Astrid's Wish (8 page)

Klaus rounded the bed and lay down on top of the comforter. He stretched his arms above his head as he yawned. When he brought his arms down, his fingers brushed across something solid. He sat up and swung his feet off the bed. A warrior always had to be prepared, and he allowed himself to fall prey to an intruder.

His hand shot out to switch on the bedside lamp. The room filled with a dim yellow light. Even in the low lighting, he still had to squint his eyes from the small glare. When the initial shock from the light wore off, he took a better look at his guest. He stared in disbelief at his mate sleeping away in his bed, under his covers like he knew he was meant to be there.

The need to climb back onto the bed and strip away the blanket from his mate’s body and make love to him until he screamed his pleasure played in the back of his mind. But to do that would be
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selfish. Astrid needed more time to come to terms with the whole mating situation.

He had lived for fifteen hundred and two years. He could wait a little longer to bed his sweet little mate. He walked to the other side of the bed and knelt next to Astrid’s head. His mate’s hair lay loose around his face. The golden locks fanned out on the pillow, reminding him of the rays of the sun. The skin covering Astrid’s face was smooth as marble. He had no stress wrinkles around his eyes or mouth. In sleep, fear couldn’t reach Astrid’s psyche. For that Klaus was thankful.

Very slowly, he reached out his hand to strum his fingertips down the side of his mate’s face. Astrid shifted slightly, seeking the soft pads of Klaus’s fingers. He wanted more of Klaus’s touch even in sleep. His heart leapt at the small, unintentional gesture. If all he could get right now were brief moments like this, Klaus would take what he could get.

Astrid’s eyes fluttered open, and a small smile spread across his face. “I’m sorry I snuck into your room. I just couldn’t wait to see you again,” Astrid said shyly.

His heart melted a little more toward the man. Astrid’s uninhibited honesty was refreshing in a world of lying and backstabbing. Astrid’s rosy-red cheeks signaled to him that he was nervous. He took the initiative to seek him out, and Klaus didn’t want to scare his mate away from surprising him in the future. He had to say the right thing.

“Never apologize, angel.” Klaus grinned down at him. “I’m happy that you feel comfortable coming to me. I want you to come to me for everything.”

“I’m glad to hear you say that because I do need something from you.” Astrid’s cheeks glowed brighter, if that were possible.

“What’s that, angel?” Klaus asked. He reached out and tucked a lock of hair behind Astrid’s ear.

“I want you to make love to me.” Astrid lowered his eyes submissively.

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Klaus jerked in surprise. Dear god, help him. A man could only take so much temptation before he surrendered to his own needs. Here Astrid sat asking him to consummate their relationship and to join them together emotionally and physically. He wanted nothing more than to do that, but in the back of his mind that little voice whispered that it was still too soon. It was too soon to give in to his carnal desires for his mate. Astrid still needed time to work through his issues from his past. Sex would only complicate the situation.

He was quiet for so long, Astrid must have taken his silence as rejection. Klaus watched as Astrid sat up on the bed and pulled his legs toward his chest, hugging them tight. This was the pose Klaus had classified as Astrid’s scared and frightened position.

Fuck! How can I fix this?

“Astrid?” Klaus climbed up onto the bed and sat next this mate.

“Astrid, talk to me.”

His angel brushed his hand away. “It’s okay, Klaus, really. I should have known I wasn’t worthy of you, even if we are mates.

Miles was wrong. You’re the one too good for me.” Astrid’s lower lip stuck out in a pout.

The words Astrid said slowly sunk in. Klaus started to laugh. Of course Miles would say he wasn’t good enough for Astrid. He himself felt the same way.

“It’s not funny,” Astrid shouted.

Klaus stopped laughing immediately. He had upset his angel again. Tears ran down Astrid’s cheeks as he rocked from side to side on the bed. Klaus wanted to punch himself for his callous behavior.

“Astrid, I’m not laughing at you. It’s what Miles said.” Astrid looked blankly at him. “Miles was right. You are too good for me.

I’ve done a lot of bad things in my fifteen hundred years. I’m afraid my dark past will leak onto your delicate skin and ruin your way of thinking and being. If anything I’ve ever done were to come back and hurt you, I could never live with myself.”

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“Don’t say that,” Astrid whined. “You’re special to me, and no matter what you’ve done, I would still want you. You’re mine. Don’t you see that?”

Klaus eyed him warily. He did understand, because he felt the same way, but still it was too soon.

“Angel, I do, but even without all that it’s still too soon for us to engage in…in...in any sexual activity.” Klaus’s face heated with embarrassment. He’d never felt this awkward when discussing his sex life before.

“I wish everyone would stop telling me what I need.” Astrid breathed out a deep sigh. “I’m a grown man. I think I know what I can and can’t handle.” Astrid reached for his hand. “I want to feel what lovemaking should be like. I can’t take away what happened between Lucian and I, but I’ll do whatever you want, just please give me the chance.”

Klaus’s teeth clenched so tightly at the mention of Lucian’s name he thought his jaw would crumble to dust.

“Me wanting to wait has nothing to do with that man.” Klaus was trying his best to reign in his anger for what Astrid had suffered through at the hands of that monster.

Klaus gentled his tone when he spoke again. “I want you so bad I can barely stand being near you and not touching you. But what I want and what you need are two different things. I could never live with myself if you regretted what we shared afterwards. It would kill me, Astrid.”

“But don’t you see, I don’t want to wait. It will change nothing if we do it today or tomorrow. I was abused, and I’m sick of everyone treating me like I’m a broken person. I’m dealing with it in my own way.” Astrid sat up on his knees and scooted closer to Klaus. “I know this may be hard for you to understand, but I love you. I feel you in my bones. And when you deny me, I ache here.”

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Astrid grabbed his hand and placed it over his heart. Klaus could feel the heat coming off Astrid’s body through the shirt. The small thud of his pulse pushed against his hand. His angel yearned for him.

Without a second thought, Klaus fisted his hand in Astrid shirt and rolled until he lay on top of him. Astrid gasped in surprise, and Klaus grinned down at his angel. The hunger that crossed Astrid’s face was all the go-ahead he needed.

Klaus covered Astrid’s lips with his own. He sipped from Astrid’s heavenly entrance. His tongue came out to lick at the seam of Astrid’s lips. The need to plunder the velvety, moist mouth had his body humming to claim what was rightfully his.

He teased Astrid’s lips apart and coaxed Astrid’s tongue into playing with his. Astrid timidly sucked his tongue farther into his mouth, and white-hot pleasure raced through Klaus’s body from the top of his head down to his toes.

The need to breathe had him pulling away from Astrid. Klaus rested his forehead against Astrid as he tried to focus. He took deep breaths, trying to calm his racing heart.

Slow. He needed to go slow.

“Okay, angel, I’ll give you what you want.” He placed a finger against Astrid’s lips when he started to speak. “But at my pace. I want to take things slow with you.”

“You’re just making excuses.” Astrid pushed at his chest. “You don’t want me.”

Klaus grabbed Astrid’s hand and placed it over the rock-solid erection he sported behind his zipper. Astrid’s eyes widened in shock.

“Does it feel like I don’t want you?” He moaned as Astrid gave an experimental squeeze to his length. “I want you more than the next breath I take, but we need to take one thing at a time. We have all the time in the world. There’s no need to rush it.”

Astrid continued to stroke Klaus’s cock through his pants. Astrid knew what he wanted, and he was taking control of the situation.

Klaus could get used to this side of his angel.

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The need to come had Klaus pulling Astrid’s hands up to the sides of his head. He smiled down at his mate as he wiggled beneath him.

“Keep your hands right here.” He tightened his hold on his mate’s small, fragile wrist to emphasize his request. Astrid gave him a jerky nod.

Klaus held his angel’s gaze as he slowly trailed his fingers down Astrid’s clothed body. He would have liked for his mate to be wearing nothing at all. The need to feel soft, smooth skin had Klaus yanking Astrid’s shirt up to his chin. He left the shirt there and went for Astrid’s zipper. The prize lying inside was what he truly wanted at the moment. Klaus wanted to taste Astrid and get drunk on his liquid magic.

He popped the button on Astrid’s pants and peeled back the sides.

The head of Astrid’s cock peeked out of the top of his briefs. Klaus reached up and used both hands to pull down the sturdy denim. Astrid raised his hips off the bed to help him.

“God you’re beautiful,” Klaus said as he got his first glimpse of Astrid’s naked body. Astrid had pale skin from head to toe with lightly tanned nipples that had hardened from his touch. He worked his way down to the heavy cock resting against Astrid’s stomach. The head peeked out of the foreskin, showcasing a drop of pre-cum at the tip. God how he loved his men uncut.

Not giving Astrid a chance to decide if he wanted Klaus’s mouth on him or not, he leaned forward and swallowed his mate down until his nose met the thatch of golden hair surrounding the base. Astrid grunted and thrust his hips into Klaus’s face as he moved up the length. Klaus rolled down the thin tissue and tongued every ridged contour. He hummed around the head as he brought his other hand up to gently massage Astrid’s balls and pull on the soft orbs lightly. With mouth on cock, one hand jacking the length, and one hand fondling his man’s bits, he very quickly pushed Astrid over the edge.

Astrid threw his head back and screamed as hot cum shot down Klaus’s throat. Klaus ran his eyes up the length of Astrid’s body as he
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came undone. The tendons of Astrid’s neck bulged as he succumbed to the love Klaus showed him.

Klaus sucked his mate’s throbbing length until he milked all the cream his mate had to give. The taste of pure bliss erupted on his tongue. He released Astrid’s softening shaft from his lips and sat up, straddling Astrid’s legs. Klaus growled in frustration when he couldn’t get his pants undone quickly enough. The intoxicating, sweet taste of Astrid in his mouth drove him to insanity.

He breathed a sigh of relief as he finally worked his prick free from his pants. Klaus looked up to his mate when he heard Astrid’s sharp inhale. This was the first time his mate had seen his naked shaft.

His size had intimidated many men but not his Astrid. Astrid licked his lips as he ogled his hard cock.

The sight of his angel’s pink tongue running across his lips had Klaus gripping his length tightly in his fist. He pumped his hand hard and fast. His orgasm played just out of reach. Astrid started to move his hands away from his head, and Klaus grunted for him to hold still.

Astrid let his hands fall back to his sides and he looked down his body as Klaus masturbated over him.

The hungry look in his mate’s eyes wreaked havoc on his nerves.

Astrid rocked his hips up and grazed his semierect cock against Klaus’s crease. A whimper left his mouth as warm cum spit forth from his body. He hovered over Astrid’s and painted his chest with his seed.

“Mine,” he declared as the last bit of cum left his body.

Klaus fell forward, bracing his forearms on either side of Astrid’s head. His breathing was still erratic, but he couldn’t resist kissing his mate’s welcoming lips. It was more of an openmouthed kiss with a lot of heavy panting from them both. Never had a hand job been more fulfilling. In fact, it rated higher than any of Klaus’s previous sexual encounters, and it had everything to do with the innocent creature tucked in close to his chest.

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He shifted to the side and spooned Astrid from behind. He smeared the cooling cum on Astrid’s belly, rubbing the pearly white strings into Astrid’s skin as if it were lotion. They would need to shower soon, but for now he liked smelling himself on his mate.

Astrid didn’t seem to mind his caveman ways. He just wiggled closer.

Klaus pulled the covers up and tucked his mate in. Astrid yawned so wide Klaus heard his jaw pop. His mate was exhausted and needed to sleep. Klaus stayed awake until he heard the faint snoring coming from Astrid.

He pulled the smaller man closer to his chest. To be able to sleep with Astrid snug in his arms was a gift from the gods. Knowing his mate was safe with him, Klaus finally allowed himself to succumb to his exhaustion. Tomorrow would bring a new day, and they could further discuss their budding relationship.

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Astrid awoke, and instant panic had his body tensing. The feel of a warm body pressed up against his backside had him squirming to get away. He could feel a thick cock nestled between his cheeks.

Fight-or-flight instincts took over. He wasn’t going to keep being a victim. He shifted and tugged at the blanket, trying to put some distance between him and the man behind him.

“Angel, calm down. It’s just me.”

Astrid stopped struggling at the sound of Klaus’s voice. He was in bed with his mate, not a stranger, or worse, Lucian.

The memories of what they shared last night came back to him in a flash. The smoldering-hot kisses the shared, and the way Klaus touched his body. Heat flushed his face as he remembered Klaus sucking him off. He had never experienced that before and was anxious to do it again. Maybe even perform the act for his mate.