Chapter Nine
Santiago felt the moment Percy stirred beside him, felt his mate watching him. “Sleep well?”
“How did you know I was awake?”
Percy ran his fingers over Santiago’s scruff, his nails scraping in just the right way.
“I already told you. I know mi elegido very well.”
He opened his eyes, taken aback at just how beautiful his mate looked propped on one elbow, staring down at him with a soft smile. It punched him right in the heart, swept him up and shook him around. And fuck if he wouldn’t do anything to keep that smile on Percy’s face.
“I give up.”
Percy grinned, his green eyes sparkling with a playful humor that was impossible to ignore. “What is mi elegido ?”
“My chosen one.”
Santiago traced a gentle path along Percy’s jawline, the skin warm and smooth beneath his touch. As he reached Percy’s Adam’s apple, his fingertip curved delicately over the subtle rise and fall, feeling the rhythm of the man’s breath, like a soft whisper against the pad of his finger. “My mate.”
“I heard Sully say that last night.”
He swallowed, searching Santiago’s eyes. “It doesn’t mean friend, does it?”
He wanted to claim his mate in every goddamn way. Not just his body, but every single layer hidden from the world. His sweet Percy, a man desperate to find himself, but he was already found. He just had to open his eyes and see what Santiago saw.
A sass-filled fireball, with a big heart and such a capacity to love it sucker punched Santiago every time he was in the man’s presence.
“Not in the way wolves use it.”
Santiago slid his hand around Percy’s nape, pulling him closer. “It means my wolf has chosen you to bind souls with.”
“It…w-what?”
Percy’s lips parted, his brows sliding upward.
Santiago didn’t want to talk right now. Percy’s sweet lips were begging to be kissed, and Santiago wasn’t going to deny them. He claimed Percy’s mouth, his tongue delving inside to taste his mate’s passion.
Santiago kissed him how he’d wanted to for months. Teeth and tongue, hands tight on Percy’s body. Taking and giving, a push and pull and Percy gave right back, biting Santiago’s lower lip, just as desperate, just as needy.
Burning like the fire Santiago knew his mate was made of.
All the unspoken things between them poured into that kiss, into that melding of mouths, silent words passing between them like a thousand truths.
Percy was everything Santiago had ever wanted. Stronger than he gave himself credit for, fierce and afraid, hard lines and soft curves. Enough to drive any man insane.
And he was Santiago’s, his very heartbeat. With a small growl, he slid his fingers into Percy’s golden hair, urging him to tilt his head, to moan in the best fucking way.
Santiago was staking a claim, laying down the gauntlet, daring Percy to deny what they both knew was between them. Had been building between them since the moment they’d met.
There it was. That needy whimper Santiago wanted to hear, a soft escape of breath, a plea, his fingers pressing hard into Santiago’s bicep. The primal urge intensified with each soft exhale from Percy, each desperate whimper as Santiago kissed him deeply, his tongue mimicking the way he yearned to claim Percy entirely.
With deliberate, languid movements, Santiago delved into the depths of Percy’s mouth, exploring, and silently pleading for acceptance, to allow himself to be claimed, needing to know if Percy wanted this as much as Santiago did.
“Santiago,”
Percy panted, pupils blown wide with desire. “Please...”
“Tell me what you need, carino .”
Santiago nipped at the sensitive skin below Percy’s ear. “Tell me what you want.”
“I want you,”
Percy breathed. “All of you. I need to feel you inside me.”
Fuck if he could deny this man anything.
Percy let out a playful growl, crawling over Santiago, a mischievous gleam in his eyes. Santiago wasn’t sure what the hell was happening, but his cock was hard as steel.
“This is what I want.”
Without warning, Percy slammed his lips over Santiago’s. The kiss was intense, crushing, but Santiago didn’t stop his mate.
Percy was making his own claim, and Santiago was so turned on he could barely stand it. He just lay back and let Percy take charge. After his elegido got his own shirt off, fumbling with Santiago’s pants. His moves were wild and daring, practically challenging Santiago to stop him.
He didn’t do a damn thing but watch.
Percy slipped from the bed, yanked Santiago’s jeans down his legs, and then looked at him with a wicked glint in his eyes before swallowing his cock down to the root. Santiago shouted as his eyes rolled to the back of his head. His hips bucked, driving his cock further down his mate’s hot mouth.
God, the man was sucking him so hard that Santiago was mindless. He spread his legs farther apart as he began to fuck Percy’s mouth.
But his mate wasn’t having that. He pressed Santiago’s hips down, keeping them in place as he ran his tongue around the head, drawing the pre-cum out like honey, and then dove right back down onto Santiago’s cock.
“Fuck, carino .”
Santiago gritted his teeth, staving off his orgasm. He wasn’t about to let this moment end so soon, but if Percy kept up at his current pace, he was a goner.
His damn legs were wobbling as Percy rode Santiago’s cock with his lips, sliding them up and down his shaft, faster and faster. His head was bobbing, the suction tight, and Santiago felt like his damn brain was melting into the side of his head.
“Percy…please…god!”
Santiago threw his head back and clenched his teeth, gripping the sheets tightly. He wasn’t going to be able to hold off. Not when Percy was sucking his cock so fiercely.
Waves of intense pleasure surged through him. That guy was definitely trying to drive him insane. Santiago’s heart was beating so fast he feared it would thump right out of his chest.
Then Percy slipped a deliberate finger deep into Santiago’s ass.
His vision spun into oblivion, eyes rolling back in a haze of unrestrained pleasure.
“Fuck!”
Santiago shouted, feeling like he was having an out-of-body experience. His hips thrust uncontrollably, his cum surging in a heated torrent. A kaleidoscope of stars burst behind his eyelids, his breath coming in ragged, desperate gasps.
When Percy pulled back, Santiago barely managed to pry his heavy eyelids open, only to find his mate completely naked. How in the—it didn’t matter. The only thing that mattered was—Percy lunged. He straddled Santiago, devouring his lips.
“You’re mine,”
Percy groaned.
“I’m yours,”
Santiago said as his chest contracted rapidly. “All yours.”
Percy nipped Santiago on his chin and then attached his lips to one of his nipples. His body was still riding the high of his climax, which made his nipples ultrasensitive. Santiago hissed, running his hands through Percy’s hair, pulling at the strands.
Santiago didn’t rush. He let Percy guide the rhythm, slow and searching, his hands planted on Santiago’s chest. Every kiss Percy dropped on his skin felt like a promise.
He dragged his fingers down Percy’s back, tracing the curve of his spine. “Take your time, carino,”
he murmured. “I’m not going anywhere.”
Percy leaned forward, breath stuttering against Santiago’s neck as he shifted his weight. A low grunt slipped out as Santiago’s cock pressed between the soft cheeks of Percy’s ass. He didn’t move, not yet. Just breathed through it. Let Percy feel every part of him.
A spurt of slick heat dashed against his mate’s entrance. Percy gasped, eyes fluttering. His head dipped as another pulse followed, then another, each one timed with Santiago’s breath, like his body knew what his mate needed before he could ask.
Santiago groaned low in his throat, his tip slick and wet, gliding over that stubborn little ring. Only when Percy rocked back with a soft, needy sound did Santiago lift his hips, guiding himself into place.
With a gentle press, he began to ease inside. The resistance gave slowly, feeling Percy clench, then relax around him, his mate impaling himself on Santiago’s cock inch by pleasurable inch.
“Just like that,”
he breathed, brushing Percy’s hair back, nuzzling against his temple. “You’re doing perfect.”
He kissed Percy’s shoulder, anchoring them both as his cock pushed deeper. One hand gripping his mate’s hip, his other sliding over the curve of his back to hold him steady.
Then Percy stopped moving.
Not frozen. Just… stopped.
Santiago paused, buried halfway inside him, and felt the change like a slap to the chest. Percy’s muscles had gone rigid, every ounce of openness replaced with locked tension. He ran a hand over his mate’s back, his lips brushing Percy’s ear.
“Carino… are you okay?”
Percy shook his head, tears filling his eyes as he rode Santiago’s cock slow and easy. Santiago was confused as hell. What was going on with his mate?
“I’m tired of feeling broken,”
he whispered, burying his face in Santiago’s neck.
He cupped his mate’s face. “But you’re not broken, Percy. I couldn’t have asked for a better mate. You just need some guidance, carino .”
“Make this feeling go away, Santiago.”
He placed Percy underneath him, caressing his mate’s bottom lip with his thumb. “Then let me in, Percy. Stop hiding the pain from me. I can’t help if you pretend nothing is wrong.”
Bracing his hands on either side of Percy’s head, Santiago began to thrust slowly inside his mate. The gentle moves caused a surge of heat to rise within him. “I don’t mind guiding you, Percy. Everyone needs help once in a while.”
Santiago leaned down, feeling Percy’s warm breath on his lips. “ Eres mi luna y mis estrellas. Mi futuro. Mi eternidad .”
You are my moon and stars. My future. My forever.
Santiago caught his mate’s lips in a deep kiss, feeling Percy tremble against his chest..
Sliding an arm beneath one of Percy’s legs, Santiago lifted it higher, thrusting his cock deeper, lost in the intoxicating sensation of Percy’s body enveloping him.
Percy threw his head back and groaned, his eyes fluttering closed. Santiago gave a small growl when Percy pressed the heel of his foot into Santiago’s lower back to impale himself deeper onto his cock.
“That’s right, mi elegido , take what you need from me.”
Percy lifted his hips higher, and Santiago started moving with strong, steady thrusts, breathing in the enticing scent of his mate’s arousal. It was the sweetest smell imaginable as he drove deep inside Percy’s ass.
His mate was so tight that it felt like a velvety fist surrounded his cock. Burying his head in Percy’s damp hair. “I love you, carino .”
Percy turned his head, gazing up at Santiago with his gorgeous green eyes. “You do?”
“I do.”
He kissed his mate softly. “With all my heart.”
Percy was his mate. His to take care of. His to love. His to cherish. And his to hold together for as long as Percy needed him to.
When Percy arched his back, his lips parting, Santiago gritted his teeth to fight for control.
The muscles around Percy’s hole flexed and Santiago damn near lost his mind. When he glanced down at his mate, Percy gave him a devilish smile. “Where’s your mind?”
Santiago leaned down and kissed each cheek. “I’m thinking about you.”
“Stop thinking about me and fuck me.”
Santiago reared back and grabbed the other leg, driving deep inside Percy. “Fuck, you are so damn beautiful.”
His mate’s balls were drawn tight to his body as Percy began to twist and struggle underneath him. Santiago knew his mate was close. He could not only tell by the way he moved, but by the glossy look in Percy’s eyes.
Santiago groaned on every stroke, his fingers curling around Percy’s ankles, holding them firmly as his began to thrust harder.
“Yes!”
Percy hissed.
Santiago could feel the white-hot fingers of fire moving down his spine now. “Stroke your cock, baby.”
Percy’s curled his fingers around his bouncing shaft, stroking it quickly.
The sight drove Santiago over the edge, his orgasm shattering him. Percy arched his back, crying out as white ribbons of seed pulsed from his cock.
His mate’s climax milked Santiago’s cock in a vise grip, tearing his own release from his body.
Santiago sank his canines into Percy’s shoulder. Felt the moment their bond snapped into place.
He’d claimed Percy before his mate had said he was ready. Fuck. What had he done?