The Forgotten Prince (Shifter Rebellion, 3) (10 page)

Amaden lifted his head. “Are you
sore?”

Aleth nodded. “I am. But not so much
as to stop us.”

“
I will try to be gentle,”
Amaden said as he lowered his head back down and captured Aleth’s
lips once more.

The kiss became sweltering, breaking
Aleth’s forehead and nape into sweat. A fine sheen soon coated his
body. Fortunately Amaden pulled the robe from Aleth and allowed the
cooler air in the room to roam over his body, just like Amaden’s
hands now did.

The gentle giant kneaded Aleth’s
flesh, squeezing a tender ass cheek and cupping Aleth’s sac. When
Amaden gripped Aleth’s cock in his meaty fist, Aleth nearly came
off the bed. His cock was already hard, but Amaden soon brought him
higher, farther, and his cock swelled harder. The shaft throbbed
painfully, want filling him with desperation.

Aleth drew Amaden’s tunic over his
head, needing to feel the male’s skin against his. Amaden lifted on
his knees and drew his leather breeches down his hips. Aleth’s gaze
was drawn to the long, fat cock there, already hard as a rock.
Amaden was at least as large as Ryllan, if not slightly bigger.
He’d stretch Aleth even more as he entered him. The thought made
Aleth tremble.

“
I need you inside me,
Amaden,” Aleth cried.

“
Slow down, little prince.
We have all the time we need.”

“
No,” Aleth cried. “I need
you now.”

Amaden backed away slightly and looked
down at Aleth for a moment, a question in his gaze. “Okay, Prince
Aleth. If you must have me, I’m yours.”

Amaden reached to the table beside the
bed and grasped a small flask of oil. Once he had a small amount in
his hands, he rubbed it onto Aleth’s ass and around his puckered
hole before sliding his fist up and down his hard pole. Amaden
pressed a gentle finger inside Aleth’s ass, and Aleth hissed. The
pain stung for a moment, but Amaden’s calm touch soothed him
quickly.

“
There are medicines in
the oil to help soothe your muscles,” Amaden said. “They’ll help
you relax.”

Aleth sighed after a few more moments
of Amaden’s caresses. “Now, Amaden. Please.”

He pushed Aleth down on his back, and
lifted his legs before moving between Aleth’s splayed thighs. When
he was in position, Amaden pressed the fat head of his cock against
Aleth’s asshole and began to slowly enter him.

Aleth hissed in a breath as Amaden
began to impale him with his shaft. The tight muscles sang as he
was spread wide to accommodate Amaden’s large cock. When the fat
head popped past the tight band of nerves, Aleth sighed in relief,
the pain ebbing some.

Amaden paused for a moment, then bore
down on Aleth. Inch by merciless inch, he invaded Aleth’s ass,
filling Aleth completely. Aleth breathed through the sensation,
bordering on both pleasure and pain.

Once the warrior was fully sheathed
inside him, Aleth could breathe again. Amaden lay still, watching
Aleth closely. Aleth held his knees aloft, his body slowly
relaxing. As soon as he calmed, Amaden seemed to know he was ready.
The warrior began to thrust his cock in short spans, testing
Aleth’s readiness. The first strokes burned him, but after a
moment, the glide of the oil and the pleasure superseded the
pain.

The slick slide of Amaden’s cock
surging inside him was intense. The stretching muscles screamed,
but Aleth wanted it no other way. His lover was laying claim to
him, forcing his body to succumb. Aleth yielded completely,
relaxing into the languid thrusts Amaden offered.

Amaden’s body shook and Aleth wondered
if the warrior held back. Aleth wanted all of the male. Holding
back wasn’t an option. If he only had a short time with the three,
he’d get every last drop of intensity he could before going back to
his lonely life on the streets.

Or in Agarri’s prison.

“
More,” Aleth
whispered.

Amaden stared into his eyes for a
moment, not changing his tempo. Once he saw whatever it was he
needed to see there, he increased the pace, driving a little deeper
and a little harder into Aleth’s body. The lick of pain was
delicious and Aleth smiled, knowing he was more alive now than he’d
ever been.

“
More, Amaden. Give me
your all,” Aleth demanded.

“
I won’t hurt you,” Amaden
grated.

“
No, it won’t hurt.
More.”

Amaden’s eyes grew larger for a
moment, but he conceded. He rose up on his knees and grasped
Aleth’s ankles in his large hands, fucking Aleth roughly. His
strokes came fast and furious, filling Aleth over and over again.
Aleth loved the joining, the sensation of the two of them becoming
one. He wanted to feel this same feeling of connection
forever.

Aleth didn’t want to be alone ever
again. He’d thought by having them, he could stem some inner
desire, but it only illuminated the fact he’d be so much emptier
with them gone.

There had to be a way to keep hold of
his triad of lovers. Aleth wasn’t willing to let go of his future,
a future with his warriors in it.

Amaden gripped Aleth’s cock and began
to stroke it with his fist, timing the motions to match each heavy
thrust of his cock. The dual sensation was more than Aleth could
handle. His balls tightened, moving close to the base of his cock.
Tremors flitted through his arms and legs as electric tendrils
raced through him in advance of his orgasm.

As the first crash overtook him,
Amaden squeezed his cock a little more firmly, making Aleth scream
in delight. His seed shot up and over the tip of his cock, sliding
back down over his shaft and Amaden’s long fingers. Amaden tensed
as he milked the last spurts from Aleth’s shaft. He came in a rush,
filling Aleth’s ass with hot, thick seed.

Amaden pumped his cum deep inside
Aleth’s body, his cries of pleasure echoing off the
walls.

When he was done, Amaden leaned down
over Aleth and pressed his firm lips against Aleth’s. His wise
brute slowly pulled out before turning Aleth on his side and
crowding beside him in the bed. Aleth smiled as Amaden pulled him
close, laying a kiss on his shoulder. Being held by the big, strong
warrior after what they’d just shared meant so much, especially
after Ryllan and Greylin had abandoned him after they’d been
together.

His mind was made up.

There was no way Aleth was letting
them get away from him. If he was their mate, then he needed to
make them see they needed him as much as he needed them.

Chapter Twelve

Alarms started peeling out, breaking
the silence of the early morning. Ryllan looked at the sensors
again, sure they had to be wrong. Four Xakarrian warships couldn’t
be barreling down on them. He’d sensed the escape had been too
easy. Had Amaden been right? Had the little prince set them up for
a trap bigger than they could’ve expected? Ryllan frowned as he
mapped out the projected flight path for the four
destroyers.

“
What is that?” Greylin
asked, looking over Ryllan’s shoulder.

Ryllan finished his calculations and
looked at the projected path—which led them straight to their ship.
“Four Xakarrian warships on our tail.”

“
Have they picked us up
yet?” Greylin asked as he jumped into the seat beside Ryllan and
pulled up his screen.

“
They haven’t picked up
speed, which makes me think not. But why else would they be on a
collision course with our ship?”

Greylin punched in a few keystrokes to
his screen. “The cloaks seem to be holding. They might not see us.
But if we speed up to get away from them, they could see the
distortion wake we leave behind, which would lead them right to
us.”

“
We have to move. They’re
traveling faster than we are and they’ll soon overtake us. We’d be
crushed.”

“
If they follow us,
they’ll destroy the ship in one volley of telic bombs. One bomb
alone would be enough to rip a hole in the hull big enough to
destroy the ship,” Greylin said. “We have to have a third
choice.”

Ryllan scanned the area. They were in
fairly open space, but there was a small cluster of meteoroids
nearby. If the meteoroids were large enough, they could hide within
one and wait out the destroyers. “There. We slowly use our
thrusters to navigate out of their path and land inside one. We’ll
wait them out.”

“
If they’ve seen us, we’re
dead sitting in there.”

“
We’re dead no matter
where we go if they’ve spotted us,” Ryllan countered.

Amaden wandered onto the bridge, more
than likely having heard the alarms. “What’s going on?”

Aleth entered the bridge behind
Amaden, his eyes wide as he took in the space.

Ryllan scowled. “Last night you
questioned if you could trust him and now he has free rein of the
ship?”

Amaden growled. “Don’t change the
subject. Why are the alarms going off?”

“
Four Xakarrian warships.
We don’t think we’ve been detected, but we’re in the path. We’re
under armed and can’t outrun them. I don’t like it, but hiding is
our only option. We’re going to use thrusters to move into a
meteoroid cluster and out of their way,” Ryllan answered, looking
over Amaden and Aleth. A little jealousy flared, but Ryllan tamped
it down. Then and there wasn’t the time or place for him to have a
bout of envy.

“
Good idea,” Amaden said
before sitting down in what would be the captain’s
chair.

Aleth spun and followed, standing
behind Amaden like an obedient little pet. Another wave of jealousy
hit him hard, but he pushed it down.

He took control of the ship’s
thrusters and slowly moved them into position. Sweat beaded his
brow as he focused all his attentions on getting them all to
safety. Within twenty minutes, he was docking the ship inside the
largest of the meteoroids.

“
These could very well be
our last moments, brothers. If the enemy has seen us, we’ll be
blown apart.”

A squeak came from Prince Aleth. “If
these are my last moments, I can think of better things to do than
to stand here awaiting my fate.”

Ryllan stared at the prince. “And what
is it you want to do?”

“
Claim me,” Aleth
spat.

“
The ships have more than
likely not picked us up. Our cloaks are in place,” Greylin said
off-handedly. “We’re going to be fine. Don’t let Ryllan’s
overdramatic comments get you distressed.”

Ryllan watched as the ships continued
on their path without changing course. They’d gotten away with
hiding from the enemy it appeared. The ships were nearly past them,
which would also clear Aleth of all the plots Ryllan had believed
him capable of just moments before. He felt bad that he’d assumed
and thought so little of the prince.

“
Am I so unworthy that you
wouldn’t even consider taking me as yours?” Prince Aleth
asked.

Ryllan turned to look at Aleth. His
assumptions when he saw the ships only illuminated the lack of
trust they still held for one another. The only thing to correct
that was time. “While I sense the connection we share, we’ve only
just learned of one another. Who knows where our futures will lead
us?”

Prince Aleth stood there trembling.
“Logically, I understand what you’re saying. Illogically, all I can
think about is how long I’ve been alone. I thought it was who I
was, accepted it was in my nature and my lot. Now, the thought of
being alone seems emptier than it did a day before. I know it’s
fast, but beings like us aren’t given many chances.”

Ryllan looked to Greylin, then to
Amaden, unsure what to say. Yes, he felt the pull of his fated
mate, but they were virtual strangers. They’d rushed into sex
because they were all lonely. But sex didn’t make a mate. There
were still too many unknowns.

But he also understood the need for
companionship in the very least. Ryllan had dealt with many of the
same things Aleth had, just not to the same extremes.

“
I was once alone, on the
streets, like you, Prince Aleth,” Ryllan said. “My family pushed me
out. Had it not been for Amaden’s mother seeing me on one of her
trips to the city, I would more than likely still be there or dead.
She made Amaden’s father train me to be a warrior, just as he
trained his sons. I was lucky. And I now have my triad brothers, so
I have that kinship. I am no longer alone. I couldn’t imagine not
having
someone
.”

Greylin stared at Ryllan before
telling his tale. “Amaden’s mother also saved me. Like Ryllan, my
family had disowned me. I was blessed to be raised as I was. And
knowing you didn’t have that, when your father had the power to
change the way we were all treated—that stings the
most.”

“
My mother excelled at
bringing in those without a home. I say it would serve her memory
if we did the same,” Amaden said lowly. “We won’t claim you, Prince
Aleth, not without the time to ensure it’s the right thing to do.
But we can offer you a place at our side, and the protection you
asked for as long as you don’t do anything to give us cause to
distrust you. We’ll still take you to Prince Agarri. You can make
the decision then where you want to go from there.”