by Golden Angel
Word was spreading about The Company, as a warning to the shifter population, and so far, almost everyone seemed infuriated by its tactics and wanted the threat gone. He'd heard The Company had somehow managed to recruit some shifters, but anyone with morals wanted nothing to do with a company willing to kidnap, kill, and experiment on people. Eli had become particularly rabid about discovering everything he could and dismantling it after an attack on Cryus Peak a month ago.
There had been a traitor in the Lakewood ranks, leading to the attack on the location where an entire shifter pack had been in hiding, guarding the Bunson sisters as well as two more small shifters successfully turned hybrid. Several good soldiers had been killed in the attack and Eli had come back practically frothing at the mouth.
Dorian was just glad he didn't have to deal with him. He was perfectly happy leading his own small herd while Ginny led the team and dealt with Eli.
It made him feel particularly protective over Kiara. As far as he was concerned, far too many people knew about her existence and her treatment. Unfortunately, Dr. Tran hadn't been the only person in the room when Kiara had explained her small shifter status. He didn't think there were any more traitors at Lakewood, but he was still on edge.
After about two hours of sitting at her computer, Kiara slammed it shut. "I want to go for a run now."
The bossy, demanding way she made her declaration was almost defiant, as if she expected him to tell her 'no.' Instead, he closed his own laptop and got up, reaching out his hand to help her up as well. "Okay, let's go."
Fifteen minutes later, he, Alec, and Riley had shifted into their stags on the front lawn and were waiting for Kiara to come out from around the side of the house. Apparently, she had only ever shifted with females and she'd turned a bright, tomato red when they'd gotten outside and immediately begun stripping.
Squeaking in adorable alarm, she'd scurried around to the side of the house, yelling over her shoulder that she'd shift there and come back. Exchanging glances which were both concerned and amused, none of them voiced any opinions, since she'd probably be able to hear anything they said even if they whispered. Shifters weren't normally body shy, since shifting in clothing wasn't exactly comfortable, so they found her modesty endearing and cute, but it was also a sign of how different her upbringing had been.
Now the three stags were standing and waiting. They could smell her doe as well as her nervousness, and they didn't want to do anything to scare her off, so they just waited patiently.
When she finally came around the side of the building, Dorian was almost overwhelmed by the protective instinct which welled up inside of him.
She was tiny compared to their stags. Delicate ears, big eyes, with a muscled but very small body. Only about two feet tall, she could easily stand underneath any of their stags and have room to spare. He went nearly cross eyed at how adorable she was, and even his buck was close to kneeling down just to get on her level and see what it was like. No wonder Pudu deer relied on their ability to hide as their main defense against predators.
As if sensing their patronizing thoughts, Kiara lifted her lip, giving a little snarl that was definitely all jaguar as she showed off her sharp, predator teeth.
His stag stilled, wary but still interested. Little, but obviously not as defenseless as a regular Pudu doe. Not anymore.
Giving a little sniff, Kiara bounded away into the woods, her tiny legs moving wickedly fast and propelling her forward with more force than he would have thought possible.
Holy shit she's fast!
Dorian raced after her, his cousins following just a few steps behind.
******
Run! Run! Freeeeeeee!!!!!
Kiara's doe was practically squealing with glee as she bolted through the forest, while Kiara was in the back of her head wishing she could put on the brakes.
Her doe moved a lot faster than she'd been able to previously. It was hard to put her trust in her animal's natural grace and just let her go when it felt like they were whizzing through the forest at break-neck speed.
The glee didn't just come from the fact that she hadn't shifted in a while, but because shifting had always been very controlled back in the commune. Everyone had to stay together for safety, no one could run off on their own... her doe had chafed a little at the restrictions at the time, but Kiara was still pretty sure that part of her excitement now came from the jaguar. She could feel the newness of the predator in her, the thrill of the run, the desire to pounce and chase and hunt.
Behind her, the stags were crashing through the forest much more noisily than she was. They were quite majestic creatures when standing still, her doe had been very struck by the sight of them, but when running through the forest they didn't have half of her elegant dexterity.
A sound ahead of her had her skidding to a halt, her doe wary but also confident. Instead of hiding, the way she would have before her genetics had been altered, she stood her ground, ready and waiting for the threat. Behind her, she could hear the stags catching up. There was a rustle of branches and then suddenly a huge shadow covered her, two muscled deer legs planting down on either side of her head.
Kiara looked up.
Dorian was literally standing over her like a protective behemoth.
If her doe could have rolled her eyes... On the other hand, it was also kind of cute. There was a part of her which got a little melty about his stance, as well as the way Riley and Alec were flanking him. When she'd gone out with the Pudu deer, the females were expected to defend and sacrifice themselves for the males. There were so many fewer males after all. Fortunately, it had never happened, but Kiara and the others had all known what they were supposed to do. Being the protected one felt both odd and nice. Basically, very similar to how she'd been feeling ever since meeting the Walker stags.
The wind was blowing away from them, so they couldn't scent whoever was approaching them, but as soon as another deer shifter came into view, Kiara relaxed along with the other males. She immediately knew it was Gavin. His stag looked exactly like Dorian's—except Dorian's was maybe a little shaggier around the mouth. Kiara giggled internally, wondering if that was because of Dorian's facial hair.
Now with all of the stags around her, Kiara's doe was happy to explore the woods at a more sedate pace. They ranged around her, one of them always directly next to her (although they took turns) and the others alertly moving ahead of and behind her, keeping an eye out for any possible threats.
Before Kiara felt emotionally ready, she was already getting physically tired. Noticing her slowing pace, Dorian had them turning back for the house. By the time they got there, she couldn't even shift, and Dorian carried her doe upstairs to curl up on her bed still shifted.
******
When Kiara woke up, Alec was on the bed beside her, reading something on his tablet. Curious about what he was reading, and without really thinking about what she was doing, Kiara shifted.
Alec’s mouth dropped open and she turned bright pink all over. Which he could see, because she was naked.
“EEK!” Oh god, she’d actually just said ‘eek’—could she get more cliché? “I’m sorry! I’m sorry!”
She rolled away from him, trying to cover herself with her hands, but she’d forgotten how big the bed was. Rolling over didn’t result in her falling off the bed, the way she’d expected. But at least she was face down with only her butt exposed.
Inside her head, Kiara was pretty sure her doe was laughing at her. Stupid animal. This isn’t funny!
Her doe just didn’t have the same societal conventions about nudity. She didn’t understand Kiara’s embarrassment.
Yes. Present. Strangely, she felt like wagging her bottom, even though she didn’t have a tail attached. That was new. It must be a cat thing. Let him mount.
Oh for the love of… I am not trying to get him to mount me!
“Uh… Kiara? Are you okay?” Alec asked, his voice sounding hoarse.
Completely crimson, s
he turned her head just enough to peek at him through the blonde curtain of her hair. He was staring at her butt.
See? Stag wants to mount.
Now her doe was starting to sound petulant. Kiara knew how she felt.
But… could she really? Could she find the same bravery she’d had last night before Gavin had rejected her? Granted, it hadn’t been a harsh rejection, but it hadn’t exactly made her eager to put herself out there again either. She didn’t really want to hear ‘I didn’t come in here for that’ or ‘you’re not ready for me’ again.
“Um. A little embarrassed,” she admitted. Gathering her bravery, she pushed herself up into a sitting position, brushing her hair back from her face. Was it her imagination, or had Alec just made a gargling sound? His eyes were now riveted to her exposed breasts—no, wait, he just looked up at, no never mind, back to her chest. Holding in a giggle, Kiara swayed. Just a little. Just to watch his eyes move back and forth with them.
Which they totally did.
She couldn’t hold back her giggle then, it was too funny to watch his eyes following her nipples like he was hypnotized by them.
At her giggle, his eyes snapped up to her face, narrowing. Something almost predatory slid into his expression, fascinating her. Stags weren’t predators—she certainly had more predator in her than he did—but suddenly she felt very much like prey.
“What are you doing, Kiara?” he asked, his voice deepening a little as he kept his eyes fixed on her face.
“Um… waiting to see what you’re going to do?” She tried to make it come out cute, but the question sounded more vulnerable than anything else.
Setting his tablet down, eyes still trained on her, Alec sat up and leaned forward. Kiara swayed towards him, her weight coming down on her hands to meet him in the middle. He brushed his lips over hers, the touch lighter than a butterfly’s wings.
“Well, I’m waiting to see what you want,” he murmured, his lips brushed over her cheek, making her skin tingle and goosebumps stand up all over her body. “So why don’t you tell me?”
“You,” she whispered, mesmerized by the light touch of his mouth, yearning for more, emboldened by his movements and his question. “I want you… I want to…I want you inside me.” She’d stumbled over the words, reaching for some that were graphic enough to state her intent but not so graphic she couldn’t say them aloud. Once again, the romance novels she’d read had come to her rescue.
It was the right thing to say.
With a groan, Alec pressed his lips to hers, this time in a real kiss and Kiara reached up to wrap her hand around his neck and pull him down atop her. Her doe purred in approval, urging her more quietly than she had before, as if afraid to scare Kiara off again.
Unlikely at this point. Kiara’s entire body felt like it was throbbing with need and she ached to be filled. To have him inside of her.
The weight of a hard, male body on hers made her moan, and his tongue slid into her mouth. He felt so good. Squirming beneath him, it didn’t take much to coax him into the position she really wanted.
On her back with him settled over the length of her body, between her legs, the bulge of his jeans rubbing against her pussy. Fingers sliding into her hair as he kissed her, deeply and desperately, passionately but also gently.
“Oh Kiara, what are we going to do with you?” Gavin’s amused question from the doorway had both her and Alec jerking in surprise.
Alec lifted his head to give his cousin a lazy smile, while Kiara battled with the sudden guilt of having been in a very similar position with Gavin this morning and now he was seeing her like this with Alec… but he was smiling.
“You could come over here and help me make our girl feel really, really good,” Alec said. His hips moved, pressing against Kiara’s core and making her gasp. She clung to his shoulders, trembling with both physical need and apprehensive excitement at what he was implying. “Unless you don’t think you can handle that.”
“Did you ask Kiara what she thinks about that?” Gavin asked, sounding a little exasperated as he sauntered forward. Kiara noticed he didn’t shut the door behind him either. Did that mean Riley and Dorian might walk in at any time too?
Her doe purred harder.
The purring was odd but also soothing and encouraging. Even if she wasn’t sure she could handle four men, her doe certainly seemed confident.
Both men were now looking at her, she realized. Blinking, she looked back at them.
“Think about what?” she asked, belatedly, genuinely confused as to what Gavin had meant.
Gavin halted at the edge of the bed, cocking his head at her. “Me joining you two in bed.”
Oh. Oh. Her body clenched. Both of them? In bed with her at the same time? Touching her? Kiara’s chest tightened and her pussy creamed. Her doe was practically crooning. There had been whispers about some of the does doing that with their mates, but Kiara never had. She hadn’t wanted to even think about Sebastian with other females, much less be party to it happening.
But for some reason neither Alec nor Gavin seemed upset. Gavin looked envious of Alec, but not like he was seething with jealousy, the way Kiara would have been. If they were fine with the situation, why shouldn’t she be?
“Yes, please,” she said, feeling very shy.
The grin that lit up Gavin’s entire face made her feel very, very good about her answer.
The next thing she knew, Gavin was on the bed with them, taking over kissing her mouth while Alec began kissing his way down her body. Kiara whimpered, mewling against Gavin’s lips as Alec’s mouth traveled over her neck, her collarbone, down to her breasts to suckle at her nipples.
She was on fire, her sensitive buds throbbing as Alec nibbled and sucked them, and her lower body bucked, trying to find more contact for her pussy. The needy ache to be filled was overwhelming her. With one hand on the back of Alec’s head and the other wrapped in Gavin’s hair, she already felt completely, wildly, erotically out of control.
When Alec reached her pussy with his mouth, spreading her thighs wide so he could slide his tongue between her swollen lips, Kiara screamed. Gavin swallowed the sound, one of his hands coming up to caress her breasts and she was overwhelmed with the sensations as the two men worked together. It only took a few flicks of Alec’s tongue before she was writhing, practically sobbing with the ecstasy flowing through her.
Her body had been so primed, so hot for them, she’d cum with barely a touch to her clit.
“Oh… oh my goodness… oh my…” she said, panting, when Gavin lifted his lips from hers. Her fingers were still entwined in both of their hair, her body quivering from the intense pleasure. “That was amazing…”
Looking smug, Alec straightened somewhat, forcing her to release her grip on his hair. Reluctantly, she did the same with Gavin as Alec loomed over her. “You taste delicious, gorgeous.”
“I do?” The surprise in her voice made both men pause in their movements—which was really a shame because Gavin was midway through pulling off his shirt and revealing more of his spectacular body again.
“Yeah, baby, you taste amazing,” Alec said slowly. “No one’s ever told you that before?”
“No one’s ever done that before,” Kiara said, pleased at the compliment. Then she shrank a little as both men exchanged one of their looks. A displeased one. Had she done something wrong?
Seeing her flinch, they both immediately turned to her, their expressions softening.
“It’s okay, sweetheart,” Gavin said soothingly, yanking his shirt the rest of the way off and dropping it on the bed. “We’re not mad at you. We’re mad for you. Oral pleasure is definitely not something you should have been deprived of.”
“Well I didn’t know about it, so I wasn’t really deprived,” she said matter-of-factly. “You can only be deprived of something if you know you’re missing it.” Which was true. She certainly hadn’t felt deprived of a man’s mouth between her legs before this. Although if she never had it ever again, s
he certainly would feel very deprived.
“You, gorgeous, are fucking amazing,” Alec said, drawing her attention so she looked down the length of her body at him. He’d already stripped off all of his clothes and Kiara’s eyes went wide at the sight of his naked body. Hard, lean muscles, a nice furry chest that trailed down the center of his stomach to the curls surrounding a very swollen, very nice cock. Thick, long, and dark pink, it looked like it was reaching for her.
Leaning forward, he kissed her mound, just above her own dark curls, and then began working his way back up her body. She was torn between watching Alec’s slow approach as he retraced the path he’d made earlier or watching Gavin as he finished undressing.
Good mates, thought her doe approvingly.
Chapter 6
Feeling Kiara’s body stiffen underneath his lips, Alec lifted his head again. He felt super-sensitive to her responses, wanting to make sure they didn’t inadvertently push her into anything she wasn’t ready for or misinterpret any signals she was sending.
"What's wrong, gorgeous?" he asked. His stag was impatient but also willing to wait, not wanting to accidentally drive their shy mate away. If she wanted to stop right now, he would. No matter how much his cock ached.
"I..." Her eyes darted between him and Gavin, who had just finished pulling his pants off but was now frozen, waiting for the verdict. "I'm not sure I should say..."
"Why not?" He was confused, but that wasn't a new emotion when it came to Kiara. Really, he'd expected a little bit of hesitation over including Gavin in the bedroom—many women did hesitate. There were a lot of societal hang-ups about a woman who slept with two men, much less four. Instead, Kiara had surprised him by not seeming to have a problem with the idea at all. He had some suspicions about why she wouldn't find more than two people in a bed together to be strange, but he didn't want to ask.
"I don't want you to stop," she said, a little miserably.
