Kelan's Pursuit (5 page)

“Does this mean you’re willing to try?”
Kelan
asked, holding his breath in anticipation.

“I’ll try.”

Kelan
let out a relieved breath. “That’s all I ask, baby.”

* * * *

Jake poured
Kelan
a drink then sat down next to him on the sofa. Now that he had made the decision to try to make things work with
Kelan
, he felt as though a lead weight had been lifted from his chest. He was still nervous and worried that
Kelan
might disappear but if he wanted someone in his life—no, if he wanted
Kelan
in his life—it was a chance he would have to take.

Kelan
was right about the mating bond. What Jake felt for
Kelan
was more than attraction or desire. He couldn’t call it love, of course, because he barely knew the man, but he could quite easily see it heading that way. Despite his reservations, he felt happy when he was with
Kelan
and all of his insecurities and doubts seemed to fade with the man’s presence.

“So is that a Texan accent I detect?” Jake asked, taking a sip of his scotch.

Kelan
nodded. “Sure is, born and bred.”

“What brought you to New York?”

“My brother,”
Kelan
said, fondly. “He recently mated with an alpha from New Mexico, so he’s going to be moving there for a while. I’m here to help him pack.
General
Dogs
body, at your service.”
Kelan
chuckled, lifting his drink in a salute.

“New Mexico!” Jake spluttered. “Rather him than me. I can’t imagine living anywhere but here in New York.”

Kelan
nearly choked on his drink.

“What do you mean? I can’t stay here forever, Jake. At some point, you’re going to have to come back to Texas with me.”

“Excuse me?”

“Well, yeah. I’m the alpha of my pack back in Texas, and it’s not like I can ask the entire pack to move here. You’re going to have to move to Texas.”

Jake glared at
Kelan
. He couldn’t believe the man’s audacity. They’d only known each other for twenty-four hours and yet
Kelan
expected him to up stakes and move to God only knew where in
Texas
? Like that was going to happen.

“I’m not moving anywhere.”

“You don’t have much of a choice. I told you, I can’t move here.”

“I wasn’t asking you to.”

“What the hell is that supposed to mean?”

“Look, I told you I was prepared to see where this goes, but if you thought that meant I’d be quitting my job and moving to Texas with you after only knowing you for a day, you can think again.”

Kelan
lowered his eyes and stared at his drink.

“Oh my God, you did think that, didn’t you?” Jake fumed.
“You selfish son of a bitch!
What? Is your career more important than mine?”

“Being pack alpha isn’t a career choice. It’s who I am.”

Jake sighed. He was tired of fighting with
Kelan
, but he couldn’t see any way this was going to work out. They were two very different people from very different lives, and never the twain shall meet.

“There will be a way around this. We just have to find a compromise.”

“Please tell me you’re not proposing a long-distance relationship,” Jake scoffed.

“Hell, no.
I have no intention of being separated from you for long periods. I couldn’t stand that. How could I protect you?”
 

“Protect me?” Jake spluttered. “Protect me from what? There was no price on my head last time I checked. What the hell?”

Kelan
had the good grace to look embarrassed. Jake sat staring at the man, waiting for him to answer. Eventually
Kelan
lifted his head and met Jake’s eyes.

“Uh yeah, about that.
I’m an
alpha
wolf, Jake. I don’t think you really understand what that entails. I don’t like being jealous or over-protective, but unfortunately that’s who I am. I
want
to protect you. It makes me feel good to know that I can. It’s my job to keep you safe.”

Jake sighed. “I don’t need protecting. I’m a grown man. I can look after myself.”

Kelan
put his drink down on the coffee table and shifted closer to his mate. He cupped Jake’s face in his hands and placed a chaste kiss on Jake’s lips.

“I know that, but you have to understand, I
want
to look after you. It’s important to me.”

“Maybe we’ll have to agree to disagree on this one,” Jake said with a smirk.

Kelan
grinned and took Jake’s drink out of his hands, placing it down next to his own.

“I can live with that, for now.”

Kelan
slanted his mouth over Jake’s and pushed his tongue inside. Jake didn’t fight him, just opened right up, his arms sliding around
Kelan’s
neck, pulling the man closer.
Kelan
seemed surprised when Jake pushed him back on the sofa and straddled his legs, seating himself in his lap. He sucked on
Kelan’s
bottom lip, biting it teasingly before plunging his tongue inside
Kelan’s
mouth. He was sure
Kelan
never gave up control in the bedroom but, if he wanted to be with Jake, he was going to have to learn to do just that.
At least some of the time.

“I want to fuck you,” Jake panted, releasing
Kelan’s
mouth and licking a path down his neck.

Kelan
stilled.

Jake set to work sucking up a mark on
Kelan’s
neck. He didn’t know how the alpha would feel about Jake marking him, but he had a strong desire to let the world know that
Kelan
was off-limits. The wolf still hadn’t responded to his request. Jake was sure
Kelan
would be struggling with his dominant side, but Jake would not back down. If
Kelan
wanted him as a partner, then that partnership had to be equal. Jake would accept nothing less.

“Okay.”

Jake stopped what he was doing and sat back on
Kelan’s
lap. Had he heard
Kelan
correctly?

“Excuse me?”

“You heard me. I said okay. If you want to fuck me, fuck me.”

“Just like that, no arguments? I really thought you’d give me shit over this.”

“I’ll be honest with you,
Jake,
it’s been a long time since I let anyone do that to me. I like to be in control, you know? But you’re my mate. I want to share everything with you.”

Jake was at a loss for words. He was touched that
Kelan
trusted him enough to want to be with him in that way. Even though Jake always topped, he was used to
twinks
that expected it, asked him for it, even. He knew how difficult a decision that must have been for
Kelan
—it would be for him, too. When you’d fought hard your entire life to gain control, relinquishing it was never easy.
Kelan
seemed better able to compromise than Jake had expected him to be. Maybe things could work out between them after all.

He captured
Kelan’s
mouth again, kissing him hard. Within minutes both men were panting, their cocks hard and aching.
Kelan
lifted Jake off his lap and got up. He pulled Jake up and led him to the bedroom.

Once inside, both men began removing their clothes. When Jake was naked, he lay down on the bed and began stroking his cock, admiring
Kelan’s
firm, muscular body and golden skin that was revealed when his pants and briefs were removed.

Kelan
lay down on the bed next to Jake and grinned.

“Well, I’m all yours,” he said, watching Jake’s hand slide up and down his hard shaft.

Jake reached into the drawer in the nightstand beside him, pulled out a bottle of lube and tossed it onto the bed.
Kelan
had begun stroking his cock in earnest, his other hand busy squeezing and rolling his balls. Jake groaned—he was quite sure he could come just from watching
Kelan
jacking off. The sight was incredibly erotic.

He placed his hand on top of
Kelan’s
, stilling the wolf’s hand.

“Not so fast,” Jake said. “Tonight, you’re all mine.”

Kelan
threw his head back on the pillow and groaned.

“Please, Jake, you’re killing me.”

Jake chuckled and grabbed both of
Kelan’s
hands, placing them above the wolf’s head. He straddled
Kelan’s
lap, leant down and planted a kiss on his lips.

“Keep them there,” he breathed, grinning against
Kelan’s
mouth.

“You’re pushing it,”
Kelan
said, but there was a trace of amusement on his face and he didn’t resist—in fact, he grabbed hold of the bedpost behind him. “I guess I deserved that one.”

Jake shifted down
Kelan’s
body a little until their hard cocks came into contact.
Kelan
shivered when Jake took both of them in his hand and began stroking them simultaneously. Both men were leaking pre-cum, so Jake swiped his thumb over the heads, spreading it down the shafts to lubricate his path.

Jake picked up the pace until
Kelan
was panting, his eyes falling shut and his knuckles white from the pressure of his grip on the bed post. Jake was salivating at the sight of
Kelan’s
cock leaking in his hand. He desperately wanted to taste it. He released their cocks, lifted himself off
Kelan’s
legs and scooted down on the bed until
Kelan’s
cock was in front of his face.

Jake licked around the crown of
Kelan’s
cock, capturing the drop of pre-cum,
tasting
Kelan’s
delicious, spicy essence. He groaned as the flavour invaded his senses, driving him wild with passion and need. With a smile on his face, he opened his mouth and slid his lips over the head of
Kelan’s
cock, soliciting a moan from
Kelan
, who still had his eyes squeezed shut.

As
Kelan’s
huge cock slid into his mouth, he opened the back of his throat and swallowed
Kelan’s
length in one smooth and fluid movement.
Kelan
arched his back off the bed, his eyes popping open as he stared down at his mate in astonishment. “Fuck Jake! How?
Oh God, good, so good.”

Jake smiled around the cock in his mouth. He knew he gave great head even though he didn’t do it very often. He was delighted with
Kelan’s
response—it was exactly what he had been hoping for. He hollowed his cheeks, sucking
Kelan’s
dick hard on the way up before sliding back down to the base again. With each suck,
Kelan
grunted loudly, his hips moving off the bed, forcing his length further into Jake’s mouth.

“Fuck Jake,
gonna
shoot,”
Kelan
panted. “Don’t stop, please don’t stop.”

When Jake looked up,
Kelan’s
eyes were wide, desperate, pleading with him to make him come. Jake would have loved nothing more than for
Kelan
to empty his load in his mouth, but he wasn’t ready for
Kelan
to come yet.

Jake’s own cock was hard to the point of being painful, and leaking pre-cum onto his sheets. He knew he had to stop. He wanted to be buried balls-deep in
Kelan’s
ass before he let the bigger man come. He pulled off
Kelan’s
cock and squeezed the base hard with his hand. He grinned at
Kelan
wickedly.

“Not yet, you don’t. You don’t come until I say you can.”

Kelan
growled. It was a low, deep sound that excited Jake even more. He wanted
Kelan
to growl like that when he was plunging his cock in and out of the man’s ass.

“You’re torturing me, Jake.”

Jake chuckled in reply and buried his face against
Kelan’s
balls, inhaling the incredible, musky aroma. He licked and sucked at the soft skin, nipping it lightly with his teeth then blowing on it to cool it.

Jake opened the bottle of lube and squeezed some onto his fingers as he licked a path down to
Kelan’s
waiting hole. He circled it once before plunging his tongue inside
Kelan’s
ass.
Kelan
groaned.

“Jake, please.”

Jake was elated to have been able to make the big, strong wolf beg.
Kelan’s
legs trembled as Jake fucked his ass with his tongue, pushing it inside almost forcefully then pulling back and licking around the tight ring of muscle.

Jake replaced his tongue with a finger, teasing around the outside before slipping it inside.

“Jake!”

Jake slid his finger further until it was buried all the way inside
Kelan’s
ass. He stilled it for a moment to give
Kelan
time to get used to the foreign sensation,
then
began slowly moving it in and out. He picked up the pace when
Kelan
began panting and grunting and moving his hips to meet Jake’s thrusts.

There was no way Jake could mistake the look of ecstasy on
Kelan’s
face for anything other than what it was. With that in mind, he added a second finger and moved them in and out together in unison. Spurred on by
Kelan’s
moans, he curled his finger until he found…

“Holy fuck, Jake!
Yes!”

“
That feel
good?” Jake panted, more turned on than he could remember being.

“God yes.
Again.”

Jake continued to work his fingers in and out, scissoring them sporadically and grazing over
Kelan’s
sweet spot on every other pass. By this point, Jake had started thrusting his aching cock against the mattress in time with the movement of his fingers in
Kelan’s
ass. He hoped
Kelan
was stretched enough to take him, because he couldn’t wait any longer.