STORY EXCERPT

Thunder boomed, signaling another onslaught of rain from the heavens. Lorenzo grimaced, water trickling down his back as he hunkered down beneath a narrow overhang, trying to avoid the worst of the weather. The Canadian Rockies in springtime were beautiful and bitchy at the same time, with each deluge thawing more ice and snow and sending water roaring down the mountains to the rivers below. This high up, on a narrow plateau, snow still abounded, so Lorenzo was wet, cold, and not very pleased that his mission hadn’t taken him to the tropics.

Lifting his binoculars, he viewed the sprawling building ahead of him, about a mile away, and intently watched the two guards who patrolled the area. What had been an old hunting lodge now housed a far more sinister operation, and Lorenzo was biding his time, trying to pick the right moment to infiltrate the facility.

He sensed movement and tensed, half expecting a bullet through the ribs…the people who owned the old lodge were ruthless in the extreme and wouldn’t take kindly to an intruder. As he turned slowly, he saw someone clad in black, wearing waterproof gear moving slowly towards his hiding place, eyes intent on the lodge, so Lorenzo didn’t think he’d been made yet.

Remaining in place, Lorenzo watched as the individual crept closer, using the terrain as cover, until they were almost level with Lorenzo, then he pounced, dragging the person under the overhang and ripping off their hood.

“What the fuck? Who the hell are you?” Lorenzo asked, shocked as he looked at the guy’s gorgeous face.

Golden eyes framed by luxuriant lashes. Short dark hair framing a face that probably made angels weep for joy. The guy looked exactly like the person he was here for. Callahan Brody. A panther shifter who’d gotten himself kidnapped and, from what Lorenzo could gather, was incarcerated in the lodge he was trying to get into. Lorenzo was a little more shocked that he felt an instant attraction to the guy, more than the usual admiration for a pretty face, and wondered what the hell he was thinking.

“What the fuck are you doing?” the man said, scowling as rain dripped from above. “Let go of me,” he added, wrenching free of Lorenzo’s grasp.

“What are you doing here?” Lorenzo countered. “It doesn’t look like you’re here for a picnic.”

“None of your business. It’s a free country; I can be here if I want to be here. Why are you skulking around out here in this weather?”

“You’re Callahan’s brother, all right,” Lorenzo said with a wry smirk. “He has a whole lot of attitude too.”

“How do you know my brother?”

“He has a nasty little habit of terrorizing anyone who dumps him. Daniel Vice, his ex, dumped him and he planned to get his revenge by stalking and hurting him.”

The man grimaced. “Callahan’s a little touchy about being dumped by anyone. He’s looking for his mate and when his romantic interest turns out not to be the one, he gets angry.”

“Angry? He’s a psychopath!”

“Then why are you here? To rescue him?”

“There’s a bounty on his head in the States. I’m here to collect it, and him, and take him back for trial.” Lorenzo eyed his companion soberly. “I just have to get into that facility without being killed.”

“Are you sure he’s in there?”

“As sure as I can be. He has a tracker on him. I’ve been using it to pinpoint his location. It went dead a few days ago.” Lorenzo stared at the building they were casing. “I just hope they haven’t ended him.”

“Yeah, because then you wouldn’t get paid,” the guy said bitterly.

“He’s done some bad things,” Lorenzo pointed out. “His victims live in terror that he’ll come back and hurt them again. He needs to be locked up, but not like this. I’ve heard stories about what the institute used to do to shifters back in the day. They were used for all kinds of evil experiments. They can’t be allowed to continue.”

Lorenzo frowned suddenly. “I take it you were going to try to rescue him. How did you plan on doing that with those guards patrolling all the time.”

“Charm them?”

Lorenzo snorted. “Yeah, because that’ll end well!”

The man seemed to slump a little, looking dejected. “I don’t know how I was going to get in. You stopped me before I could get any closer, remember?”

Lorenzo grabbed the man’s arm urgently, shaking him a little. “You’ll get yourself killed if you try to get in. I know ways around their security. I’m ex-Special Forces. But you’re a panther shifter, aren’t you? And they’ll kill or incarcerate you the second you get caught. Which you will. Get caught, I mean. This isn’t a game.”

“I’m not a complete amateur. I’m a private investigator. It’s gotten me this far.”

“A PI? Really? And you think that trumps ten years in the Special Forces?” Lorenzo asked incredulously.

“He’s my brother. I have to do something to try and help,” the guy said stubbornly, folding his arms across his chest.

ADULT EXCERPT

“Where were we?” Jed asked teasingly, the aspirin kicking in so his head ached a little less, and his dick went into full erectness.

He went to his knees, admiring Lorenzo’s engorged dick, and took his first taste of cock. Lorenzo was long and thick, too big to fit in his mouth fully, but he decided to experiment a little, with the aim of driving Lorenzo out of his mind.

“Oh. My. God,” Lorenzo yelped, cupping Jed’s water-slicked head gently.

Jed began to suck on the tip of Lorenzo’s cock, nibbling on the end, then sliding his tongue along Lorenzo’s leaking slit. Lorenzo’s groans of pleasure egged Jed on, and he continued with his plan to drive Lorenzo insane with need, sucking another two inches into his mouth, drawing firmly. Lorenzo began to move his hips, fucking himself into Jed’s mouth in a steady, yet gentle rhythm that Jed appreciated. Before too long he felt Lorenzo tense, then heard his lover shout out in surprise as he jetted salty cum down Jed’s throat.

Popping Lorenzo’s dick from his mouth, Jed licked his lips, swallowing the delicious treat, then yelped himself as Lorenzo dragged him upright, kissing him with a passion that blew Jed’s mind. Lorenzo grabbed both their cocks, using shower gel as lube, and began cleansing both of them in unison, massaging both dicks until Jed was moaning with need. Before he could come, Lorenzo reached around and began kneading his ass, swiping one long finger along Jed’s crease, then tapping the tiny hole buried there.

Using more shower gel, Lorenzo slicked up his finger, kissing Jed all the while, then inserted the finger past Jed’s tight ring of muscle, up to the first knuckle. Jed tensed slightly, nervous about the next stage of lovemaking.

“Easy, love. I won’t hurt you. Relax.”

Lorenzo’s words were faint against the roaring in his ears as his blood thumped rapidly through his body, his heartbeat so loud he was sure Lorenzo could hear it. Lorenzo’s finger began to move, stretching Jed with a care and tenderness that had Jed relaxing a little more, panting against Lorenzo’s moist lips.

“Let’s move this to the bedroom, we’ll be more comfortable,” Lorenzo whispered, switching off the water and moving with Jed into the bedroom. He’d snatched a towel from the rail and began drying Jed off as well as stretching him. Then he removed his finger, laying Jed back on the bed.

“Lube. I need more lube,” Lorenzo said, and went to a backpack that sat against one wall, rummaging for a moment while Jed quivered with want. Fishing out a small tube of lube, Lorenzo returned to the intimate task at hand after smearing the gel-like substance generously over his fingers.

“Oh god, that feels fantastic,” Jed moaned as Lorenzo dove in gently with his finger again, sliding in a little more deeply, and stretching Jed as he went. When he was fully seated he added a second digit, scissoring them to loosen Jed up even more.

Lifting Jed’s legs up, he smiled seductively as Jed shivered at revealing his ass, then moved into position, lubing up liberally then tapping Jed’s hole with the tip of his rigid dick.

“I’ve dreamed of this,” Lorenzo whispered, panting a little as he pushed forward, his eyes locked on Jed’s golden gaze. “I want you so badly right now, it’s not even funny, but I’ll be as gentle as I know how. Promise.”

His dick entered Jed’s gaping hole, punching past the loosened ring of muscle then paused as Jed tensed again.

“I won’t hurt you,” Lorenzo said again, waiting until Jed relaxed again before pushing in more deeply, an inch at a time, so slowly that Jed held his breath until Lorenzo was fully seated inside him, feeling so full he could burst. There was a slight burn as he was stretched to the limit, which subsided into a warmth he’d never felt before.

“Ready?” Lorenzo asked patiently, receiving a hesitant nod in response. “You feel so good,” he added, moving slightly, a gentle shunt of his hips that had Jed gasping with pleasure. “So tight and wet and warm as you encase my dick. Amazing,” he continued, leaning in to kiss Jed with the same gentleness that he was using to make love to Jed’s tight ass.

Another shunt, another gasp, and the pair remained as connected as two people could be. Finding a smooth, enticing rhythm, Lorenzo withdrew a little more before surging forward again, filling then retreating in a tempo that was slow yet intoxicating. Their kisses blended into one long smooch, changing angles, tongues swirling together in a dance as old as time as their bodies surged. Jed picked up the rhythm, finding his confidence, and began to move in sync, his pleasure rising with each stroke.