“No, sir. What in the world would I do with an alpha as my mate? You’re very handsome, but I can’t deal with all the drama, frankly, and I wouldn’t feel equal to the task of being around your alpha brother and all your alpha cousins. I’d constantly feel the strain and it would make both of us unhappy. No, I don’t love you, and I never could. ”
Konnor felt his cheeks growing warm. “You don’t love me. And you’d be unhappy as my mate?”
“Oh, yes, sir, I
would. And you needn’t sound so hurt about my feelings for you. I know very well that you don’t love me. I mean, how could you? You barely know me, really, and then there’s the rank thing. There may be some less dominant, less powerfulalphas who wouldn’t make me feel like a second class citizen, but I’m sorry, sir, you’re just not one of them. I’d always know you felt embarrassed by me as your mate, and that wouldn’t be good for either of us. ”
“I see…”
“So I can be your love slave. I’d be happier that way, and then if you meet someone and fall in love with them, you’d be free to make them your mate. No one would ever have to know I’m your real mate. I’d certainly never tell anyone. You can keep me around so you don’t get physicallyill, and I wouldn’t interfere in any way. ”
Konnor looked down at his feet. He was so angry, he had to be careful not to explode and choke the shit out of his mate. “And what about you, Ethan? What if you fall in love with someone else?” He was very proud of how even and calm he’d kept his voice. Only the crumbling woodwork under his fingers would give him away, so he shifted his body to stand in front of it.
Ethan shook his head. “I don’t ever expect to fall in love, sir. I imagine you’ll keep me busy with plenty of sex, though…” He angled a glance over at Konnor. “If you’d like me to service your brother and your cousins, I could do that. ”
The wood on the frame came apart in his hands. “Service them?” he asked in a voice only a bit higher than his normal tone.
“Yes, sir. I’ll do whatever you tell me to do. ” He stood up and came over to where Konnor stood at the door, dropping fluidly and gracefully to his knees in front of him. “I’d like to service you now, sir, if that’s all right. ”
Konnor nodded, unable to speak past the sudden lump in his throat. His damn balls were drawn up so tight that it could be them half choking him. Ethan’s graceful, long fingers soon unbuttoned his trousers and slid them down his hips. His warm lips engulfed Konnor, and on the upward stroke of his tongue, he ran it over the long vein throbbing up the length ofKonnor’s shaft. Konnor made an involuntary cry of pleasure, his knees so weak he had to lean heavily against the woodwork. Ethan bent to his task, taking Konnor’s shaft deep in his mouth. Ethan’s lips were stoking a fire in Konnor’s blood. He cupped Konnor’s balls in his hand, kneading them and massaging as Konnor arched into him. He slid his tongue down farther, taking each of his balls in his mouth and even lapping his tongue across his hole. Konnor pinched his eyes shut and held on as Ethan moved back up to suck the head of his cock, swirling his tongue over it again and again. He nibbled gently at the head, and Konnor’s cock became even more huge, and harder than he thought possible. When Ethan licked a longstripe up Konnor’s cock, looking up at him wickedly through his eyelashes, Konnor had enough.
He grasped Ethan’s hair in his hands and made him keep still while he began to slowly thrust into his hot mouth, slow, steady strokes that took them both to the edge. Time seemed to stand still, and he could have been here forever, slowly thrusting into the velvety soft, hot as hell mouth. Konnor was so close, and then Ethan made a little move with his tongue that took him over the edge completely, his hips bucking and his mouth opening to let out a long, feral groan of pleasure.
Ethan swallowed every drop, and then sucked and licked to clean up, even holding Konnor’s softening cock in his mouth until he pushed him gently away. Konnor’s voice sounded rusty and hoarse even to him as he spoke breathlessly. “I don’t even want to know where you learned to do that. Don’t tell me. ”
Ethan gazed up at him sadly, and whispered, “Yes, sir. ” He sat back on his heels and waited for Konnor to move. Finally Konnor pulled up his pants, tucking himself back in. Still a little breathless, he put a hand on Ethan’s cheek, rubbing his thumb over it for a long moment. Then without another word, he turned and left the room.
“Well, did you get things straightened out between you?” Larssen asked.
Konnor eased himself down in the chair next to Larssen and shook his head. “Not exactly. H-he wants me to treat him as my love slave . ”
“What?”
“He has it all figured out. He said he knows I can never love himbecause he’s just an omega
and I’m an alpha, and never the twain shall meet, or some such shit . He would only embarrass me, blah, blah, blah, and I would be miserable. So since he doesn’t want me either, because I’m a high-maintenance alpha and it would keep him under a strain always trying to keep up, he will just be my love slave, which will, of course, free me up to find someone else. Oh, and I can give him to you and the cousins too, andhe’ll service you whenever I want him to. ”
“ What?”
“Don’t keep saying what like that. I’m telling you what the man said. ”
“What did you say?”
“Not too much. It’s kind of hard to talk when he’s got his mouth wrapped around my dick. ” “Okay, too much information. Tell me the part again where he’s going to service me. ” “Not if you want to keep breathing. ” Konnor gave his brother a dark look, and Larssen held
up his hands in front of him.
“I’m joking, little brother. Sorry. But seriously, what are you going to do?” “Well, I’m not going to let him walk around in a leather thong like he wants to, unless we’re alone, of course. And I’m not going to take any other lovers or allow him to either. And I’m definitely not going to let him be my damn love slave. He’s my mate, and he needs to get over all this shit and act like it. ” Konnor flopped back in his chair and crossed his arm over his chest. “If I’d known he was going to be this much trouble, I might have given some thought to just leaving him with that woman, I can tell you that. ”
“No you wouldn’t, so don’t even t ry to lie about it. ” Larssen said, smiling. Konnor made a rude noise and stared straight ahead, not giving an inch.
“Do you remember when we were little kids and we’d go over to our grandmother’s house?”
“What in the fuck has this got to do with anything?”
“I’m trying to make a point here, just work with me. Do you remember?”
“Of course I do, but what does this walk down memory lane have to do…”