His spine arched so fast he worried he would snap it. Bear!
“Mm-hmm. Love how you taste.”
Please. So good. I feel you everywhere. Please.
Yes. Soon. Nathan got him open, got him good and wet, making him crazy. Then Nathan lifted him again, turning him and pushing him down so his ass hit that sweet dick.
His eyes rolled back, and he nodded, bearing down and taking that thick cock in. The burn was sweet, and his toes curled.
“Oh, Halian.” Nathan’s voice was a bass bear rumble.
“Yours. Yours, bear.” He met Nathan’s gaze. “You licked me.”
“I did. Now you’re mine.” Nathan laughed, making him chuckle.
He leaned down, licking a long line along Nathan’s collarbone. “Ditto.”
“Like a turkey sandwich.” They laughed together, which moved Nathan’s cock inside him.
His laughter died, replaced with a soft moan. His body was lit up. Nathan filled him up in more ways than one now, stretching him to the edge of too much. He loved it. Every second of it.
He clenched, feeling every inch of Nathan’s cock inside him.
“Uhn.” Nathan arched, lifting him up, and he thought they might never come apart now. That was okay. He could feel this forever.
“Forever,” Nathan agreed, pulling him down with one hand.
“Always. Bear, I love you!” He gasped, lightning shooting through him.
“Yes. Yes, love.” Nathan grabbed his cock, which was bouncing as he rode, stroking it.
“Harder.” He needed a firm hand.
“Anything you want, sweet. Anything.” Nathan gave him harder, more, deeper.
He groaned as Nathan drove into him, filling him to the brim.
They panted, rocking together, the freedom to make his own rules almost a giddy thing.
“Our own pack, little wolf. No one will ever be allowed to treat you badly again.” His bear’s words were pure growl.
“No. Not even me.” Halian laughed, bouncing, so close.
“That’s right, mate. Not even you.” Nathan held his gaze, and he fell into the dark, sure eyes.
They slammed together, and Nathan’s eyes flew open wide, his lover coming deep inside him. Heat flooded him, and when Nathan stroked him again, he shot hard enough that his eyes rolled back in his head.
Nathan lay there, panting. Then he started laughing.
It took a bit before he had the breath and good sense to ask, “What’s funny, bear?”
“Nothing. I’m just so happy I can’t contain it.”
Oh. Oh, that was good. He rested down on his bear, his eyelids going heavy. “I love you too.”
“Now, this time we wake up together, right? Or you wake me up if you get bored?”
“We wake up together. Please. I want to hold you.” He felt like he could rest. Finally.
“Then we can stay right here.” Nathan enveloped him in a hug, which was the thing his bear did best.
He pulled the comforter over them, snuggling right in. “Here is the best place, bear. Here is our den.”
“Ours. I can’t wait to share everything with you.”
“Me too. I’m going to love you so good.” The steady beat of Nathan’s heart was hypnotic.
“Thank you, sweet. Thank you for crossing over to find me.” Nathan hugged him closer, until he thought they could become one.
“Thank you for believing in me. I needed you.” His world was growing, even as it shrunk to his lover’s arms.
“I will always believe in you, sweet. Always.” Nathan kissed his cheek. “Now, I think we were napping.”
“Mm-hmm.” Napping. He was all over that.
And when he woke up and needed to work off nervous energy? He could think of something way better than cleaning to do.
Epilogue
Nathan put the finishing touches on the roast, making sure the platter had potatoes and carrots artfully arranged. He had roast, salad for Martin, rolls, gravy, and a big blueberry pie.
He looked at Halian. “Are you ready to entertain our friends, love?”
“I am. I lit the candles and brushed the snow off the porch.” His little wolf was fascinated by the snow and would play in it for hours while Nathan napped.
“You’re amazing.” Nathan reeled Halian in for a kiss. “Has anyone heard from Liam?”
Halian shook his head. “His house is empty. There’s nothing but furniture and dust.”
“Damn.” Nathan missed his grumpy kitty friend so much. He’d run off after bringing Halian back, and no one had seen him, not even Kell.
Halian nodded, but didn’t apologize this time. They’d talked this to death, and Nathan didn’t want his mate being sorry for things he hadn’t done.
Liam’s guilt was no one’s fault, not even Liam’s. It had all been a misunderstanding.
A knock sounded before his sister breezed in, the air around her scented of cinnamon and vanilla icing. “I brought cinnamon rolls!”
“Angela! I made you an afghan!” Halian was proving to be quite the little fiber artist—crocheting, knitting. Nathan was going to get his wolf a loom for Yule and let him go wild.
“Did you?” Angela let him take the pan of rolls, then went to look. “Oh, Hali! It’s perfect! So pretty.”
Halian beamed, his lovely mate coming into his own.
“I hoped you would like it.”
Angie hugged him. “I do! Thank you.”
Halian kissed her cheek. “Let me hang up your coat.”
She nodded, then came back to Nathan for a bone-crunching hug. “Cold out there.”
“It is. How are you?” He hugged back, so happy to see her. They weren’t strangers, by any means, but he’d been busy with his mate, and they slept a lot.
“Good! Good. The shop does better when it’s chilly.”
“I don’t doubt it. Halian wants to come down next week and have a white chocolate mocha. He says you make the best ones.”
“I do.” She winked. “Smells so good in here.”
“Hello!” Another knock came, Mai and Ash tumbling in.
“It’s snowing!” Ash laughed and shook the snowflakes from his wild hair. “Happy day, my friends. I brought candy!”
“What kind of candy?” Halian asked.
“Lemon hard candy and a peanut butter fudge. The fudge is like heaven.” Ash handed the sweets to Halian and came to get a hug. “Hello, bear!”
“Hello, friend Ash.” He lifted Ash off his feet. “How are you?”
“Good. I’ve been working on our house. It needed to stop being cold.”
“Is it better?” Ash was not a fan of the snow like his Hali.
“Yes. I fixed it, and we’re cozy as bugs in a rug. Hali? Your blankets helped so much.”
“Oh, good! I’m so glad.” Hali bounced around to hug Mai, then Ash.
Nathan couldn’t stop smiling. He simply couldn’t. His world was full, rich, and his mate was becoming everything.
Everything.
“Is Kell coming?” Mai asked quietly.
“He said he was.” Nathan shrugged. “Some days he’s happier.”
“Do we know anything? Ash says he never saw a single trace of Liam on the river.”
“No. I think he crossed over, forced himself through the veil.” Poor Liam. Nathan hoped his friend found his way home soon. If Mother Owl was right, soon he wouldn’t be able to come home.
“I brought greens!” Martin came in carrying a covered casserole.
“I made a salad.” Hali went to rub cheeks with their resident marmot. “And Nathan cooked some carrots and celery separately.”
“Mmm. Thank you.” Martin beamed. “I found you more wool, Hali. I brought you a big bag full.”
“Thank you, friend. I’m looking forward to a long winter making things.”
“We all love your blankets.” Martin clicked his teeth. “So, what are we watching tonight?”
They would all pile on the big sectional and watch a movie.
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“We’re watching the Jumanji movies.” Nathan grinned and winked. “We decided that would make us all happy.”
Martin clapped hands. “Oh, yes.”
The final knock came, and they all looked at each other, breathing a collective sigh of relief. Halian answered the door, Kell there with a large bundle in his hands.
“Hello, friend. May I come in?”
“Always. You’re always welcome.”
“Thank you for inviting me.”
Halian let Kell in, and he came right to Nathan. “Can I leave these things with you, Nathan?”
“Leave? Where are you going?”
Kell met his gaze, dark eyes sad. “I need to find Liam.”
“But….” What was he supposed to say? No? Nathan knew better. Kell and Liam were as much a pair as he and Halian were, if vastly more star-crossed.
“Please? This is all I want to really keep. I rented out my nest.”
“Anything. Anything, just promise you’ll bring him home when you find him.”
“I will. Have fun, hmm?”
“Take some food with you.” Halian came to Kell to kiss both his cheeks.
“No, I’ll travel light.”
“We’ll miss you.” He waved, shivering as Kell shifted and left without another word.
Everyone was silent for a long moment. Then they all headed to the kitchen. Nathan poured drinks, and they all toasted their friends. “To Liam and Kell.”
Halian lifted his glass. “To love and forever.”
“To forever,” he agreed. Nathan knew he’d found it. Now he hoped all his friends ended up so lucky.
Halian kissed his cheek. “Come on, mate. Let’s eat. We’ll celebrate them when they get home.”
“We will. Until then, let’s celebrate us, huh?”
“Yes, mate. Every day.”
He took Halian’s hand, happiness filling his whole self. His mate. He could have chased the moon forever and not found this.
Good thing Halian had come home to him.
End
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