The Alpha's Ardor (9 page)

“A mate?” Declan breathed out slowly, shock curling in his chest. “You and me … mates …” Declan felt himself trail off as he stared up at Law in surprise, the hope that he’d spent so long denying, the hope that he’d just now started to embrace, exploded to life inside of him.

Law moved around into the space between Declan’s legs and reached up to cup his face in the palms of his hands. Law stared down at him for a moment, eyes gentle and mouth curled up into another soft smile. In a move that caused Declan’s eyes to slip slowly shut Law leaned down and pressed a sweet kiss to Declan’s mouth. It was nothing but a long press of lips on lips, just like the first time they’d kissed. It was something that Declan had been afraid he’d never get the chance to feel again. Just like then, Declan’s heartbeat stuttered and he almost whimpered when Law pulled back and reached up to swipe his thumb across Declan’s bottom lip.

“Oh, little wolf, if you’ve not already figured out that I’m gone on you then I’ve been doing things wrong. And here I was thinking I’d been obvious.” Law kissed him again briefly, and Declan stared up at him in breathless wonder as Law kept talking.

“I meant it, Declan, when I offered you and Lachlan a place here weeks ago. I thought you knew that. I want you to make a home here, in this territory, in this house. I want to get to know Lachlan, to have the chance to love him like you do. I want to see the both of you with the rest of the pack. I want us to be a family.” Law was entirely serious; Declan could see it in his face, could hear it in his voice, in the way his heartbeat was steady and strong.

“Are you serious? Is this … is that really what you want? With me?Us? Even after what our family, our pack, did?” Declan was desperate to know. He’d thought that at the most he and Lachlan might stay at the alpha house until they could find a place in town, jobs, that sort of thing. He’d thought the invitation to live with Law and Trace was something much more casual, much more temporary.

That was why he hadn’t tried to convince Lachlan to come up into the territory yet. He’d wanted to get to know the town, to see about a place to live so that when Lachlan did come they’d have a place to go.

He hadn’t wanted his twin to like the alpha house, to fall in love with anything about it like Declan already had if they were just going to have to leave in the end.

What Law was talking about, what he was offering was something so much
more
.

“That wasn’t your fault, Declan, or Lachlan’s or your father’s or mother’s, or any of the other wolves I’m sure those people got their hands on. What those hunters did was sick and it was twisted and any one of us would have reacted the same way to survive, to protect our mates and our families. It’s what makes us strong, that ability and willingness to adapt even to things like that.” Law leaned down and kissed Declan again, just as sweetly as before, but this time when he pulled away he nipped at his lower lip with slightly sharp teeth.

“I’ve been telling you this from the beginning, little wolf. I want you here. I want you in the pack. I just
want
you. Not as a price, not in any kind of trade off. I just want you and Lachlan here, safe and happy, with us. If I have to wait months or years until you’re comfortable, until you believe me when I say that I want you for
you,
then I will. On my word as alpha.” Law’s eyes flashed bright crimson, and his vow hung in the air between them. “If you’ll have me, of course?”

This time Declan was the one who surged forward and captured Law’s mouth with his own. “Yes! Law, yes!” Declan murmured between kisses. Law made a harsh sound in the back of his throat, a mix of triumph and need, and deepened the kiss as he moved his hands down and gripped Declan by the hips.

Declan couldn’t stop the small, needy sounds he made when Law pulled him closer and pressed their hips together. His arms came up and wrapped around Law’s shoulders as one of his hands slid into the hair at the back of Law’s neck and clenched. Their tongues tangled together hotly as Law rutted against his hip. Declan could feel his cock, the hard, long length of it through the thin layers of their pants and knew that Law’s desire matched his own.

Feeling bold Declan pulled away from the kiss and ignored the way Law rumbled in displeasure. The way Law flexed what felt like claw-tipped fingers around the hold he had on Declan’s hips as he tried to pull him back in sent a shiver down his spine. Declan untangled his hands from Law’s hair and did what he’d been aching to do for weeks. He ran his palms over the width of Law’s shoulders and down the strong line of his arms, leaned forward up a bit on his toes so he could nuzzle the soft spot behind Law’s ear with his nose.

The faint rasp of Law’s stubble against his own smoother check made his breathing short and sent his heart to pounding as he slowly turned his face to press a soft kiss to the vulnerable skin of Law’s throat. Law groaned low and harsh, the sound of it vibrating in his chest, as to Declan’s barely contained shock he tipped his head back and bared his throat completely. Declan’s breathing went shallow and harsh at the sight, at the fact that Law, one of the strongest alphas Declan had ever come across, was submitting … to
him
.

Declan knew what a gift that was, knew that Law would have never done something like that if he wasn’t completely serious. He leaned forward and pressed a gentle and loving, if shaky, kiss in the hollow of Law’s throat. Law seemed to really come to life then as his hands moved up to wrap around Declan’s waist and he lifted him up so Declan could wrap his legs around Law’s narrow waist.

Law turned them, took a few steps and pressed Declan up against a nearby wall so he could run his hands up Declan’s sides and underneath his shirt. Declan clung to Law’s waist with his legs and was prepared to arch up so he could pull the shirt up and off when the sound of ripping fabric caused his eyes to go wide with shock. The shirt, now in tatters, fluttered to the floor beside them.

“I’ll buy you another one. Hell, I’ll buy you all of them,” Law rumbled, amusement and lust warring for dominance on his face.

Declan’s responding laugh turned into a squeak when Law’s hands drifted down to do the same thing to his pants and then a moan when the cool air of the kitchen rushed over his newly exposed cock.

Declan felt like he was harder than he’d ever been in his life, his cock leaking pre-cum, wet and sticky on his stomach. He could smell the salt tinged stench of his own arousal mixing with Law’s heavy in the air around them. Declan saw Law’s nostrils flare, saw crimson creep into his eyes and knew he smelled it too.

Law pushed him farther up the wall until Declan’s cock brushed wet and ready against the stubble on Law’s cheek, the movement forcing Declan to unwrap his legs from around Law’s waist. Declan made a choked off noise in the back of his throat, and his head thumped back against the wall when Law, without any prompting, opened his mouth and sucked his cock inside. It was the most intense thing he’d ever felt, and when Law paused for a second and then took Declan so deep he could feel the back of Law’s throat Declan could barely think through the heat. He shouted harsh and low, had to keep from sinking suddenly claw-tipped fingers into either the wall or Law.

Declan couldn’t keep his hips still no matter how hard he tried. They made jabbing, short, little thrusts forward as Law swallowed around him, moving off his cock and then taking him back down like he couldn’t get enough of Declan’s taste. When he felt like he had enough control Declan reached down with a shaking hand and traced the line of Law’s stretched lips. Declan shuddered, sharp and hard when Law did something with his tongue and Declan could suddenly see the shape of his cock as it made the skin of Law’s cheek bulge out.

Declan could feel the heat building in the base of his spine, could feel a different sort of urgency begin to take him over, and he scrambled suddenly to pull Law off of him. Law resisted, growled low and displeased as Declan tugged harshly at his hair.

“Law, Law, please. I can’t, Law … not like this … I want you … I want you
inside
me,” Declan managed to moan out, and Law pulled off of him abruptly with a snarl. Law stared up at Declan with a wild light in his crimson eyes, chest heaving as their gazes held.

“Are you sure, little wolf?” Law’s voice sounded wrecked; his cheeks were flushed, and his lips were slightly swollen. “We don’t have to. I can just …” Law made a move to bend back down, to take Declan’s cock back into his mouth, but Declan’s hand, still wrapped firmly in his hair, stopped him.

“No, no, I’m sure, Law. I’m sure,” Declan panted out.

“Bedroom then. If I fuck you for the first time in the kitchen, Trace will never let either of us forget it,” Law mumbled as he darted down and licked a stripe up the underside of Declan’s cock before he straightened. Law slipped an arm around Declan’s waist to support him as he slid back down until his feet touched the floor.

Their journey to the room took far longer than it should have, but Declan had no complaints since Law managed to lose his own pants somewhere along the way. When they finally tumbled down onto Law’s bed they were both breathless and flushed. Law wasted no time. He ran the flat of his tongue down the smooth line of Declan’s chest until he could bite at the cut of Declan’s hip with teeth sharp enough to make Declan twitch.

Law took his time, sucked a mark into Declan’s skin that they both knew wouldn’t be there in a few seconds and then moved down until he could run his tongue along the crease of Declan’s thigh. Law stayed there for a moment, nuzzled at the skin, and the tickle of his stubble made Declan squirm. Then Law pulled back again and leaned over Declan so he could reach the side table where he fumbled for a moment with the drawer before he pulled back with a tube of lube in his hand.

Declan watched, mind hazy but body hot and eager as Law poured a bit of the slick into his palm and then tossed the tube into the sheets beside them. He went willingly when Law urged him over onto his stomach and then up onto his knees. He sucked in a harsh breath as one warm, slick and thankfully clawless finger prodded gently at his hole, traced the rim and then pressed slowly inside.

“I know I said I’d make you beg for it, but that’ll come later, I think.” Law’s voice was, if anything, even more wrecked than before.

Declan could practically feel the tension, the tightly coiled control radiating from the alpha’s body. “I’ll have you on your back so I can watch your eyes blow wide when I take you. So I can see the pleasure in your face when I push inside of you. But for now,” Law pressed a second finger in alongside the first as his voice went dark, “for now I’m going to knot you like this. Gonna stretch you out and fill you up.

Gonna tie you to me so you can’t get away from me, little wolf, until you don’t know whether to cry or come.”

Law slid a third slick finger deep inside of Declan and pressed. Declan saw stars, felt his vision go white and his body go rigid as his cock jumped in pleasure and the need to come.

“Look at you. So eager, so perfect. I knew it was you from the moment I saw you, knew you were the one.” Law pushed and Declan’s mouth gaped open at the press of Law’s pinkie finger when it slid against his rim, the burn of it as it stretched him even wider.

Declan tangled his hands in the sheets, pressed his forehead harder against the mattress and tried to breathe deeply even as he began to tremble. Law leant down suddenly and ran the flat of his tongue up the line of Declan’s spine as he pushed the four fingers deeper inside of Declan and then out. Declan tried his best to stay still, but he couldn’t help himself. He thrust his hips back, pushed himself farther down onto Law’s fingers and heard the alpha moan in approval behind him.

They kept on like that for a while, a give and take, push and pull that was so good Declan almost lost it more than once before Law finally took his fingers away. Declan moaned in denial as his hips tried to chase Law’s hand, but the alpha ran his other hand down his back soothingly before he shifted on the mattress. Declan sighed out softly at the feel of Law’s heat against his back, at the way the alpha nosed at the crook of his shoulder and placed a gentle kiss there.

Declan pushed his ass back towards Law in response, felt Law’s cock brush against his stretched hole and sucked in a deep breath. The air rushed out of him in a gasp when Law pushed into him with one slick thrust. He keened, felt his own cock jump against his sweat slick stomach at the reality of finally having Law deep inside of him.

Law was panting harshly in his ear, obviously trying to regain some kind of composure. Declan tilted his head forward and latched his teeth on to the strong length of Law’s forearm and bit down.

Law’s hips jerked in response to the sting, and the move forced him even deeper into Declan. They both moaned at the sensation, and Declan couldn’t help but arch his back and press himself even closer to Law, eager to take him even deeper.

“Like that, just like that, sweet. Perfect,” Law murmured in his ear as his hips began to move, short shallow thrusts that slowly grew deeper and harder until Declan could hardly think. Declan tried to get a hand underneath himself, to wrap a fist around his own cock, but Law moved suddenly, wrapped one of arms around Declan’s waist and tugged.

They fell over onto their sides, and Law was quick to pull one of Declan’s legs up and over his own so he could continue to thrust up into him, deep and hard. Declan reached an arm up and back and wrapped it around Law’s neck. Declan could feel the way Law’s cock was beginning to thicken, could feel how the base was growing as the knot began to expand.

“I thought about it, you know? That day in the woods.

Thought about what you said, how it’d feel.” Declan panted as he pressed himself back and as close as he could get to Law. He heard Law swallow hard, felt him latch his mouth on to the side of his neck and press sharp teeth against the skin there. “I want it, Law, want to be yours, want everyone to know.”

Law froze behind him and then thrust his hips forward sharply, and Declan shuddered at the burn, the bright flash of pain as the knot pressed in. They both cried out, Law’s more of a roar than anything as he sunk sharp teeth into the flesh of the crook of Declan’s shoulder. Declan could feel Law’s cock twitch and jerk inside of him, the wet, hot heat of him coming even as the knot kept them locked together.