For an instant, Wraith found himself distracted by the sight of Stephan’s firm, tight globes.His fingers twitched with his desire to touch.His prick began to thicken as he recalled the feel of sliding in and out of Stephan’s gripping channel.
Stephan must have taken Wraith’s silence as acceptance.He pulled a single-use packet of lube from his pocket and held it up.Then he pushed his jeans halfway down his thighs.Resting his torso on the railing, Stephan gripped one ass cheek, arched his back to put his globes on even better display, and tugged to reveal his hole.
“Come on, baby,” Stephan urged in a husky purr.He even wiggled the lube packet as he looked at him lustily.“I wanna feel you nail me so damn bad.”
As Wraith’s dick twitched, he felt his resolve wavering.Surely, it couldn’t hurt to fuck Stephan one more time.After all, he was there, he was offering, and it felt damn good to—
“Sorry to be a cock-blocker.”Gage’s deep voice echoed through the air as he appeared between the trees.He didn’t sound sorry at all.“But Wraith left poker early because we gotta be somewhere.”The big dirty-blond-haired shifter stalked forward, heading toward the back deck.Gage barely flicked his gaze toward Stephan as he ordered, “Pull your pants back up,” before focusing on Wraith and ordering, “Run in and get ready.I’ll meet you out front.”
For an instant, Wraith froze in confusion.He met Gage’s narrowed eyes and caught the warning within the big shifter’s hazel depths.While Wraith had no clue what Gage was talking about, embarrassment rushed through him.
“Uh, right,” Wraith muttered, shaking his head and trying to get his libido under control.“Um, sorry, Stephan.”The arousal still muddied his thoughts, and he struggled with what else to say.Taking Gage’s offered-out, Wraith went with, “Meet you out front in five.”
Then Wraith grabbed his backpack from the decking and hustled into his house, locking the door behind him.
Out of the corner of his eye, Wraith saw Stephan straighten.He glared in Gage’s direction, but his buddy just sported a bored look.As Stephan yanked his jeans back into place, he snarled, “What the fuck, Gage.You couldn’t have waited ten minutes?”
With a negligent shrug, Gage didn’t spare Stephan a response.Instead, he sauntered toward the side of the house, quickly disappearing from sight.
Rubbing a hand over his carefully buzzed five o’clock shadow, Wraith groaned under his breath.He’d vowed that he would never fuck Stephan again, and he’d nearly been overruled by his dick.Wraith huffed as he stalked through his house, heading up to his loft bedroom.
Over a hundred and fifty years old and still letting my dick do the thinking.
He suddenly felt so damn dirty.
Stupid prick.
Once Wraith reached his bedroom, he kicked off his sweatpants.He grabbed a fresh pair of jeans from a drawer and yanked them on.While he had no idea what Gage was talking about, he was going to act as if he did.His friend had been too far away for either of them to scent if he’d been telling a lie—which I’m pretty sure he was—but Wraith certainly wasn’t going to let anyone else think that.
Wraith crossed to the closet and chose a polo shirt.Then he grabbed socks and boots.Once finished dressing, he grabbed his keys and rushed out the front door.
Finding Gage leaning against the side of his garage, Wraith headed toward him.He watched his buddy open the keypad and punch in his code.His garage door began to open, and when it was halfway up, Gage ducked under and headed inside.
Following, Wraith hit the key fob, unlocking hisJeep Grand Cherokee.He slid into the driver’s seat.As he pushed the key into the slot, Wraith muttered, “Where are we headed?”
“Anywhere but here,” Gage told him, his voice so low that it was barely heard over Wraith starting the engine.
Taking his buddy at his word, knowing Gage would never steer him wrong, Wraith backed out of his garage.He turned around in front of his house and headed out of his driveway.On the left, between the trees, Wraith thought he caught movement.
“Yes, Stephan is still out there,” Gage murmured as he scrubbed a hand through his short hair.The mixed strands of dark-blond and medium-brown flopped this way and that, having a mind of their own at that hour of the night.Gage heaved a rough sigh, then grumbled, “I noticed him slipping out of Kurson’s house a few minutes after you did.Didn’t take any prizes to guess where he was going.”Turning to peer at him, his buddy frowned.“Thought I should check up on you.Good thing I did.”
Grimacing, Wraith muttered, “Thanks for that.”
“Sure, man.That’s what friends are for.”Then Gage glared at him, shaking his head.“What the hell were you thinking?”
Wraith let out a groan as embarrassment surged through him.“I can’t believe I almost fucked Stephan again.”
“Me, either,” Gage quipped back with a snort.Then he sobered, his brows furrowing.“Actually, I think I can.He can be damn seductive from what my friend in his old pack told me yesterday.”
“You talked with Louis about him again?”Wraith made a random turn on the road he traveled, taking him deeper into the mountains.“Why?”
“I know you didn’t say anything, but I see the way Stephan continues to pester you,” Gage revealed, frowning.Flashing a glance his fellow wolf shifter’s way before refocusing on the road, Wraith saw the scowl twisting his friend’s features as he continued, “His texts to you are a little...graphic.”
Wraith winced.“Yeah.I was debating blocking him, but considering he’s a pack-mate, it’d be a little hard to explain without getting him into trouble.”Rubbing over the bristles on his chin, he admitted, “I wasn’t certain I wanted to go that route, yet, considering he just got off probation a couple of months ago.”
He’d heard through the grapevine that Stephan had met with Alpha Declan and a few others in the inner circle to make it official just after Wraith had told himnofor the first time.
That had been a little over two months before.