An Alpha's Pride [tribal bonds 2] (4 page)

“Did he eat?” Daniel asked when Sadiki walked into his office and sat down in the chair across the desk from him.
“He refused.”
Daniel sighed deeply and rubbed his hand down his face. Claiming Carlton was turning out to be a lot harder than he had first anticipated. The man fought him at every turn, except for when Daniel was balls-deep inside the man’s ass.
If Daniel could figure out how to keep Carlton permanently attached to his cock, he would. It seemed to be the only time there was any give in the large alpha wolf shifter.
“Do you really think this is a good idea, Daniel?”
Daniel raised his head to look at Sadiki in surprise, both at the question and the man’s use of his given name. Sadiki had never called him anything other than
electus
in all of the years that they had known each other, and there were a lot of years.
“Do I think what is a good idea, Sadiki?”
“Claiming the wolf?”
“He’s mine.”
“I understand that, Daniel, but he’s a wolf. A vampire would be a much better choice for our tribe.”
Daniel gawked at Sadiki. “It’s not a choice, Sadiki. Carlton is my anamchara, the person fated to be mine. Not claiming him is out of the question. You know that.”
“Claim him if you must, Daniel, but keep him hidden away, chained to your bed where he belongs. Don’t bring him out into the tribe.”
“What?” Daniel growled, anger instantly making him tense. “You would have me deny my anamchara?”
“No, of course not,” Sadiki said quickly. “I’m just saying that you should keep him locked up for everyone’s safety, including his. He knows nothing of our society. He’s a wolf shifter.”
Daniel’s claws extended as he leaned forward. He scraped them along the wood on his desktop, watching Sadiki’s eyes widen in shock. “Are you threatening my anamchara?”
“Never, Electus!” Sadiki gulped. “I’m just saying that not everyone will be as understanding as I am. There are those that will not accept a wolf shifter into our tribe. I wouldn’t want to see anything happen to your wolf.”
Daniel sat back in his chair and retracted his claws. He wasn’t sure if he believed Sadiki, considering the way the man’s eyes kept darting around the room, but he really had no reason to not believe him. Sadiki had never betrayed him in the past. Daniel had no reason to believe he would now.
“I will not deny my anamchara, Sadiki, not for you and not for my tribe. Carlton is mine. I have already claimed him. He will be presented to the tribe as my anamchara, and I expect everyone to treat him as such.”
“As you wish, Electus.” Sadiki bowed his head and stood, turning toward the door.
“Sadiki.” Daniel waited until Sadiki had turned back to face him before speaking. He wanted the man to see the seriousness on his face. “Do not presume to think that my anamchara makes me weak. Anyone that threatens my anamchara will be dealt with accordingly. Anyone that harms my anamchara will die by my hand.”
“Yes, Electus.”
Daniel stared intently at Sadiki before nodding his head. Sadiki practically ran from the room. Daniel sighed and tried to rub some of the tension out of his shoulders. There were some days that he felt each and every one of his thousand years.
This was one of them.
Daniel reached for the phone and dialed Luca’s phone number. He needed to reassure the electus that Carlton would no longer be a threat to Rowan, and he wanted to see how the little wolf was faring.
As much as the man drove him crazy, he had started to grow on Daniel. Rowan was unique, even above and beyond his strange wolf abilities. He was sure to give Luca a run for his money.
Somehow, Daniel thought Carlton was going to be an even bigger issue, though. Not to Rowan, but to him. Daniel wondered how Luca had handled Rowan fucking him to claim him.
He hadn’t even considered that possibility when he had claimed Carlton. He didn’t know if he could go through with it, but he needed the bond between them like he needed his next breath. He’d have to find a way.
“Hello, Luca,” Daniel said when heard the other line connect. “I wanted to give you an update on Carlton and find out how Rowan is doing.”
“He’s good,” Luca replied. “A little tired and hungry but otherwise he’s healing just fine.”
“Good, good.”
“How are things going over your way?”
Daniel didn’t miss the bit of amusement lacing Luca’s voice. “As well as can be expected under the circumstances. I’ve claimed Carlton. I just—well, truthfully, I’m trying to get up the nerve to allow him to claim me. How did you do it?”
“Uh…”
Daniel sighed. “Look, I know this is something deeply personal, but I need some advice. I’ve never allowed anyone to top me, and the thought of Carlton doing it, while he is my mate, makes my stomach turn into knots. I’m not sure that’s something I’m ready for, but I want my anamchara to claim me.”
“So, let him bite you then.”
Daniel blinked. “He did.”
“Then what are you so worried about?”
“Carlton fucking me!”
Luca snickered. “Who said Carlton had to fuck you to claim you?”
“Carlton.” Even as he spoke his anamchara’s name, Daniel knew he had been lied to. He growled low in his throat, his hands clenching so tight around the phone that he heard it crack. “I need to go, Luca. My anamchara is currently chained down to my bed, and I believe he needs another lesson in submission.”

A disturbance in the air pulled Carlton from his light slumber. It was dark out, and it took his eyes a moment to adjust to the lack of light. Once they did, he quickly lifted his head and scanned to room for the threat he could feel.

Pulses of anger and rage were throbbing inside of the room, and they were aimed directly at him. Carlton picked up a slight movement by the bathroom door and narrowed his eyes, staring intently until Daniel’s body took shape—Daniel’s naked body, complete with a thick, hard cock jutting out from his body.

“Daniel.”
“You lied to me, anamchara.”
The words were spoken softly but filled the room with their

fervor. The underlying danger in them made Carlton’s skin prickle with awareness. As Daniel stalked closer, Carlton suddenly had a feeling he might be regretting the lie he had told the man.

He inhaled sharply when Daniel stepped closer and a shaft of moonlight shown down on his naked form. Daniel’s eyes were red, and a slight snarl curled the corner of his mouth. His claws were extended, looking long and lethal.

“You will learn not to lie to me, anamchara,” Daniel snarled as he climbed onto the end of the bed and crawled forward until he knelt between Carlton’s thighs like he had that morning.

The red haze darkening Daniel’s eyes made Carlton swallow hard. He suddenly knew he would get no mercy from the man this time, no matter how much he begged. Daniel was going to fuck him until he agreed to anything.

Carlton was shocked when his cock jerked at the idea. Shit, he was in so much trouble. He couldn’t prevent his moan of need when Daniel pulled the butt plug from his ass and tossed it aside.

Before he could even whisper a protest, Daniel grabbed him and thrust forward, sinking totally inside Carlton’s ass with one plunge. Carlton cried out and arched his head back at the exquisite pleasure.

“I’m sorry,” he whispered when Daniel started thrusting into him at a breakneck speed. Each thrust filled Carlton’s ass to the edge of pain. Daniel was not a small man in the cock department, and the plug that had been in his ass didn’t completely prepare him for a man of Daniel’s size.

“You must be punished for lying, anamchara,” Daniel grunted between thrusts.
Punished? Seriously? This was what Daniel considered punishment? Maybe he should lie more often.
“Vampires have great recuperative powers, my anamchara.”
Carlton swallowed hard at the demonic glint forming in Daniel’s eyes. He suddenly realized that lying to Daniel about mating him might not have been his smartest move.
“I am going to fuck you over and over again,
mate
.” Daniel snapped out that last word. “If I feel you have repented enough by the time dawn’s early light comes up, I might let you come.”
Oh fuck!
“You will learn never to lie to me again.”
“I won’t.” Carlton swiftly shook his head. “I swear.”
“I’m not sure I can believe you, Carlton. You could be lying even now.”
“I’m not!”
“We’ll see.” Daniel’s grin was evil and wicked and made Carlton tingle right down to his toes. “Only when a man has been fucked into unconsciousness can he truly appreciate his punishment.”
Carlton knew from the look in Daniel’s eyes that no amount of begging would get him out of whatever punishment Daniel planned for him. He pressed his lips together, determined to win over Daniel’s dominance.
He was an alpha, for fuck’s sake. If he couldn’t stand a little punishment, he didn’t deserve his position. “Bring it on, fang boy.”
Daniel’s grin was filled with promise. “As my anamchara wishes.”
Carlton grunted when Daniel’s claws dug into his hips. It was true that he liked a little pain with his pleasure, but those claws were razor-sharp. If Daniel wasn’t careful, he could cause serious injury.
Carlton cried out and stiffened when one of Daniel’s hands rubbed across the head of his cock. The slight caress was like a match on a pile of dry straw. Carlton could feel himself going up in flames.
His cock ached so much it hurt. And he couldn’t come. The tight leather band wrapped around him kept him from reaching completion even as he watched Daniel roar and felt the man’s cum fill his ass.
Carlton panted heavily when Daniel slumped over his chest, thankful that his punishment was finally over. And then he felt Daniel’s fangs sink into his chest right over his heart. He groaned loudly as he shuddered with need.
When Daniel lifted his head again, the wicked glint was back in his eyes. Carlton’s eyes widened when he realized that Daniel was still hard. And he was starting to move again, thrusting into Carlton’s ass over and over again.
“Ready for round two?”
Carlton groaned.
He wasn’t going to survive until morning.
“Daniel, please.”
“I like the way you beg, anamchara, but that will not stop me from administering your punishment.” Daniel’s eyes softened for a moment as his hand stroked down Carlton’s chest. “You must learn not to lie to me.”
“I won’t.”
Daniel’s eyes snapped up to Carlton’s and started to grow dark again. “No, you will not.”
Carlton cried out as Daniel pounded into him again and again. He could feel himself growing closer to an orgasm with each thrust of Daniel’s hips. He just couldn’t seem to get there all of the way.
Carlton started to growl, hating the cock ring wrapped around him, and hating Daniel. He had nothing to apologize for. Daniel was a vampire. Carlton had every right to lie to the man.
“That’s right, my angel, get angry,” Daniel said as he stared down at Carlton. “Let your wolf come out to play.”
Carlton knew he couldn’t shift. He was chained down to Daniel’s mattress, spread eagle. If he shifted, he would most definitely break something. But he could allow some of his wolf to slip its leash.
Carlton growled as his claws extended and his canines dropped down. He curled his lip back, baring his sharp teeth. Sparse hair grew along his arms and legs, giving him a light coating of fur over most of his body.
“Yes!” Daniel shouted. “Fight me, angel.”
Carlton started to struggle. He was pissed, angry, enraged beyond reason. And for the life of him, he couldn’t figure out why Daniel was encouraging it. If anything, Daniel should be trying to sooth him back to calmness, not egging him on.
“Do you want to bite me, angel?” Daniel asked as he leaned close to Carlton’s mouth. “Do you want to sink your sharp teeth into my hot flesh and drink my blood?”
Carlton snapped his teeth together. Daniel just grinned, which shocked the shit out of Carlton. There wasn’t a sign of fear in Daniel’s eyes, and there should have been.
Maybe he was losing his touch.
“You like having my dick in your ass, don’t you, Alpha Gregory?”
Carlton growled and jerked at the chains holding him down to the bed. If he had his hands free at that moment, he would have attacked Daniel, and they both knew it.
“Don’t want to hear that, Alpha?” Daniel reached down and wrapped his fingers around Carlton’s throbbing cock. “Don’t want to admit how good this feels?”
Carlton’s entire body trembled when Daniel stroked his cock from root to tip. Even with the leather wrapped around his aching flesh, he could feel every inch of his cock being caressed.
“You like feeling me sink my big fat cock into your tight little ass,” Daniel hissed. “Admit it, Alpha Gregory. You love my cock.”
“Yes!” Carlton shouted, no longer able to keep his words locked behind his lips. He glared up at Daniel, hating the man with every fiber of his being. “Yes, I love the feeling of your cock pounding into my ass. I crave it. I need it.”
Daniel cocked an eyebrow as he suddenly stopped moving. “Then ask for it.”
“Fuck me!”
“That’s not asking, Alpha Gregory. That’s demanding. Ask me nicely, Carlton. Ask your mate to fuck your ass.”
Carlton’s jaw clenched. “Please, Daniel, fuck your anamchara’s ass.”
Carlton was prepared for Daniel to start pounding into him. He wasn’t prepared for the man to suddenly pull away from him and roll to the side of the bed, or for Daniel to reach into the drawer on the nightstand and pull out a small golden key.
Daniel wouldn’t look him in the eye as he unlocked the cuffs around his wrists. They dropped to the mattress with a small jingle of metal. Daniel’s hand trembled as he laid the key on the bed beside Carlton and gestured to a pile of clothes on the chair near the door.
“There’s a change of clothes for you since I destroyed your others.” There was a wretched anguish in Daniel’s eyes as they flittered to meet Carlton’s for a moment then darted away. “The guards outside will see you back to your territory.”
Carlton frowned and sat up as he watched Daniel walk into the bathroom and quietly shut the door. He didn’t understand what had just happened, but he was damn sure going to find out.
But first…Carlton reached down and yanked the leather cock ring off of his dick and balls and tossed it across the room. If he never saw the damn thing again, it would be too soon.
The butt plug was a toss-up.
Carlton rolled to the side of the bed and climbed to his feet. He padded over to the bathroom door and pressed his ear against the cold wood. He could hear the shower just beyond the door but nothing else.
The feelings of deep sadness he was feeling, however, came through loud and clear. Carlton opened the bathroom door as quietly as he could and stepped inside. He could see Daniel standing in the large shower through the clear glass walls.
He must have made a sound because Daniel suddenly turned and looked at him. He inhaled sharply at the hopeless heartache he could see in every line of Daniel’s face. What did Daniel have to be so mournful about? He had gotten what he wanted, hadn’t he? Carlton had admitted his need for the man.
Carlton stalked forward, almost ripping the shower door off its hinges as he yanked it open. When he stepped into the shower, Daniel just stepped back. He didn’t protest or try and stop Carlton when he pushed him up against the shower wall.
As Carlton blanketed Daniel’s body with his own, he realized that he was several inches taller than Daniel. The top of the man’s head came up just to his chin. He also had at least fifty pounds on Daniel.
And yet he had submitted to the vampire.
“I’m going to fuck you,” Carlton growled as anger made a red haze in his mind. It was time for the vampire to submit to him.
Daniel swallowed and nodded his head as if he had been expecting Carlton’s words. Carlton grabbed Daniel’s arms and swung him around, pushing him back into the shower wall, face-first this time. Daniel didn’t say a word, just spread his legs and stuck his ass out.
Carlton grabbed Daniel’s ass cheeks, pulled them apart, and then thrust deep inside the man. He heard Daniel cry out and shudder against him. Carlton leaned forward and sank his canines into Daniel’s shoulder to hold him in place as he fucked him. Daniel was his, and it was about damn time the man understood who was boss.
Carlton’s mind started to turn to mush as anger and arousal mixed together. Daniel’s body was there to meet him, wrap around him, every time he thrust into the man. Carlton had never fucked such a perfect ass in his life.
Carlton knew he wasn’t going to last, considering how aroused he was, but even he was surprised when his orgasm started. He felt his cock thicken, trapping him inside Daniel’s body.
He withdrew his teeth from Daniel’s shoulder and tossed his head back as he roared. Pulse after pulse of hot, intense pleasure rocked through his body as he filled Daniel’s tight little ass with his release.
Carlton uncurled his claws from Daniel’s arms, wincing when he realized that he had dug them into the man’s skin. Daniel had shallow gouges in his flesh, bleeding slightly, but not enough to cause serious damage. Still, Carlton leaned over and licked each small cut with his tongue until they stopped bleeding.
When he stepped back, pulling his cock from Daniel’s ass, and released him, Daniel slumped against the shower wall. He kept his face pressed against the hard tile, not looking at Carlton.
Carlton smirked. Now that Daniel had submitted to him, the shoe was on the other foot. Daniel didn’t look so superior with cum leaking out of his ass. “Now, I can go back to my territory.”