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“Hey, I need to be in the conference room. The others are waiting.” Philip told Troy who was lying on his back with his eyes wide open but he didn’t acknowledge his words.
The alpha had asked his betas and heads of units to assemble in the conference room that dawn, to wait for Ryan and Agyemang who according to Jeremy, had insisted on going with Ryan. But although Philip knew that his crew was already waiting in the conference room, he was finding it very difficult to leave his disturbed mate.
“Troy?” Philip reached out to cup his mate’s cheeks. “Ryan will bring him home. Have faith.”
“What if they’ve already done something to…for all you know he’s not even alive anymore.”
“He’s alive, Troy,” Philip said firmly. “A. G. would have felt it if he wasn’t.”
“You sure about that?” There was so much hope in Troy’s eyes. “Because I don’t know what I’ll do if something happens to him, Philip.” He clearly wanted so much to believe what his mate was telling him.
“Come here.” Philip sat on the bed and pulled Troy into his lap. “Remember when I first saw you during that battle?” At Troy’s affirmative nod, Philip went on… “I wanted so much to leave everything I was doing and claim you as mine. Right on the battlefield. But I knew I had to get my priorities straight. Lives were at stake. So I concentrated on the battle at hand and let you go. I didn’t even know your name and definitely didn’t know where you were. But I knew…right here,” he placed Troy’s hand on his chest, “that you were alive.”
“Really?” Troy whispered.
“Yes.” Philip rubbed soothing circles on Troy’s back. “Hell, even my wolf wouldn’t allow me to fuck anyone because I’d found my mate and to him, I was supposed to be with only you.”
“I didn’t know that.” Troy pulled his head back to look at Philip with shocked eyes.
“Well, I never told you.” Philip brushed a strand of Troy’s hair off his forehead. “You see, the wolf knew that his mate was alive so I knew I’d find you eventually. The plan was to wait for Jeremy and Ryan to come back from their trip, to help me search for you.”
“Then they came with something even better.” Troy smiled.
“Yep. Name, age, lineage, and exact location of my mate.” Philip laughed softly.
“Lucky me.” Troy breathed.
“No, lucky me.” Philip chuckled. “My point is, Agyemang knows that Paul is alive. Besides, I’m pretty sure he’s being held as bait. The warlocks are too smart to kill him now. Stay positive.”
“They had better not touch a hair on his head,” Troy growled low in his throat. “Till I see him, I…” His words were stopped with Philip’s finger on his lips. Philip looked like he was communicating with someone telepathically so Troy waited.
“They found him.” The relief in Philip’s voice was palpable.
“Are they here…” Troy started to get off Philip’s lap but the alpha stopped him.
“They’re not yet here. Jeremy says Ryan told him that they were going to get in touch later. But they have Paul.”
“The real Paul?” Troy asked though he couldn’t stop his happy grin.
“What do you think?” Philip chuckled. “It’s Ryan and Agyemang. Of course, it’s the real Paul. Better now?”
“You have no idea.” Troy breathed, burying his face against Philip’s neck. “I could scream.” He gushed, making Philip laugh. “You smell amazing.” He moaned as he shifted to straddle Philip.
“I lay your fears to rest about Paul and the next thing you do is think about sex?” Philip chuckled.
“I’m not thinking about sex. I just want to stay in your arms for a while.” Troy pressed a kiss on Philip’s neck. “I know you have to leave but please…” He pleaded.
“Okay.” Philip moved so that he could relax his back against the headboard. “Comfortable?”
“Very.” Troy sighed. “So…you’ve really never had…sex since the day of the battle with my…the Wyatt Clan?”
“Can’t. That damn wolf won’t allow it.” Philip’s chuckle turned into a moan when he felt Troy’s tongue on his neck. “Stop it.” He whispered even as his arms tightened around Troy.
“You must be dying to have sex then.” Troy sucked at a spot on Philip’s neck, loving it when he felt Philip shiver against him.
“Even if I’d had sex last night and the night before, I’d still be dying to fuck you.” Philip breathed, feeling himself swelling inside his jeans.
“Let’s do it.” Troy husked as he slipped a hand between them, his destination, obvious.
“Wow, wow, wow…what are you doing?” Philip grabbed his mate’s wrist to stop its downward movement. “For someone who hasn’t even touched my cock since I fucked up by accusing you wrongly, you sure are eager to touch me.” He smirked.
Philip made sure he got Troy off every morning immediately after they woke up, and at bedtime. If Philip happened to be around during the day, he worked on his horny mate. For someone who could release thrice in one day, having to go without for days was a bit too much. He hadn’t gotten Troy off since Paul was taken because his mate had been too preoccupied. So Philip wasn’t too surprised at Troy’s wanton behaviour that very moment. The relief he felt had clearly opened the floodgates.
“I’m sorry.” Troy groaned, squirming in Philip’s lap. “It’s just that…I’ve missed you.” He moaned. “I want to feel you in my hand and mouth again.”
“You mean you want to get your rocks off,” Philip smirked.
“That too.” Troy laughed breathlessly. “But I want to touch you more.”
“This is not the right time.” Philip sighed as his hand slipped inside Troy’s boxers to grab his leaking hardness. “Now tell me why you were so upset at some point yesterday when Amber was being questioned.” He stroked Troy slowly.
“Seriously?” Troy groaned. “You want me to talk about that whilst you’re doing that?”
“You’re talking right now, aren’t you?” Philip chuckled as he suddenly pushed Troy onto his back and pulled off his boxers. “Tell me.” He demanded huskily as his thumb circled Troy’s leaking tip.
“Philip…” Troy’s eyes fluttered shut in pleasure as a delicious shudder flashed through him. “Feels so good…” He moaned.
“What was said that got you upset?” Philip demanded as he began to stroke Troy firmly.
“Mary.” Troy gasped. “She…Amber said she was… I don’t think it’s right to talk about Mary whilst doing this.” His groan turned into a cry of shocked pleasure when he felt warmth envelope his throbbing cock. “Philip…” Troy’s back arched as sensations he’d never felt before slammed into him. Philip’s mouth on him felt amazingly exquisite. His head thrashed from side to side as he gave himself up to the sweet sensations that assailed his senses and rocked through his body. His body just could take it.
Troy felt it… Those sweet tingling sensations that herald an impending explosion. They started deep in his balls, then spread outward, radiating through his entire body with each suction of Philip’s mouth. He exploded with a loud cry as the most powerful orgasm swept through him.
“Oh, my god…” Troy gasped as his body shook in a sweet release. The pleasure was so intense his toes curled almost painfully.