Free Without Reservations by J. L. Langley

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    even broken up with his girlfriend. I was some sort of experiment or some sort of sexual exploration for him. I got tired of it.”
    Chay kissed him right there out in public, in front of his apartment where anyone could see. It was a soft, gentle kiss, tender.
    Keaton sighed into Chay’s open mouth. He should pull back…for Chay’s sake, but it was too nice. His cock throbbed, getting more and more uncomfortable. He quickly decided to pull back for his own sake.
    Chay let him. “I’m not like that, Bit. I’m sorry you got hurt, but I’m here for the long haul. You’re stuck with me. This isn’t some sort of sexual identity crisis for me. You are my mate. Mine. You belong to me.
    And quite frankly, even if you didn’t, I think I’d want you.”
    Whoa. Keaton felt like the ground moved out from underneath him.
    He was speechless, but it was a good speechless. He knew Chay told the truth. It was still hard to believe, but he did believe it. Keaton grinned.
    Chay grinned back. “Does that mean you’ll spend the weekend with me?”
    He nodded. “Yeah, I will. Let me get some clothes and Pita’s bowls and dog food. We can go meet your pack leader, and I’m all yours until Sunday night.”
    “I like the sound of that. But you don’t need to get anything for Pita. I bought him stuff for my house too.” Oh boy. That smacked of commitment.
    Keaton launched himself at Chay, forcing the man to catch him. He kissed Chay breathless. He didn’t even realize Chay held him off the ground until Chay set him on his feet and pulled back.
    Chay started laughing and glanced at his feet.
    Keaton heard the growling and saw the slight sway Chay made and looked down.
    Pita had a hold of Chay’s scrub pants again, growling and shaking his head. The pup’s tail was going ninety to nothing.

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    When they drove up to John Carter’s house, the place was surrounded by cars. It looked like a pack meeting. That was odd. Chay racked his brain trying to recall a reason the whole pack would be here, but couldn’t think of any.
    “Hey, isn’t that your dad?” Bit started waving to someone.
    Sure enough, it was his dad, standing out in the yard with a couple other pack members. His father waved at them. “Yeah.” Chay waved back and parked his truck by the curb several yards from the pack leader’s house.
    “Uh, Chay?”
    “Huh?”
    “Why are there so many people here?”
    “I have no clue. I thought we were only going to introduce you to John. Normally that’s how things work. You meet the pack Alpha, then you run with the pack for a couple of full moons, then you’re either admitted to the pack or not.”
    “Yeah, that’s how it works in my pack too.”
    “Well, whatever it is, it’s not bad. My dad would’ve warned me. You ready?”
    Bit nodded, scooped Pita up from between them and into his arms.
    “Yeah, lets go.”
    They got out of the truck and his dad met them. “Hey, boys. What have you got there, Keaton?”
    Bit smiled and held the puppy up. “This is Pita.”
    Joe scratched the puppy’s head. “Hey there, little fella.”
    “I can see where Chay got his love of animals.” Bit winked at Chay.
    Oh man! His Little Bit was flirting with him. Chay grinned, ignored the fluttering in his stomach and clapped his dad on the shoulder.
    “What’s going on? Why is everyone here?”
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    Joe looked up from petting Pita. “Well, to welcome Keaton into the pack of course.”
    What? “But, Dad, Keaton hasn’t even met John yet.” Chay glanced over at Bit.
    Bit shrugged, seeming as puzzled as Chay felt.
    Joe took Pita out of Bit’s arms and grinned. “John is waiting for the two of you in