by Ann Gimpel
“Let me.” He undid her blouse and moved it off her shoulders, then reached around and unclasped her bra. Jed sucked in a breath. “You are so beautiful.” He filled his hands with her breasts and bent forward to settle his mouth over hers. He pushed his tongue insistently against her lips. Alice opened her mouth and took him inside. Her tongue sparred with his. His fingers worked her nipples; they hardened beneath his touch. Two bodies closed on either side of her. Two more erections jutted into her sides. She moved her mouth away from Jed and kissed first Bron, then Terin.
She reached for the hooks on her skirt. It fell to the floor. Someone pushed her panties down her hips. Alice’s breath caught in her throat. She was so hot it was all she could do to keep breathing. Jed undid his pants, stepped out of them, and guided her to the bed. “I’ve dreamed of feeling you around me,” he said, voice husky with passion. “We all have.” He sat so his back was against the wall and his legs were stretched out in front of him. “Come sit on me, sweetheart, I can’t wait any longer.”
Alice knelt on her bed and straddled Jed’s lap. He sank into her, groaning his delight. Her back arched like a bow. Delight thrummed through her, heating her blood. Terin settled behind her and wrapped his arms around her from behind. Capturing a breast in each hand, he twirled her nipples into exquisite points of delight. His hard-on surged against her back where he rubbed himself against her. Bron half stood half knelt on the bed, his erection at her mouth level.
She wrapped a hand around his shaft and guided him inside her mouth, licking, nibbling, and kissing. Jed’s hands settled on her hips. He set a rhythm and drove himself into her. The tension in his body gave him away. She knew he had to be close. Between the cock in her pussy, the one in her mouth, and the one pressing into the small of her back, the pleasure was so intense, she wanted to scream her joy to the world. Alice bit down hard on her lip. The walls were too thin. Last thing she needed were nosy neighbors who had watched three men enter her house hear the unmistakable sounds of their lovemaking.
The mate bond burned hot inside her. Jed pulled almost all the way out and slammed himself home again and again. Her muscles tightened around him. A climax started deep in her belly. Terin’s cock bucked against her back. Semen ran down her butt. Bron pulled out of her mouth and jacked himself hard with his hand. Watching him come drove her over the edge. Her climax roared out of her. She bit down on her hand to muffle her cries. Jed’s cock juddered inside her over and over. “Yes,” he murmured. “Oh, my God, yes.”
Alice collapsed on top of him before rolling to one side. Terin and Bron crowded close. Alice wriggled her hips. “I’d say the lady needs to come again,” Jed said. “Who wants to do the honors?”
Terin rearranged his body so he could close his mouth over her clit. Bron’s fingers plumbed her. Jed sucked her nipples. Alice buried her hands in Terin’s hair and drove her pussy against his face. “She’s close,” Bron said, “suck harder.”
Alice’s orgasm rocked her to her core. She came so hard that her body, fondled by the three men who loved her, was the only thing in the world. Before she had completely quit spasming, Bron turned her over, tugged her onto her hands and knees, and sank his cock deep inside her.
She gave herself up to pure sensation. Jed and Terin positioned themselves on their knees so their cocks were next to her mouth. She sucked first one, then the other, then back again, crazy with wanting both of them, all of them.
Bron gripped her hips hard. His cock shuddered inside her. She felt the heat of his passion and the ecstasy of his release. At first it confused her, and then she understood she was starting to see into their minds. He reached around and rubbed her sensitive nub hard. Bron kept on stroking her, cock just as hard as before he’d come. She dissolved into another climax. The air shimmered in multihued tones.
“I think I’ve died and gone to heaven,” she said.
“I’d wait on that assessment until after I’m done.” Terin grinned at her and moved off the bed.
Bron pulled out of her. Terin lifted her from the bed. He led her to a straight-backed chair and sat on it, then faced her away from him, and drew her down atop his curving erection. His hands on her hips set a rhythm. “I’ve dreamed of being inside you again,” he said. “Damn, if the three of us didn’t drive each other crazy with describing how you felt and smelled and looked when you came.”
Jed and Bron moved close, one on either side. Jed’s cock was still rock hard. He nudged it against her mouth. She opened to take him in. Bron insinuated his body between them, knelt on the floor and rubbed her clit with one hand and a nipple with the other. She sucked and licked Jed while Terin pushed his cock firmly inside her. Bron’s fingers gripped her clit. “She’s almost there,” he murmured. “Go for it, guys.”
Jed’s cock bucked in her hand. Salty semen spurted into her mouth. It tasted exotic. She swallowed and sucked hard for more. Terin’s cock swelled inside her. Bron rubbed harder. Alice wouldn’t have thought it possible, but another climax began deep in her belly. It roared through her just as she felt Terin judder again and again. Gasping for air, she fell back against his body.
“Now that was worth waiting for,” she said when she could talk again.
Jed kissed her tenderly. “No, sweetheart. You were worth waiting for.” He bent to collect his clothes. “How about it, guys. Who’s up for dinner?”
“We are.” Terin and Bron laughed.
“Yeah, that was great,” Terin said. “I won’t be up for much of anything except dinner for at least an hour.”
“Only an hour?” Jed joked. The three shifters dissolved in chuckles.
Alice joined their laughter. “That was a hell of an appetizer. I can hardly wait for the main course.”
* * * *
Jed ordered another bottle of Cabernet and gazed fondly at his pack. The Italian restaurant had been a perfect choice. It was dark inside, so dark it was impossible to read the menus without holding them next to the candle atop each table. They were in a private corner booth where they could snuggle and kiss as they wished.
Happiness made his heart light. He still couldn’t believe their pack had a mate. It had been so long, he’d given up hope. And what a mate. Alice was a hell of a woman. Strong, sure of herself, and with an animal magnetism to rival their own. He couldn’t wait until the babies started coming.
Alice held up her glass. “Could I have a little more?”
“Of course.” Terin reached across Jed for the bottle and poured.
She took another mouthful of a lasagna-like dish liberally spiced with basil, tarragon, and thyme and reached for a slice of garlic bread. “Mmmm. What a great choice. The food is exquisite.”
“That’s because you worked up an appetite.” Bron winked at her.
“I’d been working on one for the entire week.” She grinned at him. “When I wasn’t worried sick I’d never see you guys again.”
Jed wrapped an arm around her shoulders and squeezed lightly. “We wanted to call you, but the cops can check phone records. We didn’t want to implicate you in case something went wrong.” He helped himself to a bite off her plate. His own was empty, but he’d had enough to eat. “Save room for desert. They make a lemon-cream cake that’s to die for.”
Alice glanced at her watch and raised her eyebrows. “Oh my. How’d it get to be nine o’clock already? I need to be up at five.”
Jed nuzzled her neck. Sitting on her other side, Bron stroked her leg. “Maybe you could take a sick day.” Jed smiled hopefully.
Alice made shooing motions with both hands and nudged the two shifters an inch or so away. “Nope. Not the way we’re starting this. My job is important to me. It’s part of who I am.”
“I understand.” Jed pushed a strand of hair over her shoulder. “We want you to be happy.”
Terin gazed at her from his spot across the table. He moved forward so his knees bumped against hers. “Better. I like it when at least part of me is touching you.”
“We’ll l
eave right after desert.” Warmth gleamed from Bron’s dark eyes.
“Yes but we’ll take you to our house,” Jed said. “I can drop you off at work tomorrow—”
Alice held up a hand. Her brow furrowed. “I’ve had a little too much wine to think clearly, but how about this? You take me home tonight. Give me your address. I won’t have time to get much together tonight, but tomorrow after work, I’ll go home, gather a few things, and then I’ll come and visit for a few days.”
“We think you should move in,” the three shifters said almost in unison.
She snorted. “You’ve seen what a bitch I can be. Let’s experiment. If it turns out well, we’ll make it permanent.” Her eyes softened, moving to each man in turn. “I want this to work. The last week’s been a special kind of hell, not knowing where you were or if I’d ever see you again.” She blinked furiously and brushed away a tear, which glistened on one cheek.
“She’s right.” Jed exchanged glances with Bron and Terin. “No hurry, here. Everything will unfold in its own time. Let the mate bond work its magic. I love you.” He turned his head and brushed her lips with his in the gentlest of kisses. Bron did the same.
“Hey,” Terin protested, “I feel left out.” He got out of his seat, shoved between Bron and Alice, and kissed her, too, before straightening.
Alice scrubbed at tears on both cheeks. Her green eyes shone with happiness. “I think I’m falling in love with all of you. Thanks for respecting what I need.”
“We’re pack,” Jed said solemnly.
“Yes,” Terin chimed in. “We listen to one another.”
Bron laid a hand on her leg. “We wouldn’t be much of a family if we ran roughshod over one another’s wishes.”
“Here.” Alice scrabbled in her handbag and drew out a crumpled bank deposit slip and a pen. She handed them to Jed. “Write your address and phone number down for me. While we’re at it,” she skewered Bron and Terin with her green gaze, “what are your last names?”
Epilogue
Two months later
Alice nosed the Ford Cabriolet higher into the Hollywood Hills. She couldn’t erase the grin from her face. The last couple of months had been the happiest of her life. She turned into her mates’ driveway, pulled off into the gravel beside the garage, and set her parking brake.
“Anybody home?” She projected her mind voice. It was fun to talk that way, especially when they were in a crowd and she wanted to say something private. She could project a general question to all three shifters like she’d just done, or she could have a more personal conversation with just one of them.
No one answered, so she switched to a different telepathic frequency, one that would carry much farther. “Jed?”
“Terin and I are on our way, sweetheart. Home in fifteen.”
“Love you.”
“You, too, darling.”
She grabbed her overflowing briefcase off the passenger seat and let herself into the house. The first time she’d seen it, it had taken the better part of an hour for her to pull her eyes back into their sockets. The six-thousand-square foot Neo-Grecian mansion had columns and fountains and flower gardens. Its three aboveground floors housed a collection of priceless antiques. A partially sunken lower level held an indoor pool.
Jed had confided that most of the paintings, rugs, sculptures, crystal, and silver weren’t truly antiques, since either he or Bron or Terin had purchased them when they were new and had simply hung onto them. Alice ran her hand over shiny mahogany tables and picked up a delicate crystal hummingbird. She held it up to a window, delighted when it reflected all the hues of the rainbow. Feeling foolish, she put it down and mounted polished hardwood stairs to her room on the top floor. Its leaded glass windows opened onto a small balcony, which was directly over a rose garden. The scent from the flowers was heady and overpowering on warm spring nights. The men had given her a choice of rooms. The minute she’d seen this one, with its sloping ceilings and Louis the XV furniture, she’d fallen in love.
One end of the second floor housed a huge bedroom with a gigantic bed. They played and slept there, but each had a room like hers for quiet time.
She dropped her briefcase on the chair next to her desk and wondered if she had time for a quick dip in the pool before the men came home. Bron didn’t usually get home much before seven. She’d come to respect his analytical skills. They’d sat with their heads bent over more than one engineering design problem.
Alice got out of her work clothes and hung them in the oversize closet. She smiled to herself. She needed to buy more clothes. The closet was barely a quarter full. She’d always watched her money closely—and she still did. Jed and the others had reassured her she could have whatever she wanted, but old habits died hard. She didn’t need a lot of things to make her happy.
The mate bond glowed behind her breastbone. She laid a hand over it. Joy filled her. Each man held a special place in her heart. “The shifter magic ain’t too shabby, either,” she murmured and then laughed.
Alice grabbed a large, lavender Turkish towel and wound it around herself. Her hair was pinned up in a bun, so she just left it. Humming, she walked down three flights of stairs and pushed open the door to the indoor pool. It was damp and steamy and smelled incredible from the potted herbs the men grew there. Jed had an architectural background. He’d designed the pool to look like it was in the middle of a South American jungle with plants growing so near the water’s edge, they floated on its surface. The effect was so true to life, she’d kept an eye out for piranha her first few swims.
Alice chucked her towel on a chaise lounge and jumped into the deep end of the pool. The water was perfect. The shifters employed some kind of magic to keep it clean. She supposed the algae clinging to the plants helped, too. She flipped over onto her stomach and swam laps. She’d always loved water. To be able to swim whenever she wanted was icing on the cake.
“Sweetheart!” Jed cannonballed into the pool, followed by Terin. They closed on her and kissed her thoroughly. At first, Jed wrapped his arms around her from the front and Terin from the back. Then they switched. Fingers tweaked her nipples. Both men were hard and their erections prodded her body. Alice’s breath hitched. No matter how many times they all made love, she always wanted more.
Jed probed between her legs with nimble fingers. She twisted away from him and dove under the water. When she surfaced, she stroked hard for the far side of the pool. Jed and Terin followed. “Come back, sweetheart,” Jed called. “We’ve barely begun.”
She heaved herself onto the side of the pool. “We promised Bron we’d wait for him.”
“So we did.” Terin nodded. He jumped out of the water and sat next to her. His cock jutted out from his body. He wrapped a hand around himself.
“Thanks for the reminder.” Jed pulled himself out of the water and sat on her other side. He rubbed his erection and looked wistfully at her. “I forget everything when you’re close like this.”
“Close and naked.” Terin grinned.
“What time is it?” Alice looked at the men.
“Maybe six thirty,” Jed answered. “Bron will be home soon.”
“Thank God.” Terin groaned. He stroked his shaft a couple more times and dove back into the pool.
“Want to swim a little more?” Jed traced the line of her breasts with his index finger. Hunger radiated from the depths of his eyes. He cupped the side of her face with his hand and turned it so he could kiss her.
Alice’s nipples stiffened. Her core fired with need. Before desire swamped her, she pulled away. “Sure. It’s a great diversion. Then we can all clean up. By the time we’re done, Bron will be home.”
She slipped back into the pool and swam to its far end, passing Terin along the way. The three of them did a few more laps and then headed for the enormous Grecian tub next to their shared bedroom on the second floor. Jed flipped the taps. Water flowed into the sunken tub from goddesses holding urns. Green-veined Italian marble darkened as water
splashed on it.
She’d just stepped into the tub when the bathroom door opened, and Bron burst in. He rubbed his hands together. “Excellent. You really did wait for me. I didn’t think you would.”
Jed elbowed him in the side. “You can thank Alice. Terin and I would have started the party without you.”
“Thanks, buddy. I’ll remember that.”
“Maybe when we’ve had Alice for, oh, fifty years, we’ll be able to exercise a bit more restraint.” Terin winked at him. “Come on, fellow, get out of your clothes.”
“Anxious to see my awesome physique?”
“Nope. Just trying to be true to what we promised.” He moved down the steps and into the steaming water. Jed catapulted over the edge and took Alice in his arms. He closed his mouth over hers and licked between her lips. She opened her mouth and wound her arms around him. The same incredible fragrance that had snared her in Lon Chaney’s cabin rose from all three shifters. It was spicy and exotic and impossible to resist. The men had told her it was their mating scent, and that she had one, too, courtesy of the mate bond.
Terin held her from behind. He shoved his hands between her and Jed’s bodies and filled them with her breasts. His erection pushed against her butt. Jed’s moved against her stomach. Bron waded up next to them and fitted his body to her side. Already fully hard, his cock pushed against her hipbone. She broke away from her kiss with Jed and kissed Bron. Her body ached for all of them. She’d gotten used to their group sex games; they were even more exciting now than they’d been at the beginning when she hadn’t known much.
Each man’s body was a little different, as were their preferences. Jed liked being in her mouth. Terin and Bron preferred her pussy. Their skin felt heavenly under her fingertips. She moved one of her arms from around Jed and wrapped it behind Bron. It never mattered who did what to whom first. By the time they were done, everyone was always satiated.