“Easy, love,” he whispered.
Titan lifted his lids, eyes heavy with need. “Don’t leave me.”
There was so much fear in that voice that it made Arthur’s heart hurt. “I’d never leave you.”
Titan shuddered. It was clear he’d been badly hurt in the past. Despite his raging hard-on, Arthur was ready to spend the evening comforting Titan if needed. A glance at Beatrix told him that she felt the same.
“We’re here Titan,” Beatrix said, pressing her face close to his. “You’re safe.”
“I’m sorry,” Titan said with an unsteady breath. “I don’t know what’s wrong with me. It’s like I can’t control my emotions.”
“When mat—” Arthur managed to cut the word off before he finished and changed tactics, knowing Titan would understand. “When people who are meant to be together first meet, it can be overwhelming.”
Beatrix nodded. “Whatever is going on between us is big. There was a connection right away. I feel it too. It almost makes me want to believe in tarot and auras.”
Titan relaxed, and his anxiety seemed to melt away. “It is important,” he agreed. “We’re important.”
“Remember you said we could snuggle all night?” Beatrix asked Titan. When he nodded, she continued. “Well, I love a good snuggle-cuddle. We could spend all night simply holding each other and talking. No pressure, okay?”
Arthur was proud of his human for being so quick to offer Titan calm comfort. Flocks were usually in tune with each other’s needs, but that didn’t tend to happen until after they shared souls and could feel each other’s emotions.
They hadn’t spent much time together, and Beatrix already understood Titan.
“Is it okay if we do more than cuddle?” Titan asked with a shy smile. “Could we keep doing what we were doing before I had a weird mini-emotional meltdown?”
Beatrix gave him an eager nod. “I’d love that.”
“Anything you want,” Arthur agreed, excited that Titan felt secure enough to keep going. “Will you let us strip you? I want to see your body.”
“I want to look, touch, and lick you like a giant ice cream cone,” Beatrix said, making Titan chuckle. She slid off his lap onto the couch next to him, urging him to stand up by pushing on his back.
Titan pretended that her push moved him to his feet, making her laugh again.
While Titan toed off his battered boots, Arthur pulled Beatrix onto his lap. She gave him a quick kiss before turning her attention to Titan.
With awkward movements and shaking hands, the large man popped the button on his jeans and pulled down the zipper. Although Arthur had seen men and women skillfully strip with the intent of seduction, nothing had ever affected him like Titan’s clumsy striptease.
Soon, all Titan was wearing was a pair of black boxer briefs, the rest of his clothes were heaped in a small pile on top of his boots.
“Wait,” Beatrix said, scrambling off Arthur’s lap. Titan froze with his thumb hooked in his underwear to pull them off. “Can I do that?”
Titan nodded and remained still. They both watched as Beatrix gracefully sank down in front of Titan and put the tips of her fingers on the edge of his boxers on either hip.
“This needs to be savored,” she said, licking across Titan’s abdomen. Titan’s bulge went from large to massive, straining in an attempt to tent the tight garment.
Beatrix pulled the fabric down half an inch and nuzzled the skin she’d revealed. Then did it again and kissed another ridge of muscle.
It was clear she planned to savor every part of Titan. Arthur was jealous.
Looking up, Arthur met Titans gaze. The wolf looked half excited and half upset. “She’s going to kill me!”
***
Titan
It wasn’t easy to remain still while Beatrix tortured him like it was her job. How did he end up with such an evil mate?
After lowering his briefs so slowly that a sloth could’ve made a cross-country journey before she was done, she finally pulled them low enough to let his painful erection pop free. At first, all he felt was relief that he wasn’t bound by the tight fabric any longer, then she abandoned his underwear halfway down his thighs and grabbed his cock in both hands.
