“Were you a good little man today, Luke?” he asked him once their son was changed and standing before him on unsteady feet.
Eli kissed him once again, laughing softly as their little one gripped his hair and held on while he placed a sloppy kiss against his poppa’s cheek. Was there anything as wonderful as being kissed by your baby? If there was, Eli hadn’t found it.
“He was,” Shelly said softly as she lifted Matthew into her arms and carried him over to the counter so he could sprinkle the confectioner’s sugar over the top of the cooling cookies.
Max laughed softly as he watched Matthew shake the little shaker with all his might. He got more of the powdered sugar on Shelly than he did on the cookies, but that was okay with Max.
We’re going to enjoy licking that sugar off your body, baby, Max said to Shelly through their link.
Sounds like a good idea, Eli added.
Shelly couldn’t prevent the blush that crossed her cheeks. I probably smell sickly sweet, she said, brushing the powdered sugar from her face.
“You know what you smell like, sweetheart?” Eli asked her as he lifted Luke into his arms and walked over to her to stand behind her and kiss the back of her neck. He pulled aside the neckline of the purple shirt that she was wearing just enough to expose his mating mark on her right shoulder.
“What?” Shelly whispered, shivering slightly at his touch.
“You smell like ours,” Eli told her gently.
Max picked up Allison and held her carefully as she watched her little brother create a cloud of sugar that covered the cookies, the counter, their mother, their poppa, and their daddy. He saw the happiness on their little girl’s face and knew such joy. Shelly had given them this miracle of a family. Without her, they would have been lonely men with cold hearts who hated the world.
He leaned in and kissed their mate’s neck, growling softly at the scents and emotions that filled him. She smelled like sugar and felt like pure love. There was one more scent that he recognized. Pulling back slightly, he looked at Eli and saw his triad partner nodding at him. He had scented it, too.
“Are our little omega wolves happy?” Max asked of his children, loving the looks of intelligence and happiness that looked back at him from their children’s eyes.
Allison had Shelly’s blue eyes. Luke had Eli’s brown eyes. And Matthew had his hazel eyes. All three children looked at him right then with pure, golden eyes as their omega wolves pressed forward to answer his question.
“You’re going to be strong wolves, just like Mommy,” Eli said proudly.
“Daddy and Poppa are strong wolves, too,” Shelly said softly. “They’re also sweet wolves.”
“I want to be strong and sweet like Daddy and Poppa,” Allison said seriously as she hugged her daddy tightly. “I love you, Daddy.”
“I love you, sweet Allie,” Max whispered.
“Poppa?”
“What, Allie?” Eli asked, smiling at her.
“I love you, Poppa.”
“Me, too!” Matthew called out from his place in Shelly’s arms. “I love Poppa and Daddy!”
“We love you, cub,” Max whispered, looking at Eli and shaking his head in wonder at the love that surrounded them and filled their souls.
“What about Mommy?” Eli asked gently. “Do you love Mommy?”
“We love Mommy this much!” Matthew said, opening his arms as wide as he could to express the depth of their love. The sugar shaker fell from his hands and landed with a thud on the counter. The top popped off and the confectioner’s sugar within it exploded in a cloud of white that completely engulfed all of them.
The laughter that filled the kitchen was immediate. Max and Eli helped Shelly wipe the sugar from their children’s faces before attending to her. Kissing her lips and licking at them lightly, they hummed their appreciation.
“You are going to help me clean this mess up, aren’t you?” Shelly asked them as she brought their cubs upstairs for an early bath.
“Of course, sweetheart,” Eli told her without hesitation. “We’ll always be there to help you.”
“Always,” Max said softly.
Shelly looked at her men and smiled. “I know you will,” she said gently. “Just as I’ll always be there for the both of you.”
Shelly walked into their bedroom and stopped at the foot of their bed. Max and Eli were standing beside it, watching her intently.
“Okay, what’s going on?” she asked suspiciously.
“Nothing, baby,” Max denied.
“Then why are you looking at me like that?”
“Can’t a guy look at his woman with desire?” Max asked innocently.
“Eli?”
“I’m with Max,” Eli said gently as he stepped forward and reached out to take Shelly’s right hand in his and draw her toward the bed. “We can’t help but desire you.”
“I know. It’s a wolf thing,” Shelly said, laughing softly.
“No, baby. It’s so much more than that,” Max told her with surety. “We desire you because you’re a gentle, kind, and loving woman. You’re a giving mate. You’re a wonderful mother. You’re our best friend and our sexy lover. We couldn’t ask for a better gift or a more perfect woman.”
“Oh, now you’re just going to get me all emotional,” Shelly said softly. She could feel the emotions that were filling her sweet wolves and knew them to be deep and true.
Before she could say another word, they gathered her within their arms so that she was between them. Acting as a true triad partnership, they undressed her slowly, kissing each exposed part of her naked body as it was revealed to them.
Shelly lost track of time as they caressed her, finding herself being loved to perfection. She was ready to pass out from the pleasure that they gave her. When she lay against Eli’s chest and took his shaft deep inside of her, she couldn’t help but sigh at the beauty of their joining. Max pressed against her back and kissed her slowly, carefully slipping inside of her alongside Eli’s shaft.
“Love you, Shelly,” Max whispered against her left shoulder as he began to move, pressing his cock deeper and deeper as he lost himself to the wonder of their mating.
“You’ll always be our one and only love,” Eli told her as he pressed his hips up as Shelly moved her body to take them both deeper.
Shelly rested her hands on either side of Eli’s head, entwining the fingers of her right hand with Eli’s as he rested his hand against his pillow. Max covered her left hand with his, joining their fingers in an intimate and strong hold as they made love.
“I love you both so much,” Shelly whispered as a soft groan escaped her.
Max pressed his face against her shoulder, opening his mouth and biting down firmly over his claiming mark. Eli took firm hold of her right shoulder with his teeth and bit down, his canines sinking deep. They held her securely as she exploded with pleasure, quickly following her into the abyss.
Their cocks knotted deep inside of her, and their seed shot into her womb. She was their woman. She was their mate. She was the reason for their existence.
Shelly turned over in bed and stretched lazily. Opening her eyes, she saw that her men were lying on their sides with their heads resting on their hands. They were both smiling at her, and their eyes were completely golden.
“Why are my sweet wolves so intent on watching me this morning?” she whispered, reaching up and touching their cheeks gently with the back of her index fingers.
“We’re looking at the woman who holds our hearts,” Max said softly.
Shelly smiled even as she blushed at the beautiful declaration. “It’s only fair, since you own me body and soul,” she said quietly.
“Sweetheart, we have something to tell you,” Eli whispered, reaching out and placing his left hand upon her belly.
Shelly remained silent as she felt Max do the same. Her men were touching her as they always touched her when she was pregnant.
“What have you done?” she asked them, her voice holdi
ng no small amount of accusation.
“We’ve made another baby,” Max told her, smiling widely.
“Have you?”
“Yes, sweetheart,” Eli answered for them both. “We scented your fertility yesterday.”
Shelly remained silent. She closed her eyes and took a calming breath.
“Baby? Are you upset?” Max asked, the worry evident in his voice.
Shelly opened her eyes and looked first at Max and then at Eli. She shook her head slowly then covered their hands and pressed them firmly against her belly.
“I’m not upset,” she told them gently. “I’m very happy.”
“Yeah?” Max asked, still unconvinced.
“Yeah.”
She leaned over to kiss Max’s lips tenderly then eased toward Eli to do the same to him. She couldn’t prevent the soft growls that escaped her. She wasn’t even embarrassed when her growls turned to rumbling purrs. She couldn’t help it. She was so content.
“How can I not be happy? You’ve given me three beautiful children who are loving and kind. Every day I wake up and thank Mother Fate for sending you to me.”
She pulled their hands up to her lips to place gentle kisses on their open palms. She could feel their relief. She could feel their love.
“Now, I have one more thing to be happy about,” Shelly added quietly. “Thank you for giving me another baby to love.”
Her men wrapped their arms around her and hugged her carefully. In these early morning hours, when the children were asleep and their mate was warm and loving between them, they said their own prayers to the Fates to give thanks for the mate who had been forbidden to them. They were thankful that Mother Fate had changed that decree. They didn’t know what they would have ever done without the love and tenderness of their Shelly. They knew in their hearts that they wouldn’t have survived without her, nor would they have wanted to.
Shelly smiled to herself as her omega abilities allowed her to hear her mates’ thoughts. Nothing would ever be as beautiful or as loving as the life that she shared with her sweet wolves.
Her forbidden mates were hers. Forever.
THE END
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