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Lone Wolf
Chapter Ten
The announcement that Vic was downstairs with someone claiming to be Jared’s father had an immediate rush of possessive protectiveness surging to life inside Jensen Ackles. He wanted to go down and judge the man for himself, see if he smelled the same scent on this stranger as he did on Jared. If so, then he also wanted to give the bastard a piece of his mind for allowing his son to grow up alone and scared, but he held off, not wanting to leave Jared’s side just yet.
He told Chris to tell both men to hold off a few days because Jared was hurt, and he wasn’t dropping anything this shocking on him this soon.
Chad would later tell him that there were a few tense moments when this news was relayed but in the end, the stranger with Vic agreed to leave and come back in a few days.
It was another full day before Jared’s body shifted back to human and only after he’d woken Jensen up with light wolf kisses over his cheek that had the Alpha laughing as he did so. Then Jensen’s arms were full of his dimpled smiling mate who snuggled against him.
The silver bullet had just grazed Jared but because of the other wounds he was still recovering from, the young Omega was completely exhausted and seemed to be asleep as much as he was awake for the first two days. Marylese reassured Jensen that Jared’s fatigue was normal as he healed and that he shouldn’t worry. She was convinced that Jared would make a full recovery and that the stitches in his leg wouldn’t even leave a scar.
On the third day she came by to bring soup and other supplies, and she also reminded Jensen that the pack was still waiting to meet their new Alpha properly. She had mentioned this before, but Jensen had put it off until Jared was able to come with him even though his mate had argued that the meeting wasn’t about him. The pack wanted to greet their Alpha, not his Omega and a half-wolf one at that.
“You are my Omega and my mate. You are so much more than you give yourself credit for, sweetheart.” He gently framed Jared’s face between his palms before kissing him slowly. “I know what you’re afraid of, what they probably told you about life in a pack, but I swear those were lies and I’ll prove it.”
So on the afternoon of the third day, the two men entered the Elder hut, which was filled with nearly every wolf in the pack, young and old. Jensen saw familiar faces as well as strangers as he tried to ignore his nerves and focus on the moment.
The ceremony was old, even older than most of these elders probably, but Jensen was big with tradition even if he could never recall everything that went on. There were a few grumbles from Rolston supporters, but those were quickly silenced by a literal bark from the oldest man in the room.
“An Ackles founded our pack. There has been an Ackles as a pack Alpha since that founding and now there will be one again,” he intoned with a stern glare around the packed room. “If any wolf or human in this pack does not agree with that or will not follow our Alpha then you are welcome to find another pack…” He paused but the room was silent. “I thought so. Alpha Ackles,” he said, turning to look at Jensen solemnly, “We of this council who once turned you away as a pup ask for your forgiveness. You are indeed your father’s pup and will make this pack strong again as you also make your late father proud.”
Jensen wouldn’t deny that he had some leftover bitterness, but he would put it aside. He accepted he needed to grow up and maybe he needed to find himself just as he had found his mate.
“I will lead this pack with the same strength and dedication as my father before me and his father before him,” he nodded, accepting the intricately carved staff that signified his status as pack Alpha. He stared out at the eyes watching him for a long moment. “I also decree here and now that my mate will be treated as my equal, as my second, like my mother was to my father. Any disrespect shown to him is disrespect shown to me. While I might try to cope with disrespect shown to me – after all, I know I need to earn your respect – I will banish any wolf in this pack who looks down or gives Jared trouble.”
Before anyone could respond or Jared’s eyes could get any wider, a strong hand closed over his and gave a tug to bring the young Omega up beside Jensen.
“This is Jared. He is my mate and my world.” Jensen slipped his hand down to hold Jared’s and felt the boy shaking. He pulled Jared closer to him as eyes pinned them and whispers could be heard. “Yes, he is only half wolf and will need time and help as he learns what it means to live in a pack. He was raised…no, I won’t use that term because raising isn’t what your grandparents did.” He glanced next to him and lifted a lowered chin, holding scared eyes with a gentle smile before looking back out at the wolves of their new pack.
“He was kept by religious zealots who saw his existence as a sin. They killed his mother for daring to marry her mate who apparently was a wolf from the Padalecki pack. They marked him with binding sigils to hide his existence and block his shifts. Jared has only shifted twice, so he will make mistakes like all of our young do, but I’m hoping that Rolston didn’t ruin everything my family has instilled in this pack and that you all will give him time to learn, to grow.” Jensen eyed the room critically before bringing Jared closer to his side, fingers intentionally brushing over the mark on his neck, but he knew any wolf in the room could tell Jared belonged to him. “He wears my mark and before this year is up he will wear my ring. I’ll tell you now, if you choose to follow me, you choose to accept my mate. If you can’t do that, you need to leave.”
With that statement, Jensen was done. He tightened his hold on Jared’s hand and led him away, knowing that the pack needed time to process what he had said. The Elders would come to him later and reveal if the pack would choose to follow him; either way Jensen felt at peace with himself and his past for the first time in 15 years. Now he just wanted to get Jared alone and start to face their future.
“You’re family founded the pack?” Jared had been stunned to learn this. It certainly didn’t make him feel any less inferior to what he felt Jensen needed in a mate. “They will never accept some half-human Omega as your mate, Jen. I…I’m not good enough for…”
“You’re a Padalecki. Your bloodline is as long as your Alpha’s if not a little longer.”
The voice that spoke was deep, powerful and sure of himself; it sounded incongruous coming the tall man who was dressed in threadbare jeans, worn boots and a dirty old jacket.
Jensen’s protective side surfaced immediately. He felt the power of this Alpha and suspected who the man was even before he noticed Vic off to the side. He observed the wide shoulders and long dark brown hair that flowed past his shoulders, but it was the way Jared immediately stiffened at the strong scent of Alpha that had him stepping in front of the boy and staring into eyes so much like Jared’s, it was scary.
Jared first noticed the powerful scent was of Alpha and his fear surfaced automatically, but then slowly another scent filtered in making him frown slightly as it was almost familiar. Then he found himself pinned by his own eyes and felt something punch him in the gut.
“Do I…I know you?” he asked quietly, fingers curling with Jensen’s as if needing the strength and support. “I…I thought I saw you back when we were first going to see Vic but…you…you look like…” He brought his fingers up to touch his own jaw before staring at the man again. “Who…who are you?” he asked, wincing as the final remaining symbol on his stomach began to burn.
“I’m your father, Jared.”
It was almost a scene out of some movie Jared recalled seeing years ago. He used to wonder if he’d ever hear those words, but he had long since given up that dream. Now as he stared at a rough looking man who was at least two inches taller than he was, the young Omega wasn’t sure what to think or believe.
“My…” Jared stared, feeling Jensen reach back for him even as his legs buckled at a sudden sear across his stomach. “Jensen?”
“I’ve got you, Jay.” Jensen felt the pain, sensed the change and was whirling to catch his mate even as he was falling. He shot back a growl when he sensed movement but resisted the urge to snarl ‘mine’ and instead eyed Vic steadily. “I’m taking him back to the cabin. We’re not handling this in the middle of town in front of everyone, so if he really is Jared’s father, if he’s who you said might be able to help with this last symbol, then you bring him there but...” He paused and this time the ‘back the hell off what’s mine’ vibe was freely given as he locked eyes with the other Alpha. “You keep your distance and you do not touch him until he gives his permission,” he growled, scooping Jared into his arms and heading toward the Jeep.
Vic shook his head while batting his friend’s arm. “I told you not to come on all Alpha, especially with Jensen around. You might have age and experience, but he’s got a white-hot temper and he’s in love with the kid. Trust me, he’ll tear your throat out if he feels like Jared’s scared or threatened so…let me smooth this over.”
“I wasn’t expecting to feel such a connection; it’s been almost 23 years” the other Alpha replied with a slow sigh, understanding where he’d made his mistake. “He’s got the Padalecki height and eyes but…his nose, the shape of his eyes, the exact color of his hair? Those are Caroline’s. It’s been so damn long that I’d nearly forgotten what my wife looked like, Vic.”
“Well, let’s go see if Jensen will let you close to your son, and for heaven’s sake, keep your damn temper when you see that mark I told you about,” Vic muttered sourly.
By the time the other two men caught up, Jensen had Jared settled on the rustic looking sofa in the cabin that had basically been given to them. He quickly built up a fire to take the chill off the place.
The pain had eased off once it was just the two of them, but Jared tensed at the sound of steps on the cabin porch. He had basically resigned himself to the fact that he was never going to know his father or learn about the other side of his family. Now he wasn’t sure what to think.
“Jensen?” He looked up as Jensen sat beside him after giving a not so friendly ‘come in’ shout to the door. “Is he?”
“I’m not sure. We’ll see what Vic has to say and then if you need more time or aren’t up to dealing with this, I’ll kick both of their asses out,” Jensen told him quietly, fingers gentle as they carded through Jared’s hair. He lifted his eyebrows curiously as Vic entered the room, followed closely by the tall stranger. “So? You told Chris this guy is Jared’s father. Yeah, there’s no doubting the resemblance, but you get why I’m a little wary?”
“Because you’re a hotheaded possessive Alpha?” Vic countered, sighing when he was hit in the side. “Fine, neither one of you has a sense of humor today I see. Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki meet Jackson Padalecki, my friend…and Jared’s father.”
Jared had rested his head on Jensen’s shoulder but he slowly lifted his eyes to look at the other Alphas in the room, noticing his father was staring at him. “Did you even look for us?” he asked suddenly.
Jensen, who’d been exchanging sharp words with Vic, went silent when Jared spoke and merely waited to see what the other Alpha would say.
Jack Padalecki had been in the process of gauging the protective Alpha with his arm around his son and looking at the still innocent face of a boy he hadn’t seen in nearly 23 years. His son’s question surprised them all.
When Vic had found him in some bar on the other end of the reservation, which is where he spent the biggest part of his days, he had basically been an empty shell. His entire life had collapsed around him the day he was told his family was dead.
“I…” He heard the hurt as well as some underlying anger in the soft voice. He carefully sat in a chair across from the sofa and looked at his hand, which still carried a wedding band. “If I had thought you and your Mom were alive, nothing short of my own death would’ve kept me from looking and finding you, Jared, but…I was told you’d both died in a fire.”
Running a nervous hand through long shaggy hair, he blew out a breath and shifted his attention to Jensen. “I met Caroline, that’s Jared’s mother, when she was waiting tables at a diner in a town near where my pack resided. She was beautiful, smart, funny and very obviously my mate. I think I packed on a good 15 pounds in the month I courted her because I visited that diner every damn day.” He chuckled sadly. “It took me some time to convince a human girl that she was the true life mate of a wolf…but by the end of six months we were married and nine months later you came into our lives.” He glanced back to Jared.
“My pack…a lot of them didn’t approve of me mating with a human because it was unheard of in our pack. Literally, no one had done it before and I was a Padalecki, a descendent of the founding family. People thought I was crazy…or just being rebellious…to mate with someone who wasn’t a wolf but I knew she was meant to be mine and didn’t give a crap what my pack felt. My parents were…distant but finally they backed me up…or at least I thought so at the time.” Jack took a battered photo out of his pocket and stared at it for several moments before holding it out to the boy. He wasn’t surprised when his son made no move to reach for it, but slowly Jensen did. “Because I’d broken a lot of rules and made some waves, it was hard to make a living in the area, so I had to take some logging jobs away from home. I was away from you and your Mom a lot, more than I wanted to be, but I was determined to support my family without crawling to my parents.
“A few of my distant relatives offered to help me…if it was just you with me. Even though you were born human, not in wolf form like most wolf pups, they still accepted you as part of our pack, but they refused to help as long as Caroline was with me.” Jack shook his head, remembering the fights he’d had with his family over his wife and child. “I refused to leave or abandon my wife so I worked away from you. She’d told me all about her family, how crazy they were, but neither she nor I thought they’d ever track her down. I never considered them a threat…apparently I was wrong. Even after I got back to find our home burned to the ground, I didn’t think anything more than what I was told…the house had caught on fire and you and Caroline didn’t make it out. I didn’t think I’d survive getting that news. It wasn’t until Vic told me about you that I realized how blindly stupid I’d been. Not only was her family involved, but I know my own family must have been part of it, too.”
Jared glanced at the photo before swallowing back his tears. “This…this is the same picture Momma had. They wouldn’t let me have when they kicked me out,” he whispered, looking up at Jensen. “This is…was my Momma.”
The love and loss was still plain in Jared’s voice and Jensen could feel the pain of the memories his mate still had from that horrible day when he watched her die. “She’s beautiful, Jay,” he murmured, bringing Jared closer against him while eyeing the older wolf. “So you were told they died?”
“When I got back, the embers were cold. My brother told me the house had caught fire due to a spark from the fire and a gas leak from the kitchen.” Jack watched his son’s face as he stared at the photo, reading the loss and confusion there so clearly. “I was broken. My family, my pack told me the fire had raged so quickly that no one could get in to save my family…and I believed them. I believed my family when they showed me two graves. After that I was broken and lost.” He touched the band on his finger before looking up to meet wet hazel eyes. “When a wolf loses his true and destined life mate, when that bond is severed, we often lose the will to go on. Something kept me from ending my life…perhaps I should’ve realized that maybe there was more going on then I’d been told, but…I lost myself to a bottle, Jared.
“For the last 23 years I’ve traveled this country looking for something, but mostly I did it in a fog of alcohol and despair. I didn’t know Caroline’s last name or anything about her kin because she was scared to speak of them so I couldn’t even go to where they lived. But if I had known the lies, if I had known that you two weren’t dead, that she was forced to leave, then I would’ve torn people and places apart until I had my family back.” He slowly moved until he sat on the coffee table in front of the sofa but made no move to reach out yet. “Vic told me about the binding sigils and other marks you had. I am so sorry that you suffered through that or…your Mom’s death. I’m sorry I didn’t find you sooner, Jared.
“I know I can’t make up for the last 23 years or the pain you’ve suffered or for how you were treated by so many people, but if I can at least help this last mark go away or lessen it, then I would like to try…if you’d let me see it?” Jack sensed the boy’s hesitance and didn’t blame him.
“If…if you had known I was alive and that they lied to you…would you really have tried to find me?” Jared needed to ask. “Would you have wanted me without Momma? Would it have mattered that I wasn’t full blooded wolf or…that it was cause of me they killed her or…”
Jensen’s arm tightened when he felt the rush of emotions in Jared start to break free. “Jay, shhh, it’s okay. None of that was your fault and no one blames you for it,” he murmured softly, pressing a kiss against soft hair while locking eyes with Jack. “Do you?”
“No. Of course I don’t blame you for any of that and yes, I would’ve come for you if I had known…you’re my son,” Jack replied firmly, slowly stretching a hand out; he didn’t try to touch the shaking young Omega yet even though he thought his son’s mate might allow it. “Do you remember your Mom, Jared?” he asked while noticing nervous fingers moving as if considering reaching out, but he could tell the boy was still unsure of him.
“I…I remember her telling me stories and telling me not to be scared of who I was cause I wasn’t evil.” Jared looked at the photo again before holding it back out. “She was taking me away to live someplace with trees and woods cause I liked them but…they killed her. They killed Momma cause of me and I…I couldn’t stop ‘em and…”
Jared’s voice broke suddenly, tears coming before he was expecting them. He turned to bury his face against Jensen’s neck, letting Jensen’s deep husky voice calm him when he felt a hand that was not his mate’s carefully lay on his leg. “Huh?”
“Son, your Momma loved you. You were her world so I can tell you that she would’ve willingly given her life if she thought she was keeping you safe.” Jack gave the shaking leg an awkward pat and began to move his hand back only to feel it grabbed. “Jared?”
Jared still wasn’t sure about trusting this man, but he didn’t feel scared of him, just unsure of how he’d be taken given how others had treated him in the past.
In addition to Jensen’s soothing voice in his ear and head, Jared had also started listening to his father’s deeper tone as well as his words. Slowly he began to calm down to the point where he reached out when he felt his father’s hand start to pull back.
He looked at him and then the photo, biting his lip. “Would you…let Jensen copy this so I can have one?” he asked quietly, going on quickly. “When my…when they kicked me out after I turned 18, they wouldn’t give me anything that was still left of Momma’s and I’d like to have something if…if you wouldn’t mind.”
“No, I don’t mind, son,” Jack assured him, sensing that his son had opened the door of acceptance. “Can I see that mark?”
Jared glanced over to see Jensen nodding so he slowly lifted his shirt only to frown a little. Jensen also made a soft sound, noticing that the mark didn’t even look as bad as it had that morning. “Wow – it’s already starting to fade.”
“Of course it is…you met Jack.” Vic had approached only after he was certain Jensen wouldn’t growl at him. “Just like those other sigils began to leave after you and Jensen did…things.” He coughed at the dark look that earned him. “And this one faded after your first shift…this last one, the one that blocked your scent from Jack or his pack…if they had searched for you, is beginning to lessen because you’ve met your father and are starting to believe that if he had known you and your Mom weren’t killed, he would’ve looked for you.”
“Did they tell you I wouldn’t have?” Jack Padalecki wondered if maybe he needed to visit these people who had raised his son.
Jared chewed his lip before nodding, tensing briefly when a rough calloused hand touched the mark on his stomach; he felt it burn but only for a moment. “They said you didn’t really love Momma or me, that you weren’t working all those times you were gone, but living with your other family cause…wolves kept multiple mates to…Jen? Are you gritting your teeth?”
“Yeah, but just ignore me. I’m just going to imagine a painful horrible end to those bastards.” He wrapped his arm around Jared more firmly when the younger man leaned against his chest as Vic reached into his ever-present pack to pull out a jar. “Hey! The last time I let you close to him with anything, it didn’t turn out well. What is that? Will it knock him out again?” he demanded.
“You knocked my son out?” Jack turned to glare at his friend. “You didn’t tell me that.”
“It was better than having him conscious through the process of starting to lessen those other marks, so yeah, I knocked him out.” Vic rolled his eyes while holding the jar. “This is just some salve to help that one and any others finish healing…and yeah, I guess Jensen can put it on him later since I don’t feel like having my arm bitten off literally right now.”
Jensen sniffed the jar and was glad it didn’t smell like the other stuff had; in fact, it really didn’t smell bad at all. He was about to say something else to Vic when he felt Jared’s thoughts getting drowsy, and he knew his mate had had enough for today. “I know you probably want to spend time with him, get to know Jared but…he’s been through a lot lately and he’s still recovering from it all,” he began in what he thought was his best reasonable tone. “There is a little B&B in town that has rooms so you can maybe check in there and then spend some more time with Jared…starting tomorrow?”
“That your polite way of telling us to get the hell out and leave you alone with my boy, Alpha Ackles?” Jack hadn’t been sure at first about what he thought of his son’s mate but he’d listened to Vic, he’d been lectured by Connie, and now he could see them together.
He watched the protective way Jensen held Jared; he’d seen him touch his hair or face in little intimate ways that spoke of love over possession. Jack had also seen the way his son turned into the Alpha without even realizing it and he knew that it was more than just an Omega’s nature; the wolf and Padalecki parts of his son would make him one mule-headed Omega.
“Your son. My mate,” Jensen returned evenly, fingers carding back through Jared’s hair when he looked down into sleepy eyes to smile softly. “He’s tired, so yeah, this is me telling you to take Vic and get the hell out so Jared can go to sleep and…” He cut off when he picked up a thought he was thankful only he could hear and it took him a moment to find his voice again. “…come back tomorrow or Jay can come to you since I’m sure I’ll have pack stuff to deal with.”
Jack gazed at his half asleep son for a moment before standing to extend a hand to Jensen. “Thank you for finding him and for loving him like you obviously do.” He felt the strength in the grip of the hand and knew his boy was in the right hands after so long without anyone to care for him. “I think his mother would like you so I’ll give it a try.”
Vic dragged him out with a growl and a mutter about stubborn wolves, pulling the door shut behind him and leaving the couple alone.
“You’re not as sleepy as you seemed, are you?” Jensen spoke the moment they were alone, laughing when Jared suddenly turned in his arms to kiss him with a blush on his cheeks at being caught in what he thought was a good attempt at a lie. “Thinking about me taking you upstairs and making love with you really didn’t help when I was trying to get your dad out of the house…but you knew that too, didn’t you Jay?”
“I felt how tense you were getting with them here, and it’s not that I didn’t want to maybe talk to him more about stuff, but…I really was getting tired,” Jared admitted, resting his head under Jensen’s jaw while laying his hand flat over his heart. “Did you mean all that stuff you said back there, Jen?” he asked through a yawn that wasn’t faked. “About me?”
“Yeah, of course I did.” Jensen smiled, watching Jared’s eyes shimmer with a happiness he hoped to put there more often. “Jay, I’m not gonna promise the next few months will be easy since adjusting back into pack life will be difficult for me; it’s going to be even harder for you since you’ve never had a pack before, but we will get through it and…we’re not locked here. If you want to go see Connie, or even go back to school to finish college, you can. There’s a good community college close to here or we can find a four-year school.”
Jared pushed until he was sitting up so he could actually turn on the sofa to stare at his mate as if stunned. “I can finish college? Seriously?” he asked, totally not expecting that. “You’d let…mhmm,” he groaned into the kiss that cut those words off.
“I told you before that being my Omega, my mate, does not make you my slave, Jared.” Jensen broke the kiss but didn’t pull back; he stayed close enough so his lips were able to brush over Jared’s as they began to kiss lightly, tongues playing. “Lots of Omegas go to school after mating. You can if you want. You can do whatever you want, whenever you want and as long as you’re safe and happy I’ll be good with it.”
Returning each kiss with more confidence, Jared considered something. “Make love with me, Jensen?” he asked quietly, shakily, with his nerves showing. “I…I want to feel you knot me when I’m not in heat and so desperately needing it. I want to feel you.”
“So much for being tired,” Jensen chuckled into the heated kiss he returned, fingers catching a handful of long dark hair to pull Jared’s head back to see those blue and gold flecked hazel eyes were already darkening. “You sure you feel up to…okay! I guess you feel strong enough.”
His mate never failed to amaze him with how quickly he could go from shy and unsure to demanding and determined to get what he wanted. Jensen knew their life together would be very interesting given that most Omegas, especially in bed, were expected to be demure and accepting.
Because their first time had been during Jared’s heat, Jensen had thought the boy’s more outgoing side had just the heat talking. Now as he felt long fingers trying to work his jeans open while also working on his own, he realized Jared’s wolf side actually could be very demanding.
“I love that you want to take care of me and that you’re not like most Alphas who are just looking for a fast knot and fuck, but I seriously want to feel you tomorrow, Jen.” Jared gasped as his hair was yanked with a bit more force and he could see bright green darkening quickly. “I want to make love with you when I’m not burning up from my heat so I can actually enjoy it. Unless…” A sudden burst of doubt had Jared’s chin dropping and Jensen’s eyes narrowing.
“Upstairs,” Jensen growled while raking his teeth over Jared’s jaw. “Don’t ever think I don’t want you, Jared. All of me wants you, but because you’re basically innocent, because you weren’t brought up correctly, because you taught certain things, I was trying to go slow, to give you time to get used to me but…I’ll never not make love to you.”
Jared’s smile was bright and then they were lost in a series of heated kisses. Jared wasn’t aware of even moving from the sofa downstairs or getting up the steps to the bedroom or losing his shirt, boots and socks, but suddenly he landed on the bed with a laugh.
He arched up into the hard body that settled over him, straddling his legs while strong hands caught and pinned his above his head. Jared had a brief moment to recall a time when he would’ve been terrified to be in a position like this, but this time, with Jensen, he knew he would be safe and taken care of.
“This works better if we’re both naked doesn’t it?” he asked breathlessly, seeing his mate’s lips curve in a slow sinful smile as Jensen adjusted his grip to free one hand, which flipped the snap on Jared’s jeans open.
“Patience, little wolf,” Jensen replied in a deeper voice that instantly had Jared’s blood on fire, but it also had him relaxing more when it should’ve been the opposite. “This time there’s no heat, no burning cravings stirring your blood, so that means I can take my time and show you how this should be between us.” He slid his fingers up Jared’s stomach and felt him shiver from the touch. “This time I plan to make you scream for me and you will come on my cock and my knot alone.”
“I’m gonna come before that if you don’t hurry up,” Jared muttered, meeting each of Jensen’s kisses fully, but he began to twist his trapped wrists restlessly as his mate moved even more slowly. “Jensen…”
Jensen’s laugh was deep and full at the frustrated boyish whine that came as he proceeded to lick and tease his way from collarbone to belly button. “Bossy, Jay,” he murmured while blowing warm air over hot skin, tip of his tongue dipping into what proved to be a very sensitive spot on his mate as Jared’s body bucked with a shout. “And you’re all mine.”
“Yours,” Jared agreed. “Always?”
“For as long as I’m alive, sweetheart,” Jensen promised thickly, releasing Jared’s hands so he’d have both hands free to remove the squirming Omega’s jeans and underwear. “Nothing and no one will ever separate us. I promised you that and I’ll keep that promise.”
Jensen, as Jared learned, was excellent at keeping promises because he also kept the one about going slowly and making him scream.
The kisses started out slow, light and almost playful as the Alpha began to make love to his Omega. By the time Jensen kissed, licked, and occasionally bit his way down from ear to foot Jared was a quivering, begging mess.
The wolf inside him wanted more, it wanted fast, but the one time it reared its head, a low warning growl reminded him that Jensen was his Alpha, and that there was a limit to what he would take. Jared managed to rein in his impatience, but only barely.
He could feel his body’s natural ability to lubricate itself working when he was finally urged to roll over and Jared still felt the urge to blush at the feel of the slickness on his thighs. “Jen, I…”
“Hush,” Jensen whispered as he felt the boy’s shyness. “Don’t ever be embarrassed by what is natural for your body, Jared. Trust me. Soon that and everything you feel when we make love will feel so normal for you…except when you’re in heat.” The Alpha chuckled a bit. “And then nothing’s normal.”
“Shut up,” Jared snorted, feeling Jensen’s hands smoothing over his body before a slick finger slipped inside him to test how loose he was. “I thought my body was supposed to automatically be ready to accept you. That’s what I was taught in school.”
Jensen still hated some of those classes and how ill-prepared they made Omegas for actual sex. “Your body has a natural lubricant as you can feel, and it does loosen you quite a bit, but not all the way. I want to make sure you can take my cock and then the knot without any pain at all, so…for the first few times we do this I’ll prep you myself to be sure you’re ready for me,” he explained and adored the quiet thoughts he felt sent back at him as he leaned forward to kiss Jared’s neck, lips smoothing over the still visible claiming mark. “Relax for me now, Jay.”
It wasn’t easy, but Jared managed to do that once he learned to think past what he wanted and began to listen to his mate’s heart as well as his voice as he talked him through what he was doing.
“I think you could make me come using just that voice,” Jared suddenly groaned, lying on his belly with his hips propped on pillows so he couldn’t cheat and rub his already hard and dripping cock on the bed. “Jen, I’m not kidding about coming on just that tone if you don’t…ohhhh!” His eyes nearly rolled back in his head at the feel of the mushroom tipped head of his mate’s cock finally giving a gentle shove into his well stretched and dripping hole. “Jensen!”
“Yeah, but it’s too soon for you to be screaming for me, babe,” Jensen teased, keeping a hand on the back of Jared’s neck to urge him to stay still for a moment while he worked on going flush with the Omega’s well rounded ass. “Trust me, by the time we’re done and I let you come, it will put you on your ass.”
“Cocky much?” Jared looked back with a smile, gasping as his mouth was met in a hot kiss as Jensen’s tongue plunge in to play and claim.
“Nope, just honest.” Jensen licked over swollen lips, drawing the bottom on between his teeth just to hear the sounds his mate made when he did it. Then he gave one final thrust that took him flush and right where he knew Jared needed him to be.
Jared was a vocal and very physical lover. He needed to make noise, but he also seemed to need the physical connection of touch, any touch, when they made love, and that was something Jensen was fine with providing.
When Jensen’s cock started hitting his prostate with each thrust, and Jared’s body began to meet him in perfect time, the young Omega could’ve sworn that even their hearts started beating in sync. Jared wasn’t certain what the hell he was saying, and he really didn’t care by that point. He just wanted to feel his mate and also to find relief for his cock and the need he felt building.
“Jen!” he gasped, fingers digging into the covers in reflex when suddenly he was pulled back so his back touched Jensen’s chest; his mate bearing the extra weight while still managing to hit that spot inside him with each thrust. “Oh my God!”
Jared mind went blank as slowly he felt Jensen’s knot slip past his rim; he lost what little control he had managed to maintain between the feel of his mate’s knot popping into place and a solid hit on his prostate. Just as Jensen had promised, Jared came with a scream of his Alpha’s name and with no touch on his very ready and leaking cock. “Jensen!”
“That’s my boy.” Jensen’s voice was low and deep, pure sex and sin, as one arm wrapped around his mate’s chest to feel the beat of his heart while slowly his other hand moved down to wrap around Jared’s cock to help milk the boy’s orgasm.
Jensen wanted to give Jared the time to enjoy his climax before taking his own, but as he felt tight, hot, inner muscles clamp down on his cock, the Alpha lost the battle. He came hard and fast with a low growl, teeth carefully biting over the marks he’d already left, hard enough to bruise but not break skin. “Mine,” he growled against the boy’s throat, tasting Jared and, for the first time, really scenting his mate, without the buffers or blocks from the binding symbols that had plagued the Omega. “I love you, Jay.”
Jared’s head fell back with a moan as he felt warmth filling him and knew Jensen had come. He shuddered at the sudden explosion of closeness he felt this time as they shared something that Jared had once thought he’d never share with anyone, or at least not with anyone that he loved like he loved Jensen.
“Yours,” he agreed with a sigh, turning his head to meet the sudden slow and gentle kiss that caught his lips; hips tried to thrust forward into the strong fingers stroking his cock until he whimpered as the knot in his ass kept him still. “Love you too, Jen.”
Jensen felt when his touch became too much even before he heard a soft whimper of pain as Jared’s cock became too sensitive to touch. He released it, and gently lowered them down on the bed, turning until he had Jared on his side. He was glad he could reach the blanket to pull over them since he wasn’t sure how long it would be before his knot deflated enough to pull out…not that it mattered to the boy who snuggled sleepily back into his arms with his hands reaching to hold Jensen’s.
“…sleepy, Jen,” Jared mumbled, body and mind sated from sex. He was looking forward to sleeping with his mate, feeling content and safe with Jensen behind him. He knew the knot would lock them together for the next hour or so. “Hold me until I wake up?” he asked quietly, smiling sleepily at the feel of warm lips softly kissing the back of his neck while a hand held one of his while the other carded through his sweat soaked hair.
“I’ll always hold you until you wake up, Jay,” Jensen promised him, feeling Jared’s heartbeat matching his own as their bodies cooled and both men felt sleep call them. “I swear to you now, that you will fall asleep with me and you will wake up with me for the rest of your life and beyond cause even death won’t break us up.”
Jared’s smile stayed on his face while he fell to sleep, drawing the hand Jensen was holding up closer until it was tucked under his chin like a sleeping child might snuggle with a teddy bear. Soon the Alpha felt his mate’s breathing even off into a full deep sleep.
“Jay?” he whispered, smiling as he felt that Jared’s thoughts were also peaceful, and he slowly let his own eyes close with the feel of Jared’s boyish dreams mixing with his own as Jared dreamed of their life together without the fear and pain that he’d known most of this life. “I will give you that life, sweetheart. I will prove that you can have everything you want and so much more.”
As Jensen fell to sleep, he made himself the promise that he would give Jared everything he never had growing up and more, starting with a pack that accepted the young half-wolf fully and then perhaps one day a family of their own.
The End
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