The Lion’s Bond: Revenge of the Ex – An Alpha’s Trial of Love

”Darrol, I am deeply sorry for my actions that night. I know it was wrong of me to knot you. I remember wanting to make you feel good and show you that sex wasn supposed to be painful, but I failed and hurt you instead. I know I messed up and that used a strike against me. Even though its shameless to ask, will you give me another chance? Even though its been a year since we made that contract, will you still allow me to date you? I can do better, and I promise I won push you to have sex until you decide you are ready to give me that opportunity again. I like you Darrol, and I care about you, and I care about Vivi as well. I want to see where this relationship goes if youll allow me. ”

Darrol looked into Ashers eyes and caved. He wanted to continue seeing Asher too, and Vivi absolutely adored Asher which was a huge bonus since he always put in the effort to show her a good time when they went on family style dates together. He had never complained about the need to have her join them most of the time and he secretly liked to think that Asher would make a good dad for Vivi.

”Alright. You have the rest of the year on probation to show me and prove to me that youll be good partner material. If you do good and don mess up, then after the New Year, you and I can see each other more seriously and I will allow you another chance to have sex and maybe Ill trust you with my heat. But know this. IF you EVER knot me again without my approval before I agree to spend a heat with you, thats it. No more chances, understood? ” Darrol extended the proverbial olive branch to Asher.

Asher could hardly believe his ears. Darrol was not only letting him have another chance but after the probationary period he might be given the opportunity to show him again that sex isn a horrible experience. He was ecstatic at this olive branch he had been given. He leaned over and kissed Darrol in the heat of the moment in his excitement.

Darrol was caught by surprise. Asher had just leaned over and kissed him. But it wasn a bad thing, he was actually feeling a little giddy with the feel of Ashers happy excited pheromones. God, he loved the smell of cinnamon and leaned into the kiss, encouraging Asher to take it deeper. Pretty soon, before he realized it, he was leaning back on the couch and pulling Asher with him. He was not thinking of the position he was putting himself into as he enjoyed the tongue play from Asher that made him feel all kinds of excited.

Caught by surprise that Darrol was actually pulling him down on the couch, he didn think twice about it after his quick recovery and followed Darrol, still locking lips with him and exploring the depths of his sexy mouth. He heard a faint noise of satisfaction, so he changed his angle over Darrol and ran a hand up his body, over his clothes. This earned a more satisfied noise, so he did it again only this time he pinched one of Darrols nipples through his t-shirt.

The noises Darrol was starting to make were testing his resistance, he knew that if he didn stop here, then he would earn his final strike. He reluctantly pulled back and gazed into the flushed face with his orange citrine excited eyes gazing right back at him. God he was so beautiful with his slightly dusky skin flushed with a light pink hue of excitement wherever he could see. His dark long eyelashes fluttered a few times as he tried to calm himself. After a moment he saw his normal yellow topaz eyes return with only a hint of citrine remaining.

Darrol took a moment to regain his senses. He was glad that Asher had stopped as he was sure that he might have gone further since his omega was riled up at having Asher nearby again. This was the great and sometimes dangerous chemistry that they had together.

He felt the slight disappointment of his omega and scolded it for being too eager. He wanted the say in when he gave in to his desire, not when his omega wanted it and he didn . It was hard warring with yourself. His omega was himself, but at the same time it was also a separate entity that had slept most of his life with very little input unless it came time for his heat.

Asher helped Darrol from his position where he had been laying back but other than that he kept his hands to himself, afraid that he might pull him into his embrace and continue where they had left off.

”Thank you for having the rational mind to stop there Asher; I appreciate it. Honestly, I do have a hard time with my omega wanting more than I am willing to give. Our chemistry is too strong at times, and I feel like I get swept up in the moment too easily. ” Darrol admitted honestly.

”I too, get swept up, but I promised this time to behave myself until such a time as you are ready and willing. I don want to break another promise to you and lose your trust forever. So as long as we both remember to not get carried away, we can figure out where we want to be in the future. ” Asher said. He just hoped that he didn mess up before Darrol agreed to take their relationship to the next stage.

He knew he wanted more with him, but what did that ultimately mean? Did that mean he loved him? Does loving someone mean doing all you can to respect them? He didn know what to make of these feelings besides the lust he felt for him. But he knew lust wasn all he felt when he was with Darrol. There was a need to protect, to cherish, help, and respect him and his daughter. Vivi was also important to him, and he was thinking that she was more than a niece-like person to him, but he also didn understand this feeling. There was so much that confused him about this little family, but he was determined to not mess up again.

As these thoughts were going through his head, he heard the back door open and little Vivi came into the room. He was glad that he wasn in a compromising position with her mom. That would be hard to explain, and he thought that Darrol would count that as a strike.

”Hey baby, did you have a nice talk with Grandma? ” Darrol asked his daughter when she entered the apartment.

”Yeah, I showed Grandma my award! She was excited to see it and wants me to put it on the fridge! ” Vivi said excitedly.

”OK, Vivi, go on and find a spot that you want to put it and hang it up so we can all see your good work! ” Darrol said, proud of his daughters accomplishment.

Asher stayed for dinner at the invitation of Ms. Jun whom he was grateful that she had given him the opportunity to talk to Darrol earlier by distracting little Vivi. Despite her gruff exterior, he knew Ms. Jun was actually a very caring woman. She was protective of her sons and granddaughter and had less than subtly threatened to castrate him if he ever hurt Darrol. He had laughed it off at first but realized over time that she was damn serious.

Overall, she was really just a caring mother and grandmother, doing her best to look out for her family. He realized fairly quickly that she included Kaito as one of her sons, even though he had reconnected with his own mother who had been presumed dead for thirteen years.

The local news had a field day with Kaitos family once the head of his family cleared up a decades old rumor, bringing attention to not only Kaito but his husband, who happens to be his best friend, and their twin children. He had been told the sordid details before the local news had their way with twisting the story out of hand, so he knew the truth and had to say that he was very glad that Kaito had ended up with Ms. Juns family. He had been loved and cared for in his time of need and given a family that loved him unconditionally.

As he sat at the small dining table with Darrol along with his mother and daughter, he was regaled with a story from Vivis day at school and how she had shown her efforts with reading over the summer and how that had earned her the most improved award in her first grade class.