Chapter 90
Closing the door to the bedroom as quietly as I could, Zeke was taking up the entirety of the bed. It was about two in the morning when I finally got home. I'd checked in with AJ and he was still out with Morgan chasing down an obscure issue in Egypt. He'd actually asked me if this was a real mission but I didn't acknowledge the question. I felt bad for not providing the truth that his mission was to keep Grandpa out of our way but we needed it to get some information.novelbin
'Outdated information.' Naresh growled in my head.
Sighing, I placed my duffle on the couch we had in the room. 'Maybe, but it was more than we had before. We hadn't heard any movement for over four months. So it was new to us, just not what we were looking for.'
Naresh's tail swished in my mind, irritated. While he didn't agree with the bounty or trying to hunt her down, he did want to talk to her. Ask her why, ask her questions that only she could answer. It was the only reason he had gone along with all my running around and away from our pups, away from Zeke. He had his limits though and made sure I knew about it when he was unhappy. Incessantly reminding me.
I stripped down and looked at the monitor, the twins now sleeping in their new toddler bed. They still refused to sleep separately. Zeke and I didn't mind but it was nights like these that made us worry. Rowan was flipped, his leg crossing his sister's chest and a foot dangerously close to her face. Reagan, on the other hand, had slipped her foot under Rowan's arm and into the crook of his neck for warmth. The rest of them sprawled over the entirety of the bed. Shaking my head, I would go and adjust them after I took my shower. Even without my clothes, I smelled like humans with having to take a plane back from Germany.
Closing the door to the bathroom quietly, I turned on the shower and waited for a moment before stepping into the warm water. Running my hands through my hair, my lips pursed. My hair had gotten so long but now, it seemed to weight me down more than usual. Seeing my mom's hair cut short, while I had finally won it felt like a hallow victory without her here.
'I wonder if they cut it while she was in China.'
'They probably shaved her completely. That might just be how long she's been able to grow it out.'
Running my hands through my hair, I started to shampoo and massage my scalp. 'It seems moot now to have my hair this long. Maybe I will trim it.' Naresh was quiet for a moment. 'Speak to our mate before you do anything drastic.'
We lapsed into another silent spell. There was something to being home and in your own bathroom, and your own shower, that had a calming effect. It was nice feeling like I didn't need to be so wound up all the time. I needed to refocus; Camilla was right. I just didn't know how. I'd always felt pulled so many ways and while our whole pack was putting out fires, I never felt like it was making a difference. It was something I struggled with and I knew if I kept going, even if I forgot the hunt for my mother, that I could easily slip back into not being around for Zeke or the pups.
The door opened and I looked out of the glass, seeing Zeke leaning against the doorframe. His arms were crossed over his chest and he had a slight frown on his face.
"Sneaking in again? I wonder if you did this as a teenage."
Shaking my head, I stopped mid-shake. "Well, from when I was at the castle at sixteen, absolutely. Before that though, no, not really. It's hard in a pack that basically alienated you because of who you were."
Zeke huffed, shaking his head. "Did you get what you were looking for?"
I shook my head. "Not what I wanted, no. I didn't get my mother. The last information they had was from five weeks ago. That was the last time she was spotted. Outside of that, there wasn't anything else."
I saw Zeke start to shake his head. He'd stopped voicing his opinion in the matter. It had fallen on deaf ears before. Now, I felt guilty. Guilty that my mate felt like he couldn't talk to me anymore because of my stubbornness. It was like I was seeing past the anger and rage I had been feeling. While it was still there, I was still upset, it wasn't blinding me anymore.
"Vale?" Zeke stood, worry in his eyes. "You okay?"
'He probably felt your shift in emotions.' Naresh pointed out.
"On this trip, I realized how stupid I've been. It took someone else outside the pack, outside our family, to make me see it."
Walking forward, Zeke stripped down and I couldn't take my eyes off of him. He really was incredible. His body begged to be worshiped, especially with the amount of training he did with Hector. My eyes narrowed, had he been bulking up lately? His shoulders and his body in general looked like it was larger. Another pang of guilt ran through me. How had I not noticed this till now?
"Vale?" Zeke got into the shower with me, the water now beating down on him. "Is something wrong?"
I put my hands on his chest, splaying my fingers and slowly dragging them down his front. He moaned, his eyes fluttering closed as I watched the water falling down his front. My nails scrapped his abs as they made their way down. His cock was already at attention, begging to be touched. Going down on my knees, I licked the tip and he jolted, not expecting it as his eyes were closed.
He hummed, his eyes meeting me. "You don't..."
"I do. I want to."
As soon as I said it, I took his whole length in my mouth. It slipped in and I used my tongue to swirl the bottom of his shaft. Not quite fitting completely in my mouth, I wrapped one of my hands around the rest. The other hand took hold of his thigh, grabbing the meat of his muscle to hold him. Pulling back and hollowing out my cheeks as much as possible, I sucked him into my mouth. Zeke let out a strangled cry, his hands bracing against the tile wall and the glass door. I continued my sucking, picking up the pace as he let out strangled cries intermixed with my name.
It wasn't long before I felt his legs start to shake, and I let go of his leg. Coming up under his balls, I wet my fingers before sliding them slowly into his ass. He bucked against my face, his dick going further into my mouth. It made me gag but I continued, massaging his asshole as I fucked him with my mouth.
"Vale! Fuck! I...”
He didn't need to say anything else. His cum filled my mouth and I swallowed it, continuing the pace as I lapped at liquid that squirted out of him. I was so hard, the noises he made, the look on his face as he came, how his body rippled with pleasure. It turned me on so much I thought one of these days I might come just from watching him come. Zeke's breathing was erratic as I let his dick come out of my mouth with a pop. Licking the tip, I still continued to massage his asshole.
Humming, Zeke started to shake his head. "Vale, I...I can't...it's...too much...fuck..."
I chuckled and licked the tip of his cock. It jumped and his entire body shook. "Oh, I'm not done with you my little Alpha. Not even close."
His eyes went wide as he looked down at me. Standing up, I spun him around, forcing him into a leaning position. Hands slamming into the wall to brace himself from falling, Zeke started to sputter. He didn't get a single word out as I bit his shoulder. This made him cry out, cutting off whatever he was going say. My tongue swirled over the bite, into the crevasses of his neck and muscles as I trailed down his back. Fuck, even his back had changed. The muscles pulling tight across and being clearly defined as they rippled under my touch. It had been far too long. I'd been neglecting what was mine.
Taking hold of his hip with one hand, I reached and grabbed for the lube we kept in the shower. Covering my ridiculously hard dick, I covered it generously, while the extra on my hand leftover, I ran up and down his ass. He jumped a bit from the cold but I didn't even give him time to recover or get used to it. I shoved my dick into his ass, my pelvis now flush against his ass. Moaning, I rested my forehead on the back of his head. It felt so good; being buried to the hilt in him. Zeke had coughed out a cry but now he just was breathing heavily against wall.
"Vale, holy shit...what...?"
Again, I didn't let him finish. Pulling out to the tip, I slammed back into him. His head came back as he cried out. I started a slow pace at first, feeling the explosion of tingles between the two of us. Enjoying the feeling of his insides as my dick glided in and out easily. My pace picked up and soon, the two of us were moaning together. Our breath coming out in pants. He legs started to shake again and I reached around, grabbing his hard cock and pumping it with the same rhythm as I was pounding into his ass.
Zeke came within a couple minutes, his voice cracking as he called out my name. I smirked, biting into his mark on his shoulder. This made the call turn into a scream and I came, his ass squeezing me so tight I thought I would lose feeling. Shuttering, I unloaded everything I had into him, holding him now by his hips.
"Oh fuck." I leaned my head back, just reveling in being in him as my dick softened.
"What the hell, Vale!"
I chuckled. "What do you mean?"
"You haven't fucked me like that in a while."
Guilt ran through me again and his head turned to try to look over at me. "Vale? I keep feeling it from you, you know that right?"
I placed my forehead back on his head. "I'm sorry, Zeke. Even being home, I wasn't all here. My mind always was elsewhere."
"We've got a lot going on. I..."
"Stop it. Stop trying to make excuses for my behavior, Zeke. I know what I've done and I know I need to fix it. This is my home." I slid in and out of him, giving me a semi. "You are my home. I should never forget that. Never take that for granted. No matter how much of a King I am, an Alpha I am. You are my mate, my Alpha. You are mine and I need to take care of you, of our pups. Our family is what's important. Everything needs to come after that."
"Vale..." I could hear the emotion in his voice.
I smiled, kissing the crook of his neck. "I love you. I want you to call me out, Zeke. I don't want you to be silent. I need to be better but I also need to be held accountable for my actions."
There was a lapse in silence, only the water beating down on us that filled the bathroom. "Are you still going after Auri?"
Shaking my head, I kissed his mark. “No. I'm done. Unless someone actually has her in hand, I'm not chasing her. Obviously, she doesn't want to be found and I don't want to be running around just to chase a ghost. At some point, she's going to come back. I don't think she would just leave us depending on how bad it gets."
He hummed and leaned his head against mine. “So what's next for us?"
"I want to help focus with the pack. I need to do inventory of what the hell is going on with the High Council, with the packs, with the supernaturals. I've been skimming over it, not really taking it in. Figure out my next move, our next move."
Zeke hummed. "I like the sound of that, my king."
My semi now turned into a full blown hard-on, still buried in his ass. "Oh, but my next move is completely clear." I moved in and out.
"What...Vale...no...I can't..."
I chuckled as I started to go harder, slow but hard. He moaned out and I kissed the back of his neck, sending goosebumps down his back even in the heat of the water.
“Oh, I'm not done with you yet. Not even close. You better hold on."