“Faster,” she begged before licking Leo’s tip. Groans surrounded her and Jackson listened to her request. White hot pleasure spiked through her nerves as he picked up his pace.
She tipped her head, taking Leo into her mouth, and rocked down his shaft. Heat pooled in her stomach as she took both of her mates at the same time. She never thought she’d find her mate, let alone have two of them. But now, as the desire coursed through her veins, she couldn’t picture a better way to complete the bond with them. No heat the first time would’ve been better. Her wolf pitched in, but still enjoyed the sounds coming from her mates.
Jackson’s thrusts became erratic while his grip tightened on her hips. Hot pleasure shot through her as she suddenly fell into an orgasmic bliss. She cried out her joy around Leo’s cock. Jackson twitched inside of her core as he growled.
“My turn.” Leo grinned as he slipped out of her mouth. She didn’t move as they traded places. The waves of her own release receded too soon, but thankfully the tension didn’t start building again. Leo was quick as he slammed into her waiting center; she half expected him to take her slowly but enjoyed his lack of hesitation.
“Next time, when you’re not in heat, I’m going to enjoy taking your sweet body nice and slowly,” he whispered into her ear then nipped at the bottom.
“Oh, goodness.” She whimpered as Jackson pulled her into a hot kiss. Leo leaned her back and she bounced on his lap, stopping her from making out her other mate. They kept her steady and she felt secure with them. A sense of peace rested in her soul at finding them. As long as they were in her life, she knew she’d be having fun between them till the day she died.
Each thrust brought her closer to another orgasm while Jackson moved his lips down to her nipples. He sucked the points into his hot mouth. She arched her back, giving him better access to her body as she rocked on Leo. Each sensation pulled her closer to her next orgasm.
Her hand roamed over Jackson’s chest wanting to memorize every inch of their bodies. Leo leaned forward, tracing kisses against her back as he tightened his grip onto her hips.
The need to finish grew stronger with every breath.
“Come, my sweet,” Leo groaned, and she bounced faster with his help. Jackson’s thumb pressed into her clit and rubbed in slow circles, sending her even higher.
“Oh yes!” She screamed out their names as her orgasm slammed into her. Tara grabbed onto Jackson’s shoulders, keeping herself upright. Leo groaned louder as he swelled in her core. A zip of electricity shot through her, sending a wave of aftershock rolling around in her system. Her breath hitched as the pleasure pulsed in every inch of her body.
“I look forward to watching you cum every day for the rest of our lives.” Jackson kissed her, sending butterflies into her belly. When he let go, his brother pulled her into his lip and the swarm multiplied, making her feel light.
“It is a beautiful sight to behold.” Leo kissed her neck.
“You two are amazing. Happy Valentine’s Day.” She let out a shaky breath. Her heat simmered down but still rested at the surface, wanting more. Instead of giving into it, she grabbed a bag with a sandwich. When she turned, she caught both of them staring at her with affection. Her heart skipped a beat as she took in the sight of her mates. Excitement pulsed through her veins; her new life started today. Her wolf grinned. I told you Audry knew what she was talking about.
Tara was officially bonded to two hot wolves and she couldn’t wait to see what came next in their very stimulating life full of fun and hot sex.
The End
About the Author
McKayla loves to write books about sexy werewolves. She is a stay at home mom of two in the state of Wyoming. Born in California, she misses the hot weather all of the time. Her goals for the year was to publish her as many sexy books as possible. Mom of two little ones can take time but she is pushing to finish her work to get more books out for her lovely fans.
Ever since she was little, she wanted to be a writer, but doubters said that it would be impossible to make money at it. She is pushing herself hard to show them they are wrong.
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Star Kissed
A Zodiac Shifters (Virgo/Aquarius) & A Wardens of Terra Short Story
C.D. Gorri
To anyone who believes in Fate and love.
del mare alla stella, C.D. Gorri
Acknowledgments
Edited by Tammy Payne
Introduction
Welcome to the Wardens of Terra, an elite group of Zodiac Shifters destined to save humankind!
The Hounds of God have been disbanded by the Catholic Church, leaving a terrible void in the fight to save humankind. As a result, a much older organization returns to power and takes up the reins to fight to save the Earth from the evil that stalks it.
They are the Wardens of Terra, an elite force of Zodiac Shifters each carrying the power of their sign to aid them in the never-ending battle against the forces of darkness.
Alone they are fierce warriors. Once they’ve found their true mates, they become an unstoppable force. These are their stories.
Book Description
Sexy Fox Shifter, Isabella Fuente has spent years learning to harness the powers of her sign and trying to forget him, the man who broke her heart.
A chance reunion at the Wardens of Terra Centennial Convention has brought
Luis Fernandez, Jaguar Shifter and retainer of Aquarius, in her path once again. This time, he is not about to let her get away!
A Tarot reading from an unusual fortune teller leaves them both shaken. Will Fate finally have its way with the two wayward lovers?
Prologue
“Luis?” Isabella hurried through the forest behind the weathered finca. She smelled rain on the air, but that was hardly unusual for this part of the world.
Ecuador’s coastal towns often endured the heat of the tropical sun followed closely by light to thunderous showers on any given day. The farmhouse or finca was as old and stately as the Station Master who ran it.
Armando Fuente had been Station Master for near on three decades. He was an Andean Fox Shifter and also uncle to Isabella and her older brother Marco. He’d been named their guardian when their parents died in a tragic car accident years ago.
She hardly remembered them anymore. Isabella relied on Marco to tell her about the way her mother smelled of roses and her father told lousy jokes to bolster her few memories. Life on the finca was hard and rigorous, but she loved it.
She loved her Tio Armando too. Well, as much as he allowed. He wasn’t exactly the warm and fuzzy type. He’d raised his niece and nephew in the same way he did the other young Zodiac Shifters in his care. With education, instruction, and rigorous training.
She looked down at her wrist where the symbol of her sign sat etched into her skin since birth. Almost like a tattoo. Except every now and then it pulsed and hummed with the magic of her sign.
The glyph symbolized the maiden and her bundle of wheat, an earth sign, representing purity and innocence. She scrunched up her nose at that. It was her hardworking nature and analytical mind that drew her to the sign, rather than her purity.
She’d often wished for another sign, Taurus perhaps? Like Marco. But that kind of thinking was beneath her. She was a Virgo and proud of her sign.
Still, it was an honor to be marked. Chosen by the Parcae, the three sisters who wove the fates of those who inhabited the planet Earth.
Isabella understood from a very young age that she was special. Zodiac Shifters were almost never female, and retainers of Virgo were exceedingly rare.
Marco on the other hand was everything a first-born son was supposed to be. Born with the mark of Taurus on his arm, he was a brave, rough and tumble sort. Four years older than his little sister.
Isabella was younger and smaller than most Shifters at the finca, but she worked twice as hard. Both Fuente children lived at the Station year-round with their uncle.
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br /> The other young Shifters who were trained there came and went regularly. As they had for hundreds of years, since the last time the Wardens of Terra had been called upon to defend the earth from darkness.
Serious minded as ever, Isabella understood her role and reveled in the fact that she was one of the chosen few. Despite Marco treating her like porcelain, she always managed to prove her worth in the practice rings and in the classroom.
Along with him. Images of a certain young man with dark hair, and impossibly darker eyes, filled her mind. Heat flushed her rounded cheeks and made her belly tighten. She moved faster, panting with the effort. Tonight was the night.
The familiar smells of wet earth, heavy air, wild grasses, and the occasional farm animal reached her nostrils. Good. She wasn’t too late. He hadn’t made it that far yet.
Isabella moved silently, a part of the night that swept over the land like a blanket. Underneath the smells of the farm and forest, Isabella found his scent. It tickled her nose and warmed her stomach. Like always.
On two legs, he smelled fresh and clean. His scent drew her to him then, but as his Jaguar it was that much more potent. She caught stronger whiffs of that musk that was all male, all him, with a hint of wild cacao and the Tocte nuts that grew in the forests around them.
It drove her Fox crazy. Her beast panted after him. The beast pushed harder, demanding she find him. One word repeated over and over in her mind. Mine. She took shortcuts through the brush, paths his fur had recently tread over.
Luis was part of the land as no other. He carried its flavors on his skin. Flavors Isabella found herself more and more desperate to savor. Confused at first by her growing attraction, she understood it now. More than that, she needed to tell him how she felt.
Growing up in the unspoiled isolation of the finca, surrounded by mostly male Shifters, Isabella had very few friends and confidants. Marco was a great brother, but he wanted her to be a baby forever. What she needed was a friend.
Something all teenage girls longed for. She had no idea how average girls of the time acted in this situation, and she didn’t care. He would understand. He just had to!
She’d been drawn to Luis when he first came to them five years ago. A tall, quiet boy, with eyes so dark they looked black. It was his twelfth birthday the morning he’d arrived, and it had been raining.
He looked so sad, as many of the children who’d been selected by the universe to serve as Wardens did when they had to leave their families. Isabella naturally flocked to his side. Her nature demanding she comfort the older boy.
He’d been angry and sullen, but she’d held his hand and didn’t let go no matter how hard he tried to pull away. From that day on, she became his shadow. Marco, following his little sister to keep her from harm, found an ally in Luis as well.
Isabella should have been annoyed at first by her brother’s insertion into their group, but she wasn’t. Instead, she was delighted with their sudden threesome.
The boys, being closer in age, tended to leave her out of the more dangerous things they did, but she was quick to catch on. And she followed them mercilessly.
Luis was sweet and caring with her. Just like Marco. Only, she didn’t see him as brother. Oh no, not a brother. He was something more to her.
She loved teasing a rare smile from his lips. She brought him sweets and good things to eat from the kitchens. She showed him where he could Shift without being caught.
Her uncle had strict rules when the young Wardens were training. Shifting alone was not allowed, but Luis could not resist the pull of his other half any more than she could.
Marco was not like the two of them in that way. He could ignore his Fox. But not her and Luis. They indulged in their animal sides more often than not. Changing under the cover of the forest at night.
He’d told her often enough that he found true joy in his fur, unlike the awkwardness of his skin. It was a teenage boy thing, she guessed. But she didn’t care. Fur or skin, he was special to her.
She wanted to wrap him up tight and keep him with her. Always. Luis was her best friend, but lately her feelings had evolved.
She was no longer wearing pigtails and running after him barefoot. The change had been subtle. Isabella had started caring about her appearance. She’d tamed the wild red locks of her hair. Took care with her clothes.
At first, it seemed normal. Something all teenagers did. But lately, she knew, she did it for him. So he would notice her.
Isabella stopped and scented the air. He’d passed by not fifteen minutes ago! She had to hurry.
It took her a while to admit her feelings to herself. She hadn’t told anyone yet. Sure, Isabella thought of going to Marco first, but decided against it.
Her brother would not be happy with her if she told him of her new feelings for their friend. Her stomach clenched at the thought of confessing her love to Luis, but to a Shifter, honesty was as natural as breathing.
Sure, he was two years older than her, and probably the most handsome boy she’d ever seen, but none of that mattered.
They were destined for one another. She was sure of it. Isabella had picked tonight to tell him how she really felt.
She crept through the overgrown jungle and followed her nose to the tangy scent of Luis’ Jaguar. It was sharp and strong, with all the nutty flavors of his Latin American heritage. Like home.
He loved to free his animal at night despite the rules that stated all shifts would be monitored and for brief periods only until the young Wardens had mastered their ability to Change skins. Something she had in common with him.
Isabella had only started shifting this year, a process that was naturally occurring after puberty. Her Andean Fox was small and sleek, with reddish fur. As opposed to her brother who was a beefy sort of Fox, dark brown in color and hugely muscular.
Much larger than normal foxes, she stood almost four feet tall on four legs and weighed over ninety pounds of pure muscle when in her fur. She had wicked long teeth and nails and was as fast as she was stealthy.
Still, she didn’t see the Jaguar hovering over her in the branches of the walnut tree. His beast was easily the size of a tiger, more than twice that of a wild jaguar.
His weight knocked her down as Luis dropped onto her back. He playfully tackled her from behind, careful to avoid slicing her with his razor-sharp claws. He chuffed and growled, and she barked in mock anger.
They tumbled and wrestled until they grew tired. Panting and carefree as only children could be for those precious few moments in the jungle. Her Fox gave his sleek Jaguar a run for his money!
They returned to the cave just behind the finca before Changing back. Dressing quietly in the clothes they had left there, with their backs to each other for a modicum of modesty that teenager Shifters found necessary. Isabella sucked in a deep breath steadying her nerves.
“What is it Bella? I can feel you are tense. Where is Marco tonight? Studying as usual?” Luis asked in a quiet voice.
She turned to meet his quizzical stare. This was the moment she’d been waiting for all day. It would change everything.
“Luis, I, I don’t want to talk about Marco.”
“Okay. What’s wrong, Bella?”
“Well, I visited the carnival today in town,” she began.
“You went without me? Por que? Why?”
“I went to see the fortune teller. I know you said not to waste money, but it was important.”
“And what did this seer tell you?”
“Well, she told me that I was special, lucky-”
“Si. You are. So, what else?”
“She told me I was one of the few Shifters to be lucky enough to meet their fated mates-”
“You told her you were a Shifter? Isabella! Does Marco know?”
“No! I didn’t! And this has nothing to do with my brother. She just knew. Anyway, Luis, she said I met him already and she’s right. I have. My Fox has been telling me this since the first day I Changed skins!”
“No, don’t you see? It’s you! Luis?”
“No. We are just friends, Bella, you and me, and your brother.”
“Luis, I am right. Marco is my brother and your friend, but he has nothing to do with this.”
“No. I am sorry, Bella, you are wrong!”
His eyes turned almost black as he looked down at her from his height. Isabella felt tears prick her eyes but before she could move closer, he turned away from her, shaking his head, and took off into the forest.
Isabella stared after him with her heart in her throat. She felt as if the entire world was closing in on her. No! Luis!
When she returned to the finca, Isabella headed straight for her room. She knew without a doubt, they could work it out the next day.
Only, he was gone. Luis Fernandez left without saying goodbye and Isabella Fuente cursed the day she met him.
Chapter 1
Present Day
“It’s hot as fuck here,” Luis Fernandez groaned aloud as he stepped outside of the hotel into the blazing sunshine of Orlando, Florida.
The entire town was a strip mall slash theme park designed to suck in tourists with the thrill of a special getaway that cost more for one week than most people could afford!
It was crowded and gawdy as hell. The noise and smells were a noticeable distraction, but he appreciated the sunshine after the gray rain and gloom that was springtime in Virginia.
He had to hand it to the folks at Stein Luxury Hotels & Resorts, they knew their shit. Set back from the regular hustle and bustle of the town, this hotel was different.
Run by folks like him, that is supernaturals. It catered to certain needs. One of them being peace and quiet, the other being a huge, secluded manmade forest built for the exclusive use of the guests.
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