Beasts and Beauties

by Lora Darc

  Marcus crossed his arms and looked at his brother squarely.

  “Brother, forgive me,” Lucian said with a huff. “I couldn’t resist…”

  “I figured as much,” said Marcus. The silver wolf looked at Red and she blushed furiously as his eyes flitted down her naked body, from her swelling breasts down to her wet center, his expression growing darker and hungrier as he studied her.

  Red squirmed a little but Lucian held her tightly.

  “Come join me. Taste her. She is as sweet as we had hoped.”

  Marcus’ eyes narrowed. “We really should get back to the pack.” Red could see he wasn’t so convinced even by his own words.

  Lucian growled. “They can wait. Our mate comes first.”

  Their Mate. That statement hit home and Red looked to them both with stunned disbelief.

  “You... you want me as your mate?” she said softly.

  “Not want,” Lucian hissed in her ear. “It is so. We caught you. Now you are ours.”

  For whatever impossible reason, Red didn’t argue. In a way, she was relieved. They didn’t want to rip her apart as she had feared. Though being their mate seemed overwhelming, it was as Lucian said. She felt the heat coursing through her blood, felt the undeniable ache, the wanting.

  “The mating call is not something to take lightly,” replied Marcus. His eyes shot to his brother then back at Red. “For the Alphas to hear it means the woman that calls us is unlike the rest…” Marcus came closer and cupped Red’s jaw forcing her head up. “She is meant to be ours.”

  Marcus drew his head down and brought his lips against hers. He too kissed her furiously, forcing her to open for him.

  While Marcus kissed her, Lucian continued his play on her core, his fingers circling and rubbing her. Red moaned into Marcus’ mouth. Marcus’ hand moved from her jaw and slipped down to her breasts where he circled her nipples with his thumb. The sensations against her made Red grow breathless and hotter than before. She moved again against Lucian while Marcus pulled his mouth away from hers in order to trail his tongue down one side of her throat. Lucian too brought his mouth to the other side of her neck and bit down. As Marcus trailed lower, down to her breasts, Lucian traced upward, flicking her ear with his tongue.

  In truth, Red had yet to lie with a man. Until tonight she had never felt such pleasure. To be pleasured by one man was unknown to her. To be pleasured by two was unbelievable. But incredible. And these weren’t ordinary men.

  Red cried out, unable to keep the moans from escaping. Marcus was suckling on her nipple while squeezing the other and Lucian had dipped his fingers into her center while nipping at her throat. Red bucked and squirmed against them but always they held her firm.

  Lucian drew out his fingers from her and Red saw him lift his hand and taste her. She felt his body shudder behind her.

  “My God,” he whispered and closed his eyes. “Brother, you must taste her.”

  Marcus growled and bit at her breast before pulling away. In unison, Marcus got down on his knees, kneeling before her, while Lucian grabbed her thighs once more, keeping her spread. Red whimpered as Marcus brought his mouth down to her core. He flicked his tongue against her and Red gasped and let out a little cry as he swirled his hot tongue against her.

  Marcus too shuddered and growled at the taste of her. Just like his kiss, he drew himself into her, eating her furiously. As he did, Lucian began to grind against her, his cock still hard as it rubbed against her rear. He growled in her ear and bit and licked down her neck and shoulder.

  Red let out a series of little cries, gritting her teeth as she could feel the ache in her center growing worse, making her tighten.

  “Brother, I’m going to take her,” Lucian said by Red’s ear. “I want to feel her come.”

  Marcus pulled away only briefly, licking his lips and swallowing. He looked up at Red. “It will be your first time won’t it?” he asked her.

  Red’s lips trembled and she nodded. Marcus smiled and looked at his brother. “You may have her first innocence but I will have her second.”

  Red wasn’t sure what he meant but Lucian seemed to understand. “A deal.” He lifted Red and she felt his cock press against her center. Red tensed.

  Lucian paused, noticing Red’s sudden hesitance. “It’s alright, my sweet Red.” He kissed her along her back. “Have you not enjoyed the pleasure so far?”

  Red felt her face grow hot. “Yes...very much.”

  “Then trust that we will only give you such.”

  Red bit her lip. He was large, but she felt she could trust him. She nodded and began to relax. Lucian began to slowly bring her down on him and Red could feel him sliding into her tight center, stretching her.

  There was a short lick of pain that wasn’t as bad as Red thought it would be, though she did still wince. Lucian paused once more, then slowly continued to fill her. Red gasped as the pain subsided and pleasure took full hold. When she felt completely full of him as he filled her deep, she felt his cock twitch inside her and heard him hiss softly. The ache in her center throbbed fiercely.

  Marcus had watched waiting for his brother to position himself correctly. Lucian shifted a little, then brought his hands under Red’s thighs to lift her slightly. His cock slid out from her then he lifted his hips and plunged back in. When he had her as he licked he nodded to his brother who moved back to Red’s core, placing his head between her legs.

  Marcus kissed and suckled at her core and flicked and swirled his tongue and once again Red felt the heat rising and the pressure building. She whimpered and shook her head, not because she wanted them to stop but because she feared she wouldn’t be able to handle it, the pleasure so great it was becoming agony. Marcus deepened his kiss just as before, his hot mouth taking in every part of her, his tongue wild to taste her. As he ate her, Lucian began to move. He kept her in place with his arms while moving his hips to thrust into her.

  Red inhaled sharply and knew she was going to come quickly with the beat of Lucian’s cock sliding slick and hot inside her and Marcus’ hot tongue ravishing her.

  “Ah... Ah... Oh, god, Oh god!” Red felt her center clenching around Lucian, felt her core tremble in Marcus’ mouth. The brothers quickened their pace and Red felt the heat burst from her center, tightening around Lucian, felt her body shatter against Marcus’ mouth. She lifted her head to look up at the moon and let out a loud cry as she climaxed between them.

  Lucian hissed and gripped her tighter. “Yes... that’s it.”

  Red’s cries turned into screams and she bucked and writhed in the brother’s grip. The brothers growled wildly until Marcus finally pulled away from her and Lucian released himself from her.

  Red collapsed against Lucian who caught her before she fell from him. Breathless and breaking into a sweat, Red wiped her brow and looked to the brothers, noticing growls still emanating from their throats.

  Their eyes grew larger and brighter and their teeth began to elongate. Their ears grew longer and their nails sharpened. Red saw their bodies shaking, but they seemed to contain themselves in their current form, still human-looking but with the more prominent features of their wolf selves.

  They glared at her with a feral, desperate need and, before Red could even think to move, Lucian twisted her around and brought them both down on the ground. He turned over so that Red now lay on top of him and, almost immediately, he pushed his cock back into her, sliding in slowly as she was still tight from her orgasm. Red cried out, placing her hands on his chest as he gripped her thighs, digging his nails into her flesh. Lucian bared his teeth but did not yet move.

  From behind, Marcus mounted Red, placing a hand at her back, forcing her to bend. When she felt his cock at her rear, she flinched and goosebumps rippled along her arms.

  “I... I don’t know if I can…” Red said timidly. But she didn’t move to stop him. Marcus grazed his clawed hand down her back. She looked over and saw him rubbing his cock until some of his seed trickled out and he rubbed i
t along the length of his shaft. He then placed his hand at her rear and began to rub his thumb against her hole, wetting it from where her wet heat had trickled down after she had climaxed.

  The sensation was strange but not unpleasant and soon Red found the ache returning once more but now she could also feel it in her center and rear. She moaned as Marcus pressed his thumb inside her.

  “That’s it, sweet girl,” he said with a bestial voice. Red cried softly and began to move her hips, feeling Lucian still filling her and Marcus’ thumb penetrating her. They each slid in and out of her and Red gritted her teeth, tears pricking her eyes as she could feel the agonizing pleasure deepening once more.

  She too grew wild with want. She found she yearned to feel them both filling her. With a shaking hand, Red reached for Marcus. He paused and smiled. He released his thumb then carefully placed himself behind her.

  Red felt Marcus push his cock against her. She was even tighter from behind and he had to move his hips back and thrust a little in order to slide further into her. Red’s body shook and she moaned and cried as Marcus filled her slowly from behind, stretching her.

  When he filled her completely, Marcus and Lucian stilled for a moment. Red could feel each brother moving inside her, rubbing against her.

  They growled and moaned and didn’t remain still for long. Marcus moved first, sliding back then thrusting forward. After a few pumps, Lucian began to follow. He rolled his hips under her in short quick movements.

  Red’s body shook as the brothers beat into her. Her cries and moans grew louder and she feared they might be heard down the hillside. But she couldn’t stop them from coming.

  ‘I can’t... I can’t believe this is happening,’ she thought and moaned mindlessly. ‘I’m…’

  Just as the brothers were growing wilder in their movements, Red too felt herself growing more feral. She mewled and bucked with them, throwing her head up to the sky.

  “I’m mating with the wolves,” she realized she said it aloud, but she didn’t care. She felt claws digging into her skin, felt herself being spread open, heard their guttural, bestial groans and growls in her ears, felt their hot breath on her. The heat coiled in her belly again and her center tightened. “I’m going to come again,” she whimpered.

  The wolves beat harder and faster. Red could feel her tightening around each of them. Her cries came in short little bursts until the heat broke from her again and she shattered violently between them. Then her cries turned into a scream.

  Lucian thrust one last time then he lifted his head and snarled violently. She felt his cock throbbing and his hot seed filling her. “Fuck,” he growled, baring his teeth.

  Marcus continued to pound from behind until he crushed himself against her and let out a roar. His seed too shot into her, his cock pulsing.

  They shuddered as they came, each gripping her still even after Red’s climax subsided, leaving her body throbbing. When they finished, Marcus slipped from behind her as Lucian release himself from below. Their seed spilled out in sticky, ropes, trickling down her legs and covering her rear and center. When Marcus straightened and stepped back and Lucian loosened his grip, Red fell against him.

  Panting and sweating, Red lay on Lucian, spent and weak. Before she closed her eyes, she saw Marcus kneel beside her and felt his and Lucian’s hands caressing her.

  “Our mate... our lovely mate.”

  ***

  Red was racing through the woods. Not on her own this time but now clinging to the neck of a silver-haired wolf who held her firm as he weaved through the forest. Beside him was the red-haired wolf who glanced at her with a protective expression.

  Red smiled at Lucian then nuzzled her face into Marcus’ chest. She felt a rumble as he pulled her closer. The moon was slipping to the horizon, the sun would soon rise.

  They traveled north and Red knew the town could rest easy now that the wolves were gone.

  The Raven’s Bride

  The black mountain forests were no place for a young woman. No one in their right mind would go into that dark terrain, even a skilled huntsman. The villagers always warned of its danger. Not because of the rockslides, or the treacherous cliffs; or of the labyrinth forests or the thick fog. No, the real danger lay somewhere at the top, unseen.

  Because the land belonged to a creature so terrifying the villagers said that looking into its eyes would turn you to ice.

  Few had ever seen it, few ever would. It hid up in the highest peaks of the mountain and rarely came down. But it guarded its territory possessively. If one were to step foot even in the lowest part of its coveted land, the creature somehow knew.

  No one who lived ever got close enough to see its true form. Only those who were lucky (or unlucky) to see the massive shadow of its black wings fall across them in the highland fields.

  The villagers merely called it the Raven. An animal believed to be an ill omen. And to see the Raven was a bad omen indeed.

  Simone had heard the stories so many times she felt she knew the beast by heart. But the stories didn’t scare her enough to stay away. The forest called to her. When she finally mustered the courage to step foot inside, no winged beast came down to grab her or eat her (as some say it would). At first, she only walked the perimeter, then just a few yards in. Still, no creature appeared.

  After many weeks of traversing the forest, Simone began to believe the Raven wasn’t even real. Just some old wives tale the villagers cooked up to keep children out of the woods. Simone laughed and sang as she weaved through the trees and skipped through the fields. She picked blackberries in the meadows and lay near the river bed. Still, the Raven never came.

  Her family never knew where she went, they thought she went to the woods to the East away from the Raven’s territory. Her mother never questioned and her father never cared. As long as she was back before sundown. Her brothers would sometimes want to join her but she would always say it was too dangerous. And being five and seven, their mother took her side.

  So she had the forest to herself.

  Or so she thought.

  The day was bright and the air warm despite being higher up the mountainside. Simone dared to go farther than before, following the river up till she came to a set of falls. As the day was rather hot, and the water looked cool and inviting, Simone stripped off her white dress and slipped into the dark river.

  The water lapped at her as she swam, first by the falls, then a little downriver. When she had enough, she returned to the bank and lay out to dry just below a small tree. Breathing deep, Simone closed her eyes and listened to the sounds of the surrounding forest, the song of birds and the chirping of crickets. Lying bare on the ground, she stretched and sighed. Her eyes flitted over the river bank and she smiled then closed her eyes.

  She dozed off for a moment when the sound of great flapping wings drew her awake. A shadow passed over her and she opened her eyes. Frowning in confusion Simone sat up. She noticed an eerie silence had fallen over the riverside.

  She looked around her and saw nothing until the sound of shifting rock caught her attention behind her. As she looked over her shoulder, Simone stilled.

  On top of a giant boulder, just over the river, was a massive bird. No, not a bird exactly, but a creature with great black wings that were folded around its body, encasing the figure in shadow. Only large orange eyes, staring down at her like a hawk, could be seen through the mass of feathers.

  Simone gasped and honestly thought for a moment she was turning to ice. Her body went dangerously cold and she felt frozen as the creature, the Raven she had been warned of, stared down at her.

  The wings shifted slightly. “You are far from home, girl.”

  Simone shivered and her heart fluttered at the sound of the creature’s voice. Low yet smooth, dark and oddly sensual.

  The chill began to leave her body, warmth returning as the heat rose in her neck and face from noticing the creature’s eyes taking in her naked body. A ravenous hunger sparked in its stare. />
  “I—I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have come,” Simone stammered, noticing its sharp-clawed hands. She reached for her dress.

  “Stop.”

  Simone froze again.

  The Raven unfurled its wings and came down swiftly from the boulder to land perfectly in front of her. “Rise, girl.”

  Simone swallowed hard and slowly began to stand, dress clutched in her hand. She covered her front with it as she straightened to stare up at the winged beast before her.

  He looked like a beast, with large bird-like eyes, sharp nose, and wide lips; feathers strung in his raven blue-black hair, down his back and all around his lower body, covering him. He had the body shape similar to a man’s though taller and lankier, with long muscled arms and long, slightly bent legs. His wings spread out before her, black as onyx, almost shimmering in the sun.

  Simone stared up at him in fascination though she trembled in fear. He folded his wings and gestured for her to come hither. Simone did as told with her head bowed, ready to be punished for trespassing. When she was close enough to touch him, the Raven brushed a clawed finger under her jaw then lifted her chin, forcing her to look at him.

  “Do you know what I do to those who step into my land uninvited?”

  Simone’s lip trembled and she shook her head. The Raven lifted his head, glaring at her. His taloned hand slipped around her throat, just under her jaw. Simone could feel his nails pricking her skin.

  “I’ve noticed you before, you know. I saw you from up high,” the Raven bent his head down, his lips close to hers. “I let you stay, I watched you.” His other hand went up to her breast and softly grazed the side with his finger. “And I wanted you.”

  Suddenly Simone felt wickedly hot. Something in his feral gaze, his seductive voice, called to her. Opening her body willingly to him. As he turned her head and his lips brushed against her neck, Simone felt the heat seep to her center.

  “Seeing you like this now, I could no longer stay away.” The Raven traced his thumb along her throat. “You’ve come into my domain and I will have you.”