Howl for Me

by Dana Marie Bell

  “Oh hell no.” Travis was shaking his head in horror. “No fucking way. You’re cute, but you’re not that cute.”

  Kir was laughing, the storm clouds in his eyes lightening at the sight of his wife’s smiling face. Outside the rain eased up, still there but not nearly as ferocious.

  “Hell, Jamie, you can’t name a kid Vicente. That’s skanky. I’d never be able to moan his name again without thinking…ew.” Jeff shuddered, trying to hide his wince of pain.

  Jamie sniffed. “Then keep your pervy fantasies to yourself.”

  Fen growled. The man on the screen was Jeff’s fantasy man?

  Jeff turned his head slowly and caught Fen’s eye. He winked as soon as he saw he had Fen’s undivided attention. “Then don’t name the kid Vincente.”

  Fen relaxed. The man on the screen might be a fantasy, but Fen was Jeff’s reality.

  He could live with that.

  Chapter Eight

  “Stay still, elskede.” Fen carefully carried his mate to Logan’s condo. “We’ll be there soon.”

  Jeff shivered in his arms. With his injuries he should still be in bed, but Jeff had insisted on going to Logan’s when word reached them that Jeanne Grimm had arrived. He hadn’t wanted to wait even a single second before checking on his mother. Fen had given in the moment Jeff threatened to crawl there if he had to. Fen knew the man was stubborn enough to do it. “God. Mom’s gotta be pissed.”

  “What do you want me to do?” Fen would do anything to get that look off Jeff’s face. The visit from his siblings had eased him somewhat, but the raw grief and pain were still there in the dull eyes and lackluster smile. “I will do whatever you wish, love.”

  Jeff winced as Fen shifted him. “Don’t drop me.”

  Fen smiled as best he could. “I promise.”

  The door to his father’s condo opened. Kir winced as he saw how pale and sweaty Jeff looked. Sharing blood hadn’t healed his beautiful redhead, and neither had a visit from Toni. Fen was at his wits’ end. Fen could hear the sound of quiet sobbing coming from the room behind Kir. “C’mon in, you two.”

  Fen carried Jeff in. The cry from Jeanne Grimm as she got her first look at her battered son tore at him. “Oh my God.” She raced forward, but Fen moved, keeping her from touching Jeff in any way. He growled, warning her away before she could inadvertently hurt Jeff further.

  “Shh.” Jeff reached up with a shaking hand and caressed Fen’s cheek. “It’s okay. She won’t hurt me.”

  Fen closed his eyes and tried to get himself back under control. Just the thought that someone could hurt Jeff sent him into a murderous rage. His jaw clenched and it took him a moment before he could speak, a moment where Jeanne watched him warily. “Be careful. He’s hurt badly.”

  She frowned, the look fiercely protective. “Then why is he out of bed?”

  “Because you came to claim his father’s body.”

  Grief tightened her features. “Whatever else he did, Fred Grimm was the love of my life.” Tears pooled in her eyes, eyes the same exact shade as Jeff’s. She tsk’d. “Put him on the sofa before you drop him.” She led the way, pointing to where she wanted her son. “I gather you’re Fenris the werewolf?”

  He nodded, watching Jeff’s face closely as he lowered him to the cushions. “Better, elskede?” He touched Jeff’s cheek, smiling when his mate nodded. He straightened and faced Jeff’s mother once more. “Yes, I’m Fenris Saeter. Your son’s mate.”

  She smiled at him and nodded. “Good.” His brows rose in surprise. “I can already tell you’ll take good care of him.”

  “Mom,” Jeff whined behind him. “I’m not twelve and he’s not my first boyfriend.”

  Fen held back his snarl. His mate hadn’t come to him a virgin, but the man didn’t have to mention it any more than necessary.

  Jeanne wiped her tears away and smiled again. It was easy to see where Jamie got her beautiful smile. “I’ll decide how I speak to my new son-in-law, young man.” She eyed Fen again. “You’re the one who’s supposed to kill Oliver?”

  Fen nodded. “I believe so, if Oliver is Odin.”

  The fury and determination that lit her face startled him. “Good. Get a bite in or two for me, will ya? And make sure it bleeds a lot.” She tilted her head, a speculative gleam in her eye. “Maybe the groin area?”

  Behind him every man in the room choked or coughed. He was pretty sure at least one of them had cupped himself.

  Fen nodded, unfazed by the request. “It will be my pleasure.”

  She smiled sweetly again and patted his cheek with a maternal hand. “You’re a good boy.”

  “Will he get extra cookies if he bites Grimm’s dick off?”

  She frowned over Fen’s shoulder. “Language, Logan.”

  “Yes’m.” Fen could hear the suppressed laughter in his father’s voice.

  Jeanne settled on the ottoman where she could easily reach Jeff without jarring him. She took her son’s hand in her own. “Tell me everything.”

  Fen carefully settled himself behind Jeff, his mate cradled between his thighs, Jeff’s head resting against his chest. Jeff told her everything that had happened to him, only interrupted by Jordan when she told her mother how Fred had passed away. By the time he was done Jeanne Grimm was pale and shaking with fury. “I take it back. I don’t want just his dick bitten off.”

  Logan wisely kept his mouth shut.

  “I want him where he can’t hurt anyone ever again.” She glared up at Kir and Logan. “Tell me about the prophecy.”

  Logan groaned. It was Travis who stepped forward and quoted the prophecy they all knew and feared

  “High blows Heimdall, the horn is aloft;

  Odin communes with Mimir’s head;

  Trembles Yggdrasill’s towering Ash;

  The old tree wails when the Ettin is loosed.

  “What of the Aesir? What of the Elf-folk?

  All Jötunheim echoes, the Aesir are at council;

  The dwarves are groaning before their stone doors,

  Wise in rock-walls; wit ye yet, or what?

  “Hrymr sails from the east, the sea floods onward;

  The monstrous Beast twists in mighty wrath;

  The Snake beats the waves, the Eagle is screaming;

  The gold-neb tears corpses, Naglfar is loosed.

  “From the east sails the keel; come now Múspell’s folk

  Over the sea-waves, and Loki steereth;

  There are the warlocks all with the Wolf,

  With them is the brother of Býleistr faring.

  “Surtr fares from southward with switch-eating flame;

  On his sword shimmers the sun of the war-gods;

  The rocks are falling, and fiends are reeling,

  Heroes tread Hel-way, heaven is cloven.

  “Then to the Goddess a second grief cometh,

  When Odin fares to fight with the Wolf,

  And Beli’s slayer, the bright god, with Surtr;

  There must fall Frigg’s beloved.

  “Odin’s son goeth to strife with the Wolf,

  Vídarr, speeding to meet the slaughter-beast;

  The sword in his hand to the heart he thrusteth

  Of the fiend’s offspring; avenged is his Father.

  “Now goeth Hlödyn’s glorious son

  Not in flight from the Serpent, of fear unheeding;

  All the earth’s offspring must empty the homesteads,

  When furiously smiteth Midgard’s defender.

  “The sun shall be darkened, earth sinks in the sea,—

  Glide from the heaven the glittering stars;

  Smoke-reek rages and reddening fire:

  The high heat licks against heaven itself.”

  Jeanne blinked. “One of you is going to translate that into English for me, right?”

  Jeff laughed, groaning in pain at the same time. “Preaching to the choir, Mom.”

  She leaned forward. “Easy, Jeff.” She reached for Jeff’s shirt but pulled her hand away befor
e she could make contact. “I want to see how badly he hurt you.”

  Jeff nodded. “Fen?”

  Fen carefully lifted Jeff’s shirt, revealing the healing wounds to his mate’s mother. She hissed in anger when she saw them, her hands shaking in her lap. Her foot began to tap a rapid tattoo on the hardwood floor. “Tell me you hurt him.”

  “I hurt him.” Fen lowered Jeff’s shirt, wincing along with his mate when the fabric caught on one of the stitches. “Grimm bled before he got away from me.”

  She sat back on the ottoman, but her foot kept tapping. She blew out a breath and frowned, her thoughts turned inward. “Has Heimdall blown his horn yet?”

  The room went still. Kir’s brows rose nearly to his hairline. “You know, I have no idea.”

  Jeanne eyed her son-in-law. “Call him and find out.”

  Logan shook his head. “Can’t. No cell phone service on the Bifrost Bridge.” He smirked at Kir. “We need to fix that.”

  Jeanne shrugged. “How did you use to communicate? Smoke signals?”

  “Shank’s mare.” Logan held out his leg and wiggled his foot. “Pretty much what we were trying to do when Heimdall told us to turn around because Grimm had Jeff.”

  “So you were on the bridge? Recently?”

  Logan sighed. “Yeah. It blew all of our magical protections to get there too. That’s how Grimm got in and managed to kill Fred and get to Jeff.”

  “He thought I was Fen.” Jeff shuddered and Fen stroked his mate’s hair, hoping to soothe him. Jeff turned his head so that his nose was buried against Fen’s neck. “God, you smell good.” Fen understood how close Jeff’s wolf was to the surface as Jeff, despite his injuries, tried to burrow his way further into Fen’s arms. His mate tried to wallow in Fen’s scent, and Fen smiled, stilling him.

  Kir handed Jeanne a coffee mug. “How could he mistake you for Fen? No offense but you’re a lot redder.”

  “He said Fen had been under dirt and filth for so long he couldn’t remember what Fen’s original color had been.” Jeff twisted in his arms, trying to get closer to Fen’s neck. Fen felt Jeff wince at the movement, but it didn’t stop the man. He just moaned and licked Fen’s neck. “You taste good.”

  Jeff wanted to mate. If Fen let him, the other man would bite Fen’s neck and the mating cycle would be complete. He would belong to Jeff forever.

  Fen’s eyes went wide. Could it be that simple?

  “Down, boy.” Logan patted Jeff on the head. “You’re in no shape to do what I think you want to do.”

  “I think he needs to.” Fen held Jeff’s head to his neck. “Bite me.”

  “Oh no.” Logan hauled Fen to his feet, jarring Jeff in the process. “No blood on the white sofa.”

  Jeff snarled. His hazel eyes turned gold as he glared at Logan’s hand on Fen’s arm. Fangs peeked below his bottom lip.

  “Right.” Logan took his hand off Fen’s arm. “Good boy. Good boy. No marking Logan’s sofa, ’kay?”

  “The mating. It’s incomplete.” Fen grinned. From the looks of those around him it was just as feral as his lover’s snarls. “That’s why he’s not healing. That’s why he’s still mortal.”

  “Shit.” Jordan pointed. “Get out of here and fix that.”

  Fen didn’t need to be told twice. He picked up his mate, headed right for the front door and prayed for the first time in centuries.

  Fire coursed through Jeff’s veins. The scent of his mate was so strong he couldn’t help but nuzzle close, burying his nose against his mate’s neck. The urge to bite, to mark Fen as his own, was overwhelming.

  The wolf wanted his mate, and Jeff was all too willing to oblige.

  He licked Fen’s neck from his shoulder to his earlobe, taking the tender piece of flesh between his teeth and nibbling. Fen’s groan was almost drowned out by the slamming of the bedroom door. “Yes, elskede.” Fen’s back hit the door. He tilted his head, giving Jeff as much access as he wished. “Mark me. Make me your own.”

  Jeff bit his lover, his fangs sinking in deep.

  Fen howled his approval.

  “Bed,” Jeff muttered. His mouth was still against Fen’s neck, but now that he’d bitten Fen he had the powerful urge to get fucked, despite the pain.

  “You will not hurt yourself.” Fen carried him to the bed and placed him gently down. “You will hold still while I pleasure you.”

  Jeff’s cock was so hard it hurt. He nodded so fast his head spun. Fen took about two seconds to take off his clothes.

  It felt like it took him two hours to remove Jeff’s.

  Fen was beyond careful as he took off Jeff’s clothes. Each piece had to be maneuvered off his body in the gentlest way possible. Fen stroked each bruise, kissed each cut, until Jeff was ready to howl himself. He was stroking his cock long before Fen tossed his underwear on the floor, ready to bring himself off if Fen made him wait one. More. Second.

  Fen batted his hand away and took Jeff’s cock in his mouth. It felt so good Jeff nearly shot his load, but he held on. He was rewarded by a strong suck that nearly blew the top of his head off.

  Fen’s head bobbed, taking him deeper and deeper into his throat. Jeff threaded his fingers into Fen’s hair, the warmth of it flowing over his skin. Staying still had never been so difficult. “So good.” Fen moaned his approval, the vibrations racing up Jeff’s cock and through his balls. “Oh shit, babe.” He was going to come, and not even God himself could stop him.

  Then Fen did something that halted his orgasm in its tracks. He lifted his head, his beautiful eyes gleaming with mischief, and reached for the lube.

  Oh yeah, Happy Hour is finally here! Jeff grinned, ready to be pounded through the mattress. Didn’t they say orgasms were good for pain?

  Jeff intended to find out.

  But Fen didn’t start lubing up Jeff’s ass. Oh no. The sneaky, orgasm-stealing son of a bitch began doing something Jeff would never have believed if he hadn’t seen it himself.

  He began to lube his own ass.

  “Fen?”

  Fen grinned at him. His arm was still between his legs. Jeff could see him moving, thrusting fingers in and out of his ass. “Yes, elskede?”

  When he added a third finger Jeff was entranced. If stretching himself out for Jeff’s cock hurt Fenris at all he didn’t show it. If anything, the pleasure on his face was extreme. He clearly loved every minute of it. “Hmm?”

  The dark chuckle didn’t surprise him. Fen straddled Jeff’s hips and took Jeff’s cock in his hand. He poured a liberal amount of lube over the head and smeared it around with his palm.

  “Shit!” Jeff reached out to stop him because, damn, that felt good, but the pain of moving nearly had him going limp.

  Fen let go of his cock and leaned over him until they were nose to nose. His golden wolf’s eyes glared down at him. “Stay.”

  “Woof.”

  Fen shook his head and slowly lowered himself on Jeff’s cock.

  This has to be the second best moment of my entire fucking life. He watched as his cock disappeared into his mate’s muscled ass. The tight warmth had him back to DEFCON One in seconds. “You’d better catch up, because I’m going to blow if you so much as twitch.”

  Fen began stroking himself. “You will wait for me.” His accent had thickened until he was slurring his English. Fen rotated his hips and hissed. “I may be riding your dick, but that doesn’t mean I’m not alpha.” He leaned over until they were nose to nose again. “Understood?”

  Jeff stared into his mate’s eyes and nodded. His dick was never going to forgive him for this. He wouldn’t be surprised if it staged a revolt and stayed in Fen’s ass when they were done.

  Hell, if he had a choice, he’d live in Fen’s ass too.

  Fen’s movements were cautious, but he slowly began to ride Jeff. Not once did his ass land on Jeff’s thighs. His wolf was too aware of the damage to his body. If Jeff so much as shimmied his hips Fen would stop, growl and wait for Jeff to settle down. Jeff figured if he ever wanted to get
off he’d better play statue, but it was damn fucking hard to stay still when Fen moved like that. But he had to. He had to come. He had to…

  Mark his mate. Make sure his scent was so deeply imbedded in Fenris’s body that not even death could remove it.

  Lightning shot down his spine. “Fen. Please. Now.” He was going to erupt and there was no stopping it.

  Fen’s hand was moving at lightning speed over his cock. His features were twisted with pleasure, his forehead resting against Jeff’s. They breathed each other in. “Now.” Fen’s ass clenched around him. “Now!”

  Jeff let go, exploding in his mate’s body, filling him with his seed. Hot liquid splashed over his chest as Fen came with an anguished howl.

  Neither of them could breathe when it was over. Fen barely kept from collapsing on top of him, his elbows landing on the mattress on either side of him. His powerful arms shook with the effort of holding himself up.

  Jeff licked his lips and sighed. His dick was still root-deep in his mate, and he was a happy man. He pursed his lips and closed his eyes, smiling through the kiss Fen immediately granted him.

  Fen slid off his body, dislodging Jeff’s cock from its happy home. He whimpered at the loss of heat. Fen chuckled and touched Jeff’s chest. “Look, elskede.”

  Jeff stared at the rapidly healing wounds on his body. “Holy fuck.”

  “Exactly.” Fen grinned, his expression one of lazy satisfaction. Apparently he thought his ass really was sacred.

  Jeff rolled his eyes but his heart wasn’t in it. He was too fascinated by the way his body was once more becoming his own. By the time the process was done he had faint, pinkish scars left where the terrible wounds had once been. “Daddy likey.”

  Fen rolled over and licked one of the scars. Jeff hissed in pleasure—it seemed the newly formed scars were a hot spot for him. Jeff took a moment to stare down at his body. From the look on his face he was disturbed by what he saw. “It looks like I’ve been autopsied.” He had a Y incision in his chest and abdomen. His arms each had a scar running from the tip of his middle finger all the way to his shoulders. He had a matching set on each leg. Along one cheek a jagged scar had formed. Grimm had a lot to answer for. “Fen?”