Page 121 of The Price of Ice

Kallen laughed again and went forhisclothes, tutting at him when he resisted lifting his arms for a moment. It was enough to make Levy give way, and then they were on the bed, bouncing a little. Kallen’s boxers already on the floor, leaving him completely bare, but this time it was so obvious that was tohis advantage. Levy’s hand landed on his belly, clumsy with need and he took advantage of a moment of distraction to twist their bodies until the alpha was under him, legs still trapped in his jeans, his own underwear unjustly in the way.

“Hey,” he told him, smiling widely, and got an answering smile, still half- shocked, but there.

“Hey,” Levy said back.

“You gonna stay?” Kallen asked him.

And the words weren’t particularly clear, but Levy licked his lips and nodded, eyes bright and eager. So it was easy to dive in and take his mouth, deep and still full of the familiar flavours Kallen had shared with him.

Levy opened up to him, gasping, and his hands reached out for Kallen’s shoulders. Kallen wanted nothing more than to devour him, drink him to the very last drop, made him squirm and scream until he forgot about his guilt and his fear and he gave Kallen everything he had.

Whatever he’d been holding back all his time for fear of hurtinghim.

Because Kallen had been wounded, he’d spent years fighting a battle with himself he couldn’t win. But one thing he was not, and had never been, wasweak.

HewantedLevy’s strength and his passion, just as much as his tenderness and care.

And Levy had said yes.

He broke the kiss, both of them panting, but couldn’t stop, bending down to nuzzle at Levy’s chest, licking up until he could suck his earlobe into his mouth and bite at it, earning himself a very definite hip thrust and a burst of scent that had him groaning. He scraped his teeth down the long line of Levy’s neck on his way down and felt him shudder with it, hands tightening on Kallen’s shoulders as if he wanted to drag him back.

But he kept his promise, not doing more than holding on as Kallen kept moving downwards, scraping at his collarbones instead at the same time he found his nipples and pinched them. Levy’s next gasp had half a broken scream in it, and when Kallen glanced up, he saw his lover’s eyes were scrunched shut. It wasn’t enough, he wanted that scream.

He kept going, kissing and biting, licking and sucking every inch of skin he came across. Until he reached Levy’s groin, still covered. For this, he was careful, getting his hand inside to cup the iron hot length, already leaking, and pulling the cloth down with his other hand. Levy’s hips lifted to follow his movement, and a few yanks was all it took to get him naked at last.

He paused then, enjoying his prize, and looked up to find Levy watching him propped on his elbows. Kallen smiled at him, then bent down and took him inside, sucking from the moment the head touched his palate and not stopping as he went deeper and deeper. The flavour of him burst on his tongue, rich and a little bitter, like all true things were.

Levy was shuddering constantly by then, tensing up to try and stay in place like he’d promised. And Kallen dug his ownfingers into his hips, silently promising him that he could let go here. With him.

Because he was more than strong enough to hold him.

And it didn’t matter if the alpha believed him quite yet, because his elbows gave on him anyway under the onslaught, the impact making his cock push a little too hard against the back of Kallen’s throat. Kallen took it greedily, the pain along with the pleasure, sucking everything he could from him. Breathing through his nose had him half-dizzy already, but he couldn’t bear to pull away now. Not when he was so close already, Levy’s whimpers taking a rhythmic quality right on time with Kallen’s own movements.

It broke like a wave crashing into a seawall, its full strength unleashed without mercy. There could be no mercy, not when surrender was this absolute.

Levy’s voice rose, shrill and desperate and ecstatic and Kallen closed his eyes and drank, Levy’s body trembling under his hands as it went through him and somehow getting swept up on it himself, his own cock spurting against the bedding. He didn’t let go of Levy’s hips, fingers digging in as if they were the only thing anchoring him to earth. Not until there was a wet mess under his own belly and his muscles gave up on him, collapsing until his face was buried on his lover’s belly, still heaving and damp with sweat.

He’d come to when Levy had tugged him away from the wet spot and up the bed to curl under the covers with him. Firm but gentle until Kallen was burrowed into his arms, snuffling on his throat, his own arm secure around his alpha’s waist.

FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, he’d enjoyed sleeping together almost as much as the sex. He’d assumed it was because he was touch-deprived, but now that he was back home, he got plenty ofphysical contact, both from his parents and his friends, new and old.

But he still didn’t want to let go of Levy, even though his bladder was screaming at him for it. He sighed, resigned, and made to roll away, and yelped when the limbs entangled with his own tightened all of a sudden.

Levy was squinting at him when he looked at his face.

Kallen couldn’t hold back a smile. “Toilet,” he whispered.

Levy subsided with a grunt, allowing him to go, and that was almost as good as him holding on, and just as necessary.

IT WASN’T UNTIL THEYwoke up the next time that it crossed Kallen’s mind that he hadn’t told his parents he was going anywhere. He checked the clock and realised it was close to dinner time already.

“Fuck,” he mumbled and leaned over the side of the bed to search his trousers for his phone.

Levy was peering at him from the bed, still holding the empty bottle of water Kallen had passed him to drink. “What happened?”

“My parents,” Kallen explained. “They’d expect me for dinner.”

“Can I meet them?” Levy asked at once, and Kallen nearly dropped his phone. He’d already sent the message saying he wasn’t coming home tonight and suddenly he couldn’t even think of where to put it down.

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