Read Don't Read in the Closet: Volume Four Online
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man in awe. Then a million questions came into his head and he
started babbling.
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then started drilling him with questions. “Are you like a real wolf?
Can you do that whenever you want? What is it like to run in the
forest? Do you kill animals? Do you have to change on a full moon?
What….”
Xan chuckled and interrupted the rant. “Hold on, hold on. I know
you have a lot of questions, and I will answer them all, but take a walk
with me. If I don’t get you out of here right now, I am going to pounce
on you, and there are other things you need to know first.”
He picked up his pants where they had slipped from him when he
changed over and pulled them on, before grabbing Ro’s hand and
leading him out the door. That had gone a whole lot better than he
thought it would. He had expected a lot more screaming and running,
and maybe a little bit of passing out as icing on the cake.
As they walked through the woods, Xan told Ro everything.
About shifters, mating, claiming, and how when he bit his little mate
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while they made love, it bonded them together for the rest of their
lives.
“Like marriage?” Ro asked.
“Stronger than marriage,” Xander said with a grin. “You will be
mine forever, just as I will be yours.”
“That sounds like heaven to me.”
Xan couldn’t have said it better himself. He felt like he could fly.
He kissed his Ro deeply, feeling a weight lift off of him; one he
hadn’t known was there until it was gone. He was so happy that he
wanted to run, wanted to jump and dance and celebrate. He stepped
back and shifted. Ro gasped and then chuckled.
Xander loved that sound. He yapped and bounced toward his
human before running to the side, then repeated the action again. Ro
started belly laughing and playing with him. He found his mate, and
the man accepted him, wolf and all. This had to be the happiest
moment of his life.
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real, and to meet an actual shifter, amazing. And this awesome man
was his. He was so thrilled that he didn’t know what to do with
himself.
He ran around and played with his man, looking like some bad
remake of Dances with Wolves. He was having too much fun to care.
Xan growled and stalked him low to the ground, before pouncing
toward him and then darting away. Ro felt a thrill go down his spine.
It was both scary and exciting to goof around with a huge, full-grown
wolf.
All of a sudden, his wolf’s ears shot back and his head went up as
he froze. Xander glanced around before letting out a ferocious sound
that changed Ro’s exultation to terror. The world slowed down to a
crawl, like one of those slow motion scenes from a movie. A loud
bang sounded, echoing through the woods, as his wolf jumped and
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landed on Ro’s chest. They both hit the ground hard, crashing through
some bushes as they went.
Ro tried to get his breath back.
“JESSIE??” He heard someone yell, but he was in a fog. What
happened?
He lifted his hand and it was covered in blood. “Oh, god!” Xander
was hurt.
“Jessie, are you alright?” A hand grabbed his arm, and Ro looked
up into his best friend, Camdon’s face.
Jessie Rohen. That was his name.
Everything came back to Jess in a rush. He remembered it all, but
none of that was important. The love of his life was injured.
“What did you do, Cam?” Jessie yelled.
“That wolf was going to attack you, so I shot him.” His friend
sounded so matter of fact. Like it was nothing. Little did he know, it
was everything.
“He wasn’t going to….” Jessie’s heartbeat was in his throat.
“Just…help me. Gently.”
Camdon helped roll the wolf off of Jessie’s chest. There was so
much blood. Tears prickled his eyes as he tried to find where his mate
was bleeding from. “Where did you shoot him, Cam? Where is the
god damn wound?”
He found it in Xan’s shoulder. “Damn you, Camdon!”
“What the hell are you yelling at me for? I saved you! What are
you doing out here anyway?” Cam yelled back.
“I was driving to see you and got lost. I had an accident and I
couldn’t remember anything, till I saw you.”
“You’re on the wrong fucking mountain, Jess.” He wished his
friend would just shut up and help him already.
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“Yeah, well, that’s what lost means, douche. Now listen to me
very carefully. The wolf you just shot is….. a friend of mine. He
helped me, so now we are going to do the same for him.”
He grabbed Cam by the shirt, looked him dead in the eyes and
used his most threatening tone. “Got it?”
“Yeah, man. God. Stop yelling at me.”
They carefully lifted the wolf and started carrying him back
toward the cabin. Jessie looked down and realized that the bullet
wound looked better and that the bleeding had stopped. That was
good. Hopefully his man would be okay. He couldn’t even consider
the alternative. As it was, he was struggling not to sob like a girl.
When they got back to the cabin, Jessie and Camdon carried the
wolf into the bedroom and gently laid him down on the bed. Then Jess
looked back at Cam. “Thanks. Now get out!”
“What? Everyone has been looking for you for weeks, Jess. You
need to come with me and get things straightened out, tell the police
you are alive, and get back to your life. I’ve been worried sick about
you, man.” His buddy looked hurt, but Jessie couldn’t deal with that
right now. He had more pressing concerns at that moment.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t do it on purpose. Listen, leave your number
with me, ‘cause I lost my phone. When I’m done here, I’ll call you
and we’ll have that vacation week, alright?”
Cam just stared at him for a long moment before he nodded, left
his number and walked out the door.
Once they were alone, he ran back over to the bed. “Xander?
Baby?”
Xan changed back into human form and wrapped his arms around
Jess. “It’s okay, my love. Did I mention that I am a fast healer too? By
the way, your friend’s aim sucks.”
Jessie pulled away, trying to hold back the tears again. “You
scared me to death, you fucker!”
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Xander chuckled. “Come here.”
How could two words make his dick spring up in his pants? He
didn’t know, but the commanding tone in Xan’s voice when he said
them, did just that.
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yeah, his man wanted him. Wanted everything he had to give. “Ro…”
“It’s Jessie.” He looked down at the little man in confusion.
“What?”
“My name. It is Jessie Rohen. In high school I was a football
player and my jersey said Rohen. So, people would chant Ro, when I
was doing well. But I never go by that. My name is Jessie.”
Realization dawned on Xander, and then sadness overwhelmed
him. “You remember everything then?”
“Yes.” His mate grinned up at him, but he just couldn’t feel the
same happiness he saw in his man’s eyes. Xan supposed Jessie would
be leaving him now. His heart felt like it was being ripped out of his
chest.
Xander shoulders fell and he went to get up, but Jess stopped him.
“Where are you going?”
“I thought…..” He was confused. What did his mate want from
him? “You have a life…and…”
Jessie kissed him, deep and hard, before looking up with so much
love that it made his chest ache. “Yes, I do. With you…Mate.”
Xan’s breath caught in his chest and he pushed his man flat on his
back on the bed. “You mean it? We can’t take it back once it’s done,
Jess.”
“Mark me, Xander. Make me yours” Jessie’s voice was filled with
awe and joy. This time, Xan felt that happiness too, and knew his
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dimples were deeper than ever, but he couldn’t help the grin that he
wore.
Xan used his claws to carefully tear Jessie’s clothes from his
body, and then his own. His patience was gone and he needed to bond
with his mate, now. Once his beautiful man was lying on the bed in all
of his glory, he covered the man’s body with his own, holding as
much weight off of him as possible to keep from injuring his still
healing ribs.
Xander leaned down and kissed Jessie with all of the passion and
emotion inside of him, devouring his mouth. The little man groaned
low, and it made Xan harder. He felt like his balls were going to fall
off if he didn’t get some relief and soon, but he wouldn’t rush this.
Finally, he would claim his mate, and he wanted it to be perfect. His
hips thrust forward, grinding their cocks together, as he kissed and
sucked along Jessie’s jaw line and up his neck. He pressed his lips
against Jessie’s ear and whispered, “I love you, Jessie Rohen.”
When he just moaned, Xan accepted that as an answer. After all,
they had been holding off on this long enough to give them both blue
balls from hell. There wasn’t enough blood left in either of their
brains for much thought. And that was just fine by him.
Xander made his way across Jessie’s neck and used his canine
teeth to scrape a line down his throat. He licked and sucked along his
mate’s collarbone and down to his little beaded nipple. Grasping the
pebbled bud with his lips, he took it in his mouth and flicked it with
the tip of his tongue, before giving it a gentle nip.
Jessie nearly threw him off as he arched up off of the bed, looking
for more. He probably would have fallen, if his mate hadn’t chosen
that moment to fist his hair, drawing his head even closer. Xander
could hardly breathe, but who needed air anyway?
He used his canines to scrape the nipple in his mouth and Jess
groaned again, humping his hips up for more friction on his neglected
cock. Both of them moaned in unison as their erections rubbed
together and Xan had to concentrate not to cum. All of his good
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intentions of taking things slow flew out the window, and his hand
scrambled to search the bed for the lube he had used earlier.
Finally finding it, he squeezed some of the goop onto his fingers
and spread Jessie’s legs further apart. He had to keep his shit together
long enough to get his mate ready. He didn’t want to hurt him.
Using one finger, he gently prodded at the puckered entrance,
until Jess pushed back and the digit went in to the first knuckle. Jessie
groaned and Xander looked up to see total ecstasy on his man’s face.
He gently pushed further inside and started fingering the tight little
hole.
“God love, you’re so tight.”
His beautiful mate grunted and sighed before moving his hips and
riding Xan’s finger. Holy shit that was hot!
“More, Xander. Add another one.” He did as requested, without
question.
“Spread me. Scissor your fingers.”
“Like this?” He open and closed the digits.
“Yes, Oh God…yes!”
Xan couldn’t take anymore. “Are you ready? Because I need you.
Please tell me you are ready.”
Jessie moaned hoarsely and then answered with the most
wonderful words in the world. “Yes, take me, Xander. Claim me.”
He carefully flipped Jess over on to his stomach, lifted his hips
and sunk deep in one thrust. Jess cried out again and Xan froze. Was
that pleasure or pain?
“Are you okay, love?”
“Don’t stop!” His mate sounded annoyed and was rocking back
onto him. Well, that answered that question.
Xander pulled back and thrust hard, making Jessie cry out once
more. “Yes. That. More.”
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