look at the
guy and he wanted to be deep inside of him. Stefan was the type of
man who made Ben want to capture him and fuck him into a wall.
Audley was uniquely different. Ben thought he’d met a delicate
man when he mated Stefan, but he didn’t even come close to being as
delicate as Audley looked. Ben would be surprised if the man
weighed more than a hundred pounds sopping wet. He looked like a
sprite, all fragile and dainty.
Audley made Ben want to cradle the man close to his body and
protect him from the evils of the world. He wanted to give the man so
much gentle pleasure that he never dreamed there could be anything
else. Ben wanted to fulfill all of Audley’s fantasies before the man
could even realize he had any. He wanted to consume Audley.
Ben couldn’t suppress the growl that worked its way up his throat.
Exchanging blood wasn’t the only part of claiming one’s mate. Ben
and Stefan needed to claim Audley sexually, too. Ben wanted to finish
the claiming right here and now, but the voices coming down the
hallway told him he’d run out of time. That part of the claiming
would have to wait.
“Close it, Audley,” Ben commanded. “Devlin and the prince are
coming.”
For a moment, Ben saw fire flash in Audley’s eyes as the man
looked up at him, and then Audley lowered his eyes. Ben groaned at
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the sight of Audley’s small pink tongue swiping against the bite mark
on Stefan’s wrist. His cock ached and he wondered what else the little
man could do with that tongue.
“Is–is it done?” Audley asked, his voice just barely above a
whisper.
“It’s done, Audley. You belong to Stefan and me now,” Ben
replied. He gently patted Audley on the shoulder. “No one can take
you away from us now—not Oliver, not Dane, not even Prince
Zacarius. You’re ours.”
Audley’s smile was tentative, but it was there. That was good
enough for Ben. He started to return Audley’s smile when the study
door opened. Ben stepped in front of Stefan and Audley, protecting
his mates from whoever came in. He let out a sigh of relief when he
saw Devlin and the prince.
“How’s your meeting going?” Ben asked as he let his body settle
into a less aggressive mode.
“Oliver’s an ass!” Devlin exclaimed.
“I’ve always thought so.” Stefan chuckled, stepping out from
behind Ben.
“Dane isn’t much better,” the prince griped.
“And they’re both going to get a lot worse when they find out that
Stefan and I just claimed Audley as our mate.” Ben held his breath as
he waited for the fallout from his words. It wasn’t long in coming.
“You did what?” Devlin asked.
“Audley is our mate,” Ben said. “Stefan and I have already
claimed him. I asked you here so that you could witness our claiming
marks. I don’t want Oliver or Dane to have any excuse for nullifying
our claim.”
Ben held out his wrist to Devlin and the prince. Stefan did the
same. Ben grabbed Audley’s wrist and held his hand out for Devlin
and Prince Zacarius to see. The cut he’d received had started to heal,
but the evidence still remained in the puckered pink flesh.
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“Audley belongs to us and we’ll be taking him home with us to
Wolf Creek when we leave,” Ben said. “Do you have any
disagreement with this?”
“You’re not going to make this easy for me, are you?” Prince
Zacarius asked. He crossed his arms over his chest and glared at Ben.
“Would you deny mates being together?” Ben asked. “We didn’t
set out to claim Audley, but once we knew he was our mate, we
couldn’t deny him. Surely you know that?”
Prince Zacarius glanced at Devlin and smiled. “Yes, I’m quite
aware of the need to claim your mate.”
“Then you won’t deny our claim?”
The prince remained quiet for several long, agonizing moments,
and then looked past Ben to where Audley huddled behind him.
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