Bernard, Lynnette - Laurie's Loves [Beckett's Wolf Pack, Triad Mates] (Siren Publishing Ménage and More)

by Lynnette Bernard

  Laurie smiled at both men, her men, and willingly leaned into the warmth of their bodies as they engulfed her in their embrace. She kissed their chests gently and wrapped her arms around their waists, leaning up to look at them as they stared down at her. She could see the longing in their eyes and knew that she could never deny them the happiness that they deserved.

  “You have no idea how much I want to be with you both,” she told them quietly.

  Before she could say another word, Jace reached out and picked her up in his arms. She squealed in surprise and struggled to get down.

  “Please put me down, Jace,” she begged, “I don’t have a model figure that’s easy for you to carry.” The contempt she had for herself was obvious in her voice.

  Jace looked down at her in shock. “Laurie, I plan on carrying you up to our bedroom and making love to you all night,” he told her calmly. “But I’m only going to warn you once. The person you are, body and soul, is exactly what Jackson and I want and need. You are never to talk about yourself in a negative way again. Am I clear on this?”

  Laurie looked up at him in stunned silence. She turned slightly to look at Jackson, feeling her face burn with embarrassment. The anger on his face made her turn away and lower her eyes. She pushed at Jace’s chest until he allowed her to slide down the length of his body to stand before him. She took a step away from them both, hugging her arms around herself as she fought to control her nervousness. Every insecurity she possessed overwhelmed her at that moment.

  “Do you have any idea how much it angers us to know that you truly believe that you’re not the beautiful, desirable, and feminine woman that we know you are?” Jackson asked her quietly, making every effort to calm himself and not lose his temper.

  Jace stepped toward her, backing her against the counter. Reaching down, he gently lifted her to settle her on it, reaching up to gently spread her legs and step between them. He pulled her toward him, and she could feel his erection straining against his jeans as he leaned into her body.

  “I know you haven’t been treated with much respect in your life, honey,” he told her quietly. “But you will be from now on. The three of us will form the ruling triad of our pack. My word is law here. Jackson is next in command. His word is never questioned. Every one of our pack members knows that what he says and does is on my behalf. I am your alpha. Jackson is your beta.”

  Laurie looked at Jace, confusion making her forehead furrow. She looked to her left and saw Jackson move toward them and wrap his arms around the both of them.

  “What does that make me?” she asked carefully.

  “You, Laurie, are our heart,” Jace told her softly. “You are the one who tempers our emotions and centers our lives.” He reached up then and gently caressed her check. “It’s you who will bring the love and caring that we need to rule to the best of our abilities. Without you, we would lose our humanity and be ruled by the animal side of our nature.”

  “You’re the woman who will help us keep a healthy balance between wolf and man,” Jackson explained quietly, leaning forward to kiss her forehead lightly. “Without you, we would live our lives searching for the love that would save us.”

  “Laurie, don’t you understand?” Jace continued. “You are the mate we have waited our whole lives for. There is no more perfect match for us. Everything about you calls to us. Your scent, your humor, your kindness, your caring, your gentleness, your intelligence, your guidance, and your body.”

  He leaned forward to kiss her lips gently at first, soon becoming more demanding as his tongue searched along her lips until she opened up and accepted him. He groaned into her mouth and reached around her to pull her body closer against his chest, rubbing his groin against hers, loving the sound of her whimpers against his mouth.

  He pulled back from her and smiled at the dazed expression on her face as she looked up at him. Her lips were swollen, her eyes half closed, and he couldn’t stop the growl that escaped him as he felt her body submit to his.

  Jackson leaned in and covered her lips with his own, growling at her eager acceptance of his claiming. When she reached around to pull him toward her, he felt a surge of happiness burst through him. They had finally found their jewel. And they were damn sure going to protect and love her for the rest of their lives.

  “Do you have any idea how much we love touching you?” Jackson finally asked her, not waiting to hear a response from her. “Do you understand how your body drives us crazy with desire?”

  Laurie looked at him silently, searching his face for any sign of deceit. She found none. She saw only a look of pure longing and what she hoped was unmitigated lust. She turned to face Jace and saw that his expression was guarded, but he held the same desire and want in his eyes.

  Pushing at them both gently, she climbed down off the counter as they stepped back to give her space. She saw the concern in their faces as she walked away from them, but didn’t give them any indication of what she was thinking.

  She reached the doorway that led to the main living room and turned to face them. “I’ll be in my room,” she told them quietly. Without another word, she turned and left them alone in the kitchen.

  Jace turned to Jackson and knew his face held the same anguished look as his beta’s. Neither man knew what to say. With Laurie’s departure from the kitchen, all life had left the room. Silently, they walked out of the kitchen and made their way to their rooms. It took every bit of strength to make it up the stairs. They couldn’t even speak to each other in their minds. There was nothing to say. They were totally and utterly devastated.

  They saw the door to Laurie’s bedroom was wide open, and they looked at each other in confusion. Stepping toward her room, they realized that it was dark. And empty. A sense of panic overtook them, and they feared the worst.

  Jace reached in and turned on the light, quickly searching the room for Laurie and finding it totally empty and all of her belongings gone. The pain in his heart was immediate. Jackson was right beside him, and he could feel the same sense of despair overpowering him.

  “We’ve lost her, Jackson,” Jace said tiredly.

  “No we haven’t, Jace,” Jackson insisted. “We can’t give up. She has to know in her heart that we’re meant to be together.”

  Jace shook his head and turned to leave her bedroom. This time, Jackson was wrong. She had left them. Her empty bedroom proved that. She had made her decision.

  Stepping out into the hallway with Jackson right behind him, he walked toward his bedroom. The sound of a door opening at the end of the hallway pulled both of their attentions toward it immediately. They froze as one at the sight before them. Laurie stood in the open doorway of the room that they were meant to share with their mate.

  “It took you long enough,” she told them quietly. “Please don’t make me go to bed in this room without you.”

  Chapter 12

  In four long strides, Jace reached Laurie and lifted her into his arms, entering the room quickly then turning to push her roughly against the closed door. Jackson locked the door with a resounding click, then stepped beside Laurie and joined Jace in pinning her with their bodies. Jace’s growls joined his as they looked down at the woman in their arms.

  “You will never, never, do that to us again, Mate,” Jace growled against her throat, biting lightly to emphasize his words.

  Jackson reached forward and gripped Laurie’s hair in his hand to pull her head back so that she looked up at him. Her breath caught in her throat as she saw the total devastation and pain in his eyes.

  “You hold our hearts in your hands, Laurie,” he told her softly, his gentle brown eyes flashing golden just briefly as he looked at her.

  Jace leaned away from her neck and stared down at her, the same golden glow flashing in his eyes as he looked at her. The same deep sadness that she saw in Jackson’s eyes was mirrored in his as well.

  Laurie’s brown eyes filled with tears as she looked at both men, realizing that she had hurt them. It d
idn’t matter that she hadn’t meant to. She had. And she would never forgive herself for it.

  Reaching up, she touched each man’s face tenderly, and gently rubbed her thumb across their cheeks. “I’m sorry,” she whispered sincerely. “I’m not very good at seduction. I’ve never wanted to seduce any man before now.”

  Jace looked down at her and smiled, rubbing his cheek against the softness of her hand. “You were trying to seduce us?” His voice held both amusement and arousal. “All it would take for you to seduce us, sweetheart, would be a smile and a kiss.”

  Laurie smiled at his words. “Really?” she asked, happy that the sadness was gone from his eyes. She turned to look at Jackson and saw that his eyes had regained the mischievous twinkle that she had come to enjoy. His tender smile made her tears flow harder. They slowly left her eyes and rolled down her cheeks. “Do you think just a kiss from me would seduce you, Jackson?” she whispered, smiling at him shyly.

  “Baby, there’s no doubt in my mind that one kiss from you would make me so hard I wouldn’t want to stop until I was buried so deep inside you we wouldn’t be aware of anything except that we were one.” His gaze went to the custom-made bed that dominated the room, and his cock jerked at the vision of the three of them sleeping and loving in that bed for the rest of their lives.

  “Did you know that there are many kinds of kisses, sweetheart?” Jace asked as he leaned into her neck and took a deep breath, taking in her scent and hugging her to him as he brought her slowly away from the wall and walked them backward toward the center of the room.

  “Really?” Laurie answered, smiling at him. “And are you going to tell me all about these different kinds of kisses?”

  Jace stepped back, reluctantly releasing his hold on her. “No, baby,” he told her, smiling, reaching up to unsnap his jeans. “We’re going to show you.”

  “Take off your clothes, honey,” Jackson told her quietly.

  Laurie shivered at the command. And it was a command. The softness of his voice could not mask his power.

  “Just remember that I’ll have the right to tell you to take off your clothes any time I want, too,” she told him, smiling as his right eyebrow lifted in surprise, before his eyes flashed a soft gold.

  Laurie smiled at the two men, appreciating the expanse of beautifully tanned skin and muscle as they slowly removed their jeans until they stood gloriously naked before her, their erections standing hard and proud as they faced her. She licked her lips in anticipation as they started closing the distance between them. They stopped just a foot from her and waited, watching as she pulled her shirt over her head and reached down to unzip her jeans and push them over her hips.

  She is gorgeous. Jace’s voice was nearly breathless in Jackson’s head. He took a step toward her and reached up to slowly unclasp the front closure of her peach-colored bra.

  I’m going to lick every luscious curve of her body. Jackson growled as Laurie’s bra fell to the floor, and she stood before them naked from the waist up.

  Jace leaned forward and tenderly kissed Laurie’s forehead, closing his eyes and breathing in her wonderful scent. “As types of kisses go, that would be kiss number one,” he whispered softly.

  Laurie smiled and leaned into his lips, loving the gentle way he touched her. Jackson leaned against her face and gently kissed her cheek.

  Leaning into her hair, he whispered into her ear very softly. “And that would be kiss number two.”

  Laurie couldn’t stop herself from giggling as both men nuzzled against her neck and kissed her against her pulse points, sucking her flesh into their mouths before biting down gently.

  “That would be kiss number three,” Jace whispered, growling against her neck, using every bit of his control not to bite her too hard.

  Laurie’s moans of pleasure spurred them on, spiking their arousal. They stepped forward as one and wrapped their arms around her. Jackson took her mouth in a kiss that nearly made Laurie cry with the tenderness of it.

  “That’s kiss number four,” he whispered as he pulled back and looked down at their mate, loving the way her expression was soft and open. He was definitely liking the way she was so pliant in their arms and so open to their touch.

  Jace leaned in and took her mouth gently, increasing the pressure of his lips against hers as he demanded entrance. The growl that escaped him was matched by Laurie’s moan as she opened to accept his tongue and reached with her own to dance with his. Her arms tightened around both men as she lost herself in the kiss, not even realizing when Jackson’s mouth took over and kissed her until she was barely able to breathe.

  “That was kiss number five?” she asked, breathless and aroused beyond measure.

  Both men’s deep laughter made her smile. She felt the warmth of their happiness surround her, and she knew that she would be happy for the rest if her life if she made them happy. Her worries and insecurities were pushed aside for now. She wanted to be the one who gave them joy.

  “Yes, baby,” Jackson told her, chuckling. “That was number five.”

  Both men stepped back, and she felt their loss immediately. She couldn’t stop the sound of distress that left her as she lost the connection. They looked at each other and smiled as they knelt before her as one and reached out to take hold of her waist and pull her toward them. Lifting their hands to cup her breasts and gently stroke the fullness of them, they were struck by the beauty of her softness. Leaning forward slowly, they kissed the soft undersides of her breasts before settling on the rosy pinkness of her areolas. Pulling the erect tips of her nipples into their mouths, they suckled gently at first, then increased the pressure and bit down gently until Laurie moaned and laced her fingers through their hair to pull them closer against her body.

  “Jace. Jackson,” she moaned, unable to give voice to the power they had over her.

  “That’s kiss number six,” Jace told her, his voice deep with desire. He reached up and hooked his index fingers in the waistband of her panties and slowly pulled them past her hips, leaning forward to inhale the scent of arousal that flooded her as she lifted her feet to allow him to remove the delicate material from her body.

  Standing, Jace drew her into his arms, growling as his fully engorged cock dragged against her body to find its home between her legs to rest tightly against the warmth of the swollen folds of her sex. He pushed against her once to appease his wolf, but his human side fought to control his claiming.

  Jackson came up behind her, kissing his way from the sweet swell of her ass, up her spine, to her shoulders, leaning forward to bite her right shoulder gently. Laurie moaned once again from the double onslaught of the two men’s loving.

  “That would be kiss number seven,” Jackson whispered against her neck.

  Laurie lifted her arm and reached behind her to tenderly stroke Jackson’s soft hair then turned her face to kiss him gently. Jackson smiled down at her and couldn’t keep the emotions from his face as he looked at her with all the love he was feeling for her. His heart was full as he saw the caring she couldn’t help but show him. He said a silent prayer to the Fates that she would realize just how much they both loved her.

  Jace moved to climb onto the bed, bringing Laurie with him as he went. When she tried to kiss her way up his body, he stopped her with strong hands and pulled her up to kneel beside him. “No, Laurie, this night is for you,” he told her firmly. “Just let us love you.”

  Laurie looked at him silently for a moment, nodding slightly after thinking. “Okay for now,” she agreed, “but next time, you’re both mine.”

  Jackson leaned over her back, pulling at her waist to settle her on her hands and knees. “Sounds good, baby,” he told her as he reached forward to squeeze the cheeks of her ass and moan at the soft fullness of them. He kissed each cheek softly, biting her gently as she gasped in surprise at his touch.

  Separating the mounds of her ass, Jackson growled as he looked down at the forbidden star. “Have you ever been taken here, Laurie?” he as
ked, reaching forward and rubbing the puckered opening with the pads of his thumbs.

  “No,” Laurie whispered, confused by the excitement she felt at Jackson’s touch and the thought of them both entering her body there.

  “We’re not small men, honey,” Jackson told her calmly, continuing to caress her tight ring of muscle, smiling as he felt her lean into his touch. “We’ll have to prepare you over time to stretch you before we can try this. We don’t want to hurt you.” He leaned forward and licked at her opening, his tongue carefully playing with her before pushing in lightly, then leaning back to kiss the sweet opening that he knew they would soon find ecstasy within.

  Laurie looked up at Jace, her passion obvious on her face despite her confusion at the newness of what Jackson was doing and promising. “Jace?” she questioned, not really sure what to ask.

  “That would be kiss number eight, sweetheart,” he told her gently. “Don’t be afraid. Everything we do with you is out of love and desire to bring you the most pleasure and happiness.”

  Laurie searched his handsome face and was amazed that she was actually experiencing such beautiful lovemaking with these two incredible men. When Jace reached out and took her in his arms, she went willingly. He turned her body so that she lay on her back, and he smiled down at her with a mischievous smile that made her heart race in anticipation.

  “My turn,” he told her softly, kissing his way down her body until he settled between her legs, loving that she opened herself to him without hesitation. The very width of his broad shoulders forced her to spread her legs wide, and he settled himself within the cradle of her hips, smiling as he saw Jackson lay beside her and take her into his embrace immediately.

  Jace leaned in to take a deep breath and absorb the wonderful scent of their mate’s desire for them. He reached forward and spread her swollen lips, running his finger along her cleft and growling at the wetness that awaited him. He couldn’t stop himself from leaning in and reaching out with his tongue to slowly lick the sweet nectar of her crème. He couldn’t stop, didn’t want to stop, loving the sound of Laurie’s mews of pleasure as he quickly plunged in and out of her warmth, sliding his tongue up to circle the engorged nub of her clit before drawing it into his mouth and suckling gently before biting down with just the right amount of pressure.