***Jeremy tore out of the parking lot at breakneck speed. If Ryan shifted, it wouldn’t harm him much as his injury had already started healing. What Jeremy wanted to prevent was Ryan shifting in the full glare of all those people. Wolves were used to seeing each other’s nakedness so it wouldn’t be a big deal. But Jeremy just knew Ryan would hate for anyone to see him naked. He clearly remembered how quickly Ryan had pulled on his jeans after he’d shifted back into human in the cage. Jeremy also remembered the panic in Ryan’s eyes when he’d noticed his eyes on his dicks earlier that evening. Jeremy vowed to himself at that instant to ensure that Ryan became proud of his special nature. But for now, his main aim was to protect his mate’s sensibilities.Jeremy burst into Ryan’s private room in the hospital and growled when he saw Philip soothingly stroking the beautiful white wolf…his mate. Philip instantly jumped off to the side of the bed and raised his hand in an act of peace. The nu
***For the life of him Ryan didn’t understand the sudden pity he felt for Jeremy. Jeremy was a monster and didn’t deserve anyone’s pity or sympathy, Ryan thought angry with himself. But he found himself giving Jeremy a slight nod to proceed. With a deep sigh, he relaxed against the headboard and closed his eyes. Jeremy murmured his thanks and then proceeded to thoroughly wash Ryan clean. By the time he was done, Ryan felt so refreshed. Jeremy dressed Ryan in white cargo shorts and a white t-shirt. He had to suppress his smile as he looked at his mate. With his white hair, Jeremy thought Ryan looked beautiful and angelic. But he also noticed the discomfort on Ryan’s face.“What is it?” Jeremy asked softly. “Is it your leg?”Ryan couldn’t help the blush that stained his cheeks. He cleared his throat and looked anywhere but at Jeremy. “I need boxer briefs, please. It’s err…uncomfortable to…”“I’ll let Philip bring one now,” Jeremy said. “I thought you would rather feel freer without one
***Ryan had never felt anything so intense. He felt Jeremy’s lips against his temple, kissing him tenderly and felt his eyes water. He wasn’t sure why Jeremy was being so tender with him…almost loving. But he wasn’t in the right frame of mind at that particular moment to dwell on it. He’d never dreamt he would ever feel another person’s hands on him. Ever. Before Ryan could check himself, he was blurting out his thanks.Jeremy tightened his hold on his mate when he heard the softly spoken word. Though he knew he didn’t deserve that word from Ryan, a sweet feeling burst forth within him, melting him, spreading to even his toes and causing them to curl inside his boots. There was no person as sweet and adorable as his mate in the entire world he was sure. The man awakened something within him…something more than what a mate was supposed to rouse…something he didn’t understand. Jeremy wasn’t surprised Ryan had picked up on it. It scared the shit out of him. He continued to slowly stroke
***Jeremy shook as he buried his head in his mother’s lap. He wasn’t crying, which his mother seemed to be grateful for, but he might as well have. Immediately after he left the hospital and a mate who hated him, he’d shifted and gone for a long run till noon. Jeremy finally found himself in his mother’s quarters still in his wolf form. He was tired and ached all over but it was nothing compared to the ache within. When he spotted his mother sitting on her patio reading, Jeremy had gone to her, knelt at her feet, and laid his head in her lap. She’d said nothing but stroked his head, sensing the struggle going on inside her son and somehow knowing…as only a mother could…that her son dreaded telling her whatever the problem was.“It’s okay darling.” Gloria Stanton cooed. “You can tell Mama everything.” She soothed.And when Jeremy shifted back after a while, his head remained in his mother’s lap. Even when he felt his mother covering him with a cloth, he didn’t move. He remained where
***Ryan looked up when he heard a small knock on his door in the hospital. “Enter.” He called out and watched as the door opened to reveal a beautiful black woman who looked to be in her late fifties but could easily have passed for a thirty-year-old.For a woman, she was tall. She had really long black hair with flecks of silver, which fell past her shoulder. In white slacks and a sexy grey peplum top, she looked simply elegant and classy. She was beautiful.“Hi there.” She gave the most brilliant smile and Ryan found himself smiling back.“Hi.” He sat up against the headboard and watched Miss Elegant approach.“I’m Gloria,” Gloria said, placing the basket in her hand on the table in the room. “And I know you’re Ryan.” She went to stand beside Ryan, who was still smiling like a simpleton. “May I?” Gloria spread her arms and waited till a surprised Ryan leaned forward. Then she hugged the shit out of him. “I’m so, so happy to see you.” She whispered. Even when they pulled out of each
***Ryan looked up at the elegant woman and gave her a grateful smile. “That would be great. Thanks.”Gloria nodded as she dialed a number. “Philip, how are you? Great. Could you please get Ryan an i-pad immediately? He needs to inform his school that he’s indisposed.” She went quiet for a moment, obviously listening to whatever Philip was telling her. “That won’t be a problem Philip. I’ll be waiting in his room. Thanks.” She hung up and turned to look at Ryan. “Done.”“Thank you.”“He was worried you would probably send a mail to the police or something like that. But I told him that wasn’t going to be a problem. I hope I’m right Ryan.” Gloria watched the beautiful man.“And what exactly would I tell them?” Ryan raised an eyebrow. “That someone bit me and now I’m a wolf? Or that I’ve been raped? Your son threatened, whilst raping me that he was going to make me shift immediately after he was done so that I could heal. He said that healing would enable him inflict the same pain the ne
***By the sixth day, Ryan was going out of his mind. He wanted to see Jeremy. Ryan didn’t understand why he wasn’t coming to see him anymore. After that first day in the hospital, Jeremy had disappeared into thin air. The only people who came to visit him were Gloria, Philip, his dad who was a really nice man, and the guy who had captured him that first night in the woods, Stan. He’d apologized profusely on his first visit for not believing him that night and asked for forgiveness.Ryan had forgiven him because, besides the fact that the man looked extremely regretful, he was crazily funny and made Ryan laugh. Though he’d wondered what had happened to Jeremy, Ryan had never asked of him from anyone…he couldn’t. In a way he knew he’d driven Jeremy away from him with those last words. But he hadn’t envisaged Jeremy not coming back to see him. He would die before admitting it to anyone but…it hurt that Jeremy hadn’t been to see him.“Are you okay?” Gloria asked softly. They were sitting
***Jeremy froze. That was a new one. If he still hated him so much, why did he ask for him? “Okay. Why did you want to see me, Ryan?”“I don’t know why. I just needed to. Why haven’t you been to see me?” Ryan was shaking so badly. He really didn’t know why.Jeremy shrugged. “You made it very clear that you didn’t want me around you. I was only trying to respect your wishes.”“It’s been ten days. You…” Ryan pushed his hands into his back pocket as if to hide the fact that they were shaking. “You didn’t want to see me.” It wasn’t a question.Jeremy slowly shook his head. “I came here every night to watch you sleep, with the exception of last night.” He said softly. He would have probably gone insane by then if not for those few stolen minutes. “You, on the other hand, were obviously too angry to want to see me.” Jeremy didn’t want to add the fact that he was crushed. But he was.Ryan removed his hands from his pocket and folded them across his chest. Then he unfolded them and clenched
***Ryan’s eyes went to the clock on the wall immediately his eyes opened. It was already past noon. He noticed immediately how different he felt. His senses were heightened…sharper. Although he was lying down, he felt energized. He felt as if he could do anything. For a moment he closed his eyes, allowing the energy to flow through him. Ryan couldn’t help but wonder where all that vitality was coming from. When he opened his eyes again, he looked down to see what was causing the slight weight on his stomach. A smile lit up his face when his eyes met the beautiful blue ones of his mate. They were slightly reddened but the blue still stood out.Ryan didn’t have to be a genius to know the cause of his mate’s reddened eyes. Hell, he could feel the wetness on his stomach where Jeremy’s head lay. He’d pushed Ryan’s t-shirt up to enable him have contact with the flesh. He was no longer naked as he’d been in his Ojah state, earlier. He’d pulled on black sweats and a black t-shirt. Jeremy loo
***“Too much emotion can bring a warrior to his knees. What Jeremy felt when he felt the presence of that baby…I’ve never felt before.” He rasped. “That intense, unconditional love… It was shocking, it was unexpected, it was overwhelming, and it reduced him to a position of complete submission. If he gets the slightest feeling that you don’t want the baby, it will destroy him. So I ask again; don’t you want the baby?”The relief that washed over Ryan was instant. He’d heard all that he needed to. “I want it.” And Ryan realized he’d meant nothing more. That baby growing inside him was part of him and he loved it already.“Good.” The Ojah looked relieved.“So he’s okay with it?” Ryan asked in a small shaky voice. “He’s not freaked out by my abnormality?”“Your…” The Ojah growled low in his throat. “You really need to stop thinking that way about yourself. Remember that very first hand-job he gave you? In the hospital, after I’d…” He trailed off. At Ryan’s nod, he continued. “Did you se
***Alpha Jeremy Stanton shot out of bed. He turned his head to make sure that his mate was beside him in bed. Ryan was sleeping peacefully on his back with his face turned towards Jeremy. The alpha got out of the bed but didn’t move away from it. Something had woken him up. Better still, someone had. Someone was in the room with them. But who would risk being caught snooping in none other’s room than his, Jeremy wondered. He could hear a heartbeat besides that of his mate. It was faint but it was there. Apart from the heartbeat, he could smell whoever it was. It was a sweet scent, almost like Ryan’s. Maybe whoever was in the room with them wasn’t a threat. But what did the person want in the first place?Jeremy moved away from the bed but stopped when he noticed that the further he moved away from the bed, the fainter the heartbeat got. He crouched down and looked under the bed but there was no one there. He looked down at Ryan’s face, angelic in repose, and listened to his heartbeat
***“Get the fuck out of here, Stan,” Jeremy said lazily as his fingertips tenderly stroked Ryan’s, cheeks and jawline. “Better now?” Jeremy’s voice dropped to the sexy bass rumble that never ceased to melt Ryan.He nodded. “I needed that.”“I know.” Jeremy’s eyes shone with so much love.“Can you unfreeze these old folks now?” Stan stood staring at the monitor, his hands on his lean hips. “Damn, this is one interesting read.” He muttered. “Even to my unprofessional eyes.”Jeremy laughed when Ryan buried his face against his neck with a groan. Now that he was down from his high, he was suddenly mortified he’d acted so shamelessly.“You can always freeze his arse, you know.” Jeremy drawled.“Oh hell, no,” Stan growled, making a dash for the door. That got him raucous laughter from both Jeremy and Ryan.The satiated couple got themselves presentable after Jeremy cleaned them with his boxers. Then they got back into the position they’d been in before Ryan froze the three. Unlike before,
***“Okay, that’s it,” Ryan growled. “I need to… Call him Deloris.” He swung his feet off the bed and sat up. The monitor went crazy.“Alpha Ryan, please.” Dr. Sanders quickly attached one of the electrodes that had fallen off Ryan’s chest.“Ryan you have to fight it.” Deloris ran her hands through the hair of the agitated werewolf.“I can’t anymore.” He grunted. “I don’t want to. It’s becoming too painful to ignore. Please, Deloris. I need him.”Deloris turned to look at Mama Cora with desperate eyes. They had been in the room for a little over an hour. Between Deloris and Mama Cora, they’d had to constantly calm Ryan down. Unfortunately, their spells were no longer working on the nerves of the alpha’s mate. Dr. Sanders claimed he needed just about forty-five minutes more to complete the whole test.“Call him.” Mama Cora said quietly. They could all see how aroused Ryan was. No one could miss that obscenely blatant bulge in his shorts. “Maybe he can calm him down enough for us to con
***Ryan heard them before they entered the Villa. He heard Deloris’ laughter and wanted to go meet her but didn’t want a repeat of what had transpired with Stan so he stayed put. When the door eventually swung open, Jeremy entered first, followed by Deloris, and then the rest. Ryan simply stared from his perch on the windowsill. He noticed that Dr. Sanders sniffed the air tentatively before stepping fully inside.“Ryan…” The Deloris opened her arms with a delighted grin. “Come here, baby. We won’t bite.”“Speak for yourself.” Stan drawled, earning himself an elbow from Jeremy. “Ouch.” But he didn’t even flinch. His amused gaze remained on Ryan.“You must be enjoying it here.” Deloris drew a grinning Ryan into a warm motherly hug. “You look great.”“I’m enjoying it very much.” Ryan sighed, hugging her back. “I’ve missed you.”“Same darling. Same.” She gushed. “Everyone says hi. Your mother says to tell you she’s missed you and needs to hear your voice more.” Deloris added with a frown
***“He’s a man, Stanley.” Mama Cora said with an incredulous look. “That’s the most ridiculous analogy ever.”“Just saying,” Stan murmured with a shrug.“Actually, I’ve thought of it.” Dr. Sanders muttered.“Me too,” Jeremy grumbled. “I mean there was what happened with Nash. Then the guys on the Island. Then the alphas…”“The alphas?” Both Stan and Deloris asked with a shocked look.“Uh-huh.” Jeremy nodded. “That day we went to meet the alphas…they were all drawn to Ryan. Wanted to be around him…talk to him… It was almost as if there was a force that was…”“How many days ago was that?” Dr. Sanders asked with a frown.“Six days ago,” Jeremy answered.“Any peculiar irresistible scent…odour?”“Yes actually.” Jeremy groaned. “All I need to do is get a whiff of that mouthwatering scent. Then I’m ready to go no matter the time or place or how exhausted I am.”“Can you remember when you started smelling it?” The doctor pulled out a tablet from his bag and began to scribble away.Dr. Sander
***Jeremy smirked as he watched the chopper land in the clearing. Trust Stan to go for the chopper he thought, amused. Ryan was still asleep after keeping him awake throughout the night. He hoped the three experts who were getting out of the chopper would help him understand what was happening with his mate.“What the fuck happened to you?” Stan shouted with a concerned look as he jumped out of the chopper whose blades were still whirling.“What do you mean what happened to me?” Jeremy frowned with confusion.“You look sick, man,” Stan stated bluntly as he strolled towards Jeremy. “You look like you haven’t had any food or any sleep in weeks. What the fuck is going on?” He asked, giving Jeremy a one-armed hug.“I feel fine, asshole.” Jeremy growled, extending his hand to shake Dr. Sanders’. “How are you doc?” He smiled at the head physician of Stanwood pack.“I’m good, Alpha.” The elderly doctor responded, observing Jeremy warily.“See the way he’s looking at you?” Stan rasped. “You
***“Please, Jer.” Ryan whimpered, feeling his whole body tremble with aftershocks. Even those were intense. “No more…”“One more,” Jeremy murmured as he leaned down to lick Ryan’s wound close. “I want you to come one more time.” He took Ryan’s lips again in a tender kiss. Then he raised his head to look down into Ryan’s pleasure-ravaged face. Damn, he loved watching Ryan lose it. “Wrap your legs around me, baby.” The alpha of alphas’ voice oozed so much sexiness Ryan moaned and did as instructed, giving himself over to the pleasure that he was already feeling along his spine.This time, Jeremy made mad, slow, passionate, sweet love to his mate. He expertly stroked his cock inside him, rubbing over and over that tender bundle of nerves that pulsed with so much sensation Ryan drooled. They moved in unison, so in tune with each other’s needs. Each gave exactly what the other craved. They were totally in sync with each other, making their love-making intense, erotic, and breathtakingly s