***“I’m sorry if I’ve offended you by talking about it,” Jeremy said, watching as Ryan pulled his t-shirt over his head. “I just…” He exhaled audibly. “You’re so sensitive about it. It’s obvious you wished you weren’t like this. I just wanted to know whether something could be…” Jeremy trailed off as he tried to come up with the right words. “I was curious so I…”“Checked the net. You’ve already said that.”“I also spoke to a doctor,” Jeremy added. Yes, he’d tried to seek professional advice. He hated that his mate felt he had to hide himself because of his condition so he’d wanted to know whether anything could be done to correct the situation.“You told some doctor about me?” Ryan paused in picking up his towel and turned to look at Jeremy with eyes filled with shock and anger.“No.” Jeremy raised his hand as if to ward off an attack. “I only asked an expert I happened to meet in one of my meetings to tell me about the condition, that’s all. He doesn’t even know you. Neither does h
***The energy in the arena was charged. There were at least a thousand people in the arena but Ryan thought it could easily accommodate ten thousand people. Ryan could see a few women but the men, most of whom were in wrestling trunks, dominated. There were a number of boxing rings scattered around the arena but the one in the center was double the size of a standard boxing ring. Almost all eyes were focused on the two warriors sparring inside the big boxing ring.“Oh God, they’re huge.” Ryan gasped as he watched the two men. “Who in their right minds would go up against all that muscle?”“All you need is skill, not muscles.” Gloria chuckled, steering Ryan towards some arranged chairs close to the big boxing ring. “With the right skill, you can take that down in a blink.”“I wouldn’t want to find out whether my skills would work,” Ryan murmured as he sat down beside Gloria.People kept bowing respectfully to Gloria but none spared Ryan a glance. Apart from Jeremy, Gloria, Philip, Joe
***Jeremy slowly completed the act of pulling up his warrior. Then with a grace that made almost everyone in the arena smile with admiration and pride, he leaped over the rings and landed outside it. Then he started towards Ryan with a confident, natural, sexy swagger that made Ryan moan unconsciously.Ryan saw Jeremy walking towards him and felt his heart race. He really didn’t know what Jeremy had in mind but the fact that he was coming to him…with that mouth, was okay with him. His lust-filled eyes were focused intently on Jeremy’s lips. As Jeremy drew closer, Ryan’s breath started coming out harshly, the riot of his emotions and the depth of his hunger taking complete control of his senses. By the time Jeremy got to him, Ryan felt as if he would go insane if he didn’t taste those lips. It was that bad.Jeremy smelt his mate’s need and didn’t disappoint. He reached for Ryan’s hand and pulled him up. Then he slipped a hand into the back of Ryan’s hair and cupped one side of his fac
***By the time they got to their floor, Jeremy’s heart was pounding so hard Ryan was getting alarmed. He lifted his head from Jeremy’s shoulder and stared at his face. The vulnerability and pain etched on the alpha’s gorgeous face shook Ryan. He could tell from Jeremy’s face that his teeth were tightly clenched. And when he reached out to open Ryan’s door, Ryan didn’t miss how his hand shook like a junky’s in need of a fix.“Jeremy?”“Where’s your keycard?” Jeremy asked in a hoarse voice, not meeting Ryan’s eyes.“What’s wrong?” Ryan asked softly, completely forgetting that he was still in Jeremy’s arms.“It’s noth…”“Bullshit,” Ryan growled, suddenly remembering the position he was in. “What is wrong with you?” He demanded as he unlocked his legs from around Jeremy and slid down. Jeremy didn’t stop him.“I’ll be fine,” Jeremy said gruffly and then turned to go…towards the elevator.And that was when it hit Ryan… Jeremy had been okay till he’d reminded him of how he felt about him. W
***Ryan nodded and relaxed even more against the wolf. He could remain that way till the next day, he thought.‘Nothing is stopping you.’ Jeremy’s wolf responded amused. ‘But you might want to sleep in the comfort of a bed seeing as you have to be rested for lectures tomorrow.’Ryan groaned. ‘I totally forgot. I have a lecture as early as seven in the morning.’‘Couldn’t you have waited till Monday?’ Jeremy’s wolf asked dryly. ‘Who resumes work on a Friday?’Ryan chuckled. ‘Tomorrow, I’m only going to give them the main areas to concentrate on for the rest of the semester since we’ve already wasted so much time, thanks to me. Serious work will begin on Monday.’ He explained. ‘I just hope all that has happened in the past weeks will not get me distracted when I finally stand in front of my class.’ He said wistfully.‘You’ll be fine. You’re a pro. Nothing can distract you from doing what you love.’‘Let’s hope so.’ Ryan sighed, running his fingers through the alpha’s fur.‘Shift.’ Ryan
***When Philip entered his alpha’s suite the next morning, it was to find the huge red wolf and the stunningly, beautiful, white wolf, cuddled cozily together right there on the plush rug in the suite…fast asleep. The head Beta quickly pulled out his cell phone from his pocket and took a shot of the pair with a shit-eating grin on his face. He immediately sent it to Stan who whistled so wolfishly over the link the three of them shared, Jeremy opened his eyes.‘Really?’ Jeremy drawled as he took in the sight of his Beta grinning mischievously at his cell phone. He couldn’t believe his silly wolf had put him to sleep for that long. When he heard his wolf in his mind saying he needed the rest, he gave a soft growl. ‘What time is it, Lip?’ He didn’t move a muscle as he didn’t want to disturb Ryan.‘It’s almost six.’ Philip responded, folding his arms across his chest and grinning like a simpleton.‘Shit.’ Jeremy growled. ‘He’ll be late. I need to wake…’‘Wait wait…’ Philip gushed. ‘Did y
***Ryan came awake to delicious wetness on his face. He opened his eyes and saw a huge wolf licking his face. Jeremy. Ryan came wide awake and giggle through their link.‘Isn’t it too early to be awake?’ He purred, enjoying the feel of that amazing tongue on his coat.‘It’s actually late prof.’ Jeremy nibbled under Ryan’s neck. ‘You’ll be late for lectures if you don’t get ready now.’‘Oh snap.’ Ryan groaned as he jumped up and stretched.‘Hey, don’t forget our plan to go for a run.’ Jeremy said nuzzling Ryan’s neck, breathing in his well-loved scent.‘It’s a date.’ Ryan said and promptly grimaced. To think his first date was going to be as a wolf.‘We can always go on a real human date.’ Jeremy said softly.Ryan guffawed. ‘You really think Goody Two…’ Ryan trailed off, remembering that his human was no longer sleeping. The two wolves burst into laughter to the annoyance of Ryan’s human and amusement of Jeremy’s. Though they were both awake, they’d remained silent throughout the exch
***Jeremy watched his mate do what he loved to do best and felt so much admiration for the man. Ryan looked so good in a black shirt with no tie, black slacks, and a black blazer. The contrast between the all-black attire against his creamy skin and white hair was simply stunning. He’d noticed the exact moment Ryan had looked around trying to spot the York boy. He’d also felt Ryan’s relief when he didn’t see the boy. Well, he wasn’t going to see that boy anytime soon. On one of Stan’s visits to Ryan whilst he was in the hospital with his injury, he’d managed to get the name of the boy who had gotten him to come to the Stanton Woods. But unfortunately, by the time they’d gotten to the boy, he’d already spread the rumour of a possible murder of his professor, by werewolves.In as much as Jeremy had been pissed off at the fact that the boy knew about them…thanks to his hunter grandfather, he’d been grateful that the boy had led his mate to him. So although his sorcerer had worked her ma