CHAPTER FIVE
Ben was wearing only Gabriel's shirt, and Gabriel was wearing just his pants as they sat on the bed and enjoyed breakfast. He loved seeing his beloved wrapped in his clothing, looking so delicious and so relaxed.
He hadn't been relaxed when Gabriel first arrived last night.
There had been a heaviness in the room and a heaviness on him.
There were things to discuss, and now was the time for that discussion.
He took a sip of his coffee and leaned back against the headboard, placing his arm around Ben's shoulders. "Tell me about James Fowl." He said and instantly felt Ben's entire body stiffen. His vampire started to stir, preparing to defend his beloved against whatever threat this man presented.
Ben didn't speak for a few minutes he leaned against Gabriel and took one shallow breath after another. He was preparing himself, and what he had to say was not going to please Gabriel; he could already feel it in his soul.
"James became Pack Beta after saving the Alpha's brother, Yule, two years ago. He and James were patrolling together, and Yule fell from a cliff. James scaled down and carried him to safety. It was a significant fall, and he was unconscious and bleeding. If James hadn't carried him up, he probably wouldn’t have survived.” Ben wanted Gabriel to know that the position of Beta had been a gift and not an achievement. He paused and placed his hand on Gabriel’s thigh.
Gabriel held him and waited, not interrupting.
"James had verbally made a claim for me before his promotion to Beta, but once he had the power and position, he kept putting off claiming me.
We were never intimate and shared only a few light kisses.
I thought he was sincere at first, but as time went on, he became more and more loose with his affections for others.
" Another pause. "He started frequenting the rooms of unbonded omegas, and then that grew into a hunger for a depraved kind of power and control. "
Gabriel wondered if Ben still had any feelings for this man, and as soon as the thought hit him, Ben shut it down. He turned to him with a stare that was deadly.
"I feel nothing but disgust for James Fowl.
He decided at some point that degrading and humiliating me was a fun pastime activity.
He made me go to the gala last night to watch him with his current omega mistress.
I did not have the power to refuse, so I had to stand there and watch them.
I hate his fucking guts. He won't let me go. I asked to be released many times, but he would not.”
Silence filled the room, and Gabriel wrapped both arms around Ben, pressing him to his chest and burying his face in Ben's soft hair.
Ben wasn't afraid of James, and he wasn't in love with him; the pervading emotion he felt was embarrassment.
James embarrassed him, degraded and humiliated him, and Gabriel planned to make the man pay.
"I contacted my superior and reported our bond, and Master Rose has spoken with your Alpha, so our bond is common knowledge at this point.
Ben turned and looked up at him, his eyes now hopeful.
"James knows that you are bonded and that you are now a member of the Rose Coven of Chicago.
Your pack has no claim on you, and you are no longer under their power.
James is no threat to you now or ever again. "
What he was actually saying was that James would never bother him again and Gabriel would make sure of it, but his beloved was a gentle soul and didn't need to hear the brutal realities. James Fowl’s days on this earth were now numbered.
“I’m a member of your Coven?”
"Yes, sweetheart, the bond automatically gives you that position, and there will be a formal admissions ceremony with the Master as soon as it can be arranged. For all intents and purposes, from the moment of the bond, you belong to me, and you belong to the Rose Coven.”
“Your people, your Master won’t have a problem with an omega wolf joining the coven?”
"You're my beloved, you go where I go, you live where I live, you and I are one." Gabriel was forceful and firm, and he felt Ben’s arms tighten around him.
“I don't have to go back there." He asked, his tone wavering as he dug for absolute certainty.
Gabriel kissed him repeatedly on his lips, cheeks, and jaw, sensing that he needed to soothe the omega wolf within his lover.
He wasn't familiar with wolves and omegas in particular, but he would learn.
He would learn everything about his beloved, and he would learn how to love and provide for everything he needed.
“You never have to go back there.” He stated in a firm tone.
“You are my beloved and a member of the Rose Coven the Pack has no power over you any longer.
" He heard him release a sigh of relief, and then he laughed softly.
He moved up onto Gabriel's lap and lay against his chest. Gabriel held him like this for quite some time, just reveling in the new life that Fate had gifted to him.
He buried his face in Ben's hair, breathing in the fresh, clean, beautiful scent of his lover.
"Why hasn't the Alpha dealt with James? He sounds like a liability.
" Gabriel couldn't stop thinking about what the guy had done to his beloved.
He would find James, and he would be made to regret the cruelty he had dished out to Ben Dalton.
Gabriel would burn the pack to the ground if he had to, but James Fowl would pay dearly.
“He believes he owes him . . . I guess.” That made little sense to Gabriel, but he was too filled with the alluring scent of his beloved to give it more thought.
Suddenly the depth of his anger started to ease, and his mind was filled with nothing but his beloved’s ass and where it sat eating his hard cock an inch at a time.
The tease was lowering himself so slowly it was excruciating.
He held Gabriel’s hands while circling his hips and gradually taking him inside.
Gabriel closed his eyes when the first wave of sensations swamped him, but he opened them immediately, not wanting to miss a second of the show that Ben was giving him. Ben's hard cock stood straight and bobbed, tempting Gabriel to force the release of one hand in order to satisfy.
Ben rolled his head from side to side on his shoulders and moaned as his gorgeous ass completely devoured Gabriel's cock.
Then it was time for Gabriel to moan a deep, guttural sound of pure pleasure.
"Let me have you, baby, let me have all of you," Ben whispered into Gabriel's ear and bit the lobe, tantalizing and provoking.
"I'm all yours, sweetheart, now and forever.
" That response earned him a hard wet kiss on his lips, a kiss that explored and controlled and turned Gabriel's nervous system to jelly.
He was raising and lowering himself, impaling his hole on Gabriel's cock.
He picked up speed, still holding Gabriel's hands and using that connection as support.
The friction was building and becoming torture as Gabriel fought to withstand the need to come.
He watched as his cock slid in and out of Ben’s lubricant soaked hole, and the sight was pure torment.
He had to come, and he had to have his hands on this man.
Gabriel pulled his right hand over to his mouth and kissed Ben's hand before letting go and wrapping his hand around Ben's hard, throbbing cock.
The satisfaction was instant, with Ben picking up speed and pounding his amazing ass down on Gabriel's cock.
The build was crashing, and Gabriel stroked Ben rapidly, bringing them to climax together.
Gabriel felt his breath catch in his throat as he jerked and came, releasing streams and streams of cum deep inside his beloved.
Ben gripped him tight as he too came loose and spread his seed across Gabriel's abdomen.
Gabriel drew his knees up, pinning Ben to his chest, and kissed him, pluming the very depths of that teasing little mouth.
He pushed his still semi-hard cock, going deep inside his lover. He treasured the feel of his wet heat and his velvety softness. "I'm going to stay inside you, baby; I want to stay inside you forever."
"That sounds exciting but maybe not practical." Ben grinned and then bore down, taking Gabriel even deeper. They lay still for a few minutes, calming and settling. "I think we need another shower," Ben said with a sexy giggle.
"I'm game as long as I can fuck you against the tile wall," Gabriel said with a low growl.
"You can fuck me anywhere you please, Gabriel.
I will never get enough of your touch." Gabriel got up with his cock still fully seated inside Ben's ass and carried him to the bathroom.
He was a lucky man to have been given someone like Ben.
He was a perfect match that only Fate could make because she knew what Gabriel needed, and Ben hit every one of his buttons.
***
It wasn’t long before everyone knew that Ben had left and that James had failed his chosen mate. They looked at him like some kind of loser unable to secure what was his before someone else took it. There were whispers and giggles, and James was losing his mind.
"How dare they mock him? He could destroy them all."
"You have a reputation, James, and now you have a runaway omega so naturally, people are going to talk and find humor in your situation." The gamma with the from the kitchen decided to impart his wisdom, and James was not having it.
"You've lived well off my leftovers, so watch your tongue." James shot back.
“I would have liked one of the special omegas from the second floor rather than the used up kitchen staff, but you saved them for yourself." The gamma was pushing his luck. James trained his hard gaze at the gamma, who did not back down.
"I can stop the chatter in the kitchen. I have no authority elsewhere, but I control the kitchen." James thought for a moment, considering that most of the insulting and derogatory comments and observations had come from the kitchen gossip. It was a start to shutting this down.
“Who do you want?”
“Anthony, I want Anthony.” The hunger was already showing as his wolf surged to the surface. Good, James was done with Anthony anyway and cared not if someone else found gratification in using his ass. Anthony and his greedy ass could be spent like currency. James loved the idea.
"Go to your room, and I'll send him to you." The gamma stared at him for a moment, gauging his honesty, and then a sickening smile spread across his face, and he left the room. It was easy enough to convince Anthony that he wanted to have sex in one of the basement rooms.
It was an area that was dark and private and often used for clandestine meetups.
He called it exciting and intriguing, but that poor omega had no idea what was waiting for him there.
He wondered if Anthony had ever taken a cock as large as the gammas'. Anthony was a small man, so that cock was likely to be a struggle. The thought made James smile. He wouldn’t mind watching Anthony’s ass struggle to swallow that thing.
Anthony held onto James' arm as they descended the stairs.
Once they were standing in front of the old oak door, James knocked and then opened it.
He did not enter but rather pushed Anthony roughly inside and slammed the door shut, holding it closed.
He heard the fear building, and he heard the gamma laughing, and then he heard the tearing of clothes and Anthony's gasps.
"Please, Anthony, be a good little omega and pleasure my friend; it will make me happy. It’s important that you do as I ask if you ever want to be considered for my mate.
" The cries stopped, and the harsh sounds of someone being taken roughly filled the air.
He stood there for several minutes contemplating whether he wanted to open the door and watch, but in the end decided against it. He had other business to attend to.
Things did not die down as expected, the kitchen was quieter by evening, but the rest of the house was riding him hard.
The enforcers were treating him like a joke, and even the Alpha had looked at him with a smirk.
This will not stand; he had to strike back, and the quickest and deadliest way to strike at Ben and his new mate was with a challenge.
Everyone knew that wolves were stronger than vampires all they had going for them was their use of magic.
With a challenge, it was all physical, no magic, no weapons, just brute force, and James had plenty of brute force.
He would bring the vampire to his knees and reclaim the runaway omega.
He would glory in making Ben watch him kill his new mate.
He would announce his intention immediately and put the Coven on notice.
***
“The request came through official channels," Victor stated. "It's real, ridiculous but real." He smiled at Master Callum Rose, who returned the gesture.
"Notify Gabriel." He said and then added. "This will interfere with his time of bonding with his beloved, but it will be good to get the bitter exes out of the way early." He laughed, and it was a harsh and predatory sound.
"Alpha Garmr will have the field prepared for us, and the challenge will take place this evening at midnight. I will go with him and make sure everything is handled as it should be handled." Victor explained further, but the Master turned on him abruptly.
“No, I will accompany Gabriel.” He corrected. "Whatever this is, and whatever they hope to gain by this theater, I intend to make it clear to the pack and their Alpha who they are dealing with."
“As they say, the optics of such an arrival will be spectacular.” Victor raised his glass to the Master.