by Cooke, CJ
Wyatt took a noticeable step back, before looking between the two of us. He was no doubt trying to decide how far he could push the situation. I didn’t want him to see my healed side because I knew he would immediately tell Marcus. And I didn’t trust Marcus.
Wyatt was clearly important to Kyle, and I was going to have to make an effort to get to know him, but I had a feeling that was going to have to wait until all of these demon shenanigans were over with. It just felt like there was too much up in the air now, and I didn’t know who I could trust. Unfortunately for me, Wyatt was starting to slip onto the not trustworthy side of the page.
“Very well. Kyle,” he said, turning his attention away from me. “Your father wishes to speak with you.”
“Tell him I will see him this afternoon. I have a situation that needs my full attention this morning.” Wyatt was not impressed with being made into an errand boy. Mind you, I wouldn’t relish the idea of telling Marcus that Kyle wasn’t jumping at his command. I didn’t imagine he was going to take it too well. In fact, he was probably going to think it was my fault. If the situation was what I thought it was, then it probably was.
Wyatt nodded in agreement and then quietly left the room. As the door clicked closed behind him, the room fell into silence. Liam and Sykes were both on the sofa, grimly looking at the ground. I had by chance ended up in the armchair facing them. It was only because it was the quickest to sit in and to avoid Wyatt, but I felt like I was presiding over a set of naughty children that were about to get a telling off. Kyle came and stood by my side.
“You have disrespected our mate,” he said sternly, looking down at the two of them. That seemed a bit harsh to me, but even I got this was not the time for me to interrupt.
Liam and Sykes shifted in their seats. When Liam looked up, there were tears in his eyes. He didn’t look at Kyle, but his eyes locked with mine. “I know how it looked Aria, but I promise you, we were just catching up with them.”
Kyle was not in the mood for excuses. “Were you alone in a room, with two female wolves?”
“Yes, but …“ Liam began, but Kyle cut him off harshly.
“We are not here to hear your excuses. You have a newly forming mating bond with our mate. What would you have done if your situations had been reversed? Because of your actions, our mate was out alone and fought four demons, alone. She was hurt badly. She could have died!” he shouted at them.
I grabbed Kyle’s hand. He was going too far.
“That’s enough,” I said. “We all hold a part of the blame here—me, as well as them. We can’t afford to argue like this. Not now.”
Kyle looked down at me, sat beside him, and I saw the anger flash through his eyes. “You should not make excuses for them,” he said in my mind. “They almost cost you your life. They almost cost me the life of my mate and my sanity.”
“This is new to all of us, Kyle. And we are all going to make mistakes. Even you. And especially me.” That at least got a small smile out of him. “Please,” I asked.
Kyle huffed in annoyance. When I looked over at Liam and Sykes, I could see Liam’s eyes bouncing between Kyle and I. Sykes was still staring resolutely at the ground. Our mating marks were covered with our clothes, but Liam clearly suspected something. We were going to have to tell them about completing the bond. But, for some reason, I was nervous too.
I stood from the chair. “I need to go and speak with Francesca again. If I’m going on this stupid quest thing, I need at least a clue about where to start.”
When I started to walk for the door with Kyle at my side, Sykes caught my hand as I passed him. He hadn’t said a thing to me yet, and I was a little surprised when he dropped to his knees in front of me and pressed his head against my stomach.
“I have no right to ask you this, but please, Aria, please forgive me.” He wrapped his arms around my waist, and I felt my shirt grow wet from his tears.
“What was her name?” I asked.
“Sam.”
“Have you ever slept with her?” I didn’t know why it was important to me. I didn’t know why I was torturing myself with it.
Sykes hesitated, and that was all I needed to know.
“Yes,” he whispered, “but not for over a year before we went to the academy. And I would never now. I was just being a friend to her. I know how it looked, and I know now it was wrong. I’m so sorry you got hurt Aria. I’m so sorry at the first chance I was tested, I failed you.”
I didn’t know what to do. Deep down, I knew it was just a misunderstanding, and the anger I felt was only because of the hormones or emotions or whatever that went with the mating bond. But I was still hurt. I ran my hand through his hair and sighed. Then I tightened my fingers in his hair and pulled his head back.
“You are mine,” I gritted out through my clenched teeth. Sykes bent his head back further, exposing his throat to me.
“I will always be yours, yours alone. I would rather die than ever hurt you again,” he replied.
I let go of his hair, slightly alarmed at the aggression I’d felt. Sykes buried his head back into my stomach and I gently ran my fingers through his hair again. Liam came over to us and dropped to his knees at Sykes side. He didn’t embrace me, and he didn’t bury his head in my stomach. He just looked down at the floor and said nothing.
I put my other hand on his head and gently ran my hand through his hair as well. I wasn’t as rough with him, but I tightened my fingers in his hair and pulled his head against me as well. He slowly brought his arm up and tightened it around me. Holding them both against me, I felt a sense of peace settle over me. I looked up and met Kyle’s eyes. He was looking at me with pride. “Why do I feel like I want to bite them?” I whispered into his mind.
“It is your dominant side wanted to complete the mating bond with them. They have bowed to you and accepted you as an Alpha above their position. It is part of your nature urging you to claim them,” he explained in my mind.
“It feels wrong to force something like this on them. It should be done with love, not with dominance. Like how we did it,” I smiled.
Kyle grinned at me, and I could feel him reliving the memories of our time in the shower. “If you were to mark them now, you would make them the happiest men alive. You can wait for another time if you would prefer, but I think it would help mend the rift that has formed between the three of you. It’s up to you though Aria. Only you know what feels right for you.”
I looked down at my two mates kneeling before me and tried to decide what to do. I dropped to my knees in front of them and slid a hand around Liam’s waist tilting Sykes head up with my other hand so I could search his eyes. My hand found its way into the hair at the back of his head, and I scratched my nails along his scalp. His eyes were so sad, but I found what I was looking for in them. Hidden away behind the remorse, I could see his love for me.
I’d never been able to read anyone like these three, but they were like open books to me. My mouth watered as it did in the shower with Kyle, and I felt the urge ride over me. I grabbed Sykes hair and sharply tugged his head to the side as I lurched forwards and sunk my teeth into his neck. He groaned in ecstasy, and when I leant back away from him, he dived towards me. He pulled me roughly into his arms, tore my shirt away from my neck and sunk his teeth into my neck, on the opposite side from Kyle’s bite. It felt like he had just pulled me to the verge of an orgasm. When he pulled away, a small trickle of my blood ran down his chin from the grin that had taken over his face.
I turned my sights to Liam, who had been knocked back away from us and was sat on his ass, staring wide-eyed at us in surprise. My magic flowed with the mating urge, and my mouth was watering again. I stalked towards him on my hands and knees, and I saw the lust flash through his eyes. I didn’t need to search his eyes for the love he felt for me. I’d seen it so many times before. I didn’t need to roughly manoeuvre him because he bared his neck to me and I lunged again sinking my teeth into him. He groaned my name and his hand found its
way into my hair as he held me against his neck. When I released my teeth, he tightened his grip on my hair and pulled my head back, baring my neck to him.
I could feel myself growing wet with the anticipation. Liam ran his tongue over Sykes bite, and I was surprised to hear Sykes groan behind me. It only took a split second for him to lunge and place his bite on the same shoulder.
The ecstasy flowed through my veins, and I could feel myself so close to the edge. I was panting with need by the time Liam withdrew his teeth from my neck. The three of us looked between each other, and it was like the world held its breath for a second. Then we were moving, tearing each other’s clothes off. It didn’t take us long to get naked. Kyle sat in the seat across from us, his hands behind his head and his feet propped up on the coffee table, while he watched. It was so fucking hot.
Liam pulled me against his naked body while we knelt on the ground and kissed me. He ground his hips against mine, and I could feel the need riding through him. Sykes came up behind me, pushing his body against my back. I could feel his erection pressing between my ass cheeks, and I ground back against him.
Sykes ran his tongue across my neck and over Liam’s bite, and we both groaned. It was like I could feel his tongue on my clit. I leant back into Sykes when he did it again whispering his name. One of his hands clasped mine, and the other ran up my body to cup my breast. Liam watched us with hungry eyes.
“What do you want Aria?” Sykes asked me. “Tell us what we can do to please our mate.” He pinched my nipple roughly between his thumb and forefinger, and I saw Liam lick his lips as he watched and waited for me to answer.
“I … I want you both,” I panted out.
Sykes took our clasped hands and reached out for Liam. He wrapped our fingers around Liam’s hard cock and worked him up and down.
“Would you like Liam to take your mouth while I fuck your sweet pussy, my beautiful mate?”
Sykes other hand trailed down my front and he sunk two fingers deep inside my pussy. “You’re so wet for us,” he said as he moved his fingers across my clit.
“Please,” I begged. “Please, I need you.”
We stroked Liam’s cock one more time before Sykes drew our hands away and he bent me forwards at the waist towards Liam. As Liam kissed me softly on the mouth, I felt the head of Sykes’ cock line up with my entrance. He swivelled his hips, and I screamed against Liam’s mouth as Sykes slammed his full length inside me.
Without any foreplay, I was tight, and the burn as he forced his way inside my body was incredible. I was so close already, so close to coming.
Liam pulled back from our kiss and looked at me. I’d never gone down on a man before. Of course, I knew the full mechanics of what to do. I just didn’t have any experience of it. Sykes slowly drew out of me before he slammed back into me again, and I whimpered. I bent all the way forwards from my waist, so my hands were now on the ground. My mouth was level with Liam’s beautiful cock, and I licked my lips in anticipation.
Sykes’ hands found their way to my hips, and he started to move slowly inside me. It was just enough to keep me on the edge but not enough to push me over. I felt Sykes’ hands run along my ass cheeks, and I squirmed in delight. One of his fingers gently pushed against my ass hole, not quite breaching it. “I can’t wait to take you in this beautiful ass,” Sykes growled as he circled my ass hole with his finger.
I darted my tongue out and tasted the shining drop of precum on the tip of Liam’s cock. It was so sweet and delicious. I wanted more. Taking Liam’s cock in my hand, I worked it up and down before running my tongue up his full length. I swirled my tongue around the head before taking him into my mouth. Slipping my lips as far down as I could, I felt the head of his cock bang up against the back of my throat. I rolled my eyes up to look him in the face, with his cock fully seated in my mouth. At the sight, he opened his mouth and panted “Oh, fuck.”
I took that as a good sign and gently sucked, enjoying the way his eyes rolled back as I did. Sykes chose that moment to start slamming into me again from behind, and it was my turn for my eyes to roll back at the sheer bliss of it.
From this angle, it felt like his hard cock completely filled me, stretching me close to my limit. Liam slowly started to move his hips, and his cock slid in and out of my mouth, as I sucked and swirled my tongue around his length.
“That’s so fucking good. I’m so close, Aria,” Liam murmured as he threw his head back and he thrust more into my mouth. I relaxed my throat, and I felt his cock push firmly inside.
“Not yet brother,” Sykes said. “I want to hear our beautiful mate come while she has your cock in her mouth.”
I groaned in delight, which caused Liam to swear. “Then you need to hurry,” He groaned out.
One of Sykes’ hands slipped off my hip, and he started to gently play with my clit. I could feel my muscles tightening around his massive cock as my orgasm crept closer to me. Sykes began to slam into me from behind in response, and I went screaming over the edge, my cries muffled by the cock currently working its way in and out of my throat. Sykes ground his hips against me as he gave in to his own orgasm and I swallowed eagerly as Liam’s come poured down my throat.
We all collapsed into a sweaty but satisfied heap on the floor. I could feel Liam and Sykes in the back of my mind. It was like they were buzzing with happiness.
“Let’s forget about saving the world and just stay in bed forever,” I whispered into their minds.
Sykes sat bolt upright and looked down at me. “Did you just say that in my head?” he asked.
“I knew that was what you were doing earlier!” Liam said.
“What? When earlier?” Sykes asked
“Earlier, Aria and Kyle were mind talking … while … you know,” he said, pointing at the sofa.
“Oh,” Sykes said simply.
“Don’t,” I said, grabbing Sykes by the hand and pulling him back down to the floor with us. “First rule, once something is dealt with and forgiven, you’re not allowed to go back over it,” I said sternly.
“I believe that’s a good rule to have,” Kyle said from the sofa. I looked up to see him grinning down at us. I’ll admit I’d forgotten he was there. I hope he didn’t feel left out.
“Not even a little,” he whispered into my head. “I quite enjoyed the show.”
“Did you just hear what I thought?” I asked him.
“No, I think it has to be intentionally said for any of us to be able to hear you. It was just written all over your face,” Kyle smiled.
Just then someone knocked at the door to the suite and started to pull the door handle down. We all screamed “No!” at the same time and then did the mad rush to get our clothes back on while giggling like children. Once we were all dressed, Kyle opened the door, and an angry Wyatt was standing on the other side.
“You had better not have been up here fucking while your Dad was tearing me a new one for you not going down to meet with him immediately,” he said as he strode into the room.
“I can honestly tell you I wasn’t,” Kyle grinned.
I rolled my eyes and then grinned along with him. Liam and Sykes just burst out laughing.
“Go and see your father,” Wyatt angrily said. “You don’t want him coming up here looking for you. This room reeks of sex.”
“Hey!” I shouted. Now I was pissed off too. “Stop smelling the room, or whatever. That’s just gross.” I crossed my arms over my chest trying to look all important and cross or something, but Wyatt just rose an eyebrow at me, and the guys started to snicker. “Bloody men!” I muttered.
Kyle rose his hands up in surrender. “Okay, okay. I’m going to go and talk with him. Aria, can you wait for me to get back so we can all go together?” he evasively asked.
“Of course,” I replied.
Kyle walked over and kissed me before he turned and left the room with Wyatt following. When the door clicked closed, Sykes turned to me with a grin. “So, same again?” he laughed.
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sp; I slapped him in the stomach and laughed before we fell onto the sofa, and Liam turned on the TV. Cuddled up together, we shut ourselves away from reality and forgot our troubles for a little while longer.
Chapter 14
Kyle
Once we reached the end of the corridor and knew we were out of earshot of the room, I stopped and turned to face Wyatt. “I know he set Aria up to find Liam and Sykes with the girls.”
Wyatt sighed. “I didn’t know until after or I would never have taken her there.”
“I’m not accusing you of anything, but I need to know why Wyatt. Is Aria in danger from my father while she is here?” I asked.
I’d known Wyatt all of my life. He had more to do with bringing me up than my own father. While I knew I could trust him to tell me the truth, I also knew first and foremost his loyalty lay with my father.
“I don’t know. I honestly don’t. He doesn’t like her Kyle. He wants to see you with a shifter. She’s too defiant to fit into any kind of mould he expects of your mate,” Wyatt reasoned.
“She is my fated mate. It’s not like I could trade her in for someone else, even if I did want to. I love her, Wyatt. If it comes down to her or the pack, I will choose her and my brothers every time,” I told him.
“Seems to be a lot of this fated mate stuff being thrown about at the minute,” Wyatt cautioned, referring to Isaac. He pulled the neck of my shirt to the side, revealing Aria’s mating mark. “Too late now, anyway,” he said, raising an eyebrow. “That,” he told me, pointing to my now healed mark. “Is not the smartest thing you’ve ever done. You couldn’t have waited?”
“Why should I?” I said. “She is my fated mate, and I wear her mark with pride.” I would not forsake Aria for my father. Not for anyone. She was my entire world, she had been from the second I laid eyes on her.
“Well, don’t let your father see that. He doesn’t believe she is fated to be yours. If he sees that he’s going to make a move, and when I say that, I mean he’s going to make me do something I don’t want to do.”
