Lookie here, another chapter. I'm trying to update a few stories today. I know, it's been forever. But, life before writing sadly. Sucks don't it? Well, I give yo ua new chapter!!!

Run 2: Escape Me Not

Ch 9: Need

By: Helena F. Lupin

Riley was aware of being warm and safe. He nuzzled closer to that warmth and found his lips against skin, skin that smelt like forest and earth. His lips parted and he licked. A low, growling sound met the gesture and his eyes flickered open. He smiled faintly when he met Valerian's eyes.

"Morning," Valerian said in a slightly strained voice. Riley knew it was killing him not to have sex. He wanted sex too but he did not feel the all consuming need he knew Valerian was suffering. They were in a be together. Riley was wearing pajama pants and Valerian a pair of jeans. Riley felt a particularly naught streak come over him as he slid one leg around the other's hips.

Valerian groaned and rolled on top of the other, kissing him harshely. "Evil little slut," he growled. Riley felt his heart rate speed up. He should have felt a little insulted by the word 'slut' and a little afraid of that one of voice, but it simply excited him. Valerian ground his hips against Riley's, making him arch slightly.

The wolf growled again and pushed harder till Riley made a slightly pained sound. He then slid down, yanking Riley's pants down as he went. Riley gasped and watched as Valerian nipped his way down the other's stomach until he reached his cock. Valerian's lips parted and slid down Riley's cock, sucking gently.

Riley moaned and let his head fall back. He was just starting the enjoy things when someone knocked on the door. Valerian growled and the vibration made Riley arch and cry out. "Sir, might I remind you that you have to behave?" a voice reminded.

Valerian drew back with another little growl and pulled Riley's pants back up carefully. Riley whimpered. "I'm sorry, but they are right," Valerian said in a rough tone. "You have to find a familiar now, remember? I cannot...cannot touch you..." The look on his face said he wanted to do more than touch Riley. He wanted to fuck him stupid.

Riley wanted that too.

Valerian slid off the bed. "I'll get breakfast, you go shower and...well..." He gestured toward Riley's pants before he turned and left the room, back stiff and jeans painfully tight. Riley managed a slight laugh before he rolled out of bed and moved into the bathroom to do just what had been suggested. When he came out wrapped in a towel a half hour later he found a table with food waiting but no Valerian. Instead he found Nick.

Riley smiled and took the pants that Nick offered to him. He slid them on under the towel and got them zipped before letting the towel go. "Where's Valerian?"

"He's taking a run to work off energy," Nick replied as he gave Riley a black t-shirt, which he took gladly. Riley sat at the table and began to put items on the blank plate waiting for him. Nick took a seat on the other side from him. "About your brother...," Riley said softly.

"I've handled him," Nick assured. Riley's eyes widened for a moment. Nick chuckled. "Relax, he's alive, I just have him locked up in a room. His appearence was...odd. There's a deeper reason for him being here. He's a greedy bastard so I won't be surprised if some large amount of money has come his way recently. I simply need to find out what he's been paid to do. On another note though, we have several wolves lined up for you to meet with to see if any of them connect with you. There are other creatures coming in to meet you to see if they might be your familiar."

"This is all a big deal, isn't it?" Riley asked softly as he put his fork down, ignoring his pancakes for the moment. He suddenly did not feel too hungry.

"Very," Nick agreed. "Especially with your ties to the hunters. Your entire family are hunters. But not you. They hid it from you. We're curious about that. More than that, we're curious as to why your father would marry a witch. His kind kill witches, were-creatures, fae, everything not human."

"So, this whole familiar thing, how does it work?" Riley asked as he finally picked his fork back up to eat.

"We're not entirely sure," Nick admited. "It's been a while since anyone has seen a witch with a familiar. We're not entirely sure what to expect. We do know the bond might be a bit...sexual...for you." Riley flushed. "You show a preference for male familiars, and being gay as it is, you're most likely going to be pawed a bit by your familiar, and you'll return the favor. But Valerian will be first and foremost in your mind and heart, I assure you of that. I do know a familiar is basically an extension of yourself and your growing power. A power we have no way of teaching you how to use."

"Great," Riley sighed.

Valerian stared down at the man tied to a chair. Nick's brother was barely recognizeable. He was bloody and cut and bruised and parts of him would never heal properly, even if he was a werewolf. Valerian stood with blood dripping off his fingers and waited till Tyler looked up at him. "I'll ask again, why are you here and how did you even know where to find us?"

Tyler simply chuckled. Valerian drew back and slammed a hand into the other's throat, making him gag and cough. He spat out something thick and bloody and Valerian did not care. "Tell me," he repeated, growling. When the other only managed a strangled laughing sound Valerian drew back with the intent to hit him so hard his head came off.

A hand caught his wrist.

"He can tell us nothing if he's dead," one of his wolves reminded him softly. Valerian growled and then let his arm relax so that the other released him. "Go clean up and then go see your mate. He still has wolves to meet."

"When will the others begin to arrive?" Valerian asked.

"Within the next two hours."

Valerian gave a nod and then left the room, heading to find a shower before he went back to Riley. He did not want to show up covered in blood. While he stood beneath the hot spray of water his mind wandered over the facts he knew.

The hunters were up to something. The information that they were on the move had reached him just after he had left Riley in the room. His mate was a witch. His mate would need a familiar. Valerian growled. He did not care to share but he knew he had to.

He stepped out of the shower and slid into a pair of black tailored pants and a dark red shirt that hugged his body. He walked back into the room to find Riley laid out on his stomach on the bed with the changer to the tv in his hand. He had found the tv shut up in the cabinet across from the bed. He was not really watching, just flicking through channels.

Valerian moved up to the bed and hopped onto it, and only Riley. He had a hand on either side of the other's head and his front pressed up against Riley's backside. Riley made a sound in the back of his throat and folded his arms, leaving the changer forsaken. He laid his cheek against his arms and pushed back agianst Valerian. He knew he had to behave with Riley but that did not mean he would.

He rubbed against Riley, enjoying the scent in the air telling him that the other was getting more and more excited.

(I figured I owed you all something a little on the steamy side since it's been so long since I posted, so I do hope you enjoy this less than well behaved next scene! ^_^)

"I miss you," Riley murmured. Valerian shuddered. He knew what Riley meant. He missed having Valerian in his body. Valerian slid one hand under Riley and managed to get his pants open and worked them to just beneath the other's ass. He loved Riley's ass. It was full enough for him to grip. Riley shifted restlessly, working his body up slightly so that his hips were off the bed by an inch or two, which offered his backside up to Valerian.

The wolf gave a low, pleased growl as he got his pants open and let his erection free. His one hand gripped Riley's ass, spreading him slightly with just that hold. The head of his cock rubbed against Riley's opening and Riley whimpered, pushing back against it. Valerian felt another shudder run along his spine as the head of his cock began to inch in slowly but he held back. He knew he could not bond to the other as a familiar. It would kill Riley. And that was a no-no.

Riley knew it too but it did not stop him from whimpering and pleaded, "Just come on me, please. I want to feel it."

Valerian groaned at the other's words and tone. Riley shifted a bit more, getting one hand back to help hold himself spread for Valerian. The wolf growled as he shifted back on his knees. Riley was more on his knees now, still held spread by both of them. Valerian would give exactly what the other had asked. His thumb shifted to rub against Riley's opening as his other hand worked his own cock, moving up and down it as he listened to Riley's needy sounds.

Valerian's thumb worked into Riley's opening and Riley moaned. He moved his thumb away after a few minutes, feeling too excited himself. The head of his cock pressed against Riley's opening. He felt that spark of Riley's magic that said it was reaching for Valerian, but it could not get hold of him entirely, could not hook into him. He was not inside of Riley, not fully connected to him. The magic could not bind them.

Valerian moaned and pushed a little harder so that when he came it all went inside of Riley. Riley gasped and jerked, moaning as well as he came across the bed just from the feel of the other spilling heat inside of him.

Riley was flipped over then onto the other half of the bed away from the mess he had made. Valerian stared down at him, hovering over him. Riley looked down between them, Valerian was holding himself a few inches above his body. Riley reached down to wrap his fingers around the other's still hard cock. Valerian growled but Riley did not stop. He stroked, shoving his shirt up with his free hand.

The wolf growled again and after a few minutes of Riley's fingers sliding over him he came across Riley's skin, making him shiver. Valerian drew him into a slow, heated kiss. Riley felt more calm somehow now feeling Valerian's seed on his body and inside of it. He wanted so much more but he knew they had to keep away from body into body sex.

When the kiss broke Riley stared up at Valerian, meeting his now amber eyes. "I love you," he murmured. Valerian gave a gentle smile and kissed him again, showing his love rather than showing it.

Valerian finally drew away after a few minutes and went to get a towel to clean them both up and then he got Riley stood up and redressed properly. "Come, we have potential familiars for you to meet," he said gently and put an arm around Riley to lead him fro mthe room.

"I hope I find one soon, I need you," Riley murmured into the other's ear.

Valerian groaned. This was Hell.

(Am I perhaps being a tiny bit mean to Valelrian?....Nah.)