by Barb Shuler
Hours later her screams woke us.
“Jasmine!” The roar that came from Tiberius shook the room. We dashed to the bedroom, finding her writhing on the bed, fighting an invisible enemy. As we did the last time, we surrounded her, letting our arms wrap around her.
“We’ve got you, sweetheart.” My words were soft, trying not to scare her.
“I keep..seeing...his.. face…”
If the fuckers weren’t already dead, I would kill them all over again. The rumbles coming from Ty’s direction is a clear indication that he’s thinking the same thing. I lay my hand on his arm and squeeze gently. Jasmine’s breathing became rapid as sobs ripped through her. We sat there, the two of us curled around her. Once she was calm, we moved off the bed and Ty carried her to our bed. We laid down, keeping Jasmine between us. Her soft sighs were shortly followed by her soft snores. I slid my fingers into Ty’s and gave his hand a gentle squeeze. Sleep soon took me under.
My paws dug into the dirt as I zipped through the forest. My Jaguar was hunting its prey. I’d already had a small deer, but there was something about the thrill of the chase, and this rabbit was mine. Maybe I was being greedy, but that was alright.
I dodged a felled tree, leapt into the air and landed on the ground without missing a step. I leapt again, snatching up the furry bunny. I took two more steps and came to a halt. I made quick work of ripping into the lean flesh. A ripple of pleasure rocked through me as I stood and stretched my back out. With a growl I took off into the trees. I needed a good run now, then I could head back to the cabin and await the other Guardian’s arrival.
A scent hit me as the wind shifted directions. Snarling, I leapt in time to avoid being crushed by the big ass bear that burst through the trees. I stood on the tree, my fur standing on end, hissing in anger. The big bear shifted mid-stride to one big ass motherfucking man.
Holy Goddess! He was delicious, in every way I could see. The golden gaze that met mine made my heart skip a beat. Pair that with long lean muscles, abs that would make any washboard look inadequate, and a cock I was ready to fall to my knees to worship and I was done for. I shifted mid-jump and landed on my feet. Our eyes locked. I knew not only by his scent, but by the large marking on his chest - and what a glorious chest it was - that he was a Guardian, hopefully the one I had been waiting on.
“Is there a reason you tried to eat me, bear?” I asked, crossing my arms over my chest. His eyes roamed my body before he nodded.
“I smelled a rabbit.”
“Do I look like a rabbit?” I asked, cocking a brow. He licked his lips and I felt my cock stiffen. It didn’t go unnoticed by the big man. He smirked, a dimple teasing me as he moved closer, taking a big sniff.
“You may not look like one, cat, but you smell like one.” He chuckled and I couldn’t help but shake my head and laugh. “Name’s Tiberius Gray.”
“Guess I’m wearing my lunch again. I’m Horacio Jones, Guardian of this town,” I said as I reached out and shook his hand. All intentions of saying more were cut off when the air whooshed out of me. We both stiffened. I was brought to my knees as sparks of pain, pleasure and overwhelming desire coursed through me, burning itself into every bit of my being.
My breath rushed out of me as his big arms pulled me closer to him. Our gazes locked as his lips pulled back, his elongated canines sending a thrill through me. I could feel the bond. The bond that only a mated pair can feel with the one they are meant to be with. The tinkling laughter that filled the air said what we were both thinking, “mates.” His lips crashed into mine. The moan that escaped me would have make any porn star envious. My body surged to life. My already hard cock swelled for its mate.
“Mine,” he rumbled as his lips pulled away. My head fell to the side, his canines scraping along my skin, pushing me closer and closer to the edge. I wasn’t sure how this happened. I’d never heard of a same sex pair, but something told me they’d not advertise it.
A rumble of acceptance and excitement ran through me. My whispered word, “yours” encouraged him to move his lips back to mine. His mouth claimed mine in a fierce kiss.
I wasn’t sure how this would end, but I was sure as hell going to play out every moment of it.
Eight
Jasmine
Over the last few days I’ve become more and more at ease with both Tiberius and Horacio. They have been perfect gentleman, or as close to gentleman as our hormones will allow. They have taken it no further than a quick kiss, or a gentle caress. They explained that shifters like to touch. They need it, crave it, even, especially from their mate. It’s the best way to calm the beasts inside of them. It just so happens that they both have two mates now, so the urge to touch has doubled.
I’m not sure how I actually fit into this match up, but I’m content to be just where I am.
Right now, I am more than content. I am as hot and as horny as a girl can be. I laid pressed into two glorious, deadly sexy, massive men, who have me wrapped in their protective embrace and all I can think about is the bulges I can feel on both of them. Bulges I feel every morning, but neither of them act on their growing need.
I may combust if they don’t touch me soon… but it’s my own fault. I pushed them away and they are not willing to scare me with more.
Enough of this… pulling my bottom lip between my teeth I grin as I shift my body slightly so that I can reach both of them. My hands massage them through the sweat pants they have on. They both twitch and matching groans escape them. Yep, hello throbbing pussy, nice of you to join us. I carefully slide my hands into their pants and slowly run my fingers over their erections.
Dear God! My fingers won’t close around them. I swallow hard as a massive hand slides up my thigh. I inhale and I revel in the feel of another hand moving around to cup my breast. My budded nipple aches for his touch.
My leg is lifted and draped over Ty’s legs, opening me to him. His hand slides around and as his fingers slowly skim across my naked flesh I moan, which is met by his rumbling growl.
“No panties?” He asks as he leans in and kisses my jaw.
“No….” I pant.
“Fuck,” he and Horatio say. I whimper as their ministrations and kisses kick my libido into overdrive. My hands tighten around them as I try to show them the same pleasure. They move me, pulling my hands away from them. Tiberius lays under me, my core just a hair’s breadth from his mouth.
“I… God,” I rock my hips as his finger teases my clit. I massage my breasts, my head falling back. When Ty growls and tightens his hand around my ass I look back to see that Horacio has Ty’s cock in his mouth. Damn, that’s hot. His mouth and hand work in tandem.
I squeal when my pussy is tugged against Ty’s mouth. A moan soon follows. I lean forward, my hands flattened against the wall as I rock with each thrust of his tongue. “Ty… fuck!”
His stubble rubs against my thighs and his fingers dig into my ass. I am so close to coming. I can feel my stomach and thighs starting to tighten. He teases my clit, nipping and sucking as his tongue works me into a frenzy. His tongue, sweet Heavenly Father, that tongue is my undoing. I come with a cry of pure pleasure. I start to fall forward but my descent is stopped by a pair of massive arms. I feel his body shake under mine as he pushes me back gently. I shift with Horacio’s help and lay back against Ty’s broad, muscled chest.
“What.. oh God, yes,” I pant out, my hands gripping the strong arms holding me in place. Horacio’s hands part my thighs wider as he devours my pussy. My hips rock, sending a shiver through me as Ty’s cock rubs against me just right.
“That’s it, baby, make her cum for us again…” Ty growls, nipping at my neck. I get a moment’s reprieve before something cool is rubbed against my ass. Oh, yeah I don’t know about that. I squirm and a sound of frustration that soon turns to an odd pleasure escapes me.
“Hold on, sweetheart. I won’t hurt you, relax and just feel,” Horacio says. Ty’s hands cup and squeeze my breasts before he pinches and tugs at my nippl
es. “Ty, you ready, lover?”
“Hmm… always baby,” he whispered against my skin. “Flip over, Jassy. I want you to ride my cock.” I whimper, but like a good girl I do as he asks. I take the lube in my hand when Horatio nods to it. I slick Ty’s cock with it, not that I think I need it, but hey, what do I know? Ty helps lift me up and I slowly rock my hips against the head of his cock. Horacio goes back to running his fingers against my backside. The sensation of him pushing one finger into me has me groaning, and a second one makes me gasp. He spreads his fingers, stretching me. It feels good, but it stings, causing me to hiss out a breath.
“Just relax, baby,” Ty croons.
“I… so good,” I whisper as I push down against Ty harder. He’s so big. The way he stretches me feels so good. I spread my thighs wider, taking him deeper inside me. That’s when it happens. A sharp pain rocks through me and he stills my movements. His golden eyes meet mine.
“Why didn’t you tell us you were a virgin?” He isn’t mad, but I really can’t read the look on his face. Horacio presses against my back and his fingers still.
“I- I’m not. Please don’t stop,” I whine, trying to rock my hips again.
“I just broke through your barrier…” Ty says, his brows pinching together.
“I’ve had sex just once… Brad wasn’t… um…” I stammer, embarrassed.
“He wasn’t very big?” Horacio offers. I shake my head.
“No, it didn’t even hurt. Not like it does now.”
“I’m hurting you?” Ty asks and starts to sit up.
“No, that’s not what I mean. I’m messing this up,” I say, ducking my head.
“Are you sure you’re okay? This isn’t hurting you?”
“I’m sure. Please. I want to feel all of you…” I pull my bottom lip between my teeth as Horacio and Ty both start moving again. Ty’s cock pulls away from me before filling me again. Horacio steadily moves his fingers inside of me and the sensation of being filled at the same time by them both is mind blowing.
That sensation is topped when Horacio starts to guide his cock into me. I shudder as he slowly starts to stretch me. The slight pain I feel is soon replaced with a pleasure I can’t explain. My body arches and bucks as they move in tandem. One filling me as the other pulls out.
“Yes… so… close…”
Ty suddenly sits up and leans over my shoulder, his lips meeting Horacio’s. My breath catches as they pull apart and two sets of glowing eyes meet mine.
“Mine,” they say as one… and I am lost. My body is theirs. The energy flowing through us is making it hard to breathe. My head falls back as two sets of canines bite into my neck. My body takes over and as my orgasm slams into me I scream out their names before collapsing against them.
Nine
Tiberius
In the last month, the ties that bound my mate and I together have morphed to include Jasmine. She was once a shy, quiet girl… but has turned into a woman that we both love more than life itself. Sure, it happened a little faster than we would have thought, and adding another to our duo had never even occurred to us.
Right now, I can’t afford to have any distractions. There has been a disturbance in the air around me and it’s set my bear off. While patrolling, Horacio and I split the tasks. I search the woods and outskirts of town, doing my own version of paw patrol, and he does the foot patrol in town. Then we switch.
Two reasons why: one, being in our animal form lets us feel Jasmine more than we do in our human form. Not sure why that is. Two, being in the woods and on the edge of town lets us be closer to her. She is our mate, but she is human and not able to defend herself the way a shifter can.
I pull up short as a familiar scent rolls across the air. I snort and paw at the ground, roaring as I try to get a handle on where it’s coming from. This is not what we need right now.
“Easy, beast, I mean you no harm,” the messenger said, chuckling to himself as he flipped from a tree. I’d hoped that he’d face plant, but I wasn't that lucky. I shifted back to human form to stand at my full seven foot height.
“What do you want, Alec?” I snarled. Smugness was written across his face until he saw the marking across my chest. That mark that reminded him that I was a Guardian and not just some shifter. Alec may be a sniveling little brown noser of the Council’s, but he wasn’t stupid.
He took a step back. My bear perked at that. ‘Run, rabbit, run’ he said through my mind. I smirked and I moved a step closer, ready to pounce if he was stupid enough to run. There was nothing more fun than a good chase.
“Shit! I came to warn you. The shifters that you and the other Guardian killed a few weeks ago-”
I snarled and moved closer to him at the mention of those bastards that had dared to hurt Jasmine. My movements served to cut his words off. He stood his ground, but I heard how his heart rate doubled. “What about those fucking cowards?”
“They-they were part of the Crossfire pack. Their alpha is seeking retribution for the loss of his packmates. He’s petitioned the council of elders.”
“Retribution? Are you fucking kidding me?!” I snarled. “They attacked a human woman in a fucking alley, then attacked both myself and Horacio. That’s not one Guardian, but two they acted aggressively towards.”
“I’m only here to deliver a message,” he said, his hands shooting into the air.
“I’ve got a message for you to take back. You can tell that sniveling mutt that if he was any kind of an alpha, his pack mates wouldn’t be out on the streets raping human women!” Spittle flew from my lips as I spoke. His face paled and he nodded. In the next moment there was a large hand on my chest, pushing me back from Alec.
I met the golden gaze of my mate. I took in a deep breath, letting his scent wrap around me. I felt my body relax and I said, “I’m good.” He gave a short nod, then moved to stand beside me, his glare also making Alec take a step back.
“Is there a reason the messenger is here?” Horacio’s voice was like ice. He liked Alec being here as much as I did, I see.
“The pack of the mutts we dispatched want retribution. I say they can all take a long walk off a short pier.” I shrugged.
“What?!” At my mate’s snarl my hand automatically went to his forearm.
“Easy, Guardian. I’m only here to warn you. Nothing more. It’s not my wish to upse-”
“Piss us off?” I quipped at Alec. His face paled. He swallowed hard before shaking his head.
“Lalamke sent me. He wishes to not see harm befall you. He and Kelanie are trying to keep this from becoming something more...serious”
If Lalamke and Kelanie - two of the small group of people on this planet that I truly trusted - were sending the messenger to us and he was addressing them formally, there must be a hidden message inside their message. The fae couldn’t lie, but they could talk around the truth. It was frustrating, but that’s how our world works. I thought for a moment before I asked what I needed to.
“What exactly did he say for you to relay to us, Alec, messenger to the high council?”
Alec’s fear was rolling off of him now. I shivered and pushed my bear back. I could see Horacio was tense as well. I shifted my stance to press my arm against his. The combined touch eased our animals, but just barely.
“He said, and I quote, “Tell the Guardians to be careful. There is a threat in the wind. Not all is as it seems. Remember the teachings of the old prophecy. Keep close the bindings you hold. They shall be the link that holds it together when others are lost.”
Alec dropped his head as he took in a shaky breath. I looked at Horacio and raised a brow. That was cryptic as fuck. What did the old prophecies have to do with the here and now?
“Is there anything else you wish for us to know, Alec, messenger to the high council?” Horacio asked in a formal tone. I was rolling the words of the message over in my head as Alec took a step closer, his eyes scanning the small clearing before took another step closer.
“There is,
but,” he paused and looked around once more. “It may unsettle your beast, so please don’t eat me…” I snort and clasp my arms behind me as does Horacio. We were trying to look more relaxed than we are, but we need to know what the little fae has to say.
“We will not harm you, messenger. Please continue,” I said. He nodded and moved within arms reach of us.
“Relax, messenger,” Horacio said, not unkindly.
“Father,” Alec’s voice dropped as he spoke, “said to mind the surroundings. There are others on the lookout for what you have in your keep. I cannot say why this is, but I was ordered to make sure that you understood that she is to be protected, no matter the cost.” He looked around again then narrowed his eyes. I felt it too. Someone was watching us.
“Alec, keep talking,” Horatio said, shifting slightly. I nodded as if I were listening to them but I opened my senses. The air was cold and crisp, but there a scent carried in on the breeze. The hair on the back of my neck rose. I knew that scent.
“Wolves,” I ground out. Horacio hissed and turned. “Alec?”
“I can smell them. They are about three hundred feet behind you. They’ve been there for about five minutes. I felt them when they crossed my barrier.”
“Jasmine,” I whispered. I was ready to run for her, but Alec’s next words stopped me.
“She is safe, Guardian. The ward on your cabin has been strengthened. Auntie says she will make you pay her favor back one day.” His chuckle made me shake my head. Damn fae.
“Deal, we owe her as it is. Please tell her and your father that we will be watching for trouble.” I turned, shifted, and took off in the direction from which I had came. Horacio shifted as well and all I saw was his tail as he disappeared into the wooded area opposite me.
I would make a sweep of the forest before I went to the cabin. I had to make sure I kept Jasmine’s whereabouts hidden, especially if the wolves were this close. I’d not let them hurt her again.