None of them moved for quite awhile, each of the men holding her until their cocks left her. A wicked smile formed on her lips and she sighed. This was truly one of the best moments of her life. Brendan then picked up Katlyn and carried her into the bathroom and helped her in the shower. When the water was hot, the men parted her legs and washed her from front to back, and themselves.
“Are you okay?” Brendan asked.
“Yes, that was so ... like, wow.”
“We don’t have to do that every time,” Chase said. “But I hope you enjoyed it.”
“Oh, yes. I loved it, really.”
Brendan kissed her and Chase pressed against her, rubbing his cock against her slick ass. She turned to kiss Chase and took ahold of him, and with a wicked grin, she went to her knees, taking him into her mouth. She worked him deeply in and out until he tried to pull away, but she clamped her hands around his balls and kept him in place. Within minutes, Chase groaned, filling her mouth with his essence and she swallowed every drop.
She stood up and Brendan motioned for her to come toward him. He then went down and licked her pussy until she screamed as his fingers pumped deep inside her. Katlyn pulsed around his fingers and she went limp. Before she hit the shower floor, she was caught with strong arms and the water was turned off.
She was toweled off and Brendan’s fangs extended as did Chase’s. Katlyn knew they planned to bite her and for a fraction of a second she felt afraid. “What are you doing?” she asked.
“We’re claiming you as our mate. Officially,” Brendan said.
She felt the fatty part of her shoulders penetrated and she shuddered as she felt them take in some of her blood before releasing her, continuing to lap at her wound for a few minutes. Katlyn now felt more their mate than ever before. For once she had nothing in the back of her mind to worry about, just being with Brendan and Chase like this was more than she needed.
Chapter Fifteen
When Clayton drove back to the ranch, he took his vehicle, heading for home as Brendan, Chase, and Katlyn made way for the door. The door was slightly ajar and Katlyn’s heart beat rapidly. She raced up the stairs and into the room Tessa was in the last time she saw her, but she was not there. The room was in disarray and all she could think about was the patrol had found her and taken her into custody.
Katlyn ran back down the stairs and Paige walked forward. “I didn’t expect you back so soon.” Her white shirt and pants were blood-stained, with dabs of blood in the corners of her mouth.
Katlyn wailed. “What have you done to Tessa?”
“Oh, she’s fine. It’s not what I’ve done this time, but what Tessa has done to others.”
Katlyn made way for the dining room and Paige said, “You really shouldn’t go in there.”
She only made it two feet into the room when Katlyn choked back a scream as Tessa was feasting on Martha’s prone body that was on the table.
Paige entered the room. “Keep drinking, pet. That’s one bitch none of us wants as a member of the undead.”
The man who had arrested Katlyn by the name of Sam was dead on the floor, with his neck torn out, and Paige shrugged. “They barged in here and planned to take Tessa with them, but Tessa had other ideas. When they removed her IV she was quite hungry, you see, and you just can’t stop a vampire from feeding the first time after she wakes up.”
“Is this what I have to look forward to?” Katlyn asked. “Will Tessa bite me, too?”
“Of course not,” Tessa said as she gazed at her friend. “How will you be able to produce cubs for your shifters if you’re a vampire?”
“But you murdered Martha.”
“Only after she ripped my IV out. I hardly think they cared if I’d be harmed or not. I would have died if they’d taken me outside in the daylight. By the time they had dragged me down the stairs, I was wide awake and well, hungry. It was either them or me. Luckily, Paige made it there in time to take care of Sam before he could kill me while I dealt with the woman.”
“She’s right. We really didn’t have a choice and those two would have come back for you eventually, Katlyn. Now you’ll never have to worry about it.”
Katlyn tried to wrap her mind around it and knew they were right, but she would have much rather seen Sam and Martha charged for their crimes. Now it would be a secret she’d have to take to her grave, like knowing Brendan and Chase had killed one of the men from the Shifter Patrol to save her back in Wisconsin.
“Tessa will learn how to control her hunger. I’ve ordered the medication from Germany that helps with the cravings, but she’ll be forced to drink the blood supplied to her by the blood bank in the future. You can’t just start feeding off every human you meet. They start to ask questions when bodies begin to pile up. That’s how I ended up in a hole near Devil’s Tower.”
“Someone put you in that hole?”
“Yes. They meant to kill me, but when there was a rock slide and I was trapped under one of the rocks, the humans decided to leave me to die. They thought a death by fire would be a more fitting death for a vampire, but even though the sun was able to shine into the hole, I was laying in the shade. With no food, I thought I’d be toast, but I put myself into a trance and went into brumation, like lizards do.”
“We thought Paige was dead,” Brendan said as he walked into the room. “Make sure you put stakes through those two after you get through, and bury their bodies far from this ranch.”
“I have a cremator on hand for such an occasion,” Paige said. “So leave us now. We’ll clean up.”
* * *
Days later, Tessa and Katlyn sat on a log overlooking a stream in the dead of night, listening to the chirps of the crickets. “I’m so sorry, Tessa,” Katlyn said. “I really wonder what would have happened if we’d just stayed back in Wisconsin.”
“We’d be dead. And really, this vampire thing is not so bad. I’ve never felt so empowered before, or sexy. Someday I hope to find myself a shifter like you have. I’m still trying to adjust to the fact that you’re the mate of two mountain lion shifters. What’s it like?”
“It’s not all hot sex. I love them both, truly, and they don’t seem to mind sharing me most of the time.”
“I can’t even imagine it and I’d rather not, if you don’t mind. You’re like a sister to me.”
“Are you angry at Paige?”
“I’m not sure. When I figured out what she was, I didn’t exactly resist. She’s sexy that way.”
“You were drunk and not making rational decisions.”
“Perhaps, but Paige has told me just how rare it is for someone to be turned so easily, like one in a thousand.”
“It makes me very uncomfortable to think that there are thousands of vampires roaming the earth.”
Tessa laughed. “Paige is my sister now and I’d like you to forget about all the resentment you have against her. She really saved my life, you know. She didn’t have to help me ease into my new existence.”
“I think she might have done that because Brendan or Chase expected it of her.”
“Things go deeper than that. Paige had a sister once, Arielle, but she died after they had been bitten coming home one night. Paige’s transition was a hard one, but she educated herself afterward and learned that blood transfusion in the beginning did help.”
“I know she saved you and whatever her motives might have been to do that, she’s redeemed herself in my eyes.”
* * *
Katlyn stood next to Maxwell at his father’s funeral. Werewolves believed in burning the bodies of their deceased, and as an alpha, his funeral was attended by werewolves from far and wide. Governor Martin Crosbie also attended, with his wife Betsy, as he vowed to get to know the ways of the shifters. He passed a state law that offered protections of shifters in Wyoming. It was currently considered murder if you kill them as man or beast. Since not everyone loved shifters, they continued to live in the shadows.
Raphael stood on the other side of his nephew and he ha
d taken over as alpha easily. Maxwell’s uncle actually smiled when nobody was looking and lived up to his promise to raise Maxwell, who continued to come to the schoolhouse at Shadow Creek. The children no longer tormented him as Robert left Wyoming with his mother, Annabelle, who wasn’t happy that two vampires now resided in Creeksboro.
Brendan and Chase were teary-eyed when the flame was put on the funeral pyre. Many people recounted tales of Nate’s life that involved his love for his son Maxwell, his fellow shifters, regardless of type, and paying the ultimate price by helping out Shadow Creek where a bronze statue of a wolf was erected in Nate’s honor.
* * *
Two weeks later, Katlyn massaged her abdomen absently. She kept the secret to herself that she was with child from her mates for now, as confirmed by a recent ultrasound. She waltzed into the capital and onto the senate floor. As she was sworn in, she felt all eyes on her. Katlyn knew that nobody in the room had probably ever met someone who would stand up for the shifters.
Katlyn was questioned for hours and she skirted around why she had gone to the Wilted Petal that night, feigning ignorance of what kind of place it really was. She wanted to leave out Brendan’s and Chase’s part in killing a member of the Shifter Patrol, but she felt it best to prove that shifters would protect a mere human who they didn’t even know.
The members of the Shifter Patrol that murdered everyone in the club that night were tried and sentenced to prison for murder, but only for the humans they killed. Laws were being reworked and the president vowed that changes would happen, encouraging all to be patient.
“Well, Miss, I’m honored that you came forward to testify today, and our hope is that nothing like this happens ever again. A vigilante group just shouldn’t ever get this strong and with your input it will help us decide how to proceed with new laws to protect all of our citizens, even the ones that are only half human.
* * *
When they arrived back home from Washington, pink and blue balloons were attached to the ceiling of the cabin Katlyn shared with Brendan and Chase.
“Does this mean what I think it means?” Brendan asked.
Chase’s face was devoid of all color, but he managed to choke out, “We’re going to need a bigger cabin.”
“Yes. I’m with child, or cub.”
Brendan and Chase put a hand on Katlyn’s stomach and they kissed her tenderly on her brow. Whatever was in store for them now was uncertain, but Katlyn felt that this baby would bring them closer together than ever before. What she didn’t tell them, just yet, was that she wasn’t carrying just one cub, but two.
About the Author
USA Today Bestseller Madison Johns isn't the type of writer who publishes one book a year. She works hard to publish once a month, whether it's one of her beloved Agnes Barton mysteries, or paranormal romances. Watching established authors, she realized early on that it's not good to keep readers waiting for her next book too long. She prefers to burn the midnight oil with a strict publishing schedule, meeting her deadlines at any cost. Animal lover Madison lives in mid-Michigan with her two children and animals galore, including a hilarious Jackson Chameleon.
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Other Books By Madison Johns
An Agnes Barton Senior Sleuth Mystery Series
Armed and Outrageous
Grannies, Guns & Ghosts
Senior Snoops
Trouble in Tawas
Treasure in Tawas
Bigfoot in Tawas
Agnes Barton Paranormal Mystery
Haunted Hijinks
Kimberly Steele Romance Novella (Sweet Romance)
Pretty and Pregnant
An Agnes Barton/Kimberly Steele Cozy Mystery
Pretty, Hip & Dead
A Cajun Cooking Mystery
Target of Death
Kelly Gray (Stand alone) Sweet Romance
Redneck Romance
Paranormal Romance
Hidden, Clan of the Werebear Serial (Part One)
Discovered, Clan of the Werebear Serial (Part Two)
Betrayed, Clan of the Werebear Serial (Part Three)
Table of Contents
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
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