She had thought she was going to die back there at that cabin and she hadn't. But it had been damn close.
She turned her gaze on Donovan's thick, engorged penis, wondering if it would fit in her mouth. It looked like it was already set to explode.
"Donovan, come here."
His eyes shifted to look at her face and she saw the hunger etched in every line. "Are you sure?" He now looked hesitant, no longer the brash, in-control stranger. If anything, he looked even more sexy than before.
"Dammit, get over here so I can suck your dick. Don't make me say it again."
She saw his glance slide to Trey and then back again. Walking over to the table, his dick in his hand, she opened her mouth, and using her hands to guide him in, she sucked him inside.
The sounds of animal growls filled her ears as she sucked on Donovan and Trey fucked her hard. She moaned around Donovan's cock, the breadth of it almost cutting off her air and the sound of her muffled moan of pleasure. He tasted hot and salty, his flesh smooth, silky steel, veins pulsing, growing more rigid and ready to explode.
It was the simultaneous roar of both men that sent her over the edge in the most explosive orgasm she'd ever known. She swallowed Donovan's cum as Trey filled her womb with his semen. She felt the bite of Trey's hands on her hips, Donovan's hands rubbing her breasts, tweaking her nipples.
When it was over, Donovan pulled out and quickly zipped himself up, leaving the kitchen without another word. Rainna looked up at Trey, who was still hard and buried inside her. He now had her full attention. She could taste Donovan's pleasure and she pulled herself up, wrapping her arms around Trey.
"We're not done by a long shot. But am I being fucked by a man or a wolf?"
He grinned and his teeth flashed in the darkness. He shot forward and she felt that special pleasure ache that drove her crazy, dropping her right into the heart of lusty abandon.
"Would you settle for a horny wolfman who's probably going to fuck you till dawn breaks through?"
Now that's what she wanted to hear. Donovon was good and tasty, but Trey was the one she wanted. And he would always come first. She'd be certain to ask about the wolf thing later.
Chapter 7
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The sexual heat had finally diminished enough for Rainna to think coherently once again. When she was around Trey it never subsided entirely, but at least she was sated enough to act civilized.
She now sat at the kitchen table with a half finished bowl of homemade vegetable soup in front of her and several slices left from a loaf of fresh herbed bread setting on a cutting board in the center of the table.
She sat back in her chair and looked first at Trey, who sat beside her, and then at Donovan, who sat across from her. Both of them had that hungry, wolf look in their eyes.
"Okay, so now I think it's time for a little question and answer session. Think you can handle that?"
The lust was replaced by wariness as they stared back at her. She thought she should feel embarrassed after the raging intimacy that had taken place with Donovan, but she just couldn't seem to muster up any guilt over the incident.
There simply had to be more to her response to him than what was on the surface. She had a feeling they both knew the answers.
"What do you want to know?" Trey asked as he pushed his bowl toward the center of the table.
"Where are we?"
"We're on the other side of the mountain. It's a place that would be very difficult to reach by just anyone."
"You mean humans? Like me?"
He nodded slowly. "Yes, I guess so."
"What's the name of this place? It looks like a town of some sort, but I don't see very many people around."
"Well, to be honest, there are no actual humans here--or at least fully human residents. It's called Vampyre Falls and it's a retreat, or sanctuary, you might say, for the hunted."
"The hunted? I don't get it."
"I'm assuming you've already figured out that we're not exactly human."
Turning into a wolf and back again? Yeah, she'd guess that would come under the heading of not quite human. "So. Are you and Donovan both wolves?"
"Werewolves would be the proper term. And, yes."
"You're brothers? That's what Donovan said."
Trey slanted a look at Donovan. "Pack brothers. Not quite the same as blood brothers. We hunt and live together as a unit. We grew up together, but we don't have the same parents. Although our ancestors came from the same village back in Germany."
"I guess I sort of understand, but not really. That man...the one who came to the cabin...you called him a wolfkiller."
Trey nodded. "Yes, they're hired and trained by the government to exterminate us. There's a shadow organization called the Paraspecies Investigation Agency."
"I've heard of them. Don't they investigate supernatural happenings and things like that? Aren't they the ones who check into the alien stuff?"
She saw Trey look at Donovan and their expressions grew hooded again. Trey then looked at Rainna. "That's the official explanation. But in reality they're out to exterminate all of us."
"Why?"
"They consider us dangerous. They can't control us, so they want to kill us. They've already killed Kyle and Sybilla. That's why I went down to the town. We'd heard a group of them were getting close. I'm sorry you were hurt in the process, Rainna."
She shook her head and pressed a hand to her forehead. "I'm trying to understand all of this. What happens if I go back down there? There are things you don't know about me. I was trying to get my life back together."
Trey sighed. "They think you're dead, Rainna. You can't go back there."
Her head shot up. "Dead? Why would they think that? And what happened to that man? You said I didn't kill him. It was the wolf, wasn't it." And then understanding dawned on her. "You were the wolf, weren't you?"
He nodded. "Yes. And I killed him." He paused for a moment, looking at her. Then he turned to Donovan. "Can you give us a minute? I want to talk to her alone."
"Sure." Donovan rose from the table. "I should go check on Carson anyway. I'm just about due to relieve him."
She looked at Trey. "Who's Carson? And relieve him from what?"
"We're far enough up the mountain and deep enough in that most people couldn't find us--not without help. But we still need to have sentries in case someone stumbles onto us by accident. Or tracks one of our own up here. Carson is our pack brother, and Donovan's going to relieve him on watch. It's our week to work the north side, near the falls and the vampire caves."
"This is all just too much for me to take in."
Trey reached out to twine his fingers with hers. "I know. I'm sorry you got mixed up in all of this. But you can't leave."
She yanked her hand from his. "What do you mean I can't leave?"
"Rainna, they know who you are. You have my scent. For now, they think you're dead, that you were killed in the fire."
"What fire?" she shouted. The headache was growing worse.
"I had to set the cabin on fire, make it look like an accident in order to cover up what happened."
"This is crazy. The government's been trying to keep me hidden for months in the Witness Protection Program and you up and kill me off in one night."
He leaned forward. "What are you talking about Rainna?"
"I was on the run myself. I was a nurse when I had a life. But I caught the doctors I was working with peddling drugs on the side. I had to testify. The people involved were not happy with me. It's why I didn't want to get involved with you at first. But things have been quiet. I thought it was over with and that I could get my life back. And now this."
She picked up the bowl and silverware, got up and headed over to the sink. She poured the remainder of the soup down the sink drain and rinsed out the bowl, trying not to focus on the magnitude of what was happening to her life.
She felt Trey's strong hands on her shoulders, just before she sensed his closeness.
/> "Rainna, I'm in love with you and I don't want you going back down there. I want you to stay here. With me. You're my mate and you belong with me."
She set the bowl down in the sink and latched onto the counter edge as she stared out the window into the darkness. "I don't fit here, Trey. I'm not like you. I'm not sure I fit anywhere anymore."
His hands tightened. "You fit with me. Perfectly."
God, he was right about that. They did seem to fit perfectly together. But he wasn't human. And she was. How could that work?
"I don't know, Trey. I-I love you, too. But obviously, we're very different." She whirled around. "I'm not sure I'm up to the lifestyle you seem to want me to live."
"What's that?"
"Well...Donovan for one thing. There's something about you...werewolves. You exude something and I don't know what it is. But every time I'm around you, it's like I've got this itch that won't stop."
He smiled. "Yeah, well I've noticed that. It's strange that it happens to you. Humans aren't usually affected. It's like a type of animal heat."
"Yeah, that sounds about right. It's pretty primal."
"It will probably happen with Carson, too. He'll have a similar scent. We've been together a long time."
"Dammit, Trey. So you don't just hunt and live together. You fuck together, too?"
For the first time she saw an interesting shade of red travel up his neck and into his cheeks. "Well, nobody's going to force you to do anything, Rainna. Ever. If you don't want them around, all you have to do is say so. They'll never force you to do anything. We do tend to share just about everything." He leaned forward. "But I'm pretty possessive about you, Rainna. I'm not sure I want to share you with them. I want you for myself. But the hormones, the responses when the arousal gets high... It's going to be hard. For you."
"Can I have some time to think about all of this?"
He nodded his head. "The council meeting isn't until next week. I'll take you around so people can meet you and you can get a better feel for the town."
"The council meeting?"
"Yes, anyone who requests to live in Vampyre Falls has to be approved by the council and then put up for a vote to the community members."
"You're kidding."
"This isn't your average community, Rainna. It's a sanctuary. Every creature here is part human, but not all human. Some are human with special abilities that put them on the wanted list. We're all hunted. Many have lost families, friends, lovers to PIA and they want us all exterminated. The Paraspecies Investigation Agency is empowered to use any means necessary to exterminate anyone with the least bit of unusual ability. They were only formed in the last couple of years, but they're already becoming lethal to our kind. Just look at the size of this town already. And there are others. You are the first human without any extrasensory ability to be considered before the council. They've made a special exception for me."
"So they could send me away, even if I wanted to stay?"
"I'm afraid so." He cupped her face and looked deeply into her eyes. "If they send you away, I'm going with you. I won't leave you unprotected."
"But, Trey, obviously you can't do that. They're out to kill you. I've beat the odds once, I'll do it again."
"There's no argument. I've already talked it over with Carson and Donovan. And there's no further discussion on it."
She felt the weight of his decision. It wasn't only her life, but his life she had to worry about. This was not going to be an easy decision.
Chapter 8
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Rainna was torn between wanting to stay in the mountains with Trey and her need to return to the normal, civilized world she had left behind. From the moment she'd caught the discrepancy in the medication, her life had been turned upside down. Why she had ever thought it would return to some normalcy once the trial was over, she had no idea.
What if the council members turned Trey's request down and wouldn't allow her to stay in Vampyre Falls? What if they did approve the petition? Then she would have to face her elemental responses to Carson and Donovan, which she found so confusing.
She walked along the shore on the other side of the lake toward the falls. Trey would just be getting off his shift, as he had told her earlier in the day. She was still so shaken by her responses to Donovan that she tried even harder to control the hormones raging through her body whenever she was near the "wolf brothers," as she had dubbed them in her mind.
Since she had been in Vampyre Falls she'd met other shapeshifters, vampires, and a government-created species known as shadowwalkers. There were many odd creatures she couldn't even begin to name.
The government had apparently once again become frightened of what they could not understand or control. She was surprised at how many different species existed, some she had only read about in myths and stories and was now discovering for the first time that they really did exist. It was enough to boggle the mind.
But again her question was how she fit into the scheme of things? Could she find a place for herself in their world?
She looked up and saw Trey waiting for her. He was talking with another man, a dark, shadowy figure with skin as pale as the snow on the mountain peak. They both turned to look at her as she drew closer.
Trey's brooding eyes were on her as she finally reached them. She could tell there was something on his mind. He reached for her and possessively enfolded her into his arms, leaning down to kiss her. She felt the familiar heat rise inside her and, as she leaned into his kiss, she wondered how long it would be before the other man left them alone. She was not about to have a repeat performance as she'd had with Donovan.
The control she'd been trying to exert over the last couple of days was beginning to crumble, and she had a feeling she wouldn't be able to fight her emotions much longer.
Trey drew back and turned to look at the other pale-faced man. Rainna's eyes widened when she saw that he had pointed ears.
"Rainna, this is Morganna's husband. You remember I told you about her. She's the main healer here in Vampyre Falls. This is Kellen. Kel, this is Rainna. My mate."
Kellen offered a hand and Rainna reached out to clasp it, trying not to shudder at the coldness of the clasp. It was when he smiled that she saw the pointed incisors.
She shot a sideways glance at Trey. "A vampire?"
"A breed of sorts. He and Morganna hail from the fae world, but yes, he's also vampire. It's a long story."
"There are a lot of species here that are like that, aren't there?"
"Yes. Many are outcasts from their own kind. Hunted by humans and their own people as well."
She stepped closer into Trey's embrace. She wasn't sure she exactly trusted a vampire.
"It's all right, Rainna. He wouldn't hurt you. The people who live here all sign oaths that they are bound by. It's against the law to practice their craft, whatever it may be, on anyone living in Vampyre Falls. Many have learned the consequences of preying on other species similar to themselves." He nodded toward Kellen. "Kel knows very well what it means to have a foot in two worlds. And to have been brought there forcibly."
"I should be going," Kellen said.
"It's been quiet. Carson should be back soon to let us know if there are any rumblings in Silver Creek."
Kellen nodded. "I'll feel better once he returns. It's difficult to prepare not knowing what's happening in the outside world. We'll talk later." He turned and Rainna gasped because it was as though he just disappeared into thin air.
She turned to Trey. "I'm not sure I'll ever get used to the strange ways of the people here."
He shrugged. "We're all different, but being hunted seems to draw us together to fight the enemy from outside. If it weren't for that, who knows how we would respond to each other. But for now, we've come to an uneasy alliance."
"Are there no phones here, no way of communicating?"
"We have two-way radios. No cell phones because of the mountains and bad reception. No phones lines up here, I'm afr
aid. We're pretty well cut off. We do supply runs at regular intervals and reconnaissance missions. That's how we got some clothes for you."
"Where's Carson? He's not here? You said something about him having gone to Silver Creek?"
Trey nodded. "He needed to deal with your car and my truck. We don't want anyone to find them and ask questions, maybe go looking for you. If you decide to return, we'll deal with things then. He's also scouting around to determine whether we have anything to worry about regarding the hunter. We need to know if our friend was alone or not."
She hated to ask, but she had to. "And Donovan?"
"He's around."
She pressed him. They might as well get it out in the open. "I haven't seen him. Not since..." She let the words trail off.
"We're trying to give you time, Rainna. I know it's difficult."
She looked up at him. "You want me to accept them, don't you? I thought you wanted me for yourself, Trey. Not as just someone to satisfy the sexual needs of three men. Is that why you brought me up here? As a convenience?"
He grabbed her arms and shook her. His eyes glittered in the moonlight and she heard a growl erupt from his throat. "Dammit, Rainna, that's not the way it is. It's dangerous being associated with us. Something could break open at any time, attack any one of us. You're human, and I want to be sure you're protected if something happens to me. Carson and Donovan would take care of you."
"You can't be serious."
"It's the times; they're dangerous. After the deaths of our packmates, we don't take chances any more. Rarely will we leave the Falls together. One of them will always be here with you if something happens to me when I leave the mountain."
"If you leave, I leave," she said stubbornly.
"That's not possible. You can't shift into wolf form. You don't have the same survival instincts. I never should have dragged you into this, but it's done now and I don't want to lose you. It's my job to be certain you are cared for if something happens to me. My pack brothers can do that for me."
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