Jacks, Marcy - Eli's Reluctant Mate [DeWitt's Pack 5] (Siren Publishing Everlasting Classic ManLove) by Marcy Jacks Page B

against Eli, his cock becoming soft inside of him, Eli’s body must’ve taken that as a hint.
    Luckily it was too hot to sleep with the blankets anyway, so all the stuff they ruined, save for the sheets just covering the mattress, were thrown onto the floor.
    Eli lay on his back, his eyes shut and sleep pulling him away. He could still feel the presence of the full moon outside, but now it was a comforting feel rather than a torturous one.
    He just about drifted off when he felt Chris’s touch on his arm.
    His eyes popped open to see the other man looking at him expectantly. Wordlessly, Eli lifted his arm, allowing Chris to sink down on Eli’s chest, the both of them snuggling close, their legs twining together, despite the heat.
    “Thank you,” he heard Chris say before drifting off.

    86                            Marcy Jacks

    Chapter Ten
    Eli had created a monster.
    Whereas before Chris had been shy and just barely willing to spend time alone with Eli, now he was insistent on locking the door to  Eli’s cabin to prevent any unwanted guests, shutting the windows to keep them from being seen or heard, and putting Eli on his back at every possible moment.
    Not that he was complaining in the beginning, and the knowing little smirks that were sent his way after going several hours without being seen by anyone were a huge boost to his ego.
    But now that his wolf was more than settled, Eli had grown curious.
    Chris was a young man, hardly a teenager, but still at an age where he should of had some experience with sex.
    With the eager way he acted and the needy behavior he displayed,  Eli was prone to think that Chris had never had an orgasm in his life before Eli came along.
    He asked him as much the next time they were alone. James had given the both of them permission to travel with the group of alphas and omegas to the pond for  swimming, and though they were dressed for a day out, shorts, T- shirts, sandals, and whatnot, neither were up for swimming.
    Eli should’ve expected the defensive answer Chris gave him. “I wasn’t a virgin or anything, if that’s what you’re asking.”
    “No, I didn’t think that,” Eli lied. Truthfully, the thought had briefly entered his head. It had been what he’d hoped for. It was the preferable scenario over what Eli suspected.

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    “It’s just that you don’t act like someone used to having sex.”  That, and Chris still showed a slight fear of letting Eli top him. The  last time Eli tried, he’d been so careful, and yet still Chris had  trembled beneath him, his body actually shook with fear, and Eli was  forced to stop.
    Chris might say he was ready, but Eli could tell otherwise, and  now that they were properly mated, Eli wasn’t being controlled by his  instincts so much that he couldn’t tell when Chris was frightened of  his touch.
    “I didn’t much get around before you.”
    At least there was that part about it. Those words coming out of  Chris’s mouth still made Eli feel strong and powerful, like Chris  really was entirely his, even though someone else had had the other  man at least once before Eli.
    “I just wish you still weren’t so scared of me, is all,” Eli said,  throwing away the stalk of grass he’d been playing with.
    “I’m not afraid of you anymore,” Chris said. “I never really was.  Not really, I was just  ”…
    Chris didn’t continue. This was the last touchy subject between  them, and it was driving a wedge between them as wide as though  they’d never made any progress at all.
    It wouldn’t be such a big deal for Eli had he not been born an  alpha, and his inner wolf was beginning to growl at the constant  reversal of positions.
    Another big issue was something Eli had yet to share with Chris,  and that was the constant danger the other man would be in so long as  he had those pretty eyes of his. Eli