“You should go lie down for a little while, mate. We still have quite a ways to travel before we reach the council. You’ll need your rest.”
When Zhuang gave him a small shove, Xias grabbed onto his hand. “Come with me.”
“I have to keep watch.”
Xias smiled at the deep need that flashed through Zhuang’s eyes. “You can take a few minutes to rest.” Although they might not be getting much rest, not if Xias had anything to say about it.
When they reached the cot, Xias stretched out on it and then held out his arms. “Join me?”
Flames leapt to life in Zhuang’s crystal-blue eyes as he stared down at Xias. The breath left Xias’s lungs when the larger man climbed onto the cot and settled between his thighs.
Zhuang leaned down and scraped his teeth across the soft swell of Xias’s shoulder. “I’m going to bite you right here and leave a mark so that everyone knows that you belong to me.”
Xias was pretty sure everyone would already know that, but he wasn’t against being reclaimed. He felt his cat growl from deep inside of him, adding in his agreement with Zhuang’s plan, and he knew he would give Zhuang anything he wanted.
When Zhuang arched an eyebrow at him, Xias grinned. “I’m yours.”
He was. Even if Zhuang hadn’t saved him and the cubs, Xias was pretty sure he’d still be Zhuang’s. There was just something about the man that fascinated him.
“Yes, you are.” A wealth of emotion hung behind those words, but Xias was too far gone to try to figure out what they were.
Zhuang had started stroking his skin, and every little touch was driving Xias to distraction. The more the man touched him, the happier he was. He craved each soft caress.
Xias suddenly ached for Zhuang to claim him with such need that tears sprang to his eyes. “Please, Zhuang, claim me.” He couldn’t have missed the shudder that wove through Zhuang’s body at his words if he’d been blind and dumb.
He was neither.
Zhuang leaned down and took Xias’s lips with a fierceness that stunned Xias. There was so much hunger and need in Zhuang’s kiss that Xias couldn’t do anything but answer it. He opened his mouth and allowed Zhuang inside to explore and conquer.
Xias groaned when he felt Zhuang’s full weight settle on him and the man’s hands slide up his arms until their palms pressed together. Xias curled his fingers in, locking them together with Zhuang’s. He groaned into Zhuang’s mouth as the man pushed his hands down into the mattress, pinning him from head to toe.
“Mine,” Zhuang growled savagely, nipping at Xias’s lips. “You’re mine, and I will kill anyone who tries to take you from me.”
Zhuang’s words washed over Xias like a fresh summer rain, renewing him and filling him with so much emotion that he was drowning in it. He relished in the heat that ignited inside of him and began burning just for the man above him.
“Yours, Zhuang,” Xias whispered back. “Only yours, always yours.”
Xias shuddered when both of his hands were grabbed by one of Zhuang’s and held in place. Zhuang slid his other hand down Xias’s body to the apex of his thighs. He lightly skimmed over Xias’s hard cock and balls, drawing a deep groan of need from Xias, before moving down between his ass cheeks.
Xias whimpered when Zhuang’s fingers stroked over his tight hole, spreading his natural lubrication around. He wasn’t sure anything had ever felt so good before. He certainly knew he’d never felt it before Zhuang had found him.
Xias’s eyes filled with needy tears as Zhuang’s finger breached his ass. He groaned and dug his head into the cot behind him. He spread his legs as far apart as they would go and pushed against the finger thrusting into him.
He felt as if his entire body were coming alive for the very first time. Every nerve ending was igniting, every synapsis flickering to life. Xias could feel the pleasure Zhuang’s finger brought him in every inch of his body.
“You like that, don’t you, baby?”
“Yesss,” Xias hissed.
When a second finger was pushed farther into his ass and wiggled around, Xias started panting. He felt full, fuller than he had ever been before. It was as if Zhuang’s fingers knew just where to touch him, how much pressure to use, and just how fast to move to bring Xias the utmost pleasure.
Xias inhaled when a third finger was pushed into his ass. Zhuang moved all of them around, brushing against something deep inside of Xias that made sparks flash before his eyes.
“Please.”
Zhuang knelt up between Xias’s thighs and grabbed his hips, lifting him. Xias’s eyes rolled back into his head when he felt the head of Zhuang’s cock rub against his stretched opening. Each swipe made Xias shudder.
When Zhuang finally pushed just the head inside Xias’s tight ass, Xias was on the verge of begging. Zhuang started flexing his hips, moving just the head of his cock in and out of Xias’s ass, never going farther in and never pulling all the way out.
