Authors: Joyee Flynn
“So basically you questioned how great vampires were, and my mate had to whip it out and prove to you otherwise?” I asked, staring at where I knew Curtis was kneeling in front of me with what I hoped was a scathing look.
“Yes, but it was also something we needed to see,” Ham answered, always the peacemaker. “I didn’t know vampires could move like that. So I think it’s safe to say we all agree now that being around them would be our best bet given we’re on the Hunters’ radar. The question now is whether we can trust the vampires in
South Dakota
after what happened to
Kody
.”
“Wait, Curtis hasn’t decided if this is what he wants,” I said as I stood up. I grabbed my mate’s hand and moved him back to sit on the chair before plopping my butt on his lap. “We barely started discussing it when I freaked out over the idea of going home and being happy after what happened to our parents.”
“Is that why you got sick? I felt your guilt, but I didn’t know why,” he replied gently as he hugged me against his chest.
“Yeah, the real world came crashing back, and suddenly I couldn’t breathe.” I sighed and snuggled back against him. “And then I was embarrassed for my graceful flop out of the bed and hitting my head and then throwing up. I just needed some air.”
“Next time tell me, okay, angel?”
“I will. I’m sorry, Curtis.”
“You don’t have to be sorry, Shem. I just didn’t understand what I did wrong,” he said softly as he ran his hands down my arms. “I can’t fix what I don’t know is broken or help you when I don’t know what’s going on.”
“So we need to know what you guys are doing before we talk about what comes next,” Cass said after a few moments. “I mean, we didn’t even ask if we’re welcome with you guys in
South Dakota
yet. We need to decide what to do with our house and stuff.”
“And where in
South Dakota
?” Ham asked. “Is it the same spot where
Kody
was taken in
Rapid City
?”
“Yes, Rapid City,” Curtis answered as he kissed my neck. “The spot where they were holding
Kody
was at the back of the property of our family estate. Which is also the compound for the head of the covens in those states. Conley was right when he said it is an inherited job like his. I just don’t know that I want it.”
“Why not? You’re obviously good with crazy. I mean, you handle me well.” I giggled, trying to lighten the mood.
“It’s not that I don’t think I could do the job well.” He sighed. “It’s after everything Harold’s done, there’s a huge mess to clean up. And why would anyone trust me? All they know is that I’m his younger brother and he did a lot more damage than good.”
“Ignore all that and the crap that could come with this,” Cass said gently. “Is this something you want, Curtis? I mean, how long has this position been in your family? Are you willing to let Harold take that all away from you?”
“Yes, it’s what I want, and it’s been in my family since vampires got organized on this continent. I don’t want it to be about Harold, if that makes sense. But now that I’ve mated Shem, the estate would provide the security I’d want for him. And of course I’d want you all there. You’re all adjusting to what happened. I couldn’t bear the thought of you guys all separating when you’re this close.”
“Thank you, Curtis,” Cass replied, and I could just about hear the wheels turning in his head. I knew what was coming next. “We could be of help if you’d let us.”
“How?”
“Our younger litter hasn’t finished their degrees yet,” Cass explained. “They were home for the weekend visiting when everything happened to our parents. Each of them has a semester left, but our older litter has degrees, and we all had jobs we abandoned and I’m sure lost now. I worked in public relations. Raquel is an accountant,
Rashnu
is a business management,
Raziel
has a political science degree, and
Cameal
has one in computer technologies.”
“Fuck, you guys are like any manager or leader's wet dream,” Curtis said with a whistle. “Could the others finish their degrees online or at the college there?”
“I’m sure that’s feasible,” Cass said slowly. “But we need to talk to your family’s attorney. We’re not without resources. We just didn’t want to use our accounts and lead the Hunters to where we were running.”
“I’m a whiz on the computer,” I stated proudly. “I just need my computer that runs in Braille with the Braille keyboard. I was getting a computer engineering degree, and I’m only a few credits shy of graduating.”
“Hot and smart, how did I get so lucky?” Curtis groaned in my ear, and suddenly I was reminded I was in heat. I squirmed in his lap and started panting. “Why are you getting warm, angel?”
“Because I’m not sad anymore, and we’re still in my honeymoon heat,” I moaned as I rubbed my ass over his growing erection. “Are we done talking for now?”
“Yes, if Curtis has decided he truly wants to take the position,” Cass answered.
“Now that I know I won’t be facing the mess to clean up alone, yes I do,” my mate replied as he stood with me in his arms. “Let’s plan on packing everything up here and moving to my family estate by the end of the week, okay? Right now, I need to tend to my mate.”
“You guys go, we’ll plot.” Ham chuckled.
“Bye,” I yelped as Curtis moved fast enough that I felt a breeze in my hair. It had to be less than a minute later that he was laying me on his bed.
Hael
wasn’t kidding that vampires were really fucking fast.
“Did you mean it earlier when you said you were ready for me?” Curtis asked as he yanked off my clothes.
“Yes, gods yes, take me,” I hissed as my skin heated up so much I felt I was on fire.
“Gladly,” he growled when I was naked. I heard some rustling and guessed he was getting undressed as well. While he was doing that, I pulled my knees to my chest, exposing my hole to him. “Sweet mother of mercy. You’re so breathtaking I’m ready to come now.”
“In me, come in me,” I whimpered as I moved my hands and pulled back the cheeks of my ass to give him a better view. “Take what’s yours, Curtis. Take my virginity.”
“Do you trust me, my angel cheetah?”
“Of course, why?”
“Put your hands next to your head like you’re going to do a back bend,” Curtis ordered as he moved on the bed. I did as he asked immediately, and he moved my feet onto his biceps. “Just hold on and enjoy the ride, my mate.”
“Okay,” I yelped as he raised my hips into the air. I knew he was kneeling on the bed, and I was now at a forty-five-degree angle. I wasn’t really sure what the plan was until he buried his face in my groin. Hot damn, my mate had some kink in him!
“Is this uncomfortable?”
“No, no, lots of fun,” I gasped as his tongue swiped my hole. “Are you going to rim me? Oh, I’ve always wanted to try that.”
“I’ve wanted to lick and eat this sweet ass from the moment I saw you, angel.” His words were muffled as he moved between licking my hole and sucking on my sac. I was ready to blow within two seconds of his attention. Then he thrust his tongue in my ass, and my feet started to slide off his arms. Instead of falling, Curtis threw them over his shoulders as he kept tonguing my ass.
“Oh fuck, oh fuck, oh fuck me,” I chanted as he licked, sucked, and nibbled my hole in between sliding his tongue inside of me. Then he pushed in a finger alongside of his tongue, and I just about fell apart. “Never, never been so full!”
“You’ve never fingered yourself, angel?” he asked, pulling out his tongue but leaving his finger inside of me to do glorious things.
“I lived with nine brothers, three sisters, two moms, and a dad before going away to share a dorm room with four of them.” I snickered. “I barely had time to whack off in the shower without getting caught. And I’ve never been intimate with anyone beyond a hand job from a girl. So no, never had anyone ever even play with my ass.”
“Am I the first man you’ve ever made out with?” Curtis slid in another finger, and I heard the snap of the cap to the lube. Suddenly, he was pouring cool slick over those fingers before pushing them back in.
“Yes, you’re the only man.”
“Are you okay with this? I mean, were you straight?”
“Cats aren’t really gay or straight,” I gasped when he rubbed over my prostate. Now I knew why men went wild over it. Just that one movement sent shocks all over my body. I cried out his name as I suddenly, and without warning, came.
“That’s it, my angel. Enjoy what I’m giving you,” Curtis cooed as he moved his fingers faster. I couldn’t move my hands to control where my cock was shooting my seed and ended up hitting myself in the face. Maybe that should have grossed me out, but right then I was so wrapped up in the most intense orgasm of my life I didn’t give a flying fuck.
“We’re so doing that again,” I said, gasping out each word as I tried to get air into my lungs. Curtis chuckled as he lowered me back to the bed and leaned over me. I felt his tongue lick off the cum on my face. “Oh shit, you’re
gonna
make me hard again.”
“That’s the idea, Shem,” he hissed in my ear. Curtis slid in a fourth finger in my ass, and I realized sometime during my orgasmic bliss he’d put a third one in there. I rode his hand as he cleaned up my face, thinking if I got this type of loving, I’d shoot all over my face any day.
“Love me,” I whispered when I couldn’t take anymore.
“I do,” Curtis said and then froze. Damn! This was another time I wished I could see him. But at least I could feel his emotions as I tried to sort through my own. My mate was scared. He was so afraid it was almost crippling.
“You do love me?” I asked hesitantly. Was that what he was afraid of? That he was in love with me already?”
“Yes,” he answered so softly I barely heard him. “I know it’s too soon and you don’t feel the same, but don’t be upset, okay? I didn’t mean to tell you already, but it is how I feel.”
“I’m not upset, big guy.” I chuckled and then pursed my lips. I heard my mate sigh as he brushed his lips over mine. It was sweet and slow and perfect. I wanted to tell Curtis what I knew he wanted to hear, but I couldn’t. “I–I think I do you, too, but I’m not sure yet. I’m sorry. I just want to know for sure before I say it. I’ve never said it to anyone besides family.”
“I understand,” Curtis replied as he started moving his fingers again and nuzzled my neck. “You’re giving me your virginity, angel. That shows me how you feel, okay? I don’t want you to feel pressured in saying it back until you’re ready.”
“You really are like the perfect mate,” I groaned and spread my legs wider. “Fuck me, Curtis. Claim me as yours.”
“Oh yeah,” he snarled, and while that should have scared me, I shivered with delight. It wasn’t a bad, I’m-going-to-attack-you snarl. It was more I-can’t-control-my-lust-for-you-and-need-you-this-second.
I gasped as he pulled his fingers out from me, and then the head of his cock was at my hole. I shook with anticipation and partly from fear. I mean, it was my first time after all.
“Push out while I push in, angel. Just breathe through the slight burning, but I stretched you enough for me.” I nodded with my mouth hanging open, looking like a total drip probably. But I did as he said. It didn’t hurt. It was just weird. Like something that shouldn’t be there or had never been there before.
“There’s no burn. Is that bad?” I asked as he started moving slowly, pushing more of his cock in me each time.
“No, angel. There might be some later when I’m all the way in you since it’s so new to you, okay? Just tell me if you don’t like it or you want to stop.”
“You really would stop if I asked you to, wouldn’t you? You’re already in me and moving, but without a single thought, you’d pull out if I said so.”
“Of course I would, Shem,” he answered, and I could hear the strain in his voice as he took things slowly. “If you didn’t like this or decided you weren’t ready, we’d do something else. It’s what being mated means, angel. Your needs are more important to me than my own.”