By the time Hunter returned, his face was solemn.
“You found a hideout.” I filled in.
Hunter nodded slowly. “There’s only a few wolves there now, if that’s what you can call them.” He frowned. “They’re hardly that.”
“Are you sure this is what you want?” Vanquish queried. His hands landing on my shoulders as he tipped down to be level with my face.
I nodded stiltedly. “I have some rage I’d like to expend on their kind.”
“Keep in mind that many of the NightHunters were different packs before they were taken over.”
“They chose to succumb. They didn’t have to.”
I didn’t.
“As you wish.” Vanquish rolled his shoulders and steadied himself.
“Here.” Racer walked over and handed me the handle of an ornately carved knife. It was narrow and smooth, winding with vines. It was small and fit very well in my palm. “Keep this on you at all times.”
My eyes flew to his face. “Did you make this?”
He lowered
I crouched and as the wolf leapt, I slid to my back and lifted the blade to jam it into the wolf’s underside. Dragging it the length of the beast’s body. Splitting it open and sending its entrails spilling onto the floor. The second man was a heartbeat behind him and was suddenly over me. He dropped to his knees to hover over me, pinning me to the ground and lifted his fists to begin pummeling me. I instinctively threw my arms over my face to block his hits but before they could rain down on me the original black wolf with white striped over his shoulders and framing the sides of his snout thudded across the room and hit the man so violently that he sent him tumbling off me. The man spun on to his feet to confront the wolf but by now the other two who looked so similar to the original, were slinking closer. Their thickly muscled shoulders bunching and curving over them as they edged threatening forward. Their pointed teeth bared in vicious snarls which indicated thei
“What did you say, Vanna Rae?” Vanquish was urging. I gave him a befuddled look. Trying to recall what it was he was talking about. My brain felt as if it were made of pudding. It was hard to filter through even very recent thoughts. I felt like a fool that it took me so long to catch up. He’s asking about the name. What I said… “What was the word you just said?” He persisted. “Gallions…” I whispered. Feeling as though I was giving away some great secret. In my head I had begun to know. But I wasn’t ready to tell all of them yet. But it’s time now. “Why did you say that?” He asked under his breath. “It’s what I was…” “You were a Gallion?” He seemed incredulous. Clearly knowing the name of the greatest wolf royalty in recent times. “One of the heirs.” I nodded slightly. But Rebekah’s cutting voice drew my attention. “Don’t move!” She doesn’t want me m
“Who?” Vanquish lowered my head carefully to the floor before standing over me.Preparing to get very aggressive with Magnus.Quickly, from the look of it. If Magnus doesn’t start talking.“Are you Gallion?” Magnus’ gaze was locked on me. Fully prepared to ignore Vanquish closing in on him. Breathing raggedly and exuding fury as if he were already prepared to pounce.“Yes..” I whispered.Magnus did an excited little hop in the doorway.“It’s her, Hawk!” He barely tossed over his shoulder. “I was right. Zyra was right…”“Zyra?” Vanquish growled.“My mate.” Magnus gave him a surprised glance, as if only now, seeing him for the first time. “She thought Vanna Rae was the one…”“The one what?” Hunterjoined Vanquish. Shoulder to shoulder with him, crowding Magnus fr
Vanquish grunted. Then made a sound which I was fairly certain was a low chuckle. He caught the hair at my forehead in a fist and used it to push my head back against his leg. So, I was laid flat again. “So fierce, my little mate.” He murmured. Both pride and arousal brightening his eyes. I growled in warning, and swatted his hand to make his grip lighten. He’s reminding me, he’s dominant. I recognized. I know! My lip curled slightly. I had to remind myself again of the tenuous line I walked being mated to three aggressive men. I could lose control of them if I’m not careful. If any one of them decided they needed to take over our group instead of letting me run it, I could be put in my place as most she-wolves were. That would be unbearable. I liked things as they were. On my terms. I saw in my mind a shadow of a future where they tore at each other as they f
“You’re going to need me?” I said nervously. Chewing my cheek. I’d already dealt with another Mating Moon since that first one. It hadn’t been nearly as brutal.Still…“Yes.” Vanquish nodded. “But I don’t think that’s what he means.”“I mean they’re going to scent you a mile away.” Racer warned in a dangerous tone. “I’m not letting you go anywhere near that camp.”Shit.I wanted to go. Wanted to see how big their force was. And what resources they have.Magnus walked through the trees. Catching the tail end of the conversation. “He’s right, you know? I was standing downwind from you and could smell you down the hill.&rdq
He was staring at me covering myself with blatant disapproval. He nodded his chin down and my arms obediently fell away. Letting his gaze rove over me like a fondling touch. Caressing every part of me. “Chair.” He jerked his head toward it. Not giving me a choice. I walked to it. Looking at him next to me in confusion. “Lean over it and grip the seat.” I blew a long breath and leaned over it. I heard the rustle of him removing his clothes and felt his large hands land on my bare waist, just above where my hips flared. I felt the hardness of his cock prodding my entrance and awaited the vicious thrust that would plant him in me. “Van…” Racer tried to intervene. A sympathetic note in his voice. Trying to calm his brother. Vanquish whipped around as if challenged to roar at them. “Go to bed.” And for the first time I could recall, the other two slunk over by the fire to obey. Watching uneasily. If I cried
I began to lower before him. Dragging my hands down his chest and belly to push them under the cloth and feel the thin layer of skin over sinewed muscle. The tightening of his abdomen as I touched so close to his root. I looked up at him as I slowly parted my lips just below the head of his partially swollen rod. I slid my lips from the tip. Opening them around the knob and taking excruciating time to lower him into my mouth while I kept my palms flat over his hip and stomach. Stroking him with only my mouth as I took him in fully. Still looking at him as I tightened my lips and suctioned around him as I drew off his length. Making him immediately tense and grow firmer. I did it again, letting it pop from between my lips before starting again. Then I began to do it faster. He moaned deep in his throat. His head falling forward to watch me work. He reached to scoop my hair from my face. Holding it back along my temples, just above my ears on both sides. Giving
Vanquish was brutally ravishing me. Taking the pleasure he craved from my warm inner walls, to abate the fierce need that was now driving his beast. And as much as I wanted to be furious with him for it. My heels were driving into the back of his legs. Pulling him closer. A reminder that my beast was just as aggressive as his and she was willing to meet him. Violence for violence. Monster to monster. When he snarled low, I gave short high ones to alert him I didn’t fear him. I felt the pounding of my heart evolving into a flutter. The rough slip of fur grating through my pores and the yellowing of my eyes. The growing of my teeth in my mouth. She’s responding to his threats. I knew. Feeling the writhing of my she-beast taking control of my human flesh. My back snapped. Crunching. Even while he was inside me. Craning upwards into a peak. I’m changing. He didn’t stop. Knowing he was driving my a