Mateless And Rogue Bound (Self Published)

Chapter 18: Heat

Author's Note: Hey guys! I'm up at the start of the chapter today! You know what that means? There's some mild sexual content in here...very mild...this is Nick we're talking about after all.

Sorry if I messed with you guys too much in my last message. A little torture is good for the soul. Thanks for all the votes and comments! I'll see you all tomorrow!

-Saturn

It was bright in his room. He usually pulled the curtains over the windows before he went to bed. But he guessed he must have forgotten. It threatened to force his eyes open, but Nick just liked the feeling of the warmth that it gave.

The summers were the best for him. The sun always felt so good on his skin. It warmed him to the bone. Usually, the pack house had the AC on so that he couldn't feel the heat when he woke up.

He should be getting up. The kitchen probably needed him right now. But everything was so nice where he lay. He actually felt like he had gotten some decent sleep. He hadn't slept well for a while now. He had a dreamless sleep as well, which was another thing that hadn't happened in a while. His dreams had left him tossing and turning all night. But now they were quiet.

He wanted to stay asleep all day. He would tell Aldi that he wasn't feeling well or something. And just enjoy the peace and warmth that he had now. He could forget everything that he was worried about; every troubling thought was tied up and thrown out. He could finally just enjoy life.

Then he felt something nuzzle against his neck.

Nick opened his eyes to find that he wasn't in his room. He was in the forest, far into the forest. Although his body seemed unwilling to start functioning, his brain was forced to try and remember what had happened the night before. Slowly, but surely, he remembered what he had done.

Oh no. He had fallen asleep when he was hanging out with Alistair.

What time was it? Aldi was going to be pissed and start looking for him if he wasn't in the kitchen at a certain time. Looking at the sunrise, he was already late for his shift. The morning shift started as soon as the sun started to rise in the summer. In the winter it was before sunrise, as it took its sweet time shining in the sky then.

He tried to move, his eyes still adjusting to the bright sunlight that was around them. That's when he noticed arms around him. They tightened and pulled him closer. He looked to see who the arms belonged to, and saw Alistair snuggled up against him.

He couldn't say that it didn't feel nice. His touch calmed him. Alistair was beautiful even when he was asleep. His pale skin stuck out in comparison to the forest floor, or Nick, for that matter. And his white hair went every which way as he slept. Even his scent was calming. And his hold on Nick felt more like pillows than anything else. Nick must have curled into him in his sleep, because he didn't remember being this entangled in the man.

Wait a second.

Wasn't he a wolf when Nick had fallen asleep?

Nick shook his head a little. He didn't have time to think about all of this. He was about to get yelled at so badly that his ears were going to fall off if he didn't get home soon. He forced his body to move again, grabbing onto Alistair's arms to move them. Hopefully the man was a heavy sleeper and he could just explain all of this the next time he saw him.

Nope.

Those muscular arms moved, but not off from him. Instead, they started rubbing his sides. He gasped at the foreign feeling it gave. Nick tried to force himself to fight against the feeling, but was quickly met with the man shifting to be on top of him. Those red eyes were hazy, yet intense. Nick couldn't say that he didn't like the way the man looked at him.