Sebastian (Bowen Boys) (9 page)

“I’d like your permission to hug your mate please,
Lord Sebastian. But you should know that I’m going to do it anyway, so either get over it or give it to me.” He smiled at her. “You’re more beautiful than your mother.”

“You knew her?”
He nodded and cupped the back of her head and pulled her to him. “I don’t understand, how did you…? You smell like her, like I remember her smelling.”

“I would yes,” he said
, his voice full of emotion, so much that she looked up at him. “You’re my daughter, Amarizi. My only child.”

She felt Sebastian come near them and the man holding her stiffened.
“I won’t…we were told that you were dead. And coming from a man that said he couldn’t lie to us, we believed him.”

Ama pulled back and looked up at him. There was nothing at all in her memories to make her believe what he said was true
, yet she believed him. Helping him to the chair next to the couch, she watched him try and get comfortable. She realized then that it wasn’t just the injuries that made him uncomfortable, but the people in the room. She introduced them to him.

“I’m Lord Fryda, faerie.
I’ve been…damn it all the hell; I thought this would be easier. Why did you think that I’d be welcome here?” He glared at Jacob. “I think it’s time I went back to—”

“Oh
, hush up and sit still.” Corrine handed him a pillow. “Put that under your thigh and be quiet for a minute. Reed, go and get the heating pad out of the bathroom and bring it back to him. George, give him that footstool. He won’t ask for it. I can see where your daughter gets her stubbornness.”

“Madam
, do you know that I can turn you into a pixie with the flick of my finger?” He shoved the pillow under his thigh when she pointed at it. “I’m a powerful faerie and a man of my own rights. I’m not accustomed to being treated as a child.”

“
Then stop acting like one and I’ll think about not treating you like one. Maybe you are a powerful faerie, but right now you’re on my turf, and I say you’ll hush up.” Corrine looked at Ama. “No wonder it took you so long to agree to be Sebastian’s mate. If this is the gene pool you’re coming from, it’s a small wonder he ever got close to you.”

Reed came back with the heating pad
, and Corrine plugged it in and put it on Fryda’s arm. Ama could see the shocked look on his face when it started to warm the area that hurt. Her dad mumbled a thank you and Corrine nodded and sat down. He looked around the room.

“You’re all good people.
We—the other beings and I—have heard great things about you. The facts that you’ve taken on so much and have helped so many of us notwithstanding, you’re also polite, most of the time, and you have good heads on your shoulders.” He laughed a little. “I suppose you want to know why I’m not dead. Well, you can thank Jacob over there. When he found me after Wanera tried to kill me, laying there near death I was. He protected me while the earth healed me. Took it a long time, too.”

“You didn’t want to live.”
Ama let the words slip out before she could stop them. “I’m sorry, but you seem so bitter about him saving you that I thought that…”

“You’re right. I
didn’t want to live. But he made me. Said you’d need me someday, and I guess he was right. And if you knew Jacob as well as I do, then you’d know that him turning himself into a panther was a great honor for me. He doesn’t care for shifting.” He looked at Sebastian, who was still standing so close to her. “You think you’ve got something to say? Then do it. I’m too old and too beat up to have you standing over me like some sort of protector. I can take care of myself.”

“You didn’t heal
because you gave her all your powers.” Her dad looked up at Sebastian sharply. “You were dying and you sent her everything. You were thinking you’d just die so she’d be safe. That’s why you haven’t healed yet. You don’t have enough left in you to do so.”

Jacob laughed.
“I told you he was sharp. Yes, my lord, you’re correct. He’s a stubborn bastard—pardon my language—that won’t let anyone help him. So he suffers. And we all have to hear about it. Daily. Almost hourly.”

“Now see here.
I saved her, didn’t I? He couldn’t take her from her mother, could he?” Her dad looked at her. “I had to make sure you and her were fine. I couldn’t fail the two of you again.”

“But she wasn’t
fine, was she? She died a broken-hearted woman because you left her.” Ama stood up. “I’m not sure how I feel about you coming into my life after all this time. The people in this room have been far kinder to me than any other person has been in my whole life. You left us when healing. You could have kept my mother alive and well until she died. Well, I don’t really care for you, or for that matter, know why you’ve come here.”

She turned to Sebastian and took his hand. Her father sat there for several minutes before he spoke.
She had hoped that he’d just leave, but apparently he thought he had something more to say.

“I know what a broken heart feels like.
I feel it daily. Not just because I couldn’t see you grow up, but because I couldn’t protect you or your mom when Wanera showed up. He beat me because I was a fool, a fool who thought he could win against a being like him. And because of that, I lost everything.” He stood up. “I’m sorry that I left you. I’m even sorrier that your mom died and never told you about anything that you were. She…she was my own true love.”

“So now you plan to leave her again?”
They looked at Jack. “What a crock of shit. Sit down, you cranky prick. We have a situation on our hands and you’re going to help us fix it. If you want to leave afterwards, then more power to you. But for now your ass is going to help us. Oh, and for the record, you are a whiner and I, for one, can’t stand whiners. So either grow some balls or shut the fuck up.”

Ama’s
dad turned to Jack. He looked ready to do major damage to her sister-in-law, but when Ama went to stand in front of her to protect Jack, her dad raised his hand.

“You’re a pain in the ass
. Has anyone ever told you that before?” Jack told him plenty. “I would imagine so. I’m staying, but not because of you. I’m staying because I need to.”

“
Whatever floats your boat, old man.” Jack moved forward and put out her hand. “We’re not going to have any problems are we, you and I?”

“Probably,” he told her.
“But I’m sure you can take it.”

And just like that
, he was accepted into the clan. Ama looked at Sebastian, who was trying his best not to laugh. Soon he couldn’t help it, but it mattered little. The entire room was laughing.

“All right, tell us what you know about Wanera the demon.”
Khan started taking notes as her dad spoke. It was going to be a long night.

Chapter
9

Sebastian watched the last car pull out of the driveway. Fryda had left a little while ago with Jacob. The two of them were still arguing as they faded from the room. Sebastian had a feeling that the two of them had been at it for a great many years, even before Fryda had been hurt. He started up the steps to his home when he saw Ama standing on the deck. He went to her.

“You
know that he’s not going to play by any rules, don’t you?” He nodded as he pulled her back against his chest. “Jacob seems to think he’s going to try something stupid, like simply taking me without permission.”

“He more than likely will try.
But he’s got a surprise coming for him if he does that. I’m not going to let him hurt you.” She nodded. He looked out to the trees in their backyard and nuzzled her neck. He wanted her out there and wondered how he could take her when she wasn’t a panther.

“I can shift.”
He stilled. “I couldn’t before we bonded, but I know I can now. Would you like to go for a run?”

He had to clear his throat twice before he could speak.
“How do you know you can shift? Did you try it already?”

She put out her arm and he watched it begin to morph and fur, fine at first then fuller
, began to grow along her skin. She stretched out her hand and he could see it changing into a paw, large dark nails beginning to protrude from the fur.

“I thought about it ear
lier when I was in the bathroom and it happened. I can do other things, too.” Her hands shifted again and he saw her skin change from fur to feathers. Initially dark as the fur, they changed to lighter colors until they resembled those of a barn owl.

“Baby, shift into a panther for me. I want to watch you.”
She pulled away from him, and he watched her unbutton her blouse and drop it to the deck. Then her bra. His breath caught when the moon came from behind a cloud and seemed to shine on the silkiness of her breasts. When she bent to take off her pants, he had to grab the railing. Her ass looked good enough for him to eat. She turned and looked at him from her bent position.

“You’re staring at my bottom.”
He nodded. “Well stop it. It’s very strange to know you’re looking at me like…you look hungry.”

“I am
, and if you don’t hurry, that run we were going to take is going to be delayed.” She wiggled her ass at him and, while still bent over, tore her panties from her body. “Christ, you’re lovely.”

Going up behind her
, he unsnapped his pants. He had to be inside of her now rather than later. When she moaned, he fisted his cock and told her to hold onto the railing. She moved to it and braced her hands on it. He moved again, this time close enough that he could rub his cock in her juices as they leaked from her.

“You’re so wet.
Christ, you’re soaking wet.” He slid his cock into her and pulled her hips back to him. “Baby, I’m not going to last if you keep this up.”

She was rolling her hips up and down
, and he could feel her tighten around his cock. Sebastian thought about her cat and how much he wanted to take her. He leaned over her, moving in and out of her slowly.

“I need you to shift for me.
I’m going to let you go. Then I want you to shift and take off toward the woods.” He nipped at her shoulder, drawing a little blood. “Then I’m going to come after you and take you to the ground and fuck your cat hard. My cat wants to mark you with his teeth and drink from you.”

“Please.
I need to come first. Help me to come.” He slid his fingers over her curls, not touching her clit. “Sebastian, please, I ache.”

He pulled from her body and she snarled at him.
He nearly took her then, but the thought of fucking her in the woods as they were meant to made him take another step back.

“Shift
, Amarizi, shift and run with me.” Her body shivered as he watched. Then she leaned back on her heel as her body stretched tightly. When she began to change, he nearly forgot to breathe. He’d never seen anything so beautiful in his life. As soon as she was panther she took off, leaping over the railing like it was nothing more than a pebble.

He didn’t even bother
taking off his clothes before shifting, instead letting them tear off him, which fueled his already high state of arousal. He leapt the railing, too, landing a few feet from where she had, and took off. Her scent was calling him, and he was going to answer her.

He followed her for several minutes.
Every time he got close, he would watch her take off again and let her. He loved the chase, and she seemed to like that he was chasing her. When he saw her move just in front of him, he jumped up and took her to the ground. His body covered her completely.

“I’m going to bite you harder this way.
Are you all right with that?”
She snarled at him and tried to bite him.
“You’re only making this harder on yourself.”

“Fuck me
, please, I beg of you. I can no longer stand this.”
He moved over her, and when her tail moved for him, he slammed home.
“Yes.”

Her scream of approval nearly had him coming.
He leaned his body over hers, much like he had at the deck, only this time he used his heavy paws to hold her there. When she tried to fight him, he sank his teeth into her shoulder. It only seemed to make her fight more. He bit her harder until she finally stilled.

“You’re going to pay for this.”
He let his cat have her as he spoke, his own mind moving away from the cat to let him have his way.
“Come for me, Amarizi, please come for me.”

He’d heard all his life that cat sex, especially when the male was as large as he was
, held very little pleasure for the female. He had a feeling that Ama would enjoy this more than him. When she started to moan in his mind, he felt his cat bite her harder. As soon as she snarled at him again, his cat threw back his head and roared out his release. Ama was so tight around him that he knew she had come, too. Now he wanted her.

When his cat pulled away
, sated, Sebastian shifted. His cock was throbbing with need and Ama turned and looked at him through her beautiful green cat eyes. He watched her body come back to itself, and before he could tell her that he needed her, she wrapped her hand around his cock.

“I want to taste you.
I want to feel your cock in my mouth when you come.” He nodded and stood up. “Will you come down my throat, Sebastian?”

“Yes.
Christ, yes. Suck me, Ama. Wrap your mouth around me and—holy shit.” He felt his eyes roll to the back of his head as she swallowed him. The tightness of her throat and the swallowing motion was nearly too much, but when he reached down to pull her head from him, he curled his fingers into her hair and held her there. All thought left his head as she brought him closer and closer to the edge, only to pull back and start again.

“Ama, finish me or let me fuck you.
You’re going to kill me.” Her hands cupped his balls and he moaned her name. “Ama, I’m begging you.”

She let him go with a little pop and he wanted to pounce
on her. When she licked him again, he tightened his grip in her hair and watched her, his shallow breathing making him dizzy.

“Come like this.
Then you can fuck me.” She licked him from root to tip. “I want you to come all over me while you jerk off. I need to feel your hot cum on me.”

He wrapped his free hand around his cock and began moving up and down its length.
She never stopped licking him, so the ride was smooth. As soon as she nipped at him and gave his balls a gentle tug, he felt his climax rush up his cock from his feet and shoot forward.

Stream after stream shot from him as he watched her gather it on her tongue and swallow
it down. Nothing had ever felt so right, so amazing. Sebastian saw her rub it onto her nipples as she squeezed her breasts and tweaked them. He held her head, not because he needed to hold her in place, but because he was going to fall if he didn’t. He stood over her as his cock emptied and tried to catch his breath. But she wasn’t finished with him and laid back on the grass.

“Take me.
Fuck me hard and make me scream.” He dropped to his knees and opened her bent legs. She was swollen, her clit hard and red. “Please, Sebastian, I need you.”

He wanted to taste her like this, suckle her into his mouth and
taste her cum, but he needed to be buried in her and dropped over her before he could change his mind. He didn’t just slide into her but punched deep. Her cry made him still above her.

“More.
I need…if you stop now, I’m going to kill you. Please.” Leaning up so that he could take her as hard as he could, he used his entire body to fuck her, hard, fast strokes that made his muscles scream as he pounded into her. When she pulled him to her, her mouth over his chest, he felt her bite his hard muscle and scream against him. He licked her throat to her shoulder, and as he came with her he sank his teeth into her and tore at her flesh. This would leave a mark that everyone would see.

He dropped on
to her and started to roll to his back so his weight wouldn’t be too much when she stopped him by wrapping her legs around him. He looked down at her and saw tears in her eyes, and he cradled her in his arms.

“I
’m so sorry, baby. I was really rough and I hurt you.” She shook her head and he looked down at her again. “I didn’t hurt you?”

“No, I loved it.
I love you.” He watched her for several seconds. Then she laughed. “Well? Don’t you have something to say to me?”

“I love you as well. Yes, I do love you.”
He kissed her then, a slow and thorough kiss before lifting his head. “I love you so very much.”

~~~

Wanera sat in the darkness of his lair and watched the flames of the fire dance around. He hurt in places he’d never hurt before, and he was sure that if he would look he’d see that he was injured in some way that was never going to heal. Shifting in his chair, he wondered if the man who had dared touch him was hurting like he was. He certainly hoped so. The knock at his door made him cringe, and when it opened, he glared at the being standing there.

“You’ve a visitor.
She said that you called her.” He nodded, glad now that he’d had the being call his healer. He stood up when she told him to.

“What have you been into?
You smell of….” She leaned in and sniffed him. “You reek of humans. Have you been topside?”

“I have to see to a breeder. But one of
them attacked me. Can you see what he’s done to me, please?”

She snorted but told him to take off his shirt.
He did as she said and stood before her in just his trousers. She walked around him three times before she touched him. When she put her hands on his shoulders, then to his neck, he winced from the pain.

“You’ve been more than touched. I think whoever it was drew blood.”
She looked closer and then looked up at him. “You’ve been touched by a powerful faerie and he drew your blood. You know what that means, don’t you?”

He shook his head
, but she was already pulling her coat back on. “Wait, what does that mean? He drew my blood. So what does that mean?”

“He must have some of it on him
, right?” Wanera supposed that could be true and nodded. “Then he can come here and avenge whatever you did to him to make him hurt you. You’re so fucked.”

She was gone before he could ask her how to treat the rest of his pains. The faerie had his blood and now…
. He stood up and went to find his being. The one from earlier was on break, he’d been told, so he had the one sitting at the computer look it up.

“I want to know if a faerie can come to this realm without my permission.” The being shook his head. “Under no circumstances can he come here unless I say he can
?”

“No
, sire, no one can enter or leave this realm without your permission. They would have to be a fool to come here anyway with you being in charge. No, you are correct.” Wanera turned to leave when the being spoke again. “Unless he has your blood. Then he can come and go as he pleases.”

Wanera turned slowly and looked at the being sitting there with the stupidest expression on his face.
He wanted to walk over and burn it off him. He was just getting ready to when he saw something on the screen.

“What was that?” He moved toward the screen that they forever seemed to be watching. “That bright blip, what is that?”

“I do not know, my lord. I was told to call to Bill when it appeared. Shall I do that now?” Wanera had no idea who “Bill” was until he appeared in the room. It was the being that helped him the most. He hadn’t realized that they had names. He just thought they all called each other “being” as he did.

“That is the girl, sire. She is moving again.
I have been watching her since you first asked me to. I must say, my lord, that she has gotten considerably brighter in the last several days.”

“She’s mated.”
The being nodded and moved to the seat now vacated by the other…he wondered what his name was and realized he really didn’t care. “I think he’s a panther and now he has some of my blood.”