The Alpha - Joel Abernathy Page 0,4

we have? Being distant together or miserable apart?”

“I don’t know.” Colt shook his head. “I wish I could give you more than that. You deserve more than that, but I can’t.”

Jason just gave him a sad smile that made Colt feel so much worse than when he was angry. “I guess it doesn’t matter.”

Colt eyed him doubtfully. “You don’t believe that.”

“No, but I’m hoping if I say it enough, I’ll start.” He propped himself up on his elbows. “You know what else we’re pretty good at?”

“What’s that?”

“Fucking,” Jason said with a playful little smirk. He was still clearly upset, but this wasn’t their first time on the merry-go-round. They both understood the ride wasn’t going anywhere, so they might as well enjoy the spinning. “Or is the corporate big shot too busy for such mundane pastimes?”

“There ain’t nothin’ mundane about what I’m gonna do to you tonight,” Colt said, slipping his hand under Jason’s belt to tug him flat onto his back.

Jason gasped in surprise, but he started laughing again as Colt disrobed them both in record time. “You Exeter boys are so roguish,” he teased.

“Mmh.” Colt’s voice was muffled in Jason’s neck as he kissed it, delighting in the subtle throb of Jason’s pulse under his tongue. It was an indulgence he never would have allowed himself before, but if there was one benefit that came with all of Roland’s training and all the bullshit Evelyn had put him through, it was that he was now certain he was in absolute control of himself and his ghoulish instincts.

He was somehow calmer now that he was an Alpha. Over time, he’d actually developed a taste for the flesh of other ghouls that made it difficult to be around one when they were injured. The other ghouls were understandably insistent on him training extensively to ensure that he was always able to overcome that hunger, no matter what the circumstances. Human flesh still held its appeal, but in contrast, it wasn’t a challenge to resist anymore.

Jason was hard enough to resist in other ways. Colt kissed him hard as he palmed Jason’s ass, his erection rubbing against Jason’s thigh through his jeans. Jason unzipped Colt’s fly and slipped his hand under the waistband of his boxers to give Colt’s shaft a tight squeeze.

Colt broke the kiss to look around. “Any idea where you packed the lube?”

“Uh…no,” Jason said, eyeing the towering stacks of boxes.

“Great.” He was going to have to start keeping a bottle of the damn stuff in his car.

“Hang on, I think I have something,” Jason said, fishing into his wallet. He pulled out a foil-wrapped condom that advertised itself as “ultra-lubricated.”

“Keep those on-hand at work, do you?”

“Don’t even start. Put it on.”

“Bossy, bossy,” Colt scoffed, unwrapping the condom. He slipped it onto his already hard shaft and used a bit of the stuff that came off on his fingers to prep Jason’s ass.

“You know you love it,” Jason purred, arching his back when Colt’s fingers hit the right spot. “God, that feels good.”

It looked even better from where Colt was standing. He lined himself up with Jason’s entrance and pushed in slow and easy, enjoying every little tightening and relaxation of the other man’s body. He knew it probably made him a typical douchebag, but he loved the fact that he was the only person Jason had been with and the only one who knew all the right spots and all the right ways to touch them. Orgasm was just the cherry on top. The best part of fucking was making Jason moan, feeling his heart race as Colt was balls-deep inside of him, hips thrusting and fingers groping his glistening flesh.

“Yes!” Jason gasped, arching his back like a cat. “Colt, please. There…”

“I love it when you beg,” Colt growled, holding Jason’s hips to keep him in place as he drove in deeper. Jason’s entire body convulsed with pleasure as his short nails scraped the brand new hardwood floors beneath him.

The need to keep Jason’s screams muffled in the dorm provided its own thrill, but there was certainly something to be said for the freedom afforded by thick walls.

Colt came harder than he had in a long time. He wrapped his arms around Jason’s body, keeping him as close as possible so he could breathe in the human’s scent and feel his warmth. In those moments, when they were as close as two people could get, Colt was keenly aware of just how human Jason was and how