“Fine, we’ll go upstairs.” Kiera laughed off her embarrassment. She couldn’t hide the fact that she’d been rather uncomfortable for a while, and now she understood why. She’d been clenching her more intimate muscles trying to avoid that telltale scent of a she-wolf who’s nearing a mating. In other words, she was horny and afraid everyone would know it. Lycan might not have the olfactory senses to smell it from a distance, but Kiera knew wolf shifters did. Had Dean smelled the changes in her urges and been responding to them? She-wolves were warned that could happen. Their scent could change to signal they were interested, and male wolves would respond, knowing or unknowing what they were doing. It caused fights in the past between male wolf shifters over a single female. She’d give off the scent that she was receptive to mating and multiple males would pick up on it. Then the fight for dominance and which male would get to do his duty would happen. Or
Dean stood, pulled his fingers from her eager heat. While sucking on his fingers, he moaned as he fitted his cock to her entrance. “Fuck.” He cursed as he watched his cock sink into her. There was nothing better than feeling and seeing it. Her hot warmth was slick and ready to hug his aching shaft. “So pretty how you take me all in on one thrust.” He stood there, balls deep in her quivering heat. Dean’s eyes all but rolled to the back of his head as he rested for a moment, enjoying her body. How did he never notice before this how perfect she was in every way for him? Now all he wanted to do was please her along with pleasing himself. Then he leaned over her and replaced her hands on her breasts with his own. His mouth kissing and licking the base of her throat. With his teeth grazing there, he teased her breasts before he used them to hold her to him as he drove into her repeatedly. “That’s it, baby. Take all of me. Listen to how needy you are. You make me so ha
It took Dean a long time to calm his raging need for Kiera and he lost count of the number of times they’d come to completion without the end in sight. It was glorious. Sex with his mate was not over hyped as he’d feared. He’d come several times and when he finally could leave her core, Dean had an ‘I did that’ moment as he watched his essence slip from her core, because he’d filled her so completely. Shifters struggled to have pups, and so all pups were a blessing. That sight told him he’d done his job and then some to the effort. He bloody well wanted to see pups come from this effort and all the other efforts he put into her in the future. Fuck, just the thought of fucking her had his body responding with an eagerness that shocked even him. He’d wanted her before and it was powerful at the healing centre, but now… Now was on a completely different scale and Kiera seemed to be right there with him. She lay beside him, sleeping now. He’d ex
Kiera woke up sore but relaxed. She couldn’t believe how excitable and aggressive Dean became once they entered his bedroom. He knew what he wanted, and he took it. Oh, but at least he returned it as well. Kiera didn’t remember ever having an encounter like that before, let alone an entire night. They’d need to air out the room this morning. Finally, she opened her eyes to see Dean asleep beside her. His hand lay possessively on her breast and his leg was lying over hers. As if he feared she’d escape as he slept. Another night without the nightmares. It felt so good. Her body interrupted her, needing to get up and start her day. There was no way Kiera could move without waking Dean. Too much of his weight was on his leg, pinning her to the bed. She needed the bathroom, and he’d have to live with that knowledge. So, out of the kindness of her heart, she tried to slip out from under him and from the bed without waking him. She made a pained face the enti
They breezed through breakfast, but got bogged down with pack members continuing to discuss many of the things covered last night during their walk through the common ground. It wasn’t so bad, but it took time out of their morning. When they got into the study, Oli and Jerome were there going over things at Oli’s desk. “Hey, uh, do I get to thank you for the dirty dishes left on my desk this morning that I had to walk back to the kitchen? You know, doing that is worse than the walk of shame first thing in the morning.” “Sorry about that. We had a lot of things on our mind.” “Really, is that what we’re calling it? Okay. Just next time I’m going to hide them where you’ll find them weeks later. I hate the looks I get taking things like that back to the kitchens. It’s embarrassing.” Dean didn’t respond, but gave Oli a look that shut him up on the subject. “Did any of the old Council of Elders drop of what I asked for?”
Dean and Kiera settled down with the list of possible elders for the vacant positions on the pack’s Council of Elders. It didn’t take them more than a few minutes to go through the list and compare notes on all the elders. They discussed their skills, experience, and temperament. It was easy enough for them to agree on the three with two backup options. With the results from Jerome’s calls, they had two seats vacant, and Dean gave Jerome the information on the candidates for those positions. He would ensure that the elders would accept the position and agree to be tested. Dean then turned to his email and took a look at it. As usual, there were several new emails since he’d last looked at his inbox. “Hey, we have something here from the chief investigator. He wants to meet us at our earliest convenience. How about you come with me and hear what he has to say for himself?” “Well, it sounds better than sitting here wondering what was going on
They didn’t have much of a chance to prepare for the visit from the Ruling Council’s main investigator. He swept in with a triumphant smile on his wide lips. Clearly, he’d finally found some or all of the answers he needed to close his investigations. “Hello and welcome Investigator Simons. Come, have a seat. We’re very interested in hearing what you have to say.” “Thank you for allowing me to see you so quickly, but I feel you need to know the information I have received. First, I would like to say that you, Alpha Jonas, were correct. When we started to get our questions answered, it all came out in the wash. The rogue druid you identified as Helmet Lingus, is, in fact, a druid we are looking for, named Rathborne Devonshire. He’s a known black marketeer in blood and other banned items. He’s admitted to so many things that I honestly fear I might miss telling you some of it because of the sheer volume of his crimes.” “Well, let’s start this with. Did h
Next thing on the hit list for Dean to deal with was the meeting with the new Council of Elders. It took several days to get the elders straightened out and, in the meantime, Dean received a message from Dr Graves with an appointment time for them to see him. At least Dean could tell Kiera that they weren’t bugs under glass interesting. The appointment was for nearly a week after he would first sit with the Council of Elders. It was a relief of sorts for Dean to know that Dr Graves could follow through on his offer and advise them, at the very least, through this attempt. There were rumours of other successful matings but more still of failures that had happened. Dean couldn’t fathom the grief and sadness that came from such an event. He promised himself that he wouldn’t push Kiera unless he felt sure he would leave her alone in this world. That thought made him stop and wonder why. He knew why, it’s something he didn’t stop to think about
- One Year Later -Kiera stood watching a group of lone wolves returning to a pack. Many were raised for generations outside of pack life. But things change, situations change. These wolves are literally come in out of the cold, unprotected woods and their pack was opening their arms to them.It divided humans as always on what they thought about supernatural creatures. If nothing else, there were very few humans that didn’t care one way or the other.These wolves were coming in from other places in the world where the humans made it impossible for them to live. Now they were picking up everything they can and leaving everything they knew for a chance at a future.Their lycan members were now well established members, and the pack looked to them as the public faces of the pack. It wasn’t unusual to see one or more on the news as they work as a security team for various celebrities and figures of note. The pack now ran a small but lucrative security firm, because several of the lycans
Hours. They only had hours to get ready. With much of the pack working together to get things done and sooth disgruntled feelings, they pulled off a makeshift welcome for the thirty lost souls coming to stay with them. Dean struggled to get through thirty files on the different lycan. It was as if each one came with a warning label of their own. No two had the same difficulty. Some were complete loners who they’d have to work with to bring back into the pack and life within it. They bonded others, who had that’s why they had so many lycan arriving. They wanted bonded pairs together so that a community could grow from the families that would form. It meant that they’d not planned correctly, but that could be adjusted again. Dean agreed with Oli and Jerome that the Ruling Council screwed up sending the lycan to them. The order was off and there wasn’t enough time given to prepare for their arrival. Also, they’d agreed to a few new lycan members, not t
Their mating went on after the cleanup and Kiera’s world was addressed. Dean ended up marked as well at some point by Kiera and, finally exhausted, they fell asleep hours later. With the sun coming up and the mating over, Kiera felt a disturbing calm between them. Like this took away the jittery need to find a stable footing. Kiera could swear she could feel Dean’s mood as he slept. He’d exhausted her so much that she’d not been bothered by any of her usual nightmares. Kiera felt delicious and loose-limbed. She couldn’t remember the last time she felt like this. If she were a cat, she’d be purring at this point. “Morning. Luna Jonas.” Dean stated with a proud grin like he’d accomplished something last night. Kiera wouldn’t tell him, but he had accomplished something. The jerk got his way. He had the pack and her permanently. It wasn’t fair. She wasn’t ready for this, but she didn’t know what she was ready for. She wasn’t sure if she should be unhapp
In the bathroom, Dean had the shower running, and he was making sure they had everything they need within easy reach. He remembered to heat the towels and lay out the mat. Whoever built this bathroom put down super smooth tiles on the floor and it was like skating on ice when you stepped out if you weren’t careful. The mat had rubber grips to prevent that while drying your feet on it. Dean heard Kiera sigh as she settled under the spray of their large shower. A standard wolf could bath in this shower while in their fur. Now Dean wondered if he needed to remodel the bathroom to fit their new size. Kiera was smaller in her dire wolf form, and he didn’t think she’d fit in here. That was something for another day to think about. Right now, he had an eyeful of his mate and a promise to keep. There was no question for him if she was his mate. Just seeing her like this made everything right. Dean followed her into the shower and cornered her under
It took another week before Dean managed to shift into his alternative forms. He’d noticed a lot of changes in him. He needed to get larger clothing because his entire body went up to two clothing sizes while he lay in bed. That surprised him quite a bit. Finally, he could hold Kiera and kiss her without feeling like he’d been hit by a steamroller. Once they were home, Kiera wouldn’t speak of their mating and she wouldn’t set a date for the mating or acknowledgement ceremony. So he surprised Kiera with an evening to mate with her. He didn’t need an acknowledgement ceremony. His daily pain was almost nonexistent now and he want to give her what she deserved. Dean wanted Kiera to love their new form and position within the pack. So this evening they’d start with a private dinner in his apartment and then enjoy the evening with his soon-to-be mate. His mind kept wandering to what was to come. By dawn, they’d be mated, and thi
Two days later, Kiera and Trisha waited outside Dean’s room as Dr Graves examined him and looked at the latest test results. James returned to his pack to manage a few things. “So what are you doing for your mating ceremony? When will it be?” Kiera asked Trisha to try to find a different subject that didn’t revolve around Dean’s or her recent decisions. “Oh, I have him waiting until we can have both packs in the same place without there be fighting. I figure in a few years. I mean, technically, we’re mated. It’s just the ceremony of recognition of the mating that’s not been done. It seems so old-fashioned to me.” Trisha tried to brush it off. “Hon, if that were true, then you’ll be waiting forever to have the ceremony. Why don’t you just have it, and we’ll threaten to string up anyone and post signs of what they did? Like those photos of cats in their harnesses. “I shredded all the toilet paper while my owner was pooping.” Or “I pooped in m
“That bastard. Dean’s a jerk. He knew he’d do this and didn’t tell anyone that he’d do it. Kiera went there to discuss if it were possible. I know Kiera. She’d want to plan for all the worst things before trying anything. I bet he pushed her to let him do it.” “Enough Trisha. I’ll get us the earliest possible portal to there if you just let me think and listen to the portal booking system.” The mages ran the portal system and with it’s high risks of danger, they kept a stranglehold on almost all portal travel. When, where, and how long it would take are just a few of the questions James needed to answer. “Crap. I forgot to ask Kiera if she needed me to bring her anything. I don’t know if she has a change of clothes.” “Well, I’ll leave you to create a care package for Kiera and Dean. Let me get this booked.” “With four bags, James. We’re taking four bags with us. We can carry them if we have two duffle bags and two packs.” “Fine, I’
At some point, Kiera looked up at Dean. “Did you call your sister and tell her you were doing this right now?” “Nope, because you know very well what Trisha would say and I wasn’t going to listen to it, because this is between you and me.” “Goddess save me. Fine, I’ll do it. But when she’s pissed, I’m laying all the blame at your door. So you better be prepared when you see her next, because you’re going to hear about it.” Kiera couldn’t take it. She needed to talk to someone other than Dean. Trisha was the first person she thought of. Her mind did flit to April and Mary, but right now they were too busy trying to impress her to be reliable. For two who claimed they wanted to help her part-time, that changed when they understood she wasn’t dreaming that Dean wanted her as his mate and Luna. Kiera wasn’t leaning toward either of them because right now she didn’t feel she could trust them to receive the unvarnished truth. She hoped that would change.
“Are you both in agreement with this? If so, I can get you admitted Alpha Jonas, Kiera. We’d only need permission to draw your blood. If all goes well, you could be home in a day or two. Free to mate in a more relaxed and traditional manner on your own timeline.” Dr Graves looked calm and understanding. He didn’t press them further than that. “I’m game if you are Kiera.” Dean knew he was taking risks with his life. If it meant his life would finally be on track and he could see a happily ever after, he’d do it. He knew it was risky, but something in the back of his head was pushing him to do it and he wasn’t strong like Kiera, and he couldn’t resist listening to it. “Fine. I will let them take some blood. As long as I don’t need to be admitted for this. How long will it take to know whether it’s working or not?” “Once your blood is within his body it, we can test his body to see if there’s any rejection or damage to his organs. But since you