by Dakota West
In the bedroom, Daniel set her gently on the bed, still sitting up, and Kade sprang onto the bed behind her. She noticed he wasn’t wearing pants anymore.
The bed was huge, and Charlie sat on the edge of it for a moment, wondering why it was so big.
Then she realized: beds in Cascadia were made for three.
Despite being naked, Charlie felt herself blush, just a little, but then Kade was behind her, lifting her up by the arms and turning her around until they were both on their knees, facing each other.
Instantly, his mouth was on hers yet again, but this time his erection pressed into her belly and his hunger for her was palpable.
Quickly, he slid his fingers lower on her, over her belly and past her mound until, before Charlie knew it, his hand was rubbing her gently, his fingers tracing over the folds of her lips and deftly circling the sensitive nub.
Charlie gasped, and Kade pulled his body back slightly. She took hold of his erection with one hand, and he groaned, letting his eyes shut. She felt one finger slide between her lips and then penetrate her just a little.
Behind him, Daniel was also kneeling on the bed, and Charlie watched with fascination as he bit Kade’s shoulder and then slid his hand around hers, pressing her between his own and Kade’s shaft.
Charlie bit her lip. She ached for more, but before she knew what was happening, Kade’s hand was gone.
In a flash, he was on the bed, sliding his head between her thighs and then Daniel was in front of her, kissing her fiercely, one hand pinching her nipples gently.
Kade’s arms slid around her thighs, holding her tight, and she felt his tongue flick out and lick her, slowly.
Charlie moaned into Daniel’s mouth, breaking off the kiss.
Daniel chuckled and moved his hand around the back of Charlie’s head, helping to keep her upright.
“Oh my God,” Charlie whispered, her forehead leaning against Daniel’s.
Kade’s tongue slowly moved into a rhythm, almost as if it were exploring her most intimate parts. He ran the tip of it down, from her clit to the very edges of her lips, then in between them, flattening his tongue as he moved up again, flicking his tongue lazily over that sensitive button.
Charlie felt like she might explode. Her whole body felt like it ached with desire, and there was nothing that she wanted more than for Kade’s tongue to keep working at her, driving her closer and closer toward the sweet edge.
Barely able to stay upright, she leaned her forehead against Daniel’s shoulder, letting him prop her up. She was afraid that her still-ravaged back muscles might completely fail, and that was the last thing she wanted.
Kade’s tongue kept working, and now Daniel took her hand, leading it to Kade’s thick, strong erection — along with his own.
Charlie let him wrap her hand around both their shafts at once, feeling an extra bolt of heat surge through her as Daniel’s hand squeezed hers, and she pumped her fist up and down on both their cocks at the same time.
Below her, Kade groaned. She could feel his tongue vibrate against her, and Charlie gasped, still leaning against Daniel’s strong body for support.
Liquid was beginning to collect at the tips of Daniel and Kade’s cocks, and Charlie absent-mindedly rubbed her thumb over it, sliding it against the sensitive heads of their cocks, and Daniel gasped.
Charlie chuckled, just a little.
“You like that?” she whispered.
Kade began licking faster, harder.
“Yes,” Daniel groaned. “I can barely wait until it’s my turn with you.”
Charlie didn’t know what that meant, but she liked the sound of it. She could feel heat spreading downward in her body, until it was almost intolerable. She was glad that she had Daniel for support, because she suspected she’d be flat on her back and writhing in pain already if it weren’t the case.
“Kade, if you don’t stop I’m gonna come,” she gasped.
Daniel’s hand around hers tightened, the steel in her fist hardening.
Kade just licked her faster and harder.
“I’m serious,” she said, but by then it was too late, and Charlie’s world exploded in front of her, her vision shattering into a thousand pieces as every muscle in her body contracted, the pleasure blossoming upward as she leaned hard into Daniel, gasping and moaning with pleasure.
It was the longest she’d ever orgasmed, and the spasms rocked through her body for much longer than she’d thought they would, the spikes of pleasure still driving themselves through her brain.
When it was finally over, Kade pulled himself up and faced the two of them, Charlie still leaning on Daniel just a little. Kade kissed Daniel fiercely, and Charlie could see their tongues tangling together.
Then Daniel turned and kissed her just as fiercely. She’d have fallen over backward if the two men hadn’t held onto her, making sure that she didn’t hurt her back even more.
She grabbed Daniel around the waist, trying to pull him backwards, nearly dizzy with desire. Now that she’d had Kade, she wanted to try Daniel as well — and from the looks of things, he was more than willing.
Charlie propped herself up on her elbows, feeling flushed with desire, and Daniel knelt between her legs, holding himself over her.
Then she thought about it for a second.
“Hold on,” she said, pushing Daniel off her.
She tried to flip herself over, but her back protested.
This is so unsexy, she thought.
“Flip me over?” she asked, and seconds later, she’d been positioned on her hands and knees, where she wouldn’t rub her bandaged back against the bed.
Instantly, Daniel was on top of her, his lips and teeth on her neck, sucking and biting over to her shoulders. She could feel the thick rod of his erection sliding between her wet, swollen lips, the tip of it teasing at her over-sensitized clit.
Charlie gasped and her legs shook. She tried to arch her back, desperate for Daniel to simply take her, but her back protested again. She made a frustrated noise, only to be rewarded by a hand pinching her nipples again, and the noise turned into a moan.
“Come on, Daniel,” Kade said, his voice low and dusky with desire.
Then the tip of Daniel’s erection was at her entrance, and without thinking, Charlie pushed back against it, letting him slide inside her.
She gasped, her hands tightening on the bedspread, feeling herself filled slowly. He was the biggest guy she’d been with, but it wasn’t exactly surprising — no one else had been 6’5” in bare feet, either.
Behind her, Daniel exhaled hard, one hand squeezing her hip so hard she thought he might leave bruises.
She didn’t care.
Daniel groaned, sinking himself entirely inside of Charlie, her fingers and toes curling. Charlie’s mind went completely blank, and the only thing that existed in the world was the white-hot pleasure of Daniel inside her, as he slowly began pulling out and thrusting into her.
“Charlie,” he whispered.
She couldn’t think of anything to say, or anything that wasn’t just noises.
Charlie felt transported. Her back didn’t hurt at all for the first time all day, and it felt like the only thing that existed was Daniel as he thrust, harder and harder, like he was afraid to hurt her but also utterly desperate to take her as hard as he could.
“You don’t have to be gentle,” she gasped out.
She felt him touch her bandages very, very gently, and then thrust just a little harder.
“For now,” he said, through gritted teeth.
Somewhere in the bedroom, a drawer opened and then shut. A bottle opened, and Charlie looked over her shoulder to see Kade’s cock in his fist as he rubbed something onto it in long, firm strokes.
Then he disappeared behind Daniel, who stopped thrusting into her, leaving himself sunk to the hilt.
Charlie bit her lip. She felt like she was so close to coming, again, and she was afraid that if she moved she’d simply explode from the pressure of D
aniel’s cock, pressing against her pleasure zones.
“Ready?” growled Kade.
“Always,” Daniel responded.
Moments later, Daniel gasped and Kade groaned, and Charlie felt Daniel harden inside her even more.
She bit her lip so hard she drew blood, the metallic liquid on the very tip of her tongue.
Then Daniel began thrusting again, cautiously now, and slower. Charlie looked over her shoulder again, and suddenly realized: Kade was also fucking Daniel from behind.
“I’m not gonna last very long,” Daniel growled.
Charlie pushed herself backwards, sinking him into her, and Daniel gasped. She did it again, and again, and within moments, she could feel the white heat spreading through her entire body one more time as she tipped over that edge and came, even harder than the last time, lowering her forehead to the bed as she thought that she might pass out from the sheer force of it.
Her body rocked back and forth, like she was getting every last drop of pleasure from Daniel as he stayed buried inside her. She barely noticed when, suddenly, he hardened and then jerked, his fingers digging into her hips and thighs, groaning through his clenched teeth.
Behind him, Kade grunted once, then twice, his arm tight around Daniel’s waist, holding the other man against himself.
Then he leaned his face against Daniel’s, nuzzling the other man’s neck. Charlie could see sweat beginning to trickle down Daniel’s neck and chest, and with one final hard sigh, he pulled out of her, Kade pulled out of him, and all three collapsed on the bed.
Charlie collapsed very carefully onto her stomach, feeling so utterly exhausted and spent that she thought she might never move again.
Chapter Eleven
Daniel
Daniel woke up with a jerk. He was on his bed, lying between Kade and Charlie, both completely sound asleep.
Despite himself, he grinned, and then got out of the bed as quietly as he could.
This always happened to him: he fell asleep immediately after sex, then woke up half an hour later, wide awake. He knew from long experience that it would be a while before he could sleep again, so he padded around the cabin naked, picking up the clothes that they’d left scattered all over and double-checking that the doors and windows were all locked.
As he washed a plate, he heard a sound behind him and Kade appeared, naked and scratching his belly. His short hair was tousled, and he yawned as he padded into the kitchen and grabbed a glass of water, leaning against the counter to drink it.
He sat the glass on the counter and looked at it for a moment, then spoke.
“We can’t let her do this,” he said.
“Go to the wolves?”
“Right.” Kade paused, looking out the window. “She’s asleep,” he went on. “I say we go over there right now and rip some wolf throats out, free Olivia, and we’ll be back before Charlie’s even awake.”
Daniel leaned forward and kissed Kade on the lips, his hand brushing against the other man’s side.
“You never did like it when someone had a better idea than you,” he said.
“I’m serious,” Kade said, crossing his arms over his chest.
Daniel dried his hands, then grabbed the water glass Kade had used and refilled it, drinking it down himself.
“Her way is better and you know it,” he said.
Kade’s jaw flexed, and he started to growl.
“I’d rather do it our way too,” Daniel said. He put the glass in the sink and locked eyes with Kade. “And if something goes wrong, I’ll do it. But after that, we’ll be on the hook for murdering wolves.”
Kade broke eye contact and looked away.
“You know what happens to shifters who get convicted of murder. That’s why you want to find Olivia so bad.”
Kade was still frowning hard, and Daniel could see the wheels turning in his head.
“I don’t like it,” Kade said.
“I don’t want her to leave either,” Daniel admitted. “But this is bigger than us. It’s more complicated.”
“Fine,” Kade muttered.
They let Charlie sleep. She woke up once, around ten that night, to brush her teeth, and then got back into the middle of their huge bed. Kade and Daniel tucked themselves around her, careful not to touch her back, and then went to sleep themselves.
Daniel didn’t sleep well. He wasn’t anxious by nature, but the thought that he’d only just gotten Charlie, only to lose her right away nagged at him.
Isn’t there some other way? He thought. It wasn’t that he didn’t think she could take of herself. That, he was totally and utterly sure of.
No, it was the part where the FBI was going to take her home. Once she was gone, why on earth would she want to come back? They were just some former fuckup and his grumpy, surly mate, nothing spectacular. Nothing to write home about, and the city offered her so much more than their lonely cabin in the woods.
In short, Daniel was nearly certain that she wasn’t coming back.
Deal with it, he thought as the dawn broke through the windows, shining pink light into their bedroom. At the end of it, she’ll be alive and happy somewhere, and that’s what matters.
Charlie yawned and stirred, then opened her eyes.
“Good morning, sunshine,” he said.
The three of them tried to eat breakfast, but no one had any enthusiasm for it — besides, all they had was a couple of eggs and the venison Kade had gotten then day before. Kade tried to make an omelet, but it didn’t turn out very well.
In the end, Charlie dressed in their clothes — much, much too big — in the hopes that it would make her look like she’d escaped.
Then they left the cabin, Daniel and Kade shifted, and they walked to where her pack was in silence, Kade leading the way.
The forest was quiet. It was almost too quiet, but Daniel knew that he was just on high alert, listening for every twig that snapped and every bird that called out even once. Charlie had to stop and rest a couple of times, but she insisted on walking herself, rather than riding one of them.
“Stop it,” she told Daniel, as she was sitting on a rock. He was nudging her leg with his nose. “I’m not riding you. I need to look like I actually walked through the woods.”
He sighed and sat down, his head on his paws. In bear form, it was much harder to control his impulses — and his impulse in this case was to pick her up as gently as he could with his mouth and carry her back to safety.
Humans didn’t like that, and he knew it.
At last, they reached her pack, and he could tell that Charlie was relieved. All the way over she’d been fretting about what she would do if it were gone, but as she pawed through it, everything was there.
“I don’t know why they didn’t take it,” she said. “They probably should have.”
Daniel and Kade shifted back to human, both on high alert, as Charlie shouldered the pack.
“You’re coming back, aren’t you?” Kade asked.
“Didn’t I promise?” Charlie said, smiling up at him.
He kissed her hard, and then Daniel did too.
He felt like his heart might kick through his chest, but he’d laid awake all night without thinking of a better alternative.
“Be safe,” he told her. “Please.”
“I’ll be fine,” she said.
She kissed them both again.
“Go,” she said.
Then she turned around and started walking toward the wolves’ ranch, at least a few hours’ walk away.
Chapter Twelve
Charlie
As soon as Charlie was certain the bears were out of earshot, she crumpled to a fallen log and sat there, gasping for breath. Her back hurt, her sides hurt, her feet hurt. Luckily she still had the shoes she’d been wearing, but everything else fit wrong, and she was chafing like hell.
She was beginning to wish she hadn’t had this idea, because she wasn’t certain she could make it to the ranch.
Have a granola bar,
she thought. You’re just hungry and grumpy, and you’ll feel better after you eat.
Charlie knew that wasn’t the whole story. When she’d had the idea to go to the ranch, free Olivia, and then call in the FBI, it had seemed genius. It solved all of their problems without killing anyone.
Well, except it involved Charlie leaving Cascadia. The further she got from Kade and Daniel’s cabin, the more she felt physically broken, like a chunk of her heart was missing.
How is that even possible? She thought. You dated Todd for like two years and couldn’t wait for him to visit his parents alone.
But there it was. She didn’t want to leave them.
She only had a few hours to figure out how to stay.
Charlie finished the granola bar, put the wrapper in her pack, and stood. The going was slow, but Kade and Daniel had told her that as long as she walked straight, she was in the wolf territory and they were certain to find her.
She hoped they were right.
Then, twigs and leaves crunched off to her right and Charlie heard a snort.
She froze. A huge gray wolf stepped out of the shadows, its nose curled in a snarl.
She heard another sound to her left. It was another one.
Please be shifters, she thought.
Charlie cleared her throat.
“I want to trade myself for the feral girl,” she said.
The wolves just snarled more.
Oh my god, they’re not shifters, she thought.
Then they looked at each other, almost like they were considering, and at last, one of them stood up, his fur folding back into his body, his yellow eyes turning blue.
“You’re the girl the bears had captive?” he asked.
I’m never going to get used to seeing people shift, Charlie thought. Just watching them always made her a little dizzy.
He was naked, of course, and tall, though not as tall as the bears. He had hard blue eyes and floppy brown hair, and as he talked to her he folded his arms across his chest.
Charlie forced herself to smile.
