If he were someone else, he would blame it all on them being Werecats. But he's a Werewolf and this sort of behavior among Shifters is not natural. Then again... nothing about what they are now is natu
ral.
"Sir," he tries to get his employer's attention. They're in the dining room and he's collecting more food for her. April somewhere inside the bedroom. He suspects she's biting her tail as they speak. He had done his research on that particular action. It is something cat shifters do when they're anxious or stressed. "Sir," he tries to get Mateo's attention again. It isn't often that he fixates on something like this.
"Yes, Tom?" Mateo drawls. He does not appreciate the distraction. If he had the same ears April has, Tom knows it would be swiveled back and focused on April.
"With all due respect, sir," he pauses and considers a way to phrase this kindly. He gives up. "This is kidnapping," he tells his employer point-blank.
Mateo grins, feral and uncaring. 'Your point being-' goes unsaid.
Tom had expected the man to grow annoyed. After all, he is speaking out of turn. Mateo isn't dumb. It's likely he knows exactly what he's doing. He just doesn't care about the repercussions.
"She is free to leave whenever she wishes," he says.
They both know that's bullshit. He hasn't allowed the young shifter out of his sight ever since he managed to capture her a few weeks ago. He had been bringing his work home. Even now, he notices the way his employer is cocking his head, listening in on the young shifter and making sure she's still there. He almost feels bad for her. "She's very young," he tries something else.
Whenever he sees her, she looks like a deer caught in headlights, shell-shock and more than a little confused. Tom doesn't blame her. His employer can be very convincing and incredibly intimidating.
"Maybe you should slow down a little," he suggests, trying to reason with the unreasonable man. Tom sometimes thinks he knows why he's so obsessed so quickly. Mateo had been trying to find a Cat Shifter for as long as he had been working for him and it is the first time in years that he had found one. The first person he had found other than the family he had lost in the days before- Tom shakes his head. He doesn't like to think about the days before. Everyone had family back then. He had his family back then.
Any man in his position would be a little obsessive. To his credit, Mateo considers his advice for a second before offering him a grin that makes the hair on the back of his neck stand on edge. His fingers itch to reach for his gun, just in case, but he manages to keep himself from moving at all. "What do you suggest?"
A little space, he thinks to himself. "Perhaps bring her out on a date?" he suggests. Something normal with a public audience so he's not trying to stick his tongue down her throat and groom her into what he thinks is a perfect mate.
"A date," he echoes with that same shark-like smile. Mateo slaps his shoulder, "Good idea. Thank you."
Tom only starts breathing once he is certain that Mateo is no longer in sight.
He does bring her out on a date a few days later.
Mateo books an entire restaurant and ends up fucking her on the table.
Chapter Ten: Pregnant
April stirs from her deep sleep with a keening sort of whimper. She feels aches throughout her entire body when she stretches and makes another soft whimper.
"Shh... you're alright, darling," a soft sound from beside her says and she feels strong arms wrapped around her torso, pulling her close.
"Oh," she gasps. It's been a month since she started seeing the older man and she's not so used to sharing her bed with him. "Good morning," she says softly.
"Morning, baby," he says, rubbing his cheek against her neck.
She likes being held like this. She remembers how she felt when her heat finally wore off and she woke in his arms that first week. Everything had felt so perfect. She had expected herself to panic. After all, she never liked change. Instead, she felt blissful, like she's exactly where she's supposed to be. Jack hadn't taken her new lover as well as she had, but he'll come around. She knows he's not really upset. He's just not used to her having a different Alpha now and it's not like he's coming home any time soon. He still has the world to travel.
He kisses her neck, making her shiver and hiss when she feels him clamping his teeth on the nape of her neck. One swift move and he has her pinned underneath him, jaw closed onto her neck to keep her from moving.
"Mateo?" she whimpers.
"How're you feeling today, darling?" he asks, petting her budding breasts, massaging them.
She cries out at the pressure on her breast and whimpers when he pinches the tips. Milk wets his fingers immediately. "Please," she cries, wanting more than just his fingers on her.
He smiles and sinks down into her, plunging his cock inside her to fill her up again. It's how they start all their mornings now and she knows she will feel incomplete until he's done coming inside her at least once.
"You like this, darling?" he asks once he's all the way inside her. He pinches her nipples, milking her slowly and licking his fingers when he gets them wet. Growling and unhappy with the position, he yanks himself back and away from her only to twist her around so that he can fuck her and suck on her nipples at the same time. At first, they had been worried about her milk drying out before her babies finally come into the world, but Mateo is more than glad to make sure that doesn't happen. He loves milking her, loves the taste of the cream from her breasts and particularly enjoys the little sounds she makes when he plays with her nipples.
The pleasure is overwhelming and she cries out for him to slow down when he begins to piston into her, slamming into her hole so harshly that the headboard bangs against the wall. She's so glad they don't have neighbors.