Limp, but apparently not sated, Jessica relaxed against Charles as he nibbled on her ear.
Reese leaned in and breathed against her breast. “I don’t think any attention got paid to these glorious nipples.” He sucked one into his mouth and pinched the other.
Jessica arched into his mouth, her body suddenly not as flaccid.
Reese mumbled around her chest in between sucks. “So soft… So pink… So delicious.” He moved with her as Charles eased back and let her body sink into the mattress.
Without removing his hand, Charles climbed between her legs and pushed them wider. “I want to watch you come around me.”
Jessica squeezed his fingers as they twisted and turned inside her. She gripped the sheets alongside her body.
Whatever blood was left in her flowed to her core. She was so close. Her thighs shook. Her heels dug into the mattress, trying to get some sort of purchase so she could lift her butt off the bed.
“Uh-uh.” Charles flung a hand over her middle and held her down. “I’ll do the work. You concentrate on how this feels.” As he said this, he flicked his tongue over her clit and nibbled delicately on the engorged flesh. It hurt, but God it felt so good. The pleasure-pain pushed her over the edge. The orgasm that took over her body was all consuming. She didn’t know where she was or even who she was for a frozen moment.
And then the men let her down. Slow and easy. Still licking and lapping at her skin until she stopped squirming and thrashing beneath them.
Charles spoke in a hoarse voice. “I can’t wait much longer, baby. Reese can’t either.”
It was an announcement. Almost a warning. And it scared and excited her at the same time.
Truth be told, she couldn’t wait much longer either. But how was she going to allow herself to be claimed? What if she couldn’t control her wolf after the mating? She might be falling for these beasts, head over heels, but in no way did that challenge her reservations about shifting.
Chapter 10
Reese swiftly kissed the tips of both nipples and then smiled. “Stop thinking so hard. You’re stressing me out. Go take a shower. And then we need breakfast. You must be starving.” If she didn’t get her naked body out of his line of sight fast, he was going to want another round. And this time he didn’t think he could avoid coming inside her sweet pussy or her tiny rosebud.
“Who is going to shower with me?” She used a fake pouty voice.
Charles groaned. “No one, you nymph. We’d never get out of the bathroom, and you must be sore.” He gazed at her, his brow wrinkled in the middle. “We’ve taken you several times since midnight.”
“I’m fine. Don’t look at me like that. Whatever minor discomfort I may have experienced was well worth it and overshadowed—you might have noticed—by my pleasure.”
Reese flinched when she batted her eyes as though she were coy. “Go.” He pointed to the adjoining bathroom. “And then we have something for you.”
Her face lit up, but he just grinned. She wasn’t going to like what he had in mind, but she was going to have to deal.
Her sexy ass swayed seductively as she waltzed out of the room and shut the door behind her.
Reese closed his eyes for a moment to gather his wits and convince his dick to stand down. “Meet you back here in five?” He needed a shower and so did Charles. If they split up and grabbed another bathroom each, they could beat her back to the bedroom before she emerged from the shower.
“Are you thinking what I’m thinking?” Charles raised one eyebrow as he climbed off the bed.
“I’m sure.”
“She’s not going to like it.”
“She’s not going to have a choice.”
Charles laughed deep and hard as he padded from the room.
Thank God Justin and Trevor had a big house with plenty of bathrooms. Reese wandered down the hall naked until he reached the other wing of the house and shut himself in a guest bath. No one else was home right now. Just the faint smell of Kara and her mates lingered from earlier. The three of them must have braved the cold to head for the barn. Probably to give the new mates some privacy.
Reese made quick work of his no-nonsense shower and padded back to the bedroom. He grabbed his jeans and pulled them on, not bothering with a shirt yet. He and Charles needed to get the car up and running and head back to Charles’ parents’ house ASAP. The storm during the night would only last as an excuse for their absences for so long. The morning was growing long.
Charles returned to the bedroom they’d shared for the night right behind Reese and donned his own jeans.
Like vultures awaiting their prey, they waited, stalked really, until Jessica came out.
Shyer than the cocky woman who’d entered the bathroom ten minutes ago, Jess had a towel held tight around her, showing not one inch of her delectable body from her shoulders to her thighs.
“Come here, love.” Reese kept his voice low, mellow. “She’s all shy now. It’s cute.”
She tipped her head to one side in confusion and gazed at him timidly. “What?”
“You do realize we are inevitably going to claim you, right?”
She nibbled on her lower lip, making his heart beat faster and his hand twitch at his side. “I suppose.”
“That’s not very definitive.” Charles chuckled. “She’s scared.”
“I’m not…”
“Not what?” Reese asked.
“Ready. I need to wrap my head around this. It all happened so fast. And unexpectedly … and I didn’t want it.” Her voice was barely audible.
He needed to be patient. She was scared. Of what, he didn’t know yet. But Reese intended to find out. Soon.
“While you are ‘wrapping your head around it,’ we need you to do something for us.”
Jessica didn’t move. She just waited, a tiny toe drawing circles on the hardwood floor beneath her feet.
“Hon,” Charles lifted her chin with a finger, “is the towel really all that necessary after all we’ve done together in the last twelve hours?”
She didn’t respond. Did she realize what they were going to ask of her right now?
She must have had a suspicion because her unease was palpable. Reese could practically smell it.
“Come over to the bed.” Reese tried desperately to impart a mixture of command and understanding at the same time. In the bedroom, he intended to earn her submission, but she was so new to sex and to men in general he didn’t want to frighten her before she realized the score—that any dominance on his or Charles’ part was meant to heighten her pleasure. They wanted her to scream their names. To feel worshipped and adored like no other female on earth.
Jessica lifted her face and walked over to the bed with only the slightest trepidation visible. She tried to appear strong and in control. And that was the moment Reese realized he was falling in love. Sure, a mating always started with lust, but this woman was piercing her way into his heart faster than a speeding bullet. Her strength and tenacity attracted him to her more than she’d ever know.
Charles sat on the edge of the bed. “I know what you’re thinking. She’s addicting.” When she reached his side, he tugged her towel and tossed it aside. “Lean over the side of the bed, babe. And spread your legs.”
She did as she was told. Reese had to give her that. “She’s so strong. So sexy.” Her hands shook as she grabbed the sheet, but she didn’t back down.
“Do you know what I’m going to do, love?” Reese soothed her by stroking her back.
She shook her head but didn’t turn toward him.
Reese grabbed the lube from the nightstand. “Just relax. I’m going to put a small plug in you. We want you to wear it for the day. It’ll help loosen your tight rear so, when we take you, you’ll be ready for us. We don’t want to hurt you.”
Jessica tensed, but she didn’t move an inch.
Reese swelled with pride. He didn’t want to force her to do something she couldn’t tolerate, but he did want her to trust hi
s judgment. She walked that fine line, and she did it with grace.
Charles stroked their mate’s ass cheeks and then held them open for Reese.
Reese squeezed a good-sized glob of lube onto his finger and worked it slowly into her hole. So tiny and pink, it puckered under his perusal. “Don’t tense, Jess. Just relax.” How many times had they told her to relax so far? He worked her for several minutes, circling his finger before adding a second. With both fingers, he scissored and then pumped deeper inside her until his palm was flat against her ass.
Jessica moaned. Thank God. She was enjoying it. In fact, she pushed back to get better contact.
While she was in that state of bliss, Reese removed his fingers and pushed the small plug inside her with ease. The bulb at the top would hold the plug in place. The round flat surface outside would serve as a constant reminder she was theirs, and they intended to make that permanent as soon as possible.
“You okay?” Reese lifted her to stand before them.
“I think so.” She squirmed but didn’t grimace. “How long do I need to wear this?”
Charles turned her to face him. “All day if you can, okay? The longer you wear it, the sooner you’ll be stretched enough to accommodate us.”
“Do you think she’ll last ten minutes?”
“Not really, but my dick is hard just watching her fidget like that.”
Jessica’s face flushed. She turned away and glanced around. “Where are my clothes?”
“Kara left you a pile of things to borrow.” Reese pointed to the chair next to the bed.
As she dressed, Charles stood. “We have to go home for a bit. Talk to my parents … and Alyssa.”
At that, Jessica jolted upright. She’d forgotten the “other woman,” as had Reese frankly.
“Don’t glare like that. I promise it’s not what you think.” Reese walked toward her.
“Are you sleeping with her?”
“No,” both men replied at once.
“Were you sleeping with her before you met me?” She muttered that second question hesitantly, her body stiffening.
Reese flinched and tipped her head to meet his gaze. “No. I swear to you she asked us to do her a favor, and that’s the extent of it.”
“And what was that favor? To bring her home to meet the family?” Jessica was a bit perturbed. She glanced around the room as if looking for something to occupy her hands.
“Yes, but not for the reasons you suspect. Trust us. Please. We will sort this out. Today. I promise. And go from there.” Reese leaned his forehead against hers.
“I’d ask you to come home with us, but—” Charles began.
“Not a chance in hell,” she retorted. “Get your shit together and clean up your mess and then talk to me.”
“Promise.” Reese kissed her chastely on the lips, even though she only barely returned the gesture.
“Please stay here. It’s still icy out there. I don’t want you driving, and I want to know where to find you later. Okay?”
“I suppose.”
Charles grabbed both men’s shirts off the floor and handed one to Reese. “Get something to eat and we’ll be back before you know it.”
She nodded but didn’t move.
Reese grabbed his boots from the corner and backed out of the room before he could change his mind about the woman still standing there flushed, her cheeks pinkened from one ear to the other. And if he even thought about that plug nestled inside her for a second, he’d come in his pants.
Chapter 11
Jessica was just finishing a heaping plate of breakfast when she heard the back door. Thank God Kara had been so kind as to prepare her a plate and leave it in the warmer. She couldn’t remember when she’d ever been this hungry.
Two giggly voices floated into the room with the cold air as the screen door squeaked open. Both Kara and Lindsey stepped inside, shaking snow from their hair and stomping their rubber boots on the floor mat.
Jessica stood and set her plate in the sink while she glanced behind her friends. It was snowing again, giant flakes fluttering toward the ground as though they were in no hurry at all to reach their destination.
“You’re up.” Kara pulled her boots off alongside Lindsey before they came farther into the room.
“Yep.” Jessica leaned against the counter and crossed her legs. With a long, slow inhale she realized something was different, and then she smiled. She’d never tapped into her wolf side. In all her twenty-two years she’d tamped down any hint of lupine and shoved it to the back burner, ignoring her abilities.
Of course, there was also the possibility she was better able to experiment with all her senses since she’d been so thoroughly fucked by two wolves who were inches from claiming her as their mate. Even without them in the house, she had the sensation they were creeping toward her, growing closer and closer by the second, crowding her space. Instead of making her want to run, the idea made her horny. She wanted them with a fierceness that was absurd considering the three orgasms she’d just had at their hands not an hour ago.
In any case, as she stared at her friends, arms crossed over her chest, she pasted a smug look on her face. She knew a secret. And, there was no time like the present and no better segue to out herself. “You too?”
She smiled at Lindsey, who froze in her spot, having only stepped a few yards into the room in her stocking feet. “What?” She glanced around her as though looking for some illusive reason for the strange question.
Jessica gazed at Lindsey’s midsection and nodded. “You’re pregnant.”
Lindsey’s eyes grew larger than saucers. “Of course not. What makes you say that?” She flattened her hands over her stomach, but the corners of her mouth tipped up.
“I can smell it on you. It’s faint. You’re not far along, but there’s no doubt.”
Both Kara and Lindsey stopped in their tracks.
“It’s time I told you a little bit more about myself.” Jessica took a deep breath and nodded toward the living section of the great room. “You might want to sit for this.” Without waiting, she wandered over to a large plush couch and took a seat.
For all the angst she’d suffered over the years, she was surprisingly calm, almost relieved to finally share her secrets with her best friends.
Why had she waited so long?
“What’s going on?” Kara sat across from Jessica, and Lindsey took the spot next to Kara.
“I’m lupine.” She gave them a moment to soak it in.
“But…” Lindsey couldn’t finish her thought. Her mouth hung open, her hands still stroking her belly.
“Congratulations, by the way,” Jessica began, “about the baby. I’m sure you aren’t too shocked. It happens when you have sex night and day for months with two men. Occupational hazard.” She chuckled.
“Are you sure?” Lindsey looked at her lap. “I mean, why didn’t I know? Why didn’t Alejandro or Ryan say anything?”
“They probably wanted to give you a bit more time,” Kara stated. “Justin and Trevor didn’t tell me right away either. Even though I’m sure they all knew the minute I conceived.”
“You’re a wolf?” Lindsey shook herself from her stupor and returned to the more pressing issue.
“Yes.”
“Why?” Kara asked.
“My parents were wolves. It’s genetic.” Jess laughed. That wasn’t what Kara meant, but still.
“No.” Kara shook her head, not cracking a smile. “I mean, why didn’t you tell us?”
“I never wanted anyone to know.” Jessica swallowed and took a deep breath. “You are the best and only real friends I’ve ever had, and I’m sorry I kept this from you for so long. I desperately wanted to be normal, whatever that is, and human. I’ve been fighting against my wolf half since I was ten years old.”
“Oh, honey, I’m so sorry.” Kara leaned forward over her huge belly and waited for Jess to continue.
“When I was about nine, my parents left our pack and brought
me here to the northwest to live. I didn’t really realize why, but something bad had happened within the pack. My parents were bickering and arguing all the time before we left. I don’t think they disagreed with each other—they just didn’t know what to do, and it was a difficult decision to leave everyone we knew: family, friends, a lifetime of memories.
“We came here and lived as humans just outside of town in a nice little cabin surrounded by trees. About a year later, when I was ten, my parents had just started letting me stay home alone for short periods of time. They went for a quick run in the woods behind our house. I was staring out the window, watching for them to return, when two men pulled up in a beat-up pickup truck. I froze, sensing they were trouble before they even exited the car. I stood in the shadow behind the edge of the curtain and waited with my chest pounding.
“They didn’t approach the house, or even look my way. They simply waited, leaning against the bed of the truck as if they knew my parents would bound out from between the trees at any moment. Time stood still while I glanced back and forth between the woods and the men. Each man casually pulled a rifle from the truck bed. I’ll never forget that noise, the sound of a rifle cocking. I could hear it from inside the house. Two loud clicks as each man prepared their gun and aimed it at the forest.”
Tears streaked down Jessica’s face as she told the story for the first time in her life. She didn’t bother to wipe them away. She couldn’t move. Just sat there with her hands in her lap recounting everything in vivid detail as though it had happened only yesterday.
There wasn’t a sound in the house as she continued. “When my mom and dad leaped out of the woods, they never even saw it coming. Bang. Bang. Two shots rang out almost simultaneously and both my parents collapsed to the ground, still in wolf form. They were dead. They never even twitched as I stared in horror. I even wet my pants. But I didn’t move an inch. I was sure those two men were going to kill me next.”
Kara gasped, and Lindsey gave a short little sob, but Jess didn’t stop. “Shouts rang out and saved my life. A neighbor happened to be walking his dog nearby when he heard the gunfire. ‘You can’t do that here. You have to have a permit to shoot the wildlife. Get out of here.’ Without the interference of Mr. Gregor, I wouldn’t be here today.
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