Penny kept moving out of Gordon’s reach. She could sense his growing frustration and desperation. And his movements were becoming slower and his blows grew weaker and less accurate.
Penny waited. Gordon glared at her and charged.
She crouched and let him come straight at her.
At the last instant, she twisted away and Gordon crashed right into the jagged boulder behind her. He let out a howl of pain and staggered up. Blood was oozing from his head.
Penny didn’t hesitate. She pounced and bit hard into his jugular. Blood flooded her mouth but she didn’t let go.
Gordon thrashed and writhed in pain. Penny plunged her teeth deeper into his neck, holding him in place. She held on even as his blood oozed from the corners of her mouth. She didn’t let go until he stopped moving.
Penny stumbled away and collapsed. Her exhausted wolf receded, and she shivered violently. She felt so cold all of a sudden.
She felt muscular, powerful arms wrap around her, and she leaned into the loving embrace of her mates.
Penny exhaled a shuddering sigh and whispered their names, “Ford, Ryder, Dillon...”
They answered her and hugged her tight.
Penny looked up and called out to her friend. “Kira...thank you...”
When Kira clasped her hand, Penny yanked her friend into a fierce, tearful hug.
It was over.
She was free.
CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO
Penny stood beside Kira as they watched Ford, Dillon and Ryder throw the bodies of the dead wolves into a huge pile. “Thank you, Kira,” Penny said again. “You saved me.”
“Nah,” Kira said, giving her hand a squeeze. “Like I said before, I merely distracted them. My size puts me at a disadvantage in a fight. I’m tiny...”
“But lethal,” Penny finished. “You are so fast, accurate and smart. That is a lethal combination.”
Kira grinned. Her lower lip was split and there were bruises all over her face, but her eyes were shining with pride. She bumped Penny’s hip gently. “Your wolf is impressive. This is the first time I’ve seen your wolf, and she is amazing!”
Penny laughed. “This is the first time I’ve seen my wolf too.”
Her expression became solemn as she stared at the pile of carcasses. The three guys had finished their gruesome task and were striding towards her.
“Did you kill them all?” Penny asked quietly.
“No,” Dillon answered. “We let the big black wolf go.”
“The pack executioner,” Penny said.
Ryder snorted. “I don’t think he’ll be holding that position for much longer. We broke his leg pretty bad. It’s not going to heal right. He’ll have a limp for the rest of his life. It’s better for him to lie low if he wants to live a long life.”
“Why did you let him go?” Kira demanded.
“Someone has to go back to the pack and tell the Alpha what happened,” Ryder replied with a shrug. “The pack should collect their trash and clean up after themselves.” He indicated the carcasses.
Dillon whistled. “The Alpha won’t be happy. More than half her pack is gone. And her son is dead.”
“She won’t be happy, but she won’t be stupid either,” Ford said. “She won’t want to pick another fight, a fight she has no hope of winning.”
“We told the black wolf that if the pack doesn’t collect their dead by midnight tomorrow, we’ll just burn the bodies,” Dillon said.
“Come on,” Ryder said. “Let’s go indoors and clean ourselves up. Who’s hungry?”
Kira raised her hand. “I can eat a horse!”
“Hmmm...” Ryder rubbed his chin. “I think we have some horse steaks in the freezer...”
Kira looked horrified and Penny punched Ryder in the arm. “No we don’t.”
Ryder and Dillon chuckled. “We’ll order pizza,” Ford said with a smile.
As they trooped into the house, Penny had to blink away sudden tears. She was suddenly overwhelmed with emotion. So many things had happened.
Her Change was complete, and she was now a wolf shifter. She had never been in a fight before, but she had just fought a pack of savage wolves and won.
She won because she had her mates and her friend in her corner. They had risked their lives for her, and they had fought with her and for her. No one had ever fought for her before.
This was love. This was what it felt like to be loved.
“Hey,” Ford whispered, pulling her to his side. “What’s wrong?”
Penny sniffed noisily. Dillon, Ryder and Kira crowded round.
“Nothing’s wrong,” Penny said, laughing through her tears. “I can’t believe that I was actually scared of Changing. I thought that my life got turned upside down when I was Changed.”
Penny looked at these amazing people that she now had in her life.
“But really, everything has been turned right side up. Everything is...right. So very right.”
CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE
Penny parked the car and grabbed her shopping bags. She had been on a nice shopping trip with Kira. The guys had insisted that she take the day off. Penny hummed happily to herself as she locked the car door and strolled towards the cabin.
The setting sun bathed the house in pastel-colored rays. Flowers were blooming all over the forest, and heart-shaped leaves and petals swirled playfully in the wind.
Penny took a moment to admire the beautiful scenery. “Home,” she whispered with a smile. This was her home, her world now. Her world had never looked so bright and beautiful.
Two weeks had passed since their battle with the wolves. The Emerald pack never came to retrieve their dead. Ford, Dillon and Ryder lit a fire and burned all the carcasses. They buried the bones and ashes far away from the cabin.
There was no trace left of her old life.
As Penny turned back to the house, she felt her wolf stir within her. Her wolf was growing impatient with her.
“Okay,” Penny said aloud. “I know what to do.”
Really? Then why haven’t you done it?
Penny huffed at her wolf. “I got this,” she snapped.
Her wolf remained unconvinced and unsatisfied. It wanted to see some action.
So did Penny.
Ford, Dillon and Ryder were really the sweetest, sexiest guys ever. She was so lucky to have them in her life. And she wanted to be with them always.
Her wolf growled in anticipation when she reached the front door. She could scent her mates in the house.
My mates.
Penny knew that the guys had been giving her plenty of space. She could scent their desire and hunger for her, but they didn’t pressure her. They were waiting for her.
“I’m ready,” Penny whispered to her wolf just before she opened the front door. She was ready to claim and be claimed by her mates.
Inside her head, Penny heard her wolf howl with joy and excitement. At last!
Tonight was the night.
Tonight she would make Ford, Dillon and Ryder hers. She was ready to be marked and she wanted her mates to wear her mark. Forever.
CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR
Penny stepped into the house and called out, “I’m home!”
She walked to the main dining area and gasped. The table was covered with a beautiful lace tablecloth, and the lights had been dimmed. Delicate silverware gleamed in the soft candlelight.
Ford, Dillon and Ryder stood beside the table, dressed in their finest suits and ties. They looked so handsome and dashing, and they took her breath away.
“What...” Penny stuttered as she gaped at them.
Dillon cleared his throat. “We hope you’ll like the dinner we prepared for you.”
“Dinner?” Penny repeated, unable to formulate a proper sentence. Her mates just looked so handsome and sexy. They were clean-shaven and she could smell their cologne. Her libido was scrambling her brain. Her eyes hungrily trailed across their suits, noting how broad and powerful their shoulders were. Their dark pan
ts were neatly pressed, and she dragged her gaze down their long legs.
“You guys look amazing,” she said breathlessly.
They grinned. “That’s the plan,” Ryder said, chuckling. “We plan to seduce you after dinner.” He stopped chuckling when Dillon elbowed him sharply.
Ford pulled out a chair for her. “We want to wine and dine our mate. You are very special to us, Penny,” he said softly as she sat down.
Penny blushed.
Dillon began pouring the wine. “This is a celebratory dinner as well. You have gone through the Change, and you are now a shifter. An alpha wolf!” Dillon said delightedly.
They raised their glasses.
“To Penny!” the men chorused.
Penny sipped her wine as the men served up the food. The conversation flowed easily as they ate. Penny saw how much effort the guys had put into preparing the dinner. The steaks were perfect, and she enjoyed the soup and freshly baked garlic bread immensely.
Ryder had even baked a chocolate cake for dessert. “I just poured the cake mix out of the box, followed the instructions and...ta-da! Not bad, eh?”
“Not bad at all,” Penny said, laughing.
She gazed at her three mates, feeling so relaxed and happy. This was the best dinner she’d ever had.
They had gone to great lengths to make this a special and memorable occasion for her. They wanted to show her how much they cherished, appreciated and loved her.
She loved them so much, and her possessive wolf wanted to mark these men as hers. She didn’t want any females in town ogling her mates and flirting with them.
Penny drained her wine glass and straightened up. “I...” she began.
The men stopped talking and turned to her.
Penny felt nervous all of a sudden. She had never done this before.
“I don’t really know how to say this,” she stammered.
“You know that you can tell us anything...” Ryder said.
Dillon nodded encouragingly. “Anything at all.”
“We got you,” Ford said, putting his large, calloused hand over hers.
“I want you,” she blurted out. “All three of you.” When they remained silent, she winced and looked down.
“Do you think I’m crazy?” Her voice wobbled. “Or...a slut?”
CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE
Ryder and Dillon started. “No!” they almost shouted in unison.
“Never, ever think or say that about yourself,” Ford said, his gray eyes flashing. “If we ever hear anyone saying that about you...”
“We’ll kill them,” Ryder snarled.
Penny bit her lip. “I...I just...I’ve never...”
“We understand,” Dillon said gently. “We were really surprised to discover that you’re our mate. Ours,” he emphasized, gesturing at the three of them.
“We love you,” Ryder said. “We each love you in our own way.”
“We share a mate, but each of us loves you wholeheartedly, truly and eternally,” Ford told her.
“You are an alpha she-wolf,” Ryder said with a cheeky grin. “I’m sure you can hold your own against three big bears.”
“You are ours,” Ford said, staring straight at her. “You are our mate, Penny. You belong with us, in our lives. Would you...let us mark you?”
Penny opened her mouth and shut it.
“We have to mark you at the same time,” Dillon explained. “Your wolf would only accept the mate mark once. And she wants to be marked by all three of her mates.”
Penny nodded slowly.
“We will never force anything on you,” Ford said. “You have to want this. Want us.”
“I do,” Penny said fervently, meeting their eyes in turn. “I do want you.”
She looked at them and saw the need and hunger in their glowing eyes. Their bears were so close to the surface, ready to claim their mate.
Her wolf rose as well, pushing and rubbing against her skin. Her animal wanted to mate. Her wolf was ready. So was she.
Penny stood and unbuttoned her blouse slowly. She let her blouse slide off her shoulders and reached back to unhook her bra. Letting her bra drop to her feet, she walked towards her bedroom.
Slowly, she unzipped her jeans and gave her mates a tantalizing glimpse of her lacy panties.
She was doing a striptease for her mates. And she absolutely loved how they were looking at her.
The three men followed her, their eyes taking in every inch of her. Penny had never felt so powerful before.
Three gorgeous, sexy males desired her, wanted her and needed her like their next breath. They were big, strong shifters, yet she was the one in control. They would never touch her and take her without her consent.
Penny hooked her thumbs into the waistband of her panties and slid her jeans and panties down her legs. She stepped out of them and stood facing them completely naked.
Growls were rumbling out of her mates. She could see their erections tenting the front of their pants. Sashaying forward, she curled her fist around Ford’s tie and tugged him to her.
Ford’s large hands went around her waist as his mouth pressed against hers. The kiss was deep and wet, and by the time he released her, his shirt was hanging from his body in shreds.
Penny gasped when she realized that her claws were out and she had ripped Ford’s shirt to ribbons with her claws.
“Our mate is hungry,” Dillon drawled. He was stroking his erection through his trousers.
“I am,” Penny said, licking her lips. “Come here.” She crooked a finger at them as she walked backwards to her bedroom.
Penny gave a sexy, lopsided smile and breathed, “And get those clothes off. I don’t want to be the only one naked.”
CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX
Penny turned and saw her mates follow her into her bedroom. She tried to steady her breathing as Ryder loosened his tie and began to unbutton his shirt.
She bit back a moan when Ryder exposed his magnificent, tanned body. She could feel the moisture between her legs and she knew her mates could scent her fierce arousal. Their nostrils flared and the glow in their eyes intensified. Her core was aching and throbbing with need and hunger.
Penny let out a small whimper when Ryder caught her in his arms and nibbled down her neck. As he kissed down her shoulder, she rubbed wantonly against his erection.
“Penny,” he grated, pushing his hand between her legs to cup her sex.
She closed her eyes as Ryder massaged her clit with his thumb.
She heard a sound and turned around to see Dillon walking into the room. She hadn’t noticed that he had slipped out. He was holding something in his hand.
“Lube,” he explained, smirking. “You’ll need it.”
Penny swallowed. She had never done this before. She was nervous and excited, and she wanted very much to try this. Having three hot males inside her, taking her, pleasuring her. This was so decadent, so naughty and erotic.
She had always been reserved and restrained, a shy, self-conscious girl who was always trying her best to please others and worrying about what others thought of her.
But now, something had finally broken free. She didn’t want to hold herself back. She wanted to experience everything, and be unafraid to try new things.
She wasn’t going to be judged or criticized. She was free to truly live and love, and be loved in return.
Penny turned and put her hand on Ryder’s shoulder. His sexy lips curved as he lowered himself onto the bed. His proud, impressive cock stood erect, jutting up from between his muscular thighs.
Penny crawled across the mattress and knelt over him. She moaned when he greedily pulled a swaying breast into his mouth.
She felt hands and lips all over her body. Ford and Dillon were kissing and caressing her, and when she lifted her face, Ford crushed his mouth over hers in a searing, demanding kiss.
Their tongues tangled, and Ford growled when she bit his lower lip.
“I want to taste you,” she whispered.
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Ford’s eyes glowed as he stood and positioned his cock at her mouth. He let out a hiss when she licked the tip of his huge cock. A drop of precum beaded on his head of his cock and Penny eagerly lapped at it, hungry for more.
Penny laved her tongue down the length of Ford’s hard cock as Ryder pinched her nipples. She could feel Dillon’s fingers sliding between her butt cheeks. His fingers were coated with lube and she tensed momentarily.
“Relax,” Dillon said huskily. “Take a deep breath, Penny, and just relax.”
He pushed a smooth, slick finger into her and she gasped. “We’ll do this nice and slow...”
Penny gradually relaxed as Dillon stroked in and out of her. Holding Dillon’s heated gaze, she panted, “Be gentle with me. I’m a virgin...there.” She flicked her eyes to her own butt and lowered her lashes coquettishly.
Dillon suppressed a groan. “You are so hot,” he said. “So sexy. I can’t wait to be inside you.”
CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN
Ryder sucked on her taut nipples in turn, making Penny jerk and rock on her hands and knees. His throbbing cock was nudging her wet folds, but Penny hovered above him. She was almost out of mind with desire and lust, but she didn’t want to rush this.
She let her mates tease and pleasure her, and the feel of hands, teeth, lips and tongues all over her was an experience like no other.
She held herself still and waited. She was waiting, waiting for Dillon to get her ready. She was licking down the length of Ford’s cock, but she didn’t take him into her mouth.
Penny wanted to take the three of them into her body at the same time. She wanted to feel them inside her, and feel the powerful, explosive connection.
She could tell that Ryder was almost losing control of his bear. His bear was impatient to mate.
Dillon growled, “Are you ready, sweetheart?”
Penny took a deep breath and answered, “Yes.”
Ryder thrust upwards, pushing into her hot, tight body. Penny shuddered at the jolt of electrifying pleasure, and her wolf surged to the surface.
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