The WindWard Wolves by Harris Noah

Author:Harris, Noah
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

Johnny

The ding of the elevator pierced through the haze of Johnny’s desire. He snapped back, remembering they were in a potentially dangerous situation and stepped away from Ash instinctively. The larger man was gazing at him with a glazed expression, his fingers going to his swollen lips. Ash looked both stunned and intensely aroused, and a bit like he didn’t know which one he wanted to settle on.

Johnny glanced away, feeling a wash of shame pour over him. Ash had kissed him in the lobby as a distraction, and Johnny had let it get to his head. Rather than treating it as the tactic it was, he’d allowed himself to take it too far.

There had been many times when they’d been young when Johnny had spent his private moments dreaming of exactly what he’d just done. To a young Johnny, Ash had been everything he’d ever wanted. Ash had been noble and true, always standing by his friends and willing to do what was necessary to get things right. Ash was the strongest person Johnny had ever known until he’d met Kell and even then, he still didn’t know who was the toughest. In Johnny’s younger mind, Ash was a bright, shining beacon, a hope for something better.

It wouldn’t have been an exaggeration to say he’d been in love with Ash, or as much as he could be without reciprocation. He’d never dared speak of his feelings to anyone, let alone act upon them. Instead, he’d nursed his feelings in private, in the dark of the night when he could take care of them alone.

He’d known damn well what others would have said if he’d told them about his feelings for Ash. Relationships between alphas were frowned upon, and Johnny’s tendency to question things which were expected to be true tended to cause him enough trouble. He knew Ash had suffered for his friendship with Johnny, even if he never said anything. However, that fact had made him fall for the man even more, wishing he could improve their world one day, giving them the chance to be together.

Johnny laughed jaggedly at himself, remembering how strongly his teenage self had believed in the two of them. It was before he’d grown cynical of the idea of fate, and then just mistrustful. When he’d believed that he and Ash were destined to be with one another, and that they would one day find a way.

Perhaps it had been that hope which drove Johnny to be so bold, and to kiss Ash without hesitation. The past several months with Ash and Kell had been the best months of his life, and during that time, the old hope had been rekindled. He loved Kell fiercely, but he found there was enough room in his heart for another, for the first man he’d ever loved.

“Sorry,” Johnny muttered as he hurried along the front walk.

“For kissing me stupid?” Ash asked.

The phrasing made Johnny laugh. “Yes, that.”

“You know, I think that marks the first time anyone has ever kissed me so good I can’t think straight, and then run away, apologizing.

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