With Caution

How can—? I should have taken him and run away a long time ago. This is my fault, I failed Sterl—”
    “Shh. No, you didn’t. Looks to me like you’re doing a damn good job of looking out for your little brother.” Jake touched his cheek, half expecting Remi to pull away. He didn’t. Running his hand over Remi’s face, Jake brushed away the tears. From day one, Remi’s smaller size made Jake want to protect him, but now the feelings were even stronger. “It isn’t your fault, Remi.”
    Remi leaned forward. His eyes shifted to wolf eyes as his head cocked. Finally, he closed his eyes.
    Fuck, if that wasn’t a turn-on Jake didn’t know what was. His own eyes changed, drawing a groan from him. Blood rushed south, right to his cock.
    Wrapping his hand around the back of Remi’s neck, Jake tugged him forward. The smell of arousal pierced his nose before his lips covered Remi’s. Jake didn’t mess around.
    He caught his mate’s chin in his other hand and pulled down as his tongue swooped into Remi’s mouth.
    Opening for him, Remi followed Jake’s lead. His tongue slid along Jake’s as his hands found their way to Jake’s shoulders.
    Jake ran his tongue over Remi’s teeth, feeling the extended canines, and his own reciprocated. He’d never lost control over his body—his eyes and teeth—like he did with 34
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    Remi around. It was both frustrating and fascinating at the same time. He wanted Remi writhing beneath him, wanting to please Jake as much as Jake wanted to please him.
    His need to take over was so intense he was nearly shaking with it. He barely managed to suppress his more aggressive tendencies. Given Remi’s past, Jake didn’t want Remi feeling trapped.
    They ended up with Jake lying on the couch and Remi on top of him.
    Remi’s hard cock pressed into Jake’s hip and his dark hair fanned around them, concealing their faces.
    Grabbing two handfuls of his mate’s ass, Jake pressed against him, making sure Remi had no doubts that he was hard too.
    Remi moaned and thrust his hips. He turned his head, breaking their kiss and exposing his neck as he nuzzled his face against Jake’s shoulder.
    Oh fuck. Jake’s cock jerked, his hips bucking. The submissive action was almost his undoing. Turning Remi’s head further, he brushed his hair back and licked a long line over the slim column of his throat.
    Remi’s pulse thundered beneath his tongue, attesting to his arousal just as strongly as the erection pressed against Jake’s.
    Dragging one fang down Remi’s neck, Jake fought the urge to bite. He wanted to pin Remi still with his teeth and fuck him until neither of them could move. He didn’t dare.
    Remi shivered, spreading his legs, allowing Jake more access, and pressed his neck into Jake’s teeth.
    Oh fuck . It was too much. How could Jake resist such a sweet offer?
    Riiiing.
    Remi’s whole body stiffened.
    Fuck, fuck, fuck. Jake was either going to murder whoever was on the other end of the phone or buy them a fruit basket, he didn’t know which.
    Remi lifted his head. His eyes—still canine—widened and he pushed himself off of Jake. He opened his mouth to say something, his fangs still extended, and the phone rang again. Turning, he fled toward the kitchen.

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    Saved by the bell. Groaning, Jake sat up and ran his hands down his face. His fangs mashed against the inside of his lip. Damn. What had he been thinking? He shouldn’t have taken things so far. As he adjusted himself, a movement out of the corner of his eye caught his attention. He looked in time to see Sterling’s dark head pop back down the hallway.

    Oh God! What had he done? Remi hung up the phone, feeling like his stomach was in his throat, and leaned forward on the counter. He rested his head between his forearms.
    Thank God his mom had called to make sure he had Sterling. What if the phone hadn’t rung?
    Remi rocked his forehead back and forth on the cool laminate, resisting the urge to bang his head into it a few times and knock some sense into himself. At the time, the fact that Jake was a man had never crossed Remi’s mind. It had felt like the most natural thing in the world to do. It had been a compulsion, a deep aching need, but now… Fuck. He’d wanted it. What the hell was wrong with him? He wasn’t gay…he couldn’t be.
    Shit. Was Jake gay? Or had Remi made him kiss back somehow?
    “Remi?”
    Remi raised his head