Shelly's Forbidden Mates [Beckett's Wolf Pack, Triad Mates 6] (Siren Publishing Ménage and More)

by Lynette Bernard

  Max pulled her toward his chest and draped her leg over his thigh, opening her to him. When he slipped inside of her, he growled softly as she let out a long sigh of contentment and pleasure. The connection he had to her heart and to her body was deep.

  “Love you,” he whispered as he carefully maneuvered her body until she was straddling him.

  “I know,” she said, caressing his chest and tracing the mating mark she had placed there.

  Eli knelt behind her, wrapping his arms around her waist and holding her carefully as he kissed his mating mark on her right shoulder. He smiled as she moaned softly at the touch to the sensitive marking.

  “If you’re up to it, I want to fill you, too, sweetheart,” he told her calmly, despite the way his wolf was urging him to love her. “I don’t want to hurt you or tire you. I’m okay with just holding you while Max loves you.”

  “Get the lube,” Shelly demanded firmly.

  Eli kissed her shoulder, licking at his mating mark one more time before slipping from the bed and retrieving the lube. Max pulled her toward him and gently positioned her on his chest while he waited for Eli to prepare her. This was an important moment for them, whether Shelly realized it or not.

  “Eli…” Max began, wanting to caution his triad partner and speak of the possibility of the result of their lovemaking, but hesitating.

  “I know, Max,” Eli said quietly, understanding his triad partner’s concern as well as the magnitude of what they were about to do.

  He carefully prepared their mate, using an abundance of the slick to ensure that Shelly felt no discomfort. Once he was certain she was ready for him to fill her alongside Max, he poured the lube along his shaft, growling softly as he spread it down his sensitive length.

  Lying across Shelly’s back, he kissed the back of her neck tenderly as he slowly eased inside of her. When he was as deep as he could get, he sighed against her soft skin, kissing her shoulder lightly and holding her as tightly as he dared so that she was snug between the two of them.

  “Okay, sweetheart?” he whispered.

  “Yes, Eli,” Shelly answered, her soft laughter quickly turning to a long groan as her men began to move.

  Something was different tonight. She felt their love and their desire, but something about the tender way they made love to her and pressed deep inside of her with slow, gentle strokes was special. She gave herself over to the tenderness, experiencing the love and the happiness that they showered upon her.

  The loving was sweet and beautiful. As they caressed her, kissed her, and filled her so deeply, Shelly was unable to form any coherent thought as only one thing resonated through her over and over again.

  Love.

  Chapter 37

  Shelly kissed her men good-bye, accepting the gentle hugs that they gave her. She snagged another piece of toast from the platter of toast and muffins that Max had prepared and had placed on the table, and bit into it with great appreciation. Max always made sure that their breakfast was ready and set them off on their day with healthy food. Eli took over at lunchtime, always preparing something delicious to fortify them for the remainder of their day. The evening meal was a group effort. Sometimes Shelly shooed them out of the kitchen so she could prepare dinner for them, but most of the time, they worked together. It was really nice.

  Eli helped her into her heavy, winter coat and tugged her close to kiss her one more time. Shelly smiled against his chest and breathed in his scent deeply. It calmed her, reassured her, and made her want him fiercely. But there wasn’t time for making love right now. She had to get to Abbey’s. There was a lot that she needed to accomplish today. She and Synthia took their responsibilities of running Tyler Industries with Abbey very seriously.

  “Eli, I’ll only be away from you until lunch,” she told him, laughing softly when he refused to relinquish his hold on her.

  “That’s too long, sweetheart,” he whispered against her cheek, nuzzling against the side of her face as he held her carefully within his arms.

  “Max, take Eli to your workroom and keep him busy,” Shelly told him, sighing when Max just stood there grinning at the both of them.

  “I don’t think it will help, baby,” Max told her seriously. “Eli doesn’t want you to be away from us. Neither do I.”

  He walked over to her and gathered her within his arms before kissing her forehead tenderly. Shelly closed her eyes and allowed his strength to hold her up.

  “You guys don’t play fair,” she mumbled against Max’s neck.

  The deep laughter that rumbled against her cheek made her smile. It was so good to feel the happiness that filled her men. She hardly ever had to use her omega abilities to calm them anymore. Thankfully, her sweet wolves were more comfortable with their renewed life as a mated triad. It wasn’t so much that they never questioned the rightness of their mating. It was the comfort level that they now had that their mating was forever. Shelly could still sense that they feared that she would be taken from them again, but she could also sense that each day together made that fear ease more and more.

  “I’ll be back at lunch time,” Shelly told them, easing out of their arms and walking toward the front door. “I’ll bring lunch to you in your workroom. I can’t wait to see what you’ve both been working on.”

  Since their return to Beckett’s pack land, both men had been rendered speechless by the generosity of Jace and Jackson. They had commissioned Max and Eli to build a workshop that was connected to the home that they shared with Shelly by way of a new doorway that led off from the back of the kitchen. Jace had told them both that they knew through Shelly that Max and Eli had expressed interest in carpentry work and construction.

  As a result of their alpha’s and beta’s generosities, both Max and Eli had become talented and capable carpenters. They were also well-respected and sought out by the members of the pack family to aid in the construction of their homes and the additions that they wanted to have built. Shelly was so very proud of them.

  Max and Eli still acted as enforcers for the pack when Jace and Jackson needed them to, but the majority of their time was spent creating in the workshop that they had been encouraged to build. Shelly loved going there. The scent of freshly shaved wood was one that now sparked such happy memories for her. She would sit and talk to them as they cut, carved, and created so many amazing pieces of furniture for the members of the pack who had commissioned them. Both men were skilled in their work. Their pieces were absolutely beautiful.

  The fact that their workroom was connected to the kitchen allowed the men to start meals and go back to their work with very little interruption. Shelly was pretty happy about that. Her men spoiled her with kindness, love, and the most delicious meals ever.

  “Be careful walking to Abbey’s,” Max called out after her.

  Shelly could only laugh softly to herself as she left their home. It was a beautiful morning that had followed a beautiful night. Making love with her men had been beyond wonderful. She had felt absolutely cherished. To be so cared for, was something that touched her heart. Her men made her feel completely valued and loved. She hoped that her men felt the same emotions and assurances from her.

  As she walked toward Abbey’s home to begin her day working in the satellite office of Tyler Industries, she thought about the events of the night before. It was a nice way to pass the time of her ten-minute walk. Thinking about how her men had loved her was always a good thing. She couldn’t help but laugh at herself as she walked, knowing that thinking about the night before was going to make her desire her men again.

  When her men had claimed her with their bites once again, she had achieved an orgasm that had been building and building as they had loved her slowly and sweetly. They had filled her with their seed, their cocks knotting deep inside of her and locking them together for a while. Shelly had loved it. It had given her such a sense of rightness.

  All the while, her men had murmured words of love as they stroked her body and their deep love to
uched her soul. The feeling of something wondrous happening between them was strong. It was as if a bright, iridescent light surrounded her and her mates. It had been filled with white sparkles and warmth. Shelly didn’t understand it, but she knew that she loved the feeling.

  After the knots in her men’s shafts had receded, and her mates had taken care of her by cleaning her up and soothing her aches with their talented tongues, they had covered all of them with the heavy quilts and tucked her between them. Shelly was more than content to allow them to move her around to their liking before wrapping their arms around her and snuggling close.

  She had whispered what she was experiencing regarding the white sparkles and warmth to her men and had found that they were experiencing the same things. None of them knew what it meant, but they knew in their hearts that it was something good. Shelly had even asked Mother Fate to explain it to her, but the deity had remained silent.

  Taking in a deep breath, Shelly was filled with the clean, fresh air of their pack land. She loved it here. She loved living in Colorado, and she loved living in the old alpha home that had been given to her. She was also happy that her sister Synthia had been given the old beta home that Jackson’s parents had once shared. She enjoyed living close to her sister. She loved it even more that her sister had found her destined mates in Warren and Simon. Shelly liked the quiet men. They were caring, good men with good hearts, and they loved her sister deeply. That was all Shelly had ever hoped for, for her sister.

  Breathing in deeply once again, a new scent filled her, and she struggled to identify it. It was a good, calming scent. It was filled with warmth and happiness. It suddenly occurred to Shelly that the scent was accompanied by a very strong presence. It was unfamiliar to her, but it was filled with love and excitement.

  She stopped walking and concentrated on the presence. Closing her eyes, she wrapped the feelings of the entity within her omega abilities and held it close. She felt the immediate surge of happiness that greeted her.

  Her eyes snapped open and she fell back onto her behind in the snow as shock filled her. She knew exactly what it was that she was sensing.

  Max! Eli! she called out to them through their link.

  What’s wrong, baby?

  Shelly! Are you safe?

  Shelly struggled to her feet and began running toward their home. She was glad she hadn’t been too far away because the intense need to be with her mates was nearly consuming her.

  I’m safe, she called to them as she pulled open the front porch door and stepped up inside. I’m home. I need you.

  Rushing to the front door, she turned the doorknob and pushed it open, entering the living room just as her men came running into the kitchen from their workroom. The look of panic on their faces was obvious. Shelly could sense their fear and, for the first time in her life, she couldn’t use her omega abilities to help calm them. It was probably because she was so filled with emotions herself. She wasn’t able to divorce herself from the many thoughts and feelings that swamped her in that moment in order to send out any soothing thoughts.

  She pulled off her coat and boots, leaving them on the mat in front of the door. She stumbled slightly in her rush to get to her men. They ran to her and held her between them. She could feel their hearts pounding within their chests as she melted against them.

  “Shelly, what’s wrong?” Max asked, hugging her tightly.

  “Nothing. At least, I don’t think there’s anything wrong,” Shelly responded, pressing her nose against Max’s shirt and breathing in the musky scent of him and the soothing scent of wood chips that clung to his blue flannel shirt.

  “If it weren’t for the fact that we’re holding you right now, I would be scared shitless,” Eli admitted, pressing his face against Shelly’s temple and kissing it firmly.

  “What the hell is going on?” Max demanded as he eased back and looked down at their woman.

  He drew her toward the couch and pushed at her shoulders to get her to sit down. He couldn’t see any injuries and couldn’t sense any fear. That didn’t mean that everything was okay, though.

  Kneeling down beside her, he caressed her left arm slowly, seeing that Eli had knelt down beside Shelly’s right side and was doing the same thing to her right thigh. Both of them had a driving need to soothe her, but soothe her from what? They had no idea.

  “I was walking to Abbey’s,” Shelly explained, her eyes wide with excitement because of the knowledge that she had to impart. “I took a deep breath to draw in the clean, cold air, and found that I could scent something I’d never scented before.”

  “What was it?” Max asked, confused.

  “I closed my eyes and centered my omega abilities on it,” Shelly continued. “I felt a presence.”

  “A presence?” Eli whispered.

  Shelly nodded. “A very happy and excited presence. She was filling me with love.”

  “She?” Max asked, looking at Eli with just as much concern and confusion as his triad partner was looking back at him with.

  “Our little Allison.”

  Shelly smiled, taking in the stunned expressions on her sweet men’s faces. She remained perfectly still as both men leaned toward her and buried their faces in her neck to breathe in her scent deeply. The responding growls that escaped them made Shelly know that they could scent her pregnancy.

  “You can scent our baby,” she said quietly.

  She felt both men nodding and found that she needed to see them. She pushed at their chests with gentleness, loving the look of complete happiness and wonder that greeted her when their happiness was revealed to her.

  “Our mate is pregnant,” Max said quietly, his hazel eyes never leaving Shelly’s beautiful face. “Our amazing, beautiful woman is carrying our cub.”

  He leaned forward and rested his forehead against Shelly’s. Closing his eyes, he took a calming breath, growling softly as his wolf scented their cub.

  “Thank you for this beautiful gift, baby,” he whispered.

  Eli pulled back the pink sweater she was wearing to expose her soft skin. He pressed close to her neck, unable to keep himself from biting down on the delicate flesh of her shoulder where his mating mark was proudly displayed. He allowed his canines to grip her with just enough force to have his teeth leave white marks there.

  When he pulled away and looked down at her, his wolf was preening with happiness. Their cub was growing within Shelly’s womb. Their little Allison was strong, and she sending love to the three of them. He had no doubt in his mind that he was sensing their daughter and feeling the emotions that she was sending them. That new spark of life was strong, aware, and intelligent. Their little girl was also loving. It was obvious in the way she reached out and embraced the three of them with her joy.

  “She’s happy, sweetheart,” Eli told her softly. “Our little girl is already sending us her love. Thank you for the miracle of our cub. I can’t wait to meet our little girl.” He placed a tender kiss against her cheek, rubbing the side of his face across hers to cover her in his scent. He couldn’t help it. He needed to claim her, their cub, and their territory.

  “Eli is about ready to piss around our home to keep everyone away from you, baby,” Max said, laughing at the angry growl that escaped his triad partner. “Go ahead and deny it, Eli.”

  “I’m not going to deny it,” Eli said angrily. “No one had better come near our woman or our child.”

  “Eli, you have to allow people to come near me,” Shelly said gently as she reached up and bracketed his face between her hands. “No one will ever deny that I belong to you and Max. No one will ever question that our baby belongs to you and Max.”

  “Mine,” both men said, growling angrily as their wolves pressed forward to declare their mate and their cub as belonging to them.

  “Yes. I’m yours. Our baby is yours.”

  Shelly kissed Eli’s lips tenderly before turning and smiling at Max as he waited patiently for her. She eased forward and took his lips in a gentle kis
s. Pulling away reluctantly, she sat back against the cushions of the couch and smiled at her men.

  “Thank you,” she said after moment. “I’m so happy.”

  The warmth that radiated from her and encompassed her men was not sent out through her omega abilities. Shelly knew that Max and Eli probably thought that the love that was being sent to them was coming from her, but they were wrong.

  “Can you feel that?” she asked them, glad when they smiled and nodded.

  “Yes, baby,” Max said softly. “Thank you for allowing us to feel your happiness and love.”

  “I’m not the one sending it to you,” Shelly denied. “Our daughter is obviously a very strong omega wolf. She’s the one who’s sending love to her fathers.”

  Shelly squealed with surprise as Eli flipped her sideways on the couch so that she was lying flat on her back. He tugged at her sweater to expose her belly and unsnapped and unzipped her jeans to give him better access to her body. When he leaned forward and kissed her belly tenderly, she held her breath and slipped her fingers through his hair at the back of his head as he murmured words of love and happiness to their baby.

  “Allison,” Eli whispered. “Poppa loves you very much.”

  He rested his cheek against Shelly’s flat stomach and closed his eyes, concentrating on the warmth of the emotions that pressed against his cheek. Their Allison was a happy little cub already.

  He moved slightly, resting against Shelly’s hip to give Max access to their woman’s belly. He couldn’t help but smile at the look of complete awe on Max’s face. He knew his triad partner had secretly worried that this miracle would never be theirs to share.

  “Daddy loves you, too, Allison,” Max whispered against Shelly’s warm skin, kissing her abdomen lightly before resting against her hip and covering her belly with his large, callused hand and caressing it slowly.

  Shelly was completely overwhelmed by their tenderness. As she lay there with her men snuggled up against her and touching her belly, she closed her eyes and sent her own feelings of love and happiness to their little girl who was growing so new inside of her.