Reluctant Alpha (Love Slaves of the Alphas 4)

“There aren’t any that I’ve ever heard of. But on other planets, sometimes—I guess. ” He shook his head. “No, not always. ” He raised his eyes upward. “Hells, I don’t know, Kai. Tell me why you dressed as a female. ”

“I-I can’t,” Kai said, his voice low but firm. He pushed away from Lucas. “I won’t. If I disgust you, then perhaps you can be released from your vows. Your world probably doesn’t recognize my planet’s laws anyway. There’s nothing stopping you from walking away from me. ”

Lucas’s lips tightened again. “I never said anything about walking away. Is that what you want? For me to release you from your vows?”

Kai raised his chin. “I am an honorable person, despite what you think of me. I am a royal of Scythia. We honor our vows. ”

“Oh, really? Just not the ones where you tell potential suitors that you’re actually a male?”

Kai wrenched himself away from Lucas and stood glaring at him. “There are reasons you’d never understand. ”

“Explain it to me then, Kai. I’ll try to keep up. ”

Kai glared at him, narrowing his eyes. “No. ”

Lucas reached for him again, taking hold of his wrist. Kai responded with a little gasp as Lucas’s big fingers pressed into the bruises there. Holding tightly to him, Lucas yanked back the shower curtain, adjusted the spray to add some warmer water, then picked Kai up in his arms and stepped into the shower with him.

Kai gasped and sputtered as the spray of warm water hit him squarely in the face. Not even removing his clothes, Lucas pushed Kai back against the back wall. He began to strip the ruined robe from him and in seconds he had him naked, the robes lying in the bottom of the tub, the bright blue color running in rivulets down the drain. Lucas pressed his body against Kai’s.

“I want you so much, damn you. Tell me you don’t want this. ” Lucas growled and lowered his lips to Kai’s. One hand clutched the back of his neck while the other slid between their bodies. Lucas’s hand closed around his most private part, the part he never touched except while bathing and never allowed anyone else to touch because it was so sensitive. He hissed in a sharp breath as Lucas’s hand started to move up and down the shaft of the flesh between his legs, stroking him rapidly. The feelings that washed over him made his legs go out from under him. Lucas’s arm went around him to hold him up, and Kai raised his face to his.

“I-I told you that I will honor my vows. You’re my husband, and you can do whatever you want. I won’t fight you again. ”

Lucas lowered his forehead to Kai’s and sighed. “I don’t want to frighten you. How—how experienced are you?”

Kai shook his head. “I don’t know what happens between a married couple. Royal dau—children aren’t given any kind of instruction on this. We’re kept very sheltered, and our husbands are supposed to teach us. ”

Lucas released his hold on him and stepped back, and Kai was surprised to see him trembling. Kai put his hands on Lucas’s arms and drew him back. “I want you to teach me, Alpha. If you want me…”

Lucas moved toward him with a low growling sound in his throat. Something leaped in his eyes that perhaps should have frightened Kai, but instead it excited him. He stepped forward so that the flesh standing up now between his legs brushed against Lucas’s stomach. He couldn’t imagine where he’d found the nerve to do it, but it felt so amazing, so incredible that Kai pressed a bit harder, the rough material of the alpha’s trousers making Kai shiver as little jolts seemed to pass through him.

With a growl, Lucas pulled him closer, putting his lips gently against Kai’s, then licking at the seams of his mouth until it parted. Lucas eased his tongue inside, gently exploring. Kai clutched at Lucas’s shoulders in complete dismay. No one had ever kissed him on the lips before that he could remember. Scythians didn’t kiss each other on the mouth, though he’d gotten his share of kisses on the cheek, along with hugs and cuddling as a small child. No one had shown him affection like this for years. Why was Lucas putting his tongue in his mouth? Was this some Lycan custom? And what on Scythia was he doing with his hand?

His breath coming quicker, Kai pushed at his shoulders, frightened a little, but didn’t budge the Lycan an inch. Dragging his eyes open, Kai met Lucas’s dark gaze, sparkling with some emotion he couldn’t name. His hand moved faster and Kai would have screamed at the sensation if his mouth hadn’t been otherwise occupied as Lucas lowered his head for another kiss.

Groaning, he felt like he was burning up, even with the water splashing down on him. The big Lycan finally pulled his lips away, but Kai still couldn’t breathe. Not with what was going on between his legs. The strangest feeling was coming over him. He wanted something, but he didn’t know what it was. He strained to get closer to Lucas, and his hips started thrusting forward instinctively. Hearing himself whimper, he arched his back and looked up into Lucas’s eyes again, silently begging him to help, but he didn’t know what he wanted help for. Something was building in him, and he was afraid he was about to fly apart.

Lucas smiled wolfishly at him. “Come on,” he urged, gripping him harder.

Kai thought he must be dying. His body seized and he strained forward, making little grunting sounds. His toes tried to clench and curl. The same white, sticky substance he’d found in his bed started spurting from the end of the rod of flesh between his legs and he looked down at himself in wonder. A drop or two even hit him under the chin. Oh dear gods, what was happening to him? He fell against Lucas’s chest, totally spent and drained. Lucas held him up and rubbed his back, not saying anything, just seeming to be trying to soothe him.

This was the second time Lucas had grabbed his genitals like this. Was this sex, then? Is this what two men did together? If so, he was totally on board with it. He rubbed himself against Lucas’s stomach, the friction almost painful now, but still feeling wonderful.

Lucas whispered in his ear. “I’ll let you rest for a minute and I’ll get out of these wet clothes. I’m not through with you yet, though, Kai. Not by a long shot. ”

“Yes,” Kai said, happy for the moment just to hang here in Lucas’s arms and rub against him. Lucas chuckled softly and shifted around so that the water was splashing down on Kai’s head. Kai buried his face against Lucas’s shoulder, and Lucas allowed it while he carefully soaped his hands and ran them over the back of Kai’s head and neck, tenderly washing away the dried blood.

When he was finished, he sat Kai down on the side of the tub and stepped out. He peeled off his wet clothing and threw it into the tub. Then he reached for a towel to dry his body. All Kai could do was gaze at him. He’d never seen anything like him before.

His alpha was big, with broad muscles in his chest and thighs. His skin was tanned and smooth, but all these things paled in comparison with what was hanging between his legs. He had the same genitals as Kai, only larger. His big piece of flesh was long, and wider than Kai’s. It was sticking up at a slight angle and looked impossibly hard. He had thick, curly dark hair covering it at the base. The rounded flesh below the hair was big too, hanging heavily down between his legs. Just looking at him made Kai’s stomach ache and clench, but he wasn’t sure why.

When he finished drying, he reached down for Kai and wrapped a big towel around him. Rubbing him briskly, he went over and over the same spots on Kai, gazing into his eyes. Then he bent down and picked him up again to carry him to the bedroom. Kai was a big boy and not used to being carried around like this. Maybe this was part of the Lycan’s mating ritual. He threw an arm around Lucas’s shoulder and hung on, his eyes wide and confused.

Lucas carried him to the bed, dropped him down on it and climbed in after him. Kneeling over him, his eyes hungry and savage, he almost growled at him. “I’m going to fuck you now, Kai. Tell me you know what that means. ”

Frightened, but trying not to show it, Kai shook his head. “No,” he admitted. “Is it different from what we just did? Will you hurt me?”