Page 40 of Alphas Never Hide (Willow Lake Supernaturals #5)

Chapter Forty

HAYDEN

I’d walked through the yard behind my garage thousands, if not millions, of times, but tonight everything felt new. The familiar scents of grease, oil, and tires signaled I was home, but with Ryley at my side this time, I realized that home had different meanings. I supposed I’d known that all along, but it was just so damn obvious now.

Before , home was the place I slept. The place where I hid from the world. The place where I tried to heal. But now, home was so much more. Home was the place where I would spend time alone with Ryley . Where I would show my mate how much I cherished him. Where I would love and protect him. I wanted to laugh with him there, fight with him and make up, and build memories to last a thousand lifetimes. I couldn’t wait to get started.

The hinges creaked as I opened the trailer door. I reached in and turned on a light, then motioned him inside. He grinned at me as he hopped up the metal steps .

“ It feels like forever since we stayed here our first night together,” he said as I stepped in behind him and closed the door. I dropped our bags on the built-in sofa.

He was right. We’d only spent one night at the Willow Lake Inn , but it felt like an eternity since we’d been here. As I watched him move through the tight space, something settled inside me. The blankets on the bed might still be mussed from when we’d slept there and the dining table was still made up into a bed, but it all felt like perfection.

He spun toward me and stalked across the scant distance that separated us. He poked a finger into my chest. “ You better not try to sneak out again tonight.”

“ There is no other place I’d rather be,” I said, earning a smile from him.

“ Me either,” he whispered as he leaned forward and brushed his mouth across mine.

I chased his lips, eager for more. I pushed my fingers into his hair and pressed my lips to his. This wasn’t our first time, but it still felt like it was. Maybe it would always feel this way with Ryley because I couldn’t imagine a moment when I wouldn’t stop to acknowledge how blessed I was to have him in my life.

We grinned at one another when we broke our kiss to tug our shirts over our heads.

“ Hi , mate of mine,” I whispered.

“ Hello , mate.” He grinned back at me as he backed up toward the bed. He shed his clothes along the way. By the time he got to the mattress, he was naked and flushed. “ Hurry . Before I get cold.”

“ Are you cold now? I can adjust the heater.” I didn’t normally feel the cold until snow hit the ground, but if my mate?—

“ Hayden ,” Ryley said sharply. “ Get your ass over here. I’m waiting for you to fuck me, bite me, knot me, and give me orgasms.”

I wasn’t about to say no to that. I tore my clothes off and fell into bed beside him.

“ About time,” he said as he pulled me into a kiss.

The kiss we’d shared at the door had been sweet and full of anticipation, but this one was passion unleashed. Heat rocketed through me as his bare skin pressed against mine. Our hands explored. Our tongues danced. My achingly hard cock rubbed against his.

“ Are you sure?” I asked between kisses.

“ Am I sure that I want you to top? Fuck yes. Unless you don’t want to.”

I pressed my forehead to his. “ I do. But I won’t last long. You feel like perfection. I want you so damn bad, I could come now. Already .”

“ I would say you’re good for my ego,” he said with a soft laugh, “but I’m right there with you. I’m so turned on right now.”

I raised my head to look at him. His glasses were fogged up. His cheeks were flushed. His lips were swollen and wet. He was the sexiest damn thing I’d ever seen.

“ I love you,” I whispered as I reached between us and rubbed my hand through the slippery pre-cum coating the crowns of our cocks. Ryley shuddered and arched into my touch.

“ I’m going to come if you keep— Ah … ”

I wrapped my hand around both of our cocks and jerked.

“ Hayden …”

Ryley’s eyes fluttered shut as he lost himself in pleasure. His scent grew headier and more intoxicating, and I breathed in to take as much of it into me as possible. Our hard lengths slipped and rubbed against one another as I tugged faster. Ryley squirmed and bucked beneath me, chasing his own pleasure. Our combined magic sparked to life around us, making the air sing and dance with our love for one another. As his body tightened in his release, I slammed my mouth against his as I followed.

Normally , after coming, I’d feel spent and relaxed, but I wasn’t done. Not yet. I didn’t bother wiping away the cum that was cooling on our skin. I wanted it there. I wanted my scent marking him. I wanted this physical proof between us of how hot we were for one another. And I wanted to add to it. I wanted to cover him in my cum and fill him up. And have him cover me and fill me up, too. Until our scent was so intertwined, there was no him or me, there was only us.

“ I love you, Ryley ,” I whispered again. I didn’t think I’d ever tire of saying that.

“ I love you too, Hayden .” He smiled. Under his fogged-up glasses, his eyelashes fluttered.

He had a bit of a sexy nerd look going on when he wore his glasses. I hadn’t known that was my type until I met him. Or maybe my type was Ryley . Just Ryley . Either way, seeing him sweaty and sated with his glasses askew was hot as fuck. Except this time, I wanted to see his eyes. I’d have to find out if there was a way to keep his glasses from fogging up during sex. I hoped so. But for now, I gently tugged his glasses from his face and set them aside.

“ You still want this?” I asked. “ Or do you want to sleep now? It’s been a long day.”

“ Abso -fucking-lutely I want this.” He grabbed the lube from beside the bed and pressed it into my hand. “ Lube me up, Wolfy .”

“ Wolfy ?” I raised my eyebrow.

“ You know, like ‘ Beam me up, Scotty ,’ only not.”

I had no idea what he was talking about.

He took the lube out of my hand, because apparently, I wasn’t moving quickly enough. He opened it and squirted a generous portion onto my hand. Then he grabbed his knees and pulled them to his chest. “ Get me ready.”

Seeing him presented to me like that made my heart pound. My pulse raced faster as my fingers slid over his opening. When he moaned and shuddered under my touch, my cock hardened. It was already rallying again for what was coming next.

I still took my time, though, sliding my fingers inside him. Opening him. Getting him ready for me. I needed to make him feel good. I needed this to be amazing and beautiful and…

“ Fucking fuck me already.”

I laughed. I couldn’t help it. “ Such a damn romantic.”

“ Honey Bunches of Oats ,” he said in a sugary sweet tone, as he batted his eyelashes at me. “ I think I’m ready for you to take your beautiful fat cock and lovingly pound me into this bouncy mattress.”

I snorted, but I got the not-so-subtle message. When I was between his legs, I locked eyes with him. My dick nudged against his prepped hole. Then I pressed inside.

“ Yessss ,” Ryley hissed, lifting his hips to mine to take more of me.

I grabbed his hips with a bruising grip to slow him down. I refused to hurt him by going too fast.

“ I can take you,” he said. “ I’m your mate. I’m built for you.”

“ Mine ,” I growled. My teeth were already elongating, getting ready to bite him.

Suddenly , I wished humans were right about mating bites. Someone had told me once that, according to human fiction, wolf shifters had to bite their mates to join their lives together. The bite mark would stay, a visible sign of their joined lives.

Was it greedy to wish I could mark him like that? Sure , we had matching locks of hair to show we were mates, but that wasn’t something I had done. It was a gift from the Eternal Magic , not me. I wanted him to wear something to mark our union that came from me. Just me. Not a mark from the Eternal Magic and not a ring forged by someone else, like humans did.

But biting during sex wasn’t about mating. It was about energy and feeling good and trust. The marks would fade by morning. But , for now, that would be enough. If Ryley was agreeable, though, I wanted to find another way to mark our union. Something that was unique to us.

I’d think about that later.

Much , much later.

Because , right now, our bodies were chasing pleasure. Our magic shimmered around us. Unlike when we had sex the first time, there was no separate color for him and me. Right from the start, it was our joined magic. A yellowy green that reminded me of pack runs through ancient pine trees. It was home.

Ryley was my home.

“ Bite me, now,” Ryley demanded.

He threw his head back, exposing the beautiful column of his neck. My teeth sank into his tender skin and the world exploded in a flurry of pleasure and beauty as I released deep inside him.

His body tightened around me as he came too. I pulled back, but there was a tugging sensation that stopped me. In my post-orgasmic daze, it took longer than it should have for me to realize that must be my knot.

“ Oh .” He shivered as his body tightened around me. “ That’s …”

He sounded drunk.

“ Ry ? I think I knotted you.”

“ Yes .” He shivered again, like he was experiencing little climactic after-shocks. “ That’s … Feels so good.”

I grinned. Ryley was rarely at a loss for words. I was rather proud of myself for fucking him senseless. Wrapping my arms around him, I rolled us, so I was on my back with him draped over me. I lapped at the bite mark until he was groaning and tilting his head to the side to give me more access. I didn’t know how long it’d take for my knot to go down, but I was going to relish every second.