by Marcy Jacks
The next thing that happened was the way his knees came up, and how he began canting his hips forward and back at a gentle pace. He wanted to thrust harder, to fuck Edward’s mouth, but he wasn’t sure of the other man’s limits yet, and he didn’t want to make him choke or anything.
As horny as Craig was, making up for going all of his teenage years without having had sex, he was pretty sure that he didn’t want Edward choking, or those teeth of his to come down while Craig’s dick was inside of his mouth.
Then Edward did him one better and let his fingers trail down to Craig’s pucker. The man didn’t thrust them inside, but he did tease the hell out of Craig by gently circling his fingers around the muscle that was there.
Craig kept on trying to look down, to see what the other man was doing, but his stomach continued to get in the way. He couldn’t help but wonder how it was that Edward seemed to find him so sexy, sexy enough to touch and lick like this, when Craig’s stomach and ankles were so swollen.
It was still a little strange for him to think of himself as being any kind of good looking, or even masculine, when he was carrying a kid for God’s sake. Edward only had good things to say about him, though, and he was clearly very eager to touch and taste every part of Craig’s body, so maybe the whole pregnancy thing wasn’t that bad. Maybe it was even a good thing.
Thank God there was a father, though. If Edward hadn’t come up with that explanation about the conception, Craig was pretty sure he would have lost his damn mind wondering how it had happened.
“You are thinking about something else,” Edward said, and Craig looked down at the man. There was something of an offended look on his face. “Stop it.”
Craig couldn’t help but grin. “Sorry, was it that obvious that I was far away?”
“Obvious enough that I can barely keep you erect when my mouth is working so hard to please you,” Edward replied, but there wasn’t any anger in his voice, just a note of annoyance. He was acting like he was hoping for a banter to start between them.
Craig laughed, and he wanted to kiss the other man. “Am I making you grumpy?”
“Not at all,” Edward huffed, but the sourpuss expression didn’t leave his face at all.
This was familiar. It was more than just seeing those visions flash in front of his eyes. This was something that they’d done before. Craig had teased this man, this powerful man, while lying naked and exposed in bed with him.
The beds back then—for the fortunate few who could have beds—were little more than soft animal skins that were thrown over mounds of clean hay, but he had done this with him before.
How he knew that detail about the beds, he couldn’t even give himself a rational explanation for.
When he blinked his eyes and came back to the real world, it was to see the way that Edward was staring up at him.
His eyes were just a little wide, and he was looking at Craig like he expected that Craig was going to…He wasn’t sure, but there was definitely none of that insulted look that he had been sporting not too long ago.
“Craig? Are you…well?”
Craig sighed, and he looked around the room he was in, for the first time noticing how different it was from the life he’d used to have. The fact that he noticed a difference at all, and didn’t need to be told about it, was incredible.
“I’m fine,” Craig said, and he smiled down at his lover and reached his hand out to touch Edward’s face.
Edward’s eyes lit up again when Craig’s knuckles gently brushed over his teeth, and he grabbed on to Craig’s hand and kissed the back of it. Despite the pregnancy, and not really being human thing, Craig didn’t feel emasculated by the act. “There you are,” Edward said.
Chapter Ten
Edward felt a sense of completeness that hadn’t been there, even when he’d finally mated with Craig, when the man’s memories came back to him.
It felt similar to the soul bonding of two mates, just as strong, but different. They were finally together now. Really and truly together.
Edward launched himself up just as Craig reached for him, and their mouths came together in a kiss that was hard for the both of them. Craig seemed to be using all the strength he had in his body to hold on to Edward, thrusting his tongue into Edward’s mouth and licking him deep.
It was probably the sloppiest kiss of Edward’s life, but that was just the way he liked it. The sort of kiss that left him breathless and feeling well loved by the time he pulled away.
“I remember you,” Craig said, gasping each word as his heart and lungs worked with twice the effort they usually did. “Not just…it’s not that I believe you anymore, but I remember you.”
That was when Craig frowned, looked down, and reached between them. His hands cupped his stomach. “Holy shit.”
Edward was damn close to unmanning himself and crying, and he had to scrub his fists over his eyes just to keep that from happening.
“Edward? Baby, it’s okay,” Craig said.
“Baby, now is it?” Edward laughed, and he blinked more than he usually would have just to keep the worthless tears at bay. “You’ve never called me that before.”
“I…” Craig smiled and shrugged. “I guess that’s what lovers call each other here. It feels kind of natural to me now.”
“What do you remember?” Edward asked. He had to know, and he might have gripped Craig’s shoulders a little too tightly as he asked. “Tell me everything.”
“I–I don’t…It’s all coming back, but it’s still like a faraway memory, you know? Like it happened to me, but it happened years and years ago, when I was a little kid or something. Does that make sense?”
It did, and Edward understood him perfectly. Though he could not recall a childhood of his own, he still logically knew that memories faded as years passed. Some were more vivid than others, and that was likely how it was happening for Craig.
“Do you…do you recall the day…” Edward and Craig stared each other in the eyes, and Edward had to really claim his manhood for him to say his next words. “Do you recall the day you were killed?”
Craig had said he'd dreamed it, but there was no telling if he saw or felt anything specific, or if he recalled his suffering.
Craig’s face lost all color, and that was how Edward had his answer. He wrapped his arms around the other man and held him close. “It will not happen again. I promise you I will not leave your side. Not this time.”
Craig laughed, but it sounded choked and halfhearted. “You’re going to have to leave me alone eventually. I have to get back to the real world, let everyone know where I’ve been, get back to work.”
“You cannot!” Edward said, and the worst sort of fear lanced through him.
“I have to, Edward. I really do. I’m surprised we were even able to get in this place. I would’ve thought the police would’ve had it locked down or something.”
“Because you were gone for so long?” Edward asked, but he already knew the answer.
“Yeah. I don’t really have any family who would notice I was gone, but my employer would have eventually. I have enough money in my account for the payments for this place to have been coming out automatically all right, so it’s still mine at least. I bet I’m fired from my job though, which really sucks.”
“What was your job?” Edward asked. “You said florist. Is that what I think it is?”
Craig grinned at him. “If you think it means someone who makes wedding bouquets and flower arrangements, among other things, then, yeah, that’s what it means.”
Edward smiled at his lover. “You always liked nature, flowers, and the earth. I think that’s what drew me to you.”
“Because you can control those things,” Craig said, and then his eyes turned up in the way that happened when a person was thinking before coming back down to Edward. “You told me that once before.”
“I did,” Edward said. “I’m not certain exactly how things work here, but perhaps you’re right. You should let everyo
ne know you’re alive and well, as soon as possible. Answer any questions that you need to, and do it quickly before the child gets to be so big that you cannot hide it anymore.”
“I’ll tell everyone that my kidnappers were just feeding me well,” Craig joked, but his smile was short-lived.
Edward touched his mate’s face, and he pressed a kiss to the man’s soft mouth. “Whatever you want to do, I’ll follow you to the ends of the earth,” he said.
Craig smiled. “Same goes to you. This is crazy, and I promise I’m not usually this clingy, but I’d follow you, too.”
“Well,” Edward said, and he let his hands slide up and down his mate’s beautiful thighs, which were smooth with the exception of the soft hairs that were growing there. “I do not know about being clingy, but however long you wish to cling to me, that time will be welcome.”
“You’ll regret those words eventually,” Craig said with a smile, and as Edward parted his thighs, Craig’s smile became wider.
“Perhaps we can get back to the matter at hand? I would like to claim my mate,” Edward said.
“So long as you’re gentle with me,” Craig replied. “You say I’m a werewolf, but my ass needs some time to recover, I think.”
“Then allow me to kiss it better for you,” Edward said, and he caught the wide-eyed look of embarrassment that was on Craig’s face right before Edward turned the man over onto his hands and knees.
“Are you really going to…oh,” Craig said, sighing that last word just as Edward pressed his lips to the man’s tailbone and then put them up against his pucker.
It did appear well used and in need of some time to recover, as Craig had said, but there were still other ways to give pleasure, and Edward certainly wouldn’t mind it if Craig wanted to use his body for pleasure either.
Craig moaned and sighed, pushing his body back against Edward’s thrusting tongue, and he keened when Edward managed to slip his tongue all the way inside of the man’s hole.
“Th–that’s nice,” Craig moaned, and he pushed his ass back against Edward’s mouth.
Edward held on to the man’s hips while he made love to him. Each of Craig’s moans was a small victory for Edward to claim. He wanted this. He never wanted this to end, and if it was taken from him, then he was going to die.
“Oh! Fuck it,” Craig said. “Put your cock inside me. I want you to fuck me, Edward.”
Edward couldn’t help but smile, and he had to pull his tongue away from his mate’s pucker because he could no longer keep up his rhythm as he did so.
“I thought you said you would need some time to recover,” Edward teased.
“I changed my mind,” Craig said, and there was a desperation in his voice that Edward liked. “Don’t be too rough or anything, but I want it.”
Edward tilted his body just enough so that he could see the way Craig’s fists were clenching the bedsheets. He grinned and turned his mate onto his back again.
“We’ll be doing something a tad different this time.”
“How different?” Craig asked. His body was still twitching with pleasure that was rushing through him. His cock was dark and standing up, his pre-cum soaking the head.
It was enough to make Edward think that all he had to do was blow on it and his mate would reach the pinnacle.
“Mostly the same, to be honest,” Edward said. “Just with a role reversal.”
“Role…?” Craig trailed off, but then a light seemed to go off behind those perfect eyes of his. “Are you serious?”
Edward reached for the bottle of oil they’d been using. The lube. “Why would I not be serious?” he asked.
“I…I don’t know, you just seem like the kind of guy who would strictly be a top,” Craig said.
“I am only what I need to be to please my mate,” Edward said.
Craig blushed at that, and Edward wanted to kiss him.
He was going to have a lot of that once his mate was inside of him. “You said you needed time to recover, yes? Well I would like to bond with my mate. This gives us both what we want? Yes?”
Craig smiled up at him. “I love the way you talk. And yes, it does.”
“Good,” Edward said. “I was beginning to worry there.”
Craig laughed at him, and Edward got up onto his knees, reached behind himself, and pushed his lubed fingers inside of his asshole.
It was a little more shocking than he thought it would be. He wasn’t expecting that, but the way that Craig pushed his hands up and down Edward’s thighs, comforting him, helped a great deal. “You all right?” he asked.
“Yes,” Edward said through his teeth. “I know we’ve done this before, but not since that time all those years ago. It feels new all over again.”
“If it hurts too much then you can be inside me again. I don’t mind so long as you go slow,” Craig offered.
Edward smiled down at him. “I know, after putting my tongue in there, you could probably handle a little bit of slow loving, and that sounds nice, but we can still have slow like this,” he said. “I want to feel you in there anyway.”
Craig’s eyes darkened with lust, but the motion of his hands on Edward’s thighs did not stop. “Okay,” Craig said.
Edward continued to prepare himself. His mate was an omega, but he was well endowed, and he knew he was going to need the time to be ready.
Thankfully, he was an alpha. He was accustomed to pain as well as adjusting to it, and this was not going to be any different.
His impatience could be rewarded, and he pulled his fingers out of himself when he decided he was ready, and then added some more lube to his hand and stroked Craig’s firm cock with it from the swollen root to the dark tip.
Craig hissed in a breath, and his head fell back as he closed his eyes and moaned softly, but he didn’t come. “You’re doing well, holding yourself back like that.”
“Won’t last long once you’re riding me, though. Just to warn you,” Craig said.
That was perfectly fine with Edward. He wanted to come and he wanted it now at any rate.
Edward pushed himself up and pressed a kiss to his mate’s mouth. He positioned his knees on either side of Craig’s hips before reaching down and finding the man’s cock.
Craig was already gripping it tight, in an effort to keep from coming too soon as well, and Edward had to grab on to his hand and point the man’s dick where it needed to go.
“Are you ready for this?” Edward asked.
“Too ready. You wait any longer and this won’t be happening.”
Edward grinned, and this time he kissed the side of Craig’s nose before pushing his ass down. The blunt head of his mate’s cock against his stretched pucker was a bit of a shock. So many years since he’d felt it…Edward had almost forgotten the sensations he was going to experience.
Craig sucked in a breath through his teeth, and Edward continued to push his hips down, until the fat head popped through the ring of muscle of his entrance.
Edward sighed. “That’s what I want,” he said, and the rest was easier as his body adjusted as he went.
Craig’s fingernails began pushing into the flesh of Edward’s thighs, and even he had to admit that hurt. He gently reached down and removed them, noting the bit of blood that came from his nails where Edward’s skin ha broken.
Craig’s nails were claws again.
“Sorry. I didn’t mean—”
“Shh, love,” Edward said, and now he was fully seated on his mate’s cock. “That’s a good thing. Don’t you worry yourself. It means that your old abilities are coming back.”
“Will I turn into a wolf?” Craig asked.
“Not while pregnant, no,” he said. “But it seems you can still form claws with your hands. Your healing abilities will also be coming back.”
Craig grinned up at him. “So you can have sex with me a lot more, right?”
“Exactly,” Edward said, and he pushed himself up on his knees just a little before slowly sinking back down. The head
of Craig’s cock had already found his sweet spot. Edward didn’t even need to touch his own dick to feel pleasure. “And when your stamina catches up as well, you will want me as much as I want you.”
Craig groaned when Edward moved again. His hands were back on Edward’s hips, but he was controlling himself better, and he wasn’t pressing his fingernails into Edward’s skin. “Considering how much we’ve had sex today, I don’t think that’ll be a problem,” he replied.
That was true. Edward chuckled as he leaned down to kiss his mate. It was slow and steady, just the way Craig wanted it, and Edward had to admit, there was something nice in the way his pleasure was building like it was. Each downward thrust that pushed the head of Craig’s cock against Edward’s prostate seemed to be that much more pleasurable than it would have been had they just been enjoying a quick romp together.
It was exactly how they’d used to enjoy each other, and there was nothing that Edward wouldn’t do to keep this going for as long as possible.
The front door of the house burst open. Edward could hear the door splintering under the force of whatever weight had destroyed it. He barely had time to pull himself off of Craig before the door to their bedroom was in a similar state, and the two hunters that had captured Craig, the ones that had survived Edward’s attack, rushed through the door, weapons drawn.
Craig was pulling the covers over his body, but Edward stood naked where he was, keeping himself between these men and his mate.
“See? I told you they’d be here,” said one of the hunters with a freshly scarred face.
Chapter Eleven
Craig could hardly watch as his mate charged at the two hunters with an angry roar. His claws were out, and his body was glowing with the green fire of his wolf, but then a loud gunshot from a double barrel shotgun went off, and Craig heard loud screaming as he rushed from the bed to be at Edward’s side.
Right where he’d fallen in a bloody mess on the floor.
It took him a second to realize that the panicking, animalistic sound was coming from him as he touched his mate’s face and hair through the blood.