by Avery Gale
Chapter Twenty-One
Trev’s words registered in her mind at the same time Kit saw a young woman with long black hair standing along the rail watching her through narrowed eyes. Oh yeah, being watched indeed. Can anyone say awkward moment? Geez, Kit, you had to know men this gorgeous were going to have ex-girlfriends. Suck it up buttercup and make your mates proud of you. She’d hoped they wouldn’t hear the pep talk she’d given herself, but judging by the grins on their faces that didn’t appear to be the case.
As they walked among the others, Kit felt their scrutiny and wished she could just turn around and march back up the stairs. But she stiffened her spine and reminded herself that she could be a victor or a victim, the choice was hers and it was a slam-dunk decision. ‘Good girl, run to the roar.’ Kit smiled at Trev in thanks as his words moved into her mind.
Jameson stepped in front of her, turned his back to the other pack members, and crossed his arms over chest after shucking his shirt. “Strip, kitten. I want to see you naked before we start talking you through your first change.” Kit felt as if someone had dropped a piano on her chest and for a few seconds she stood blinking at him in surprise before she quickly pulled the shirt over her head and pushed the shorts to the floor. Seeing his nostrils flare and his eyes turn molten with desire sent a flood of moisture to her sex. She hoped her gratitude that he’d blocked her from the view of the others showed in her eyes as she waited patiently for his next instruction.
Trev’s voice was almost a benediction behind her. “Fuck, baby, you are so damned hot. Let’s get this done so we can get out to the meadow and play.”
Jameson stripped out of his shorts and his erection told Kit how much he wanted her and that along with the feel of the scorching head of Trev’s cock pressing into her ass as he leaned against her buoyed her confidence. Jameson’s fingers trailed a scorching path down her cheek and she refocused her attention on him. “Good girl, kitten. Now, I need you to pay very close attention to what I tell you. The first few times you change it may be uncomfortable and we can minimize that if you’ll do exactly what I tell you.”
Kit found herself unable to look away from his eyes and the sound of his voice had her attention riveted. “Okay, my love, changing is all about mind over matter. I want you to close your eyes and listen to my voice. Perfect. God, you do me in.” Kit heard him take several deep breaths and she felt him step closer. The heat from his body soaked into her chest and Trev’s warmth spread over her back. “Now in your mind see how your beautiful red hair becomes a slick coat of fur that shines even the dimmest of light. Feel the wind as it rushes over your face as you run just for the joy of running. The breeze brings with it all the wonders of the woods that surround us and you know by instinct where your mates are at all times. You feel them running alongside you and relish in the feeling that you share a secret that our kind has cherished and protected since the dawn of time.”
Kit was hypnotized by Jameson’s words and felt her body start to change almost immediately. He’d kept speaking over the popping of her joints and her soft gasps of pain as she felt the muscles stretch and lengthen. For a second she felt herself slipping out of the web Jameson had spun around her with his words, but Trev’s teeth scraped over her shoulder and brought her attention back to the moment. When she felt herself drop to all fours, she was hit by a wave of euphoria that she couldn’t hold back.
She went over the railing in a smooth leap and hit the ground running. Jameson had been right about every single thing he’d said and for a moment she wondered if maybe he had seen the future. She could feel them running alongside her as well as see them. Her vision was so sharp and she was thrilled to be able to see so clearly in the dark. For several minutes she just ran as hard as she could because the feel of the air on her face and ruffling through her fur was electrifying.
She felt Jameson’s presence in her mind, heeded his directions, and veered to the left. She realized she was in the middle of a moonlit meadow so she slowed and eventually stopped. The feeling of her two mates rubbing themselves against her in loving passes along her sides had her lowering her front shoulders and arching her back. Kit was overcome with awareness of her own instincts taking over. She was thrilled to realize she could easily tell her mates apart even though they were as identical in their wolf as they were as humans. When Jameson pressed his nose against her sex and sniffed before howling she felt a whole new flood of moisture and wanted nothing more than for them to fill her with their cocks.
Chapter Twenty-Two
Talking Kit through her first change had been much easier than Jameson had thought it might be. Her independence and intelligence could have easily been barriers to her letting her mind take a backseat to the instinct he’d known was deep inside her. But she’d let him lead her and he’d been so proud of her when she’d gone over the tall railing surrounding the deck without even taking a step. He and Trev had been right behind her and seeing her hit the hard earth with such grace had been truly spectacular.
He and Trev had laughed with each other as they’d run. And even though they hadn’t specifically excluded Kit from the conversation, he’d known she was so busy absorbing everything happening to and around her that she had tuned them out. ‘She is having the time of her life.’ Trev’s voice was filled with amusement.
‘That she is, but it’s time to get her attention and steer her into the meadow. I don’t want her too tired to enjoy what’s to come. And she still has to run all the way home.’ Jameson knew Kit thought she’d run in a straight line, but they had actually gently guided her in a wide arc. If they had gone that same distance without turning they would have traveled almost fifteen miles. When Kit stopped in the meadow and lowered her head and front shoulders in submission, Jameson and Trev both howled in triumph.
Jameson positioned himself behind Kit and licked her pussy several times before rolling his tongue and fucking her with it so she was soaking wet and stretched to accommodate his cock. It was going to be like taking her virginity again because her wolf had never been fucked. The difference was that it wasn’t the way of the wolf to be gentle. This mating would be fast and hard. To an outsider it would even look violent, but the ways of animals was more about survival of the fittest. The Alphas needed to show their dominance in order to maintain their credibility as the leaders of their pack—it had always been this since the dawn of time.
‘Kitten, I know your body is ready for mine and I’m claiming what is mine to take. You’ll get soft and slow later, right now, I’m taking what is mine.’ Before she would even respond he bit her nape and slammed in as far as he could go. ‘Your body belongs to me, Kit. Surrender your pleasure to me. Take what I give you.’ As soon as he bit down hard enough to pierce her skin, she came around him in almost painful contractions of her cunt. Seeing the sparks of electrical power that sparkled around them let Jameson know her magical powers would be available to her when she was in her wolf also and he found that oddly comforting. He was able to hold out for several more strokes before he followed her into bliss. When he pulled out, he rubbed his nose in their combined fluids and then moved in front of her to smear it over her nose so their scents would remain imprinted on her for the rest of her life.
Trev stepped up behind Kit and positioned his cock at the entrance of her ass. When he felt her tense in front of his tip, he let the growl rumble through his chest. ‘Let me in, mate. Your ass is mine to claim. Push back against me and surrender what is mine.’ Trev was glad Kit didn’t know they were mating with witnesses because he knew how unsettled she’d been by the idea earlier. They’d let her believe it was scheduled for a couple of nights from now, but the process was nearly complete.
If they had waited her sense of smell would have been developed enough to note the others standing just at the edge of the trees. Trev had been less than happy to see several of the female members of their pack that he and Jameson had shared turn out to watch them mate with Kit. They were required to keep their communicat
ion with her open during this first mating and that meant everyone was watching and listening with avid interest. Their dominance over their mate would be discussed for years. He understood that it was imperative to them being respected as pack leaders, but he hated having anything about fucking his mate dictated by law rather than her needs. They’d been much more aggressive and course than they preferred with Kit, but her response to their gruff words and aggressive actions had surprised and pleased both he and Jameson.
Trev pushed deep into her ass, clamped his teeth at her nape, and bit down hard so his canines pierced her skin. He tasted her blood and the taste of her blood went over his taste buds and sent his arousal off the chart. Trev pulled out until the head of his cock was ready to pop out of the tight ring around Kit’s ass before he pushed back in deep. He immediately heard her in his mind, her soft moans were total surrender and his mind shouted into hers. ‘Come with me, baby. Surrender your pleasure to your mate. Give it to me. Now.’
Kit’s back arched to the point that her ass looked like it was being presented in offering for his pleasure and he felt her shatter under him. Her total submission triggered a volcanic eruption that began in his balls and exploded out of the end of his cock in hot jets of his semen. He pulled out and shot some of the seed over her ass and then smeared it with his nose before rubbing it against her snout just as Jameson had done. Her mind would carry that memory for the rest of her life. And even if one of them was killed, she would always be able to pull that scent memory back and relive this moment.
Trev felt Kit go lax beneath him and he panted for long moments before he was able to stand without his legs swaying beneath him. ‘You own me, baby. You are now our mate in every way. Centuries of tradition have bound your soul to ours so tightly that neither time nor trial will ever be able to separate us.’ Jameson howled to their left and Trev looked up to see they’d been circled by the witnesses. He saw the recognition in her eyes and pushed against her in a move he hoped conveyed the affection of a hug.
The pack broke the circle and took off running in various directions leaving the three of them to enjoy a moment alone. ‘That was our witnessed mating?’ Kit’s voice was clear in their minds and Trev could hear the unspoken questions as well.
‘Yes, kitten. We thought you’d be less nervous this way. I’m sorry if you feel we tricked you. We were trying to help.’ Jameson obviously hadn’t missed her tension either. ‘Now, are you ready to return to our home? I know I speak for my brother as well when I say that I want to take you home so we can care for you and our child. And even though we know that you won the first battle, I’m sure we all agree the war is still to come.’
‘Sadly, I’m afraid you are right. But I’m not going to waste the joy I’m feeling in this moment by worrying about it.’ Trev was so caught up in her words that he almost missed the slight twitch in her muscles that signaled her intent. But he couldn’t be angry because her laughter echoed through his mind and it was filled with pure child-like joy as she raced for their home and he couldn’t help but laugh.
‘My love for her feels like fire raging through every cell in my body. I know our friends tried to explain it, but this is so much more than I ever imagined it to be.’ Jameson’s words were a perfect description of how he felt. And as they watched her take the lead as they ran toward their home and future, Trev tried to put aside his worries about the battles he knew she would face and just enjoy the feeling of exhilaration he always felt as the wind rushed over his fur. The moon and stars seemed to be working in tandem to light their way and he could only hope those celestial spirits continued to guide them through the years to come.
Epilogue
Eight Months Later
Kit looked over her well-rounded belly as the twins nestled safely inside seemed to battle for position. Letting her gaze settle on the top of the pool’s sparkling water, she watched as the sunshine sparkled over the rippling surface. “It looks like diamonds. Lord love a leper but I do love diamonds.” When she looked over the top of her sunglasses at her friends, they were all staring at her as if she’d just grown another head. “What?”
It wasn’t a surprise that Libby was the first to speak, “Are you fucking kidding me? This is newsworthy information? Fuck me, you are annoying sometimes.” Libby’s giggle betrayed the fact her words were spoken in jest.
“Agreed. Her husbands spoil her shamelessly and I’d be plotting her demise if she wasn’t knocked up. I can’t kill babies, that just wouldn’t be right…killing a diamond slut is something else entirely.” Julie Wolf-Edwards was a cousin to Jameson and Trev and one of the most outspoken women Kit had ever met. She was a Harvard trained lawyer who handled all the pack’s legal work and Kit had never seen the woman miss a single detail in anything she’d tackled. She was also a classic beauty with chestnut colored hair that she kept cut in a stylish bob and glorious hazel eyes that were always filled with mischief.
Julie was married to Lance Edwards who was an enormously popular television actor and one of the few non-shifters living in the mansion even though he occasionally stayed at their loft in So-Ho on nights when he’d been working late. But more than once, Kit had seen Lance coming in during the wee hours of the morning. She’d asked him once why he’d driven so far at that time of night and he’d smiled conspiratorially. “Are you kidding? My wife is fucking hot and brilliant and my best friend. Why wouldn’t I want to be in her bed?” Kit had fallen a little bit in love with him herself at that moment. She’d always liked him as an actor, he reminded her of Robert Redford in “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. And finding out what a genuinely nice man he was had only made her like him more.
“Well?” Kit looked at Angie Michaels expectantly. “Aren’t you going to add anything to the peanut gallery’s litany of sarcasm?”
Angie tilted her head back and flipped her blonde ponytail over her shoulder. “Nope, they’ve got this.”
They all giggled and settled back to enjoy a few minutes where the only sounds were those made by the small waterfall at the other end of the pool and the breeze whispering through the nearby trees. Suddenly Kit felt like someone had thrown a glass of ice water over her and she felt herself starting to panic. There didn’t seem to be any logical explanation for the sudden change, but then she heard it again and realized her subconscious had registered the words whispering on the wind even when she hadn’t noticed them the first time.
Soon… We’ll meet again, soon. I’m coming for you. Joining me will make you a Princess of the Darkness and the pleasures of the world will be yours for the taking. Your children will belong to me. Our combined power will be unstoppable. Don’t fight this, Kathleen. It is your destiny. Are you willing to sacrifice your friends to deny me what is mine to take?
Kit fought his hold on her mind and suddenly snapped back to the moment. She was covered in a fine sheen of moisture from the cold sweat she’d experienced and she was shaking so hard she was worried she might fall off the lounge chair she’d been relaxing on just moments ago. All three of her friends had gathered around her and she could see the concerned looks on their faces but she couldn’t seem to pull herself up from the fear that was threatening to overtake her.
Kit had learned many years ago that it was a curse to even entertain the thought that things couldn’t get any worse, because the Universe seemed all too willing to prove otherwise. But just as she was wondering how things had gone wrong so quickly her phone played “Witchy Woman” by The Eagles, the ringtone for her mother, and Kit groaned. She was still debating whether or not to answer the call when Jameson and Trevlon both ran around the corner. Kit tried not to let the stark terror she felt at Damian’s threats to their children and friends take root, but she also knew the seeds of fear had already been planted the night she’d seen him floating outside their bedroom window. She also knew she should be grateful for the reprieve she’d experienced during the past eight months, but the truth was she had hoped it would last a lot longer…and she just wasn’t
ready for the battle she knew was coming.
The End
Books by Avery Gale
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The Wolf Pack Series
Mated – Book One
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The ShadowDance Club
Katarina’s Return – Book One
Jenna’s Submission – Book Two
Rissa’s Recovery – Book Three
Trace Tori – Book Four
Reborn as Bree – Book Five
Red Clouds Dancing – Book Six
Perfect Picture – Book Seven
Club Isola
Capturing Callie – Book One
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