Christmas with Two Alphas

by Vanessa Devereaux

  “Guess I was thinking about my parents and a completely different topic,” she said, still remembering the argument she’d had with her dad about her wanting to run a business instead of attending her parent’s alma mater, University of Montana in Missoula.

  “So what do you think about humans in general?” asked Lucas.

  “I think they’re great. I have loads of friends who are human. How about you guys?” she asked.

  Nick shook his head. “I’ve kept myself isolated mostly.”

  “What about your parents?” asked Lucas, helping himself to more chili.

  “They didn’t make it to Earth that night. It was just me and my sister who died the next day.”

  “Geez, I’m sorry,” said Lucas. “How about you Maisey?”

  “My parents survived but they lost all three of their children.” She’d often wondered what her siblings had looked like and if she resembled any of them.

  “You make it sound like they adopted you,” said Nick. “I know a lot of people did take in orphaned kids.”

  She shook her head while swallowing the mouthful of chili she’d just eaten.

  “I was born here on Earth. My parents were in their forties when the crash happened and tried for five years to conceive me.”

  “Yeah, I know it’s been tough for some couples,” said Lucas.

  “And what’s your story?” asked Nick.

  “Me?” asked Lucas, pointing at himself.

  Nick nodded.

  “My father and brother survived the crash but my mother died a week after we landed here. My brother has his mate and moved to live with some of the shifters in Washington State, Dad died two years ago, and I just come back from serving in the Army. Before that, I was a carpenter.”

  “Really?” asked Nick.

  “So what is that you do?” asked Lucas.

  Maisey rested her elbows on the table because this was the part she was dying to know. How he afforded a fancy place like this.

  “I invest in companies, also dabble in real estate,” said Nick, taking the top off the bottle of beer and drinking it.

  “So you run your own company?” asked Maisey.

  “Yep, didn’t see the point of going to school.”

  “That’s what I keep trying to tell my parents. I work at a health club and I want to open my own yoga studio and they think that’s just plain stupid.”

  “You do yoga?” asked Nick.

  Maisey nodded. “I teach the beginner and advanced classes. I’m really good at it.”

  “Maybe you can show us some poses later,” said Lucas.

  She saw him glance at Nick and wink. She smiled. She knew what that wink had meant and if they wanted to see her doing the downward facing dog while naked their wish would be granted.

  “Are you going to Dane and Melanie’s wedding next weekend? I just got my invitation today?” asked Maisey.

  “Yep, got it a couple of days ago. All the guys seem so happy with their human brides,” said Lucas.

  “Well, you wouldn’t catch me with a human woman in a million years,” said Nick.

  “That’s a horrible thing to say,” said Maisey.

  “I’m just telling it like it is. No human female’s ever going to capture my heart.”

  “I guessing you’ll eat those words one of these days,” said Maisey.

  “Speaking of eating, this chili is the best I’ve tasted. What’s the secret?” asked Lucas.

  “Smoked paprika,” said Nick.

  “Smoked? And it’s venison you’ve used in here and not beef, am I right?”

  Nick nodded. “Cubed and not ground and I also added some Guinness to the stock.”

  “Guinness, no wonder it tastes so good, you’ll have to give me the recipe.”

  Maisey burst out laughing. While the chili was kick butt, these guys sounded like two female wolves.

  “And what’s so funny?” asked Lucas.

  “You guys, talking about going to weddings and wanting recipes.”

  Lucas squeezed her leg. “Sorry, guess we’ve both been two lone wolves for too long.”

  “Which makes me think maybe the two of us should go for a nice long run before we have dessert,” said Nick

  He winked at Maisey. She knew it wasn’t the sort of dessert you ate and wolves running together made them hornier than hell.

  She stood up and took off her blouse. She was feeling horny herself and wanted to show them what would be in store for them when they got back.

  “However much I love this chili and would like more, I think we need to get that run over and done with ASAP,” said Lucas.

  ****

  Nick howled, pushing his muzzle high into the air. Lucas did the same. The moon was full and probably the reason Maisey was close to the beginning of her mating cycle. She’d be especially fertile and hence the scent her body had released brought both him and Lucas to her side. He’d been right about her age and she was, in fact, the first shifter he’d met that had been born here on Earth. He was still thinking about her idea for a yoga studio and maybe, just maybe, he could help her out.

  They ran through the woods and back to Nick’s place where they’d left their clothes outside. Lucas was the first one to shift back into his human form, and Nick joined him a few minutes later. It was a chilly night, the sky was cloudless and perfect for warming your body on a sexy female.

  “You think it’s worth putting our clothes back on?” asked Lucas.

  “Probably not, but let’s hurry inside because now that I don’t have my fur I’m fucking freezing.”

  Both men went inside to find Maisey naked on the couch drinking what looked like his most expensive bottle of red wine. He’d bought it ten years ago thinking that one day he’d propose and he and his new fiancée would toast to their future life with it. That female had never materialized, or maybe he’d quit looking. Either way, it was just as well Maisey had decided to drink it. Every time he looked at it, it just reminded him how lonely his life could be at times.

  “I’ve missed you guys and I’m in need of lots of attention,” she said.

  Shit, the woman dripped sexiness. Lucas’ had her last time, so it was only fair Nick got to plant his cock in that sweet pussy of hers this time around. Just how was he going to take her this time?

  He knelt in front of her, taking the glass from her hand and placing it on top of the coffee table. Nick looked up at her thinking what a beautiful she-wolf she was. He parted her thighs, catching an image of her pussy opening. Lucas planted himself on the arm of the couch and walked his fingers over her shoulders. Having already used his fingers and his cock to pleasure her, he had to come up with something else.

  Nick leaned forward pushing her legs farther apart and soon lapped at her opening with his tongue. She drew in her breath while planting herself farther back on the couch. Lucas walked around behind her and slid himself over the top so he was now sitting beside her. Nick glanced up to see him kissing her. He smiled.

  Nick got back to work on twirling his tongue inside her opening. Maisey was a wiggly one, her thighs quivered, her pussy pulsated against his tongue as she groaned and whined. He flicked around her opening she called out and clawed at the arm of his couch.

  Her juices oozed from her pussy sending him into an almost panicked frenzy. He glanced at Lucas hoping he didn’t mind him pulling Maisey away. He grabbed her.

  “Stand up and turn around,” said Nick.

  Alpha she-wolves had never been for him, but luckily he was pretty sure Maisey was the type of wolf who’d do exactly what he asked.

  As predicted, she turned around. Lucas scooted in front of her, now sitting where she’d been planted on the leather couch just seconds ago. She leaned over allowing him to play with her nipples as they hung down close to his face. Nick ran his fingers through her crack, tickling her anus before parting her cheeks and then in one easy thrust pushed his cock deep inside her.

  Maisey leaned over so she could kiss Lucas, causing her
butt to rise and enabling Nick to push inside her a few more inches. Nick held her hips and closed his eyes, knowing that he was in for the best ride of his life.

  ****

  Lucas loved the way her cute little toes curled upward when she was nearing her climax. They hadn’t known her or her body that long, but it was already clear to see when she got excited, what excited her, and when she wanted more pleasuring.

  Right now she was on the verge of a massive orgasm. Her nails sank into his forearms as Nick pounded into her. The sound of their flesh slapping against one another echoed around the cabin.

  She flung her head back, putting her face toward the ceiling and gave one the most wonderful of wolf-shifter howls he’d ever heard. That alone was enough to turn him on and make him hard. Any female who could howl like that was definitely mate material. The room grew brighter, and as Lucas glanced outside he saw the full moon reflecting through the window.

  When Nick found his own release, he slapped her butt making her laugh.

  Lucas was hard from the scent and sound of her, and he didn’t want it to go to waste.

  “Straddle me baby,” he whispered to her.

  She sat across his lap, being so slick from her last round of sex with Nick that he was able to slide deep within her. She looked happy as she bounced up and down, groaning every so often.

  Nick sat beside them and just watched this time. Probably loving the view of Maisey’s large breasts bouncing up and down, their nipples turning dark and hard the louder she groaned.

  He raised his hips, meeting her downward thrust as she whined and then howled and howled which made him thrust more wildly.

  Lucas held himself up, reaching the back of her pussy and that’s all it took for him to find his release. He howled too and even Nick joined in until the three of them lay intertwined on the floor, their howls turning into laughter.

  “That’s a gorgeous full moon,” said Maisey, pointing to the glass ceiling.

  “So how was losing your innocence?” asked Lucas.

  “It was wonderful and thank you guys for providing me with the best night of my life…so far.”

  ****

  Maisey sat in Nick’s bath splashing her pussy with warm water but guessing it would be of little help. She hadn’t told the guys but when she’d glanced down at her belly, her mating circle was almost joined with just a fraction of space between both ends.

  Bile rose in her throat. She stood and quickly turned on the shower, pulling the spray attachment down and aiming it at her pussy. Shit, even that was turning her on and probably doing nothing to avoid her getting pregnant. Maybe it had happened after Lucas had slipped his cock out of her. Maybe the water had washed away any semen still lingering. She bit her lip, realizing what an amateur she really was with all this sex and mating cycles, despite the birds and bees talk.

  “You okay in there?” It was Lucas’ voice. She knew that for sure. At least she was able to tell one guy’s voice from the other. Another rush of guilt washed over her. Two guys. She’d just done the wild thing with two men.

  “I’m fine and I’ll be right there,” she called back.

  They probably both wondered what she was up to when she’d asked to use Nick’s bathroom and taken off at lightning fast speed. She looked at herself in the mirror, hoping that they’d been mistaken and that the circle wasn’t complete yet.

  She grabbed a towel and wrapped it around her body, wondering if she had conceived which one of the guys had actually done the deed. She didn’t know either one of them that well, hadn’t even been on a date with either one of them, but for some strange reason she already had a preference for Lucas fathering her future offspring.

  He’d been the first one to find her and maybe her scent had found her a mate. Happy ending but what if Lucas didn’t think of her as his intended mate? What if Nick had gotten her pregnant?

  Her clothes were still out in Nick’s living room. Damn, she just wanted to get dressed and run away as fast as she could. She opened the bathroom door and walked down the hallway and out to the kitchen to see Lucas and Nick both sitting on stools and drinking beer straight from the bottles. Both were now fully clothed which was perfect because seeing their gorgeous but naked bodies might put mind into further turmoil.

  They’d been chatting away but suddenly both men fell silent when they noticed her standing there. The uncomfortable silence continued. She’d been warned that once guys had what they wanted, you were history.

  “I’ll just get dressed and make my way back to my parent’s cabin,” she finally said.

  Nick stood. “I’d ask you to stay the night and stick around for breakfast but I might get tempted to have sex and I guess by now you might be on your cycle.”

  Oh yeah, could have happened sooner than we’d thought.

  “I have to get going too,” said Lucas. He stood up. “Thanks for that great chili, e-mail that recipe.”

  “Sure will,” said Nick.

  Maisey headed to the living room where her clothes sat on a chair by the fire. Both men were now behind her. She let the towel drop, suddenly conscious of her naked body. She put her clothes on so quickly she was sure she’d put both legs in just one opening of her panties, but she didn’t care, she’d hobble out of here if she had to.

  “I can walk you back to your parent’s cabin. My truck isn’t far from there,” said Lucas.

  “No, I’ll be fine. I’m a big strong wolf when I have to be.”

  “Wouldn’t think of letting you walk through the woods on your own. In fact, you either say yes or I carry you over my shoulder,” he responded

  Holy shit, she loved the sound of that. Him carrying her for the second time today. The big alpha slinging her over his shoulder and trekking through the woods. Definitely mate material.

  “We might all see one another at Dane’s wedding,” said Nick, walking both of them to the door.

  It would be great seeing them again, but her parents would be there. They still kept with the ancient shifter tradition of communicating through their minds and were experts at reading other’s thoughts when they had to. What if they read all three of their minds and found out about the threesome and the sex on the homemade quilt?

  “Yeah, that’s possible,” was all she could say.

  “Night Nick,” said Lucas.

  “Take care both of you.”

  A tear ran down her cheek as they made their way down the path from Nick’s cabin. If she did get pregnant, she only had herself to blame. No yoga studio for her. No starting her own business. The moon was still bright and she didn’t want Lucas to see her crying as they made their way through the trees. Her parent’s cabin loomed ahead and so far neither she nor Lucas had said a single word. If he thought of her as his mate wouldn’t he be talking non-stop, maybe asking her out?

  “Are you having regrets about tonight and what we did?” he finally said.

  “No, absolutely not.”

  Liar, liar wolf pants on fire.

  “I have to say it was fun and not just because of the sex. It was great hanging out with you and Nick,” she said.

  Especially you.

  They arrived at the door of the cabin.

  “I’d talk you into letting me stay the night but as Nick said, you’re too much of a temptation.”

  She bit her lip and nodded, making the tears splash onto her chest.

  “Hey, you’re crying?”

  “No, just the cold air getting to my sinuses.”

  He leaned over and kissed her and pulled away. “I’ll see you next weekend and let’s talk then.”

  Talk, did that mean what she thought?

  “Sure, I’m looking forward to it.”

  She pulled out the key from her pocket and quickly opened the door, waving to Lucas before she rushed inside. She put her back against its panel, pressing hard just to be sure she could feel it and prove that she wasn’t dreaming or in this case, having a nightmare.

  Her body had led her into a dangero
us situation. No, no more bullshit. She’d put herself into that spot. So how do you wind back the clock so you didn’t end up making the biggest mistake of your life?

  Chapter Eight

  Nick woke up and saw the sun peeking through a gap in the drapes in his bedroom. At this time of the year, it had to be late in the day. He sat up, feeling stiffness in his legs and remembering he’d had quite the workout the night before.

  He put his hands behind his head and smiled. Besides the sex, it had been a fun night. Lucas seemed like a good guy and they had lots in common. And Maisey, she was young and had dreams. Dreams he might be able to help her fulfill. She was gorgeous and sexy but somehow, and he’d been trying to deny it, but he felt like she was Lucas’ mate.

  He got out of bed and wandered into the kitchen. He squinted in preparation for pulling the drapes over the kitchen sink, and just as he’d thought, the sun blared at him. He strolled over to the coffee machine and turned it on. He never went to bed without setting the whole thing up so he could have a cup of joe first thing in the morning at just the touch of a button.

  He leaned against the island in the kitchen and waited for it to brew. Yoga studio. Did Kalispell really need one? Did it already have one? Had Maisey checked it out? He knew what it was like to be around people who didn’t understand your dream. He’d never had to worry about parent’s pressing him to do something that wasn’t in his heart, and it made him sad and bitter that he’d lost his family. Maybe that’s why he was sometimes too harsh when he spoke about humans. It wasn’t their fault they’d crashed to Earth. Well, as far as he knew it wasn’t, but he somehow connected losing his family to humans.

  He shook his head, thinking back to Maisey and her idea. He was always looking for new businesses to invest in and maybe they could help one another out.

  Nick poured himself a mug of coffee before sitting down and firing up his laptop. Maybe he’d do some researching of his own. Maybe he and Maisey weren’t destined to be romantic partners—yeah, he still felt Lucas would fill that role—but nothing said they couldn’t be business partners in her dream venture. He already had the name for it, Downward Facing Wolf. Now he was being just plain silly.