STORY EXCERPT

You have to cancel this,” Theo said. “I’m not doing it.”

“Well, that’s a shame because he’s coming today.”

Ryan shot up from his chair. “What?”

He was going to explode. He was going to destroy his own house trying to murder Ryan.

Ryan took his Coke can from the kitchen table and took an innocent drink.

Theo shook his head.

“You’re crazy. I did you a favor, a huge favor—”

“And I’m in your debt, so I wanted to do this for you.”

Even from the distance of his kitchen table, he could make out the sound of a heavy engine rumbling and then a horn honking.

Theo froze.

Ryan got up from his seat. The dirty bastard looked way more confident than he had any business being as he got to his feet. “That will be him. I hope you have fun.”

“I don’t even know what he looks like.”

“You’ll find out, and since I know you’re not going to answer the door, I’ll go and let him in.”

“Ryan!”

Theo tried jumping around the table, but Ryan was faster.

He hadn’t been a professional fighter in quite some time, but he kept his body in good shape, and he was much faster than Theo had any hopes of being as he ran ahead of him.

“Ryan! Cut it out!” He was too damn old to be running around like this. They both were, but Ryan, the stupid idiot, was laughing like the whole thing was some big joke.

Theo’s house wasn’t nearly as big as Ryan’s was, so he was a little winded by the time he made it to the door, just in time to see Ryan opening it with a big grin.

“Right on time!” he said, arms open as if he intended on hugging the person standing there.

He didn’t do that, but he stepped aside so two people could enter.

The first was the omega.

Theo scented him the instant he was standing in Theo’s house.

His breath caught at the sight of him.

He was…good-looking, to be sure.

But he was also very clearly a he.

Theo didn’t mind men or women, but his preference was still women.

He glared at the back of Ryan’s head one more time, figuring this also had to be part of his stupid joke.

Then the omega looked at him, saw him glaring, and flushed hard before looking away.

Shit! He wasn’t trying to glare at him.

“Don’t mind him. He’s just being a huge grump,” Ryan said, gripping the omega’s shoulder.

Ryan’s lips twitched, and he fought to keep from growling.

He hadn’t claimed the male yet, but Ryan bought this omega for him, and Theo didn’t want Ryan touching him.

“Theo, this handsome young man here is Will. His profile said he likes building and painting model cars, enjoys long walks and movies and happens to be an excellent cook.”

“Almost all mail order profiles enjoy long walks and cooking,” Theo snapped.

It was part of how they were expected to attract the attention of alphas to them.

Theo immediately regretted saying what he did so harshly. One look at the omega, at Will, and he could tell the male was scared.

Theo sighed, trying to get a grip on himself.

It wasn’t the omega’s fault Ryan was an idiot.

Theo held out his hand. “It’s nice to meet you, Will.”

Will flinched, keeping his head down, but he cast his eyes up.

He had soft hazel eyes beneath huge lashes. There were a couple of freckles on his sharp nose.

He was slim but not scrawny. All the same, he would stand no chance in a fight against any alpha, much less two of them, so it made sense that he would be nervous around two of them.

Especially when Theo was being such a prick.

Theo kept his hand held out for an embarrassingly long time. He was starting to get worried until Will finally reached out and took his hand or a quick shake.

“Nice to meet you, Alpha.”

Fuck.

“You don’t have to call me that yet. Do you need to be here?”

Will frowned.

Ryan nudged Theo’s ribs.

Theo glared at him.

“What do you mean?” Will asked, sounding small and unsure as he stared at them, then glanced back at the door as though checking for his handler.

Who was definitely not there.

“I…you’re the guy, aren’t you? I saw your picture. You’re—”

“I know, I know.” Theo was so bad at this. Sarah had only been out of his life for two weeks, and his heart still ached to think of what she’d done to him.

To them.

And now he had an omega, a scared omega, standing here and looking at Theo as if he worried Theo would bite him right now.

“I know some omegas get into the trade by choice, but I know most don’t.”

“You can’t seriously think I’d go to a place like that!” Ryan snapped, glaring at him. “What do you think I am?”

“I’m just making sure. I’m sure you asked Drew when he showed up.”

The omega still looked confused. “I…I signed the contract. I’m yours for two months. I do need the money.”

“What if I were just to pay you what you would have gotten right now? In cash? Would that be—”

“No!”

Theo damn near fell back a step, staring at the male in front of him, shocked such a voice could come from an omega.

Will swallowed and took a step back. “No. I will finish my contract, sir.”

Shit.

Theo felt…relieved?

That was stupid.

He didn’t want a rebound.

ADULT EXCERPT

Theo stroked the lube over his cock, then used his slick fingers to tease and torment Will’s hole a little.

“You smell so fucking good.” Theo leaned in, inhaling the scent that seemed to fill up the entire room in such a short amount of time. “All I can smell is us.”

And they smelled fucking amazing. Theo couldn’t entirely pin down what Will’s exact scent was. It was salty-sweet. That’s what he got from it, and he wanted more of it, but he couldn’t say exactly what that smell was either.

Just that it was good.

Will gasped for breath, his lips and cheeks such deep shades of pink. Kissable pink.

“Me too,” Will said softly, eyes sliding shut. “I like it a lot.”

He pushed his fingers forward, stretching them slightly.

Will was tight. Shocking for a mail order mate, but that could be because it had been a while since he’d had his last client. Theo didn’t quite know how all of this was supposed to work, but he liked it.

Seeing Will’s mating bites had almost taken him out of the mood. Knowing that he wasn’t being pimped out three hours after he’d finished with his last mate relieved him.

Will seemed skittish, but at least it meant the center he worked for gave him some time off between his clients.

Focusing on that and the soft sounds of Will’s gentle, pleasant sighs, which did not sound faked, gave Theo the confidence he needed to keep going. He focused on pushing his fingers deeper, gently stretching the male a touch wider, and then he found that spot.

Will’s eyes bulged wide, his spine arching off the bed as he fucked down onto Theo’s fingers, desperately searching out more of that touch before Theo pulled his fingers back.

“More,” Will said, eyes half lidded and his whole upper body flushed with lust and desire. “Please, more.”

He was so damned beautiful.

“You want more, baby?” Theo took the bottle again, adding more lube to his cock, wanting their bodies to be as slippery as possible before he lined up the head with Will’s hole.

He wasn’t sure why he paused. Theo looked into Will’s eyes. He couldn’t even tell what he was searching for as Will stared back at him.

Then Theo pushed forward, his first thrust slow but steady.

Will’s mouth dropped open, and his head fell back. He moaned a long, loud, and sweet sound, arms clutching at Theo’s shoulders.

“Yes,” he said. “Oh, fuck, yeah. Just like that.”

This had to be part of his whole, sweet little mate act, right? Theo liked to think he wasn’t so bad in the sack, but Will moaned and thrust his hips back against Theo’s cock as if it was his first time in months getting any real pleasure.

“Like that, please, please,” Will begged.

Whatever. Theo didn’t care if it was real or not. It was hot either way, and he was going to enjoy as much of this as he could.

He fucked into the man, arching his whole body, his cock striking that sweet spot inside Will again and again.

No man could fake having a hard-on like the one Will sported, so Theo could take comfort in that.

Will seemed fine with doing all the talking as well. Which was more bossy commands than talking.

“Harder. Give it to me, just like that. Come on!”