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Mallory’s POV “You’re okay! I’ve got you, love. Everything will be okay!” Colton lifted me from the ground and held me close to his chest. “It hurts, Why does it hurt?” I cried out when another sharp pain stabbed me in the gut. Distantly, I heard footsteps pounding the ground, growing louder and louder as they drew nearer. But all I could focus on was pain and the panic for my babies. Then Cary’s cinnamon scent and Clay’s leather mixed with Colton’s lime, surrounding me with a heady fragrance that reduced the agony to a dull discomfort. “Fuck! She’s burning up! Come here, darling.” Cary reached for me and I fell into his arms, wrapping my arms and legs around him. “Find a fucking doctor!” Clay thundered. “We have a doctor on staff at the infirmary. He doesn’t have much equipment to work with but it’s the best we can do for now.” Charlie had arrived with Nathan and offered to take us there. I buried my face in Cary’s neck and took deep drags of his scent. It eased my distress
Mallory’s POV “Mallory, you don’t have to decide this today. My brother’s marks will be enough. I won’t let you be pressured into accepting me.” Colton’s voice was firm but his eyes held vulnerability. Clay and Cary had gone in ahead of us. They asked Colton to stay with me while they cleared the packhouse of unmated males, but I knew they were trying to give us some time alone to talk. Dr. Diaz’s advice caught us both more than a little off guard. Logically, I understood where Colton was coming from. Hopped up on hormones while your wolf is begging for her alpha mate’s bite isn’t the best time to be making life-altering decisions. But emotionally, his attempt to be noble just felt like another rejection. I stared out the window, trying and failing to contain a whimper. Colton must have sensed where my head was at, because he pulled me into his lap and grazed my neck with his finger. I shivered under his touch and burrowed into him, chasing his soothing scent. “Look at me,
Cary’s POV My wolf was practically rabid for our little mate writhing on the bed beneath us. It took considerable effort to keep him from shoving my brothers out of the way and sinking his fangs into her. My mouth watered as his need mingled with mine. Mallory was so stunningly beautiful, my breath caught in my chest just looking at her. Her hair, silky strands of midnight brown, flowed around her like a waterfall under the moonlight. Her perfect tits topped with tight rosy nipples bounced as her chest heaved and her slim waist flared into curvy hips and thick, creamy thighs. She was a fucking vision and she was all fucking mine! I couldn’t keep my mind from slipping back to those years ago when she left for the academy. I’d been destroyed when she left but I hadn’t understood why. So I buried my feelings in meaningless fucks and a multitude of bad decisions. Now I understood that when she left, she took part of my soul with her, because she was always meant to be mine. I wished
Mallory’s POV Colton rolled me onto my side and propped a pillow under my top leg, bending it at the hip to spread me open for him. He entered me from behind, fucking into me brutally. With his fist in my hair, he wrenched my head back to take my mouth in a filthy, dirty, open-mouthed kiss. I reached over my head to tug at his short blond strands, intent on locking him in place. “You love it when I wreck this tight little cunt, don't you baby?” His lips still brushed mine, as if he wasn’t willing to separate from me even to speak I just gripped his hair tighter and moaned into his mouth in response, slamming my hips back to meet his thrusts. It was rough and raunchy. The sounds of flesh slapping filled the room. And I loved every minute of it. Something changed between Colton and I when he marked me, completing our bond. Having a direct line to another person’s soul came in handy. Suddenly, he could feel that he wasn’t going to break me, that I wanted him to stop treating me
Mallory’s POV My mates all looked devastatingly handsome in their black, perfectly tailored three-piece suits. Aware that I was openly staring, I bit my lip as my stomach did a little flip. They were gorgeous and they were all mine. Unfortunately, the reason for their more formal attire put a damper on my otherwise raging libido. We were headed to a preliminary hearing at the Council headquarters in relation to the murder conspiracy charge leveled against us. It was completely ludicrous but apparently the Council didn’t see it that way. Nathan would be bringing Darcy from Hazelwood and meeting us there. With overwhelming evidence that Quade died by her hand, she was being charged with his murder but we had no explanation for why we were being accused of colluding with her. I supposed we would find out soon enough. “Stop that!” Cary chided, pulling my pinky fingernail from between my teeth. “Everything will be fine, darling. This is all just a big misunderstanding. One we will
Mallory’s POV After the disaster that was our preliminary hearing at the Council headquarters, we made a quick stop at City General so Dr. Diaz could reassure my mates that their pups were fine. They were, of course. She offered again to tell us their gender but we still steadfastly refused. Though, for a moment I thought I saw Colton waiver. “Do you want to know the babies’ sex?” I asked when we were cuddled up in the backseat together on our way back to Black Moon. “Not if you don’t.” He answered a little too quickly. I raised my eyebrow at him in an "I don’t believe that for a second” gesture. He sighed and finally explained himself. “It’s not that I want to ruin the surprise. And I especially don’t want to ruin it for you. It’s just that they aren’t even here yet and I’m worried about their future. My brothers and I are extremely lucky that we are all willing to share the Alpha role. “What if they’re all boys and the eldest doesn’t want to share? I don’t want there to be a
Colton’s POV “Colton! I found something!” Mallory shouted and I immediately came running. I hadn’t been far away, just across the hall. I knew she wanted some time alone with her parents' ghosts, so to speak, but I was worried about her and my wolf wouldn’t let me get too far away. When she called for me, I burst into the room like my ass was on fire. “What is it? Are you okay?” I hadn’t run that far but I still sounded breathless. “Look at this!” She shoved a piece of paper in my face. “I found it hidden behind a childhood photo of me that Quade kept on his desk.” My head snapped up from the piece of paper to spear her with a “WTF” look. “Yeah, I know. Super creepy. But in the scheme of things, I think keeping my picture on his desk is low on the list of Quade’s disturbing behaviors. What do you think it means?” She scrunched her nose in that adorable way she had when she was trying to solve a particularly vexing puzzle. “Some type of chemical equation.” She rolled her
Clay’s POV “Fuck, I miss my little wolf!” I told Cary when we hung up the phone. She and Colton had just called to tell us all about what Mallory found in her father’s office and their conversation with the old Beta’s widow. My heart ached for her as she talked about how her parents had died. I wanted so badly to cheer her up and Cary did too. Cary’s idea of cheering her up, however, always leaned in a much less chaste direction. Under his guidance, we all ended up taking part in a rather dirty video sex session. Just thinking about it had me rocking a hard-on again. Cary may have given rise, no pun intended, to the idea, but my need to be in charge when it came to all things sexual quickly took over. If I couldn’t touch her, I could still take control of her pleasure. Thankfully, Colton was willing to play along, following my lead and doing everything to her luscious body I ordered him to. Watching him edge her with his tongue over and over again until she begged me to let h