“No. He’s not yours and never has been. You lost any chance he’d ever like, or trust you, when you turned him. Now, you need to go.” Jax grabbed the discarded bed sheet off the floor and swung it around her. Then, when Elianna refused to move, he drew on his power and used his compulsion on her. “Go. Now!”
“You will regret this. He’s a cat!” Elianna bit out, then with a whimper, and head hanging, she turned and left the room. Jax closed the door behind her before climbing back up onto the bed, to lay beside Tierney, skin to skin.
“Oh gods,” Tierney moaned, reveling in the feel of Jax beside her and Thaniel inside of her. Thaniel was still shaking for control when she took one of his hands and guided it to one of her breasts. A cry escaped him as her nipples beaded.
Then with a last shudder, he threw back his head and let out a roar of ecstasy and began to move. The eyes that stared back at her where triumphant beast eyes.
Gradually, he increased his tempo, sending shock waves through her that built to a fevered pitch, and soon she was writhing beneath him. “Thaniel!”
Her cry lit him up, and with a feral chuff, his own eyes slid closed.
“No. Keep them open!” she demanded huskily, her own body shuddering with pleasure. Beside them, Jax gave a breathy chuckle as he worked his own cock. “You are so demanding.”
“I know, and you love it,” Tierney whispered, breath also ragged as she turned so Jax could capture her lips. Liquid heat spread through her veins at the taste of her mate, and with one hand clenching Thaniel’s thigh, her other reached for Jax.
“I do. You are both so fucking hot,” Jax whispered into her mouth, then hissed in pleasure and threw back his head when she grabbed onto his cock.
Seeing her hand glide up and down Jax’s cock made Thaniel’s eyes widen in response. Then Jax let out a moan, making her even hotter for her men. Tierney slid her other hand up and then down Thaniel’s side, in a loving caress, wanting to purr herself at the feel of his skin. She’d ached to touch him for so long, just never understood why until now.
The blue in Thaniel’s eyes had deepened with intensity as his beast stared at both her and Jax.
“We are yours, take us,” Tierney said and let Jax take control of himself once more so she could enjoyed what was happening to her. Jax leaned over her and sucked her breast into his mouth, moaning at her taste. Tierney screamed as Thaniel thrust into her once again and sent her shuddering over the edge.
“Beautiful,” the beast’s words, as two sets of blue eyes stared at her while waves of molten lava continued to sweep through her. Then, a smooth, sweet, yet different kind of power slid over her like a gentle yet dominating caress. A caress she ached to inhale and roll in, it felt so delicious. This power was all Thaniel and his beast. She watched as black rosettes appeared on his upper arms and shoulders while her body continued to buck beneath him.
Then as the mouth of her mate once again lowered to tease a nipple, she felt her and Jax’s combined power begin to rise as well.
Without letting up, Thaniel continued to glide in and out of her, keeping the waves coming, while his beast chuffed his awareness as his magic entwined itself with theirs, adding an extra strong sense of urgency and need, as if what they had been experiencing up until now wasn’t enough.
“What—?” Tierney heard Thaniel say, as all their energy zipped and tingled through them all.
“That’s us, trying to bond,” Jax told him.
“No,” Tierney hissed and realizing what was happening, she began to rein her own power back in. “No, we can’t do this, not yet,” she said to Jax, and although she could feel that Jax didn’t understand, he too drew his power back in.
Thaniel’s beast snarled and then with a cry, he leaned forward and gently nipped her ear lobe, making her cry out and shudder. Her body arched up against Thaniel, driving him deeper. He pumped even faster with a fury of a beast long denied.
Eyes fixed on them, Jax let her go, sat up and pumping in time to Thaniel’s frantic thrusts, he reached out and ran a hand down Thaniel’s thigh.
At Jax’s touch, Thaniel thrust once more, cried out and shuddered. Liquid heat filled her as he spilled his seed inside her, and a moment later, Jax too cried out and joined them in ecstasy. Tierney slid an arm around Jax, pulling him close. Then Jax slid an arm over Thaniel as well, who was struggling to keep his weight off of her, as if he’d hurt her.
Tierney, still breathing hard as shock waves continued to rock her, watched the eyes of both her men. She marveled at the passion and love she saw glowing back at her.
“It’s fine, you’re not going to hurt me,” she whispered as she wrapped her arm around Thaniel and pulled him down on top of her.
“Tierney,” he breathed, wrapping his arms around her as she held him tight. Thaniel was back and his beast gone. Or so she thought.
Heart soaring, Tierney held them both and drifted on the shockwaves when Thaniel moved and sudden pain filled her. With a cry, she tensed up.
“What?”
Jax quickly sat up, at the same time that Thaniel leaned up enough to look into her eyes. “I’m sorry. I, I don’t know what’s happening to me—” he hesitated. “This, I never—” Voice ragged, he stared at her in horror and embarrassment and Tierney knew her suspicions that he was a virgin were true. “I … I feel like I’m growing,” he said, almost choking on the last word. As she watched, his beast shone triumphantly from his eyes once again, letting her know he wasn’t completely done.
Thaniel started to pull out of her, but that only increased the pain and Tierney clutched him to her tightly.
“No, don’t move,” she hissed.
Though tense with fear and worry, Thaniel did as she asked and the pain gradually turned to an exquisite pleasure that shot through her whole body, sending mini orgasms rocketing through her every nerve ending.
Tierney couldn’t hold back the moan as her eyes fluttered back in her head.
“Tierney,” Jax shouted, staring down at her.
She opened her eyes and smiled at her mate. “I’m good, really good,” she breathed, barely able to speak around the pleasure. Still, she let him see and feel what she was feeling. With a groan, Jax fell back on the bed, hand on the both of them.
Thaniel still didn’t understand.
“Sweetheart, you are a feline, a cat,” she said when she could speak. Cupping the side of his face, she stared at him, then smiled when Thaniel and Jax both frowned. Understanding dawned and Jax’s eyes widened in surprise.
“I don’t—” Thaniel began to move again and Tierney cried out as another orgasm rocked through her.
“Felines have spines on their penis,” she said and the horror on Thaniel’s face was priceless.
“Oh god, I’m so sorry,” Thaniel whispered, but Tierney shook her head, then she reached up and kissed him. Thaniel moaned and his eyes slid shut. A moment later she pulled away. “It’s all good, really, really good, as long as you don’t pull out,” she said.
Thaniel stared at her like he didn’t believe her and Tierney nodded her head and held him against her. “Sweet Thaniel, what a surprise you are.”
Chapter Sixty-Two
Green-Eyes
ELIANNA, AFTER JAX’S COMPULSION forced her from the room and her only hope of survival, slowly slid down the wall to sit on the floor out in the hall. It isn’t fair! The thought wailed through her mind as the passionate cries of the three in the bedroom had her body fairly vibrating with need. Wave after wave of pheromones that she had no control over, racked her body.
Being driven crazy in her first full-blown heat cycle, she had tried her damnedest to seduce the Were-leopard, and failed. Her cat screamed for release while her life force slowly seeped out of her. She didn’t have long. Tears slid down her face as she realized once and for all, that this was it.
All her life she had scoffed at old Stella’s fable regarding the clouded leopards, until a year ago. When she began to feel her body sinking slowly into death, sh
e denied it vehemently. As life slowly eked out of her, she finally had to admit the old woman had been telling her the truth.
Desperate, she had sought out all the young unmated males, only to be rejected time and again. She wasn’t of their bloodline, and while she was good enough to live within the clan, she was not good enough to mate with.
Angry, she sank into despair until the day the Tomlee kissed her. That kiss, given in secret, had lit a beacon, a single shred of hope inside of her. Sure, she’d always had a crush on the Tomlee. What female wouldn’t? He was the most powerful male in the clan and wickedly handsome.
All her life she had dreamed of him, knowing she didn’t stand a chance. That was, until he pulled her into the darkness of the alcove and up against his chest, his arms wrapped around her. Her toes barely touched the ground as his thick cock pressed against her. Then his mouth lowered over hers and he stole her breath.
A moment later, he set her back on her feet and without a word, left her there, shaken, mind blown. She stood there for a good ten minutes, trying to sort it all out. She had never imagined that he could want her. After all, no one ever had. She trailed her fingers over her lips, pretending they were his lips still on her, she knew. He wanted her.
Then she thought about Deseria, the Tomlee’s mate. For some reason Deseria and the Tomlee never bonded. Technically, his mating to the Queenlee came first, but surely that wouldn’t stop Deseria, would it?
Knowing the woman, she thought it might. Yet it was common knowledge and practice that so long as the Tomlee did the Queenlee’s bidding, he was free to mate and bond with another.
Elianna had always wondered about that, since the Tomlee and Deseria had been lovers for as long as she could remember. In fact, Deseria was the second highest ranking female in the clan and someone that they all went to for help, comfort, and advice. Elianna had always hated Deseria for the sway she held over the Tomlee, but after the kiss a sense of possession had filled her. He wanted her. For why else would he do such a thing?
Afterward, he didn’t so much as look at her. At first it hurt, but then she realized he didn’t want anyone to know. She began to stalk him, watching his every move, trying to find a moment alone with him. When she did, he’d shove her away just as someone, usually Deseria walked in.
She knew she needed some way of gaining his attention once again. So when she heard that Thaniel, his son, was spotted on the streets, a plan began to form.
Elianna groaned at how badly that had turned out. How had she gotten the signals so wrong?
It didn’t matter, she had, and now she was clanless, mateless and still in heat. A heat that was driving her insane with need, but that she was terrified of ending. No one wanted her, no one ever had. She’d known how much being different made everyone detest her in her clan, and had always fought it, trying to win their favor, only to screw up. But now, there was no denying it any longer. She was done. It was only a matter of days.
Why hadn’t her parents, whoever they were, just left her to the coyotes? It would have been much better than always trying to climb an invisible ladder, trying to get to the top, only to fail time and again.
Her eyes started to slide closed when her beast sensed someone coming. A few someones. She caught Sami’s and Hellfire’s scents and figured they were coming to kick her out. Too weak to care, she started to ignore them, when a low hiss drew her attention. With effort, she willed her eyes to open and stared up to see two strange men looking down at her. She glanced past them at Sami and Hellfire, but they didn’t move or say a word as the two men both eased closer to her.
Another wave had the one closest to her drawing in a sharp breath. He held up a hand, indicating that the other male stay back.
Unable to control what was happening, she drew in a weak breath and the scent of cat tickled her senses.
Her heart began to beat a little faster, and she licked her suddenly parched lips and blinked. A leather-clad male with piercing green eyes towered over her. Tall and lean, with short dark hair, dark stubble, he appeared in his late twenties. Though the darkness in his gaze, and the tightness around his mouth, suggested he was older and had seen things that no one should.
She held his gaze and it felt like he was searching her for something. Although what, she had no clue. A sudden tingle raced through her, making her suck in a deep breath. It felt like his soul was singing to hers. She knew she was weak and losing it, but what the hell? She drew in another breath and his scent made her blood heat. He wasn’t leopard, or not full. She tasted the scent, parsing the different breeds. There was a hint of jaguar, some cougar, a slight spice of tiger, but the predominant taste was sleek black panther.
The male standing beside him cleared his throat, breaking the spell. She turned her gaze on him. Older, shorter, and heavier, he appeared as if the weight of the world rested on his shoulders. His scent told of even more mix in his bloodline and didn’t interest her cat at all.
“Who—what’s going on?” she tried to ask but her brain wasn’t functioning very well.
“We went to get you some help,” Sami said from behind the two cats and she wanted to snort. Just her luck, the only cats willing to help her were mixed breeds, or what her clan sneeringly called alley cats.
Still, she found herself drawn to the tall, dark, green-eyed cat closest to her. He hadn’t moved and his gaze hadn’t wavered from her. She swallowed, realizing that his scent wasn’t objectionable to her cat at all, in fact, the beast inside her was beginning to purr, having a new target in its sight.
“I’ll do it,” she heard the older male say and wasn’t sure what he was talking about, but Green-eyes shook his head. “No.”
The older man objected, only to be cut off by a low, feral growl that made her heart begin to thump a little harder. Green-eyes turned his gaze on the older man for a moment. “Veldi, I said no.” The words were spoken with a deep, husky authority that made her shiver.
Elianna felt like a bug under a microscope as Green-eyes stared hungrily at her. Suddenly, the need she’d been feeling all day, clawed at her insides. A moment later, the older man, Veldi, held up his hand and moved back. “Fine, she’s all yours.”
Green-eyes leaned down and effortlessly scooped her up into his arms before turning to Sami and Hellfire. “You mentioned I could use one of the cabins?”
Sami nodded. “Yes, they are all empty, other than the one at this end.”
Without another word, the male turned and carried her down the stairs.
For the first time since she’d been thrown out of Jax’s room, Elianna felt her breath coming a little easier and not knowing or caring what was going on, she lay her head against this strange cat’s chest.
Chapter Sixty-Three
Kiss
JAX WATCHED as eventually Thaniel and Tierney’s eyes slid closed, and they napped. Then, keeping his arms around them both, he contacted his brother. “Sami?”
“Yeah, hey ah, you guys all right in there?” Sami asked and Jax cringed at his brother’s hesitant yet curious tone. Then he smiled as he thought of what had just happened. Weirdly enough, he was just great.
“Yeah, we’re all good. Sorry, I know it is strange, but, it kind of just happened—” he told his brother.
“Ah, yeah, it’s certainly different, but I, as weird as it is, I actually kinda get it,” Sami said and Jax relaxed. Of course he did. Even if he didn’t understand it, Sami was Dracones.
“I think I remember families in Razukeen with multiple mates,” Sami said, and Jax closed his eyes in relief, glad his brother wasn’t going to be too freaked out about all this.
“Did you find the guy you were looking for at Club Purgatori?” Jax asked then.
“We did,” Sami said.
“The one that … ah, Hellfire fought?” Jax asked, wondering if he should be worried about his brother.
“No, Tito isn’t here. It’s Enyowas and his brother. These guys are part of a rogue Were-cat clan in Spokane,” Sami said and Jax
could hear his brother’s desire to rip Tito’s throat out. “I think Hellfire was relieved we didn’t find the fuck-wad who attacked her.” Sami said angrily, and Jax could imagine Hellfire worrying about how to keep Sami from sending the asshole straight to the fiery depths of hell.
“Good. Did they agree to take the she-bitch Elianna off our hands?” Jax asked, knowing it wasn’t very charitable of him, but that female just got on all their nerves.
“Well, Enyowas said he’d decide after he saw her … then we found her crying outside your room. Anyway, when he saw the state she was in, he said he couldn’t take her back to his clan like she is. So he’s now, ah … taking care of her. I think—” Sami said, sounding unsure.
“Well, I hope one of them does, that bitch needs to go. She’s a real pain in the ass,” Jax bit out angrily as he thought about how close she came to making Thaniel her slave.
“I don’t like her either, but Enyowas says that when they go into heat, they have zero control. It’s like they go psycho until they are, ah … good and fucked. Yeah, those are his words. Anyway—” Sami let the thought trail off.
“Yeah, still doesn’t forgive what she did, turning Thaniel into a Were-leopard without his consent and now, trying to force him to mate her. If she at least showed a little remorse,” Jax said, not ready to give up on his hate for the girl.
“Yeah, I know,” Sami agreed.
“Anyway, what about the other thing?” Jax asked.
“Done, it was a little tricky, but Hellfire helped me and we got him. He’s staying in Mark’s cabin for the time being,” Sami said and Jax smiled. “Great, thanks, bro, I’d like to talk to this Enyowas before he leaves.”
“I’ll let him know. I let him use one the cabins furthest from Mark’s and he said he’d see us in the morning,” Sami said.
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