Part 12
A wolf will always seek its mate.
"Hey, welcome back to the land of the living." Blaine was trying to keep Sebastian on the table. "Relax. You're ok. You got shot. It was only one bullet, but it ripped through some major organs, including your liver. I'm guessing that's why your wolf healing was delayed."
Sebastian had to concentrate in order to keep his eyes open. Blaine must have been using the strongest sedative he had to keep Sebastian under. "How long…"
"A few days. I was afraid to move you until your natural healing abilities took over and stopped your liver from leaking bile into your bloodstream. If you were a human, you'd be dead...but..." Blaine smiled an uncomfortable-looking smile. That meant he was hiding bad news.
"Hunter?" When Blaine hesitated and didn't answer, Sebastian tried to get up. His wrists raised a few inches and then snapped back. His legs wouldn't budge either.
"Sorry. I tied you to the bed. After what happened last time, I couldn't take the chance. Hunter marked you and tried to heal you. It barely saved your life. I think." Blaine was pushing at Sebastian's shoulders, coaxing him to lay back, but Sebastian wasn't having it. "Hey, relax ok? Relax or you'll undo my hard work!" Sebastian's eyes went wolf-yellow and he began growling as Blaine pushed a sedative into his IV, "I'm sorry Sebastian, you leave me no choice." Sebastian's world went black again.
The next time Sebastian woke up, he tested his mating bond instead of fighting and trying to flee. Hunter wasn't close, but he was alive and well. That was something. He also felt a whole lot better, like he might actually be able to walk around on his own without falling down. Blaine had said Hunter was gone, but where?
"You're up again!" It was Blaine. "Do you promise you'll be a better patient if I untie you?"
"No." Sebastian's throat was bone dry and his voice sounded rough. "Have you...been feeding me rocks?"
Blaine laughed as he untied Sebastian's arms and legs. "Only as a special treat. You're last liver function check came out almost normal. From what I can tell, your wolf healing ability finally took over in earnest." Blaine smiled a nervous smile, "you almost died Sebastian. That bullet hit you where it could do the most damage. You scared all of us for a second there. Even Kurt."
Sebastian's hand when to his neck and his palm felt warm, "Hunter really marked me?"
"Yeah." Blaine's answer seemed evasive and his expression sad, "I..want to do a CT Scan on you to make sure you're ok."
"Where's Hunter?"
Blaine kept talking as if Sebastian hadn't asked. "You might feel ok now, but if you overdo it, you'll feel differently."
"Blaine." Sebastian was sitting up and stuffing the pillow behind his back. "Answer me. Where is my mate?"
"Sebastian…" Blaine pulled up a chair and sat down. "You won't be happy when you hear this..." Blaine cleared his throat, "Hunter left."
Pain shot through Sebastian's core like a jolt of electricity, Hunter had what?. "What do you...mean?"
"I mean, the night you got shot, he wouldn't leave your side until I said you were going to make it. And then he just walked out. Didn't say anything to anyone, and he never came back." Blaine made a small gesture of apology and folded his hands in his lap. "I'm sorry Sebastian…"
Pushing back onto his pillow, Sebastian looked down at his hands and then sighed, "he told me before...he didn't know if he could accept me. But I thought things had turned." Sebastian's eyes glazed over, and he looked up at Blaine. "He's safe...right?" When Blaine nodded, Sebastian blinked and looked down again, "that's what I wanted most. Heh...I don't even have a number for him." He laughed sardonically, "my own mate."
It felt so bad to be rejected without even a goodbye. What had passed between them, especially in the last two days of being together had meant so much. Even without the mating bond, Sebastian had been touched more deeply than he thought possible. Yet Hunter had left as though he had no ties with Sebastian at all. As if they weren't mates. "Blaine…" Sebastian was still in a fair amount of physical pain, but that would fade now that his natural wolf healing was back on track. "Get me Jeff." His eyes were glazed over, but he had focus and fire now. "Right now." It was time to go to work. If Hunter thought he could walk out of Sebastian's life without a word of explanation, he didn't know Sebastian well enough yet.
Colorado had thin air with high snow-capped mountains, and was colder than Sebastian was used to. No wonder his mate preferred this place. For all intents, this was a wolf's paradise. The base was a post-911 nightmare, but Sebastian managed to sign in as a visitor. Finding the Academy was more difficult, but he did. Cadets and troops marched all around the streets, headed to seemingly important places in a grand show of discipline. It made Sebastian smile as he leaned against a chain-link fence. This place was an organized and structured, just like his mate.
"You know I can sense when you're around."
Sebastian didn't need to turn around, but it was so good to hear Hunter's voice. "How do you think I knew to come here?"
"I figured you'd have Jeff hack the Academy's website."
Sebastian laughed at the truth of that statement as he turned to face Hunter. His mate wore a tight, white t-shirt that was tucked in tight, green cargo pants, and black boots. "Fuck…" He breathed. Whatever he was about to say was lost. "You're Superhot. Man in uniform."
Hunter smiled, "you didn't have to say that." He tapped his temple, "mind-reader, remember?"
"Then you know why I'm here. I'm not blocking you, Hunter."
"I can feel that, but I'm not reading you." He tugged at Sebastian's sleeve, "come on, I want to show you something." Hunter led Sebastian through a labyrinth of buildings, and manicured sidewalks. "Here. This is me." The building looked like a high-rise might look in the 70's with large, cement stairwells on the outside of the building and connected balconies like huge, covered breezeways. The building actually looked bigger than it needed to be.
"What is this...a villa?"
"Civilian staff quarters." Hunter chuckled, "we don't even mop the floors. Cadets do that on extra duty when they screw up."
Even the covered balcony floors had been polished to a ridiculous shine. "They must...get in trouble a lot." Sebastian mused and Hunter laughed again as he opened the door to his suite. It was exactly like a small efficiency apartment with a small kitchen and a living room big enough for one small couch, the bathroom must have been connected to the bedroom because a connecting door was shut. "This is place is you Hunter, it's so neat…"
Whatever Sebastian was going to say was cut short as Hunter slammed him against the wall. "what the…" Hunter's mouth covered Sebastian's and the man kissed him hard. Sebastian could hardly keep up, Hunter's hands were everywhere and Sebastian heard a distinct growl as his mate took complete control of the kiss. Sebastian tasted his mate and his head swam as Hunter's tongue swept through his mouth.
His mate broke the kiss as abruptly as he started it, rested his forehead against Sebastian's, and spoke in a breathless whisper, "I didn't know how much I missed you until I saw you again."
He tried to kiss Sebastian again, but this time Sebastian rolled the two of them around and pushed Hunter's shoulders against what had to be the bedroom door. He pulled his face just out of kissing range, "why did you leave me…I took a bullet for you."
"I know. I had to. I was missing for a week weeks, the Academy didn't know what to think. I was dead or worse. They would have stopped paying me, closed my accounts...can't we talk about this later? I want you. " Hunter wouldn't talk anymore, he'd opened the door behind him and they both spilled into a modest bedroom with a neatly made-up full-sized bed. Sebastian might have argued and said more, but Hunter was taking off his clothes as fast as he could get breath between deep kisses.
"Hunter…"
"Just shut up!" Hunter kept pushing his advantage and then pushed them both back onto the bed, scattering Sebastian's thoughts. He decided to give in and go with the momentum of desire building in his body. Questions would have to wait. Hunter had left him high and dry without a word and now the mating bond was pulsing with want and desperation, as if Hunter needed to reconnect with him on the most basic level.
Sebastian kissed his mate back hard, frantically getting undressed and letting Hunter push inside him with one hard thrust. "Fuck!" Was all he managed to utter because outside of some hasty spit, there was no lube and no prep. Sebastian's ass burned as if it were on fire. Tears sprang from the corners of his eyes and Hunter looked concerned for a split second before Sebastian shook his head fast "don't stop." Hunter did slow down for just a moment and kissed Sebastian slower as he pushed forward. The chuckle echoed around the room.
"What…" Sebastian broke off a kiss from his mate abruptly. "What's funny?"
"Nothing…" Hunter seemed out of his initial haze, but kept stroking into Sebastian slowly as he spoke, "I just didn't know we could do it like this, in this position…what?"
It was Sebastian's turn to laugh, "you seemed pretty sure five minutes ago."
Hunter bit Sebastian's lip and pushed deep into him, raking his prostate just right, "still hurt?"
"No...fuck no…" Sebastian was having trouble with his words and Hunter was definitely reading his mind because he seemed to know things he shouldn't, like exactly where and how to keep raking over the same spot. "That's...cheating. Get out of my head."
Hunter shook his head and picked up the pace, "not this time." He began pushing harder into Sebastian, and nipped at his mate's jaw. "I love it when you do that, lose your train of thought when you give in to lust. It's hot."
Sebastian would have liked to defend himself and maybe tease Hunter some more, but he was already seeing stars and now that Hunter was reading his thoughts and doing exactly what Sebastian wanted, and the only thing he could handle was unbridled, desperate thrusts. If Hunter dared get more intimate than that, he would lose his mind. It was bad enough that his mate was digging around inside his mind to ascertain just how hard and fast Sebastian needed it.
It was only a matter of time before the pooling started low in his belly and swirled around like an angry whirlpool, not dying down, but not getting stronger. 'What are you doing?'
"Leveling up your orgasm." Hunter replied out loud to Sebastian's silent question. He couldn't have pushed his mate out of his mind if he wanted to. Hunter had slowed his thrusts down to long, smooth strokes and Sebastian was ready to lose his mind. "Feel good?"
Hadn't it been Hunter who said he wasn't ready for 'butt stuff'? Now he was practically fucking like a porn star! Sebastian was shaking his head and lifting one leg to throw over Hunter's shoulder. "You said you weren't ready for advanced class a week ago."
Hunter's chuckle echoed around the room, "I'm a quick study." He leaned in a began hitting Sebastian at a new angle, "let go Bastian." The angle was perfect for Hunter to reach between them and start stroking Sebastian's cock. He honestly didn't need the extra coaxing, Sebastian had been ready to come. Now his eye were glowing yellow and he growled as milky translucent jets of come went everywhere, Hunter's hand, Sebastian's stomach, and even high on his chest.
In answer to the wolf's call, Hunter's eyes transformed into the yellow eyes of his half-bred wolf and his canines elongated. Sebastian's head was swimming, but he knew what his mate wanted. Turning his head to the side, he exposed his neck and Hunter wasted no time. Teeth sunk deeply into Sebastian's neck and shoulder. He'd been unconscious the first time Hunter had marked him, but now he could experience it in all its painful glory. The moment was so surreal, Sebastian almost missed the fact that Hunter was climaxing. The angle was awkward and he must have slipped out after he started, but there was no mistaking the powerful emotions rocketing through the mating bond. it almost felt as though Hunter loved him.