Fated for Forever [Kindred of Arkadia 3] (Siren Publishing Classic ManLove) (4 page)

control.

“I bet you never imagined your mate as a fox-shifting ice cream parlor owner,” Ashby said, with a self-

deprecating laugh. The knife stilled and Gabriel looked up sharply.

“Every night when I lie down to rest, I wonder if I’ve done enough good that day to outweigh the

wrongs I have done to keep my people safe and every night I wonder if there is enough good left in me to

deserve a mate. Over the thousands of years I’ve endured, I have imagined my mate in a myriad of

different ways, each variation better than the one before. But nothing my mind has conjured in all of those

millennia could compare to the beauty and strength in you. Your sheer physical beauty is only outshone by

your amazingly kind heart and pure soul. No matter how much longer I have left on this earth, I know that I

will never do anything to deserve the gift of you,” Gabriel said, making sure he kept Ashby’s gaze so that he

could see the truth in his eyes.

Ashby couldn’t stop the tears. In an instant Gabriel was around the counter and cupping Ashby’s face in

his large hands. He carefully wiped away the tears before replacing each one with a gentle kiss.

“I have carried the weight of an entire race on my shoulders for so long, I don’t know if I can be the

mate you deserve. I had nearly given up my soul before I smelled your blood in that van the morning after

you were rescued. The tiny ray of hope that you were my mate has kept me going these past few months.”

Gabriel leaned forward and buried his face his Ashby’s neck, their bodies locked in a powerful embrace.

Ashby could feel slight tremors go through Gabriel’s body as the man held on to him as if his very life

depended on it.

“Ashby, sweet Ashby, what has fate done tying you to a monster like me?” Gabriel said into his neck.

Ashby pulled back and shook his head.

“Don’t say that. Don’t ever say you are a monster! I have seen real monsters. I was trapped with my ex-

boyfriend for nearly a year before escaping him, he was a monster. The hyenas who went after Rebecca,

Landon and Lucas, they are monsters. But you, my prince, are not.” Ashby said, unashamed of the passion

in his voice.

Gabriel’s eyes lightened from the black they had become to a steely gray before settling into a royal

blue.

“I had forgotten your ordeal with your ex-boyfriend, forgive me for bringing up such painful memories

on what should be a happy occasion,” he said, nuzzling Ashby’s forehead.

Ashby blushed furiously.

“I’m fine. But if you really are interested in making this a happy occasion…” He stared up at Gabriel

who lifted up an eye brown and smiled down at his angelic mate. Ashby’s mouth twitched as a moment

passed where neither spoke and just looked into each other’s faces.

“Bow chica wow wow,” Ashby said, grinning. Gabriel’s mouth dropped before he started to grin. The

grin turned into a smile which soon stretched across his face before he lost all composure and he began to

laugh until he had tears coming down his face. Ashby couldn’t hold it in either and laughed right alongside

his prince. He had a feeling it had been too long since Gabriel had known laughter and joy. He decided right

then and there, that would be his job from now on, to make his prince smile.

* * * *

Without wasting a second Ashby dropped to his knees and began to undo Gabriel’s slacks. Gabriel’s

laughter stopped almost immediately as he looked down in shock.

“
Mon ange,
you don’t have to…” Gabriel’s words were forgotten as Ashby’s nimble hands freed his

heavy cock and he ran a tongue around the engorged head. He flicked his tongue into the slit before

swallowing the thick flesh down completely.

He swallowed the entire length until his nose hit the springy hairs at Gabriel’s groin.

“
Mon dieu
! Don’t stop angel!” Gabriel said, unable to resist pulling back slightly and moving forward

again to feel the soft constricting flesh of his lover’s throat around him. Ashby hummed, sending vibrations

down Gabriel’s shaft.

Gabriel ran his hands through Ashby’s soft blond curls and looked down at his mate. When Ashby’s

eyes looked up and saw that Gabriel was watching he slid his mouth up and bobbed back down until

Gabriel hit the back of his throat.

Gabriel felt the familiar tingling at his spine signaling his impending release.

“Angel…coming.” Was all he was able to articulate before throwing his head back, letting wave after

wave of his orgasm crash through him. Ashby slowed his movements before releasing his cock with a final

swipe of his tongue.

Gabriel pulled Ashby to his feet and then swept him up in his arms. Ashby blushed.

“I feel like a bride being carried over the threshold.”

“Tonight is our wedding night my angel,” Gabriel whispered and made his way to his bedroom. He set

Ashby down next to the bed and pulled Ashby’s tank off, revealing a slender but toned body. “You don’t

have any hair.” Gabriel trailed his fingers down Ashby’s chest, and Ashby swallowed hard.

“I don’t wax or anything, I’m just not that hairy,” he whispered. Gabriel nodded his approval. He

reached for Ashby’s jeans and easily unbuttoned them and pushed them down Ashby’s legs. Gabriel nearly

swallowed his tongue when he saw Ashby standing before him in nothing but a pair of electric-blue boy

shorts. Ashby tried to use his hands to cover his groin where evidence of his arousal was clear to see.

“Never hide yourself from me,
mon ange
.” Gabriel trailed his fingers down Ashby’s sides before

hooking his thumbs into the boy shorts. He got to his knees and pulled one side of the boy shorts down to

expose a hip bone. He ran his tongue across the ridge before dipping into his lover’s belly button. He could

smell the sweet musk of his mate and his fangs burst from his gums. He pulled the other side of the boy

shorts down and eased them down and off the most perfectly rounded ass he had ever seen. He slid the

shorts down and Ashby stepped out of them. Gabriel leaned back and looked at his mate’s cock for the first

time. It was average in length and girth, but the ordinary stopped there. With the exception of the engorged

purple head the rest of the shaft was creamy and looked as if it were cut from marble.

“
Mon Dieu
, you are a vision. Tonight I will make you mine forever.” Gabriel stood and he gently picked

Ashby up and laid him down on the bed. He took a moment to look down at the picture of perfection

before him. His Ashby looked like a fallen angel. His innocent eyes contradicted his love-swollen lips and

flushed cheeks.

“What do you mean forever?” Ashby asked. Gabriel looked over to Ashby and smiled gently. He then

removed his suit jacket and placed it on the bench at the end of the bed. Slowly he removed his designer

silk shirt and tossed it next to the jacket. He saw Ashby lick his lips.

“What is your ultimate fantasy my angel? You have given me so much pleasure already tonight so

selflessly, what can I do for you?” Gabriel asked, his voice deepening. He saw a shiver run through Ashby

and he felt ten feet tall.

“Can you make love to me? No one has ever just loved me,” Ashby said so quietly that even with his

vampiric hearing he had to strain to catch the words. When he heard Ashby’s soft request his heart broke in

two. The gorgeous creature before him should have only known gentle caresses and tender words. From

the little his dainty mate had told him about his ex-boyfriend, he knew that Ashby had experienced hell at

the hands of a man who should have protected him at all costs. He tried to keep the anger he felt from

showing on his face.

“We don’t have to if you don’t want,” Ashby said quickly and rolled over to his hands and knees

putting his head down.

Gabriel felt like someone punched him in the stomach. He quickly removed his slacks, throwing them

across the bench and went to the night stand and pulled out a packet of lube. He eased himself behind

Ashby, running his hands over the crease gently massaging the dark hole winking at him.

“My angel as much as I want to bury my face in your sweet ass and bring you to the brink of pleasure

over and over again with my mouth, I need to see your face and kiss those exquisite lips of yours as we

make love.” Gabriel placed both hands on Ashby’s hips and pulled him backward until he was sitting back

on his knees, his back flush against his chest. Ashby’s face turned up and he looked at him with surprise in

his eyes.

Gabriel ran a hand down Ashby’s chest and tweaked the tiny pale pink disk. Ashby moaned and rested

the back of his head on Gabriel’s breast bone.

“Does my
bebe
like that?” Gabriel whispered the words against Ashby’s neck, causing goose bumps to

run down his mate’s body.

“Y–y–yes,” Ashby squeaked.

“Good, you will know nothing but pleasure by my hands.” Gabriel ran his tongue up Ashby’s neck and

bit gently on his ear. Ashby groaned and pushed his ass back against Gabriel’s hard dick.

“Turn around my angel.” Gabriel said gently turning Ashby’s body in his arms. When Ashby faced him

his eyes looked out of focus. Gabriel eased him back and spread his legs wide. He leaned down and ran his

tongue between the two perfectly rounded globes before pulling them apart to get at his prize. He opened

the packet of lube and started working one finger in Ashby’s hole. He stopped at the second knuckle and

waited.

“I’m OK.”

Gabriel nodded and continued.

He eased a second finger in beside the first and gently thrust them in and out. Ashby started thrashing

around on the bed, and Gabriel grinned. He scissored his fingers back and forth, stretching his mate. He

knew that in order for his angel to know only pleasure he would have to be well stretched. When he got to

three fingers he looked into Ashby’s face and saw his mouth slack with bliss. He poured more lube on his

heavy cock and he began to move forward. Ashby’s eyes met his and he smiled. Gabriel moved and when

the head of his cock popped past the first set of inner muscles he stilled, trying to give his mate’s body time

to adjust to his.

“More, it’s OK, Gabriel, I’m not made of glass,” Ashby gave him a lopsided grin.

“Only pleasure angel, only pleasure.” Gabriel leaned forward and rested his forearms on either side of

Ashby’s head. With a quick stroke he thrust until he bottomed out inside his angel’s tight channel.

“Oh–oh–oh God, please move,” Ashby gyrated his hips. Gabriel withdrew and thrust home again, he

knew that he was hitting Ashby’s sweet spot on every downward stroke. He felt his control start to fray at

the edges as he began to slam into his mate. Knowing that he was close he leaned forward and captured

Ashby’s lips. Ashby went crazy beneath him. It was if this simple kiss had unlocked every passion his mate

had to offer. Gabriel felt Ashby’s legs wrap around his waist as their tongues dueled endlessly, driving their

fervor higher. Gabriel pulled back and looked into Ashby’s eyes.

“Will you allow me to mate with you my angel?” he asked and saw tears fill Ashby’s eyes.

“Yes my prince, make me yours.” Ashby pulled Gabriel’s head down to his neck. Unable to avoid the

gift his mate was offering, he buried his fangs into the side of Ashby’s neck and fed. He knew for a fact

they were mates when Ashby’s blood did not affect his mind, it sated his body but left him lucid. Ashby’s

blood tasted of every decadent treat he had ever sampled and he craved more. He heard Ashby cry out and

as a splash of warmth hit his stomach, he knew his mate had come again. Still he fed. He closed his eyes as

he felt the ice wall around his heart and soul shatter. His soul lifted up and danced with Ashby’s, they

merged and returned to their homes now for the first time whole. He lifted his head and licked the two

puncture marks so that it would stop bleeding but not so that it would fade, not yet.

“It is done. You are mine,” Gabriel moved to one side and pulled Ashby into his arms. They could clean

up in a moment, he never wanted to let go.

“Only you,” Ashby replied.

“You have pulled me from the edge of darkness my angel, I’m not sure I could have survived much

longer without you.” Gabriel laid gentle kisses on the site of his claiming bite and Ashby shivered in

pleasure. Gabriel grinned and slipped from the bed heading to the bathroom. He quickly grabbed a

washcloth and wet it with warm water. He walked back in and Ashby’s eyes zeroed in on his naked groin.

Gabriel winked at him as Ashby blushed furiously. Gently he cleaned his lover before tossing the washcloth

back into the bathroom.

“Why do your eyes change colors?” Ashby asked as Gabriel got into bed behind him and pulled him

into the curve of his body.

“I am one of the oldest of my kind, one of the first. As we age our eyes begin to reflect our feelings. At