CHAPTER ELEVEN
“Will.”
The coolness with which Ray called his name threatened to extinguish the hormonal flames engulfing Will.
He thinks it’s the heat talking, but that’s how it works.
Will offered Ray the chance to see him through the next few days of his ravenous sexual desire, and the Alpha faltered as though reluctant to take advantage of the situation.
Ray Matthews was either the most gracious or the most restrained Alpha alive.
Still naked, leaking slick, and turned onto his knees to ease the ache in his groin, Will clutched the lopsided edge of his nesting place and bared his teeth.
“I’m serious. Don’t tell me you don’t want it, Ray.
” His voice deepened during a heat, and Will loved how the change visibly affected the Alpha standing before him.
Ray’s controlled breathing and stiff posture tamped down his desires, but scents couldn’t lie.
Bourbon and leather rolled off Ray in waves, stronger than ever.
Will clenched hard, aching for a knot. Ray’s. Forget the toys. “I’m not asking because you’re convenient,” he said. “We like each other.”
“We do.” Ray stretched out his neck. A line of sweat glistened at his hairline. “I’d love nothing more than to give you my knot right now, and test the strength of this bedframe.”
Will’s laugh came out more like a snarl. It hurt to laugh, but in a good way. “Why are you standing there then?” he demanded. “Any other Alpha would have ripped off his clothes to join me already.”
“Any other Alpha tries that, and sanitation will be fishing him out of your garbage.”
“If you’re worried about pups, I’m on the birth control shot,” Will told him, his voice wheezing. “My last test was negative, too. Three months ago, and I haven’t been with anybody in a while.”
“Same here.” Ray swallowed hard as he nodded. “About six months, but I’m single. You know that.”
Will panned his gaze down Ray’s body, willing off the clothes. Another wave of pain struck the base of his spine and he cried out. “Ray, I want this. Please knot me.”
“Make room, sweetheart.”
Rolling to sit back on his heels, Will spread his knees and grasped his cock.
Heats gave him more weight, and as he stroked he tracked Ray’s slow strip.
Tanned, defined muscles tempted Will with Ray’s every flex and stretch.
He saw the flaming heart pec tattoo in its full glory, and once his heat subsided he’d take the time to appreciate it.
He fixated on Ray’s torso and visually traced the Alpha’s six-pack. Impressive, but unable to compete with Ray’s cock for attention. Jutting out from a thick patch of brown hair, the base flared wide and Will noticed a slight twitch. Ray’s knot wanted out.
He would enjoy having this man in his nest.
Will spread his arms and Ray tumbled into him, crashing their mouths together in a sloppy kiss. The skin on skin contact eased Will’s aching body, but his mind stayed trained to their paused scene. He wanted to come and the urgency for permission tugged at him.
“Alpha.” He barely got out the word after breaking free.
“I got you, Omega.” Ray looked different with his blond curls shagged and glasses off, strewn who knew where in the room.
Feral, glorious, and sexy as all hell lodged between his thighs.
Ray swiped his forefingers around Will’s hole and up to his cock, spreading the slick.
“Come whenever you want,” he told Will, glowering up at him.
“I want you relaxed and ready for my knot.”
Slipping his fingers into Will this time, Ray devoured him. The simultaneous motions of Ray’s fingers scissoring him open while sucking his cock turned Will into a quivering mess. He managed a count to three before shooting into Ray’s mouth, crying louder when Ray clamped down to drink him dry.
Hah. Bless the man’s appetite if he could lap up all the slick pooling into his hands.
Boneless and spent, Will yielded to Ray’s touch and let himself be positioned to sit on the Alpha’s lap.
Deep-voiced, gentle guidance brought him from rubbing his sensitive cock against Ray’s to rising high enough to become fully seated.
“Oh, fuck!”
Ray closed his arms around Will’s waist, mewling and shushing with every twitch and gasp. “Almost there. You’re so good, Omega. So good. Can you move with me?”
Yes. Will mouthed the word and hoped Ray understood.
~*~
Holy fuck, but he was beautiful.
Ray blinked and focused his vision on the lithe, ethereal Omega in his arms. Their bodies shone with slick and the aroma of strawberries and cream filled Ray’s nostrils to the point that his teeth enamel might dissolve. He smelled sweet, tasted delicious, and inspired a new addiction.
The pad beneath them soaked up much of what Will’s body produced, but they had plenty to consummate their passion.
Ray sat with one leg extended and the other supporting Will’s bottom until Ray lifted him.
Will draped his arms over Ray’s shoulders and hovered, his fall of red-blond hair matted and tickling Ray when he tilted up his face for a kiss.
“Can you move with me?” he’d asked, and Will formed the word with his lips. Ray bore into Will’s heavy-lidded gaze for full consent, thrilled by the soft longing he found there.
He grasped Will’s ass and rocked his hips until the tip of his cock brushed Will’s puckered hole, then down down down with a satisfied hiss.
Ray’s mind reeled with pleasure. Tight, hot, wet, good.
His Alpha growling the words in his mind set the pace and Ray soon yielded to it, clawing at Will’s sides as the Omega bounced high and hard to give the animal inside his release.
Will’s cock, receded partially into its foreskin, jiggled with the movement.
Tight, hot, wet, good. Ray delighted in Will’s abandon. Sweat mingled with slick, skin slapped against skin. Tighthotwetgood… tighthotwetgood. On it went until Ray pinned Will on his lap and came, crying out as his knot bloomed.
“Alpha, yes!” Will reared back with a braying laugh before collapsing on top of them. Locked together, they destroyed the raised blanket walls as they rolled for a comfortable position. Not like either of them cared for aesthetics. Ray would cling to Will if they fell to the carpet.
He palmed the back of Will’s head and kissed his face, from forehead to chin.
After this, and their earlier scene, there was no way in hell he could walk away.
Everything about Will called to him. His scent, his sense of humor, his willingness to adapt…
but Ray wouldn’t ask the latter of him as mandatory.
Wherever this moment led, they’d face it together in agreement.
“Will.”
“Mm?” Will craned his neck, smiling as he sprawled out over Ray. The knot held fast, and Will teased him by clamping hard on it.
Ray hissed in a breath. “Yes, it’s all for you, my Omega,” he said, and framed Will’s face with his hands. “Look at me.”
Will obeyed, waiting.
“It’s never been like this with anyone else,” Ray told him. “The Alpha in me knows it, and I can tell by the way your body reacts to mine you feel the same.”
Will licked his lower lip before rolling it between his teeth. His breathing slowed, quieting as though to better hear Ray’s words.
“There won’t be another Omega for me, Will.
It’s you.” Ray nuzzled Will’s gland. “I was falling in love with you at the coffee shop as we talked about the Lifestyle. You didn’t shrink away from me, or look disgusted.
The kiss by your car pretty much sealed it for me.
” He swore Will’s scent strengthened and he took it deep into his lungs, holding his breath for a beat before sighing.
“I know you’re not looking for a hard mating commitment right now,” he continued, “but I want you to know…”
“I love you, too, Ray.”
Ray paused, struck mute with his joy. His silence allowed Will to take control. Pushing Ray deeper into the nest, Will rested his chin on Ray’s breastbone and smiled.
“I remember what I said to you, but there’s so much I’ve yet to tell you about myself.
” Another hard squeeze on the knot shook Ray.
“When I mate, I want it for life. An Omega can’t be too careful out there with all these Alphas making demands of them,” he said.
“The few I’ve dated were real turn-offs. Then you have that jerk at the club.”
“Let’s not talk about him. I’m in a good mood.”
Will laughed. “No problem. But I think of Gabe, too, and how his Alpha was cheating. So much imbalance with Alphas wanting the upper hand. Except you.
“When you described kink as an equal power exchange, it got my attention. Not just for the spanking and bondage,” he continued. “You sold it with the truth, that a submissive has as much say in the relationship as the Dom.”
“They do.” You would. “If a sub receives no pleasure in a scene, the Dom is not doing their job.”
Will pursed his lips and tilted down to kiss the center of Ray’s chest. “I’m willing to explore the possibilities with you. I liked the sensory play. We’d still be at it had I not gone into heat.”
“Sweetheart, if that’s all we do in terms of kink, I’ll be happy.”
“We’ll see.” Will looked as though he had more to say, but instead he pushed out a long yawn. He was going to fall asleep on the knot, which was fine by Ray. He pushed up his hips to keep Will in place, straddling his groin and resting on his chest.
“Your body feels cooler,” Ray said as he stroked Will’s bare back and buttocks. He didn’t dare assume Will’s heat had ended, though. Depending on the Omega, a heat could last two to three days. This was a brief remission, at best, but Ray was here for the duration.
Will said nothing. After a beat, a light buzzing noise exhaled through his parted lips. Reaching for the nearest blanket, Ray covered their bodies. “Get some sleep, my Omega.” Ray kissed his hair, and closed his eyes to rest up for the next round.
~*~