I found Kai first. I wasn’t even sure how, I just thought of him and my shadows were there, channeling him. They showed me where he was.“Kai’s in my bed. Naked,” I laughed, the way he was feeling in that moment filling my own body the longer I kept channeling.“About time, human,” Kai snickered, and I laughed again, wrapping my shadows around him so he knew I was definitely there. “Of course he is,” Brax scoffed. “I told him to find somewhere unfamiliar, but I should have known better than to give him instructions.”I licked my lips as Kai’s body filled with heat, desire, a need so fierce I sucked in a breath, heat flushing my own body. Oh, he knew I was there.I tried to dig deeper, feel more so I could make out exactly what he was doing.I could feel him, hear his moaning in my brain, and then I could see what he saw, like I was a passenger in his brain, seeing through a flimsy sheer curtain.He had his grip on his cock, stroking it as pleasure filled us both. I fidgeted in my s
I moved fast, chasing the high that was throbbing inside me. A feral need that kept me meeting his hilt with my pussy.My nails dug into his chest as his claws extended, digging into my thighs. I didn’t care that they had pierced the skin, that I might be bleeding, I just needed more.Brax came over and placed his cock by my mouth. I opened my lips for him. He slid between them. I moaned against him as Kai thrust against my hand.It was so much, so overwhelming, but it was in the best way. I was so full, so wound up with pleasure that it felt like it was never going to leave, no matter how many orgasms my alphas gave me.It was an insatiable need that I couldn’t deny.I cried out, pleasure peaking in my body as Derik drilled his cock even deeper inside me, using his luxurious, specific strokes to draw the most out of me.His hands moved to my hips and helped me keep up with him. I arched my back, and his cock slid in that little bit more.I fought out a moan against the pumping of Bra
23. The ControlI ran through the halls, my dress slightly torn, stained with the blood from the claw marks on my body, the top falling off my shoulder.I tried to use my shadows to find Derik, but every time I tuned into them, I found Kai again.He was still fighting Brax. Not that I needed the shadows to tell me that. I could hear them with my human hearing. It would be hard for anyone not to. The roars and growls shook the estate.I shook my head, my heart racing as I tried to keep my shadows away from Kai, pleading with them to find Derik. Or my suite. I had to find one or the other before Kai found me.Although I wondered what would happen if he did. Would I be able to take him? He would take me for sure, but maybe I could handle more than what Brax thought? I had no idea, and I wasn’t going to test it today.Not when Derik had already lost control too.I ran, trying to keep my shadows on task, when I slammed into an invisible force, falling back on my ass. I looked up, breathing
I blew out a breath and hated that Brax was angry with me too.Derik pulled off his shirt and handed it to me. “Put this on. I’ll take you to your room. I need you to get dressed in one of the lesser dresses for dinner,” he instructed, and I pulled his muslin onto my body.“Dinner?”“With Cain’s mother,” he said, then led me out of the room.Kai followed closely, shadowing me, his eyes narrowed everywhere. I tugged at the shirt, not used to being so exposed in the open, but there didn’t seem to be any other wolves in the estate at the moment.“The one who put eyeballs in your stew?”Derik smiled and nodded, still walking that little bit ahead. I almost had to jog to keep up with his huge steps.“She appreciates promptness to dinner.”“Oh.” I was in trouble then. I hadn’t been on time for anything in at least three years.Kai lifted me then and walked next to Derik, with me hanging in his arms like a bride.“You’re a slow human.” He smirked, and I laughed.So my legs weren’t giant size
24. The WitchI bathed and dressed faster than I ever had, combed through my long dark strands of hair, then met my alphas outside my suite.Brax chuckled, obviously back to the Brax I knew. “You’re going to get us in trouble, Spitfire, but I have a feeling you quite enjoy that concept.”He laughed, and I smirked. I did.“Let’s go. I’m starving, and even eyeball stew sounds more appealing than having to eat with the pack tonight after today’s…issues.” Derik sighed.“Why?” I asked, and he cleared his throat.“It got to the other wolves that Brax and Kai were fighting over you. It doesn’t bode well for the strength in our pack if the alphas are fighting at all, let alone over a winter born human,” he murmured, and I bit my lip.I didn’t want Derik even more stressed; he was already so wound up all the time.“I’m sorry,” I apologized, and he smiled easily at me.“Don’t be, beautiful. They’re just rumors, and we are still strong together. They’ll learn that the hard way if they wish to,”
It made sense, and I couldn’t blame them after the things I had heard about Elias, but I was starting to hate the idea of living in the estate every second.It was huge and beautiful and I was allowed to visit the village, but could I really contain my life to a single building forever?I was stuck in my mind, thoughts of my life and what it was leading to rushing through it.Being with the alphas was where I wanted to be for the moment, but what would happen when they got sick of the winter born human making the pack torn? Or they had to find females to mate with? Have children with?I hated the idea of being the sad lover stuck in the estate while my alphas paraded around with their mates and children. Or would they send me back?Tears prickled my eyes at the thought of going back to the village after being with them. I was already an outcast, but I would have no place there after being so tainted by the wolves.I had no idea why I was thinking so in depth now, on the way to dinner
“That was you,” I realized, the feelings the same when she touched me as they were in the carriage. Like her imprint on whatever she had done was making sure I recognized it.She wanted me to know it was her.“Yes.”“What were you doing?” I demanded, feeling a little violated that she had been in my head. Or maybe intimidated that she could get in there in the first place.Reading my thoughts was much more intense than just getting a feeling.“I was reading you.”“What does that mean? A proper answer, please,” I said, not wanting a vague nonanswer.She wanted me in her house, eating her food, to meet me. That meant having my trust. I needed a reason to give it.She smiled knowingly, like she knew exactly why I was annoyed, exactly what I was thinking. Brax squeezed my hand tighter.“I read every thought and feeling you have had since meeting the alphas to understand what motivates you, what your intentions are, and whether I can trust you,” she admitted, her chin high like she wasn’t
25. The VampireBrax pushed me toward Tabitha, who grabbed my hand and yanked me back from the dining table. She bashed her cane on the floorboards and the table slid against the wall, making me gasp.Derik, Kai, and Brax went to the windows, peering out of them with their red eyes as Cain hauled back the rug. Underneath was a trapdoor. Cain opened it and nodded into the darkness.“Get in,” he ordered, his voice firm, his eyes flashing red.I had no idea what was down there, but I did know that there were vampires on their way and that was more terrifying than the unknown in that moment, so I ran down the wooden steps into a basement that was surrounded in concrete.I looked back up from the bottom and Tabitha came hobbling down. Cain slammed the door shut before I could ask what the hell was about to happen.I wrapped my arms around myself as Tabitha grabbed my han
I had no idea what that meant, but Brax did, his brow furrowing. “Sacrificial?”Her grin grew wider, that creepiness factor coming back. “Generations’ worth.”“You believe that is why he came here in the first place? For the dagger?” Brax guessed, and she nodded.“Get it back, please,” she asked, and he nodded, then turned to me.“We’ve got to get back,” he urged, but as he went to step, one of the little girls who had been playing came over.She tugged on Brax’s pants, and he looked down at her, smiling. He knelt down to her, and she blushed.“Can you come play?” she asked, and his smile tightened.He looked like he was considering it, which meant whatever the dagger meant was important information he needed to share.But then she smiled wide. “Please? We never get to see the wolves, and I told my brother that you were faster than him, but he doesn’t believe me.”She played with her hands, and Brax looked up to the other kids waiting. His tight smile broke, and he grinned.“I’ll just
She grinned, and I laughed, hugging her again. “Sure, we’ll gossip when I get back.”“Perfect. I would like to understand this whole thing a little more though, not just gossip. We will be talking marriage and babies, so forewarn them they’re getting the mother talk over dinner. Then I’ll know if they are good enough for my daughter.”She winked, and I raised a brow. “How will you know?”“Because they’ll still show up.” She smiled wide, then went to the kitchen, humming as she went about making the only stew that I’d ever enjoyed. Probably because she loved making it so much.I grinned and left Mother’s hut, resenting my dad even more.Brax smiled at me and grabbed my hand. “We’ll still show up.”He winked, and I laughed, leading him down the path toward the widows’ village.34. The VisionThe widows’ village. More like a brothel. The widows, men and women, were split between two huge buildings with a connecting fenced grass section.One building was for the widows without children. T
33. The Gossip“I’m going,” I said to the alphas as they stood in front of my door.I fixed my dress into place, then glared as Derik folded his arms. Kai leaned against the wall, and Brax put his hands in his pockets.“It’s not safe.”“And I don’t care. If there are people going missing from my village then I am going to check on my family,” I snapped as Derik deepened his scowl.“We’ll go check it out first, and you can come afterwards, if it’s clear.”“No, I’m coming with you. Either you take me or I go myself, but I want to know if my family are okay.”“They are,” Brax said. “They were the first people the wolves checked on.”“So who was taken then?” I demanded.“The girl you shared a carriage with was one of the missing,” Kai explained, and that had my jaw dropping.“Portia?” I asked, my eyes wide, my heart clenching.Perfect Portia was a bitch who thrived on the hive mind of my village, but she didn’t deserve to be taken. None of the people did.“We’ll come back soon for you,” D
“A deal’s a deal, Alpha. Brax gave in first, she gets one free snooping pass.” Anetta shrugged, her naked body on display, with her mate holding her hand.She was covered in hickeys and bite marks, but she had a smile on her face that said she had enjoyed receiving every single one of them.“I’ll think about it,” I said, not wanting to give an answer with my nosey alphas listening, waiting to take whatever I said and stop it from happening.She smiled, then looked over her shoulder at the clearing, where wolves were slowly coming out of the heat haze and standing with their packmates.“That heat was intense. Pretty sure once that connection was open, every single one of us combusted.” She giggled, then ran her fingers up her mate’s arm. “Thanks, Alphas, this one was the most satisfying heat yet.”She winked, her eyes meeting mine, and I knew she aimed that comment at me. I smiled and nodded. She walked off with her mate, hand in hand, as the rest of the pack started dispersing.“Exact
“Please, Kai.”I dug my nails into Derik, whimpering as Kai moved his hips in a deeper way that had my entire body even more desperate. I wasn’t even sure how that was possible.“I need a little longer with you, Little Human, be patient,” he said in a tight voice, and I was trying, but they were so much, he was so much. It was different with the heat storming us; it added something intense to our already intense connection.I tried to hang on, tried to keep his pace, but it was painfully slow, a desperate ache settling in my core from being so wound up, and I couldn’t maintain it like Kai could.I pushed back against him, urging him faster, needing more. “More,” I begged, and Derik kissed me again, Brax brushing my hair back this time.Then Kai was slamming into me, so forceful and feral. Moans and cries slipped through my lips as he claimed me in the way my body needed.It barely took a minute to push me over, the tension in my body snapping, sending me off the edge in a swift stro
32. The ProblemsI survived Brax. Just.His cock filled me over and over until I was sure I was going to break, but just when I thought there was no way I could possibly take more, feel more, my body exploded.It was the most intense I’d ever felt him, and then beyond that. It wasn’t just him. It was all of them, experiencing his pleasure through the connection he had with the pack and the one I had with him.He groaned, that noise turning into a roar from deep in his chest as he let go with me. His release fit so well with mine that I was crying out, stray tears falling down my cheek as the pleasure rocketing through my body overwhelmed me.My legs shook, and my skin was damp with sweat as I clutched him, holding him against my skin, trying to feel as much of him as I could during the explosions going off, tightening and releasing in my core.I’d never had an orgasm last so long, and it took everything I had not to give in to the channeling that demanded to be tapped into.But I did
“You have no idea what it does to me when you get jealous over me,” he growled, nipping at my lip as I kissed him back, grinding my hips against his leaking cock.“I have a pretty good idea actually,” I teased, and he smirked before pressing me down on the ground, kissing, licking, sucking over my body.I arched into him, gasping as the heat got brighter, the power sucker-punching me.I scrambled away from him, breathing hard, holding my chest as it burned. I looked up at him, and he waited for me to be okay.“You opened the connection?” I guessed, and he nodded.My eyes went to Derik, who was breathing hard, taking on the full effect of the heat and the females that were desperate and fawning over the males, fighting and taking what they needed.Brax was curled in, on his hands and knees, growling low as he breathed hard.I felt what he felt: the burn, the pain, the need, the insatiable hole that felt like it would never fill without the friction between my legs.I took deep breaths,
They were going to rip me apart once this was over. Or before then, if I didn’t get control, but I couldn’t find it. The thread that helped me maintain the need…it was gone.I needed the release Kai’s fingers were trying to give me. But I needed more, I needed them inside me. I whimpered, clutching his thigh as I tried to grind against his hand.“More,” I begged, and he kissed my neck, licking up it.“Control it,” Derik strained out, his jaw ticking as his fingers dug into his thighs, his knuckles white, his eyes looking out instead of anywhere near me now.“I’m trying,” I snapped back, but I wasn’t trying very hard, I didn’t know how to anymore. With Kai teasing my body, tempting my body, with my eyes watching the wolves give in like I so badly wanted to, it was impossible.And then somehow, it got worse.The heat intensified, a fight breaking out in the middle of the clearing as a female snarled at a male, scraping her claws across his face.I sat forward on Kai, tensing as his fing
31. The HeatMy mouth ran dry, my thighs pressed together as my pussy leaked in response to the heat rushing through me.Literally. It was like my body had consumed flames, the whole thing igniting.I sucked in a breath, almost falling back, but Kai caught me, wrapping his arms around me. I whimpered as the wolves’ strength pushed through mine.I didn’t need to channel them. The power, the heat, the feeling of them all together, connected, filled the air and every part of me, my shadows doing that glowy thing like they had with Brax earlier.It wasn’t a full channel, but it was a reaction of some kind, and it was consuming me.My nipples were hard and sore against the heavy velvet cloak. Kai pulled me onto his lap, holding my head against him so I couldn’t see, but it was worse, the hard ridge of his dick pressing into me.I clutched his arm, breathing hard as I clenched my eyes shut, trying to push the intensity out, but it was so fucking strong. It was taking everything I had to kee