by Morgan Fox
Sebastian leaned against the front of his desk, staring down coldly at the older man. “Why exactly is that, Mr. Rodale? Because you decided it was to be that way? Or maybe it was your father or his father that decided that, and because you didn’t have the balls to stand up for yourself, you can’t stand to see your son do that to you?”
Nolan stood abruptly. “You know nothing.”
“Sit down, Nolan.” He did. “If I truly know nothing about your family then you won’t mind if I enlighten you on what I do know. I learned through certain scientific channels that the mating bond is something that can never be removed from the lycan body or spirit. It’s an instinct we are all born with. I’ve done my research, sir, and there’s no possible way that Reyes could’ve been born without the mating instinct intact. However, manipulation can make a person think something that is clearly false, and in this case, that is exactly what you’ve done to your own son.” Nolan’s face flooded with red heat. “I also know that you were in love with Reyes’s mother, Regan, but your own father forced you to send her away never to see her again. You didn’t have the strength to stand up to your father and claim your mate so the years of longing for her turned you into a cold-hearted bastard.”
“Why you—”
Nolan’s fists clenched at his sides, and Sebastian simply arched a dark eyebrow and smirked, practically challenging the old man to do something as ridiculous as charging at him or, better still, taking a swing. At this point, he’d like nothing more than to put the old fart in his place.
“You couldn’t be further from the truth, and I’m not sure where you’ve received your information, but you are very wrong.” A single vein bulged at his temple. Nolan added, “You know nothing of my past or who my family was. For generations we have been chosen to—”
“I know exactly what your family has been chosen to do, just as I know the sacrifices your son has made over the years of his life to make you happy and to keep his people safe. I also know that, if you or anyone else tries to come between him and his mate, I will personally see to your extermination.”
Nolan stood brusquely, and his chest and nostrils flared in anger.
“Sit your ass down, Mr. Rodale, or I will put you down myself.” He towered beside his guest, and a wild, angry roar shot from his voice as he said, “Do not make me tell you again.”
Nolan’s eyes widened as he slowly did as his alpha commanded. “You have no right to interfere with me and my son,” he said with a hushed growl.
That did it for Sebastian. He was ready to become undone, ready to beat the revered diplomat in the head with a bat, but he’d hold it together. He had to for Reyes.
Leaning over Nolan’s chair, Sebastian gripped the armrests, and he pressed closer to Nolan, causing him to ease back in his chair. Sebastian loved intimidating those who liked to push others around, enjoyed giving them a taste of their own medicine. “As my personal guardian soldier, and best friend, I have every right. Need I remind you, as alpha, I even have the right to have your fucking head removed from your body if I so chose?” He held his rounded-eye stare, smiling at the fear lingering behind his gray gaze. “Unlike you, I’m not a complete and total asshole.”
“You go too far, young alpha,” he bit out.
“Perhaps I haven’t gone far enough, Mr. Rodale. Your son is an honorable man and deserves your respect and some goddamn happiness. Do you even care about him?”
Surprise splashed across his expression. “Of course I care about my son. He’s all I have in this world.”
“Mr. Rodale, I wish I could believe that.”
“Reyes means the world to me. I only want the best for him.”
“Then maybe you should let him live his life as he was destined to and not in the way you think he should.”
“What exactly do you think you are doing? You’re interfering just as I have.”
“No, unlike you, I’m just telling you what Reyes has already shared with me. I’ve asked him what he wants, and he wants a life with his mate. His need for Megan runs deeper than maybe you will ever be able to comprehend.”
Nolan sat in silence for a long moment before he muttered, “No, young man, I think I understand more about him than you know.”
Chapter Thirteen
Megan sat stunned at the edge of the bed, her heart fluttering in sync with her trembling belly. Sucking in a sharp breath, she held her head in her hands and hoped for answers to the plethora of questions bombarding her. Two men, her mates, desired and wanted her, and she couldn’t tell if she should be awake or dreaming. Her heart, body and mind seemed unable to get onto the same page.
It was not but a month ago that she’d simply been a doctor, focused on her career and only her career. Now, two incredible men fought for her affections. They’d both told her they longed for her, loved her, and desired a life with her. How could she make this work without the relationships driving her completely insane? Dividing her time between her career and one man would be hard enough. How could she possibly balance a life, a career, and two men?
Gnashing her teeth together in frustration, she had to believe that she was intelligent enough to figure this out. Then she shivered, realizing that both gorgeous and godlike men were hovering over her like vultures preparing to devour a decaying carcass. For distraction, she bit the inside of her mouth and the flavor of coppery, metallic blood flooded her taste buds.
“Red.” Jarred from her thoughts, her fingers spread apart to reveal her eyes.
“You’re doing that thing where you think too much,” Dominic said.
She sighed, her hands slapping down into her lap. “Well, what do you expect from me? For years, you and I have been so distant and now…” Her face and neck suddenly felt hot.
“We had sex and shared that we love each other,” Dominic said with confidence, finishing her thought.
She reluctantly nodded, still feeling a raging amount of guilt for having sexual and heartfelt feelings for both men. Was it fair that she did? She just wasn’t sure, even though her heart and soul told her it was. “Right,” she said. “Then there’s the crazy notion that I somehow managed to score two mates.” She forced a laugh. “After years of yearning to find someone to love me and despising what I thought the mating boding was…” She closed her eyes for a long moment and then opened them slowly, gazing down at her shaking legs. “It’s all a little difficult to comprehend.”
“I’m sure it is, but it doesn’t change anything between us,” Reyes said, moving to sit on the other side of her.
She hissed as if he’d just struck her, inclining her head and narrowing her eyes. She strongly disagreed with him. “It changes everything. I have a practice in Dallas, Dominic has a house here—”
“I also have one in Dallas,” Dominic added, silencing her ranting for a brief second.
She inclined her head to her other side to gaze at him. “Yes, but you clearly want me to be here with you. Then there’s Reyes and his home. What do we all do? Just date, knowing that I’ll be fucking both of you?” Where the hell did that come from? she thought as she groaned, her fingers raking through her hair and her gut twisting tight as she revealed so much. Then again, didn’t she have to? It was only fair for them to know how she truly felt. The one thing she’d come to enjoy most about the three of them was how different the physical intimacies were. Reyes and his sensuality, Dominic and his take-me-now, take-me-hard mentality. She needed them both. She knew it. To not have that as part of their relationship seemed wrong and unacceptable. Besides, she liked it a lot. “I’m sorry to be so blunt, but let’s face it, you are both great in bed, and if I should date either one of you, I’m not sacrificing that.”
“We certainly wouldn’t want you to,” Dominic said, grinning. “That’s a part of the relationship I’m looking forward to the most.”
Her pussy convulsed. “Dominic, be serious,” she said, trying to sound stern, but all the while all she could do was picture him naked as he took possession of her bo
dy and fucked her until she came over and over again.
“I am serious, Megan. Why are you worried about dating one of us when we have clearly agreed to share you? We don’t want you to have to choose between us.”
“Splitting myself up in two is not what I call a great plan.”
Reaching to hold her hand, Reyes said calmly, “Megan, I think you should understand that my job allows me to live anywhere. I must maintain a residency in Dallas for pack reasons, but to travel here to be with you would be no issue.”
“You might not realize this, but I’m loaded,” Dominic teased, but was obviously very serious.
She knew he had come into money as one of the founding senior partners for a high-level security company. MMR Systems was a small company he helped expand into one of the nation’s largest, and he’d earned a lifestyle that would keep her well taken care of for the rest of her life. It wasn’t money she wanted, and it wasn’t something that would make her truly happy. Security meant more than just financial stability.
“Maintaining dual residencies would not trouble me in the slightest. Reyes and I will have pack responsibilities at McCarthy Ranch, so there is no reason why we can’t spend time in our own place when we do.”
Megan scoffed. “Don’t you mean your place?”
“No, our place,” Reyes corrected. “Megan, Dominic and I are in agreement with the purchase of this land and home. We decided to have this house built because we were coming to McCarthy Ranch so often for pack business. Staying with Sebastian no longer made sense now that he has a mate and soon a child.” He squeezed her hand. “We want you to be a part of our lives, and we are willing to make the necessary sacrifices to make that happen.” He held her narrow-eyed gaze. “Are you?”
She swallowed the rising bile churning up into her throat. Nerves swirled in her stomach and waves of questions slammed against her skull. Fear soaked, she didn’t know what to do.
“Megan, what does your heart tell you to do? Before Reyes arrived, you were ready to make love to me. What’s changed?”
She hesitated for a long moment, gazing down at the ground, unable to truly admit her feelings. “I’m…”
“Scared?” Reyes tossed out, and she nodded in response.
Dominic stood and moved between her legs. Gazing down at her, he said softly, “Red, you’ve got nothing to be scared about.” He cupped her cheeks in his powerful but gentle hands. “We will take care of you. You will have your career, and we will be together. I don’t think I can say it enough, sweetheart, that I don’t want to go another day without you. I screwed up before, and I’m not doing it again. I’ll tie you to this bed and fuck you like the devil until you agree to my wishes.” Dominic winked at her, and the boyish grin he displayed made her toes curl. “I’m not going to take no for an answer.”
Dominic’s dark kohl eyes glowed silver, and instantly she was aware of what he planned to do to her. The minute his lips brushed over hers, she froze. Panic surged and rippled, forcing her to tremble in his tenacious hold. Overwhelmed by emotions cascading throughout her body, she was bewildered by the miraculous changes exploding inside her. Fearful emotions that had once choked her and robbed her of thought quickly turned to pleasure as Dominic effortlessly guided her back onto the bed.
Instantly Reyes curled up beside her, his strong hands caressing and touching her. The familiar and exhilarating way their bodies molded together had her accepting the connection they shared as something that was always meant to be. The joining was a complete contradiction from what she had once believed and tried so hard to ignore.
The superb heat pouring out of their skin mingled with hers. The amazing feeling left her breathless and wanton. This was how it was with them, either of them. Her body craved their touches, kisses, and it was an obsession she’d come to enjoy having.
Dominic wasted little time helping her out of her clothes. “Perhaps you’ll feel more comfortable without these,” he told her with a wry grin, pulling her shirt up over her head, unfastening her bra, revealing her rosy-red, aroused nipples. “My, aren’t those a delicious sight.”
“Yes, they are,” Reyes said as his mouth quickly clamped down to suckle her.
Dominic moved back down her body, standing between her feet at the edge of the bed, and leaned forward to unbutton her jeans. In one fluid motion, he removed her pants and panties, tossing them to the ground. His warm palms pressed her legs open wider. She sucked in a sharp breath as he leaned down and set his mouth directly over her weeping pussy. With a whimper of need, she grabbed the back of Reyes’s head and jerked him toward her for a plundering kiss. While Dominic feasted on her cunt, and Reyes sought pleasure in her mouth, the wild battle of tongues had her body convulsing with more and more need.
Biting her bottom lip, Reyes muttered, “No offense to this beautiful mouth of yours, darling, but I’d very much like an opportunity to taste that sweet pussy of yours. I’m kicking myself for not having done it sooner.” She shivered, staring up at his mesmerizing gaze.
Dominic’s head popped up. His mouth glistened with the juices of her sex. “I’m sure you would.” He eyed her with a lopsided grin. “Her pussy’s the most delectable thing I’ve ever tasted.” He licked his lips in an exaggerated sweep. “I’ve got plans for her warm, wet mouth anyway.”
Dominic’s clothes were gone in a flash. He moved his muscular body to her other side just above her head and knelt on the bed. “Do you think you can wrap those pretty little lips around my cock while Reyes pleasures your—”
“Yes!” she blurted out. “Oh, God, yes!”
Gripping his monstrous cock in his hand, Dominic grinned. “I’m glad to hear it. I have to confess, I love watching you suck my cock—a particular favorite for me.”
She moistened her lips before taking his cock all the way into her mouth, using her tongue and teeth to torture him. He groaned each time she took him in as deep as her throat would allow, and again when she gently scraped her teeth along the shaft and nibbled on the crown of his cock. He shivered just a little, and she loved the power she had over this alpha male. Her alpha.
She was so focused on sucking Dominic’s impressive cock that she hadn’t even noticed that Reyes had removed his own clothing and had positioned himself between her legs, his broad shoulders supporting her spread thighs. Her desire-drenched mind was fracturing into a world of maddening bliss when Reyes’s mouth began licking and sucking at her already sensitive pussy. Her quivering cunt was screaming as he slid his demanding tongue inside her, probing as deep as it would go.
Foggy with lust, she sucked Dominic’s cock, careful not to bite too hard. She didn’t think she could take much more. It was all too much, so overwhelming, so wonderful.
“Oh, God,” she moaned. “I can’t…” She placed Dominic’s cock into her mouth once more.
Reyes’s mercilessly licked and probed her pussy, sucking the tender clit into his mouth. Breathless, she gripped Dominic’s dick, devouring it as Reyes gluttonized her oversensitized cunt. She gave a sharp groan as he eased a finger inside her tight, wet sheath, stirring his finger around, collecting moisture. Before she could catch her breath, he inserted another finger, stretching her wide, preparing her body for the thick cocks that were sure to have her writhing in ecstasy.
There was no fighting this, no reason to anymore. They were her mates, and she needed them. The alarming awareness was more an aphrodisiac than anything else. The simple fact that two men loved her and fucked her into mindless oblivion brought her closer and closer to climax.
“Oh, yes, that’s it.” She gasped, arching her hips up with each thrust of his fingers.
Reyes fucked her gently at first, but as her breathing increased, so did his pace. The harder he slid his finger in and out of her, the greedier he sucked on her clit. Then to her surprise, his fingers were gone from her pussy, but his mouth still clung to her cunt, teasing her clit. A moment later, she felt the pressure of his soaked finger pressing gently against her asshole.
She should tell him to stop, but she couldn’t. She wanted it all. Aroused beyond reason, she undulated her hips to his mouth, begging him to help her find release. Lingering on a razor’s edge, she was so close to coming.
“Don’t stop,” she cried. “Please don’t stop.” Releasing her hold on Dominic’s cock, her head fell back onto the mattress, tossing from side to side as her climax drew near.
“That’s it, baby,” Dominic said, leaning down to knead one breast while he sucked hungrily on the other.
Reyes pushed his finger a little harder until the muscles of her asshole gave way to his intrusion.
“Oh, God,” she screamed as she reached orgasm. On and on she came, and all the while, Reyes continued his assault on her pussy and asshole, fucking her slowly, sucking her ferociously.
“Damn,” Dominic groaned as he kissed her breasts, chest, neck, and lips. “She’s so beautiful when she comes.”
“Tastes good, too,” Reyes said, sitting back on his heels, staring at her glistening pussy. “I think our mate is finally ready.”
A moment of clarity, and she was finally able to speak. “Ready for what?” The raspy sound of her sex-strained voice was barely recognizable.
Dominic arched a brow. “Do you really need to ask?”
She went boneless, her heart pounding wildly against her ribs. Uncontrollable emotions of apprehension and excitement whisked around inside her. The thought of these two men pleasuring her together and uninterrupted had her body quivering with a tremendous amount of arousing stimulation. Never had her body been so hot, so ready.
Blushing, she said, “I guess not.”
“Good,” Dominic said, leaning over to say something that only Reyes could hear.
With a nod, Reyes stood and extended his hand out for her to take. “Come with me, darling.” The warm, buttery smoothness in his deep voice sent tingles of excitement blasting through her veins.