check, his cock against Alec’s rim, waiting for Alec to allow him entry.
Alec would not ask Liam to go slow. A part of him wanted Liam to hurt him. He never thought like this, ever, but Liam overwhelmed him with touch, hands and legs warm against Alec’s tight skin. He strove to relax. He wanted to relax. Alec refused to say, I told you I was a top , even if Liam didn’t seem to be going anywhere.
But Liam was patient, murmuring encouragement. Alec’s chest constricted—with desire and something else—not fear, but there was a struggle within, for giving himself over. He gulped breaths. Liam wrapped a hand around Alec’s neck and pressed his forehead against Alec’s. He could feel Liam break out in a light sweat and for some reason that reassured Alec. His hole responded to the pressure and slowly opened.
Liam traced a finger down Alec’s spine to his crack, then dipped lower, touching Alec’s rim. Alec’s eyes rolled back, his hole loosened and Liam slid in.
“Oh, babe,” Alec breathed. His legs turned to water and Liam held him, burying his head in Alec’s neck as if it belonged there, hot eager breath against Alec’s skin.
Liam stayed still, as if Alec were fragile and to be treated with care. His thumb found Alec dripping and Liam spread precome as lubricant. Then he wrapped a fist around Alec’s cock and slowly moved, up and down. It was too much sensation, with Liam inside him and Liam’s hand around his cock. A noise came out of Alec’s chest, a loss, he hadn’t wanted this to end, he’d just begun, but he was coming too soon, spurting between them and Alec was falling. Or would have but Liam held on, kissing him again, long arms bracing Alec’s back. He barely had the wherewithal to kiss Liam back. His arms were limp, his strength lost to the golden boy who kissed as he fucked, pushing up into Alec again and again, turning Alec’s body to liquid.
And then Liam’s entire body stiffened and stilled. He groaned into Alec’s mouth and Alec swallowed the noise.
Don’t leave, don’t leave. This time Alec couldn’t bear for Liam to leave. He didn’t speak of his need, but he held Liam close and Liam didn’t reject him. At some point, Liam pulled out. Alec’s hole contracted while Liam stood, lifting Alec with him and laying him down on the bed.
This was why Alec didn’t bottom with strangers. He totally, totally lost it.
The bed was cold. He began to shiver.
Liam returned and Alec shut his eyes, unwilling to hear words, explanations, goodbyes. But Liam simply covered Alec with the blanket and crawled in beside him. A warm hand cupped Alec’s cheek, then drew Alec to him. He had thought Liam would fuck and leave, but he apparently wanted another embrace. Eyes still closed, Alec turned towards the golden warmth.
As Liam took him into the curve of his arms, Alec shuddered, not quite a sob.
“Hey,” murmured Liam, full of regret, and while their regrets were no doubt vastly different, Alec rubbed his face against Liam’s shoulder to show he understood. Then he fell asleep.
Chapter Five
Before falling asleep, Liam held his new lover for more than an hour. Wolves were tactile creatures. Anonymous sex certainly provided touch, but not always affection. Liam’s desire for skin contact, especially after fucking, sometimes turned men off.
He’d assumed Alec would pull away from him, as he had last time. Their sex seemed to start all wrong—Liam didn’t quite understand what had angered Alec—even if they found something right by the end.
Alec sighed in his sleep, a tentative sound, and Liam just closed his eyes, enjoying the sensation of skin on skin, arms, shoulders, chest, hips. Legs tangled.
Oh, Alec. Liam lost his smile as he thought of Alec’s mark. It was too much to hope the quad had simply forgotten their prey. They would be back. Despite Trey tracking them, because Trey couldn’t bring himself to kill his brother Gabriel.
Liam had to protect Alec; all his instincts screamed it was
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