Liam woke to a hard cock nudging against him and fingers trailing up his spine. He shivered, and a low chuckled sounded in his ear.
"Wake up, baby wolf," Theo whispered, licking a long stripe up his neck.
He groaned, two sets of hands roaming his skin, heating slowly under their ministrations, eyelids fluttering open to find silver eyes looking down at him.
"Good morning," Brett rumbled, a smirk dancing at the corner of his lips.
Liam smiled, eyes lidded, arms reaching up to clasp Brett's shoulders and pull him down for a soft, unhurried kiss.
"Morning," he said quietly. Brett hummed against his mouth, returning his kiss, tongue dipping inside his mouth to taste him languidly.
He turned his head and Theo kissed him as well, Liam sighing into his mouth as Theo nipped at his bottom lip and then down his jaw, sucking on his pulse, making him moan. Brett reclaimed his mouth, kissing him harder, hands moving with more urgency as he buried his hands in Liam's hair.
"Oh my god," Liam whimpered against Brett's lips as Theo gripped his hips, holding him still as he nuzzled at his slowly hardening cock, coaxing it to life.
Theo focussed on the base of his cock, suckling it, licking over it again and again, and it thickened underneath his skillful mouth.
Brett glanced down and bit his lip, gasping as he watched it swell.
"Oh fuck," he breathed, reaching down the stroke over the slight bulge at the base of his cock. Liam gritted his teeth, trying to hold back his knot. "I want it," Brett said, fingers rubbing over it, teasing him along with Theo's mouth, making Liam writhe.
"W-what?" Liam stammered, lust fogging his mind.
"You didn't give me your knot last night," Brett reminded him, pouting.
"I was tired," Liam cried out, bucking his hips as Theo swallowed down his length, his lips pressing against Brett's fingers.
"You don't look tired now," Brett said, squeezing his cock.
Theo pulled off with an obscene pop, looking up Liam's body. "Lube is in the bathroom," he informed him.
"I remember," Brett smirked, pulling away from Liam and going into the bathroom, returning moments later with the small tube.
"Theo," Liam warned breathily, panting, his chest heaving.
He laughed and pulled away. "Yeah, I know." He smiled at Liam, before turning to look up at Brett. He got to his feet slowly and Brett looked down at him. Liam could hear his heart racing in his chest and scent his nerves.
"Come here," Liam said. "Both of you."
They crawled up the bed on either side of him and he sat up, crossing his legs. He smiled at them, pressing a soft kiss to Theo's mouth, licking into his mouth and enjoying the salty taste on his tongue, before turning and kissing Brett.
Then he leaned back into the pillows and waited, a smirk on his face.
In the faint light of morning it was harder to see their marks, but as they closed the distance between them, Liam could see the silver light illuminating their skin. Theo placed his hand on Brett's chest, running his thumb back and forth over his soulmark, making the taller boy shudder. Brett brushed his fingers lightly over the claw marks on Theo's chest, watching him through lidded eyes.
The air was charged as they studied each other, and then one, or both, swayed forward and their lips connected. Light exploded.
It was like the whole world had frozen, taking a deep breath and now it was rushing in fast forward to make up for lost time. The two boys in front of him were lost in each other, lips dragging, soft moans dripping from their lips, hands clutching and roaming as they tried to get closer, almost clawing at each other in their haste. Liam's eyes were wide as he watched them, completely awed.
He held his hand tightly around the base of his cock, holding back his knot, feeling a little desperate. This was the hottest thing he'd ever witnessed in his life. Hotter than watching Theo come apart underneath him, hotter than watching Brett's face in the mirror as he fucked into him, because it was both of them, both of his boys together. Fuck, he wasn't going to survive this.
Brett pulled away first, eyes dazed with lust as he looked from Theo and down at Liam. He leaned down and kissed him, sighing into his mouth as Theo soothed a hand down his back and rubbed his thumb over his hole. Liam kissed his neck as he turned his head to look back at Theo. "Prepare me," he begged. "Please Theo."
Liam grabbed his chin and brought his mouth back, kissing him, wrapping both arms around his neck as he tasted Brett's mouth. He swallowed every moan and whimper, feeling him shudder against him as Theo slicked a finger and pressed it inside of him.
"Another one," Liam said, gazing down Brett's body to where Theo was biting into the meat of his ass, sliding his finger in and out of Brett's body.
"So bossy," Theo purred, licking over the fading bruise. Brett's voice trembled as he moaned, and Liam reached down between them to grip his cock, pumping it slowly.
Liam flashed his eyes at him and Theo growled, eyes flashing in response, adding the second finger.
The two of them worked Brett into a frenzy, building the pleasure higher and higher, with Theo fucking him open with his fingers and kissing and licking and biting everywhere that he could reach, his marks disappearing almost as soon as he made them, and Liam with one hand around Brett's neck, kissing him possessively, while the other stroked his cock lightly, just enough to tease.
"Please," Brett begged, writhing between them. "God, I need your cock inside me, Liam. I need to feel your knot."
"You're mouthy today," Liam smirked, tightening his hand slightly and nipping at his lower lip. "I like it."
Brett moaned and Liam took his hand away from Brett's cock, running it through his hair gently and then smoothing it down his cheek.
Theo paused, watching them with dark eyes and Liam glanced down at him. "What are you doing?" He growled. "I didn't tell you to stop."
He raised an eyebrow at him, lips quirking into a sinful smile. "Bossy alpha," he purred, resuming the press of his fingers over Brett's prostate. "You're so hot like this."
Brett whined, his whole body shuddering with pleasure and Liam kissed his cheek, whispering in his ear. "Are you going to cum, Brett?"
"Yes," he panted, groaning as Theo increased his pace.
"Stop," Liam commanded. Theo stopped his movements immediately.
"No, please," Brett gasped, pressing back on Theo's fingers. Liam looked at Theo, and he removed the fingers entirely.
"Not yet," Liam smirked. "I want to hear you beg first."
The pout Brett gave him only served to make him chuckle, pressing a kiss to the corner of his mouth. Brett had submitted to him the night before. He'd do it again to get what he wanted.
Liam leaned back against the pillow, letting his hands drop. "I'm waiting," he said, giving the taller boy a cocky smirk and flashing his red eyes at him. The defiance in his eyes dimmed as he dropped them, baring his neck. His wolf purred and Liam shot up, gripping his hair with one hand as he licked up Brett's neck, running his fangs over Brett's pulse point again and again, until he was whimpering and pliant. Theo crawled up the bed, kneeling beside them and watching with rapt fascination.
"That's so fucking hot," he whispered, palming his cock.
Liam pulled away, settling back into the bed once more. A glance at Theo made him lie beside him, snuggling close and wrapping himself around Liam, one hand rubbing idly up and down his chest. They both looked up at Brett, who still knelt at Liam's feet, watching them through lidded eyes.
He looked so vulnerable, kneeling there, that Liam's fingers itched, wanting to trace away the frown and turn his pout into a smile, but something about Brett tugged at his heart, making him want to crack him open and see the truth of him. So, he waited and watched, eyes burning into his soul, demanding total surrender.
He knew the moment that Brett truly surrendered, saw it in his eyes, and he knew then that Brett was his, completely his. "Please, Liam," he whispered, his voice strong but needy, like a part of him relished in giving up his control. "Please, I'll be so good for you. I need you so much." He rubbed a hand up and down Liam's calf, fingers twitching as the need made him shudder. Liam could feel it, feel how much he needed this.
"Come here baby," he said, beckoning him closer, and Brett crawled up and into his lap, hiding his face in Liam's neck, shaking like a leaf. "Shhh, it's okay," Liam soothed him, pressing soft kisses along his shoulder, feeling the heat coming off him in waves, heat that hadn't been there moments before. "I've got you, sweetheart."
"He's gone into heat, just like that," Theo said, sounding awed as he stroked a hand up Brett's arm, feeling the warmth he exuded.
Liam sat up slowly, arms still wrapped around Brett as he scooped him into his arms. "Sit up a bit," he said to Theo. The other boy grabbed the pillows and stuffed them behind him so that he was sitting upright. "Brett," Liam said gently, smoothing a hand through his hair. "Sweetheart, I'm gonna put you down for a second, is that okay?"
Brett made a noise of protest and Liam pulled away, lifting his chin. He kissed him softly but thoroughly, until he was making eager noises into his mouth, rutting against him.
He awkwardly shuffled with Brett wrapped around him like a koala, placing the boy down with his back against Theo's chest. Brett arched his back, mewling as Liam moved away to grab the lube, but Theo distracted him. He grabbed Brett's hands and placed them over his head, kissing along his arm while his hands trailed down Brett's chest, stroking over his stomach.
"Mmm, you're so warm," Theo groaned.
Brett tangled his hands in Theo's hair, sighing as he shifted restlessly, eyes lidded as he watched Liam, waiting impatiently.
Liam returned, slicking his fingers and pressing them in. He glanced down at his cock, where his knot was still half-formed. He wouldn't be able to fuck Brett without hurting him, not yet at least., not until he was opened up a bit more.
He added even more lube, massaging his walls coaxing them open. Brett sighed, undulating against Theo, who groaned as Brett's ass rubbed against his cock.
"You want to go first?" Liam suggested, looking down at Theo.
"Fuck yes," Theo breathed.
"How does that sound?" Liam asked Brett, leaning over him and kissing him softly, fingers still moving inside of him. "You want Theo inside you, stretching you out?"
"And then you'll fuck me? With your knot?" Brett asked, panting as Liam's fingers brushed over his prostate, making him jolt.
"Definitely," Liam promised, nipping at his lip.
"Don't you want me?" Theo asked roughly, biting his shoulder, his voice a low growl. Brett turned to look at him, eyes burning silver.
"Of course I fucking want you," Brett said, rubbing against him again, groaning. "Your cock feels so good."
Liam grabbed Brett's hips, lifting him up a bit further on Theo's chest. Theo's cock sprang free and Liam stroked it a few times, glancing up to see both boys watching him hungrily as he slicked up Theo's cock. He smirked, rubbing the head of Theo's cock over Brett's hole, teasing them both.
They both whined, Theo bucking his hips as he tried to force himself deeper.
"Yes," Brett hissed. "Oh fuck, yes, please."
Liam helped ease Theo's gorgeous thick cock inside of Brett, his mouth watering as he watched it slowly sink inside. "Oh fuck, this is so hot," he breathed, watching as Brett's ass greedily sucked Theo inside. They both moaned as Theo shifted his hips, working his way in, easing in and out, a little further each time.
"You're so tight," Theo said through gritted teeth, trying to hold back.
"Theo," Brett panted. "God, please move."
Liam pushed one of Brett's legs up, smirking as Theo sunk in even deeper. "Fuck," Theo growled. "I'm not gonna last long."
"You're doing great," Liam assured him, watching with rapt fascination as Theo fucked up into Brett, his thick cock stretching Brett open, making the other boy's cock bounce against his stomach with every thrust.
Liam leaned down, licking up his length, humming around the tip, enjoying the way Brett's moans turned high and breathy.
He alternated his licks with Theo's thrusts. Lick, thrust, lick thrust, punctuated with the occasional swirl of his tongue around the head of Brett's cock. Cum leaked from Brett's cock and he lapped it up greedily as Brett dropped one hand to grip his hair, cursing as Liam's tongue ran along his slit, seeking more of it.
"Fuck, fuck, I'm gonna cum," he warned, his ass clenching around Theo's cock, trembling as the pleasure overwhelmed him. He cried out as Theo fucked him hard and fast, as Liam pumped his cock and tapped it against his tongue, as he stared down at Liam, his eyes wide blown with lust, and then it was too much, and his grip tightened in Liam's hair, forcing his mouth onto his cock as he came down the back of his throat.
Theo choked out a groan as Brett's ass clamped down on him, grinding up into him until he came, biting down on Brett's shoulder and muffling his cries. Brett went pliant, hand releasing Liam's hair and carding through it as Liam licked him clean, and then watching through lidded eyes as he sat back, licking his lips to make sure he hadn't missed a single drop.
"You're ridiculous hot," Brett sighed, letting his hand drop to his stomach, shuddering as Theo's cock slipped out of his body.
Liam watched the cum dribbling from his ass, licking his lips again, and Brett's eyes widened as Liam leaned closer.
"Oh fuck," he whined, bucking as Liam licked over his dripping hole.
The slurping noises that Liam made were obscene, and Brett's cock twitched with every swipe of his tongue over his sensitive hole, moaning wildly.
"Liam," he cried, writhing now, desperate to be filled. "Please."
His eyes glowed as he sat up, fangs pressing against his lips, a rumble starting in his chest and slipping from his lips. The need to fuck and claim was making his head swim. He could smell the sweet scent of Brett's heat, could feel the bond between them forming, calling him home.
He leaned over Brett's body, rubbing his cock against him as he kissed him deeply, pushing his tongue into Brett's mouth, making him taste his cum mixed in with Theo's.
"Are you ready for me?" He asked, smiling against Brett's lips, rubbing his tip over Brett's ass, teasing him with just his tip.
"Yes," Brett groaned. Theo grabbed his legs, pulling them up and Liam winked at him. Theo gave him a cocky smile in return, biting his lip and watching Liam with dark eyes. "Please Liam, I need you inside me now."
Liam wasn't gentle. He thrust all the way in, seating himself inside of Brett's tight ass with a groan. He stalled at the base, and Brett cried out, reaching down to spread his cheeks wider, mouth gaping open. "Yes, yes," he chanted, bucking his hips up. Liam's knot slipped inside and Brett's ass clenched around him, holding him in.
"Fuck," Liam growled, biting through his lip, grinding into him, claws digging into Brett's ass.
His knot swelled even more and Liam whimpered, feeling lightheaded as blood rushed south. It felt so amazing, so overwhelming. His cock was so sensitive that every twitch of Brett's tight hole around his cock made him cry out.
He fell forwards, kissing Brett with a desperation that was equally matched, kissing and biting into each other's mouths, moaning and sighing, kiss after kiss, lips clinging and tongues stroking. Brett held him close, wrapping his legs around his waist now, shuddering as another orgasm approached, making him scream. Liam felt his cum spurting between them and moaned, the way Brett clenched around his sensitive cock making him snarl, fangs bared.
"Do it, do it now," Brett groaned, pleaded, prayed, mouth gaping open, too fucked out to kiss Liam back now, and Liam was too far gone to do anything other than rut against him and lick over his pulse, feeling Brett's racing heart beneath his lips and tongue.
"Go on baby," Theo said hoarsely, smoothing his sweaty hair out of his face. "Claim him."
He'd already bitten the other wolf the night before, it wasn't him that needed to claim him. "It has to be you," he gasped, writhing as he tried to grind further inside of Brett, chasing friction, so close.
Theo's eyes widened and he licked his lips, fangs dropping into his mouth. Liam returned to kissing Brett, licking into his pliant mouth, while Theo took his place, nibbling over his pulse and making Brett keen, rocking up into Liam.
"Bite me," Brett rumbled and Theo did as he was told, opening his mouth wide and sinking his fangs into Brett's neck with a roar. Brett moaned and Liam cursed as Brett clenched around him once more. The bond was flickering, so close, so close.
"Now you," Liam whimpered. "Brett, please."
Theo licked over the mark he'd made and maneuvered out from underneath Brett until he could lean over him, offering his neck. The change in angle made Liam cry out, sinking even deeper, and Brett snarled as he lunged up and bit Theo hard, making blood pool in his mouth. The bond snapped into place and Liam arched his back, crying, as his orgasm was ripped from his body, pulse after pulse of cum emptying inside of Brett as blue and silver light pulsed around the room, getting brighter and brighter.
They heard an eerie howl as the light turned a brilliant gold and then faded, leaving stars in their eyes that they blinked back as they collapsed in a pile, breathing hard.
"Fuck," Theo whispered, the first to recover, easing himself off of Brett and flopping onto his back beside him. "That was intense."
Liam grimaced as he slipped out of Brett's body, making him whine. He crawled up the bed and curled up alongside him, resting his head on Brett's chest and pressing a soft kiss to his skin, leaching away some of the pain. Brett sighed and hid his face in Liam's hair, rumbling his contentment. Theo turned as well, draping a hand over Liam's side and snuggling his face into the crook of Brett's neck, lips pressed against his mark.
They lay like that for a long time, drifting in and out of sleep, kissing lazily, fingernails trailing over shivering skin, warm and content.
Liam could feel their bond, could see it glowing behind his eyes. He knew that Brett and Theo could be anywhere in the world and he could still find them, could still feel them in his chest. It was humbling and awe-inspiring, and the love he felt for them made him feel stronger than ever. Had he ever felt peace like this?
Of course, peace never lasted.
Liam stood at the window of his room, looking out into the darkness, the soulmark on his chest itching and pulsing. Something was wrong.
He picked up his phone and called Brett, who answered on the first ring.
"What's wrong?" Brett asked urgently.
"You feel it too?" Liam asked.
"Is Theo with you?" Was Brett's only reponse.
Liam felt his stomach drop, the world sliding out from under his feet. "Theo," he whispered brokenly. "Where's Theo?"
"I'll be there in five minutes. You try calling him now," Brett said, hanging up the phone.
Liam's hands trembled as he dialed Theo's number, listening to it ring. He already knew there would be no answer.
"Hey it's Theo, leave a message."
He bit back a sob, giving himself thirty seconds to panic and pace the room before going into Alpha mode.
The bond in his chest pulsed but wasn't broken, not yet at least, so wherever Theo was, he was alive. That meant he could be tracked.
He dialled Scott's number but there was no answer. "Scott, Theo has gone missing. There's something wrong. I need your help so please call me back straight away."
The next call was to Parrish, another message left. Why was it that when HE had a crisis, everyone was busy?
He heard tires screech outside and ran down the stairs, rushing to get into Brett's car and slamming the door shut behind him.
"No one's answering," Liam growled.
"We'll find him on our own," Brett said, eyes burning gold as he took off down the street towards the preserve.
They followed the feeling burning inside them and found the Night Wolf at the edge of the road, head turned up to the wind.
Hunters , he rumbled. Find, protect.
He ran alongside the car, weaving through the trees just out of sight of incoming traffic, a reassuring presence at their shoulder. The trail led them to Deaton's clinic and Theo's car in the parking lot, riddled with bullet holes and stinking of blood and wolfsbane.
"What was he doing here?" Liam hissed, examining the car. He found Theo's phone on the floor by the driver's seat, Liam's number up on the screen.
"They took him in a car," Brett said, eyes narrowed as he followed the specks of blood to a pool next to some tyre tracks, like they had carried him and then dumped him on the ground before opening the door and forcing him inside.
"Can you follow the scent?" Liam asked.
"Between the blood, the poison and the bond," Brett growled. "I don't think it will be that hard."
They left the car behind, tracking on foot instead. The Night Wolf paced alongside them, human and sticking to the shadows.
The three of them descended upon the warehouse, sleek, dangerous and feral.
The lock broke in Liam's hand, the door creaking as it swung open, the only warning the hunters got before they launched through it, eyes glowing and fangs bared, incapacitating anyone and everyone they came across whether they held a gun in their hands or not.
Theo's pain was sour in his nostrils, making him far less careful than he would have been otherwise. None of the hunters would be getting up anytime soon.
He barrelled through the last door, finding a man standing with a remote in his hand, turning it and grinning as the three werewolves tied to the electrified fence howled.
"Big mistake," Brett snarled, tackling him the ground while Liam dived for the remote, turning it off.
Liam freed the two other wolves, disinterested as they ran out of the room.
Theo, he left where he was for the time being.
He stood over Brett, watching as he methodically broke every bone in the hunter's hands, his screams of agony like music to their ears.
"Will that do?" Brett asked, glancing up at Liam, wild anger dancing behind his eyes.
"Knock him out and chuck him with the others," Liam nodded, his voice cold and distant.
Brett stood up, dragging the hunter behind him, knocking him out with a blow to the back of the head and piling him with the other unconscious bodies. When he returned, he found Liam standing in front of Theo, eyes blazing red as they trailed over his body.
"You're angry with me," Theo said quietly, still shaking from the aftershocks.
"No," Liam shook his head slowly. "I'm not angry."
"Then what?" Theo asked.
"Terrified," Liam admitted, stepping closer, slipping a hand under Theo's shirt and pressing it against his stomach, leaching away the pain. His other hand cupped Theo's face, and the wolf turned into his hand, rubbing against it. "I nearly lost you.
"I'm right here," Theo said, kissing his palm. "You saved me, Liam. I'm fine."
"This time," Liam agreed, eyes shuttered.
"Liam," Brett said, moving behind him, wrapping his arms around his chest and kissing the side of his head. "Theo's fine. Let's go home."
He shook in Brett's arms. "I can't," he whispered. He pulled his hand away from Theo's stomach, the black sliding away down his veins. "I can't lose him."
"You haven't lost anyone," Brett said firmly. "Liam, we're both right here, you can see us and touch us."
Liam pulled away from him, glancing between them and then at the door, where the Night Wolf stood watching them with impassive eyes.
The bond must be closed , he said, sinking into his wolf shape and approaching slowly. Or you will break.
"How?" Liam asked.
The bonding ceremony must be completed before the next moon , the Night Wolf growled. You are running out of time.
It disappeared into smoke and Liam looked at where it had stood, feeling confused. "I thought we had completed the bond," he said to Brett.
"We have to seal it with the ceremony," Brett explained. "Think of it like this. It's like we're engaged, and now we have to have the wedding."
"Oh," Liam said. "How do we do that?"
"I'm not sure, we'd have to ask someone," Brett shrugged.
"Guys, you know I'm still tied up right?" Theo growled.
They turned slowly and looked at him. Now that the panic had subsided, Liam took a moment to admire the way Theo's shirt clung to his abs. He licked his lips.
"You look good like that," Brett said in a low voice, stalking closer with predatory grace.
"You can't be serious," Theo growled, fighting against his restraints, glancing between Brett's lustful gaze and Liam's smirk.
Brett stroked a hand over his cheek, laughing and pulling away as Theo snapped his teeth at him. "So feisty, I love it."
"Liam," Theo hissed. "I thought you were supposed to be rescuing me."
"We did," Liam pointed out, moving forward until he stood in front of him, admiring his body. "Now it's time for our reward."
His mouth hovered over Theo's, just out of reach, waiting.
Brett moved behind Liam and draped along his back, kissing his neck and watching Theo with dark eyes. His hands slipped under Liam's shirt, exposing his abs. Theo's eyes dropped to watch and he licked his lips as Brett's fingers trailed up and down Liam's stomach. Liam leaned back against Brett, sighing, putting on a show for the chimera.
Theo whined as Brett's hand slid inside of Liam's pants.
"Changed your tune?" Brett asked in a low teasing voice, stroking Liam's cock and staring at Theo. The trapped chimera's eyes were dazed as he looked back up, swallowing past the lump in his throat.
"Please," he whispered brokenly. Liam couldn't resist him when he sounded like that, so scared and vulnerable, surging forward and kissing him.
He reached around Theo and broke his restraints, catching him as he fell forward into his arms. Theo sobbed into his neck and Liam cradled him close. Brett removed his hand from Liam's pants and moved to Theo's other side, so that he was held between them, soaking in the comfort of his mates wrapped around him.
"Can we go home?" Theo sniffled.
"Yeah, let's go," Liam said gently, leaning back to press a soft kiss to his cheek.
"I'll go get the car," Brett said, serious now. Liam nodded and the taller boy took off outside. Liam and Theo followed at a slower pace.
"Are you okay?" Liam asked, taking Theo's hand and holding it tight.
"Fine," Theo said, face closed.
"No you're not," Liam said quietly. "I know you're not. You can talk to me Theo. You're my mate."
Theo stopped, hesitating, lower lip trembling. Liam felt his heart ache, felt the stress of the past few hours like a heavy weight across his shoulders. God, all he wanted to do was cling to Theo for at least a week until he was sure he was safe. Instead, he stepped closer, rubbing his cheek against Theo's, scenting him, his hand slipping under Theo's shirt and resting over his soulmark.
"I am yours as you are mine," Liam said softly. "I'm here, Theo."
"I was so scared," Theo admitted in a small voice. "I never used to have anything to lose so it didn't matter if I was reckless. But now..." He trailed off and Liam felt tears welling in his eyes. Now he had a pack and his mates, now if Theo died it would break the world in two, now he had something to live for.
Brett pulled up with the car and Liam got into the back seat, holding Theo tight to his chest. The trip home seemed to be over in minutes, Brett breaking every road rule under the sun to get them home as quickly as possible. Theo, bone-weary tired now, had to be carried up the stairs.
Brett tucked him into their bed while Liam messaged Scott and Parrish the address, telling them to figure out what to do with the hunters. He wasn't particularly polite. Neither of them had tried to call him back.
He put his phone on to charge and stripped off his clothes, climbing into bed with his mates, concerned with how cold Theo was.
"He's still healing," Brett reminded him. "He was poisoned and lost a fair bit of blood."
"I'm fine now," Theo mumbled into Brett's shoulder, shivering slightly. Liam slotted in against his back, spooning him, making Theo sigh as heat seeped into his bones.
"Rest now," Liam crooned, kissing the back of his neck. "You're safe here."
Theo's frozen skin eventually warmed and he fell into a troubled sleep. Brett fell asleep easily but that was normal for him.
Liam lay awake a bit longer, basking in the feel of his mate in his arms, letting the last of the panic and stress go. They had to seal their bond, and soon, but for now all he wanted to do was hold Theo and thank every deity under the sun that they hadn't been too late.
Sleep eventually claimed him.