Jared Morgan [Seven Brothers for McBride 4] (Siren Publishing Everlasting Classic ManLove) (7 page)

Frowning, Jared moved to the far kitchen window. “The metal shutters are down on the big house, so I doubt he’s coming.”

Easton was terrified that his shame would now be revealed, but at the last moment he remembered the thrall merchant keying the lock on his collar to McBride’s touch. “Only your master can remove my collar.”

“It’s locked?” Jared returned to where Easton was sitting and traced his fingers over the thick, pink leather.

“Once I’m sold, it has to be keyed to my master’s fingers. During the ceremony, he’ll unlock it, remove it, and then it will be keyed to you.” Easton hoped that when that happened Jared was attracted to him enough that he wouldn’t care about the two tiny scars on his neck. If Easton were careful, he could deliberately tilt his head to the other side and use his hair to cover up the mistake on the right side of his neck.

“Why is it pink?” Jared left off the collar and now traced his fingers around Easton’s nipples, making them stand at attention.

“It indicates my price.”

“Were you expensive?” Jared worked his hand down the smooth plane of Easton’s belly then traced lightly over his flaccid cock. Although, if he kept touching him like that, he wasn’t going to remain soft for long.

After uttering a groan of pleasure, Easton nodded. “Pinks are the most expensive.”

“But why pink?”

“Oh!” Easton arched up when Jared cupped his balls and then slipped his finger below to rub the sweet spot between his sac and hole. “I can’t think when you’re doing that.”

“Let’s try this.” Jared lifted his hand and caressed Easton’s belly. “Better?”

“Much.” Easton loved the way his mate touched him with curiosity and care. “It is said that pink became the most expensive collar because of the color of our holes.”

“Your hole is pink?” Jared’s sleek brows lifted.

“I don’t know since I haven’t seen it, but that is what was whispered about in the thrall house.”

“Alden’s collar was yellow.”

“Yellow? I’ve never heard of that. And I certainly doubt his hole was or is yellow.” Easton reached out and stroked his hands over Jared’s golden-brown arm hair. He was hairy, but not everywhere. His arms and legs were both thick with strands, but it was beautifully attractive. When Jared pressed against Easton’s hairless body, the feel was one of sharp masculine power.

“He’s deaf.”

“Oh, how sad.”

“He can read lips, but you have to touch him to get his attention first.”

“Is that why you tapped my shoulder when we were coming out of the bathroom?”

“Yeah. Sorry. I got in the habit because of Alden, and I just seem to do it to everyone now.”

“I don’t mind. I was just curious.”

“Just be sure to remember with Alden. He feels really badly when he misses things. I don’t like him feeling left out.”

“I’ll do my best to remember, but if I forget, you remind me, okay?”

“I will.”

“Good.” Easton considered. “But wait. How can he be deaf when we are genetically engineered?”

“His mate, my brother, Gannon, said he got sick when he was an adolescent and it ruined his ears.” Jared was still rubbing Easton’s belly, but his gaze kept wandering down the length of his body.

After a moment, Easton realized why he was looking that direction. “You want to see if it’s true, don’t you? You want to see if my hole is pink.”

“Yeah.” Jared met his gaze and blushed lightly. “Just curious.”

Since he wasn’t determined to inspect Easton’s neck anymore, he thought this would be the perfect distraction, and he was curious about the state of his own body. However, he didn’t want to give in too readily. If he did, his mate might think he showed his private parts to everyone.

“Wait, what are you doing?” Easton didn’t have a chance to play hard to get, because Jared eased him backward until he was lying on the table.

“I’m inspecting my mate.” Jared made a great show of looking Easton over. He extended his limbs all the way, counted his fingers and toes, and then he poked, prodded, and probed every spot he could reach before he placed a chair between Easton’s tightly pressed together legs. “Don’t be shy now, boy. A man wants to see what he’s paying for.”

Easton burst into gales of laughter. “You sound just like the thrall merchant!”

“I do?” Jared peered at Easton as he trailed one finger down the line made by his held-together thighs. “Come on, now, and spread your legs.”

The look on Jared’s face was playful but passionate. A long time ago, Easton had understood perfectly the reason for erotic play. It was a way of easing tensions and readying oneself for the time when play would become real life. Easton felt a charge of fear galvanize his body, because there had been one who took play too far, but that was long ago, and he trusted the man above him. Jared wouldn’t hurt him or use him then toss him aside. He wasn’t that kind of man. With his help, Easton parted his legs.

Jared’s gaze moved from his belly down his legs. “You’re really beautiful.”

“Thank you.”

“You sound surprised.”

“I’ve just never thought of myself in that way.” Easton would gladly change his opinion of that, because every time Jared looked at him, he felt more stunning than he ever had.

“If you don’t want me to do this, I don’t have to.” Jared started to press Easton’s legs back together, but Easton forced them apart.

“I want you to see me. All of me. I know you won’t be cruel.”

“Cruel? Oh, no. Not ever.” Jared leaned forward and kissed each of Easton’s knees then settled himself on the chair he’d placed between his legs.

Easton closed his eyes, wondering what he looked like to his mate. He heard the chair scrape across the floor, and then he felt Jared’s breath tickling the inside of his thighs. It seemed like forever since either of them had said something, but Easton didn’t want to be pushy, so he kept quiet.

“Relax. Let me just look at you.”

Easton wasn’t so certain that he could release the tension in his body, but then Jared’s big hands made soothing circles on his legs as he eased them back. Eventually, Easton was holding his legs up with his hands cupped behind his knees.

“You really are pink.”

Easton looked down right as Jared looked up.

“You’re pink and perfect and—”

Jared’s face disappeared, and the next thing Easton knew was the feel of his tongue making soothing circles around the tight ring of flesh that protected his hole. Unable to control himself, he uttered a cry of surrender and then said something about giving himself completely to Jared as long as he didn’t stop.

“I won’t stop.” Jared teased his pointed tongue all over his most sensitive and private flesh, making Easton wonder about the presentation of his body, but when he recalled they had just showered, he relaxed and spread his legs wider apart. When he’d first read of one man doing this to another, he had thought the nature of it unclean, but not now. It was wonderful. What amazed him was how sensitive the skin of his ass was. He swore he could feel each delicate bump on the surface of Jared’s tongue. But then Jared surprised him yet again by making the same slow circles with the smooth back of his tongue. Rough and smooth took turns stroking over his hole.

“Fill me. I swear I will die if you don’t.”

Jared looked up at him, and his face was that of a hungry beast. He didn’t want food or blood, but flesh. Jared wanted to sink his prick into the tight heat of Easton’s body, and nothing was going to stop him. He was an animal in need of mating, and Easton was willingly spread before him.

“Stay here.”

“What?” It was the last thing Easton ever expected to come out of Jared’s mouth after the heated look he’d just given him. “Where are you going?” Easton would have sat up, but Jared shook his head and growled lightly.

“Stay exactly where you are, or I shall have to punish you.” After lifting his brows menacingly, he left the kitchen and then the house.

Easton considering moving just to find out what kind of punishment Jared would mete out, but he was so aroused and excited he truly didn’t want to disturb whatever his mate was going to do with him. His belly quivered in anticipation.

What if he’s going to the big house to get McBride?
Easton chewed his bottom lip. He wasn’t ready to do everything tonight. He’d been excited to merge with his mate, but he wanted more time for their feelings to deepen before they attempted a bloodbond. He also needed a chance to explain about the marks on his neck. They were so pale that McBride hadn’t noticed them, but Easton had a feeling Jared would.

“Did you move?” Jared’s voice came from the living room, and Easton heard him closing the front door.

“No. Does this mean I’ll be rewarded?”

“Oh, you’ll be rewarded, all right.” Jared’s voice was sinfully seductive.

Easton examined him but didn’t see anything in his hands. “Why did you leave?”

Jared moved close and settled himself back in the chair. “Never you mind. You’re going to get your reward now for being such an obedient mate.”

Easton waited breathlessly. Jared lowered his head and picked up right where he’d left off. Around and around he teased his tongue. The only difference this time was a subtle shift in his breathing. After a moment to consider, Easton realized Jared was stripping out of his clothes while teasing Easton with his tongue. Eventually, he was bare, and now he added his fingers to the teasing slips of his tongue.

Slowly and with great care, Jared teased his finger around the pucker and then eased it inside of Easton’s bottom.

Unable to keep his eyes open, he closed them and simply allowed himself to feel everything that his mate was doing.

“Does that feel good?”

“Yes. Oh, yes. It feels so incredibly good.”

“Did you know your sweet, pink hole has darkened?”

“It has?”

“I imagine it’s all the blood rushing to that area. It’s now a very beautiful blushing rose.” Jared eased his finger in and out as if it were a very tiny and flexible penis. “A stunning little rose that’s opening up to me.”

Easton opened his eyes in time to see Jared rise and push the chair back. He realized the table was the perfect height to line up his hole and Jared’s cock.

“It looks like I’m not the only one with blood rushing downward.” Easton glanced at Jared’s prick, causing him to follow his gaze.

“I swear, I’ve never been so hard.” While Jared continued to finger Easton’s bottom, he fisted his prick. “Right now my skin feels way too tight. I can also feel my heartbeat along my shaft.”

Easton wondered if he’d be able to feel Jared’s heartbeat, too, if he plunged his cock inside him. Just thinking of it caused him to clench up.

“You’re thinking about me filling you, aren’t you?”

“How did you know?”

“Your sweet little ass just gripped up around my finger.” Jared growled. “I can’t wait to feel you do that around my cock.”

“Are you going to take me right here, without McBride?”

“Take you?” Jared shook his head, tumbling his golden-brown hair around his forehead. “I’m going to fuck you.”

When he said
fuck
, he plunged his finger deep, making Easton’s eyes roll back.

“I’m going to take my time and
fuck
you slow and sweet.”

Again, he timed the word with the plunge of his finger. This time Easton stretched his neck and parted his legs wider. Without even being consciously aware of what he was doing, he realized he was offering himself out to his mate. Easton wanted to feel him plunge his prick deep inside. He wanted to feel his bite against his neck.

“The collar.” Easton tried to sit up, but Jared calmed him and had him lie back.

“Relax. We won’t do that tonight.” Jared bent over, disappearing from view. When he rose, he placed a bottle of greasers on the table. “My brother was very generous with these and also gave me some extremely helpful advice.” All while Jared was talking, he slid his finger in and out and made Easton a little more crazy with each thrust. “He said the first time should just be you and I. We’ll have McBride here to do the ritual, and then we’ll bloodbond.” Jared moved his finger while watching Easton’s reaction. “Is that okay with you?”

“Yes.” Easton nodded, pleased his mate had given him a choice. He was also glad that he would have one more night for Jared to become too attached to him to let him go once he realized his thrall wasn’t as pristine as he thought. “Are you going to fuck me here on the table?”

“I do like the view.” Jared considered as he watched his finger moving in and out of Easton’s ass. “But I don’t like to think of that wood against your tender back.”

“It’s not horribly uncomfortable.” Easton was willing to stay here if it would please Jared.

“I think I should have you in my bed.” With a clearly reluctant sigh, Jared withdrew his probing digit and offered Easton a hand up. “I want everything perfect for our first time.”

“Perfect?” That word scared Easton because he was human after all and terribly far from being mistake-free.

“What’s wrong with that?” Jared guided Easton to his room by placing his hand at the small of his back. It was commanding but not overly bossy.