Reed grabbed both of their hands, their bond pulsating between the three of them. Hannah held on to Josh, and they all looked at each other. Dirt covered their faces. Blood splatter and cuts dotted them like a mosaic of carnage.
This was it. Their only chance.
Reed closed his eyes and pulled deeply on their bond. Warmth and energy pooled and resonated through them. As a unit they used this mass of energy and power and pushed it toward Caym. Reed’s body shook as the power flowed through him. Immense heat made his body break out into a sweat, but it didn’t hurt. White light erupted all around them and Hannah screamed. Josh grunted and Caym’s eyes widened.
This was the trinity bond.
Caym screamed in pain, his body convulsing as a bright light surrounded him. Reed held onto both his mates’ hands, not letting go for the world. Whatever magic their bond held, he didn’t want to sever the connection. The demon writhed on the floor, the light dispersing, and his screams faded into a hiccupped pant.
“What have you done?” Caym panted.
The three of them let go of each other and released the power of their bond. Josh started to run up the hill, Reed and Hannah on his heels. This might be the only chance. If they could kill the demon now, it would be better for them all.
Caym screamed, and fire trailed out of his fingertips, cascading in waves around him and flicking against the trees.
Demon fire.
“Hannah, Josh, stop!” Reed yelled and pulled Hannah close as a flame came at her.
Josh fell back and pulled Hannah’s other arm until the three of them were away from the fire. But it wasn’t enough. The flames came closer, licking and burning anything in their path. Red and orange flames danced along the tree line, burning an unforgiving trail. Josh covered Hannah with his body as the fire didn’t seem to hurt him. The heat radiated off the flames, searing Reed’s hair on his arms. Smoke filled his lungs and he coughed. The corpses of the dead wolves burned to ash, and Corbin now stood near Caym, bleeding but still alive.
“We need to go. Now!” Reed yelled over the roaring flames.
Josh nodded then turned and ran toward a body on the ground. Shit. Ellie. Josh bent and picked her up just as a tree fell directly where she had lain. He ran toward where Hannah and Reed stood. It didn’t look good, but Reed could see at least the rise and fall of Ellie’s chest.
Thank God.
The fire surrounded them but for a small gap, and Josh ran toward it, the fallen wolf in his arms. Reed held Hannah’s hand and followed Josh into the forest. The leaves crunched beneath their feet as smoke filled their lungs.
Josh stopped and looked behind him. “I don’t know where I’m going, guys.”
Fuck. Reed wondered where his mind had been. “Follow me.”
He ran forward, practically pulling a tired Hannah in his wake. The fire roared behind them, coming too close for comfort. Hannah tripped over a root. Reed cursed and picked her up, cradling her to his chest. Why hadn’t he held her closer before? She was a witch, not a wolf or whatever Josh now was. She didn’t have their endurance.
They ran farther away, the fire losing ground behind them. Reed didn’t have time to think about what happened, including the fact Hector was dead, and Corbin, though hurt, was now the Alpha. He couldn’t comprehend they’d actually bound a demon or the fact that he’d marked Hannah and Josh. Or that Josh wasn’t the same as before, and they didn’t know what the future held. Oh, and not to mention, they’d brought along the Centrals’ princess, who looked like someone had thrown her into a wall then stomped on her.
No there wasn’t time to think about any of that. He needed to get his new family and their new friend to safety. Then he could think about the consequences of their fight.
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Blood raced through Josh’s veins as he huffed a breath. But at least he didn’t have the haze in his vision that meant he wasn’t himself. Their bond settled in like home and felt like honey, comforting him.
They’d found him.
They’d saved him.
He didn’t know what he was now, but all that mattered at this point was going home. With his mates. They crested a ridge, and the Jeep came into his vision.
Thank God.
Ellie stirred in his arms. He felt a connection to the female wolf. Not a mate bond or anything near to what he felt with Hannah and Reed, but like a sister. He was also thankful that she was stronger than him, and he owed Ellie so much. He’d care for her and make sure the Redwoods accepted her. From the looks on Reed’s and Hannah’s faces, he’d have help in this possibly immense endeavor.
Ellie stirred again, and Josh held her close. “Hey, it’s okay. I’m going to get you in the Jeep and get you away from here. Okay?”
She nodded and passed out again. One of the wolves must have knocked her unconscious. Or maybe she’d just lost all of her energy. She’d been fighting the battle longer than any of them knew.
Jasper and North ran from the forest behind the Jeep yet had a cautious look on their faces. He didn’t blame them. He’d gone demon. He didn’t know if he’d trust himself in their place.
“What happened?” Jasper asked.
Reed opened his mouth and coughed up a lungful of smoke. “Caym set demon fire behind the boundaries. It hasn’t breached it, but it’s bad in there.”
Josh looked down and grimaced. Their clothes had burn holes and smelled of ash and smoke. Nice. He hadn’t even noticed; he’d been too focused on getting out of there.
North walked toward him tentatively, a concerned look on his face. “Who’s this?”
There was no reason to lie. They’d find out soon enough. “Ellie. Corbin’s sister.”
North’s eyes widened and Jasper took a step forward.
“Is she safe?” Jasper growled.
“She saved my life,” Josh said simply. “The things Corbin did to her…” He couldn’t continue. They were Ellie’s secrets told to him during his darkest moments, and were not his to divulge.
North nodded and took her from Josh’s arms. He placed her gently on the back seat of the Jeep. Hannah walked up from behind Josh and wrapped her arms around his waist, burying her face in his chest. He held her close, relief pouring through her. His body shook, and he fought back tears.
“We should go,” he rasped.
Reed leaned in and kissed both of their temples, lingering for a moment. “Come on.”
Jasper got in the front, and Reed sat in the passenger seat. It wasn’t a large Jeep, so North held Ellie in his lap and Josh sat with Hannah on his. The sickly feeling that plagued him since he’d flashed to the Centrals and knelt before Caym slowly ebbed away to be replaced by the warmth from the little witch on his lap currently rubbing against his cock and the wolf in front of him who turned to stare into his eyes.
They were his salvation. Now he just needed to feel like he earned it.
Jasper drove like a bat out of hell until they finally reached the den. The wards surrounding it melted over him as they passed through, calling him home. Ellie sat up abruptly and whimpered.
“Shh…” North whispered. “We’re at the Redwood den.”
Her eyes widened, fear wafting off her.
“You’ll be safe here.” North held her hand and brushed a long brown lock of hair out of her face. “We know what you did for Josh. We’ll get you fixed up. I promise.”
“Corbin?” she rasped.
Hannah gently placed her hand on the woman’s and Ellie flinched, snatching her hand back.
Oh geez.
“He’s still alive,” Hannah said. “But he’s hurt. Caym is alive too, but we bound him to this plane.”
Ellie scrunched her face, the bruises stark against the caramel of her skin. “What?”
Reed turned around in his seat to face her. “According to the elders, he can’t leave this plane. Nor can he bring any more demons to Earth. He’s weakened, but still strong.”
Relief poured over her face. “Oh.”
The Jeep
came to a stop in front of North’s clinic, and Maddox practically ripped the door off its hinges. Maddox growled, and his eyes widened. Ellie gasped and shrank into North.
North merely raised a brow, and Maddox stepped back, allowing North to get out the car with Ellie in his arms. “I’m going to take Ellie to the clinic. Hannah, get your boys Healed and don’t forget about yourself. When you have the energy and your magic’s replenished, come on over and help.”
North walked away, Ellie still in his arms. Josh helped Hannah out of the car and stared at Maddox. A stormy look crossed over the man’s face, but it was so full of longing it made Josh shift away.
What the hell?
Maddox turned to him, his face now carefully composed. “Good to see you back,” he grunted, and punched Josh in the arm. “Don’t leave again.”
“I’m not planning on it,” Josh said.
“You better not,” Jasper added.
Maddox and Jasper walked away, leaving Josh with his mates. Reed pulled him into a tight hug and kissed him hard. His mate’s taste burst on his tongue as their teeth clashed together and Josh was hungry for more. They broke apart, both panting heavily.
Hannah slipped in between them and pressed her lips to his. Her sweet taste mingled with Reed’s, and he fell into bliss.
He pulled back and tucked a curl behind her ear. “Let’s go home.” His voice was a rough, needy whisper on the wind.
Home. His heaven.
Chapter 29
Hannah sighed as she stretched, her muscles aching from their fight. She couldn’t heal herself, a drawback of her powers. But she’d heal eventually. She wasn’t too bad. Her men were worse off. She pulled at her magic but felt depleted. Empty. Worn out. She looked in the mirror at her pale face, her brown curls framing the slight bruising, her gray eyes wide. She should go outside and lay on the soil to replenish, but she wanted to do it another way. A way she hadn’t yet done before. A way the men in her life would appreciate. She grinned at her reflection.
When they got home, she’d Healed them then went back to North’s clinic to check on Ellie. The other woman’s bruises were already fading due to her werewolf powers, but Hannah had done more just in case. Just as she’d finished, Edward and Pat had walked in. A shiver had gone down her back at the look on the Alpha’s face.
Pain at seeing his enemy’s daughter? Or pain at the defeated look on her face that she couldn’t quite cover up quick enough? Without thinking, Hannah had stood in front of Ellie, trying to protect her. But what good could she do? Ellie, however, moved out of the way and knelt on the floor in front of Edward, her throat bared.
Magic had pooled in the room, warm tingles tracing up her arms. Pack magic wrapped its way around her body and held her close. It felt like summer and smelled like forest, rain, sunshine, and wolf.
“You are Pack,” Edward whispered.
Ellie had broken down in gut-wrenching sobs and fallen into Pat’s awaiting arms. Hannah knew what if felt like to be enveloped by the Pack. But by the way Ellie reacted, Hannah had no idea how it felt to be part of a Pack that hated. Hannah had left them at the clinic and come home, heavy thoughts on her mind. Though she’d healed the beautiful, exotic wolf, there were some things she couldn’t touch. Some things ran deeper than a cut or bruise.
Maybe Maddox could help…
Hannah shook her head and brought herself to the present. She put on a black and red lacy number she’d bought to surprise her men before all of this. With a secret smile on her face, she walked out of the bathroom and into the bedroom. The two froze.
She looked at her two men, and tingles spread like syrup over her body. Reed with his sandy blond hair that was getting too long and almost reached his shoulders begging her fingers to grab hold, stared at her with a heated look on his face. The locks framed his face and his forest green eyes. Josh with his short brown hair, spiking slightly on top, flexed his newly tattooed arms, fisted his hands and breathed deeply. His deep blue eyes stared back at her with their rim of red, reminding her how close they’d been to losing him.
Goddess. I love them.
“When did you get that?” Reed asked, his voice deep with need.
Hannah walked into the room toward them, cocked her head to the side, and swiveled her hips. “What? This old thing? Do you like it?” She turned on her heel slowly, the heat of their gazes warming her up to a molten flame.
Josh growled, the vibrations sending shivers up her spine. “Come here.”
Butterflies danced in her stomach and she turned then prowled towards her men, both panting with need, their chests rising and falling in heavy breaths. Reed took her in his arms and lowered his lips to hers. His heady male taste weakened her knees, but Josh was there to catch her. Oh the joys of having two men.
Reed pulled her closer and kissed her, his fingers playing with her nipples and caressing the underside of her breasts. Josh knelt between her legs and dragged the lace up her body, exposing the fact she was not wearing underwear. Both men inhaled a deep breath and Josh rubbed his face on her mound. She rocked against him, edging him closer. He put both hands on her ass and used his knee to spread her legs before he licked her clit.
Oh goddess.
Reed kissed her, dividing her attention between the two men. But did she care? No. She was happy just where she was, sandwiched between the two of them. Josh sucked harder, humming against her, and she closed her eyes in bliss. She trailed her hand down Reed’s bare chest until she could blindly unsnap his jeans and grab his cock. Reed moaned in her mouth and flicked her nipple, making her moan right back. She twisted her wrist and stroked Reed, who took a minute to disrobe completely. She opened her eyes to see Josh doing the same, then he raised his face and smiled, her juices on his lips.
Damn.
He stood and lifted the lace above her head, leaving her naked before her two naked men. Did it get any better than this? Her fist tightened on Reed, and he groaned. She worked him harder, and he trailed kisses down her neck, her breasts, her lips. Josh licked and sucked until she couldn’t hold on anymore and shattered against his face, Reed following right behind. Her knees turned to jelly, and she fell into Josh’s embrace. Josh sat on the floor with her in his lap and kissed her, and she could taste herself.
“Oh goddess. Was it ever this good?” She moaned.
“It’s always been good, but this was better.” Josh smiled and winked.
“Hell yeah,” Reed agreed.
Hannah grinned and wiggled off Josh’s lap and knelt in front of him before licking the engorged head of his penis. He groaned and lifted his hips.
Oh, her boy wanted more. Okay, then.
She opened her mouth and swallowed him whole, the tip hitting the back of her throat. He worked his way in and out. She looked up at his and batted her eyelashes.
“Oh God, I love you, baby.” Josh groaned and stroked Reed’s cock.
She loved that the three of them could touch each other always. She hollowed her cheeks and wrapped her fingers around the base until Josh’s balls drew up and he came down her throat with a guttural scream.
Still hard, Reed stood up, his cock bouncing against his stomach, and laid on the bed. Josh lifted her from the floor and carried her to the bed, her head cradled to his chest. Josh set her down, and she moved to straddle Reed. With a grin on her face, she slowly lowered herself on him, and they both released a strangled groan.
“Bend over him, Hannah,” Josh ordered, and she heard him mess with something in the nightstand drawer.
She looked down at Reed and stared into his green eyes.
“You feel so good around me, baby,” Reed moaned.
Josh got on the bed, the movement making her clit rub against Reed.
Yes.
Josh moved behind her and rubbed something cool between her cheeks. “You said you wanted to do this earlier. Are you sure, baby?”
She loved the way they both cared for her, but she wanted them both in her. Now.
“I’m rea
dy, Josh. Please,” she moaned.
He worked a finger in to the knuckle, and she froze. They’d done finger play before to prepare her, but the anticipation of what was to come sent tingles down her spine.
“Shh, Hannah.” Josh groaned. “I won’t go any farther. Just relax. You’re tight, baby. You’re gonna feel fucking amazing around my cock.”
Hannah rocked on top of Reed, and he flicked her clit while Josh entered a second then third finger. She stretched and burned, but it was the good kind. Reed rocked against her, and she reached the edge of her crest but fell back once Josh removed his fingers.
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