Page 38 of Starting Over

Wyatt was breathing heavy as he looked around before seeing his tiny shrew looking at him with those big eyes as his long nose twitched.

Kneeling down and holding out his hand, Wyatt softly said, “Come to me, little mouse.”

Rain rushed to Wyatt and leaped onto the palm of his hand before rushing up his sleeve and rubbing his tiny head on Wyatt’s neck.

Gently Wyatt pulled him down and back into his palm, softly asking, “Are you okay, little mouse?”

Rain nodded.

“I swear to fuck if you don’t stop struggling, I’m going to knock your ass out and drag you back to the cabin!” Ryan snapped, bringing Wyatt’s attention back to the matter at hand.

Placing his mate onto his shoulder, he gave him a soft pat to his head, “Stay there, little mouse. I have to attend to this.”

Feeling the gentle tickle to the side of his neck, Wyatt slowly made his way to the bastard, getting into his face, “Who are you?”

“Fuck you!” the guy snapped.

Orca dug into the guy’s pocket all the while the man tried to get free. “Get the fuck out of my pants you fucking faggot!”

Orca snorted as he pulled the asshole’s wallet out, “I wouldn’t touch your cock if it was out, hard and dripping.”

Wyatt took the wallet, and opened it up. “Jean Claude Dupont.” Looking up at the man, Wyatt sneered, “So, Jean Claude Dupont, how many men are with you?”

“Fuck off.” Jean Claude snapped, then spat at Wyatt.

Without missing a beat, Wyatt grabbed the man, knowing his dragon eyes flared by the fear in the other man’s eyes who stammered, “Wh… what the fuck are you?”

“You’re worst fucking nightmare, Jean Claude,” Wyatt hissed. “I don’t like being spat at, Jean Claude, and I really don’t like that you could have killed my mate.” Looking to Ryan, he snapped, “Get this fucker back to the cabin with the others. We’ll figure out what we’re going to do with him then. Orca, take some men and make sure we don’t have any more surprises out there.”

“What about you? I don’t think it’s a good plan for you to be out here alone,” Orca said.

Shaking his head, Wyatt replied, “We’d have scented if anyone else was around. Rain and I have a few things to talk about and then we’ll head back to the cabin. We won’t be long.”

Orca looked as if he wanted to object, but nodded instead. “I’ll let you know if we spot any more problems.”

The moment they all left, Wyatt gently took Rain and placed him on the ground while pulling his own shirt off, “Why don’t you shift, little mouse.”

Wyatt almost wished he hadn’t asked it of his mate, because seeing his naked man standing there looking so yummy and sweet all Wyatt wanted to do was eat him up. “Fuck! Put this on, little mouse. We need to talk and seeing you like this won’t make that happen.”

Rain pulled on the shirt Wyatt had taken off and put it on… it was like a mini dress, but it covered all his bits and pieces, which was a good thing in case anyone walked up on them, but it did nothing to stop Wyatt from wanting to put his mate against a tree and fuck him until he begged for mercy.

“No,” Rain said, causing Wyatt to look up and see his mate looking at him rather sternly.

“What?” Wyatt asked, trying to look innocent and knowing he wasn’t pulling it off… especially when Rain started wagging his finger at him.

“I know that look, Wy. I should, you give it to me every time I walk into a room… and you are not fucking me against a tree.”

Wyatt’s eyes widened, “How the hell…?”

“I already told you I know that look, and although I readily admit I love having your dick in my ass… often, if you shoved my naked cock against that tree the bark would cut my dick off… and I rather like my cock, thank you very much. Besides, I have something I need to say, and I need you focused right now,” Rain insisted.

Hearing the sincerity in his mate’s words, Wyatt pushed his libido to the side, and nodded. “You’re right. We do need to talk. I wanted…”

“Stop,” Rain said as he sauntered closer to Wyatt. “I told you I have something I need to say. I’m ashamed of my reaction earlier when someone was shooting at Jude and me. My damn shrew forced my shift and took off. “

“I already told you, Rain, we all struggle with control of our animal from time to time. Besides, I would rather you run than to have stayed in a location filled with so much danger. Before I knew you were gone, I…” Wyatt dropped his gaze, in a shame of his own. “I froze. My dragon and I felt something we’d never felt before, and I… I didn’t know what to do.”

Rain walked closer, placing his hand on Wyatt’s chest, causing Wyatt to look into his beautiful sparkling copper eyes. “What did you feel?”