My entire body was drenched in sweat, and I was on fire. My balls felt so tight I knew I couldn't last much longer. "Turn your head, beauty. I need to get close to the back of your neck with my bite."
"Do it, alpha." Voice strained with desire, he turned his head as far as he could, begging me to make him mine. My knot completely formed, locking us together. Rolling my hips, I ground against him as I came. First pressing a quick kiss to his cheek, I stretched my own neck to get as close to the nape as I could before letting my teeth pierce his flesh. When I bit down, Charlie gasped and shot cum between us. My own cock was still pulsing as I emptied my load inside him while our partial bond became iron-strong, linking us together so firmly we would never come untethered.
Pulling my teeth out, I licked the bite to heal it and lifted my head when I heard Charlie's voice in my mind again. "I know it's not normal for the alpha to be bitten, but I meant it when I said I wanted you to be physically marked as well. I don't want you to go another moment in life with your bare chest if it makes people think you're unwanted or unloved. Now that you’re mine forever, I want the whole world to know. If you’re okay with it." He went from assured to hesitant in no time flat.
With my hand cradling his cheek, I looked him in the eye with a smile, hoping I showed all the affection behind it. "You can bite me any time, anywhere. My body belongs to you. Mark it up however you want. And beauty? I will be proud to wear your mark. Never doubt it for a second."
Charlie beamed as he pushed against my shoulders to make me lift up. Laughing, I thought about my knot and slid my arms beneath him and rolled us over instead. "Let's do it like this, beauty. I think you'll find it more comfortable."
As soon as he moved, Charlie winced and quickly readjusted his body. Thank fuck because it hadn't felt very good on my end either. "I was taught about the knot, Eli reminded me to expect it, and I definitely enjoy the way it's filling me, but nobody warns you about the logistics, do they?"
"No, they really don't. But maybe stick to small movements so you're not tugging the tender skin around your hole or detach my cock from my balls. I'm not sure you could, but ouch… it almost felt like it for a second there."
Charlie's eyes widened. "I'm sorry. I'd never want to hurt you."
"It's okay, I promise. I didn't know to expect it, or I would've warned you. This part is new for me too. I've never knotted anyone before." As tacky as mentioning my former sex life to my mate was, I needed him to know I'd saved my knot only for him.
"Really, Lucian? But… you're an alpha." I smiled when he hesitated after the but, as if being an alpha meant I was a slave to my knot.
"I don't know what you were taught, but alphas are capable of controlling themselves. The ones who don't are assholes making excuses to be pigs."
Smiling, Charlie shook his head as he bent to press a kiss over my heart. "Thanks for clearing my confusion up, but I have no doubt as to whether you could control yourself. But yeah, I was taught the alpha knot inflates every time you orgasm. Teacher said it was nature's way of propagating the species."
"Don't know who this Teacher is, but he's an idiot. I've never felt the need to go around knocking up everything in sight, though I really don’t want to talk about my past. Especially while we're stuck together. It's not exactly romantic."
"True, but it is honest, and honesty is always romantic. Plus, I don't care about your past since I know I'm your future."
"Beauty, you're not my future—you're my everything. I saved my knot because I've always held out hope of finding my true mate. My knot and my heart are the two things I have never given away until tonight. And now, they both belong to you."
Charlie blinked a few times, then sniffled. "See? Totally romantic." He leaned forward to kiss me, lingering long enough to make it sweet before baring his teeth and moving back to my heart. When he bit me, fire shot straight from my heart to my balls, instantly bringing me to a second orgasm.
Pulling him back to my mouth, I kissed him with all the passion I felt while reaching out to him with my mind. "Don't you dare lick the wound to make it heal. By morning, it will scar, and I'll have your mark forever."
We kissed some more before I carefully rolled us onto our side, gently arranging his legs with mine so my knot hurt neither of us. Charlie was already yawning, and I was ready for sleep myself. The lights were still on, which sucked, but we could deal with it until we either came unstuck or passed out. I figured it was a lesson learned for next time.
Yawning again, Charlie snuggled against my chest. I guess he was too tired to talk because he reached out mentally again. "Was Sleeping Beauty too much of a mouthful? I noticed you started shortening it."
Huh. I must've done it without realizing. "I don't know, but didn't you say Prince Charming didn't belong to her anyway? Beauty fits, though, because you're beautiful inside and out."
"Such a charmer. I'm going to call you Charming. Because you're more handsome than a silly cartoon prince anyway, but mostly because you are. Charming."
Six
Lucian
The moment we sat down to breakfast, Eli started laughing and reached out to high-five Charlie. “Good job! That bite mark on Luci’s chest is exactly what I was hoping to see this morning.”
I shook my head at Matt. “Talk to your mate, man. This is inappropriate breakfast convo, dude.” Matt’s eyes widened. “You think so? Shit. You should’ve been here last Thursday. Eli had to explain why it wasn’t a good idea for Noah to run around saying his cock was hungry. And there questions why it wasn’t. So many questions. We’re all about bad table conversations in this house. ”
“What? Why would my little guy say that? Whose ass needs kicking?” I was ready to kill, but Eli started laughing.
“Chill, Luci. We have chickens now and he thought the rooster was too skinny because the fat hens were eating all the food. Someone,” he paused to shoot a chilled look at Matt, “thought it was funny to tell our six-year-old that roosters were also known as cocks.”
Matt’s right hand went up. “Lesson learned. I won’t be repeating that mistake.”
I looked around the otherwise empty dining area, as if it would offer a clue. “Where are the boys, anyway? I haven’t seen them at all since we arrived.”
Eli nodded glumly. “I know. We miss them so much when they’re away, but they spent the weekend with a family in town who have sons their ages. Matt says it’s good for them to be kids. And it is, but I miss them and it’s hard not to go bug them.”
Winking, I shot him a grin. “Glad Charlie and I were able to distract you then. I mean, I can’t promise this much excitement every visit, but we’ll see what we can do.”
“Speak for yourself, charming.” Charlie shuddered, shaking his head. “No more excitement, please. After we rescue my brothers, I’ll have had quite enough, thank you.”
We visited some more, and when it came time to leave, Charlie mentioned how he was reluctant to leave our special nest. Eli promised the guest room would always be open for us and reminded him we would be seeing them and the rest of my crew this evening. Finally, Charlie got excited about going to Tehachapi and meeting my pack. Our pack, now.