Havermouth, Five Years Before Heath was tense as the recess bell went. “F-king hell,” he murmured under his breath as he threaded his way through the other students. Would Aislen behave herself? Their parting at the locker had been encouraging. She had thanked him for picking her up. As he stepped out into the fresh air, his eyes went to the grassy knoll, and he felt the knots within his stomach release as he saw her there, sitting and waiting for him, her eyes already picking him out of the crowd. The flush of warmth through his chest ached around his heart, relief, and pleasure tangling with intensity. “Hey,” Cameron said from behind him, and Heath paused, looking back as Rhett, Cameron, the Debutantes, Lillian and Diana and Rohan caught up, creating a crowd around him. Cameron nudged him and nodded to the grass. “Look.” “Yeah,” Heath agreed under his breath, not wanting to let Cameron get overly excited. He met Rhett’s eyes, the dark-haired alpha’s smile brightening. Such a smal
Havermouth, Present TimeAislen stood in Rhett’s en suite bathroom and admired the finished tattoo. It looked right, she thought, to have all four of their initials in the design, and Rhett’s placement of the T and G was clever, balanced, as if it had always been part of the plan to have it there.“Alright?” He hovered anxiously in the doorway.“It’s perfect,” she said, standing on tiptoe in order to kiss his cheek. “Thank you.”His smile lit his face. “I’ll do Talen’s piercing, and then we’ll head up to the art studio and you can show me what you need me to do, to get your comic up to speed.”“Do you need me to hold your hand, daddy, whilst Rhett pierces you?” Aislen teased as she crawled onto the bed next to Talen.Talen chuckled. “I would appreciate that, little demon.”“I imagine having it ripped out was painful,” Rhett examined the nipple.“Exceedingly so. I hope not to have to repeat the experience,” Talen watched as Rhett prepared the hollow needle. “I will go to see Sigrid onc
Havermouth, Present TimeHeath led the way towards his bedroom, automatically seeking out the security of his own den, his own territory. He was nervous, he admitted to himself. The vampire was intimidating in every way, from his royal lineage, his age, through to his physical presence.In a way, in Talen, Heath had taken another rogue as a mate, and f-k knew Rhett was a handful at the best of times, but Heath was at least confident after so many years together that Rhett would back down if handled correctly.If Talen decided that he wanted to be the lead alpha, however, Heath was not sure that he would be able to hold onto the position. He had to hope that, like Rhett, Talen had no interest in being lead alpha of their odd little pack – and being a vampire, and not a werewolf, that was very possible.The one-on-one time between them would give Heath the opportunity to sound the vampire out, he decided.Talen paused in the doorway, his eyes sweeping the room, taking in every detail fr
Havermouth, Present DayHeath felt sweat trickle along his ribs. He breathed out slowly, trying to ignore the needs of his body. Talen had applied a ball stretcher and even breathing heightened his awareness of its presence. Combined with the vibrations of the masturbator, not coming was becoming a battle of will power and he could feel the anal beads resting against his hip as a reminder that Talen had more in store for him.When he believed he had himself under control, he opened his eyes and stared up at the ceiling without seeing it, his vision haloed.Talen leaned over him, the candlelight catching in the gold of his hair, turning the strands transparent. “The sexual needs of an individual are very interesting and often fluid,” he observed. “What a person needs today, may not be what they need tomorrow, and, in our dynamic, may change between sexual partners. Morgana, for example, at this time needs love and tenderness, but once she is comfortable and trusts her partner, she is a
Havermouth, Five Years BeforeHeath watched from where he sat on the bank as Aislen surfaced from the water, her dark hair spreading out in the water like ink. Wet, her hair came to her waist, and he wasn’t entirely sure why that both surprised and fascinated him. She swam in her skin, like they all did, and the flashes of the curve of her arse, the shy peek of nipple above the water line entranced and taunted him.Rhett caught her against him, wrapping his arms around her, and she shone with her enjoyment of his casual, easily delivered affection. She was less confident with Heath and Cameron, her eyes vulnerable and her expression uncertain when Cameron, laughing, surfaced within the drift of her hair.“Do I look like Rhett now?” He asked, pouting his smoulder as he posed with her hair over his own, running streams of water over his face and plastering to his skin.“Only if you let me pierce your lip,” Rhett tapped his fingernail against his piercing. “And then you might have my sex
Havermouth, Five Years BeforeHeath turned and stalked down to the bedroom, stepping in through the partially open the door. As he’d suspected, Aislen had positioned herself where the light was best, below the open window, and was working on her painting. The fading sunlight caught in the wilderness of her ringlets and glowed over her skin. She had pulled on a t-shirt and jeans, and the neckline of her t-shirt gave him an enticing view of her generous breasts within the fragile lace of her bra.“I’m behind on this assignment,” she told him, pushing up into a seated position. “I was trying to catch up.”He pressed the door closed behind him. “I can see Rhett in this,” he said as he sat down behind her, looking over her shoulder at the painting and then laughed as her hair fell in his face. He scooped it back, running his fingers through the curls, admiring their bounce. “You hair is as wild and wicked as you are. More so after swimming today,” he grazed his lips over her cheek bone as
Havermouth, Five Years BeforeHeath pressed his face into her hair and sank into the scent and feel of her, the touch of her hands on his back and her lips on his cheek, and for a moment all the problems of having her retreated, leaving him in a space of peaceful acceptance.“Are you going to f-k her all day, Heath, or come out and socialize?” Rohan leaned in through the window, grinning lewdly, and Aislen started, crying out and clutching Heath against her, using him to prevent Rohan from seeing her naked body.Heath snarled over his shoulder, unable to move without exposing his mate, and there was no way that he was going to expose his female to a male alpha who was not part of his Triquetra. “F-k off Rohan,” he spat, every instinct wanting him to launch across the room and tear out his friend’s throat with his teeth.Rohan recoiled in shock, reading Heath’s reaction accurately. “Sorry man, I just…” His eyes flashed with his wolf, and his stance became wary.“Yeah, you just, but I’m
Havermouth, Present Time“Now you’ve done it,” Rhett smirked. “No more work for you.”Aislen stood. “I agreed to move in,” she told Cameron as she stepped towards him. “And to being mates.” Cameron’s face crumpled and he turned abruptly and walked out. “Ah, shit,” she said and hurried out after him. “Cameron!” She said as she ran down the stairs in pursuit.He turned at the bottom landing and caught her against him as she cannoned down towards him, pressing his face into her neck. She could feel the wetness of his tears and his body shook against hers as he dragged in a breath. “I don’t know what to do,” he said breathlessly. “I don’t know what I am supposed to do now.”“Oh, Cam,” she stroked her fingers into his hair, cupping his head against her shoulder. His thoughts were frantic and fragmented, and he had reacted on instinct, seeking out Heath, seeking out the lead alpha. “It’s okay. It’s going to be okay. Hey, how did things go with your dad?” She tried changing the subject, to s