“I’m coming,” he yelled and cum sprayed over him as I shouted his name and my length squirted cum on the bed and my chest.
The phone slipped from my hand and Tanner’s muffled breathing was all I heard.
My eyes slid shut until an unseen hand thumped on the door and I shot up, wondering if Huston had been listening to Tanner and me having phone sex.
“Are you okay?” Huston shouted.
“I’m fine. I’ll be there soon.”
Tanner’s face appeared on screen. “My brother needs a kick up the ass. What the fuck is he doing beating on your door? I should call him.”
“No need. He’s worried about me. He’s a good guy and is just being a concerned landlord.”
That lie weighed on me and it was on the tip of my tongue to tell Tanner the truth.
“But I don’t have time. Gotta shower and get to the airport. Catch you on Friday. Maybe be naked in my bed when I get home.”
I made a non-committal reply and we ended the call.
I was in a world of trouble but if Huston came in and said he wanted to fuck me, I’d offer him my ass.
“Can I come in, Candrin?” Huston called.
Gods, he’d read my thoughts. “Yes.”
16
HUSTON
He’s my mate—now what?
Candrin was acting weird. And I understood why. To me, I instantly could detect that he was my mate, and the frenzy, want and need made complete sense. But for him—as a human—it probably confused the daylight out of him. He was so embarrassed when I knocked on his door earlier—he thought he was caught rubbing one out. And I guess that was true, but not in the sense he’d have imagined. I could scent his arousal and it called to me from across the house, so I knew before I knocked that he had his hand on his dick.
Was he thinking of me when he did it and saying he was on the phone was just an excuse? What if he’d had his hand on his cock while talking to another alpha?
No! my beast insisted.
You’re right. That wasn’t it.
He had been mumbling, though, so it was possible he was talking to himself, or pretending to talk to me. Yeah, I liked that version.
When he’d said, “Come in,” I’d had second thoughts and told him I’d see him later. I wanted nothing more than to have him in my arms, but decided not to rush it.
I just needed to remember that he was new to this world—so new that he didn’t even realize he was part of it yet. I needed to give him time to adjust. The last thing the poor guy needed was to feel pressured by me.
And then there was the fact that my brothers didn’t know yet. Tanner was probably going to be pissed at first. Candrin was both a human and our tenant. My bear picking him as our mate was going to mess up that dynamic completely. He’d come around, of course, and be completely fine with it. But atfirst it would be a challenge.
Oberon? I wasn’t so sure about him. He was the free spirit of us. He was creative and looked for love and happiness in everything. He’d probably be over the moon pleased that I found a mate while at the same time worrying that the human in Candrin might not fully accept all the shiftery parts of me. The entire thing was a cluster and until we all got back under one roof and could discuss it, I felt like I was in limbo.
In limbo and horny as fuck. Being surrounded by Candrin’s scent had me in a constant state of arousal. But something was holding him back and I was trying to respect his human boundaries, which was why I was out back in my fur.
My bear didn’t want to be out here, though. He wanted to be inside with our mate. I did too, but not if it would make him uncomfortable. He deserved so much better than that. He deserved everything. This time out here to clear my head and figure shit out was good for usboth.
Mark.
Mate.
Ours.
