nose up at his hard work?
“Here we are.” Torem knocked, giving Jasper a sideway glance.
“Don’t worry, I’m not going to rat you out.” Jasper chuckled then
waited to enter until a booming, deep voice called for them to come in.
Jasper’s humor fled, replaced by anxiety. What if Zeus waited all
this time only to realize Jasper wasn’t what he wanted in a mate?
Would he be appealing to him? Would he be enough for the large
Alpha? What if he wasn’t? What would Zeus do then?
Oh god, he was going to be sick. He couldn’t do this. He wanted
to go back to his old pack and forget about the whole thing. What the
hell had he been thinking?
Jasper turned to run away.
Torem grabbed him by the scruff of his collar. “No you don’t.
You have no idea what it’s been like around here since he found you
and you refused to come home with him. No thanks. Now get your
skinny ass in there.” Torem opened the door and shoved Jasper
through.
He stumbled in, righting himself as he looked back at Torem.
Bastard.
Jasper shot daggers at Torem. He would get even. The Beta
grinned and shut the door, closing Jasper in with Zeus.
“Turn around, mate, I wish to see you.” Zeus spoke softly, as
softly as a six foot eleven, three hundred and ten pound man could.
Jasper let out a breath and slowly turned. He had forgotten how
utterly gorgeous his mate was with chocolate brown skin. It was so
smooth and lickable that Jasper's mouth watered.
When his eyes meet his mate’s, Jasper could feel his heart beating
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faster, and he was trembling for the first time in his life.
“Come, sit with me.” Zeus patted the seat next to him on the large
sofa in his office.
Jasper walked to him with hesitation. The guy was a beast
compared to his own stature, huge as hell and scary to boot. Jasper
wasn’t a lightweight, and he could hold his own, but this man looked
as though Mother Nature herself formed him from the earth.
“Don’t be afraid. I smell your fear. Know that I would never hurt
you, mate.” Zeus held his hands out, and Jasper laid his in them. His
hands swallowed Jasper’s. He looked at their skin touching and was
in awe of the color contrast, deep chocolate and pale vanilla. It was beautiful.
Jasper took a seat next to his mate. “I’m–I’m not afraid. Long
walk, a little musty is all.” Jasper laid his hand on Zeus’s chest,
feeling the connection, the pull to be claimed. He stared into his
mate’s deep brown eyes, getting lost in them. Zeus pulled Jasper
closer, wrapping those massive arms around him.
This is what he wanted, what he had craved since he laid eyes on
him outside The Café. His cock hardened and his hole clenched
thinking of this big man claiming him.
“Shall I show you to our room? You could freshen up. Where are
your things?” Zeus stood with Jasper still in his arms.
“Please.” Okay, so he was acting like a helpless female. Who
cared? He got to be in his mate’s arms. It was somewhere he hoped to
be for a long time now. “I had car problems, had to leave it on the
side of the road.” Jasper tossed in a giggle for good measure.
“I’ll send one of my soldiers to retrieve it. Have no worry,
butterfly, your things are safe.”
Butterfly? Oh, Jasper was going to have some fun with him. He could tell Zeus was imagining his mate as a helpless soul, yeah right.
Jasper mentally snorted.
“I’ll leave you to wander about, explore your new home, or would
you rather I take you?”
Jasper
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“I can manage.” Jasper batted his eyes lashes, seeing Zeus’s
nostrils slightly flare. Oh yeah, gonna have a lot of fun with him. He picked up his backpack and wiggled his fingers to say goodbye as he
walked out of the door and closed it behind him.
Once outside, Jasper leaned against the wall, blowing out a long
breath. This was going to take a lot of getting used to. Not only was
he in a strange house, but that was his mate in there. Holy shit, he’d finally done it. He was finally with his mate.
Jasper pushed from the wall, feeling a little more composed. He
wandered around, finally asking one of the soldiers where the Alpha’s
bedroom was.
Dropping his bag onto the bed, Jasper kicked his shoes off and
then pulled his socks free, curling his toes in the deep carpet. He
looked around, getting nosey as hell about what was in his mate’s
bedroom. As he finished his search, he realized it was just ordinary
stuff people kept in their bedroom, not a damn thing interesting.
Tired and musty, Jasper headed into the bathroom to enjoy a long
and hot shower. If today was any indication of what it was like to live in this particular pack, then maybe the shower would drown him.