by Toby Aden
“Where are my manners? Please come in. My parents await your presence.”
Turning, Radisq led the group into the great hall, announcing the presence of the visiting dignitaries. The ceremony was set to take place the next morn and his mother had been on top of every preparation necessary for the joyous occasion. Having the ruling families together for such an occasion really drove in the importance of their mating to both families, politically as well as personally.
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Radisq and Aaeren faced each other, standing before the crowd gathered to watch their mating ceremony. The priestess produced a piece of red silky sash to bind their hands together. Then, eyeing them, she silently requested their acceptance before moving on to the next stage of the ceremony. Without looking away from each other, they nodded and both offered their unbound hands to the priestess.
A sharp sting was the only indication that the priestess had cut each of their palms, which they then clasped together, ensuring their blood mingled together.
“You may repeat the vow,” the priestess announced.
“I pledge myself to thee, mate of mine. I pledge my body, my heart, and my soul throughout eternity. Soul of my soul and blood of my blood, as I bind myself to thee, so be it forevermore.” Their voices rang out harmoniously as they recited the vow together, of their own free will, binding themselves together for all of eternity.
Spoken by soulmates, the powerful ancient words worked with speed, tying them together forevermore. The moment they were done with the vow, a blinding light engulfed them, sealing them together in an unbreakable bond. The light soon dissipated, leaving the newly mated couple clasped together in a passionate embrace.
A loud cheer went up, and soon, the happy couple was surrounded by well-wishers, congratulating them on their official mating. Soon, they were swept up into the festivity, joining in drinking and dancing to celebrate the happy day. The celebration carried on well into the night with good ribbing and drinking.
Meanwhile, halfway through the meal and drinks, Aaeren noisily excused them, swinging Radisq over his shoulder as he informed them all of claiming his mate. Face heated with a serious blush, Radisq allowed himself to be carried away, amused yet somewhat embarrassed by his mate’s antics.
“Oh, put me down, you big oaf,” Radisq said in mock indignation.
Smiling devilishly, Aaeren tossed his mate unceremoniously onto the bed, grinning as he watched Radisq bounce over the mattress before settling and finally becoming still. Before Radisq could utter a word, Aaeren jumped onto the bed, landing on top of Radisq and pinning the smaller man beneath him.
Radisq grunted at the contact and pushed Aaeren off of him but was caught off-guard when Aaeren allowed himself to move but took Radisq along with him, ensuring that the smaller man sprawled all over him.
“You are quite unbelievable,” Radisq said with a grunt.
Aaeren grinned up at his mate, not saying a word.
“And most definitely drunk,” Radisq said with a huff.
“Only a tiny little,” Aaeren said with a laugh, pinching his forefinger and thumb together to demonstrate how drunk he was.
“Maybe we should wait till you sober up. After all, you did have your fair share of ale this eve,” Radisq said with a twinkle in his gaze even as he fingered Aaeren’s robe.
“Not a chance. I have been waiting for tonight for a very long time,” Aaeren growled. “I dare say I will explode out of my britches should you keep doing that.”
Radisq raised an innocent brow and then slowly rotated his hips over Aaeren’s erection, slowly grinding his hips into his mate’s. “Doing what?”
Aaeren moaned. “You little devil. You know what I am talking about.”
Radisq pushed his hand into Aaeren’s hair, pulling out the decorations that held his mate’s luscious strands in place and brushing his hand through the long strands.
“I think it is quite safe to say I am horny for my mate,” Radisq whispered in a low, sultry voice.
Aaeren nodded, his eyes dilating. “Me, too. By the gods, I want you so bad.”
“Then have me.” Radisq punctuated his words by grinding down against Aaeren’s erection, seeking friction.
“Off. I want your skin on mine,” Aaeren said gruffly, pulling Radisq’s robe away.
“I think that can be arranged.” Radisq chuckled.
Sitting up on top of Aaeren and straddling him, Radisq pulled his robe off and tossed it, uncaring, to the floor before leaning over Aaeren. “I think I find myself falling for you.”
“I am sure that ship has already sailed for me,” Aaeren said, peering at Radisq through hooded lids.
Radisq kissed the throbbing vein in Aaeren’s throat before inching lower, pressing his lips to his chest. Taking Aaeren’s face in his hand, Radisq kissed the corners of Aaeren’s lips, peppering kisses all over the other man’s face.
“You are so beautiful,” Radisq rasped, placing kisses on Aaeren’s lids and then the tip of his nose before moving lower and placing a soul-sucking kiss on Aaeren’s mouth.
Working his hand between their bodies, Radisq loosened Aaeren’s britches and pulled the offending material off to reveal Aaeren in all his glory. Radisq sat back on his hunches to admire the man splayed out for him, and a sigh of contentment released from his lips unconsciously.
The sight of Aaeren took Radisq’s breath away and his eyes soon dilated, to be filled with longing and a yearning he needed to sate.
“Touch me, Radisq. I need you to touch me,” Aaeren rasped.
Radisq placed his hand on Aaeren’s thigh and ran his hands up, stopping just at the junction of Aaeren’s impressive eight-inch cock.
“Take me in your hand,” Aaeren commanded, desperate for a touch on his throbbing, erect cock.
Tentatively, Radisq fingered the base of Aaeren’s cock and it twitched in response, leaking pre-cum. Fascinated by the reaction he got, Radisq ran his hand lightly from base to tip, scraping his short fingernail over the slit. A moan and a small spurt of pre-cum was his reward, and gaining confidence, Radisq began running his hands up and down the length, his gaze riveted to Aaeren’s cock.
“Ahh, yes!” Aaeren groaned, bucking his hips to aid the treatment of his member.
Radisq watched as beads of pre-cum leaked all over Aaeren’s cock and, curious as to the taste, he tentatively brought his mouth to the leaking cock, taking it in and swirling his tongue around it to taste. Radisq blinked in wonder at the bittersweet taste that filled his mouth, but his fascination was greater and he licked the head clean, pulling back to watch his handiwork.
“Mmm,” Radisq mumbled thoughtfully, eyeing Aaeren’s cock like dessert.
Moving back in, he licked the cock from base to tip, withdrew, and then smacked his tongue in his lips as he licked them, keeping them moist. He then pulled the cock all the way back into his mouth. Sliding his lips up and down Aaeren’s cock, he licked, sucked, and savored, encouraged by the pleasure noise his mate was making.
“Oh, yes, yes, yes. Suck me harder,” Aaeren exclaimed, punctuating his words by moving his hips and pushing his cock in and out of Radisq’s inexperienced yet enthusiastic mouth. “Touch my balls.”
With Aaeren’s hands directing his own, Radisq continued to suck as both their fingers played with Aaeren’s balls.
Soon, Aaeren was shooting his load down Radisq’s throat, pumping his hips even as his release poured out of him. Radisq’s eyes widened in surprise at the gush of cum flowing into his inexperienced mouth. A few drops dribbled down his chin even as he forced himself to swallow the flowing rush as fast as it entered his mouth.
When it finally stopped, Radisq pulled back, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand and licking his lips. “Mm. That was…tasty.” He grinned, smacking his lips together and slamming them down onto Aaeren’s in a passionate kiss.
Aaeren flipped Radisq onto his back and threw his mate’s legs over his shoulders. His tongue dipped into Radisq’s hole, thrusting gently
into the tight channel. Aaeren pushed in until his tongue finally slipped through the tight ring, penetrating Radisq. He swirled the tip of his tongue inside Radisq’s channel before proceeding to fuck his mate with his tongue while playing with Radisq’s dick.
Then, he added his finger and pushed it into Radisq’s hole, driving the younger fae crazy and ignoring his mate’s thrashing as he continued with fervor.
“Aaeren, A-Aaer…!” Radisq screamed, shuddering in ecstasy.
Radisq ran out of breath, and fingers digging into his hips brought him back to what was happening to him—at least, enough for him to suck in a ragged breath as tingles of pleasure shot through his system.
“Oh, fuck. Oh, shit, oh, God, Aaeren, Aaeren, Aaeren!” Radisq rasped, panting hard.
Aaeren fucked Radisq with his tongue and then his finger, curling it on Radisq’s prostate, and bolts of pain-tinged pleasure shot into Radisq’s head, blowing his mind away.
Absentmindedly, Aaeren reached for the bedside table, blindly fumbling around for the jar of cream he had placed there earlier in the day for this very moment. He drizzled a generous amount onto his hand, pulled his tongue out of Radisq’s channel, and began massaging it around Radisq’s hole.
Aaeren took one of Radisq’s balls into his mouth and sucked gently, then licked his way over to the other and gave it the same treatment, all the while slowly inserting his lube-covered finger into Radisq’s channel, preparing Radisq for him.
Chapter Seven
Radisq’s eyes popped open and widened as a stretching feeling seized him. Dragging his eyes down to see what stretched him, he watched with fascination as Aaeren held himself above him and slowly pushed his cock into his body.
He was so entranced by watching his asshole swallow and clench around Aaeren’s cock that the eruption of pleasure took him by surprise. Aaeren kept pushing in, stopping, pushing in, and then stopping again until Radisq got used to the feel of something foreign in his body and he was finally seated to the hilt.
“Okay, mate?”
Radisq nodded, his gaze still riveted to where they were joined together. Aaeren slowly slid completely out of Radisq, who tightened his arms around a sweaty Aaeren in protest. With a dark chuckle, Aaeren slid back into Radisq, then out to the tip, and then back in. With a hand under Radisq’s back, Aaeren pulled the smaller man toward him and raised the other man’s butt higher for his thrusts.
Taking the hint, Radisq began moving beneath Aaeren, pushing up to meet Aaeren’s snail-slow thrust, silently demanding more.
“Harder, harder.”
A dark glint visible in his gaze, Aaeren gritted, “Beg for it.”
“Please, please.”
Shallow thrusts, slow thrusts, avoiding Radisq’s hands and pinning the other man down, Aaeren demanded. “Please what?”
“Take me. Fuck me, claim me. Please, whatever you want.”
Losing control, Aaeren began to pound Radisq, giving them both what they wanted, what they needed.
“Deeper, harder. Please,” Radisq begged, meeting Aaeren’s thrusts.
Aaeren’s every thrust hit Radisq’s prostate repeatedly, harder, sending tingles of pleasure into the shuddering mess that was Radisq as he went wild beneath Aaeren, begging, whimpering, moaning, and desperate for more.
Radisq ran his hand over Aaeren’s chest, panting as Aaeren continued to pump into him unrelentingly. Fisting his hand into the flame-red hair blanketing them, Radisq brought Aaeren’s head up until their gazes interlocked and Aaeren leaned forward to take Radisq’s mouth in a bruising kiss, tongue-fucking Radisq even as his hips maintained the rhythmic movement.
Radisq could feel his heart swelling with love and awe for this beautiful creature who was his mate, and even better, he could see the same reflected in the small, bluish globes staring back at him.
“Beautiful,” Aaeren praised, holding Radisq’s face and peppering kisses all over. “Exquisite.”
Aaeren palmed Radisq’s leaking cock and began stroking, grunting as he kept pushing into Radisq.
“Mine, mine, mine,” Aaeren chanted.
“Yes, yes. All yours.”
Radisq’s body trembled. “Can’t last. Oh, oh, oh.”
Radisq screamed himself hoarse, feeling completely and totally connected to Aaeren as their souls intertwined as one. He felt so deeply connected to Aaeren that the other man seemed to fill a void in him he wasn’t even aware existed.
“Please, I have to, want to come.” Radisq’s voice deteriorated into a hoarse whisper, his gaze begging for something only Aaeren could give him.
Moving faster, Aaeren slammed into Radisq, again and again, driving Radisq to the brink. “Do it, Radisq. Come for me.”
“Aaeren!” Radisq cried as his release surged through his cock, exploding in quick, intense spurts all over Aaeren.
“Radisq!” Aaeren growled, his entire body tensing as Radisq’s hold gripped his pulsating cock so thoroughly that he saw stars behind his eyes as he came inside Radisq.
Aaeren collapsed onto Radisq, their sweat-slicked bodies sliding together in a tight embrace and their lips once more finding each other in a slow, sweet kiss. The kiss was tender, translating their unspoken feeling to each other and sealing them together in an intimate afterglow as their thundering hearts began to calm.
Aaeren pulled out of Radisq, breaking the kiss at the same time and gently pulling Radisq’s legs back down before he flopped onto the bed beside his mate.
“Let me clean us up and then we will rest,” Aaeren said with a peck to Radisq’s lips before stumbling out of the bedroom to the bathroom and returning with a washcloth. He cared for his mate, cleaning him up thoroughly, and then himself. He then tossed the cloth to the floor and crawled back into the bed, tired.
Aaeren pulled the smaller man into him until Radisq lay sprawled all over his body, nuzzling and cuddling together as Radisq dropped into sleep. Pulling the duvet over them, Aaeren sighed in contentment and joined his mate in slumber.
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Aaeren woke to a body snuggling into his. It was an unusual feeling, since he had never shared a bed with any of his past lovers. The fact that he was newly mated came back to him in a flash, sending a jolt of pleasure down his spine. Slowly, a full-blown smile crept onto his face and the event of the previous night widened that smile. His memory of deflowering his virgin mate had him feeling suddenly possessive.
His mate’s inexperience had not taken away from the pleasure both of them had given each other. Getting to know his mate over the past two weeks had had him falling, faster than ever, an emotion foreign to him yet one that felt right.
His mate’s sudden movement, which flipped the smaller man onto his back, made his chest tighten with adoration. Slowly, those lashes Aaeren was carefully touching gently fluttered open to reveal enchanting and beautiful blue-green orbs. A satisfied smile crept onto Radisq’s face, and he gently brushed Aaeren’s flame-red hair back, blinking tenderly up at the man who owned his heart.
“Good morn to you, mate of mine,” Radisq rasped, sleep still heavy in his voice.
Aaeren reached down, grabbed Radisq’s morning wood, and squeezed as he inched in for his lips. A low sound escaped Radisq’s throat, but Aaeren did not stop. Instead, he deepened the kiss. Radisq moaned and Aaeren squeezed harder, stroking him. They kissed for a long while, simply savoring each other until it turned heated and they began craving each other once more.
“Turn over. Ass up in the air,” Aaeren growled deeply.
Lips red and swollen from their kiss and panting hard for what was to come, Radisq quickly obeyed the order. He flipped onto his stomach, raising his delectable ass up even as Aaeren held his waist, positioning him as he wanted.
“What are you waiting for?” Radisq asked in a sultry voice, looking at Aaeren over his shoulder and swaying his ass from side to side.
Aaeren snapped out of his reverie at the provocative taunting, slapping his hand against the golden skin and groaning in satisfaction a
t the sudden hiss from Radisq.
“Aaeren…”
Crawling forward, Aaeren caressed Radisq’s right cheek and then dropped a kiss to soothe the sting of the palm against his mate’s naked cheek. He licked gently, inching toward that rosy bud awaiting his attention. Aaeren licked between Radisq’s crack before plunging in to that hidden bud his aching cock wanted in, too.
“Aaeren….” Radisq whined.
Aaeren continued his feasting, licking, sucking, and nibbling to his heart’s content. Aaeren reached a hand around and grabbed his lover’s dick and began stroking.
“God, I fucking love your taste.”
Aaeren flipped Radisq over, slamming his mouth onto his mate’s and kissing him passionately as he settled between Radisq’s legs. Reaching onto Radisq’s chest, Aaeren pinched one of his nipples, squeezing until it became erect. He rolled it between his fingers, delighting when Radisq arched beautifully into him.
Aaeren rotated his hips over Radisq’s, creating sweet friction between their bodies as he kept up his torture of Radisq’s nipples and mouth. Moaning, Aaeren added pressure to the nipple he was toying with before moving on to the other one.
Aaeren tore his mouth away from Radisq’s and trailed openmouthed, wet kisses down Radisq’s jaw and throat, licking, nibbling, and sucking his way down to the tiny bud he was playing with. Pulling his hand away, he sucked the nipple into his mouth, surrounding it with hot, moist heat as he licked the tiny bud.
Using his teeth, Aaeren lightly scraped against the tiny bud, just hard enough for it to turn into a pleasurable spot on his mate, who arched more into his mouth, crying out in bliss and fisting his hands in the sheets. Aaeren pulled away and gave the other nipple the same treatment, drawing more cries from his mate.
“Aaaerennn!” Radisq screamed over and over again as his mate pleasured him until his whole body was vibrating with pent-up need. “I n-need you.”
“Not until I am good and ready,” Aaeren growled, holding his thrashing mate down.