by Reders, E. M
“Ethan…”
As I sensed denial rising to her lips, I silenced her words with a quick kiss. “It’s okay. I know, sweetheart. You’re not ready for that, not yet. But tell me what you want, what you need.”
I could sense the fight in her, the refusal to let go and just feel. Rubbing my finger back through her wet folds I teased her clit, circling it with the tip of my finger but never giving it the full attention it needed. I wanted her on edge, held near the pinnacle. Once she opened up, admitted what she wanted more than anything else in that moment, then, and only then, would I give that little nub the attention it so desperately needed to push her over the edge.
“I need you,” she gasped, her back arching off the bed as I pushed my finger slightly inside her wet pussy again but avoiding her clit at all costs. “I need you to touch me, to make me come. Please, Ethan. I need to come.”
“All you had to do was ask,” I whispered in her ear as I pushed my finger deeper inside her tight entrance. As her body started to tremble beneath my touch, she cried out my name.
Fuck that was hot. Never in a million years had I ever thought I would hear Kaia shout my name in pleasure. I couldn’t wait to hear her screaming it out loud when she came around my cock. That was a dream I’d had many times in my youth.
Slowly I began sliding my finger in and out of her tight hole, adding another when she was ready. Knowing she was getting close, I brushed against her swollen clit with my thumb as I increased the pace of my thrusts. Within moments Kaia was whimpering, her body trembling as her climax grew closer.
“Let it go, Kaia. Come for me.” Pressing down on her clit hard, she cried out, her body clamping down on my fingers, her cream running free as she came hard on my hand screaming my name.
Capturing her lips, our tongues danced as she slowly came back down to earth. “You have no idea how sexy that was,” I breathed, slipping my hand from her body and sucking the juices from my fingers one at a time, never breaking eye contact. Her eyes widened in shock, but the new flood of arousal I scent in the air let me know that she didn’t find what I was doing off-putting. After I removed the last of her sweet nectar from my fingers with my tongue, I informed her, “You taste like heaven. Next time I’m going taste that lush cream right from the source.” Her cheeks coloured at my words. She wasn't used to someone speaking so crudely, but she’d get used to it. I would take great pleasure telling her exactly what I was going to do to her, in great detail.
Pulling her back against my chest, I wrapped her in my arms, dragging the covers over us to keep her cooling flesh warm. “Rest now, sweetheart,” I whispered, kissing her temple as her breathing slowed and she slipped into a peaceful sleep. It didn’t take long till I followed her into slumber, getting the best sleep I’d had in a very long time.
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Kaia
Waking up the next morning, I felt amazingly comfortable and warm, almost loved even, as I felt Ethan’s heart beating steady beneath my ear. Opening my eyes a crack, I looked up at his peaceful face and smiled. I’d thought waking up next to Ethan after what we had done the night before would have been awkward. I admit, I was slightly embarrassed and a tiny bit horrified that I had allowed it to happen. I mean, I was supposed to be keeping him safe, resisting him, not giving into the bond. But here I was, the morning after, feeling happy and comfortable wrapped in his arms, using his hard chest as a pillow. It felt right, like that was where I belonged.
I could tell by his even breathing that he was still deep in sleep, so untangling myself from his arms I slid from the bed and headed for the shower. Grace would be coming to the packhouse later today to lay a few spells, and from the text I’d had flash up on my phone in the early hours, Dyanna was coming too.
As I stepping out of the shower I realised I hadn’t brought any clothes through to change into. Wrapping a large towel around myself I peeked around the bathroom door, hoping that Ethan would still be asleep so I could quickly grab something and flee back to the safety of the bathroom. No such luck.
“Morning, sweetheart,” he said with a smile, grasping my chin and planting a sweet kiss upon my lips before passing me, stripping off his jeans as he went and giving me a great view at his naked ass. Yum. I quickly scampered out of the bathroom as quickly I could, hearing his laugh as the door closed behind me.
An hour later we were stood outside with the Alpha, Beta and a few of the high ranked wolves waiting Grace and Dyanna’s arrive.
“So what are the spells they’re going to place here?” Alpha Edwards asked. “Will they harm the pack if they get to close to them?” He really didn’t like that they were going to place spells around the place, but Grace wouldn’t be stopped. If the Alpha had said no, she would have just done it anyway.
“Most are the same spells that were placed around the Circle the other night. Some spells are to stop anyone from magically entering the area. And some are to keep out those that wish to do harm. So no, none of them will harm the pack.”
“And what of the others?”
“Well I'm not sure how it works, but there’s an enchantment that will warn us of anything demonic approaching.”
“So if the demon does show up, we will know before he gets here?” Ethan asked beside me.
“In theory. I’ve never actually seen the enchantment used before. From what I’ve heard, it will warn us of not just the arrival of the demon, but of anything demonic in nature.” Though anything demonic already within pack lands wouldn’t set off any alarms, so the pack guards were going to have to do a sweep of the grounds before the spell was actually cast.
I was going to tell them more, but when their heads suddenly all turned to stare down the road, I knew that Grace had arrived. Wolf hearing was a hell of a lot better than my crappy human hearing.
Speeding up the drive and screeching to a halt before us, Grace jumped out of the car, glaring daggers at Dyanna, who sat behind the wheel laughing her head off. “I am never getting into any car with you again. That idiot who let you pass your test needs his head checking.”
Fighting to withhold the laugh wanting to escape my lips, I added, “I second that.” That guy did need his head checking. Dyanna was a terrifying driver. I was convinced she’d either flirted with him to get a passing grade or used magic. Either one was a possibility with her.
“Welcome to our home, Grace, and thank you for coming,” the Alpha said, moving down the front steps to greet her.
“You are most welcome.” She smiled before casting her eyes over Ethan and me, shaking her head disapprovingly. “Still being stubborn, I see. Well, let’s get everything set up quickly, and then we can have a little chat.”
Great, just what I needed. The sex talk with Grace.
Chapter Fourteen
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Chelsea
The spell was simpler than Chelsea could ever dream. She’d just needed to pick up a couple of ingredients from the local witch store. Unfortunately, the only one nearby was run by the coven and she had almost chickened out, worried that they would ask too many questions. Luckily she had timed it just right and the only sales assistant available had been a human. Within five minutes she in and out with all she needed… well, almost. There had been one ingredient she hadn’t been able to pick up from the store – which, judging by what it was, she wasn’t surprised. It had taken some time, but after talking to some of the lowlife supernatural beings in town, the odd goblin or two, she’d been given an address for somebody that would be able to help her… Morfran.
Morfran was a demon. And a low-level one, she was grateful to find. One high-level demon encounter was enough for her. Morfran’s home was a huge, even bigger than the packhouse. It wasn’t far outside of pack lands, so she’d been able to head straight there without any questions from the pack. She had a job in a local shop in town a few days a week, so her leaving for a few hours was not seen as suspicious.
“Here you go.” The handsome demon grinned down at her, the look he was giving her wit
h his strange silver eyes feeling like a physical caress to her body. He really was a fine specimen of man… or should that be demon? “One vial of demon seed.”
Demon seed was a drug made from the sap of a rare plant that was only found in the darkest depths of demon dimensions. It was mainly used in dark spells and potions, but some chose to consume it. Its effects were deadly to most, any human that took it tended to die within minutes, if not instantly. Supernatural beings on the other hand, whilst also at risk if taken in high doses, found themselves on a great high that could last for days.
“Do I even want to know why you want this? You’re not the usual type I get coming to me for demon seed.”
“Probably not,” she giggled. “So how much do I owe you?”
“No payment necessary… yet.” Stepping closer, he ran his taloned fingers up and down her arm. The slightest more pressure and she was in no doubt he would pierce her skin. “I have little use for money. As you can see, I don’t really have need for it,” he said, gesturing at their surroundings.
Everything screamed money, from the marble floors to the art painted by old masters on the walls, from the chandeliers hanging high above to the antique furnishings. But if he didn’t want money, what did he want?
“Are you saying I can have this for free?” She smiled. Working in a small clothing store didn’t exactly pay well.
“Oh no, my dear Chelsea, there will be some kind of payment needed for this. But I will collect on that at a later date.” Tilting her chin up with two fingers, he stared down into her eyes, his silver stare almost hypnotising. “Now go, I will be in touch.”
She found herself almost reluctant to move at first, not wanting to leave the divinely handsome male specimen behind, but slowly she managed to make her way out of the house and back to her car parked down the long drive. All she had to do now was get back to the packhouse and prepare to summon the demon.
Chapter Fifteen
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Kaia
The spells took a couple of hours to put in place, and as usual, Grace wouldn’t let me help. “Your powers will be growing in strength now that you and Ethan are together, we cannot risk the demon sensing you. Until you complete the bond you are vulnerable… both of you are,” she warned, giving me the eye.
She didn’t agree with my refusal to complete the bond. And even if I was planning on completing the bond, which I wasn’t – I don’t think – I wouldn’t have jumped into bed with him the second he was selected anyway. What did she think I was, some kind of Wiccan slut?
“I know, Grace. But I can’t do it. I can’t doom him like that.”
“You talk about dooming him, but by not completing the bond you are only condemning him to a short life of failure, followed by a slow and painful death anyway. If you completed the bond, he would, at least, stand a chance of protecting you, and you would have access to your full powers, meaning that you would be more likely to be able to protect both of you when the demon strikes… and he will strike, Kaia.”
Once Grace and Dyanna were finished, we headed back to the house, Grace quickly looking around to see if anyone was watching before casting a spell upon it as we approached, one that she had yet to mention to the Alpha.
“Are you going to tell Edwards about that one?” Dyanna asked, laughing as she jogged up the steps.
“I think what he doesn't know can't hurt him,” Grace replied with a wink.
“What is it with you two anyway? I mean, how do you know him?”
I had been wondering that since their greeting at the Circle. The coven and the pack had been butting heads for years. I hadn't expected them to be so friendly with each other.
“Just because the rest of the coven can’t seem to get along with the pack does not mean I don’t. I have known Edwards for years, and his father before that.”
“Hell, you are old,” Dyanna laughed, reaching for the door, only for it to swing open before she could touch the handle.
Alpha Edwards stepped out, nodding in greeting to Dyanna and I. “Grace, I take it your spells have been cast?”
“That they have. Now, how about we have that chat?” Smiling, she took the Alpha’s offered arm and walked through the door and off down the hall. Glancing back in our direction briefly, she said, “Kaia, go and find that handsome young man of yours and come join us.”
“And what about me?” Dyanna asked.
Her eyes hardening, jaw set, she snapped, “You just stay out of trouble. Think you can do that?”
Once she had disappeared round the corner, I spun round to look at my friend, eyes wide as I asked, “What did you do?” Things had seemed a little off between the pair all day. Snide comments and disapproving looks all aimed at Dyanna. Something had happened.
“Oh you know Grace, she overreacts with everything.”
“Dyanna, what did you do?” She was right, Grace did tend to overreact, but there was usually a bit of a reason for it.
“Well, she kind of walked in on me and Greg last night.”
“Hold on a moment… you and Greg?”
“Yeah, we were just getting down to some good, dirty fun when Grace came strolling into the bedroom and got an eye full,” she sniggered.
“But how the hell did you end up hooking up with Greg?” I didn’t think she was interested in him like that; at least, she’d never seemed to be.
“He phoned me to see if you were okay after running off the other night. I explained how you had gotten home and that everything was fine now. Then we got talking and when he finished his shift guarding the farm he decided to… pop in to see me.”
“And by pop in you really mean…”
“Climb in through the window and shag my brains out with his fantastic cock,” she groaned in pleasure.
So not the visual I needed.
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Ethan
“Have you heard of Dyson? Well, I’ll introduce you at Christmas, because that’s what you’re getting off me this year,” Frankie said, smacking a cloth covered in duct against the wall, dust particles flying everywhere, then continuing to scrub at another dust-covered volume of the encyclopaedia.
He had a point, there was so much dust down here it was unbelievable. I don’t think anyone had ever tried to clean this place, never once took a rag to anything. We had been down in the vault for a couple of hours now. Once the Crone had arrived with Kaia’s friend, they had disappeared out into the grounds to place spells and enchantments to help keep the demon out should he come looking. I didn’t like leaving her – my wolf was furious with me for it – but I had a punishment to finish. Well, there was that, and the fact that Grace had dragged Kaia away saying that I wasn’t needed, and she would take care of Kaia in my absence.
Well, she better.
“It might work better if you tried using a clean one,” came Dyanna’s mocking tone as she strolled into the room with Kaia and took up a position against the wall away from where the majority of the dust was swirling round.
“Unfortunately, this is the cleanest one we have left,” Frankie replied, giving it another good whack.
“You got all the spells in place?” I asked, moving over to Kaia and placing a kiss upon her hard, trying to show her just how much I had missed her. It didn’t feel right not being by her side.
“Yes, not that I did anything, Grace wouldn’t let me,” she sighed, a weak smile on her face. I could feel her frustration at not being able to help. We weren’t bonded completely, yet, but after the night before I felt like the bond was stronger, that we were closer.
“Why not?”
“I can’t use my powers outside of the Circle. They’re just too damn easy for the demon to trace. Anyway, Grace wants to talk to us,” she informed me, stepping back towards the exit. “She’s in the office with your father.”
“We better get moving then. I’ll see you guys later.”
“You coming?” Kaia asked her friend, turning to look back when no answer came. “Dyanna?”
Tu
rning around, I gazed at Dyanna for the first time since she’d entered the room. I only had eyes for Kaia. She was gazing over to the other side of the room, her mouth slightly agape. Following the direction in which she was looking, I saw Zak glaring back at her. His eyes were almost completely amber, showing that his wolf was almost in full control. What the fuck was wrong with him?
Not spotting Zak’s loss of control, Kaia moved towards to her friend. “Dyanna?” she urged, placing her hand on her shoulder in an attempt to get her attention.
The moment Kaia’s hand came into contact with Dyanna, Zak’s wolf gained complete control, ripping through his skin instantly. The girls screamed as Zak’s wolf came sprinting through the room, heading straight for them.
No, not them… Kaia. I knew in that moment what the problem was.
Zak had found his mate.
Shifting quickly, my clothes shredded into pieces as my body changed shape, fur erupting, bones breaking. Landing on all fours I flung myself before the girls as Frankie shifted and tackled Zak to the ground. I guarded them as Kaia pulled a slightly reluctant Dyanna away. Once they were safely out of the room, I stalked over to the two grappling wolves on the ground. Frankie was just about managing to keep Zak from going after them, but he was giving it everything he had, and if I didn’t do something quick, Frankie could easily end up seriously injured.
Standing above them, I tapped into the power of my wolf. I was an Alpha wolf, stronger than any other wolf in the pack – including my father, but my wolf and I had too much respect for him to show it. One day I would rule this pack, but I was determined for that not to happen until my father deemed it so.
