Alpha Defenders-Rescue

by Lyzie Carlisle

  Breakfast would have to wait. Now Chris and Joe, with Valerie’s help, quickly checked that the climbing gear they would need was already in their vehicle. Satisfied they had everything, they headed out to find Jeff and Ry and rescue them with the help of Roger and Trav and the SAR members who were newer agents of C.P.O., along with a unit of the local fire department paramedics who would be there to give medical help at the scene if needed.

  It didn’t take long to drive to the base of the red rock mountain. Chris pulled off the highway and into the parking area near the grove of trees at the base of the hill. As they all three exited their vehicle, he saw their other search and rescue friends pull in and park beside them. After unloading their packs with their climbing gear, including a basket and board, they joined the others quickly with the rescue equipment.

  “We understand they fell to a ledge near the area where they’ve been prospecting for the precious metal,” Joe said to their fellow agents.

  “Right. They’re up this hill on the southwest side,” Roger said.

  Roger and Chris took the lead and they headed up the hill, with Valerie between him and Joe and the other guys following. Carrying their equipment, they would be only slightly hampered if they were attacked by the same gang that attacked Jeff and Ry.

  The path led upward, zigzagging along the side of the hill until it headed around to the west side, leveling out across the steeper slope.

  “Down here,” came a shout from Jeff well below their position on the path.

  Chapter Four

  “There they are,” Valerie said, gesturing in their direction.

  Chris saw that Jeff was flat on his back, his forearm shading his eyes against the bright sun. He waved at their group. Ry was on his stomach and lying still.

  “Looks like Ry might be injured worse than Jeff,” Chris warned.

  They quickly prepared to rescue their fellow agents.

  Since Jeff and Ry had been in their wolf shifter forms, it appeared they had landed on their feet on the hard rock shelf but hadn’t kept from hurting themselves. Chris, Joe, and Valerie rappelled down to help them back up to the path from the ledge. Gray and Case lowered the basket for Ry after Jeff insisted he didn’t need one. Joe and Chris helped Ry onto the board and taped his body securely to keep it still. After they eased Ry into the basket and secured the board, the ropes were fastened onto the sides, and the guys at the top carefully raised Ry to their location and eased the basket onto the path.

  Valerie started back up after they helped Jeff to the top.

  Chris waited on the ledge while Valerie ascended to the top using the ropes that Dan and Wes manipulated from the top to help her. Once there, she settled near Ry to watch after him with Joe’s help.

  Gray and Case signaled to Chris that they were ready for him to head up. Chris had almost reached the top when something flew past him overhead. A soft thud sounded and vibrated his rope right before a metallic clang pinged loudly as an object hit the hard rock cliff.

  “What the hell?” Suddenly, Chris’s rope went slack. He plummeted downward and hit the ledge hard. Air rushed from his lungs as he slammed against solid rock. Pain streaked through his upper body. He tried to sit up, and more pain stabbed him.

  “Chris!” Joe and Valerie called out at the same time.

  Chris saw Joe sliding down another rope to join him. “Can’t catch my breath,” Chris gasped, wincing.

  “Valerie, we need some help to get Chris back out of here,” Joe called up to her.

  “Gray and Case are ready to come help right now,” she assured them.

  “I’m all right,” Chris said to Joe. “I just need to catch my breath.”

  “Take it easy, man,” Joe warned him. “You might have some broken ribs.”

  “No, I’m okay now,” Chris argued. “Give me a hand up.”

  Joe gave in and offered Chris a hand to steady him as he managed to get to his feet. Joe kept one hand on Chris’s arm while Gray and Case came down to help them back to the top of the cliff. Dan and Wes lowered a lift for Chris.

  Joe helped Chris into the lift after he realized he needed assistance after all. When Joe was satisfied Chris was secure, he gave Valerie and the guys helping them the okay to start pulling Chris up. Dan and Wes managed the ropes, and Chris knew by the relieved tone of Joe’s voice that he was happy to see him helped onto the top of the cliff and out of danger.

  After Joe joined them on top, they all made their way back to the place where they’d left their vehicles. Joe and Valerie walked with Chris and kept close attention on him, Chris knew, to make sure he made it to their vehicle without problems. The ambulance had already left for the hospital with Jeff and Ry to have them checked over as a precaution. They were all anxious to keep track of Jeff and Ry. The firemen followed Joe, Chris, and Valerie in case they had any problems going to the hospital to have Chris looked over and possibly have x-rays taken for a closer examination.

  After they reached the hospital, Joe and Valerie walked inside with Chris and stayed with him until the medical personnel could see him. They saw that Jeff and Ry had been released with their bruises treated, and they would both be all right evidently. Soon the doctor and attendants took Chris to be checked out.

  As Chris waited while they went through their routine to make sure he was not hurt seriously, he thought about Valerie and how much he cared about her. He was glad she hadn’t been hurt. He was drawn to her so strongly. He felt like he needed her more now. His attraction to her had become constant. He thought about her all the time. He could hardly wait to be with her again. He hoped his injury didn’t keep him from going home with her that night.

  It wasn’t too long before Valerie and Joe joined him in the cubicle. She sat beside him and took his hand in hers. He smiled at her, feeling so much better that she was with him. She and Joe made him feel better already.

  The doctor joined them shortly. “I’m recommending that Chris takes it easy at home,” the doctor said. “He was badly bruised and will probably have some aches and pains for a couple of days. Chris, you’ll probably want to take regular painkillers for that. If you have any concerns give me a call here at the hospital.”

  They all three thanked the doctor. Chris was relieved and happy to be heading home with Valerie and Joe.

  * * * *

  When they left the hospital, satisfied their fellow agents, Jeff and Ry, had been well taken care of, Joe and Chris escorted Valerie to their vehicle, their warm hands at the back of her waist.

  Earlier, when they’d rescued Chris and gotten him to the hospital, Valerie had felt desperate to stay with him. When they arrived at the hospital and parked, they had headed inside the emergency ward, and she’d been anxious to know as soon as possible how bad he was and if he’d be all right. She’d wanted to stay by his side and make sure he was taken care of properly and that his injury was treated so he’d heal and be perfectly well. When he was taken to an examining room, Joe had asked if they could be with him. After a little bit of time, they’d been escorted down a hallway to a room where Chris was waiting for the doctor. She’d scooted a chair over to his bed and sat beside him, taking his hand in hers as he reached out to her. His grip had felt cool in hers, and she’d smiled at him, even though she was so worried about him. She’d hoped her care and concern for him was showing through as he held her gaze.

  Now, with Chris released from the hospital with a good bill of health, Valerie wanted to hold him and not let go.

  If anyone had ever told her she’d be attracted to two bad-ass wolf shifters, like Joe and Chris, she would have said that was crazy. Life held surprises though, and her two partners had proved to be the best. She so looked forward to relaxing with them at home and cuddling up with them after they had something to eat.

  When they reached home, she and Joe helped Chris into the house and made him as comfortable as possible in the middle seat of the triple-seater recliner in the den. After he settled in and relaxed, Valerie and Joe stepped over
to the kitchen and put a light meal together for the three of them.

  Later, after they’d finished their meal, the guys seemed to want to talk about the dangerous situation they’d all been in that day. She listened as Joe and Chris talked about possible ways to make rescues easier and safer for everyone involved.

  Chris grew drowsy from the painkiller the doctor had given him, but he protested he wanted a shower before he fell asleep. They all decided to take a quick shower together. The water was refreshing and relaxed them. After they quickly dried off and slipped into their soft, terry bathrobes, they settled down in the triple recliner to sleep with Chris in an end recliner like Joe and Valerie settled comfortably between them.

  She took Chris’s hand in hers, and Joe clasped her other hand. The brown leather recliners were large and wide but not too wide for her to hold hands with them comfortably. Even if she wasn’t a wolf shifter like they were, she could enjoy their wonderful male scents as she breathed deeply.

  It was taking longer than usual for her to fall asleep. She kept going over what had happened that day and the danger Chris had been in. She worried her restlessness against the leather upholstery kept the guys awake. She needed to relax so they would get the rest they needed.

  “Kiss me, babe,” Chris said softly, squeezing her hand gently.

  She realized then that she had been holding his hand tightly with her worry. She raised up a little and leaned over Chris so they could easily kiss without him having to move. His blue eyes were darkened with his obvious arousal. As she brushed his firm lips with hers, he took the kiss deeper, and his warm, wet tongue caressed hers. She felt Joe’s hands slide under her loose robe and up her back and side as he moved closer. She couldn’t help feeling aroused, her body responding, heated with need by the warm, capable hands of Chris and Joe on her. Encouraged by the success of their rescue, and the good report for Chris, Valerie let herself enjoy the sensations. With her body relaxed and responding, she tried to focus only on the feeling of intense need.

  “Straddle me, hon,” Chris urged her gently, his voice deep, his body aroused. He untied the sash of his robe and parted it to reveal his naked body and hardened cock.

  “I don’t want to cause you more pain,” she protested. She heard his soft chuckle.

  “Believe me, you won’t,” Chris assured her.

  Valerie gently slipped one leg over his lap while she supported her weight with her hands on the recliner on either side of him.

  “What do you think? Will the recliner hold three of us?” Joe asked, a chuckle in his voice. He opened a drawer in the table beside Chris and took a couple of condoms out of the box they kept there for such occasions with her. He tossed one to Chris.

  The two of them made short work of getting the condoms onto their already rigid cocks. Joe shrugged out of his robe and tossed it aside.

  “I’d bet the recliner will easily hold the three of us again,” Chris said.

  “We need to be careful,” Valerie cautioned. “We don’t want to cause you more pain.” She couldn’t help thinking of the fun they’d had there many times before.

  “Don’t worry, hon, you couldn’t cause me any pain.” Chris grinned at her.

  Valerie smiled back at him as she settled her knees on either side of Chris’s warm hips. He supported her with his hands high on her sides, his thumbs teasing her breasts and tantalizing her nipples. Her already swelling flesh pulsed in response to his talented hands.

  Joe shifted behind her and knelt with his knees on either side of Chris’s knees on the seat of the recliner. She inhaled swiftly as she felt Joe’s heat warming her back. His hands slipped under her robe, caressed her hips and slid between her thighs along her pussy lips and the opening between her folds.

  “You’re already wet,” Joe said, his voice a soft growl beside her ear. Joe’s body, built like a muscular, broad-shouldered steer wrestler, covered her back completely.

  She moaned and shivered as Chris cupped her breasts and teased her hard, swollen tits, brushing and tweaking them with his gentle fingers. Intense pleasure raced to the wet, pulsing opening of her pussy. She curled her fingers snuggly around his cock and knew by the hardness and size of it that he was already near his climax. She moved her hand up and down the length of him and caressed the bulbous head, slippery inside the condom with a drop or so of his cum. Joe caressed her sensitive, swollen flesh and slowly slid the tip of one finger deeper inside her needy pussy, making her inhale with a swift, deep breath.

  “Joe,” she gasped as he pushed all the way to the hilt inside her. Her needy contractions squeezed his finger. He slid his finger out of her and caressed her slit and swollen folds with her slick, wet response. His long, wavy hair tickled her neck and the side of her face.

  Chris reached between her body and his own with one hand and Joe removed his fingers from her as Chris delved a long finger down her slit. Then he circled her clit. She moaned with her body’s shivering response.

  “Chris,” she hissed, her body wanting more. She caressed his tight, engorged cock and felt Joe position the head of his cock at her opening.

  “Fuck me, Joe.”

  Her breath came quick and deep as Joe pushed slowly inside her needy flesh until he’d filled her with his big cock. He circled her tight hole with his gentle fingers, tantalizing her even more as he held her steady with his other hand on her hip and moved slowly out of her pussy and back inside all the way. She moaned with the overwhelming sensations as Chris and Joe caressed her and built incredible need inside her. She heard Chris growl as he climaxed, her hand pumping his huge cock as his ejaculate spurted inside the condom. He pulled her down closer to him and took her lips with his, tangling his tongue with hers. Joe growled low in his chest as he climaxed deep inside her hungry flesh.

  She couldn’t hold back, and her own climax exploded, her hips bucking with her incredibly hard contractions as Chris held her tightly, never breaking his ravaging kiss. Their continuing releases, their hips bucking against her, lengthened her own incredibly sweet climax. As her contractions pounded, her cunt convulsed until her body slowly eased and became relaxed and limp.

  She moaned as her body melted and Chris released her lips. Joe stroked her arm while he supported her body with his other arm around her middle.

  “That was incredible,” she said as she panted, trying to catch her breath.

  “You’re incredible,” Chris said, meeting her gaze with his. “Thank you, hon.”

  “Amazing, babe. I loved it,” Joe said and kissed the side of her throat.

  “Thank you.” She smiled at Chris and then turned to smile at Joe. “I think I’ll sleep well now.”

  “So will I,” Chris said, grinning at her.

  “I think we all will,” Joe said and hugged her. He eased away and stood, giving her a hand to steady her as she climbed off Chris and dropped onto the seat next to him.

  Joe let go of her hand, and he and Chris headed for the bathroom to remove their condoms. They soon returned and settled in the recliner on each side of her. When they were all three comfortable, Chris and Joe curled their big hands around each of hers again. She closed her eyes, feeling relaxed and sleepy.

  “Goodnight,” she told them softly and smiled at their soft replies.

  Chapter Five

  The sound of his phone jerked Joe awake from a deep sleep. Valerie moaned in protest beside him on the recliners. Chris also sat up and waited for Joe to answer his phone.

  “Yeah?” Joe said. “They’ve surrounded an old farmhouse? Okay. Chris and I will be there in a few minutes.” He ended the call, meeting the questioning gazes of Valerie and Chris. “That gang of wolves has surrounded an old farmhouse south of town. C.P.O. said they’re sending the four new members, but they don’t need the women this time. Seems there’s only an old farmer living in the house. We need to get there right now, though.”

  Chris nodded, patted Valerie’s thigh, and pushed himself out of the recliner.

  “But Chris is
recovering still,” she said, sounding upset. “I should go with you.”

  “Headquarters said no women were needed this time because it’s only one older man who is living there,” Joe said, sorry she couldn’t go with them. “We have to do what C.P.O. says. We need to leave as soon as possible.”

  After Joe and Chris finished dressing, they hugged Valerie and left, headed out in their truck toward the farm site.

  Joe hated to have to leave Valerie behind when she wanted to go with them, but orders had to be obeyed.

  The image of her body beneath him last night threatened to make him hard all over again. He hated to disappoint her this morning when they had to leave her at home. He never liked to say no to her. She meant more to him than anyone he’d ever known before. He wished he could have her by his side all the time. When they finished this quick mission today, he wanted to return home and make love to her again.

  The farm road was coming up. He turned off the highway onto the old road. They were familiar with the area, and it didn’t take long for them to reach the place.

  New C.P.O. agents, their good friends, Gray, Case, Dan, and Wes, pulled up in their trucks and joined them at the side of the road where Joe had parked his truck.

  “How do you want to do this?” Gray asked Joe.

  “It looks like the gang members are in their human forms,” Joe said. “Let’s go in fast and head them off. Arrest as many as possible. If anyone feels the need to shift, do so. Otherwise, I think we can take care of this without shifting.”

  The others agreed with him, and he added, “Chris and I will take the front of the building. Gray and Case take the left side. Dan and Wes, you take the right side. Let’s go.” He took off at a run with Chris nearby. They dodged around huge old trees and shrubs and took cover behind a rock wall that outlined the yard. He aimed his weapon at the same time Chris did. When he saw that the other guys had reached their points of attack, he shouted at the gang members. “You’re surrounded. Drop your weapons and walk away from the house toward us with your hands up.”