Pack Protection

by Shannon Duane

  He chuckled. “I’m glad. It was definitely a night to remember.”

  “Maybe we can make this a morning to remember.” She kissed his neck, giving him a little nibble with her blunt teeth before asking, “Do you have plans for today?”

  He allowed her to lick, nibble, and tease him. Loving her open affection and eagerness to be with him, he responded, “My only plans are to keep you happy. Show you around the area, maybe claim you a dozen more times.”

  “I can definitely get on board with that plan.”

  He had heard so many interesting noises from her last night as he was learning her body and joining them together. He was thrilled to see she was just as enthusiastic to get back to mating as he was. The scent of her fear was completely gone as her arousal took over.

  He reveled in her touch. Last night she’d been so far gone that he did most of the exploring, fearing that if she touched him, the mating would be over before it got started. This morning she seemed content with touching and rubbing, finding all of his hot spots.

  She nuzzled her cold nose behind his ear and he picked up this unusual sound. “What is that sound? Is it coming from you? I thought I heard it briefly last night.”

  She tittered, but kept rubbing her nose against him. “It’s my happy sound.”

  “Your happy sound? It almost sounds like snorting, or oinking.”

  “Shut up, you’ll get used to it.” She froze, “Unless you want me to stop.”

  “Hell no, I just never thought it would turn me on. That and the clicking thing you do with your teeth. I have to admit, I love the new and stimulating sounds.”

  She giggled for a bit with him, before getting back to her exploration. Tinker sat still with her in his lap, his manhood clearly enjoying her discovery of his body’s erogenous zones as it poked her quite firmly in the behind. Every once in a while he would rub her arm or knead her bottom as she studied him.

  When she was done with his upper body, she launched herself off him and pushed him down on the bed, rubbing her hands together. “Now, let’s see what else you have for me to enjoy.”

  His cock was standing tall and proud, begging for attention. So, what does she do? She trailed the tips of her fingers up his thighs, pausing briefly to scratch the hair at his groin. Completely ignoring his manhood, making it weep at the tip for her attention.

  He knew she’d noticed when she asked. “What do we have here? Shall I have a little taste?”

  Tinker nodded his head while his cock bobbed in agreement with her plan. He knew he probably looked silly nodding so enthusiastically, but he couldn’t imagine anything better than his mate’s mouth on his most favorite body part. His seed would linger on her tongue; he’d be able to taste himself on her mouth when he went to kiss her. Yowsa, just the thought of it had his lips tingling and his loins on fire.

  He watched as she dropped her head to breathe along his length. Her warm breath was seductive, and knowing her hot mouth would follow caused his heart rate to increase in anticipation. Her tongue now ran the same path that her breath caressed. He had to clench his jaw to prevent himself from crying out in pleasure. When her tongue dipped down to collect the evidence of his arousal, he did release a moan of pure satisfaction.

  “You taste amazing, salty. I could become addicted to your taste."

  Suddenly, a growl sounded very close to her ear. She paused in her lapping. “Am I doing it wrong?”

  He sat up and pulled her up his body. Her pelvis was flush with his, his manhood pressing into her, creating a delicious friction which she used to her advantage by rubbing them together. Without a word he lifted her, spinning her so her face was over his groin, which meant her weeping arousal was over his face. She tried to close her legs and pull away, but he wasn’t allowing it. He pulled her closer diving in to her heat, licking like there was no tomorrow.

  She paused only briefly before continuing to lick him. The longer they stayed this way the bolder she became, taking the tip of him into her mouth and sucking. He nearly came when she took his length into her mouth, down her throat, and swallowed.

  “Jesus, Bree, what the hell. I had no idea you could do that.”

  “It’s nice to make one’s mate happy.”

  “Ahh, love, don’t stop.”

  Inhaling him into her throat again, she hummed sending the vibrations all along his shaft and into his balls. His testicles drew up, prepared to give her what she was demanding with her aggressive pleasuring, his seed. Too soon.

  Tinker lifted her off his cock. Spinning her again; he placed her atop his manhood. Like a trooper, she adapted to the change by rubbing her core against him, covering him in her honeyed arousal. Lifting slightly, she placed his tip at her center and came down slowly, impaling herself on him. She began to pant as she rode him, changing the angle to please herself, and, in turn, making Tinker even hotter.

  Within the space of one heartbeat and the next, Tinker’s world was rocked when she said. “I think I love you. I’m pretty sure it’s crazy, but I don’t want to leave; your body, your home, your life.” She stilled atop him for a moment before starting to rock a steady pace while capturing his eyes with hers. “I always thought I was happy, working long hours, climbing the career ladder, and being successful financially. The true reality is that I didn’t know what else was out there waiting for me; a true balance between my bunny and my life. I’ve been thinking, since we met, about what I value. It’s always been my career, and how many cases I win, and how best I can serve my client, but I was never truly happy. Being here, I can see what I’ve been missing.”

  He smirked up at her. “I know I love you. I’ve been waiting my whole life for you and I never knew what I was missing. I don’t want you goin’ anywhere.”

  Her movements became choppy as she came closer to her release. “I’m glad you said that.”

  Tinker watched as her two front teeth became longer. Leaning over his body, she struck his chest, biting and marking him as her mate. Reveling in the bond, she heard him shout his release as she found her own pleasure. They remain locked together for minutes as Tinker rubbed her back lightly.

  “You marked me.”

  “Mm hum, is that a problem?”

  Tightening his arms around her, he responded as honestly as he could. “It was the hottest thing. I am in awe of you. I didn’t know little bunnies could be so viscous.”

  He could feel her smile against his chest, near her mark that still tingled and ached. “You don’t forget it, wolf. I may be little, but my teeth are big.”

  The doorbell rang throughout the house, startling Bree who scrambled off Tinker and ran into the bathroom slamming the door.

  “Hey, Cottontail, come back here. I wasn’t done with you.”

  “Someone’s here, I should hide.”

  “Why?”

  There was a long pause before he heard her laughter. She opened the door, standing tall and naked as she responded, “I really don’t know. I just panicked. I never realized how I respond to things until you came into my life. I honestly think it’s instinct, I hear a loud noise and I hide; I always have.”

  He sat at the edge of the bed and held out his arms. “Let’s ignore them and go back to bed.”

  Cocking her hip, she placed a hand on side. “But it’s time for food again. You kept me busy through the day.”

  The corner of his mouth kicked up. “We sure kept each other busy. You are one ravenous woman.”

  The doorbell rang again, but instead of one jingle it was continuous. The person on his doorstep was becoming impatient.

  Bree reached over for the pair of his sweats she’d borrowed when they went to the kitchen for a snack; they still had chocolate sauce on the leg, causing him to remember how it got there and pop an instant boner.

  “What are you smiling at?”

  He put on his own sweats and shirt before saying. “Nothing. Do you want to stay here and I’ll bring you dinner in bed? After I get rid of our visitor, of course.”
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br />   “Nah, it’s nice to move around every once in a while. Do you plan on keeping me locked in your room naked?”

  “If you’d let me, hell yeah. Come on,” he smacked her butt, “let’s go see who’s about to get punched at my door.”

  “You better not punch anyone, Tinker, or you’ll be in big trouble. You will not go to jail on the day we mated. What will I tell our kids when they grow up?”

  He stopped in his tracks, causing her to run into his back. He pivoted slowly, “You want to have kids with me?”

  Rolling her eyes, she gave him the least politically correct answer, “Duh, I’m a bunny. It’s what we do.”

  He kissed her on the lips, allowing himself to become lost in her unique flavor for a moment before the damn doorbell began again. He growled and launched himself down the hall intending to shove the doorbell where the sun didn’t shine.

  An aggressive growl exploded out of him as he ripped open the door, intending to rip someone open for interrupting the first night with his mate. Blue stood wide eyed on the porch.

  “I’m sorry, Tinker.”

  Not used to Blue speaking, Tinker grabbed his shoulder in worry. “Is everything okay? What’s wrong?”

  Bree came up behind Tinker. “Blue, is that you?”

  Wincing, Blue spoke again. Every word was clearly well thought out. “I’m very sorry for disturbing you. We can’t find Candy, is she here? We ate dinner and in a moment she was just…gone.”

  Pulling Blue into a hug, Tinker rubbed his back. “We haven’t seen her, but we will look around. Don’t worry, son, we’ll find her. You told, Jake, right? I wonder why he didn’t call.”

  Blue nodded as Bree came over to hug and comfort him. “We’ll find her. Did you try and scent her?”

  He nodded, “I’m having a harder time because I’m not familiar with the area. These are mostly new scents to me.”

  “Let me go get my phone to call Jake real quick before we leave, I left my cell phone in the car. Bree, do you want to stay here?”

  “No, I’m a part of this pack too. I can’t believe you’d try to keep me away.”

  Laughing, Blue was the one who spoke again as Tinker’s cheeks pinned. “I’m pretty sure he just didn’t want people to see the chocolate smears all over you. Or scent-“

  Tinker cut him off. “She get’s it Blue.”

  Putting her arms out in front of her she did indeed see smears of chocolate all over her. Whoops. “I don’t care what people see. It’s normal for a mated couple and I refuse to be ashamed, or left out.”

  Smirking, Tinker pulled her in a hug. “I second that. Let me just go get my phone, I think I left it by the back door.”

  Feeling the urgency, Tinker jogged through the house to the back door. The door was open. He could swear he’d closed it when he and Bree came in. He was hit with a bolt of fear, he should have invested in an alarm, he never expected to meet his mate and move her into his home. Now that she was living here he’d have to protect her better.

  He picked up his phone, but before he could call Jake he picked up a scent. Candy. She must have gotten scared and left, but how did she end up here?

  Calling for Bree and Blue he proceeded down the hall, following his nose to one of the spare rooms he had. Pushing the door open slightly he saw Candy playing with one of the machine parts he left lying around.

  “Hey there, Candy Cane, what are you doing?”

  Jumping a mile she turned and backed up toward the bed before she realized it was him. “Oh snap, you scared me.”

  “I’m sure sorry to have scared you, but there are a lot of people looking for you. What happened?”

  She shrugged her shoulders as they heard Blue come running down the hall, softer footfalls indicated Bree close on his heels.

  Blue stopped just past the door and peeked in. “Thank goodness.”

  Pushing him out of the way Bree sprung into the room breathing hard. “Hello, Candy, what brings you here?”

  “Well…we eated and then Alpha Jake wanted to see our wolves, but my wolf is scary and I didn’t wants him to see me. So I sneaked out and I followed the smells of cake and here I am. I hope you aren’t mad ‘cuz you says I can come over if I wanna.”

  Tinker and Bree shared a look before Tinker spoke. “Of course you’re more than welcome to come over any time you want, but you have to tell an adult. You’re in Alpha Jake’s care and he needs to know where you are or he worries. He sent Blue here to find you.”

  Her face fell. “Oh.”

  “You’re not in trouble, Candy Cane; you just have to learn the rules”

  Bright smile back in place, Candy said. “Okie dokie, Mr. Tinker, I sorry.”

  “I’ll go call Jake and let him know we found her.”

  Blue nudged him once and eyed Candy. He clearly wanted Tinker to pick up on something, but didn’t feel safe enough talking.

  It was Bree that crouched down on her knees next to Candy and asked. “Why is your wolf scary? I’ve met Tinker and Blue’s wolves and they’re okay; big and furry with claws, but not scary.”

  The next thing you know, Candy was propelled into Bree’s arms with tears in her eyes. “My mama says I have a devil an she don’t want me no more. She says it’s ‘cuz of my wolfie, but my wolfie is okay. She don’t bite or nothin’ an I never did show anyone.”

  Closing her arms around the child, Bree rubbed her back as Tinker spoke softly with Jake in the background. “I’m sure your wolf is fine, little one. Why don’t you show us? We can all run in the forest back to alpha house and I’ll tuck you in.”

  “Okay, but you promise you won’t give me up. I want to live in a house one day, with a mama and a papa. I want to get tucked in every night and sneak cookies and paint the walls and eat hamburgers and watch movies and have a brother and a sister.”

  “That sounds like a good plan.”

  A deep rumble came from Blue before he announced. “I want all of those things for us too, Candy.”

  Chapter 12

  Directly after calling Jake to inform him they’d found Candy, he sent Bree to shower and already missed her. If the kids weren’t there he’d have gotten in with her and scrubbed her back, her chest, her delectable breasts, and-

  Blue coughed from behind him, interrupting his thoughts, letting him know his scent was betraying him. Normally, it wouldn’t be a problem, new mate’s spent weeks strung out on each other, learning and loving all day long, until one became the other. Bree’s scent had changed after his marking and he could pick up a slight change in his scent as well.

  “I’m very sorry we interrupted you today.”

  Smiling at Blue, Tinker responded. “Bree and I have a lifetime and this is only the beginning. There’s nothing to be sorry about. Both Bree and I love you both to pieces and we’d do anything for you. Always remember that.”

  “You just met us.”

  Boy, Tinker was in way over his head. He normally didn’t talk about feelings. He liked the guys that worked for him, even considered them family. He loved his pack, and was willing to go to the ends of the earth for each and every one of them, considering them family as well. Bree, well…he loved her, hands down with no questions. How do you explain that to a teenage boy who considered himself unlovable?

  “One day, Blue, you will understand what I can’t put into words. Sometimes, people come into your life and you know they belong there. When I met you back in New York, I knew you would come with me, not because I would force you but because you saw the same thing in me that I saw in you; friendship, support, and affection. I’ve know you a few days, but I’ve seen how loyal and good you are. I feel the connection between us. You already feel like a son to me. I find myself wanting to teach you to fish and work on a car engine, all while stuffing your face with all the food I know you’ve been deprived of these last few years. To me, you are family.”

  His eyes misty, Blue stood tall and proud in front of him, no agreement necessary, just acceptance. A sniffle came from t
he doorway and Tinker just knew it was Bree. He didn’t have to look, he felt her presence.

  “I love you so much. You are both such special men and I’m proud to know you.”

  Tinker turned his upper body and made an attempt to lighten the mood. “Do you always cry so much, woman?”

  Approaching Blue, she gave him a squeeze before smacking Tinker lightly on the arm. “You better behave before I have to kick your butt and teach this boy about the proper way to treat a lady.”

  Enjoying the open affection between Blue and Bree he simply smiled. “We’ll teach him.”

  The soft sound of Candy’s voice registered a moment before she wiggled herself between Tinker and Bree. “What are ya gonna teach him? I want you to teach me too. Do you have horses, Mr. Tinker? Or sheep’s? I like sheep’s.”

  “No, I have room for animals, but it’s always been too much work for me. I own a shop in town and there isn’t much time for the care and feeding of animals.”

  “So how is you gonna take care of Blue? He’s one of the biggest animals I knows. And did you see him eat? He’s gonna need lots of foods.”

  Laughing outright Tinker asked. “How do you know what Blue looks like? I thought you didn’t want anyone to see your wolf.”

  She rolled her little eyes and sighed. “Duh, Mr. Tinker, I watched and then I ran. I didn’t wanna scare nobody.”

  Bending down on his knee, Tinker responded, “Candy Cane, you are just a slip of a girl, I can’t imagine you scarin’ anyone.”

  Without another word, Candy shifted. It was too fast, almost effortlessly so. Her fur was stark white while her eyes were a chilling blood red. It wasn’t scary so much as startling. She yipped as a wolf and then in a split second, she was a human girl again. “Scared now?”

  Tinker looked around at Blue and Bree who both stood with their mouths agape. It really wasn’t scary for Tinker, Just unexpected. “Candy Cane, I think if you’d have let us know in advance that you’re, uh…well, I think you’re beautiful.” He lowered his voice and allowed some excitement to slip through, “and it’s amazing how fast you change, even faster than an alpha.”