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Ulises sucked in a breath. "Got it."
"I really do love you, baby. And I'll take care of you, but you have to let me." Izzy moved his hand to Ulises' neck where his tumor was. It was as if he was loving its existence too. "You don't want to love me. That's it, right?" But maybe he did anyway. If he did then Ulises wasn't sure what to do with the information. It was what he wanted but what about Todd?
Ulises met Todd's gaze.
Todd smiled as he leaned into them.
"I don't want toloseyou. I’m messed up because of my sister dying." Izzy held up a hand, stopping Ulises from speaking. "It's not an excuse for hurting you, but an explanation for my behavior."
"Can I trust you, Izzy? Are you gonna flake on me again?" His heart couldn't take it a second time.
Izzy sighed. "I have to earn your trust."
Ulises shrugged. "I want to believe you mean forever."
"I do mean it. I can prove it, baby."
Maybe it was wrong to test Izzy, but Ulises needed something more. "Then prove it. Daddy."
There was only one way. That was for Izzy to give him the mating bite. Something he'd never done with anyone else before, not even Todd, his fated mate. The ultimate test. Ulises expected Izzy to fail.
Chapter Twenty-Six
The little shit had challenged him. Ulises had never been so bold before but maybe this was how Ulises was when he was hurt and angry. And damned if it wasn't cute.
"Don't expect it to work every time." Izzy tilted Ulises’ head to the side. "Open his pants, Todd."
"Yes, Daddy." Todd was a good boy. He was the best boy Izzy had ever had, and that included Ulises. At least in the sense that Todd obeyed every order. But then Izzy hadn't pissed him off yet.
Ulises bit his lip, sucking in a breath. "What are you going to do?"
"Prove it. You'll probably come. And if you come in your pants, you’ll be annoyed that they're dirty." Izzy's little warlock didn't like feeling dirty.
"It won't annoy me if you make me come." Ulises' brown eyes were bigger than normal. Sometimes he looked like a sad puppy. Izzy's instinct to protect him had always been there, partially for that reason. But Ulises wasn't sad at the moment. He looked shocked and maybe a little turned-on.
Ulises' eyes widened even more, and his gaze went to Todd when he fished his cock out of his pants and held it. Ulises shut his eyes as he moaned. "Not annoyed."
Izzy chuckled. "No. That's because your cock is free."
Todd was the one who initiated the kiss, but it was Ulises who deepened it. Ulises turned desperate as if a touch was all he wanted. Someone to make him feel good. That was how it seemed at first. But the whimpers told a different story about wanting more than someone's touch. Ulises wanted someone to care about him while they touched him.
Maybe Izzy was slow on the uptake. He hadn't realized what Ulises had needed.
Shit. You're a selfish asshole.
Izzy hadn't been interested in Ulises' needs. Only his own. He had been so far into his own trauma he hadn't paid attention to the things that mattered the most.
He'd always thought Daruss had gone soft when he’d mated Jude and Raylee. Almost upon completing their bond Daruss had announced his intention to stop most of the illegal things that made the club money.
Izzy was starting to understand where Daruss had come from with his boys. Izzy had never held down a legitimate job in his life, but he'd start if it meant keeping his boys safe. They mattered most, like Jude and Raylee mattered more to Daruss than continuing to put himself and them in danger.
"Look at me, boy." Izzy's voice shook when he spoke. He couldn't keep the emotion out even when he whispered.
Todd and Ulises' gazes snapped toward him. Since he hadn't specified who he was talking to they both obeyed. Their lips were red from kissing, and they looked debauched with Todd's hand around Ulises' cock.
This would be the rest of his life if he played his cards right. He had to convince Ulises first.
"I'm going to love you forever.Bothof you." He made sure he met Todd's gaze as well as Ulises’.
