The Alpha King (27 page)

The tingle started at the base of Tal's spine, signaling his impending orgasm. Tal's mouth opened in a soundless cry of release before air returned to his lungs and power to his voice and he called out Blaze's name in wonder and passion, his seed erupting and splashing up between them. His spirit lifted from his body and soared around the room in ecstasy, the wind and beautiful energy from the moment washing over him. He released the back of Blaze's head when his spirit rejoined his physical body and with a deep sigh he settled back into the pillows. Unmindful and uncaring of the coolness of his spunk that had been released onto his chest and his very distended stomach.

Drifting back down from his orgasmic high moments later, Tal became aware of Blaze's head resting on his belly, his hand lightly stroking as he crooned softly to their unborn children. His voice deep, powerful, quiet, and soothing, he told their unborn children about the history of Tumaro, the universe, the GPA's discovery of humans, who actually thought they were discovering the rest of the universe. He told them about values, ethics, responsibility, the palace, their inheritance and just when Tal felt himself drifting off to sleep again, he heard his mate, the father of his unborn children, the most sophisticated and appropriate person Tal had ever met, begin to tell them about mates, love, pleasure, and shockingly, about sex.

"And you want to always make sure your partner is satisfied," Blaze stated wisely.

Tal covered his mouth to stifle a giggle that tried to escape. Blaze sounded like a very sage elder in that moment, one who had ventured on a long journey and had discovered the very meaning of life and had come to bestow it upon the servants of the gods. Satisfy one's mate, or mates, and life will be filled with happiness and prosperity. Tal chuckled mentally at the thought, sobering quickly when Blaze began to describe the ways to know whether their mate or mates had been satisfied in the bedroom.

"Don't you think this conversation is better suited for when they're older, sweetheart?" Tal suggested gently. "Like when they've already met their mate and we're about to send them away to live with whoever it is?"

Blaze grinned up fondly, as if he found Tal's ignorance very endearing, and then shook his head. "No, we must begin to teach them and train them now so that later it will be a refresher course and not new material," he stated emphatically. "It is much easier to relearn something than it is to learn something for the first time."

Tal nodded and nibbled on his bottom lip, thinking about his lover's words and how to talk him into waiting on having the 'sex talk' with their children. Maybe at least until they could walk and talk. Tal wondered if he'd stumbled onto a weird Tumaron tradition. Tell children about sex before they even knew where their own organs were? Maybe tell them what goes where before they even know if they want to be the pitcher or the receiver? He grinned at his own special brand of 'Tal inspired silliness' before a lightning bolt of brilliance smacked him upside his head.

He knew of one sure-fire way to divert Blaze's attention away from Sex and Mate Sexual Gratification Education 101. It had proven quite successful before and it would be equally satisfying to both this time. Drifting his hands down his torso, the fingers of one hand flicking his still hardened nipples and the other sliding down to grab what he could of his now throbbing cock, he moaned in both pleasure and frustration. Okay, so he may have exaggerated his frustration, it didn't really take much to send him off in a sexual tangent these days, but he had to play it up for Blaze's benefit. And their children's, they would already be slightly traumatized with being the offspring of a Tumaron and a Vermithian, the royals of an entire planet. So if he could save them any extra horrification then he'd certainly try.

"Please, Blaze, please. I want to come again. I need to come again," Tal whined theatrically, hoping his eyes conveyed appropriately his overwhelming desire for his mate.

Not a total lie, of course. His passion for Blaze had always been strong, only reaching new heights and force the longer they were mated, but the desire began to claw at him. His skin felt stretched too tight and he stroked his hands over his overly sensitized flesh, realizing his plan to distract Blaze had become a double-edged sword.

"I need you, but I need you to be inside me this time. I want you pounding your huge, thick cock in my ass. I want you to dominate me. Please, my love, my mate. Please, my Alpha. Please," he pleaded and bit back his smile when he saw how quickly Blaze shot up to grab the lube.

Grateful for the action, Tal seemed to need more of slippery oil since he'd become pregnant. He could only hope he would be able to keep up with his mate when they made love. He wondered briefly if he should tell Blaze he had to do all of the work and he might also need to stop at some point so Tal could breathe. The feeling of his mate's erection against the inside of Tal's thigh convinced Tal he wouldn't say anything. He'd just have to remember to inhale a lot more than usual since exhaling, sighing, and gasping were things that just came naturally whenever he was stuffed with Blaze's delicious cock.

* * * *

Blaze quickly stroked the lube over his length before drizzling more of the pre-warmed liquid over his shaking fingers. His nervous tension confused him. He and Tal had been making love frequently since they met and mated, but for some reason it felt like the first time. With a brief thought of going to get his rope and restraints, Blaze circled a finger around Tal's tight, pink entrance. Tal hissed when Blaze slowly but firmly pressed two fingers into Tal's quivering channel, twisting and thrusting in and out, stretching his hole. His wolf growled with the need to be in its mate again, but Blaze wouldn't rush preparing Tal's ass to accommodate his length. His heart beat a steady rhythm with the rumble of his wolf's chant of 'Inside, inside, inside'. Blaze continued to push his fingers deep into his lover's ass. He added a third, slowing his movements when Tal moaned with need. Blaze grit his teeth against the urge to jerk his fingers out and slam his cock into his much smaller, very pregnant man's tight sphincter.

Sweat gathered on his forehead, slowly flowing down his face before dripping onto Tal's stomach. Damn lucky sweat, he thought momentarily before Tal whined, a powerful sound, intoxicating and breath-stealing. Blaze inhaled deeply and closed his eyes, savoring the fragrant scent of his mate's arousal, perspiration, and the slight musk of his ass. Tal had always smelled amazing, but since he'd become pregnant, Blaze walked around in a state of perpetual arousal.

It had to be because Tal got more easily aroused than before he started carrying their children… although, he'd really only known Tal a few hours before he'd gotten pregnant. Shoving away the thoughts swirling in his mind, Blaze leaned over and licked at the top of Tal's weeping cock, collecting the pearlescent liquid that had formed there. The taste of Tal exploded on his tongue and Blaze groaned, his fingers speeding up within Tal's ass and he began pounding away inside of his man's tight entrance.

"Please, Blaze, please. Oh gods, I need you so much. Please," Tal begged, one hand tangling in Blaze's hair, the other pinching his nipple.

Blaze's cock jumped at the note of pleading in his mate's voice and he inhaled deeply to soothe his racing hormones. He'd actually done nothing more than to breathe in more of Tal's earthy scent.

Blaze groaned and looked up at his partner. "You're not ready yet, baby," Blaze stated, nipping Tal's hip gently.

"No, now Blaze, now," Tal pleaded his voice rising on a higher pitched whine, a sound Blaze had never heard come from his lips.

Finally giving into his mate's pleas, wanting to please the man who meant the world to him, but also because he didn't think he'd be able to hold out much longer, Blaze removed his fingers from the smaller man's stretched hole. He turned Tal over onto his side, his belly making it impossible to fuck him face to face. Lying down behind his man, he lifted his mate's left leg and moved it forward before quickly lubing up his hard, aching cock again. Leaning in, he placed a gentle kiss to his love's shoulder. Ignoring his mate's moans at his emptiness, Blaze took his time and lined up the head of his cock with Tal's entrance.

"Are you ready for me, baby?" Blaze asked, not waiting for an answer before pushing in only the tip of his shaft into the tight muscles of his mate's puckered hole.

"Yes, please Blaze, please. Stop talking and fuck me already," Tal demanded, his voice taking on a slight growl.

Blaze blinked in surprise for a moment at the show of aggression before he chuckled softly. His cock throbbed and if it were at all possible, got just a little harder than before. He pushed his dick slowly and deeply within his mate. Blaze, and Tal, groaned at the feeling of being so intimately joined again. Blaze's throat grew thick and he exhaled slowly at the feel of his mate surrounding him. Nothing existed in the world like the feeling of Tal's ass embracing his cock. Gods, if he could choose how he would die, he would so choose to die buried inside of Tal's tight hole.

"Mmm… gods, baby, you are so fucking delicious," Blaze growled low in his throat and thrust deeper and faster into the warm, tight channel of his husband's rear.

"Harder, Blaze, please," Tal pleaded.

Blaze watched the younger man's hands clench the sheets underneath him. Seeing the pleasure so affect his Vermithian caused Blaze's hips to slam forward and he fell forward to surround Tal's body, his hands gripping the sheets underneath his pregnant mate's body. Blaze reached for a bit of control, hoping against hope he wouldn't end up losing his battle with his will and end up coming before he'd had a chance to get Tal off.

Blaze grit his teeth. "I don't want to hurt you or our babies." He pulled his lips tight before biting his lower lip and mentally reciting the Tumaron laws of alliances and negotiations in an effort to prevent premature ejaculation.

It really didn't help much.

"We're fine. I'm fine… they're fine… just do it! Fuck me hard, Blaze! Now! Or I won't be fine in a moment and I'll finish it myself. Now fuck me!" Tal demanded.

Shocked at the urgency and desperation in his mate's voice, Blaze stopped for a minute. What the hell? Had he missed something?

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Tal couldn't explain his reactions. He had an overwhelming need to feel his mate for the next few days while he went away. How could Tal explain the foreboding spreading over him at the thought of his man being gone? Of Tal being left at the palace without his wolf? He didn't know why, but he had a feeling it would be the last time in a long time he would have with his shifter and he wanted to make sure he remembered it.

As Tal crested the wave of his passionate encounter with his mate, his voice rose to the heavens, joining with Blaze's roar of satisfaction. And still, the heavy feeling enveloped him fully. He tried desperately to exult in the rapture soaring through his blood, but he could only think of Blaze leaving in three days. Pain began to shoot through his chest and he swallowed back the tears threatening to fall. The grief clutched at him so much, and once Blaze's cock softened and he withdrew his now flaccid member from Tal's ass, Tal shivered slightly. Tal turned over, unmindful of his mate's seed leaking from his still fluttering hole, two matching wet spots underneath him, and pulled his mate close. He clutched Blaze tightly, his arms and legs wrapped around his big wolf, clinging to him desperately, even after they both fell asleep.

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

"What do you mean you're going with me?" Blaze hissed softly to his brother as he stood before him. He looked over at Tal and gave his mate a small smile before he turned back to glare at his sibling. His very upset, very haggard looking sibling

Shit.

"What the fuck happened?" Blaze asked with a sigh and instantly felt like an ass when Buck's eyes filled with tears.

He knew Buck had something bad going on, but whenever he asked his brother, the other man always blew him off. He hoped this time Buck would tell him the problem.

"Look." Buck swallowed deeply and Blaze watched as he struggled to compose himself. "I just can't stay behind, Blaze, okay? Please don't make me stay behind. I have to go. I need to get off Tumaro. Do something. Go somewhere. I've got a lot of shit going on right now and if I stay here I'm afraid it's all going to blow up in my face or I'm going to blow up. And then there's Percy—" Buck's words cut off abruptly as if realizing he almost gave away something he thought a closely guarded secret.

"I know you know Percy is your mate and Percy knows he's your mate. I know you made a promise to him to mate him when he turned eighteen and that you changed your mind about the whole thing. I also know you think you're doing the right thing by not mating him. You think you're protecting him, but Buck…" Blaze sighed and put his hand on his younger brother's shoulder in consolation.

No matter how old Buck got or how broad-shouldered he got, Blaze would see nothing but the little boy who used to follow him around all the time. Or the young man devastated by the fact he'd not only revealed royal secrets but had been brutally assaulted as well—neither image easy to handle for Blaze.

"You're hurting him each and every time you deny him. Each time you refuse to mate him. You're killing him a little more each and every time. I know that's not what you want. So you need to choose. You can either claim your mate like you so desperately want to, or you can move out of the way and let someone else claim him," Blaze reasoned, ignoring Buck's warning growl.