Chasing Seth

by Loveless, J. R.

  The slightest touch of Kasey’s incredible, hot, wet mouth would send him over the edge. That was all he needed, but Kasey continued to tongue his balls and lave the area just underneath them, above his twitching hole. The teasing slick muscle crept closer to his ass, leaving a wet trail that sent a shiver down his spine when the breath from Kasey’s nose wafted over it. The first tentative touch of the slick organ wrenched a loud keening sound from Seth, who tilted his hips and spread his thighs even farther apart.

  Kasey licked at the soft, puckered flesh leisurely, not caring that he was driving Seth absolutely fucking insane. Seth’s body glistened with sweat as he tossed among the sheets, writhing in the ecstasy of Kasey’s mouth on him. When Kasey suddenly thrust his tongue into his hole, Seth growled, “If you don’t let me come soon, I’m going to kick your ass.”

  Laughing softly, Kasey looked up at his mate, a merry twinkle in his eyes. “That right, pup?”

  “Yes,” Seth whined before his voice softened. “Please, Kasey. Let me come.”

  “Since you asked nicely….” Kasey trailed off as he engulfed Seth inside his mouth again. Just a few suckles sent Seth careening over the edge with a loud cry while he frantically clutched at Kasey’s dark head. Stars exploded behind his eyelids and blood roared in his ears as his body trembled through the most mind-blowing orgasm he’d ever had.

  Greedily drinking down the bitter, salty come, Kasey hummed in satisfaction at his mate’s taste. Nothing could be more intimate for him than giving his lover such ecstasy. It brought his mate just a little bit closer to him. He lapped at Seth until he’d completely softened. It was only then that he released him from his mouth. Kasey licked his lips, grinning widely. “That was fun.”

  Weak and dazed, Seth could do nothing but glare without heat at his mate. “Fun? God, it feels like my balls turned inside out.”

  Another husky laugh rumbled in Kasey’s chest as he rose up over his pup. His tanned face showed true affection and happiness in the moment. Lying there in his mate’s arms, Kasey could forget all of their other troubles and the uncertainties waiting for them outside the bedroom. Nuzzling at Seth’s neck, he murmured, “I hope they turn right side out again soon, because I’m still horny, pup.” He ground his stiff prick into Seth’s soft belly.

  Wanting to get some of his own back, Seth heaved a dramatic sigh. “Sorry, Sheriff, but I’m all worn out. You’ll just have to go jerk off somewhere.”

  Kasey bit down on Seth’s shoulder, just enough to mar his skin, in retribution, and thrust against Seth again. “So you take your pleasure and that’s it, pup? Didn’t know my mate was such a cocktease.”

  Seth grinned into the darkness that had swallowed them up in the time Kasey had been sucking him off. “Cocktease is such a harsh word, Sheriff. I prefer to think of it as keeping you on the edge of your seat.”

  Joy tingled through Kasey at the easy bantering. It felt good to hear the smile in Seth’s voice and know he’d caused it. He smiled between the light kisses he pressed intermittently along Seth’s collarbone and throat. “You certainly manage to do that, babe,” Kasey said gruffly, hiding the depth of love in his voice behind a rough tone.

  Lightly scratching his nails down Kasey’s spine and enjoying the fine trembles it sent through the big Cheyenne, Seth wrapped his tired limbs around the large, warm body and whispered into his ear, “So are you going to fuck me or not, Sheriff?”

  Groaning loudly, Kasey plundered Seth’s mouth as he lined the head of his hard flesh up with the tight opening his tongue had slickened just enough to ease the way. The tip pushed past the clenching muscles, and he grunted at the way Seth’s ass clamped down on him. “God, you feel good, pup,” he wheezed out, his hands soothing over the pale vet’s body in an affectionate caress.

  The feel of Kasey inside him was so fucking amazing. Seth reached down and gripped Kasey’s firm bottom, pulling him all the way inside. A small whimper left his lips as the man stretched him wide. Then Kasey retreated, pulling his engorged cock almost all the way out before slamming back home with a hard shove of his hips. Those same words were on Seth’s lips, but Kasey knocked the breath straight from his lungs on that deep plunge into his body, and he could do no more than gasp beneath him.

  “Does it feel good, Seth?”

  He barely heard the words as he held onto Kasey to keep from flying apart. A mere grunt of agreement was all he could manage before his breath became stolen anew.

  It felt as though Kasey were buried in a furnace with how hot Seth’s body felt wrapped around him. He slowly pushed in and out of his mate, savoring the connection, however brief it might be. He feared once his pup’s itch had been scratched, so to speak, he’d revert back to the prickly veterinarian Kasey had met that first night. His lips reverently trailed over the slender bones of Seth’s jawline and over the lids closed in pleasure. Maybe he was being selfish, but now that his mate lay in his arms, he didn’t ever want to let him go. When they’d resolved Seth’s situation, he wasn’t sure he’d have the strength not to cage him like the Triad had in order to keep him. Tears stung the backs of his eyes, and he could smell the salt burning in his nose. To keep from showing his weakness to the younger wolf, he pressed his face into the side of Seth’s neck and held on for dear life.

  At first, Seth was too far gone with how Kasey felt moving inside him to notice the man’s distress. He could feel every ridge and bump of the hard cock. It quivered hotly, readying itself to flood his body with its seed, and the heat generated felt so intense he could almost swear it burned the flesh lining his channel. A warm wetness on his neck drew his attention to Kasey’s anguish. He made a sound of surprise and ran his hands down the broad, rippling back soothingly. “Kasey?” he questioned breathlessly.

  Kasey didn’t respond, merely shuddering and panting as his balls tightened closer to his body in preparation to unload inside his mate. Fire tingled in his lower back, and he gave a hoarse cry as his shaft pulsed and sprayed his hot semen deep into Seth, claiming him all over again. He collapsed boneless atop Seth, still trying to stem the tears seeping from beneath his closed lids.

  “What’s wrong?” he heard Seth ask in concern.

  He shook his head, but to his unbearable shame, a sob rattled in his throat.

  “Kasey!” Seth sounded frantic this time and embraced him tighter.

  To hear such a strong, virile man make a sound of such loss broke Seth’s heart, and he didn’t know what to do to help him. Seth began to lightly stroke Kasey in gentle caresses anywhere he could reach. He ran his fingers through the long dark hair over and over while whispering soft words of reassurance in the man’s ear, anything that came to mind. It could have been five minutes or even an hour before he felt Kasey calming down. There had only been the one sob, but he had still felt the tears drenching his skin. “Shh… I’m here, baby.”

  The fact that Kasey could let down his defenses and cry in front of him squeezed Seth’s heart in a tight fist. It would take some time before he could admit to it out loud, but he was slowly, terrifyingly falling in love with the stubborn, cocky, brash Cheyenne who’d crashed into his life like a Mack truck through a house. Other than the moments after Kasey had discovered Seth’s secret, the man had treated him affectionately, tenderly, and passionately. Except for the emotions Kasey stirred inside his heart, he had felt no true fear around him. The need to protect his heart kept him from blurting out the jumbled thoughts racing through his head.

  Instead, Seth chose to tilt Kasey’s tear-stained face to his and kiss him unhurriedly. He kept it a simple kiss, just lips lightly brushing over lips, but it conveyed more emotion than passion. He followed the traces of tears to Kasey’s eyes, pressing a kiss to each lid before drawing back. “All right now?” he asked gently.

  Red-rimmed dark eyes opened to gaze at Seth in slight surprise. Kasey lifted one hand to lovingly trace the lines of Seth’s lips as he studied his mate. He knew his pup had to be dying of curiosity about his crying, but he was sure if he
revealed the truth of how much he needed Seth, how much he wanted to handcuff him to the bed and never let him leave, it would scare his gun-shy lover. Seth might have let him inside his body, but it didn’t mean he’d let him inside his heart.

  Chapter Nine

  “I’m sorry,” he murmured in a strained voice, his throat raw from holding back the gut-wrenching sobs he’d wanted to let out.

  “For what? Everyone has emotional moments, Kasey. It doesn’t make you any less of a man.” Seth shifted underneath him, but when Kasey went to move off him, he embraced him tighter. “No. Stay.”

  “But I’m heavy,” Kasey said tenderly, secretly thrilled his mate wanted him to remain. He collapsed into Seth with a sigh and closed his eyes again. Truth be told, he hadn’t slept much while he’d been holding Seth in his arms because he hadn’t been able to stop looking at him. It would take time, but he knew he could earn Seth’s love. The only thing terrifying him was that he wouldn’t have the time he needed, and Seth would leave him before he could invade every dark corner of his pup’s bruised and battered heart, tying him to him irrevocably.

  “No, just right,” Seth replied, running his fingers through Kasey’s hair. He hesitated for a moment, but curiosity stabbed at him viciously. “Will you tell me why?”

  Kasey didn’t respond right away. He couldn’t decide how much he should say. He hadn’t cried since he was a little kid when he’d scraped his knee on the sidewalk one day. It showed how far beyond his defenses his true mate had gotten. Maybe a slightly edited version of the truth would be the best way to go, he decided. “Many of the wolves I have known in my life never found their true mate. They lived their lives and found others to share it with, but a piece of their soul was still missing.”

  His voice hitched, and he had to swallow to keep talking. “I thought I’d end up living my life that way. Without ever knowing the warmth and touch of my true mate. Until I met you. None of the others in my pack have ever made my heart beat with so much longing that it would surely leap from my chest at the merest brush of their hand on mine.”

  Seth’s hand in his hair stilled, and Kasey closed his eyes, praying his words didn’t cause his pup to panic. Too late to take them back now, and he couldn’t stop the words from tumbling out. “You do that to me, pup. From the moment I felt your fur beneath my hands, the warm weight of your body as I carried you. When I saw how frightened you were of me, lying here with you is more than I could have ever hoped for. I'm so afraid you're going to decide I'm not worth fighting for, that you'll believe I'm like that bastard and want nothing more than to hurt you, that you'll leave me in a place so dark I won't be able to breathe.”

  As Kasey spoke, Seth’s eyes widened further and further. His heart clenched at the sheer agony in the man’s voice. When the words about believing him to be similar to Taggart were followed by fears of Seth leaving him, Seth made a whine of pain in his throat. He clutched at Kasey, hard, and shook his head. “You’re nothing like Taggart,” he said fiercely. “Even when you were angry, you were nothing like him, Kasey. You are so much more than him. Kind, gentle, caring. He was never and will never be any of those things.”

  Running his fingers over Kasey’s dark brow, Seth studied the tanned features of his lover. Tiny lines of strain around the edges of Kasey’s mouth and eyes stood out starkly, and he wondered what it cost Kasey to appear so vulnerable. “I can’t promise I know what the future holds for either of us, and despite the fact that you’re cocky, stubborn, and a pain in my ass, I… I like you.” He rushed on without giving Kasey the chance to say anything when the dark-chocolate eyes suddenly opened to stare at him intently. “And I want to give it a chance.”

  The silence after his declaration stretched on for what felt like forever, and Seth had begun to twitch in discomfort when Kasey’s eyes started to twinkle in amusement. One corner of his firm, sexy mouth lifted in a half-grin. “A pain in your ass, is that right, pup?”

  “Oh yeah. Like a splinter that won’t come out,” Seth breathed. He would cut out his own tongue before he admitted it, but Kasey’s endearment of “pup” had started to grow on him now that he knew Kasey didn’t mean it in a condescending way but merely as an affectionate term.

  Kasey’s body shook with suppressed laughter. His once again erect cock nudged Seth’s thigh. “I think I like the idea of being a splinter in your ass that won’t come out,” he teased his blue-eyed mate.

  Seth choked on a laugh at his own choice of words. Very aptly put, though. He wrapped his arms around Kasey’s neck, grinning up at him. “I kind of like that type of splinter,” he purred while giving Kasey a seductive look.

  If his stomach hadn’t chosen to growl right then, Seth had a feeling Kasey would have taken him again. A flush rolled over his face at the loud noise.

  “When’s the last time you ate a decent meal?” Kasey asked, a frown marring his forehead.

  “Uh… last night at your house.” Seth gave him a sheepish look.

  “And before that?” Kasey asked as he rolled off of him and stood up, holding his hand for Seth to take.

  Thinking, Seth remembered eating a sandwich for lunch a couple of days ago. And of course the steaks Kasey had made for him while he’d been in his wolf form. “I don’t remember.”

  Kasey scowled at him. “No wonder you’re so damn skinny. You aren’t to skip any meals from now on, pup, or I’ll be more than a splinter in your ass.”

  Seth rolled his eyes at Kasey as he swept by, moving toward the bathroom to clean up. “Yes, Dad.”

  A swift swat on the ass left Seth gasping with an indignant expression as he whirled around to glare at him. “I won’t tolerate impertinence, pup.” Kasey smirked.

  “I’ll give you impertinent,” Seth growled, launching himself at Kasey, who caught him easily enough.

  Husky laughter rumbled in Kasey’s chest as he captured Seth’s wrists and dragged him closer to him. “I can see I’m going to have a hell of a time taming you, pup,” he taunted affectionately.

  Seth sniffed at him in exasperation. “Taming me?”

  “Mmm. Then again, I do so like to watch your cheeks flush and your eyes sparkle with anger. You look so damn sexy when you’re angry,” Kasey mused, walking Seth backward to the bathroom.

  Being called sexy stopped whatever retort Seth could throw at Kasey. Seth dropped his gaze to the floor in a fit of shyness. “You think I’m sexy?”

  Kasey halted next to the shower, cupped Seth’s chin, and tilted his head back to look up at him. “Oh, baby, you have no idea,” he murmured in an emotion-laden voice before proceeding to kiss him senseless.

  Breaking the kiss long enough to turn on the water, Kasey returned to Seth’s lips, drinking deeply of his pup’s sweetness. Steam built around them, fogging the mirror and distorting their reflections as they twined together in passion. They stumbled into the shower stall and were instantly drenched in hot water, but neither noticed. There was nothing but the two of them, their hands touching, mouths clinging, moans echoing off the tiled walls. It built to a peak that both of them raced in eagerness to free-fall off the edge of.

  They wound up in a tangle of limbs on the floor of the shower, panting heavily and weakly holding onto each other. Seth felt like his bones were made of gelatin, and he couldn’t have moved even if his life depended on it. Soap still clung to Kasey’s long hair, and Seth gave a shaky grin while running his fingers through it to rinse out the rest. His stomach growled rather loudly, bringing a chagrined look to Kasey’s face. “Sorry, pup, food should have come first.”

  Seth lifted one slender shoulder in a careless shrug. “I’ve gone longer without food.” A stern look flooded Kasey’s expression, but Seth clamped his hand down over Kasey’s mouth just as he opened it to chastise him. “I know, I know. If I don’t start eating more often, you’re going to kick my ass.”

  Kasey lightly gripped Seth’s wrist, pulling it from his mouth. “And don’t forget it, pup.”

  Laughing, Seth stuck his t
ongue out at Kasey in retaliation.

  “I have a much better use for that tongue,” Kasey growled lustily.

  At those words, Seth’s blue eyes shifted to the color of storm clouds. Seth hadn’t taken the initiative in any of their lovemaking sessions, but the thought of taking Kasey inside his mouth, licking and sucking him, embedded itself in his brain. He was damn sure going to put it to use later. But…. “Food first, Sheriff.”

  It took a few more minutes before they both could find the energy to stand. Seth yawned and stretched, giving a small moan of pleasure as his joints popped. He frowned when he realized he didn’t have any clothing to fit Kasey. “I don’t think anything I own is going to fit you, Kasey,” Seth called to the man still in his bathroom, pulling out a pair of soft faded blue jeans and a dark green T-shirt.

  He jerked in surprise when a pair of tan arms slipped around him from behind, pulling him in against a broad chest. Damn, the man could move quietly. Warm lips nuzzled into his ear. “I think you fit me just perfectly, Doc. But I have a change of clothing in the car that I carry with me in case of emergencies.”