which was odd considering he detested exercise. His body was a product of good genetics, not physical activity.

  A few minutes passed before he heard the door opened once again. A very sleepy Logan stumbled out into the sunshine. “You okay?” he asked in a sleep-roughened voice.

  Mine. Mate. The unfamiliar voice made him jump. “Uh, yes. Maybe. Hearing voices now.” He turned his head, and a little sound of pleasure escaped his throat as he caught sight of his lover, blond hair sticking up at all angles. The image of them two of them coupling right here on the patio hardened up his cock in an instant.

  Logan’s nostrils flared. “Mmh, does it sound a little rumbled? More a feeling than actual words?”

  “Yeah.”

  “You might be ready to shift already. I didn’t think it would happen so soon.” Logan pushed his boxers down his hips and kicked them off entirely, and Jude’s mouth started watering. “Strip out of your underwear, sweet.” He motioned to wooden fence that encircled the backyard. “No one is going to see us.”

  “What about your brother?
”

  “He’ll go out the front door when he’s done. He grabs breakfast at school before tutoring.” Logan offered him a hand up, and Jude took it. He let Logan strip him out of his boxers once again, and he shivered as his lover pressed a kiss on his mouth. “You’re beautiful, Jude. I can’t wait to see what you are.”

  “Oh crap. I completely forgot to ask what you shift into,” he said. “I’m sorry. I guess that should’ve been one of the first things to ask.”

  “Actually, it’s not,” Logan said, smiling. “Because the animal is a reflection of the inner self, it’s considered rude to ask someone you don’t know well.”

  “Oh…glad I didn’t do that then.”

  Logan chuckled. “I’m a red fox.” It suited him. Jude had tried to imagine what animal would have suited Logan the best but had discarded his personal choices. For some reason, the image of him as a fox was just right.

  “Cool.”

  “I can’t complain,” Logan said. He kissed him again before taking a step back. “Shifting for me is pretty simple. I just think of something soothing and just let my animal do its thing. It might help to close your eyes.” This close to Logan, it was impossible not to want him. He inhaled his scent and realized that he could tell that Logan wasn’t turned on. His own erection deflated as he realized Logan wasn’t aiming to give him pleasure.

  He shut his eyes and followed Logan’s instructions. At first it was difficult to calm down and settle his thinking, but after a few minutes passed, he realized that he was sliding back into relaxation. It was then he became aware of the other entity inside his mind. He froze as he realized how cognizant the being was. It was instinct, yes, but it was also reason.

  Hi, he thought. Guess we’re bunk mates now, huh? The being didn’t answer in words, but he got the gist of the feeling it sent his way. It had always been a part of him. This was just the first time he could hear it.

  The vibration started deep and went outward like an earthquake. He should’ve been scared, but it felt as natural as breathing. When his eyes popped open he was disoriented as hell though. He opened his mouth to say something to that effect, but a little bark was the only thing that came out.