Kelan's Pursuit (6 page)

He removed his fingers and applied a generous helping of lube to his cock. The temptation to stroke
himself
until he came was great. His wet, sticky fingers sliding over his cock felt incredible.
Kelan
reached down and grabbed hold of his own legs, pulling them up towards his chest, further exposing his tight hole to Jake. That was enough of an invitation for him to let go of his cock and lean forward over
Kelan’s
body.

“You ready for me?”

“Fuck me.”

Jake didn’t need telling twice. He grabbed his cock and positioned it at
Kelan’s
hole. Jake pushed forward slowly and the head of his cock slipped through the tight muscles in
Kelan’s
ass, meeting little resistance. Jake hissed at the initial penetration.
Kelan
felt amazing wrapped around him. He was hotter and tighter than he ever would have imagined. Jake closed his eyes and held his breath as he slipped the rest of the way inside.

“Jake, look at me,”
Kelan
panted.

Jake obeyed
Kelan’s
command at once. He’d never thought of himself as the type of person who liked to be told what to do, but in that moment he knew he would do anything for
Kelan
. It gave him immense pleasure to please the man.
Kelan’s
eyes were filled with want, but it was the trust he found on
Kelan’s
face that blew him away.

Jake pulled out and groaned as the muscles in
Kelan’s
ass fought to keep him inside.

“You feel so good,
Kelan
.
So hot.”

“Do it, fuck me.”

Jake grabbed
Kelan’s
legs and thrust back inside, spurred on by
Kelan’s
request. He started to set a rhythm, pushing in hard then pulling almost all the way out before thrusting in again.
Kelan’s
breathing was becoming shallow, his moans and grunts louder with every movement of Jake’s hips.

Jake slid his hand under
Kelan’s
ass and lifted his hips, changing the angle slightly on his next thrust to hit
Kelan’s
prostate. As much as he loved being inside
Kelan
, he tried to concentrate on
Kelan’s
pleasure more than his own. He knew he’d found the spot when
Kelan
arched his back and cried out Jake’s name.

“Jake! Oh god, yes! There!”

Jake thrust in again and again, each time hitting
Kelan’s
prostate.
Kelan
was trembling beneath him, eyes wide and desperate.

“Harder!”
Kelan
demanded.

Jake grunted and gave
Kelan
what he asked for. He pounded into
Kelan’s
ass, bringing himself that much closer to release with every stroke.
Kelan
met every one of Jake’s thrusts, bucking against him, pulling his cock deeper inside until Jake thought he would go insane with desire and the need to come.

Kelan
was lost. Lost to the pleasure and lost to
himself
. He had been fucked before but it had been almost ten years since the last time. Although he’d been born an alpha wolf, his more dominant tendencies had developed later. They had become more prominent still when
Kelan
had taken over the pack after his father had died a couple of years ago. Since then, he’d found it almost impossible to submit to anyone. He didn’t have that problem with Jake.

Kelan’s
eyes and teeth shifted to their wolf form and all his senses seemed to heighten. He could feel Jake everywhere. Jake’s cock filled him, taking him hard and fast until he couldn’t take any more. He howled out his release, his engorged cock spilling its seed between them without a single touch to it.

Jake let out a low, primal groan. While
Kelan
shuddered through his climax, his ass squeezed tightly around Jake’s cock, bringing on his own release. He thrust one last time and yelled out
Kelan’s
name, gripping his hips tightly as his balls emptied their contents deep inside
Kelan’s
ass.

Kelan
grinned when Jake’s body gave out and he collapsed on top of him in a heap. Jake’s neck was tilted to the side and, before
Kelan
even realised what he was doing, a deep, rasping growl tore from his throat and he sank his teeth into the exposed skin and drew out Jake’s blood. Jake cried out above him.
Kelan
wasn’t sure if it was from pleasure or pain, but when he felt Jake’s cock twitch in his ass as though trying to refill, he guessed it was mainly from pleasure.

Kelan
couldn’t help himself. His only thought had been to claim Jake, mark him as his. He knew he should have warned Jake first, but his head had been still fuzzy from the force of his orgasm and he hadn’t been capable of thought at all, let alone rational thought.

As he pulled Jake’s blood into his mouth, his wolf was howling within, happy and contented to finally have claimed his mate. After a few moments,
Kelan
pulled his teeth out of Jake’s neck and swiped over the wound with his tongue to seal it.

Now that Jake was marked, any werewolf with an ounce of self-preservation wouldn’t dare go near the man. Jake would smell like
Kelan
now, too.
Kelan
could already smell their scents mingling together—and it pleased him no end. But now he had to face his mate. He was sure Jake would be pissed off with him.

Kelan
laid
back on the pillow and gently stroked Jake’s head.

“Jake?”
Kelan
asked tentatively.

Jake looked up at him, eyes filled with tears. Wonder and confusion warred with each other for supremacy on Jake’s face.
Kelan
felt his words stick in his throat.

“You claimed me,” Jake said quietly.

Kelan
nodded—he could hardly deny it, although he was surprised Jake knew what that meant.

“Yes.”

“Thank you,” Jake whispered then his head fell forward and he promptly fell asleep, a soft snore rumbling against
Kelan’s
chest.
Kelan
closed his eyes, offering a small prayer of thanks to
whomever
was listening. Jake wasn’t pissed off with him at all—in fact, Jake was…grateful?
Kelan
wondered dimly about that as he wrapped his arms tightly around his mate and drifted off into
oblivion,
Jake’s softening cock still buried deep inside his ass.

Kelan
woke up with a huge smile on his face. He felt blindly around for Jake but it only took him a few seconds to realise he was alone in bed. He used his heightened sense of smell to locate Jake in the apartment. Jake’s scent hit him immediately—maybe in the kitchen? He breathed in his mate’s essence deeply to double-
check,
when another smell hit him so hard the hackles rose on the back of his neck and his teeth and eyes simultaneously shifted to their wolf form.

He could smell blood. Jake’s blood.

Kelan
flung the covers off and dived out of bed. He didn’t bother putting any clothes on, just ran into the living room, his heart beating furiously in his chest.

“Jake!”

“I’m in here!” Jake called back.

Kelan
rushed into the kitchen and stopped short just inside the door. Jake was standing by the kitchen sink, a blood-soaked towel wrapped around his hand. Jake’s face was as white as snow.

“What the hell happened?”
Kelan
asked, walking to Jake’s side. “Jesus, I could smell blood and I… I was so worried Jake, I thought…”

Jake managed a smile, but it turned into a wince when
Kelan
reached for the towel to inspect the damage.

“It’s nothing, ‘m okay. Was making you breakfast. Cut my damn hand with the knife.”

Kelan
pulled the towel off Jake’s hand and sucked in a sharp breath. The cut on the pad of Jake’s hand was deep and bleeding profusely.
Kelan
squeezed the
the
edges of the wound together to try and stem the flow, but the bleeding continued.

“Jesus,
it’s
deep, Jake.”

“Yeah, think I need stitches.”

Kelan
thought for a moment. He remembered hearing that a wolf’s blood had healing properties for his human mate. Without hesitation, he grabbed the knife from the counter top and slashed it across his own wrist. Jake’s eyes widened.

“What the hell are you doing?” Jake asked, horrified.

“Here, drink this,” he said, holding his wrist to Jake’s lips.

“Are you crazy?”

“Do it. It will help you heal.”

Jake was dubious, but he was starting to feel light-headed from the blood loss, so he used his good hand to hold
Kelan’s
wrist to his mouth and drank. The first drop of blood that entered his mouth tasted bitter and tangy, but the more he pulled into his mouth, the sweeter it became.

Jake began to feel better at once. The dizzy sensation left his body and a feeling of euphoria rushed through him. He pulled back reluctantly when
Kelan’s
blood ceased pouring into his mouth. He looked at
Kelan’s
wrist in shock. The cut had already healed over. He looked down at his own hand, surprised to discover the blood pouring from his hand had slowed down to a light trickle. He watched in awe as it stopped bleeding altogether and the deep gash started knitting back together before his eyes.

“That should do it,”
Kelan
said, nodding.

In a few moments, the slash on Jake’s hand had closed completely. A small pink scar was all that remained.

“Wow.
How?”
Jake asked, stunned.

“A wolf heals faster than a human. By taking my blood, my healing ability transferred to you. But it only works between mates, and only with human mates, at that. Wolves that are mated don’t need their partner’s healing ability—they have their own.”

Jake sat down heavily at the kitchen table.

“So we really are mated?”

Kelan
took a seat at the table and reached out to grab Jake’s hand.

“Yes. Are you okay with that?”

“Yeah.
It’s just a lot to take in, you know?”

“I know, baby, but we have all the time in world for you to get used to the idea. I’m not going anywhere.”

“I’m beginning to think you mean that,” Jake said, averting his eyes from
Kelan
.

“I’ve never been more serious about anything in my life. It’s you and me, Jake, till the end.”

“I like the sound of that. I like the sound of that a lot.”

“Jake? What happened with the wolf you were involved with before? Did he hurt you?”

Jake hung his head. He wasn’t sure he was ready to tell
Kelan
about
Matty
, but if things were going to work out between them, they shouldn’t have any secrets. He let out a long sigh then nodded.

“Yes, he did.”

Kelan’s
eyes darkened and a ripple passed over his skin. Jake noticed
Kelan’s
knuckles were white as he gripped the kitchen table. He placed his hand over
Kelan’s
and stroked it lightly.

“He did hurt me, but not in the way you’re thinking.”

“What do you mean?”

“I met Matt when I started college in Boston. We were both juniors. Matt was a business major and I was studying finance and economics. It was
kinda
funny, actually, when I saw him for the first time at a frat party. I remember thinking he had an animal magnetism about him.” Jake chuckled. “Little did I
know.
”

Kelan
smiled. “What happened?”

“Matt sauntered over to me and asked if he could buy me a drink. I said, ‘But the drinks are free here.’ Matt just grinned and said, ‘Sure, but we’re not staying here. I’m taking you out to dinner and then you’re coming home with me.’ Believe it or not, I was a shy little thing back then. I’d never met anyone as confident.”

“Did you go home with him?”

Jake blushed. “Yeah, I did. We had dinner together, got along, and pretty much from that night on we were inseparable.”

“So how did he come to hurt you?”

“We dated for a few months. I was head over heels for him, and Matt said he loved me, too. He told me his secret, told me he was a wolf. I didn’t believe him at first, so he showed me. After that we became even closer if that was possible. Then…” Jake paused.

“Go on,”
Kelan
prompted.

Jake sighed. “After about a year, I got a new roommate, Chris. He was gay, too, but I wasn’t interested in him, of course. For me, no one could compare to
Matty
. One day I came home from class and I caught Matt and Chris in bed together.”

“Shit,”
Kelan
said. “That’s harsh.”

“Yeah, it was. Thing is, Matt seemed to be as cut up about it as I was. He said he loved me but that didn’t matter anymore because Chris was his mate.”

“Ah. I see.”

Jake nodded. “At the time I thought it was a line, you know? Just something he said to get rid of me. But now, after meeting you, I think maybe he was telling the truth. Still, it hurt like hell back then and, after that, I guess I stopped trusting people altogether.”

“It sounds like he didn’t set out to intentionally hurt you. I’m sure he did love you, but when a wolf finds his mate, it’s not something that can be overlooked. You don’t just want to be with that person—you
have
to be. It’s a yearning you can’t control.”

“Is that how you feel about me?” Jake asked.

Kelan
nodded. “It damn near broke my heart when you sent me away the night we met. I can’t describe how painful it was, and I didn’t even know you at all then.”

“I’m sorry,” Jake said, leaning forward and placing a kiss on
Kelan’s
lips. “It won’t happen again.”