[A/N - POV switches. Things get... steamy 🥵]

"Just lose control, stop wasting time. My body's yours, and your body's mine. Unleash your soul, do something when I say go."
~Johnny Rain, '...Fuck'

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*Ryland's POV*

I need him.
I need him.
I need him.

I can't tell if my body is aching to fuck him or be fucked by him, because honestly, both options sound perfect right now.

My cock is hard and leaking, begging for the release that I keep denying.

Landon still has me pinned to the bed, glowing blue eyes locked on mine as he tries to restrain himself. But I don't want him to restrain himself. I want him to take me in every way possible.

A high-pitched whine escapes my throat as I push my hips up towards him. Landon's eyes darken at the sound, groaning lowly as he buries his head in my neck. I purr at the contact, wrapping my legs around his waist to hold him closer to me.

River claws at my mind, sensing Leo and desperate to get to him. I'm trying my best to hold him back, but the heat is clouding my mind in ways that makes it nearly impossible to focus on anything other than Landon's hands on my skin.

Fuck, I need him.

I need him so bad that it hurts.

"Landon..." my voice comes out strangled and needy, causing Landon to growl in return. His hands brush down my sides, making me shiver as he explores my body. Pressing his lips to my neck, I gasp as he suckles the skin hard, no doubt leaving behind large bruises. It's not surprising that he would want to cover my body in hickeys, since it's another way of marking me as his.

His.

The thought sends a pleasurable shiver down my spine. Whimpered moans are falling past my lips as Landon presses bruising kisses along my neck and chest, gradually moving downwards. He stops at my nipple, biting down harshly and making my back arch as I cry out. His tongue flattens over the bud, soothing it before repeating the process on my other nipple. My entire body is shaking with need, and the front of my boxers are already damp from precum.

I need him.
I need him.
I need him.

"Ngh, please!" I mewl, my hips bucking up on their own accord. I need more, I need his cum to fill me, I need him to mark me.

"Honeybee, you're making it really hard for me not to lose control," Landon groans, his fingers pinching my sensitive buds.

"Lose control, please, I need it," I plead, the heat completely overtaking my mind. All I can think about is his cock, his cum, and his teeth sinking into my neck. I reach between our bodies to grasp his rock hard length, whining from how wet he already is.

"Damn it, pup," Landon growls, thrusting his cock into my fist. His thrusts are strong and powerful, and my eyes roll as I imagine how he would feel inside of me.

I've never bottomed for anyone before, but that doesn't seem to stop my hole from clenching with the desire to be filled by my mate. A snarl rips from Landon as he cums into my hand, hips staggering as he rides out his high. I bring my coated hand up to my lips and lick away his cum, not wanting to waste a single drop of my mate's precious essence.

The satisfaction that rolls over me as I'm swallowing Landon's seed distracts me from noticing that he's made his way down my body. My underwear is ripped off my body, causing my leaking cock to spring free.

"Landon!" I gasp when he abruptly swallows me whole, taking my length as deep as he can. It's been years since I've even tried doing this with someone, and my back is arching from how good it feels. Landon's mouth is hot and wet as his tongue swirls around my shaft, making me see stars.

My heart is pounding in my chest as I feel my orgasm speeding towards me. River begins to snarl, scratching at my mind as he tries to break free and get to Leo. Through my haze, I'm trying to push him back, but it's hard to think about anything besides Landon's mouth on me.

Panic starts to rise up when my eyes begin to burn; a clear sign that my eyes are glowing red and River is beginning to overpower me. A deep growl is pulled from my throat, one from River and not from me.

"L-Landon," I try to warn him, but it comes out more like a moan, spurring Landon to suck my length harder. Panic mixes with the intense stimulation, making my heart race erratically.

Before I can try to pull Landon off, I begin to scream. Both from the intense orgasm I'm experiencing as cum shoots down Landon's throat, and from the electric current shooting through my convulsing body.

The pain overtakes me, and the last thing I coherently understand is Landon shouting my name.

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*Landon's POV*

"Honeybee, you're making it really hard for me not to lose control," I groan, moving my fingers up to his chest to pinch those sensitive pink buds. The pheromones he's emitting are intoxicating, making me feel drunk on his scent.

"Lose control, please, I need it," Ryland pleads in a whiny voice, really pushing my ability to hold myself back. I don't want to do something neither of us are ready for, but he looks so fucking good beneath me, begging for me to take him. Once his hand grasps my length, my last thread of self control snaps.

"Damn it, pup," I growl, pistoling my hips forward as I fuck his fist. The way his honey eyes roll back as he bites his plump bottom lip pushes me to move faster, and it's not long before my seed is spurting all over his hand.

I don't get the chance to offer to clean him up, because he's already licking my cum off his hand. That's the second time I've released tonight, it's not fair to my beautiful mate that he hasn't gotten to finish yet.

Ripping away his boxer-briefs, I swallow him down without warning. Ryland gasps my name, back arching as I deepthroat him until his tip is tapping the back of my throat.

I want him.
I want him.
I want him.

I'm overwhelmed with the desire to taste him in the same way he's tasted me. I suck harder, trying to coax out his delicious cum.

"L-Landon," Ryland lewdly moans my name, spurring me to swallow more of him down.

I love feeling him inside of me, dominating my mouth. My eyes glow bright blue as Leo senses River, wanting to finally meet his mate.

The moment finally arrives when Ryland is screaming with pleasure and shooting his cum down my throat. I groan from how good he tastes as I lick him clean.

'Landon, stop!' Leo shouts in my mind, making my head snap up as I finally sense the agony my mate is in. My eyes widen with fear as Ryland convulses on the bed, screaming not from pleasure, but from pain.

"Ryland!" I shout, reaching out to pull him into my lap. He's sobbing and clawing at his collar, eyes squeeze tightly shut.

'The collar is hurting both of them!' Leo panics, feeling the pain radiating from Ryland and River. I grab the collar with the intention of ripping it off, and a nasty shock burns my hand.

"Ryland, what do I do?!" I shake my crying mate in my arms, but he doesn't respond.

The bedroom door swings open as Kai and Ronnie race into the room. Kai balks at the sight of our naked bodies and the stench of our heats burning in the air, but Ronnie remains unfazed as she hurries to Ryland's side.

"Ryland, can you hear me?" Ronnie questions, placing her hand on Ryland's forehead. His eyes flutter open, and the shock that hits me is so severe that I nearly drop him.

His eyes are red.

"What the fuck is happening?!" I demand as Ryland's glowing red eyes flicker wildly around the room.

"Are you guys in heat?" Ronnie asks, ignoring my previous question. I growl in annoyance but nod my head to answer her. "Kai, I need you to go find Joan. She has an herb that can be used to suppress heats. Hurry!"

Kai scurries down the stairs and out of the house. Ronnie turns her attention back to Ryland, who's no longer convulsing but is still shaking violently.

"Ry, I need you to listen to me," Ronnie says in a low, soothing voice. "You need to calm down."

"It h-hurts," Ryland sobs, causing my heart to break, not knowing what I should be doing to help my precious mate.

"I know it does," she murmurs, petting his hair. "Take deep breathes."

"L-Landon," he chokes out, tears still falling from his ruby eyes. Ronnie glances up at me as a cue that I should jump in.

"I'm here, honeybee," I coo, ignoring my own frustration over not knowing what's going on. The most important thing is helping Ryland. "I'm here, baby. You're okay. Take deep breaths for me, okay?"

Ryland nods his head once, drawing in a shaky breath. I inhale with him as he mirrors my actions, inhaling and exhaling deeply as he gradually calms down.

Eventually, the red in his eyes fade back to the familiar melted honey color that I've come to love, and his shaking ceases. I keep him cradled in my arm, rocking him back and forth as I whisper soothing words.

A blanket falls around my shoulders as Ronnie shrouds our nudity that I had forgotten about completely. I tuck the blanket snuggly around us, partly to help shield Ryland but also to try and warm him up.

Cold sweat causes his dark hair to stick to his forehead as his eyes flutter from the exhaustion of... I'm not sure what. A seizure? That's what it looked like, but that doesn't explain why his collar would be hurting him.

Whatever this was, it has to be the big secret Ryland's been keeping from me, I can feel it. The reason why he won't talk about River, or the collar he always wears. It has to all lead back to this.

Ryland grows drowsy in my arms as I continue to rock him. It feels like forever before Kai returns with two cups containing steaming liquid.

"Joan said the herbs work best when made into tea," Kai tells us, handing the cups to me. "It will suppress your pheromones and counteract the effects of the heat, but it'll probably make your wolves drowsy. She gave me some extra pouches of the herbs for you guys to use in the future."

I nod my head, quickly gulping down the hot liquid, letting it burn my throat so I can tend to Ryland as soon as possible. Raising the second cup to his lips, I slowly pour the herbal liquid into his mouth. Ryland coughs initially before drinking the rest of the tea.

It doesn't take very long for the herbs to take effect, and the hazy fog in my mind clears away. Ryland slumps in my arms, falling asleep as the herbs help him relax enough to sleep.

Glancing up, I narrow my eyes at the two wolves in the room. "Someone better start explaining what the fuck just happened to my mate."

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This chapter was quite the rollercoaster, wasn't it?

Secret's coming out!
How do you think Landon is going to react? Will he be mad that Ryland hid the truth? Scared of his feral wolf? Or understanding of why he hid it?

Thoughts??

Q: What's your sexuality?
[I'm demiromantic bisexual, but I usually just prefer queer]

See you next time!
-Gumbie