Chapter Eleven
Camping Can be Fun. Who Knew?
“I think this is technically part of Rosemary’s estate,” Justin pondered aloud as they reached the campsite.
“I actually never asked her where her property ran. I assumed she was squatting and that was part of the reason she stayed so hidden. It wasn’t until she was gone that I knew she actually owned the land.” Adrian gave Justin’s hand a squeeze before letting it go. “You know, I have never been camping. I have less than no idea how to take a tent down without breaking it.”
“Really?” Humor filled Justin’s voice. Adrian’s lack of camping seemed to tickle his funny bone. Come to think of it, it was odd for shifters to sleep inside all the time.
“Yes. Unless you count discount hotels—really.” Adrian playfully smacked his arm. “Let me get everything out of the tent, and then you can school me on all things camping, Mr. Horny.” Oops. He hadn’t meant to open that can of worms and briefly hoped Justin missed it.
Justin’s eyes darkened. Yep. Can of worms open. It was back on, and they had things to do. Adrian tried to regret it, but heck, just saying the other man’s peen’s nickname had Adrian needing him just as badly as Justin’s eyes indicated he needed Adrian. Justin stalked over to him. Yep, stalk was the word. He was Justin’s prey and perfectly happy with that. The way he moved, you would have guessed his animal was a predator. A fierce predator.
“Sorry. I didn’t mean—” Justin’s mouth was on his before Adrian could finish the sentence. Not that he wanted to. In fact, if Justin’s mouth never left his, Adrian would be quite a happy guy. His mouth explored Adrian’s, as if on a mission, and just when he thought it couldn’t get any better, he allowed his kisses to migrate to the magical spot just below Adrian’s ear. The spot that seemed to have a direct line to his own cock. Not that his dick was unaffected by the rest of the kissing. Nope, his underwear was already tented.
“I. Need. You. Now.” Justin’s words were heady and raw with kisses and nibbles between each one of them.
“Yes,” slipped from his lips, barely a whisper between his labored breathing. This man had him breathless. “Now.”
“Need to get you ready first.” Justin reached for the bottom of his shirt, and Adrian grabbed his hands.
“Ready now. Let’s do fast and hard now. We can do all things later. I need too badly.” Great. His sentences were not actually complete.
“Did I say I was taking requests?” Justin’s hands were on the button of his pants, so Adrian’s guess was yes, he was taking requests.
“No,” he teased back. “Are you?” He worked Justin’s jeans, and he was rewarded with a groan.
“Today is your…” He slipped his hand down the front of Adrian’s jeans, and he momentarily lost his train of thought. “Today, I am taking requests.” He had his hand out of Adrian’s pants, those pants down, and Adrian facing a tree before he could come up with a witty retort. “Palms on the tree.”
Adrian immediately obeyed. There was something about a man taking charge in the bedroom, or in this case the woods, that just did it for him, even if it was technically his own request.
“Lower. That’s my bear.” At that his bear did pop up, and this time he actually stayed.
“Whoa.”
“Whoa indeed. Now lean forward. He wants this.” Adrian wanted to savor the moment with his shifter, but Justin realized what he didn’t…the bear came out to play. “Oh my, your ass is a sight to behold. The day I pinken it will be a day of much pleasure.”
“Yes,” he gasped. He had never been one for spanking, but heck, with Justin wielding the smacks, it would bring him to whole new levels of hot.
“Greedy bear. You already gave me your request. No changing now.” He leaned over her back. He’d missed him removing his pants, and his rock-hard cock was now pressed against Adrian’s ass as he reached around front. “Oh my, you are ready for me. I really want to make you come with my hands first, but a promise is a promise.” He cupped Adrian’s balls and circled up his cock as he spoke, and Adrian squirmed trying to get him to hit the target he had in mind. “Behave,” he teased.
“Need.” Great. He was now a beggy dude like in his novels. Eh, fuck it. He was going in for all it was worth. “Need now.”
“Yes. Yes, you do.” His agreement was returned with his cock into Adrian’s ass, his groan leaving no room for doubt that he needed, too. When he pulled away, Adrian whimpered. Oh goodness, he was a goner. “Hold on, sweet one. I wouldn’t leave you like this. I am just grabbing a condom.”
“Leave it.” He was happy Justin remembered one because being cockblocked by a lack of condom would have been pretty much made of evil, but he could leave it where it was. Thank you very much.
Justin was back within seconds. “Are you sure? It is here. Will only take a second.”
Adrian adamantly shook his head no. “Leave it.”
The condom didn’t reach the ground before he slammed into him the first time. Oh yeah. He was taking hard and fast at face value. Adrian almost came the moment he entered him. This man was made for him, to be sure. In and out and in and out he slammed with his hands on Adrian’s hips. He was fairly sure Justin would leave marks where his hands were, and Adrian would wear them proudly.
Bears bit their mates to mark them, but unicorns were not predators, so he wasn’t sure Justin would officially mark him at all. His bear perked up even more at the thought of a mating mark. Goodness gracious, was this why he had been hiding all along? Was he waiting for a mate?
“Stay with me.” Justin broke Adrian from his thoughts. “I feel him, too, but stay with me. That’s it.” He reached around front and grasped his cock again. He circled it twice before giving it a quick pump then another. That was all it took, and Adrian was exploding. “You are squeezing me so tightly. It feels like you were made for…” His own explosion ended his thought.
“That…” Adrian was panting. Yes, panting. Again.
“It was, love, it was.” He knew Justin couldn’t possibly love him, but the term of endearment filled Adrian with content nonetheless. “I hate to break the moment, but I feel people coming.”
Adrian scrambled to get himself dressed, yet Justin stood there as if he hadn’t mentioned an audience at all, his knot growing too far away from where it belonged—inside of Adrian. But people. People presented a problem.
“Get dressed,” Adrian hissed, hearing the people Justin had mentioned for the first time. They were close. Justin just smiled at him as a group of townspeople entered the clearing. Fuckity fuck.
“Oh, sorry.” He reached down and yanked his pants up as if they’d startled him out of the blue. What game was he playing?
“Oh,” came from the one man in the small group. “We were…never mind.” He at least had the decency to blush. Justin was a genius. Getting caught gave them all the alibi they would need.
“Meeting?” Adrian asked as if speaking in code, shielding his eyes from their flashlights. Not that any of them really needed them. He didn’t want to out Justin, and he wasn’t sure if they could tell what he was. They all nodded. “We haven’t seen anything, but as you can see, we were kinda busy.” He looked down, feigning embarrassment.
“And you are?” one of the townspeople he had yet to meet asked.
“I’m Adrian, and this is Rosemary’s heir. I was showing him the…property.”
Justin choked on a laugh, having great fun watching Adrian’s fake embarrassment.
“I…ah…see,” the man replied, never meeting either of their eyes.
“I’m Justin.” He held out his hand, but no one stepped forward to shake it. They all looked beyond embarrassed. Served them right for having a modern-day witch hunt. “I was planning to build a home here. My cousin and I were thinking of moving my business.” That seemed to pique their attention and filled Adrian with warmth. Justin was not only staying, he was making sure Mariah and Kit were safe and taken care of.
“Well, isn’t that wonderful.” They were now no longer all looking at the ground, and a man came to the forefront. “What kind of business?” Adrian could see the dollar signs in the man’s eyes. He must be on the town board. Adrian just shook his head with mirth.
“I’m a coder.” Oh yeah, Justin was vaguing them out. Smart man.
“Coder?” the man asked. It annoyed Adrian that none of them introduced themselves, but he was probably a bit to blame since he lived such a secluded life.
“Computer stuff.”
They nodded at that response.
“I see. Well, be sure to stop by town hall to get all of your permits before you begin.”
“Absolutely, sir.” Justin began to fidget. “So, um, we were kind of…”
“Oh yeah, sorry, we will be on our way.” With that, they left, and Adrian watched the woods, making sure they were gone.
“Faker,” Justin teased as he turned to face Adrian.
“Absolutely.” Adrian walked into his waiting arms.
“Does that plan work for you?”
“Plan?”
Justin gave Adrian’s butt a quick smack.
“Oh, that plan. Yeah, I think that plan is fabulous.” He pulled back to look Justin in the eye, reaching for his cheek as he did so. “Yes, to answer your question. I like the plan very much. Do you think Mariah will agree to stay?”
“I hope so. I think she needs to be here.”
“I agree.”
“Your bear came out.” He flicked Adrian’s nose playfully.
“He did.” He’d retreated the second the townsfolk appeared, of course. It didn’t feel like fear that drove him away, but more of a fun time is over best go home kind of thing.
“I think he likes me.” Justin bent down and kissed Adrian deeply. His engines were already revving.
“He’s not the only one.” Still out of breath from the kiss.
“Was it him or you who was driving you to mate?”
Oh crap. Adrian hadn’t expected this conversation. Which was it? He had to be sure before answering. “You felt that?”
“I did.” He gave Adrian a quick kiss. “I liked it.” He could have sworn Justin puffed out his chest as he said it. He was as hooked on Adrian as he was on Justin. Perfect.
“You pulled me from it, though,” Adrian said.
“I never want you to make a decision about me in the moment. I want everything we do to be regret-free.” Considerate Justin.
“I have a feeling it will be. Do…um…do—” Adrian knew he shouldn’t be embarrassed to discuss mating acts with someone he had gotten naked with several times, but this felt more intimate somehow and was brand new territory.
“Do unicorns mate?” Justin put him out of his embarrassed misery. Justin was a keeper, and it sounded like he wanted to be kept.
“Yeah, that.” Adrian’s face was burning up. Even in the dark, he was sure Justin could see his bright-red cheeks.
“We do, but I won’t bite you when I do.” Interesting. Not unexpected, but interesting.
“When you do, what will you do?” His voice came out much more sultry than he expected, and from the way Justin’s eyes flashed, he liked it.
“That will be for you to find out.” He gave Adrian’s ass another quick smack. Good thing he was an ass-man because Adrian had plenty of ass for him to enjoy. “Now, let’s get this packed up and go home.”