Finding Forgiveness: Poconos Pack, Book 1 by Dana Marie Bell Page B

closed his eyes. “I needed you.”
    “I know.” The pain behind those words told him that Ben had suffered too. Ben squeezed his hands. “I can’t change the past, but I can promise I’ll be there from now on. Can you forgive me?”
    Dave stared into his mate’s eyes, reading the sincere regret, the determination to win him over and the urge to mark, to mate, that dominated his thoughts, and made his decision. “If you ever shut me out again I will feed you to Charlie. In bite-size pieces. Dainty bite-size pieces.”
    The smile that lit up Ben’s face was worth it.
    Still, there were some things that needed to be said. Dave had waited a long time for this, and he wasn’t going to lose out on it now. “We’re hitting the parks. This is our honeymoon, whether you like it or not. You will go on water rides and get soaked.” Ben grimaced, but Dave didn’t let up. “I’ve been saving for this for a really long time. No way are you getting out of it. Space Mountain will be conquered. Understood?”
     
    Ben didn’t care what they did so long as he got Dave’s sexy ass naked and in bed within the next five minutes. “Fine. But first, I’m marking you.” Ben lunged across the table, but he wasn’t quite fast enough to catch Dave. The Beta was on his feet and gone, leaving Ben to clutch the air he’d occupied.
    “Wait. Do you honestly think I’m going to be the catcher in this little ball game?” Dave grinned, the goofy look Ben had come to love on his face. His mate wanted to play.
    Ben was willing to oblige him. “I’m sorry; which one of us lost that air hockey game?”
    “That was for tulle, not tush.”
    Ben started laughing. The man was insane, and everything he’d ever needed. “You’re so goin’ down.”
    “You wish.” Dave leered at him, but Ben could see the remnants of fear lingering in his eyes. Part of Dave still believed Ben would push him away.
    Once he’d marked Dave that fear would disappear. It had to. Ben couldn’t bear to see it in Dave’s eyes anymore. “C’mere, Dave.”
    Dave’s goofy grin turned feral, the Beta’s power pulsing around him. “No.” He crooked his finger at Ben. “You come here.”
    Ben fought the pull of his Beta, but it was hard. “Do I look like a bottom?”
    Dave nodded, his hot gaze travelling up and down Ben’s body.
    “Hell, no.” No way was Dave shoving anything up Ben’s ass.
    That feral grin turned downright evil, and Ben feared for himself. “Are you telling me you’re a cherry boy?”
    Ben glared at Dave, refusing to answer, but he knew his cheeks were bright red. “You know there’s only one way to decide this.”
    Dave smirked, the picture of utmost confidence. “You sure you wanna do this?”
    “Oh yeah.” Ben held up his closed fist.
    “Are you prepared for the abject humiliation that will follow your defeat?” Dave laughed at Ben’s low growl. He held up his own fist. “Ready?”
    “Rock paper scissors shoot! Shit.” Ben looked at his flat hand and Dave’s vee’d fingers and knew he’d lost the first round. “Best two out of three.”
    Dave shrugged. “If you like; just know you’ll lose.”
    Ben gritted his teeth. No way could he lose this, or he’d lose something a lot dearer to him. His butt cheeks clenched. “Rock paper scissors shoot! Hah! Paper covers rock.” One more win and his ass was safe.
    Dave merely held up his fist. “Last one.”
    “Rock paper scissors shoot!” Ben stared down at his vee’d fingers, a chill running down his spine.
    “Rock breaks scissors.”
    Before he could react to his loss Dave was on him, his fangs buried in Ben’s neck, and Ben forgot everything but his raging hard-on.

Chapter Nine
    Dave shivered at the needy moan Ben let loose. He needed his mate to mark him back, to claim Dave the way he’d always dreamed. “Bite me. Make me yours.” Dave carefully removed Ben’s shirt. No way was he damaging it. The man had sworn to wear it to the Pack meeting. If that