Hagen, Lynn - Nicholas's Wolf [Brac Pack 14] (Siren Publishing Everlasting Classic ManLove) by Lynn Hagen Page A

would kill them.
    And if another vampire threatened what was his, then Jason would find the coven they slept in and burn it to the ground.
    They lay in bed, Jason holding his mate close, his hands running over such a smooth and flawless back.
    He had asked about the reference to the lions and such. His mate was patient with him, took his time to explain human things without making Jason feel dimwitted. He loved his doctor so much.
    Nicholas turned in Jason’s arms. “Show me.”
    Jason was jolted from his thoughts as his mate’s hazel eyes locked onto him. “What, mate?”
    “You, your scars.” Nicholas watched him intently. Pure panic seized Jason at the thought of his mate seeing him as he truly was. “Please.”
    He swallowed around the lump of fear that had formed in his throat. “Why?”
    Jason cursed himself for the tremor in his voice. Reaching down, his mate pulled his shirt up an inch, exposing years of abuse and pain.
    Nicholas leaned forward and kissed the few inches of skin that became exposed. He ran his tongue along the hair running from his navel to the waistband of his sleeping pants. Nicholas lifted his shirt a little higher, kissing the first scar revealed. He trembled as he watched in horror.
    Jason reached down and grabbed his shirt, trying to push it back down. Nicholas couldn’t see this. His mate would hate him and look at him with pitying eyes. Jason couldn’t handle pity. Not now, not ever from this gorgeous man. He was an ugly duckling and would always be one. Why couldn’t his mate accept him for what he was and leave it alone?
    Nicholas rubbed the back of Jason’s hands. He glanced up at Jason and then Jason pulled his own shirt up with the help of his mate’s hands. They were guiding his, showing what had been done to him for his refusal to follow orders. His hands shook as Nicholas kissed his abdomen. Those kisses seemed to heat his skin wherever Nicholas’s lips touched.
    His shirt inched up some more, Nicholas kissing the ugliest scar of them all. It ran from his left nipple and curved around to his right hip. A wet tongue trailed back down as his mate caressed his hand. Soon, Jason’s whole body shook as his mate pulled his shirt over his head.
    “Please, don’t,” Jason begged softly.
    “Shh, you’re beautiful.” Nicholas’s tongue sucked at his scared nipple, taking it into his mouth.
    “No, I’m an ugly duckling.” Jason quickly wiped away the tear that ran down the side of his face before his mate could see it.
    “I thought you were my wolf,” Nicholas teased as his hands spanned across Jason’s chest. Jason watched him closely. There was no look of disgust, no pity filling his eyes, but what he did see was a look of unadulterated lust. Jason closed his eyes. It was too much, just too damn much.
    “Look at me,” Nicholas pled as he hooked his hands into the waistband of Jason’s sleeping pants and then slid them down and off. He was fully naked for the first time since at the hands of his cruel ex Alpha. Jason slowly opened his eyes, stealing a glance at his mate. His fingers itched to grab the comforter and cover his shame.
    Nicholas’s eyes raked over his naked form, as if appraising it. “Damn, that is one fine body you’ve been hiding from me.”
    Jason turned his head, looking into Nicholas’s eyes to see so much love that his heart felt as though the tomb it had been sealed in was finally opened. Nicholas leaned forward and kissed at the tear Jason hadn’t even felt leave his eye. “I have you,” Nicholas promised.
    Jason nodded, trusting that his mate wouldn’t turn his back on him, wouldn’t hate him for being so broken. He watched as Nicholas grabbed the lube, slicked Jason’s cock, and then climbed onto him, impaling himself as he skimmed his hands over Jason’s chest, running his fingers over each individual scar.
    “So beautiful,” Nicholas whispered as he took Jason’s cock. Jason growled, turning them over as he threw his mate’s