by Cara Wylde
“There’s nothing to talk about, as far as I’m concerned,” Dev said. “She’s a good piece of ass. She keeps us occupied, takes our mind off things. I personally don’t think it will last much longer. Knowing how we operate, we’ll get bored of her before Petrov comes with the money.”
“You personally don’t think…” I ran a hand through my dark hair. It needed a cut. “Nevermind. I’m not going to argue with you. You’re in denial about most of your life.”
“What the fuck did you just say?!”
Aryan slammed his fists on the table. “Knock it off!” He looked at me. “Navin, say your piece.” Then he shot Dev an angry glance. “Dev, shut up and listen. You can say your own piece after.”
I cleared my throat, trying to come up with the right words. It was all in my head, waiting to be expressed and released, but I’d never been that good with words and with voicing my feelings.
“I know you can feel it because I can feel it. The bond. And before you guys say it sounds childish, hear me out. I never believed in the soul mate bond myself. I might have hoped it was real when I was young, but then, as the years passed and I met so many women… had so many women in so many ways… I gave up on the idea and accepted that the soul mate bond is just a myth. But with Vera… I don’t know. I feel this strong connection. When I’m with her, when I’m inside her…” I sighed deeply. “I feel like my whole body would shatter into a thousand pieces if she let go, if she rejected me, if she… fled. And there’s this anxiety eating me from the inside. Because she is our prisoner, she is our slave, and I know that if she could escape, she would. She would take that chance. She’s human, she’s not like us. She doesn’t even know what we are, so how could she choose us in these conditions?”
“You’re getting ahead of yourself,” Dev murmured. The tone of his voice surprised me. He sounded serious and like he’d actually heard what I said. “That day she saw you by the pool… as a tiger… I think she knows exactly what we are. And when we fuck her, there are times when we can’t hold our beasts back. Do you think she’s stupid? Because I don’t.”
“Aryan? What do you think?”
Aryan shrugged. “I don’t know what to say. Except that you’re right about the bond. I feel it too.”
“But she’s human!”
“So what?”
I pinched the bridge of my nose. “I never thought I’d end up mated to a human. She’s small, and fragile, and weak. Her body wouldn’t be able to carry our offspring.”
“You don’t know that,” Dev growled.
“I know you don’t want to hear it, but…”
“I’ve read about human females giving birth to shifter babies,” Aryan interrupted us before we started arguing again.
“You read…” I huffed. “Where? In a book?”
“Yes.” He shifted rather uncomfortably. “When Petrov brought her to us, I reached out to the Elders in the south and asked them about this… matter. Aunt Shakti sent this book about shifters mating with humans. It wasn’t just about our species.” He opened a drawer in his desk and pulled out a generous tome. “It has chapters about wolves, bears, and lions, too. Apparently, it isn’t impossible for a shifter and a human female to become bonded. And the female can carry and give birth to healthy cubs, although it’s not exactly a piece of cake for her and her body. The pregnancies can be difficult, and the births dangerous. But it’s not impossible.”
“Wow!” I took the book and opened it at a random page. “I’ll borrow this.”
“Go ahead.”
Dev glanced between me and Aryan. He blinked in complete surprise. The conversation had taken a turn he hadn’t expected, and it didn’t seem like he was ready to talk about the depths of a mate bond with a human female and about the future of such an arrangement.
“If Navin is concerned about being mated to a human, do you know what my concern is?” He raised his voice. “Sharing her! As long as it’s just for fun, it’s great. I don’t mind it. But you’re already talking long-term, aren’t you?” He finished his glass and stood up. “I’m not comfortable with that. I always thought that if I ever find a mate, a woman I want to spend the rest of my life with, she’d be mine and mine alone.”
“I hear you,” Aryan growled. “Do you think this sits well with me?”
I cocked an eyebrow. We’d been together since we were cubs in the south, living on the reservation. We’d always shared everything, never argued or fought for real, and especially not over women. I almost couldn’t believe that was the problem Dev and Aryan had when it came to Vera.
“I don’t mind it,” I said, just to make sure it was out there. “I’m not concerned about sharing. I just think… maybe she’s not right for us. Maybe we shouldn’t have accepted her as a gift in the first place, and we should have made Petrov take her back.”
Aryan jumped to his feet. He was suddenly furious. “Petrov will be here in a week. Want to give her back to him? Over my dead body!”
“Hey, hey! Come on.” I stood up too, ready to confront both Aryan and Dev. The energy in the office had shifted. One minute, we were talking about Vera like civilized people, and the next, egos were flying around like bullets. Dev didn’t want to share, and Aryan didn’t want to share either, but at the same time, wasn’t ready to give up on her. “We’re just talking! And this is good. At least now we know how each of us feels about this. About her.”
“I’d rather share her with you than let her go,” Aryan said in a calmer tone.
Dev shook his head. For a second, he looked like he wanted to say something, but then he just gave up, turned on his heels, and marched out of the room.
“He’ll come around,” Aryan said. He sat back down and pretended like he was going to return to his receipts.
“I didn’t want to stir any shit. I just thought… Fuck. I don’t know what I thought. I’m out of here. I need a break.”
That night, I went into the city. I stopped by one of our clubs, got a few drinks in me, enjoyed the strippers for a while. When one of the girls started giving me special attention, I tried to get into it at first. It was impossible. No matter how hard she grinded on me, no matter how languidly she danced on my lap, I couldn’t get hard. Frustrated, I stuck some bills in her panties and stormed out of there and into the chilly night. At least the temperature had dropped a few degrees. I didn’t feel like going home, though, so I just walked down the streets aimlessly, bumping into people, losing myself in the crowd. New Delhi never slept. I thought about Vera in her cage. Princess Vera. She must have been in the land of dreams at this hour. I wondered if she was dreaming about me… I wondered if I occupied her mind as much as she occupied mine.
I wondered… What would become of me now that I knew and I was almost ready to accept that I’d fallen for her? I wanted to kiss her. On the lips, this time.
Dev
Aryan was away on business. He’d left early in the morning, and he was probably going to be back by dinner. I took care of the things on my schedule, then I was free for the rest of the day. I knew exactly how I wanted to fill my free time. Navin was by the pool, as usual, and the house was empty. Except for the princess locked in her cage. I rushed to her room, aroused and impatient. My nostrils flared when I caught her scent. Aryan had given her some books to read, so these past few days, she’d been calmer and more compliant. What else was she going to do, anyway? We took care of her. We made sure she was clean and well fed, and we’d also given her two more dresses. As I entered her room and she looked up at me with those big blue eyes and a smile on her face, it struck me that she’d gotten used to this life.
“Dev,” she said simply.
The sound of her voice uttering my name sent a wave of heat straight to my groin. I unlocked the cage, and she stepped out of it. She wasn’t wearing her sandals, and she had to crane her neck to look into my eyes. She was so small and fragile that it shocked me we hadn’t broken her already. She looked good, though. Her skin wasn’t as pale anymore. We took her
out for walks every day, and she’d caught a bit of a tan. It looked delicious on her. I wanted to strip her, lay her on the floor, and then lick every inch of her body. There was no reason to hold myself back, so I leaned in and captured her lips in a kiss. Our first kiss. She gasped, and that allowed me to push my tongue inside her mouth. She gasped again, moaned, then little by little, as the initial surprise subsided, she melted into my arms. She pressed her round breasts to my chest and wrapped her thin arms around my neck. I lifted her off the floor, and her legs went around my waist. With both hands firmly placed on her ass, I started walking toward the door.
“Where are you taking me?”
My eyes were still fixed on her lips. I was breathing heavily. I’d kissed many women before, but none had made me feel the way she did. Maybe Navin was right. As much as the thought bothered me, I had to eventually accept that Vera was our mate and that we’d have to get used to sharing her.
“Outside,” I whispered. “I want to have you on the grass.”
It had just crossed my mind. I hadn’t had it planned, but when I saw the room and the cage, I realized that I wanted something different. I was tired of fucking her in that place, which was, in fact, like a prison to her. I wanted to penetrate her body under the clear blue sky and feel the sun on my back. I wanted to lay her down in the grass, like the fertile goddess that she was, and fuck her hard and fast, until the earth would become imprinted on her skin. The minute I stepped outside she shielded her eyes. It was a hot summer day, so hot that I immediately broke into a light sweat. I placed her back on her feet and ordered her to strip.
“Okay,” she smiled. “For you…”
But it wasn’t just for me. Navin had heard us, and when he saw her peeling her dress off her gorgeous body, he joined us.
“What are you two up to?” He licked his lips as he watched Vera roll the dress over her heavy tits. When it reached her waist, she hesitated. “Go on, princess,” Navin said. “I didn’t mean to interrupt you.”
The dress pooled around her ankles. She stepped out of it, and before our eyes, she looked like a young, sensual goddess of lust and desire. My cock grew even harder in my pants. Navin was just as turned on as I was. His pupils had dilated, and he couldn’t look away from her. A growl rose from my chest. I’d wanted to have this moment with her and her alone. And now he had to be here. Noticing my anger, Navin turned to me, a questioning look on his face. I remembered the conversation in Aryan’s office, and I tried to contain my possessiveness. I decided right then and there that I wasn’t going to let a cunt turn us against each other, no matter how sweet she was. Aryan and Navin thought the female was our mate. I didn’t know much about soul mates, and I wasn’t especially interested in the subject, to be honest. Navin had probably already read that book Aryan had gotten from the south. I could’ve asked him for it, but I didn’t want to. Truth be told, I didn’t know what was going to happen when Petrov returned with the rest of our money next week, but I had this feeling that Vera’s meaning in our lives would be decided. Until then, there was no point in fighting with Navin over her. If he wanted her, he could have her. All the better, he could have her first. That only meant that she’d be stretched enough for my cock. I was big. Bigger than Navin and Aryan, but of course, I wasn’t going to tell them that to their faces. And Vera wasn’t going to do it either, if she knew what was good for her. But I’d noticed that when I fucked her before Navin and Aryan, it took her more time to adjust to my girth and reach an orgasm. If anything, I wanted my women to enjoy me, and Vera was no exception.
“You can have her first,” I said.
He cocked an eyebrow but didn’t question my change of attitude. He turned to Vera, already rolling his swimming trunks down. His cock was hard, pointing straight at her, and I could smell her juices as her tight passage throbbed and produced them in anticipation. Her attention was on him now. I pulled a chair onto the grass and settled in it to enjoy the show. As much as I wanted the female for myself, I couldn’t deny that seeing her getting fucked by the other two men I was forced to share her with was a real tease. As Navin grabbed her breast and pinched her nipple, I pulled my cock out, leaned back with my legs spread wide, and started stroking myself. He shoved his hand between her legs, and she gasped in pleasure. This was good so far, but it could have been better. I figured there would be no harm in telling them what to do.
“Let her ride you. Reverse cowgirl. I want to see how her pussy stretches to take your cock. And I want her to look at me.”
Navin chuckled in amusement, then shrugged. “Sure. Why not? Suits me just fine.”
“What is… reverse cowgirl?”
I laughed. God, she was still so innocent. Navin laughed too, then guided her onto the grass with him. He lay on his back, turned her around, and made her straddle his hips.
“Oh…” She was starting to catch on to what was expected of her.
Navin grabbed the base of his cock and guided the head to her entrance. In this position, she was spread wide, and my eyes didn’t know where to look – her bouncing tits, or her soaked cunt. I settled for the last. Navin’s cock entered her slowly, and that made my breath hitch. The way her pussy stretched to accommodate him was fascinating. Intoxicating.
“Ride him. Hard,” I ordered her.
She didn’t say a word. She impaled herself on his cock, then moved back up until only the tip was in. In the harsh light of the sun, I could see his cock was glistening with her juices. She slammed back down, then rose again. Once, twice… until she increased the rhythm as she let out moans and little cries. He held his hands firm on her waist, guiding her and helping her keep her balance. As she moved faster, her tits danced beautifully on her chest, the pink, hard nipples pointing at me.
“Touch your clit.”
She complied. One small, elegant hand moved between her legs, and she started rubbing tiny circles around her sensitive nub. Soon, she was moaning louder than earlier, nearing her climax. I pumped my own cock faster, though I didn’t want to cum yet. No, I was going to wait until I was inside her to fill her with my seed. Put a cub in her, if the odds were good today and she was fertile, and if she wasn’t pregnant already. We’d been fucking her for a whole week now, so there was a fair chance we’d soon find out that she was with a cub. Or more. The mere thought of new life in her belly turned me on so hard that I almost spilled all over my stomach. I squeezed the base of my cock to stop the flow that I felt was coming up.
“That’s it,” I growled. “Take his cock. Fuck yourself harder, faster. Tell me how much you like cock, slut.”
I wasn’t doing myself any favors, but I wanted to hear that pretty mouth of hers say dirty words that she wouldn’t have said a week ago.
“I love cock,” she moaned weakly. She was so close that it was hard for her to speak. “I want your cock inside me, Dev. If I could, I’d take you both at the same time.”
Well, that was tempting, but the thought of my dick touching Navin’s dick inside her cunt wasn’t that appealing to me. She came with a cry, and I saw her juices flow out of her and all over Navin’s thighs. I took a deep breath in and released it slowly. My balls hurt by now. I needed release, or I was going to explode. I stood up, and that was when Vera opened her eyes, and looking at me through the haze of her orgasm, she said something that took me aback.
“I know what you are. You are tiger shifters. No need to hide from me anymore. I know your secret.”
I saw red. And it wasn’t her confession that threw me off, because I’d suspected she’d figured us out some time ago. It was the way she’d said that she knew our secret. So, it was clear to her that if anyone from the outside found out that we weren’t simple humans, it would be bad. Dangerous. She knew that she had power over us, and that made me lose my temper. I grabbed her by the throat and lifted her off Navin’s dick.
“What the hell, man? What are you doing?”
He sat up. I stopped him with a death glare.
“Shut up. You had her a
lready. It’s my turn.”
She was trying to kick me with her legs. Her hands were around my wrist.
“You’re hurting her. What the fuck?!”
I ignored him. I turned to her, and when I saw her eyes were almost bulging out of their sockets, I softened by grip. I didn’t let go, though. Not yet.
“You know our secret,” I sneered through gritted teeth. “And what are you going to do about it? Is this your plan? To escape and tell the world about us? Is it, slut?”
“N-no…”
“Dev, come on! She wouldn’t.” Navin was on his feet.
“Stay out of it!”
I could tell that he was getting ready to attack me, so I unclenched my fist and let Vera drop to the ground. She fell on the grass, coughing and sputtering. I got rid of my clothes in seconds, and then I was on top of her.
“Please, Dev… He’s right. I would never… Why would I?”
“Then why did you say you know our secret? Why did you make it sound like you have some sort of power over us now?”
“I didn’t… I didn’t mean anything by it.”
“Turn around, bitch. I’ll fuck you so hard you’ll forget your own name, and then you won’t be talking about secrets anymore.”
She didn’t move, so I gave her a hand. I pushed her onto her stomach, with her ass in the air and her face in the grass. I held her down as I entered her from behind. She shuddered under me, and I knew the position was uncomfortable for her, but I didn’t care. Now I wanted to hurt her. I wanted to make her understand that she didn’t have any power over me, over us. I could do whatever I wanted to her. I could fuck her, dominate her, hurt her. And she’d take it. Because she was my bitch. Our bitch. And the fact that she knew our secret meant exactly shit.
I pulled out and thrust back in harder than ever before. She whimpered in pain, and I realized… This wasn’t so bad. Yes, I wanted to give her pleasure, but at the same time, it would’ve been stupid of me to deny that her pain didn’t turn me on.
