Most Wanted (Love Slaves of the Alphas 1)

Blayde shook his head to clear some of the red haze from his eyes and felt his claws and incisors retract. He’d had his head turned away from Ryan, who also had his eyes closed tightly in embarrassment, so he was pretty sure Ryan hadn’t seen the partial shift. Trying to breathe only through his mouth, he nodded, letting his head sag down. “Yes,” he said, his voice still rough with passion. “Give me a minute, and I’ll bring him out. ”

The two men retreated, and Blayde took a deep breath, again through his mouth only. This close, his mate’s scent was driving him wild, and would continue to do so, he knew, until they had mated properly. He dropped one more kiss on Ryan’s sweet lips and levered himself off him. He stood by the side of the bed, looking down at Ryan sprawled out on the bed for him, his gorgeous cock riding his stomach, his bright green eyes looking up at him trustingly and almost attacked him again. He pulled himself together with great effort and put out a hand. “Come on, Ryan. Come with me, and I’ll try to explain everything. ”

He pulled him up and grabbed the sheet off the bed to wrap around his body, covering him from the armpits down. He looked down at his handsome face, and saw that he was bewildered at this turn of events and nervously biting the insides of his cheeks. “Don’t be scared. No one’s going to hurt you. I’m sorry if I scared you. We just need to talk to you, all right?I’ll be right beside you the whole time. ”

Blayde didn’t know why that should reassure Ryan, but he felt like it was an important point to make. For some reason, it seemed to comfort his mate, who stopped biting his cheeks and gave him a little smile. “Okay,” he said, and took Blayde’s hand.

Blayde’s insides felt suddenly soft and tender, and he cleared his throat gruffly, but didn’t pull his hand away. He turned before he could change his mind and pulled Ryan behind him to the living room. He sat back down on the chair, and moved to the side to make a small space beside him. He pulled Ryan down into that tight space and put a protective arm around the back of the chair.

“Lucas,” he said formally. “This is Ryan Henderson. Ryan, this is my brother, Lucas, and my cousin, Kyle. ”

Lucas looked Ryan over respectfully and nodded. Blayde knew Lucas was reserving judgment for his sake, but he still felt a little resentful at the inspection. He glanced down and saw Ryan’s erection outlined clearly by the sheet, then back up to see Lucas and Kyle carefully averting their gazes. He grabbed a pillow off the sofa and threw it over his mate’s lap.

Lucas cleared his throat and began. “Uh, Ryan, we have a strange kind of situation here that you’re not aware of. We need to ask you some questions, and it’s imperative that you tell us the truth, no matter how bad it might be. We can’t help you if we don’t have the truth. ”

“Help me?” Ryan asked slowly. “Not that I don’t appreciate it and all, but why do you, all of you, want to help me?I don’t understand. ”

“We’re Lycans, Ryan,” Blayde said carefully. Surely you know what we are, and that we sometimes take humans as our mates. I have chosen you. ”

“You have?” Ryan’s eyebrows shot up. “But what does that mean, exactly? Why are you all looking at me like that? You’re not all planning to rape me or something, are you?” His eyes were huge in his face, and Blayde blanched at his words.

“No!” he roared, the very idea of his brother and Kyle with his mate making his blood boil and his stomach turn over.

Ryan jumped up, startled, and tried to run, but Blayde caught him around the waist easily and put him back on the chair. He leaned close, putting a hand on the arm of the chair, trapping him, and he made himself speak calmly.

“I didn’t mean to yell and scare you, but please don’t be silly, Ryan. I told you we’re not going to hurt you. Do you believe me?”

Ryan shrugged and nodded slightly, his eyes still wide and scared.

“Before you accept me, you need to be fully aware of my wolf. ”

“Your wolf?” Ryan’s eyes were still huge, but now he looked totally confused as well. “What are you talking about?” Ryan’s gaze darted back and forth between them.

“We’re Lycans. Don’t you know what that means?”

Ryan looked up at him. “You’re rich? And really big? And you have red eyes. I mean, I’ve heard silly rumors, but…”

Blayde sighed. “Better just to show you, I think. Stay on the chair and don’t be alarmed, all right?”

Ryan replied irritably. “Alarmed?Okay, I’m not some dumb kid who’s scared of his shadow. What do you think I am, some kind of…”

Blayde shifted right in front of him. He’d seen other Lycans shift enough times to know exactly what Ryan would be seeing. A loud cracking and creaking sound came from his body, and before Ryan’s shocked gaze, his body seemed to stretch and shift, growing larger, taller and more muscular. His head seemed to melt and reform with his face pushing out, shaping itself into a huge fiercewolf’s head, his mouth dropping open to reveal wicked sharp fangs. His fingers and toes elongated with the tips gaining razor sharp claws, and his fierce glowing eyes raked over Ryan hungrily. Ryan’s mouth opened and closed several times, his face a mask of horror, and he stared. Just stared for a long moment before, elegantly and gracefully, he fell off the chair and to the floor in a dead faint.

Shit, Blayde thought, shifting back quickly to pick up his mate off the floor. Never had that reaction before. The Lycan shifters of Lycanus 3 were known for their huge size. He was even larger than most, standing at over seven feet tall once he shifted. The thick hair that sprouted all over him was a soft brown, and his eyes were the same glowing red. Taken in all, a pretty frightening creature, though he wouldn’t harm a hair on his mate’s sweet head, whether in his wolf or not.

Lucas and Kyle looked on as Blayde gathered his mate in his arms. Kyle spoke up dryly. “Not the smoothest move there, Blayde. You could have given him a little warning. ”

Blayde ignored him, gathering Ryan up in his arms and kissing him until he began to stir and come back around. Lucas and Kyle looked on in embarrassment as he petted and fondled him until he seemed to be waking up. Rather than acting frightened of him as he expected, he opened his beautiful green eyes and looked at him with confusion and curiosity.

“What the hell just happened?”

Blayde held him tightly in his arms and sat down pulling Ryan into the chair with him. Ryan came along without struggle, but looked at Blayde warily as his voice rose in volume. “Explain what just happened! Did you give me some drug?I didn’t notice you slipping me anything. Am I hallucinating?”

“Calm down, sweetheart. It’s still me. We’re Lycan shape shifters, wolves, of course, as you saw. My whole family is Lycan. Had you really never heard thisbefore?”

Ryan shook his head. “Hell no. Well, not really. The Alliance only tells us what they think we need to know. The rest comes to us only in rumors. ”

“Ryan, I’m not going to hurt you. None of us would do that. Look at me. ” He pulled his head back and made him make eye contact with him. “Do you believe me?”