Getting through that dinner had been difficult at best. I had found the Alpha to be a decent man, although I didn’t envy him that tiny spitfire of a mate that he had. The guy made me want to laugh though, especially when he made Drew blush so prettily with his scandalous comments. I enjoyed the company of the other men, as well. And the food was divine.

No, my problem had been my half erect cock that wouldn’t relax entirely when I knew what was underneath the blue jeans that my young mate wore. I was enthralled that a guy his age would even think to try sexy lingerie, let alone own any. I was already thinking of the many delicate little wisps of satin, silk, and lace that I would buy for him to wear for my eyes alone.

As he’d slept in his bear form earlier, I’d watched over him and wondered how hard it would be to get him to try a corset or some lace stockings. With those long legs and that round ass? Fuck, yeah. Thigh highs and a matching corset would be perfect on him.

I’d never told another living soul about my predilection for men in lingerie. To find that my young, virginal omega had the same kink? It had been all I could do to not take him right there on the patio earlier. Thankfully, he’d stopped me by mentioning the other people about. No, having anyone see my mate like that would be unacceptable to me.

We reached my room, and I unlocked the door with its old brass key. I reached in and flipped on the light before I held the door for Drew to go in ahead of me. I stepped in behind him and closed the door. Flipping the lock, I looked over to see him stand there nervously peering around the room.

I walked over and framed his face with my hands. Before he had a chance to realize my intent, I swooped in and stole a taste of those ruby red lips that had been calling my name all day.

Pressing my lips softly to his, I kissed him lightly until he pushed in for more. At that little bit of encouragement, I tilted my head for a better angle. When Drew gasped with pleasure, his lips parted just enough for my tongue to find its way inside.

After a long, hard kiss, I reluctantly pulled back to look at him. His eyes sparkled in the low light of the room and those plump lips were swollen from our kiss. I stroked my thumbs over his silky cheeks, then kissed him again. This time, our kiss was slow and easy. I was quickly becoming addicted to the taste of my mate.

I smiled against his lips as I broke our kiss. Lowering my hands, I ran my palms down his arms and took his hands in mine. No longer nervous, he smiled back at me with eyes full of need. Linking our fingers together, I stepped in closer so that we were barely a hand's breadth apart.

"I'm sorry that your little friend embarrassed you, lindo. I hope that I haven't done anything to contribute to that? My people are more open with their sexuality." I shrugged. "We cats are sensual by nature, no?"

Shaking his head, Drew was quick to assure me. "No, alpha. You're fine. I just embarrass easily. It comes from my more repressed upbringing maybe? Or maybe because I'm young. Hopefully it will become less of a thing as I travel?”

Releasing his hands, I lifted Drew's shirt and slid it up his torso. Unable to resist, I leaned over and licked a stripe up the center of his chest as I pushed the shirt up. I stood again and grinned at his dazed expression.

"Undress, lindo. But please, leave the pretties on for me? Then we'll get into that big soft bed and get to know each other better. There is no rush here, just two mates who have all the time in the world to get to know each other."

Drew took a shaky step back, and began to undress. As much as I wanted to watch him peel away all the layers that covered him from me, I needed to be naked more. I quickly stripped off my clothes and crossed to turn on the lamp by the bed while Drew all but scampered onto it. Hiding my grin, I walked over to the door and flicked off the main light.

"Tell me, lindo," I said as I followed him into bed. "How old are you? Am I a dirty old man robbing your cradle?"

Drew giggled as he settled down onto his pillow. "I'm nineteen. Not young at all for an omega. This is when most of us are claimed, isn't it? Why? How old are you?"

I groaned. "I'm ten years older than you. I'll be thirty on my next birthday. Does this make me seem old?"

He looked at me curiously. "Why would it? Most alphas are about your age when they take an omega. Taylor and Mikael are just as far apart. It's rarer for couples like Liam and Frankie or Stefan and Diego to be close in age than it is for us. Don't you think? Or am I wrong? Is this an issue for you?"

Drew grinned at me. "It's cute that you have a complex about this, alpha. The only one in this room that's concerned about your age is you."

Stretched out beside him now, I rolled over to face my omega. Needing to touch him, I ran my hand along his side, and across his abdomen, before moving up to his chest. I didn't linger anywhere long. My fingers needed to map his flesh. Soon enough my tongue began to do the same as I learned the variety of tastes and textures unique to my Drew.

"I'm not really concerned about it. I just worried that you would be. You're freshly in the bloom of adulthood, unseasoned, and from a small podunk town in the mountains. No offense, lindo. I'm just explaining why I worry that a worldly alpha such as myself would be in a position to take advantage. This isn't something that I ever want to do."

Drew's eyebrows pulled together as he frowned slightly. "You're withholding something, I can tell. These are all valid reasons why you would be afraid to move quickly with me, I get that. But there's something more. Tell me about your purple aura."

I sucked in a sharp breath. "You can see my aura?"

He shook his head thoughtfully. "Hmm, yes but also no? I see flashes of the purple in your eyes sometimes, like when you diffused that situation this morning so smoothly? Stefan and Diego would have normally been way more in your face then they were. And of course, they're totally obvious in your cat form. But when you first shifted today? I could have sworn that I saw a purple haze around you. I blew if off as a trick of the light. But then when you kissed me just now for the first time? When you pulled away, I saw it again for a split second."

Lifting up on my elbow, I watched his face with fascination. "I cannot believe that you can get a hint of my secret without us being claimed. That's remarkable. You must be incredibly intuitive, lindo."

"I suppose I am. I mean, I get flashes of things sometimes before they happen. Like in a dream? Please don't think I'm a freak! My dads never believed me. I told them the morning of the attack on our den that I'd had a dream of rogues coming in with human weapons and shooting at us. I begged them not to leave the house that day."

Drew's eyes filled with tears as he spoke. I rubbed a small calming circle over his chest and let him find his way to finish the story.

"You're doing it again, calming me without using alpha pheromones. And your eyes just flashed violet." He smiled wistfully. "But yeah, back to my dads. They didn't listen. They just told me I was too old to still have these fanciful notions. So when they left, I called Dylan and made him meet me in our old treehouse fort in the woods. We hid out there until it was safe that night."

"That's terrible, lindo," I said softly. "I hate that they didn't listen to you, and trust your dream. And no, I do not think that you're a freak. Unless I am too? My secret you have noticed is that I have empathic powers. I can feel the emotions of others, and use my own to change their feelings. I do not care to do it on a large scale. It feels intrusive, almost as if I'm brain raping them or something, you know? But small things, like calming people or lowering their fear, anger, or even grief, these are small blessings that are simple enough for me to do. Usually, the only ones who detect me are other founding family members."

Drew looked like he was processing everything that I'd just said then asked: "Founding family? What is that?"

I gave him a brief summary of what I'd told Frankie and Liam last night. By the time I finished, I was on my back with him cuddled up with his head on my shoulder.

"Wow, that's just. Wow. Do you know how many other families still survive?"

"I really don't. I feel like we will be finding each other within my lifetime, but I don't know why yet."

"I'm guessing that this is what you and the Alpha were hinting at earlier? But how can your powers end the war?" Drew asked curiously, his fingers toying with the hair on my chest as he spoke.

"That I don't know yet. But I got a flash of certainty that I was here for him when I shook the Alpha's hand. My gift is primarily empathic. I also get flashes of intuition, and I also have dreams. The dreams are what pulled me here."

Drew sounded a little miffed when he said: "You mentioned being compelled by Diego. Were you dreaming about him?"

I chuckled and wrapped my arms around him for a hug. "Not dreams like that, lindo. Relax, my ferocious little bear. No. I dreamed of his face, but he looked distraught. My dreams don't always make themselves clear. Often they are more about giving me a feeling about something. In this case, it was an urgency to find Diego. But finding him brought me to you, and put me in the area to help your den. Does that make sense?"

Drew nodded, his hand smoothing over my rib and down my side. "Can I tell you about something really horrible before we drop this subject?"

"You can tell me anything, lindo."

Drew sucked in a ragged breath. "In my dream, I saw my parents gunned down, and I also saw myself and Dylan hiding in the treehouse. I knew before I told them that they wouldn't believe me. They never did. But my first thought when they were found dead was if they'd had time to feel bad for not trusting me before they died. Isn't that awful? My dads died horribly, and all I could think was I told you so? I'm a horrible person."

"No, lindo. Don't say that," I soothed him as I planted kisses against his scalp. "Your dads don't sound like the best parents, but I'm sure that you loved them. That was just an irrational reaction to the event. It happens. Don't judge yourself for it."

Drew pushed up and climbed over my hips to sit astraddle. He leaned down and peered into my eyes before initiating a kiss for the first time. My cat was pleased. He kissed me with the same thorough attention that I'd given him. As he pulled away, Drew smiled and brushed my hair back.

"I like having a mate. This is making all of my dreams come true. Now why don't you claim me and make this official." To punctuate his words, Drew rocked his hips so that his lace covered cock rubbed against mine.

I growled playfully as I grabbed his hips and rolled us over so that he was on his back with me poised over him. Bracing myself on my elbows, I lined my cock up over his, with the thin layer of lace separating us. I looked into his eyes as I slowly began to rub against him.

Drew moaned as he put his arms around my neck to pull me down for a kiss. Closing my lips over his, I lifted my hips and reached between us with one hand to rub my palm over that lace covered cock.

"Lindo, I don't know where you found these sexy undies," I murmured against his lips. "But we really need to get more. Would you consider a satin jock? I would love to stroke you through the satin while I plunge into your slick hole."

Drew gasped and opened his eyes, the pupils blown wide with desire. "That's so fucking sexy, alpha. Can we get one in every color?"

I almost blew my load right on the spot. Instead, I gulped and replied: "If they don't sell them, I'll have them custom made."

With an adorable giggle, Drew ground his steely erection into my hand and said: "You'd do that for me? Just to give in to my silly little whim about having pretty things against my skin?"

"It's not for you that I'm doing it, lindo. And it's not a silly whim. It's a hot as fuck kink and your big cat daddy loves it. Now come on, and give me some sugar."

Drew snorted. "Big cat daddy? Seriously? What's next, you gonna spank me?"

Licking a stripe across his cheek, I said: "Mmm, maybe. Is that on the menu?"

The hitch in his breath gave me my answer. Rolling off him, I turned and sat up with my back against the headboard. Patting my lap, I all but purred: "Get over here, lindo. Get on Daddy's lap, like a good boy."

His eyes lit with excitement as he flipped over and got on all fours. His bright blue eyes never left my face as he crawled over to me with a dick so hard it was pushing out of the waist of his manties. His plump, juicy buttocks were on full display around the thong that ran between those cheeks.

As he got closer, Drew crawled right over my lap and laid across my legs with his head pitched lower to the mattress, ass raised high in the air. Reverently, I stroked the soft flesh with my palm. I loved how each cheek was a perfect handful. Cupping his cheek, I gave it a final squeeze before lifting my hand and bringing it down with a crack.

Smack!

Drew's ass lowered and he cried out "One!" Oh, fuck. My boy was going to count for me too? My dick twitched against my abdomen, where it was pressed between Drew's waist and my stomach from the way that we were positioned.

I rubbed the cheek that I'd spanked, and raised my hand to get the other.

Smack!

"Two!"

Rubbing his cheek, I decided to amp up a bit. On the next, I got each cheek. First the right, then the left. I wasn't spanking hard enough to really hurt, just enough to give a delicious sting.

Smack! Smack!

"Three! Four!" He panted the numbers out as I rubbed the warming flesh. Without stopping to give him a chance to relax, I gave four more in rapid succession. Each blow slightly harder than the last with a different rhythm.

Smack! pause Smack! Smack! pause Smack!

Writhing against my thigh, Drew attempted to find friction for his leaking cock as he ground out between his teeth with each smack: "Five. Six… seven… EIGHT!"

His cheeks were flushed a gorgeous red, the flesh hot beneath my palm. The sweet, almost cloying scent of slick filled the air as his hole leaked with need.

I ran my hand up his thigh, tracing lightly enough to leave a trail of goosebumps in its wake. Rubbing my finger along the sensitive area where cheek met thigh, I pushed the lacy string of the thong aside and dipped my finger into that sweet slick.

Raising the finger to my lips, I sucked it clean. Delicious. His slick had that same hint of coconut to it that his scent contained. Reaching back out with my hand, I gave two more quick, stinging slaps, smiling as I watched the flesh jiggle under the strike of my palm.

Smack! Smack!

"Nngh! Unggh!" Drew was past words now, grunting gibberish to make his counts when all at once his cock jerked against my leg and he came with a shout. "Ten! I meant ten!"

As he shouted, his cum flooded between us, coating my thigh as he came without either of us having touched his cock. I plunged two fingers into his hole, nearly shooting my own load as his walls clenched and squeezed around them.

Gritting my teeth, I thrust my fingers in and out while my other hand massaged his reddened cheeks. Drew moaned loudly against my ministrations, his dick already hardening for another round where it pressed against my leg.

As his hole relaxed, I knew he was more than ready to take me. Pulling my fingers free, I squeezed his plump cheek affectionately. I was already purring, my chest vibrating as I said: "Okay, lindo. It's time for more, my love. Are you ready?"

Drew raised up and knelt at my side, looking at me with raw desire etched across his face. His entire body was trembling, legs shaking as he knelt there. Licking his lips, he gave me a wicked smile, then dove for my lap.

Those long fingers fondled my heavy sac while he slowly ran that pink tongue up my shaft. Wrapping his other hand around my girth, Drew looked up at me from under his lashes before running his tongue around my mushroom shaped head, stopping to drill with the tip of of it against my leaking slit.

My eyes closed involuntarily and I rolled my head back to enjoy the dual sensations of his stroking hands and that warm, wet mouth. I dropped my hand onto the top of Drew’s head. I guided him up and down my cock, my fingers threaded through his silky hair, owning him even as he took ownership of me.

My cock began to tingle in a weird way that I'd never felt before. I purred happily, wondering what my lindo was doing to me. All at once, his mouth and hands abandoned me as I heard a sharp gasp.

I opened my eyes and looked to see what was happening. Drew was peering at my cock inquisitively as a spiralling row of little nubbins pushed out a little from my shaft. Starting at the base and twisting around my girth in an upward spiral that reached around the girth until it ended at the edge of the head, there were dozens of evenly spaced nubbins that formed the line.

Drew looked up at me, his eyes alight with fascination. "What's happening? That came out of nowhere! Is this a cat thing? Because I've sure as shit never learned about it in our bear biology class in high school."

Relieved that he wasn't freaked out, I explained in a hoarse voice. "It's called a knotting vortex. My kind doesn't knot in one big bulge like most other species. I've never experienced this before, but I was taught about it. It only happens in the presence of a true mate. Or fated-mate, as you guys call it."

Drew beamed. "So this is your body saying that it accepts me as your fated-mate!" He reached out and stroked a curious finger along the row, sending a strong bolt of lightning up my spine that made my gut clench.

"Unggh. Careful, lindo, please. You're killing me," I groaned as beads broke out all over my body. My purr deepened and I was ready to submit to the omega and beg him to to have his way with me if he didn't stop.

Correctly reading my body language, the brat tweaked first one, then another, and then yet another nubbin. "Tell me what it feels like," he demanded, pinching another.

"It f-f-feels like you're pinching my nipples times infinity. And each time you rub a nubbin it feels the same as nipple play." I panted out the words, my hips jerking as I warred with the need to make him stop and the desire for it to never end.

Drew winked and got close enough to rub his tongue along the spiral. He pulled back and commented. "The nipple analogy works. They feel like nipples. So how does this work like a knot to lock us together?"

Fuck. Was he really wanting me to talk right now? To form words? I took several deep breaths and explained quickly. "They get bigger. I'll lock into your walls like velcro. Now, enough fucking talking, lindo. You're killing me, baby."

With that, I lunged forward and tackled him to the bed in a flurry of kisses and moving hands. Drew giggled and squirmed as I licked my way down his body. I got down the lace scrap that still covered him from my view and bit down on one side of the waistband. I took the other side in hand and pulled them down his body.

A few moments later, I knelt between his legs with the cum-soaked discarded scrap of lace hanging from between my teeth. My eyes traced down his body, enjoying the view of his sinewy length. His eyes flashed as he pulled those knees up to his chest, and turned his head to bare his neck in submission.

Growling with need, I spit out my lacy prize and moved forward. Lining my cock up with his leaking pucker, I pressed into him in one slow, smooth glide. Drew's eyes widened and a low moan came up from his throat once I had him completely filled. I rested there with my balls flush against his ass, while he adjusted to my girth.

Once he began to rock back against me, I took his ankles and guided them to my waist. Grabbing his hips, I lifted them slightly and began to thrust with gently rolling hips. Drew's eyes never left mine as he watched me take him and make him mine. Passion filled his gaze as his hands reached blindly out to close the distance between us. Without missing a beat, I leaned down to kiss my lindo.

I slid my arms under his back, holding my omega close while I gave him a messy kiss. Our teeth clacked together with Drew kissing me as hard as I was kissing him. Out tongues mated with abandon while my hips kept up a pounding tempo. Breaking the kiss, I licked, sniffed, and nipped along his jaw and neck. My target was that sweet spot where his neck and shoulder met, and the scent gland that lay there.

When I reached the omega-gland, I planted a kiss there. Nuzzling into it, I let his scent soak into my nose. The nubbins along my knotting vortex began to swell, making it nearly impossible to slide in and out of his tight entrance without nearly passing out or dying from pleasurable agony when each nubbin was squeezed through the rim.

Lifting up on my forearms so that I could see his face, I rocked my hips against his with short, fast strokes. Sweat was pouring off each of us now, our hair all but plastered to our scalps as we both thrust hard where we were joined.

My hips slammed against his round ass, my sac heavy and tight with the need to come. Drew's face contorted beautifully, as though he were seeing the goddess. I felt his entire body go taut as his channel began to clench and squeeze around my shaft.

My knotting vortex was beginning to latch on to his walls to the point that I couldn't move anymore without my vision going white. Lightning bolts chased down my spine as my whole body spasmed. My balls tightened and I felt my seed begin to spurt. I lunged for that omega-gland while baring my own alpha-gland for my mate.

"Drew! It's time to claim your alpha!" I used my alpha voice as I gave the age old command to my omega right before I sank my elongated fangs into his soft flesh. I felt the pleasant burn of his teeth sinking into my own gland.

For a moment, I was transported. Time and space were meaningless as we floated in a blur of purple haze. I could feel my nubbins digging into his walls, while at the same time it was as though Drew was inside me and my walls were being teased by delicious nubbins that prolonged my pleasure. I could feel my seed filling him from both of our perspectives as our claim settled over us and locked our souls together.

Once the surreal moment passed, I retracted my fangs and licked the spicy sweet blood away from where I'd marked my mate while he did the same to me. I rolled us onto our sides, tucking him up against me. It took a little bit of careful finagling to get comfortable with us being locked together.

Since I didn't have a normal type of knot, it didn't tug at his rim or cause him pain when we moved. For me, however, it was pure erotic torture with every movement. My nubbins were pretty well sunk into his heated walls that hugged so snugly around my cock. Every move pulled at each nubbin. It a heavenly version of hell until we found a good position and snuggled into each other.

Drew tilted his head to look in my eyes, his hand coming up to cup my jaw. "That was beautiful, Hector. Thank you for claiming me. I will do my best to be the kind of omega that you deserve."

My eyes teared as I gazed into his earnest face. "Lindo, you are the world to me. If I searched the globe I couldn't find an omega like you. Trust me, I have looked. Thank you for accepting my claim, and for honoring me with the gift that is you. I promise that I will spend the next two lifetimes showing you how precious you are to me."

Drew looked at me with confusion. "Two lifetimes?"

I grinned. "Didn't I mention that part? When you bonded with me, you took my blood. Those of us from the original magical families and our mates receive the gift of an increased lifespan."

Drew rolled his eyes. "Well, hot damn. I guess it's a good thing that I think you're pretty fucking hot then, right? That's a long time to live if you have to wake up to an ugly face every morning."

I smirked as I replied dryly: "I'm pleased that you won't have to suffer that fate, lindo."

With a sassy wink, Drew gave me a sweet kiss then snuggled into my neck with a yawn. I ignored the soft light that still glowed from the nightstand. I couldn't reach it anyway, so fuck it. Holding my mate as tightly as I could without hurting him, I rested my chin over his head and joined him as we drifted off to sleep.