“That’s them,” the big burly man shouted.
She looked at him. He was pointing toward Ry and Jeff. Oh, no. She didn’t want them hurt.
“Those are the guys who’ve been getting in my way. I want them out of here, now,” the brute shouted.
“Just a darn minute,” Austin ordered them. “We only serve friendly folks here. Others aren’t welcome. I want you and your friends out of here. Now!”
Keri had never seen Austin angry before. Everything suddenly seemed unreal to her. She watched as if in a bad dream as Ry and Jeff moved toward the unruly group to offer Austin their support. The nasty men pushed their dates aside and moved toward Austin, Ry, and Jeff. There were too many of them for Austin and her guys. Austin opened the door to the entrance and ordered the rowdy crowd to leave that minute.
The aggressive gang rushed toward the three of them as one mass. Jeff and Ry and Austin were going to be hurt if someone didn’t stop this. She looked toward Mark and Tom and saw them get up from their table and stride quickly toward the door to help their friends. Rex crossed the room and joined them. The mass of shouting, fighting-mad men pushed through the doorway to the outside landing and disappeared down the stairs to the parking area.
Keri rushed after them.
Brenda joined her, taking hold of her arm. “Wait a minute, slow down.”
Once outside, Keri paused on the landing. She couldn’t believe a brawl had started that fast. The mob seemed to move as one entity with the men she loved and her friends caught up in it. “We have to do something to stop them,” she cried to Brenda, who held on to her arm tightly and wouldn’t let go.
“There’s not much we can do,” Brenda said. “They can take care of themselves pretty well. Do you know what they are?”
Keri glanced quickly at Brenda, who met her astonished gaze. She couldn’t say it. It was too incredible to be believed.
“They’re shape-shifters, Keri. They’ll be all right. Watch and see what happens.”
“But we need to do something to stop this,” Keri protested.
“Our guys are big and strong. They’ll be all right. We just need to stay out of the way and safe so they can protect themselves and us.”
Keri realized that most of the patrons of Austin and Rex’s place had come to the doorway to watch what was happening. She heard the sounds of wild raging snarls, like a pack of wolves fighting each other. She turned quickly to watch what was happening and was horrified to see that the mob of men had changed to a pack of fighting wolves. They moved like lightning—silver and white wolves grabbing the throats of the gray wolves in their huge jaws. Standing on their hind legs, the wolves tore at each other’s throats. The silver and white wolves looked strongest. They were more aggressive. Fighting beside them were a gold and red wolf, a black panther, another silver and white wolf, and a black wolf. The gray wolves scrambled to get away, some of them slipping and falling to the ground. They got to their feet and ran away toward the brush at the side of the parking area as the silver and white wolves ran after them snapping at their hind quarters and trying to bring them down. “How do you know who’s who?”
“My guys are the big white and silver wolf and the big black wolf fighting side by side,” Brenda shouted over the noise of the fight. “Your guys must be fighting near them. Do you know their colors?”
“I’m trying to remember,” Keri said, upset that she hadn’t paid closer attention to what they’d told her after they’d said they were shape-shifters. “Ry said they were silver and white wolves.” The noise of the fight was overwhelming, but the reality of what she was seeing was even more unbelievable. And yet it was happening right in front of her. It was true and real, and the two men she loved so desperately were in the middle of it. “Isn’t there something we can do to help them?”
“They’ll be all right. See there? Some of the mob is already running away to get away from them.”
Brenda was right. Keri saw wolf-like figures leaving the fight and slinking away into the nearby trees and brush. As she watched with Brenda beside her, the men who had started the fight all broke away and disappeared beyond the brush. Finally, there were only five wolves and the panther left standing together. As she watched them, they began to shift in shape and suddenly take on their human forms. She didn’t miss the two men she loved most in the world, as they suddenly stood in the faint lights of the parking area in all their naked glory. She couldn’t help smiling at them. They were patting each other on the back and shaking hands with the other men.
All of the guys started walking back toward the restaurant, picking up their discarded clothing and dressing as they made their way closer. By the time they reached the stairs to the landing where Keri and Brenda waited, watching them intently, they were all dressed again.
“Was that a bad dream, or did that wolf fight just take place right in front of me with the men I know all involved?” she asked Brenda.
“You saw the shape-shifters get into a fight right in front of us,” Brenda said and smiled at her. “It looks like our guys are all going to be okay. They may have some scratches that need tending though, if you’re up to that. I think I’ll take my boys home and make sure they’re taken care of right now.”
Keri wanted to do that very thing with her guys. “Brenda, thanks for standing beside me. I can’t tell you what this means to me.”
“We should keep in touch,” Brenda said.
“Definitely,” Keri agreed and smiled at her. As Brenda left with Mark’s and Tom’s arms around her, Keri met the questioning, worried gazes of Jeff and Ry.
Chapter Fourteen
“Are you all right?” she asked them, her voice a little weak after what she’d just witnessed.
They both nodded that they were. “How about you?” Ry asked.
“I’m amazed at what I’ve just seen happen here. I still find it hard to believe, even though I watched you shape-shift and fight those other wolves. Are all of those awful thugs shape-shifters?”
“Yeah, sadly, they are,” Jeff said.
Austin and Rex walked up the stairs dressed in their clothing once more and headed for the entrance to their bar and dance hall. Austin stopped beside her. “If you want to take off with your boyfriends, go right ahead.” He grinned at her. “We have enough help here tonight. We’ll see you tomorrow for lunch, okay?”
“Thanks,” she said. “I’ll see you then.”
“Do you want to come home with us?” Jeff asked her.
Ry gazed at her intently.
“Yes, I do. This will take a little getting used to, but I think I can handle it, now that I’ve seen you in action.” She gave them a teasing smile. “The shape-shifting was the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen. I just need to go get my bag and put away my apron and I’ll be ready to go home with you.”
“I’m so glad, babe,” Ry said. He put his arm around her and kissed her cheek gently.
“So am I,” Jeff said. “Let’s head home.”
She hurried inside to put away her apron. She grabbed her purse and left quickly to join her guys outside. They walked with her to her car.
“How about I drive your car back, and you can ride with Ry in the truck,” Jeff suggested.
“That’s fine with me.” She hadn’t been looking forward to driving back by herself after what she’d just witnessed.
When they reached their home, they immediately headed for the bathroom in Jeff’s bedroom, and all three started to undress.
“I realize I probably don’t need another shower today,” she said with a teasing smile, “but I want to shower with you so I can see for myself that you don’t have any dangerous cuts anywhere.”
“You can shower with us anytime,” Jeff said, grinning at her.
She gave him a love pat on the arm. “You scared me tonight. I didn’t believe you until I saw you shape-shift with those awful dudes and go at each other.”
“It is a hard thing to believe, I agree,” Ry said, smiling at her. “I�
�m just glad you still want us after seeing that brawl.”
“I thought it was absolutely amazing. Brenda told me what was happening and that helped keep me from being afraid, as well. Who were those guys, anyway? What are you going to do about them?”
“Well, as far as who they are, we think they’re part of a gang that’s been working in this area for a long time,” Jeff said.
“We’re pretty sure they’re part of a gang led by a nasty shape-shifter named Wra,” Ry added. “Now that we know who his friends are, including that big guy who has been a pain for all three of us for too long, I think our C.P.O. agents will have a good chance of catching Wra, rounding up his friends, and letting the justice system take care of them.”
“I’m glad to hear that,” she said. “I want you safe. Turn around, both of you. I want to see every part of you to be sure you’re all right and not badly wounded.”
As they turned, she took in their finely honed bodies. They aroused her so easily. She wanted to make love with them right then. She thought it might be easier on everyone tonight if she didn’t mention that until they were all three ready for bed.
When Ry turned off the water, they grabbed towels and dried off before shrugging into their soft bathrobes. Ry and Jeff put their arms around her shoulders and waist and the three of them walked into the bedroom. She climbed onto the bed and sat down to wait for them to do the same.
They joined her on the bed, put their arms around her, and kissed the sides of her face.
“I love you, so much,” Ry said. “I never want you to leave.”
“I feel the same, hon,” Jeff said. “I love you so much it hurts. I’ve never loved anyone the way I feel about you.”
“I love you both, too, Ry and Jeff. I’d like to live with you.”
“We want you to live with us, as well,” Ry said.
“You mean the world to us, hon,” Jeff said.
“Make love to me,” she said softly to them.
“With pleasure,” Ry said.
“Do you feel comfortable taking us both with double penetration this time?” Jeff asked her.
“Yes.” Ry had been so careful with her, and neither of them had done anything that hurt her or that she didn’t want them to do. She trusted them. Would they trust her as much if they knew the truth of what she’d had to do while she was working for that horrible modeling agency? She needed to tell them about that. It was only fair. They’d told her about what they’d had to do as agents for C.P. O.
She took a deep breath to bolster her courage. “I need to tell you both some things about what I did as a model. I won’t feel right about our relationship if I don’t tell you. You know a little about what I was expected to do when I signed on to work at that agency, but you don’t know it all.”
“You don’t need to tell us, babe,” Ry assured her.
“Yes, I do. It’s only fair. I know the truth of who you are, but you don’t know the truth about me.” When they both started to protest again, she put up a hand to stop them. “I need to tell you so that we’ve all three been truthful with each other. I’ve been to masquerades and other parties where I was hit on by rich businessmen and expected to let them do whatever they wanted with me, just like with the other girls.” She brushed a stray wisp of hair away from her face. “Although I didn’t know the modeling agency was unscrupulous when I signed on with it, I quickly discovered what was going on, just like the other girls they’d hired. We were all threatened that if we wanted to protect ourselves and our families, we had to attend their parties for men, who it turned out were looking for sex. The owners of the company said if I wanted to make top money in modeling that I had to do what was expected of me. They said if I didn’t do that, my family and I could suffer bodily harm. Besides the parties, the agency owners forced all of us to go out with men who were looking for a companion from the agency for the evening and sex later at their expensive apartments.”
“Hon, that doesn’t change the way we feel about you,” Jeff said, reaching toward her.
“Wait, I haven’t told you everything,” she said, shaking her head. “Some of the parties I had to attend included sex acts with the men who expected that. It’s hard for me to forget. It’s only fair that you know what I was involved in doing with men who were strangers to me.”
“Will those experiences keep you from enjoying making love with us?” Jeff asked her, his voice gentle.
“I don’t think so,” she said, hoping it wouldn’t.
“We want to make love to you, babe,” Ry said. “If we ever do anything you’re not comfortable about, all you have to do is say so and we’ll stop.”
She felt so encouraged by their generous expression of acceptance and love for her. She felt as if a huge weight had been lifted from her. “Would you like to switch places tonight?” she asked them.
“Sounds like a plan,” Ry said and grinned at her, obviously pleased. He stretched out on the bed with his knees bent over the foot of the bed. “Come on top of me, babe.” He held out his arms to her.
She crawled on top of him, her body already aroused. She heard Jeff opening some packets. He tossed Ry a condom. She helped Ry roll it down his already hard-as-a-rock cock.
“Come closer, babe,” Ry said. “I want to eat you up.”
Her pussy swelled and ached gently with his words. She moved up his body with her knees on either side of him and he guided her closer until he could easily reach her sensitive flesh with his mouth. He cupped her hips in his hands.
“Come lower, babe,” Ry urged her.
She did as he asked and he licked her folds and delved between with his tormenting tongue and stroked her clit. She gasped at the hot sensations. He nibbled at her folds and lapped between with his wet, warm tongue.
“Move closer up,” Ry urged her.
She edged up a little more. Ry pulled her hips down gently and she lowered herself closer so he could reach deeper with his talented lips and tongue. He speared inside her channel with his warm, slick tongue. “Oh, God, Ry,” she gasped. He grazed her sensitive folds with his teeth and gently nipped and licked and then moved to her clit and sucked that little nubbin until she thought she’d come apart. “Ry!” She ached and burned with her arousal.
“That is so sexy, hon, I’m about to explode just watching you,” Jeff said, his voice a low growl.
She shivered as Jeff caressed her thighs with his big, warm hands and gently spread her butt cheeks. He spread cool gel around her puckered rim, applying more of the gel as he gently and slowly pushed the tip of one thick finger inside her little hole. He removed his finger and spread more cool gel over her hole, his touch a gentle caress that felt so good. After applying more gel, he slowly pushed two fingers inside her tight hole, stretching the flesh, moving so slowly that all she felt was the gentle, arousing ache as he pleasured that flesh. With Ry licking and nipping her folds and clit, she was panting from the amazing arousal they created in her pussy. Jeff pulled his fingers out slowly, and she heard him open something and then he tossed a tube of gel to Ry, who opened it and spread gel over the condom covering his thick, hard cock.
“Just to make things go a little smoother, babe,” Ry explained.
“Raise your sweet hips a little, hon,” Jeff said behind her.
She did as he asked and felt the cool gel on his fingers spread around her puckered rim. She couldn’t help feeling Jeff push more gel inside her tight hole, working it deeper. Over and over he applied more gel.
“Just want to make sure this is as comfortable for you as possible,” Jeff said.
“Come down here, babe, and kiss me.” She leaned down and met Ry’s warms lips with her own. His kiss was amazing and aroused her even more. She tangled her tongue with his, tasting him as well as herself. He positioned the head of his hard cock at the opening of her channel and slowly eased inside her until she felt the broad tip of his cock caressing her deeply.
Jeff paused from spreading gel inside her tight hole and along the inn
er walls. She felt the broad head of his condom-covered cock press against her tight ring until he slid inside a little way. “Does that feel okay, hon?”
“Yes, that feels all right.”
Jeff pressed deeper, ever so slowly. “Tell me to stop any time at all if you need me to.”
“I will,” she promised as Ry pulled her back down for another kiss. His cock went deeper inside her pussy and caressed her as Jeff pushed slowly inside her tight ring.
“I feel so full. Having both of you inside me is incredibly arousing.”
She moved her hips upward and back down, taking Ry in and out, slowly and gently. Ry cupped her breasts and tantalized her nipples as he kissed her again, deeply, tangling his tongue with hers. She heard Jeff’s groan of arousal as he moved slowly inside her tight ring. Heat built inexorably higher. Ry kissed her, ravaging her lips. He took one nipple in his fingers and squeezed. Sweet pleasure and a hot zing swept downward through her torso and slammed into her lower abdomen. Hard contractions pleasured her, sending her spinning skyward with ecstasy. She moaned with the pleasure, her moan rising in pitch. She heard Ry’s deep growl as he reached his climax, and Jeff followed, a soft growl of pleasure coming from him, as well. The aftershocks of little pulses continued inside her while Ry and Jeff came down slowly from their climaxes.
She moaned from the pleasure of the release they’d given her, and she let her head rest on Ry’s hard muscular chest. She felt Jeff’s torso and chest along her back as he leaned down and kissed her nape with a sweet, warm kiss.
“Thank you, hon,” Jeff said, his voice a soft growl. “That was fucking amazing.”
“You’re pretty amazing yourselves,” she said as she placed kisses across Ry’s hard chest. She felt his fingers stroking through her hair, and it felt so good.
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