by Unknown
“Caleb talked to Mom about it a little but apparently they don’t have much to go on,” Eli continued. “Mom’s trying to bully him into coming to a barbecue this weekend. Maybe he’ll fill us in then.”
Barbecue. That opened a whole other spectrum of questions. “Did–uh–did either of you think to tell your parents about us?” Cause Donovan hadn’t thought about it at all.
“I called them this afternoon,” Maddy said. “They’re very excited.”
She must not have told them about her issues with Eli.
“I didn’t think of it,” Eli said.
Thank God. Donovan hadn’t wanted to be the only one. “Me either.”
“Typical men. Well, you can call them in the morning.”
“In the morning,” Eli said. “Why not tonight?”
Maddy’s cheeks turned pink. That girl blushed like nobody’s business.
“We’re having dinner now,” she said, looking down at the table. “And later…I mean, Donovan said…”
As she trailed off, Donovan leaned forward to look into Eli’s eyes. “Later, we’re going to spend the whole night knocking boots.”
Eli glanced at Maddy. After a pause, he said, “Is everyone okay with that?”
Maddy turned so red her eyes started to water. “That would be a question for you.”
“I’m asking you.”
“I’m okay with it.” She nearly whispered.
The edges of Eli’s mouth pulled up. “Then we’re all good.”
She glanced at him and they stared at each other for several seconds. Donovan wondered what was going through their heads. He figured it would be hard for them to make love to each other after having so much strife between them for so many years. At the same time, maybe this would help heal the wounds. Still, if both of them wanted to focus on him in bed, and keep their minds off each other, he had no problem with that.
Donovan put his hand on Maddy’s back. Any excuse to touch her. Or heck–did he really need an excuse? She was his, forever. He just needed to make it official.
Eli reached out and brushed a stray hair off Maddy’s cheek, trailing his fingers down to her chin. “I can’t believe I actually get to touch you.”
She licked her lips. “I can’t believe you had a crush on me.”
“In your defense, I was trying to keep it a secret,” Eli said.
She pressed her lips together as though trying to keep from smiling. “You did a good job.”
Eli looked like he didn’t know how to take that.
The last thing Donovan wanted was for things to turn heavy again. He poked Maddy in the side. “Are you teasing our mate?”
Her eyes danced. “No. I wouldn’t do that.”
“I think you are.” Donovan tickled her.
Maddy squealed. When several other diners turned to look, she turned red.
“New mates,” Donovan called. “Sorry about that.”
From the knowing smiles on the diners’ faces, nobody minded at all.
#
From across the restaurant, the bitter feeling of defeat almost overwhelmed the man watching them. He’d chosen her, the perfect wife to add to his new harem. And then two simple words had ruined it all. “New mates.” He couldn’t take a mated female for his wife. He’d tried that before. The woman had been physically unable to return his affection because of the mate bond.
He’d decided to kill her but before he could, her mates showed up and ruined his entire life. He’d lost his home, his harem, everything.
He’d vowed then and there to never take another mated female to wife. So even though Madison Blake was perfect for him in every way, soft and demur and pretty, he had no choice. He’d have to keep looking.
#
By the time they’d finished dinner, Maddy felt an odd combination of wrung out emotionally and at the same time, more aroused than she’d ever been in her life. The arousal pushed everything else to the background, even the fear and hurt she’d felt with Eli over the years. Instead, she felt like she’d scream if she didn’t feel her mates’ hands all over her. Both her mates.
The check came and Donovan grabbed it.
“I was going to pay,” Eli said.
“You can get it next time.” Donovan pulled out his wallet.
Eli glanced at Maddy.
“Don’t look at me,” she said. “This is between you two.” Then, concerned it might sound like she was looking for a free ride, she said, “I’ll get it some other time.”
Eli pulled his wallet out, too. “I’ll get the tip, then.”
He and Donovan locked gazes. Maddy felt great to not be at the center of the disagreement for once.
“Fine,” Donovan said. “And when you pay next time, I’ll get the tip.”
Heaven save her from testosterone. “Just hurry up.” She hadn’t meant to say it out loud, but suddenly both men were staring at her.
A slow grin spread across Donovan’s face. “Why, Maddy. You’re not horny, are you?”
Chapter 4
Maddy could feel her face growing hot. Damn blushes. She didn’t usually blush so often, but with these two around she couldn’t seem to stop.
“We’re going to have to do something about that,” Eli said, his voice deeper than she’d ever heard it before.
The sound sent a jolt through her body. Maddy sucked in her breath. “Just hurry up,” she said again, not caring that this time both men laughed.
While Donovan flagged down the waitress and handed over his credit card, Eli put his hand on Maddy’s leg and squeezed. A rush of pure lust ricocheted through her body. Maddy closed her eyes against the onslaught.
When she opened them again, Eli was leaning near her, looking at her face. “Tell me you didn’t close your eyes because I touched you. Because…because it was me.”
Her lips curved as she put her hand over his. “That’s exactly why,” she said softly. “Because you touched me. You, my mate.”
A second passed, then Eli surged forward and kissed her, hard. Her hand spasmed on his, her heart beating in her ears. As soon as he eased up a little, she kissed him back. His hand rested on the side of her head, rubbing her cheek.
Maddy felt another hand on the back of her head, and breath against her temple. “You two need to save that til we get home.” Donovan’s voice sounded a little rough.
Eli pulled back and Maddy made a little sound of regret.
Donovan turned her head quickly with the hand on the back of her head and kissed her himself. Maddy tightened her grip on Eli’s hand. Her body felt like it was melting. She could almost come without anyone touching her at all.
Donovan pulled back abruptly. “Where’s that waitress?” He released Maddy. “You two go out to the car. I’ll be out as soon as I can. Try not to steam up the windows too much.”
He hadn’t even stopped talking before Eli pulled Maddy to her feet. “Got your purse?”
She would have laughed except she was in as much of a hurry as he was. He let her go in front of him and followed her out of the restaurant. As soon as they reached the parking lot, he slipped his arm around her waist.
They didn’t say anything. As much as she wanted him and wanted him badly, she still felt a little uncertain with him. Things had changed so quickly. And she still wasn’t sure she’d forgiven him.
But that wouldn’t stop her from marking him.
He hurried her to the car, his hand sliding up and down her side the whole way. He pulled on the back door but it wouldn’t open. “Donovan has the keys.”
“Oh, crap,” Maddy said.
“No matter.” Eli pulled her into him, her back against the car. As he gazed down at her, he said, “You’re shorter than I remember.” Before she could answer, he gripped her around the waist and lifted her, then leaned against her again, wedging her between his body and the car. This time, their faces were on the same level and his hard length pressed between her legs at exactly the right spot. Maddy stifled a groan.
Eli kiss
ed her. The rest of the world receded, all her focus on his tongue, his lips pressing against her. On his hard body and the hands that squeezed and touched and rubbed. She felt strung tight with need, wound up with want.
One of his hands slid up her thigh to grip her ass. She opened to him, wrapping her leg around his waist. The feel of him between her thighs made her wet.
A car drove by them, the noise jolting her out of her lust-filled daze. Maddy pulled away from their kiss. “People can see us.”
Burying his face in her neck so she almost couldn’t hear him, Eli said, “I don’t give a damn.” One of his hands crept toward her breast.
Donovan ran up to them. “Let’s get out of here.”
Eli groaned but Maddy pushed at him until he put her down. “We didn’t have the keys,” Eli said.
“Good thing or you might have already marked her.” Donovan’s voice had a little growl in it. He unlocked the doors. “You realize everyone in the restaurant could see you through the window.”
Maddy wailed.
“Who cares?” Eli said. “So they saw me making out with my mate. So what?” He opened the back door and held it for Maddy.
She hurried inside, wanting to get out of the view of the restaurant’s windows. Eli got in after her so she scooted to the other side while Donovan got back in the driver’s seat.
“You didn’t want to sit in the front?” Maddy said.
Eli snagged her around the waist and pulled her toward him. “You’re kidding, right?” He kissed her.
Distantly, Maddy heard Donovan say, “Wait for me. It’s just a few minutes to my house.”
She pushed lightly at Eli’s shoulder. “Poor Donovan.”
“Donovan’s fine,” Eli said. “Kiss me some more.”
#
Eli dipped his head to kiss Maddy again. Holding her, touching her, he realized that all the years of anger and hurt were nothing more than wanting. And now he had her. He felt complete. And all the rest of it was quickly fading away.
More than complete, he felt buzzed, like he’d been drinking all night when he hadn’t touched a drop. He felt clearer, sharper and at the same time more boneless than ever before in his life.
He was just moving his hand from Maddy’s shoulder toward her breast when the car screeched to a halt. Maddy lifted her head.
“We’re here,” Donovan said a split second before his door slammed shut and Maddy’s opened. He was using all his werewolf speed tonight. Donovan took Maddy’s arm. “Let’s go inside.”
Eli didn’t want to let go of her even long enough to get to the bed. Then he thought about her spread out, naked, hands gripping the sheets, and he found the strength to move.
Donovan’s place was nice. It backed up on the forest, easy access for night time runs. It was a little small, though, and didn’t even have a garage, just a little carport. When they pooled their resources, they’d definitely have to get a bigger place.
Donovan and Maddy were already halfway to the front door. Eli came up behind Maddy and put his hands on her hips as they walked.
“You’re going to trip,” she said.
“That just means I’d fall on top of you,” Eli said. “I’m okay with that.” He felt a giddy excitement fill him.
Donovan laughed as Maddy said, “So much for being protective.”
“You’re right. I’d roll and end up with you on top of me. I’m okay with that, too.”
Donovan fumbled with the door then opened it. “Up the stairs and to the right. Let’s make it all the way to the bed.”
“You’re asking too much,” Maddy said.
Eli’s abdomen clenched. She wanted him. He grabbed her and pinned her against the wall, kissing her. He forgot where he was, forgot who he was. All that existed was Maddy and their kiss.
“Enough.” Donovan pushed Eli hard enough to dislodge him from Maddy. “My turn.” But instead of taking Eli’s place, Donovan picked Maddy up and carried her up the stairs.
“Hey!” Eli hurried after him.
“I want to sleep with my mates for the first time in a real bed. None of this up against a wall stuff,” Donovan said.
“You must have nerves of steel.” Maddy ran her fingers through Donovan’s hair. “How can you hold back?”
“You held back all through dinner.” He kissed her thumb when it drifted past his lips.
“That was different,” Maddy said. “That was before Eli kissed me.”
Eli paused on the steps. He should check his ears. Did she just say she lost all control after he kissed her? He couldn’t keep the grin off his face as he took the stairs two at a time to catch up.
They hadn’t spent long enough on the first floor to see anything. The second floor looked rough-hewn. Neat, but half-finished. It was fine for a bachelor, but Eli wanted better for Maddy. She’d want better, too.
For a just a second, he felt that old resentment rise up, the feeling that nothing was good enough for her, that he could never be good enough for her. But he knew that wasn’t true now, so he squashed it down again.
The bedroom had almost nothing in it, and no carpet or rug. But the bed loomed large, an extra-big king-size covered in comforters and fluffy pillows. Not too many pillows, just enough to look like the most comfortable bed Eli would ever sleep in.
Not that he wanted to sleep tonight.
#
Donovan put Maddy down, letting her body slide down the front of his. Watching Eli and Maddy make out had driven him nuts. Maybe later, when they’d had their fill of each other…years later…he could watch them kiss without dying to be in the middle of it. But not now.
Still he held back. This first time with the three of them should be special. Something they’d remember forever. He cupped Maddy’s cheeks, brushing her hair back from her face. “I feel so lucky to have you as my mate.” Then he kissed her, trying to put everything he was feeling–the lust, the desire, the yearning, the need, and the caring that grew deeper with every second–into the kiss.
Maddy wound her arms around him, responding with just as much fervor. Her hands rubbed up and down his back. The feel of her cracked something inside him, pushing him from tenderness to a need that bordered desperation. Donovan pulled her even closer, fitting her small body against his, his cock hard against her soft stomach. He gripped her ass and lifted her. Without missing a single lick she wrapped her legs around his waist.
Another body pressed up against Maddy’s back. Donovan opened his eyes for a second to see Eli kissing her neck, his hands gripping her hips.
Which made him wonder. He’d fantasized for years about having sex with both his mates at the same time–double penetration. But Maddy was so tiny, so delicate. She was a lady. Would she be willing to do something like that?
He didn’t need to worry. Whether she would or she wouldn’t, he’d be happy with it. Just having his mates was enough.
And then there was Eli. Male mates typically had sex with each other. Almost always, as far as Donovan could tell. And while he’d never experimented with other boys, he had to admit the idea of having sex with Eli was a total turn-on. So the feel of Eli’s hands brushing against Donovan’s abdomen as he held Maddy’s hips had Donovan hard as a rock.
Donovan shifted one of the hands that held Maddy up so he held her with his forearm instead. He pressed his hand against Eli’s cock, opening his eyes to meet Eli’s over Maddy’s shoulder.
Eli sucked in his breath, his eyes falling half-shut.
Donovan couldn’t move very much or he’d drop Maddy. But he rubbed his thumb against Eli’s hardness, eliciting a low moan from his mate.
“I want to kiss you,” Eli said.
Donovan lifted his head. “Maddy, honey, I need to put you down.”
She looked dazed. “Okay.” She slid down his front and he put her aside with another kiss.
Then Donovan grabbed Eli. Their mouths came together hard, like a contest to see which one was stronger, except this time they’d both win. Donovan gripped
Eli tight as they kissed, their tongues dueling.
Donovan pushed his hand between them so he could cup Eli’s cock and do it more properly this time. He squeezed it through Eli’s jeans. Then Eli did the same, his hand rubbing over Donovan’s cock. The shock of the sensation jolted through Donovan.
He growled as he pushed Eli backward toward the bed. When Eli’s legs hit the mattress, they paused.
“Clothes,” Eli said. “Maddy.”
Donovan reached behind him for Maddy but she had already followed them. He gave her a hard kiss. “Take off your clothes.”
She got a glint in her eye and put her hands on her hips. “Why don’t you take them off?”
Donovan shared a look with Eli. “Shall we?”
Together they jumped her, Eli working on her pants while Donovan yanked her top over her head. He circled around to her back to undo her bra just as Eli pulled her pants and undies down her legs. In ten seconds flat she stood naked before them.
“Much better,” Eli said.
Maddy pulled at both their shirts. “Better, except you two are still dressed.” She took a step backward, motioning with her hands. “Take ‘em off.”
Donovan took a second to look at her. Her clothes had been nice and fashionable but had done a terrible job of highlighting what lay beneath–the high, round tits peaked with hard nipples showing her arousal, the lightly muscled body and softly curved stomach and hips, the neatly trimmed hair on her mons. He couldn’t have imagined a more beautiful wolf. And now she was his.
Eli already had his shirt off. Maybe that was part of his problem–he didn’t know how to stop and enjoy the scenery. Then Maddy raised her eyebrow at Donovan as if to say “hurry up.”
He grinned as he yanked off his shirt and went to work on his jeans. Still, Eli beat him, taking the opportunity to step forward and wrap his arms around Maddy.
“I’m sorry,” Eli whispered, touching her forehead with his. “For everything. I’m sorry.”
It needed to be said, but Donovan wasn’t sure this was the best time for it. The last thing he wanted was for things to turn maudlin and the passion to be lost. Although with the mating urge riding them all hard, he wasn’t sure the passion could be lost. Still.
