13. Conflicted #2
I was lost for words. It was pushy, but also not. It was reasonable for an alpha male to want to ensure his mate’s safety. He was also trying to give me privacy and not assume more about our tentative relationship. Moon help me, this man was perfect.
“I guess that would be fine. I have a spare room that you could have, and Deke could have the couch. Unless you’re willing to share with each other.” I couldn’t help teasing him a little. His eyes lit with joy at my grin.
“I’d prefer to share with you, but Deke will do in a pinch.” He shot back. Smooth. Well done, my alpha.
“I’d rather have the couch.” Deke said in a gravelly voice with a twist of the lips for us both.
“Well, gentlemen, you are welcome in my home,” I said, allowing the wards to drop temporarily to admit them.
Deke moved quickly, checking each room. For what, I didn’t know, except he seemed happy with the results of his search. “This setup is good. What protections do you have on it?”
“The no entry ward. Only I can authorize the spell dropping. In here I can’t be scried for. Standard damage protections and an alarm to the local police. They are aware of my situation, to a point at least.”
“Are you okay with me sleeping inside?” Deke asked carefully. “If you’d rather have privacy...”
I noticed Blake flinch. “What did you do?” His cousin asked.
His face was almost beetroot, it was so red. “I brought a silencing ward.”
“And if you get attacked?” Deke demanded, looking disappointed in his alpha.
“It’s not for the pack link. Just regular sound.”
Deke looked slightly mollified by that concession to safety, and it pleased me that Blake took his team’s concerns into account. So far, he was everything that I’d heard he was and more.
“Can I get you anything to drink?” I asked, a little uncomfortable at the sudden silence.
“What do you have?” Blake trailed me to the kitchen to help. My steps faltered at the move. It was so unusual for alphas to take on domestic tasks. Those were for omegas or betas. With his help, we were soon settling on the couch.
“When do you return to work?” Blake questioned as I settled onto the sofa next to him. Deke had taken the armchair with a view of the door.
“Tomorrow morning.” I yawned, feeling tired after such a long day and the emotional ups and downs.
“Could we drop you off on the way to pack lands? An enforcer returned your van.” Blake looked at Deke for confirmation, receiving a nod in return. “That is, if you are sure it’s okay for us to stay.”
“I... uh... feel safer with you here. Please stay.”
Blake gave me a sweet smile. “I’d be happy to.”
We talked about inconsequential things until they finished their drinks. I could hardly keep my head up. Sleep kept tugging at me.
“Come on, you,” Blake said as he stood and reached out for my hand. He pulled me up and wrapped me in his arms. “Show me where I’m sleeping and where to get blankets for Deke, and you can get some much needed rest.”
I grumbled against his chest and didn’t move. It was much too cozy being surrounded by his bitter chocolate scent. He tipped my chin up so we could look into each other’s eyes. “Bed soon, but we need to know where to go.”
“Share my room with me,” I suggested. “Deke can have the spare room. There are fresh sheets in the storage compartment under the bed.” I rested my head on Blake’s chest, turning my face towards Deke. “The bedrooms are opposite each other. Both bedrooms have an ensuite.”
“Thank you, my mate. Deke, is that okay for you?”
“I was prepared to sleep in the truck or that couch, so a bed is better than okay. Thank you Alpha Mate.”
Heat rose and tears prickled at being called my official title. It slid so naturally off Deke’s tongue and his expression was open, completely unguarded compared to when we first met at the door. I hoped to earn the man’s respect, not to just be given it because of the title.
I showed Deke where everything was, with Blake glued to my side.
He kept a hand on my back as if ready to catch me if I fell.
It was kind of adorable. We cleaned up together in my bathroom, though it was a tight squeeze.
While the house had two bedrooms, I really believed that it was only for one person and occasional overnight guests.
There was a moment where it was a little uncomfortable. Blake seemed happy enough to strip down in front of me, and as he unveiled a well-defined torso and muscular arms, I could understand why. Next to him, I felt scrawny.
He must have seen my hesitation, because he rounded the bed to pull me into a hug.
“Can I help? I want to see that beautiful body of yours. You have no idea how difficult it is to keep myself under control around you.” I felt the evidence of his arousal against me and smiled.
I stepped back and reached for the hem of my shirt, pulling it off and tossing it on the floor.
His breath hitched and his briefs tented further as his eyes roamed my form.
“I need more skin.” The tie on my sweats gave me a little difficulty, but they soon hit the floor, too.
“Can I kiss you?” His voice came out more gravelly than usual.
“Yes,” I whispered.
He cut the space between us and tilted my chin to bring our lips together. This was nothing like our first kiss. This was a gentle exploration of my mouth with his tongue. I pressed myself against him, trying to take the kiss deeper, a sudden urgency building within me.
I pulled back and got onto the bed, shuffling up onto the pillows before beckoning for him.
“One sec,” he dashed to his bag and fished something out and put it on the closed bedroom door.
“Silence ward,” Blake explained as he returned to the foot of the bed.
He stood and stared at me. “You’re so beautiful. I can’t believe you’re mine.”
I made a scoffing sound. “No. I’m proud to call you mine, Kade.
Every part of me is yours already. Ever since I met you, I haven’t been able to get you out of my mind.
” All I could see was the sincerity in his eyes.
My wolf stirred again, shaking me into action.
It seemed to be aware of Blake’s presence and wanted to encourage me to be with him.
“I hardly know you, but already you make me so safe. I feel so cared for around you. All I could think of today was how well you looked after me in my heat. Then it made me jealous.” I finally admitted.
“Jealous? Why?” He crawled up the bed and sat by my feet, resting his hands on my raised knees. His touch was instantly soothing.
“Because I thought of all the other omegas who you’ve taken through their heats and how they must still want to be with you. They can give you things I can’t.” My head lowered, unable to meet his eyes. I watched him rub small circles around my knee.
“Sweetheart? There are no others. I haven’t been with anyone before you.”
My head snapped up. “Seriously?”
Blake blushed furiously from the top of his head to the middle of his chest. “Um, yeah,” he admitted shyly. “I’d never lie to you.”
“Wow! I... uh... wow! Where’d you learn all that?” I couldn’t quite comprehend his skills in the bedroom. He’d done far better than my exes, and some, were quite experienced. The bitter jealousy over who he’d practiced with fizzled away to nothing.
“Would you believe me when I said porn?” He rubbed the back of his neck, the red covering his skin getting deeper.
I laughed, but really I was impressed. “Must have been some great porn.” Then I realized he had been in Heatwave and my stomach lurched. “So Heatwave?”
He studied my face and weighed his words.
“My brothers were sick of me mooning after you, actually. Even though I couldn’t scent you properly, there was something about those gorgeous golden eyes of yours.
” His words were bold, and I assumed his wolf was giving him the extra courage.
My heart skipped at how sincere he sounded.
I couldn’t doubt he was telling me the truth.
“They wanted me to finally lose my virginity and put my crush behind me. Then, as I watched an omega with two betas, I found traces of your scent and I was done for. No other omega could ever compare.”
I lurched forward then, desperate for his lips on mine.
Our kiss was frantic and my hands roamed his shoulders and down his chest, running back over his shoulders again to pull him closer.
I groaned at the heat of his skin against mine.
The feeling of home, of rightness, rose in me.
I dropped back against the pillow, opening my legs and pulling him against me.
We made out for a while until I needed more friction than just his cloth covered dick against me. “Blake, please!” I begged.
“What do you need, sweetheart?”
“You. I need you inside me.”
He crashed his lips against mine as he worked my underwear down. Blake pulled away to strip his off too before kissing down my neck and licking the mark there. The skin tingled and wetness leaked from my hole. I was so ready for him already, even without a heat to help things along.
“Hurry,” I urged.
He came down over me. Our cocks brushing made us both gasp. He ran a hand down the curve of my ass and into my crack, brushing my hole. He groaned at the wetness there, then eased a finger into me easily. “Damn,” he cursed.
“More! Please.”
Blake slid another two fingers in, finding me open and ready for him. He pushed back to his knees, pulling me down into his lap, hooking one of my legs over his arm as he pressed his cock head at my entrance.
Easing in slowly until he was fully seated inside me as he groaned, Blake then set a slow and steady pace.
He was too far away to touch. I needed him closer.
Inside me deeper as he brought us both pleasure.
I reached for him and he dropped my leg to pull me against him.
I wrapped my legs around his waist, wailing at how deep his cock was inside me.
My arms were around his shoulders and I clung to him as he pushed me onto his length as he pumped his hips into me.
Sweat slicked and panting heavily, he managed to ask, “do you want my knot?” I could only nod and bring our lips together in a messy kiss.
Without warning, he pulled out of me and put me back onto the bed on my side and I cried out at the sudden emptiness.
“Shh, my mate,” Blake soothed as he settled behind me, spooning me with his slightly larger body.
He drew my hips back and entered me again in one hard thrust. He moved my leg, so it was up over his hip, opening me further for him to push in even deeper.
Each movement hit my sweet spot and I couldn’t stop my cries of pleasure from escaping.
My alpha reached for my cock then and stroked it in time to each pump of his hips.
My orgasm surprised me, coming out of nowhere and darkening my vision.
I felt the stretch of his knot as it expanded inside me, tugging at my rim and shallowing Blake’s thrusts.
Once fully formed, he came with a loud groan, filling me with heat and growling as some leaked out.
The feeling had me coming again with a cry, my cock feeling sensitive, my whole body sated and warm.
We collapsed against the pillows, then Blake pulled me closer, his knot tugging again, making me gasp. “Sorry,” he muttered sleepily.
“Hmm, it’s okay. Nap then clean up?” I could hardly keep my eyes open.
“Yes, my mate.”
I awoke some time later to Blake running a damp cloth over me. He kissed my forehead. “Go back to sleep, sweetheart.”
“When you come back to bed, I will.” I heard the slap sound of the cloth meeting the tile in the bathroom and then Blake was back in bed.
Turning, I curled up with my head on his chest. He ran his fingers through my hair and I could have purred at the perfect sensation. The entire night had been lovely.
My last thought before sleep pulled me under again was that I could get used to being Blake’s mate.
The next time that I woke, it was to the early morning sun pouring in through the window, bathing the bed in light.
I was spooned against Blake again. His morning wood teasing me.
I wriggled, and he laughed, sounding all sleep rough.
“We don’t have time for that,” he said before kissing my shoulder. “Shower together?” he suggested.
This time I got to enjoy the water more with my mate, unlike our shower together at Heatwave.
My head wasn’t spinning so badly about what had happened.
While I needed more time to get to know him and get used to the idea before I made it a mutual bonding, I could see it in the not so distant future.
Blake washed me as before, like I was a treasure, and I felt the flutter of my wolf against my mind as I basked in the attention.
“Would you go on a date with me tonight?” Blake asked as we dressed.
“I’d love to,” I said honestly. So far, everything that Blake had done was working to convince me we could make this work.
His grin lit up his face. “Come on, Deke raided your fridge and made breakfast.”
“I’m going to get so spoiled,” I teased.
“Good.”