“A story for another time, Spitfire,” he said softly, and I loved that we were back to my nickname.I still wanted to know though, but he had told me a lot and I was still processing, so I stowed the question and went back to kissing him.He sighed into the kiss as I ran my tongue along his, wrapping my arms around his neck as he wrapped his along my waist.“Thank you,” I whispered against him as he lifted my skirt so it flared out around us, “for getting them out. It looked like it hurt you too.”He undid his pants, then found my panties between us and ripped the crotch off before sliding his finger along my folds. I gasped as he slipped a finger inside me, kissing into my neck.“It did. But I’m okay, and so are you.”He smirked, and I grinned down at him, grinding myself against his fingers as he stroked my walls, sending pleasure throughout my body.My head fell back as he yanked my dress down, finding my nipple and clamping his mouth over it, his rough tongue caressing it before h
18. The WolvesI ate my breakfast, piling more fruit and pancakes onto my plate while scooping oatmeal into my mouth. I was starving and hadn’t eaten so well in, well, forever.Brax dug in as heartily as I did, while Derik ate bit by bit and Nikolai just stared.I ignored them all and concentrated on my food until I couldn’t fit anything more in. Finally finished, I sipped some water and looked up at my alphas.“So. What happens now?” I asked, and that earned me three frowns on three sexy faces. “Okay, specifics. What am I to do now that I am here, and how long am I here?” I asked.“Stay in your room,” Derik stated, and I only just refrained from rolling my eyes at the order.“You belong to us now. Your stay is indefinite,” Nikolai said, and I smiled at the answer.“Indefinite meaning I go back to the village for winter and then come back?” I asked, grinning, but it had Derik glaring at Brax.“You told her about winter?” Derik snapped, pushing his plate away and straightening his spin
He turned, walking backward. “Wolf shit to do. Hank will take you back to your room. Be good, Spitfire,” he said with a knowing smirk, before leaving.Hank was towering over me in the next second. “Let’s go,” he said, and I huffed, following him back.“How’s the balls?” I asked, and he grunted.“Is that good in wolf language?” I tried again, and he smirked.“Fuck you, actually,” he corrected, and I laughed, glad to finally get a rise out of him.“Got it. I’ll have to remember that one. So, is there anywhere else I’m allowed to go in this place? Kind of boring sitting in my room without the alphas,” I admitted, and he pursed his lips.“You’re meant to stay in your room today.”He opened my door, but I ignored it and sat down on the bench seat by the window that looked out on the gardens.There were people out there that I was guessing were wolves, but they looked so much like humans without their claws and fangs that it was hard to tell.Except maybe taller.“Can I ask you questions?”
The man let out a maniacal laugh and used his cheating wolf speed to cut me off at the end of the next aisle. I tried to run back— but then he wasn’t the only one there.A tall woman who looked like working out was her thing blocked the other end. She was beautiful, with flawless skin, but her teeth were sharp, her claws out, her eyes red.She had a tattoo that combined all three territories, vines wrapping around a tree and turning into a wave over it on her chest that was only covered by a crop.Her hair was dark and piled on her head, her eyes surrounded in smoky makeup that looked like the same charcoal I drew with back in the village.She was stunning but looked every bit as lethal as the guy who had a scar in his eyebrow and a lightning bolt in his buzz cut.I backed up into the side of the shelf as they cornered me, my heart racing so fast I thought it was going to break right through my ribcage and leave me behind.“Don’t come any closer. I’m here for the alphas,” I snapped, g
Derik sighed, his eyes going to me again for a brief second before going back to Kai, who pursed his lips.“And you wouldn’t do the same if she needed you?” he challenged, and it had Derik scowling before turning away from us and going to help Brax reprimand.Nikolai pulled me out of the library and back down to my room. He slammed the door shut behind us, then pushed me against it, his lips finding mine in the next breath I tried to take.His hands were already ripping off my dress as I backed us toward the bed, my mouth moving with his. He found my tongue, and I tasted his as he lifted me at the foot of the bed, chucking me onto it.I gasped as he climbed over me, nudging my legs apart, resting between them as he claimed my mouth again.“Kai,” I breathed, turning my head, but he found my neck, my collarbone, the top of my breasts that were still hidden in my undergarments.“You screamed.”He shuddered against me, and my mouth fell open, trying to find words in the scramble that my b
20. The FriendThe alphas sat down in three huge throne chairs made of stone, carved in their respective symbols.I twisted my hands in front of me, not sure where to go and feeling every set of eyes on me. The entire hall was filled with wolves, and they were being rowdy until I walked in with the alphas. Now it was deadly silent.Kai pulled me onto his lap, and I looked at him instead of the faces I knew were staring.Derik kept standing as Braxton took a seat to the other side.“Stay quiet, human. Stay still,” Kai said against my ear in such a quiet voice I almost didn’t hear him.I nodded once, and he kissed me before looking up at Derik.“It’s been a while since we have gathered as largely as tonight,” Derik started. “But we have reason to. We have a human in our midst,” he said, looking to me.I didn’t know what to do but resisted the urge to wave, staying quiet and still like Kai had said.“She will remain unharmed and untouched while she is with us, do you understand?” Derik s
“The heat is when the females need to ‘mate,’ but really it means they get super horny. It’s painful for them if they don’t give in to it, and it’s when their wolf is looking for a mate.”“And that’s bad? Or affects you?” I asked, trying to understand the wolves and their rules that seemed to be affected by me being there.Kai leaned back and waited for Derik to answer, who let out an exasperated sigh.“It’s why we knew they would have an issue. There’s an unwritten rule that gives the females of the pack a chance to mate with an alpha. We are meant to sleep with the powerful ones. There’s a whole event that happens, the females fight and the top three get the alphas. Usually.”“Oh. But this time, I’m here.”I realized why they were mad. Why Taylor had been so threatened. She was probably first in line or knew she was the strongest. She looked strong.I shuddered remembering her hands on my throat, then nodded, picking up a cup of water and sipping it.“But we’ll figure it out,” Braxt
He groaned and fucked me faster. His strokes were so deep, his cock so hard I thought I was going to break something, but then it was there. The edge he had been pushing me to.I cried out as the pleasure of him overwhelmed me, bouncing on his lap, my body tensing with the storm that crashed through it.Heat engulfed every nerve, burned every thought, and I exploded in a wave that had me breathing hard, sweat dampening my skin.My thighs burned as I rode him through my orgasm, sending him into his.He bucked into me with two rough thrusts of his hips before stilling and groaning, his eyes closing as he hung his head back, then slowly lay down on the floor with me still on him.His cock throbbed inside my pulsing pussy and I sighed, looking down at him.The shadows from the dark room and fireplace danced over Derik as he put his hand behind his head. His abs were sucking in and out with his fast breathing, the same as my breasts.It was so primal and raw what had passed between us that
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