Isaiah (15 page)

“Angh!” Isaiah jolted and one leg slipped down. Bae caught the back of it and shoved.

He raked his teeth over the soft skin between Isaiah’s balls and his hole then went back to licking and tongue-fucking Isaiah.

When his jaw ached and Isaiah’s ass was dripping, Bae surged up, one hand on his cock, the other reaching for the headboard. As soon as his cockhead touched Isaiah’s opening, Bae thrust hard, bringing the burn Isaiah wanted.

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Isaiah’s pucker clenched, refusing entrance, then Bae’s dicks was sucked in, heat and rippling walls pulling and pulling until his groin was pressed against Isaiah’s butt. Bae didn’t wait, he withdrew fully then slammed back in, and kept up the hard, fast rhythm, shoving shouts and moans, whimpers and whines from Isaiah.

Bae watched his cock as he speared into Isaiah, watched the way his hole stretched, the skin turning from a rosy pink to almost white as the rim of his cock spread Isaiah wide.

Isaiah’s cock slapped his stomach, his balls jostled, and Bae reached around to palm Isaiah’s leaking shaft.

His nails were claws, his eye teeth long, deadly weapons, his leopard prowling under the surface and yowling with each constriction of Isaiah’s ass around his dick. Isaiah writhed, his need ramping higher, his pleas hitching up. Bae gripped Isaiah’s cock harder, catching the tender skin with a claw. Isaiah yelped and his cock pulsed, jizz spraying onto his face, bent as he was.

Seeing Isaiah’s skin splattered with his own cum almost did Bae in, but he stroked Isaiah through his climax, fucked him through it, too, moving what little he could until Isaiah’s inner muscles unclenched enough for him to withdraw. Bae untied Isaiah’s hands and rolled his fucked out mate over, then Bae mounted him, thrusting into the tight, welcoming heat of Isaiah’s ass.

“Gonna mark you,” Bae growled, planting his knees on either side of Isaiah’s hips so he could plough into him repeatedly. The slap of their bodies, the sweat coating Isaiah’s skin, and the broken whimpers and moans were driving Bae mad with desire. He roared and dropped onto Isaiah’s back just as his balls drew tight. He caught himself in time to keep from biting too deep, but he drew blood as he sank his teeth into the meaty part of Isaiah’s shoulder.

Isaiah screamed and his ass clenched around Bae’s length, Bae was dimly aware of the scent of Isaiah’s cum, of the way he shuddered and climaxed again beneath Bae. Then Bae was aware only of his complete lack of strength, and the tide of sleep pulling him under as he lay on his mate, sated and safe.

The next thing he knew, his alarm clock was blaring. Bae grunted and reached for Isaiah. When all he encountered was cooling sheets, Bae opened his eyes. He had a split-second of panic hit him that he put down to being sleep-disoriented, then he heard the www.total-e-bound.com

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shower running. Bae was in the processing of getting his limbs to cooperate with him—his left leg was asleep, numb and on the floppy side when he tried to move it—when the shower was shut off.

Well, damn. There went my hope of getting my hands on Isaiah’s wet skin.

The shower started back up, Isaiah adding some very loud singing about being sexy and knowing it. Bae chuckled and got up, hobbling more than walking to the bathroom.

Inside, the small room was steamy but the sight of the shower curtain shoved aside so he could see Isaiah naked and slick under the shower sent a shiver through Bae.

“Have we got time?” Isaiah paused his singing long enough to ask. Bae was pretty sure he was being a smart ass. Isaiah snickered and grabbed one of his butt cheeks, shaking it.

“You took care of this so good last night I think my ass is out of commission for a day or two.” And he looked ecstatic about it, like the leopard that caught the rabbit.

“I’m sure there’s something else we can do,” Bae murmured, licking his lips when he looked at Isaiah’s fat dick. Isaiah’s harsh exhale and the jerk of his erection made his verbal agreement unnecessary.

* * * *

If Bae had known sucking Isaiah’s cock was going to be the only good part of his day, he’d have stayed in the shower and done nothing else but nurse that sweet dick all day. Of course, that wasn’t possible. He and Isaiah both had businesses to run. But after getting bitten by Bessy, a cocker spaniel who’d always had a sweet disposition, and bitten again by an unvaccinated stray cat a well-meaning man had brought in, Bae was ready to lock the vet-mobile in the garage and leave it parked there for a week. Or however long it took him to shake off a shitty day. A client threw a temper tantrum over the price of heartworm medicine, shrieking as she stomped off that she’d just buy the stuff online.

And it was only noon.

“Geez, can we turn the phones off?” Bae asked Aubrey, his one full-time vet tech.

Aubrey caught a chunk of hair that had escaped the pony she always wore. She tucked it behind her ear. “You know we can’t. Mrs Yunger is coming in at three with her new puppy, and considering how today’s gone, there will probably be a half-dozen emergencies crop up too.”

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“Bite your tongue,” Bae gasped, patting his chest. “You are going to give me a heart attack, tempting fate like that.”

“I think it’s the full moon tonight and the crazy has started early.” Aubrey gestured to his hand. “Did you clean the bite well?”

“Which one, the first bite or the second one? ‘Cause you know, I was intending to let the cat bite get infected just for the fun of it.”

“And you said I was tempting fate?” Aubrey sniffed, giving him a haughty look. “Why Dr Warren, I do believe you’ve waved a red flag in front of a bull with that one.”

Bae shook his head. “The things you come up with, Aubrey.” He held up his hand.

“Both bites were taken care of, of course, but thank you for your concern. I’m sure it has nothing to do with wanting me to be able to sign your paychecks. Now, if you’d just sign up for a direct deposit…”

“Phthpt. I don’t think so. I’m happy to have a check in hand, thank you very much.”

She checked her phone. “Lunch time. You want to go out and grab it or do you want me to?”

Driving the vet van through a drive thru was a pain in the ass, so they usually took turns running in somewhere and grabbing a quick lunch to go. Bae just didn’t like leaving the van unattended. There were meds in it some people wouldn’t hesitate to steal, given the opportunity.

“Who went yesterday?” As if he didn’t know.

Aubrey rolled her eyes and gave an exasperated sound. “Fine, fine, I’ll go, but we’re having Taco Bell. I’ve had a craving for their potatoes and cheese bowl. Yum.”

“Those are good. Guess I’ll have to work off the calories.” And thinking of how he was going to do so brightened his mood considerably. “You want me to drive back a couple blocks to Taco Bell, or do you want to walk?”

“I’ll walk. Kind of burn off some calories ahead of stuffing myself stupid in a few minutes.” Aubrey held out her hand and Bae fished a twenty from his wallet. She took it and waved bye at him as she got out of the van. Bae watched her for a few minutes, frowning.

Something felt…off. Considering the way the day had gone, though, that wasn’t a surprise.

Once Aubrey was in the parking lot of Taco Bell, Bae left off watching out of the window and instead made sure everything in the exam area was clean. Satisfied, he took a www.total-e-bound.com

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few minutes to calm himself, thinking positive thoughts and letting go of the negative emotions brought on by a crappy morning at work.

When he felt calmer, and hopeful that the afternoon would be better, Bae opened his eyes and stretched. He checked out of the window but didn’t see Aubrey. The hairs on his nape felt like they vibrated with warning a split second before the van door was jerked open.

Bae yelled, startled and scared, when a rank odour flowed into the van at the same time a man who could have been from his lepe—but wasn’t—jumped in and grabbed Bae.

No fucking way!
Bae shrieked a warning to Isaiah in his head, hoping he passed along everything that was happening. He kicked out at the man who grabbed him, then there was another man and Bae knew he was fighting for his life. He couldn’t find the breath to ask what they wanted, why they had been hunting him. It was all he could do to avoid half of the punches being thrown and get in a few of his own.

A hit to his diaphragm knocked the wind out of Bae, but he didn’t stop moving, willing himself to shift. The two men were some kind of shifters, and maybe he’d be in worse shape if they shifted too, but he wasn’t going to be able to win the fight he was involved in as long as he was human, that was certain.

Bae slammed an elbow into the second man’s nose and blood sprayed out. Bae was lifted and thrown, his hip slamming against the exam table. He leapt onto it, his hip throbbing, and wished he had time to take his clothes off, but he didn’t. The uninjured man lunged at him and Bae yowled as he pulled his leopard up and gave it the reins.

Bae struck with his claws, catching his attacker in the chest. More blood, and screams.

Either these guys couldn’t shift quickly or they didn’t want to, Bae didn’t know, but as long as they were in human form…

And Aubrey would be back soon. They were also in a populated area of Denver, close to downtown, and were likely to draw a crowd quickly. Bae couldn’t be seen in his shifted form, there’d be no way to explain it, so he acted on feline instinct and went after the two threats with everything he had, intent on ending this in seconds. Bae tore into the one who’s nose he’d broken, biting at the ankle and crushing bones.

The agonised howl from his victim was too loud. Bae let go of him and turned to the other one, but he was hunched, holding his chest. Bae shifted back to human form. “What do you want?” he snapped.

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Instead of answering, the one with the chest wound bolted, grabbing his friend by the arm and dragging him out. Bae couldn’t give chase, he was completely naked. “Fuck!” He saw the Expedition speed away and rushed over to the small closet where he kept a change of clothes. How was he going to explain this mess to Aubrey? She’d insist he call the cops, and
Oh my God, what am I going to do?

Then he heard it, the loud grind of a motorcycle engine, or, more importantly, a motorcycle whose sound he recognised. Bae put on his scrubs and picked up his torn clothes.

He threw them in the trash just as Isaiah pulled up. Before Bae could peek outside, Aubrey called out a hello to Isaiah. There were other voices too. He stayed inside, trusting Isaiah to help him out of this mess, and Isaiah did. Isaiah entered the van few minutes later, blanching at the blood and mess inside.

“Bae.” Isaiah opened his arms and Bae launched himself at his mate. “Are you okay?

Please tell me the blood is all theirs.”

“It is,” Bae mumbled. He started shaking so hard his teeth chattered as the adrenaline fled his system. His thoughts were as jumbled as his body, jittery and jumping all over the place.

“I’ve got you,” Isaiah told him repeatedly, and Bae knew that was true. “When you’re able to, we’ll talk about it and what we should do next.”

Eventually he calmed enough to not bite his tongue when he tried to talk. He kept his eyes closed and burrowed against Isaiah where they sat on the exam table. “Do you have any ideas?”

“Besides beat whoever tried to hurt you?” Isaiah dropped kisses on the top of his head.

“No, but we do have people who will help us. In fact, two of them should be back here after they drop Aubrey off.”

“Ah.” Bae warmed at the thought Isaiah’s brother and Otto. He wished his own family was so close, but things were what they were. At least they had Isaiah’s family.

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Isaiah didn’t think he’d ever been as scared in his life as he had been when he’d felt Bae’s fear. Isaiah had blown through red lights and stop signs, and was damned lucky he hadn’t been smeared all over the road in his rush to get to Bae.

“I told Aubrey I’d come to make you go to the doctor for those bites,” he said as he held Bae. “She thought that was a good idea. Luckily Tim and Otto were at the shop giving me shit when I felt you panic. They followed me here and gave Aubrey a ride back to her car.”

“So you aren’t going to have to leave me to drive this by myself?” Bae asked.

Isaiah didn’t think he’d get Bae on the motorcycle, so… “No. Tim or Otto can drive the bike to your place, and I’ll drive this thing.”

It was a sign of how wrung out Bae was that he didn’t protest. “There’s an appointment to reschedule.”

“Oh shit!” Isaiah stood, bringing Bae to his feet as well. “Yeah, Aubrey said. I told her I’d text her uh, Mrs Yunger’s, right? Mrs Yunger’s phone number. She’ll reschedule it.”

Isaiah looked around the van. There was blood and God only knew what else all over.

Broken shit, that’s all he could tell it was. “Uh, probably I need to tell her not to take any appointments for a few days. This place is wrecked.”

Bae raised his head and grimaced. “Fine. I’ll have to replace a few things.”

“Okay, well then let me get Mrs Yunger’s number. Where would that be?”

Bae wiggled and Isaiah grudgingly released him. Bae texted Aubrey directly then he slumped in the passenger seat. “Can we go home now?”

“As soon as someone’s here for my bike, we’ll leave.” He watched Bae curl up, tucking his heels up on the white pleather as if he didn’t care about dirtying it. Considering the mess in the back, maybe he didn’t. “Are you sure you’re not hurt?”

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