The Chosen [Wolf + MxM]

The Chosen- Chapter 29

::CHAPTER 29::

Richard's POV

 

The more I dried my skin, the more my temperature rose. This was a terrible terrible idea. It was safer in the ice bath. I glanced back at the draining water in the tub and then the open door. I hated the fear that came with this. Being scared of myself.

Already I could feel the tremors in my hands and the heat pooling low inside me. A wave of hot air washed over my naked frame and I shivered. It was a familiar feeling. Too familiar. It was a creeping sensation, playing on my senses. Everything was too loud, too bright, my skin too sensitive, scents too strong and I could taste the very air around me. I closed my eyed and focused on the basics; things I would normally sense.

Nye said he could help. He understood this better than I did. He'd been taught about mating in ways humans never were. From day one I'd been ill equipped to deal with this on my own. Finally I had someone on my side who could.

Already my body was covered in a barely noticeable sheen of sweat. My mind felt muddled and my body sluggish. At the same time I was hyper aware of everything and bursts of adrenaline shot into my system.

Each step I made to the bedroom was tentative. Unsure. I was nervous and anxious to near him again but I trusted Nye. More than anyone. Swallowing a lump in my now dry throat, I got into the room. Holy shit.

I'd never been this aware of the dominance of his animal like I was in this moment. It was a very present entity in the room. Something other. Something that existed apart from Nye. A powerful existence far larger than life. The wolf was paying acute attention to me. I could feel his eyes through Nye. They were a danger at my back, but I trusted them enough not to bother keeping an eye out.

I grabbed a pair of underwear and slipped it on under my towel. Only then did I unwrap the material from my waist because even that was too many clothes. It was getting warmer in here by the minute. I took a deep breath and wiped the sweat from my brow. Already my cock was showing interest again. Control. Control. I don't need this. My old mantra wouldn't work any better now I knew that I did, in fact, need this.

"Drink up," Nye said holding out bottled water from my mini fridge, "You should have been hydrating all along." I nodded but didn't move. His gaze softened, "It's okay. C'mere."

I would have, but Ahmose above he smelt so good from this distance. I didn't trust myself to get that close. His smile was encouraging enough that I took a breath and moved forward. He held out the water so that I could avoid getting into his space. I was thankful for that. He was a bit...much.

I gulped the water like I hadn't had any in weeks. It was cool on my tongue and soothed my throat, but I was thirsty again within seconds. He held out another bottle as if reading my mind. Thanking him, I reached out for it. This time our fingers came into contact. Ignoring the feel of his touch still lingering on my skin, I drank again. Already I was feeling better, but that didn't mean this was anywhere near over.

There weren't enough distractions in the universe to take my mind off the situation. The first being that I was burning up at an endless pace and it wasn't doing a damn thing to help the steadily hardening bulge in my briefs. The brush of soft material against my skin made my stomach clench around the heat gathering inside me. The second problem came in the form of the gorgeous man clad in a uniform that fit too perfectly, his top button undone and exposing skin I wanted to get my mouth on. It didn't at all help that he was looking up at me through his lashes with near luminous eyes.

Nye was all kinds of temptation and that crooked smile he flashed once I'd finished drinking was making my list of top ten kinks. "I'm going to assume that you figured out by now what the best way to get past a mating heat is," he said and was his voice always like that?