Attracting Anthony by Amber Kell

lightly across the jewels as if afraid to touch it
    fully.
    "You can hold it, baby. It's yours." Silver lifted it
    from its velvet bed, dropping the box gently on the carpet
    so he could slide the necklace around his mate's neck.
    Murmuring a few words he engaged the locking spell.
    Without the counter spell and a drop of Silver's blood the
    collar was impossible to remove. It would also provide
    Anthony with some magical protection, but he told his mate
    none of that. Instead he brushed back his boy's long hair
    and admired the glowing gold and jewels against the
    flawless skin.
    "Perfect," he declared. It wasn't because his mate
    was so incredibly beautiful, but because the look in
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    Anthony's eyes said he thought Silver was.
    "I should get my hair cut," Anthony grumbled, as
    his fingers brushed the collar with a reverent touch.
    "No. You're perfect just as you are." Silver wasn't
    going to be the one to tell the man that the long hair made
    him look like an angel. There was a limit to how romantic
    he could get and still keep his image as the pack badass. He
    helped Anthony off the bed and led him to the dresser
    mirror. "See."
    "It's beautiful," the sleek blond said in a hushed
    voice. Silver noticed with amusement that Anthony didn't
    even look at his own reflection. His eyes were on the
    necklace.
    "Yes, it is," he agreed, watching Anthony. He'd
    saved the collar for two hundred years to give it to the right
    man and now he'd found him. The presence of the collar
    would tell everyone that this was his man. To touch him
    would mean death or dismemberment.
    Silver felt a thrill of possession as he led his mate
    back to bed. Anthony lay down beside him snuggling into
    his embrace.
    "Come live with me."
    He felt Anthony's body jerk beside him. "I don't
    know Silver." His mate's heart hammered beneath him.
    Fear scented the air with a sour smell.
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    Silver laughed, he couldn't help it. "So, my being a
    were doesn't even stir your pulse, but moving in with me
    causes a panic attack."
    A flush ran up Anthony's body, Silver could almost
    feel the heat. Enchanting.
    "I… I just think it's too soon."
    Silver brushed a finger across a strip of bare flesh
    above the collar on Anthony's neck. "I have already chosen
    you, may I mark you?"
    Anthony tilted back his head. "Please."
    He lapped at his mate's neck, absorbing the scent
    and taste of the only man he would ever be with again.
    Fangs knifed through his gums. Unable to ignore his wolf's
    need to mark what was his Silver plunged his fangs into the
    smaller man. Wet heat, hot spice, and something that was
    inalienably his mate rolled across his tongue. After a few
    more swallows he removed his fangs from his lover's
    delicate skin, licking carefully at the marks and knowing
    that while in a few hours they would completely disappear,
    his scent would remain embedded in his lover for several
    weeks, weeks where his scent would scare off any werekin
    who wandered too close to his man.
    "That was amazing," Anthony said, his eyes wide
    with rapture. "You can bite me anytime."
    Silver laughed with relief. He'd learned from other
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    werekin that not all mates appreciated a good mating bite.
    He was pleased that his mate wasn't one of those. "I'll keep
    that in mind baby. I'll keep that in mind." Now probably
    wasn't the time to tell his mate that he would be marked
    regularly to keep mate poachers away. There were a few
    werekin who focused on trying to lure away those who
    were already mated.
    He hoped Anthony didn't mind having his freedom
    curtailed by bodyguards. There was nowhere he was going
    alone now, except Silver's bed.
    "Now bend over my knees and present me with that
    gorgeous ass of yours."
    Anthony gave him an anxious look beneath his
    lashes, so pretty.
    "Come on baby. Don't make me wait. You made me
    wait a week before agreeing to be my mate, you deserve
    punishment.