Few days ? The rogue asked, surprised. How long have I been in here ?
About a week.
WHAT ?!
You kept getting up and making your injuries worse !
Well shit. Darren muttered. I guess it’s a little late to say I hate hospitals, huh ?
No shit.
Suddenly, Marcy came back in with a paper cup and handed it to Darren.
You think I can leave today ? The rogue asked as he chugged the water.
Jasper shrugged. Maybe ? We’ll have to ask the doctor.
With that, they called for a nurse to get an update on his condition and learned that Darren had been well enough to leave days ago, but thanks to the investigation, no one was available to watch over him at home, so they had opted to keep him a bit longer.
Before getting released, the rogue was able to catch up a little with his sister. He had missed so much of her life and he truly wanted to make up for it, so Darren wrote down her number before Jasper escorted him back to the house.
For the next few days, Darren slowly discovered that he had somehow unlocked a new level of his ability. Now, he was able to summon nearby ghosts to his side, rather than hunting them down. It wasn’t always successful though, and he was only able to draw one at a time unlike the crowd he had gathered before.
He was particularly curious about who that man was that Mary seemed to recognize. Naturally he tried to summon the ghost a few times to ask him directly, but try as he might, the ghost wouldn’t appear.
This left Darren to assume he had passed on after seeing Mary. He suspected that the man may have been some kind of ex lover that Liam chased off back when the two first bonded, but with how young he looked, Darren started to suspect that the previous Alpha may have done more than scare him away…
For a while, this theory was enough to distract the rogue from another problem that had popped up.
Ever since he removed the Collar, he could sense Jasper more intensely, yet the two hadn’t sealed their bond yet, which meant his heat was going absolutely wild.
He’d think up theories on who the mysterious ghost was, then Jasper’s image would pop in his head and shatter his focus. Unfortunately the Alpha was extremely busy with work now that he had been officially appointed as the new Alpha. This meant that Darren was left in the house alone most of the time, with nothing more than a Beta to watch over him until the man returned. Luckily Jasper had come home early tonight, but when Darren tried to spark up a conversation, the man seemed to dodge him.
This wasn’t the first time the Alpha had done this either, but the rogue had a feeling he knew why. After all, Jasper had recently learned that he was also a victim, having found his own purchase date in the Alpha’s budget. It was definitely a shock for the man to realize he wasn’t even from the pack to begin with, so Darren didn’t mind holding back until Jasper had a chance to take it all in. That didn’t stop his heat from causing the rogue to hope for some kind of physical development though.
Disappointed, Darren gave up and returned to his designated guest room where he laid back down to calm himself.
Waving his arm cautiously, Darren decided he was definitely healed enough to do the deed, but what good was that going to do him if his mate was avoiding him ?
A gentle knock on his door drew his attention. Come in. He called, knowing it could only be one person.
Jasper entered meekly and walked over to the side of the bed. I uh…Just thought I’d check up on you.
Darren quirked a frustrated eyebrow. Oh really ?
The Alpha shifted his feet and scratched the back of his neck. Er…I um…Did you…Um…. Do you want to… ?
The rogue took interest as he picked up on a slight whiff of pheromones coming off the man. Naturally his mate would also still be suffering the effects of their mutual heat, so perhaps that was why he had been avoiding Darren ? It wasn’t exactly a good idea to jump a recovering patient, but the rogue was more than fine now. You want to stay in here tonight ?
Can I ?
The cautious hope in the man’s eyes had Darren nodding with an amused smirk, though he wasn’t expecting for the Alpha to come at him abruptly.
A wave of lust washed over the rogue as Jasper finally stopped holding back the flood of emotions he had been reeling in during Darren’s recovery. The rogue was immediately swept away by his own barely contained heat, and he wrapped his arms around the larger man in a desperate yet tender hug.
Then, Jasper pulled away to stare into the rogue’s eyes.
Darren responded by tilting his head back expectantly, but oddly enough, their lips never connected. So he frowned up at the hesitant man.
You’re not going to headbutt me again, are you ?
No ?
That didn’t sound convincing at all.
With a cheeky smirk, Darren shut the man up by closing the gap himself.
Eventually Jasper began kissing the rogue back, and soon the two of them were in a much more passionate, though awkward, embrace. Darren didn’t quite know what to do, so he copied whatever Jasper did until he felt like he would go insane without more contact.
The rogue let his pheromones mesh with the Alpha’s, and the larger man tried pushing him backwards onto the bed. Darren stubbornly resisted, and Jasper pulled back, confused. Taking advantage of his momentary distraction, he grabbed the guy’s arm and pulled him forward until Jasper lost his balance and fell beside him on the bed. Then, before the Alpha had a chance to sit up, Darren immediately crawled on top of him.
Jasper looked bewildered as the rogue straddled him with an evil smirk. You didn’t think I’d actually let you pin me down, did you ?
I’m not complaining. The man smiled, amused by the rogue’s initiative.
Jasper reached up and clutched Darren as he began to slowly grind upwards, intensifying their contact. His fingers trailed under the rogue’s shirt, deftly removing his clothes while Darren did the same for the Alpha. It was a painfully slow process, but eventually they managed to completely strip one another.
Now it was flesh on flesh, and Darren felt Jasper’s erection press against his own, hard and hot, sending shockwaves of excitement up and down his spine.
Jasper’s hands squeezed at Darren’s hips, encouraging the rogue to grind faster. Then he brought his fingers up to his mouth, wetting them before reaching behind his mate and massaging his backside.
As soon as he was relaxed, Darren tensed back up when the finger penetrated him. It was an alien sensation that put him on edge and made him blush with embarrassment.
Nervous, Darren held still and waited for the man to finish, but Jasper responded by stroking his dick with his other hand while slowly adding more fingers. Soon, Darren was right back to grinding against the Alpha until he felt like he had enough preparation and lifted his hips.
Jasper stared up at him in a daze, and Darren steadied himself above the man until he was ready.