“How much you want to bet he already did and is figuring out a way to hide the evidence?”
“If I were a betting woman I’d lose.”
He walked her to the door, and she gave him another hug. As he watched her walk to her car, he couldn’t get her words out of his head. He was letting his guilt for being the one who lived hold him back. And even though he got to say goodbye to her, Creed never got the same chance with Richard.
Creed’s guilt must be eating him alive.
A coupleof hours after his mom had left, the front door opened and closed. Winter was in the kitchen cleaning up after preparing Connor’s bottles for the next day. He froze when his alpha’s masculine scent wafted under his nose. He held onto the counter to stop his knees from buckling.
Thick fingers carded in his hair, tilting his head to the side. Winter closed his eyes and bit on his bottom lip when Creed licked the side of his neck before sucking up a mark on his neck. His lips slowly trailed up to the shell of his ear and nipped on his earlobe.
One of Creed’s hands went to his neck and turned his head to the side. “Mine,” he growled before he claimed his lips.
Winter turned fully around giving his mate his full attention. Creed kissed him and rubbed against his body, marking him with his scent. Mentally Winter smiled recognizing that his mate was jealous of another alpha being in their home.
Winter knew he could stop things and explain that there was nothing for Creed to be jealous about, but he liked the attention he was getting from his mate. After all, the other alpha was his mother and Creed would end up meeting her one day. Until then, he was going to enjoy the moment.
* * *
Creed’s headwas still a bit fuzzy, but he was able to think a bit clear than when he’d walked through the door, and the strong scent of another alpha smacked him in the face. Feeling territorial Creed wanted to claim his mate and leave the man smelling of nothing but him. Reaching down, he grabbed the hem of Winter’s shirt and leaned back for a second then quickly pulled off his T-shirt, throwing it to the floor.
Grabbing his omega by his waist, he lifted him off his feet, quickly sitting him on the counter and stepped between his open legs. He didn’t give Winter a chance to object before claiming his mouth again. Creed kissed and nibbled on his bottom lip then down to his chin, while his fingers tweaked nipples. Slowly Creed pushed Winter on the counter, trailing his tongue down to one of his nipples, then sucked on the nub making it peak.
"Creed," Winter hissed. His finger pulling at Creed’s clothes. “Take them off. Need to feel your skin.”
Creed ignored his mate’s pleading. He wasn’t ready to step back from the delectable body that was spread out on the counter for him like an all you can eat buffet. He licked and bit on both nipples Creed's fingers lightly brushed over Winter's smooth, toned skin, stopping at his waistband.
“Say that you’re mine,” Creed whispered against his skin.
“Yours,” Winter whimpered. “I belong only to you.”
Creed trailed kisses from his chest stopping at his crotch, rubbing his face against his omega’s erection. Creed hooked his fingers into Winter’s waistband, pulling, down his sweatpants and underwear at the same time, stopping below his butt cheeks. His cock bounced off the lower part of his stomach. Creed smirked noticing the trace of precum weeping from the head of his penis. Leaning down, he sucked the head into his mouth and moaned the instant the sweet but salty liquid touched his tongue.
Gods, he is fucking delectable.
Winter’s hips came off the counter, pushing his erection deeper into Creed’s mouth, touching the back of his throat. Creed groaned as Winter glided his cock in and out fucking his mouth slowly. His fingers went to the base of Creed’s head keeping it steady.
“Shit, your mouth feels so good.”
And your cock feels good in my mouth.Creed responded mentally.
“Creed, I want you to claim me. Make me yours.”
Creed pulled on Winter’s dick and looked up at his mate. “Are you sure?”
Winter sat up and cupped one of his cheeks. “I’m not sure why we waited so long, but I’ve been ready for you to claim me.”
Creed leaned up and smashed their mouths together, taking his mate into a brutal kiss. He tasted blood, but he couldn’t tell if it was his or Winter’s. Truthfully, he didn’t care. Leaning back from their kiss, he looked into his mate’s face. “I better take you upstairs before I take you right here in the kitchen.”
“I don’t mind if you claim me here, it will be a reminder of our first time together.”
“Another time, but our first time needs to be in our bed where I can explore all of you.”
“I never knew you could be so romantic.”
“There are a lot of things that we still need to learn about each other. But we will have a lifetime together.”
Winter’s arms circled Creed’s neck, and he wrapped his legs around his waist. “I like the sound of that, us being together for a lifetime.” He kissed Creed, pushing all thoughts from his mind. Lifting Winter off the counter, Creed started walking out of the kitchen but stopped and pushed his back to the nearest wall and deepened their kiss.
