Zodiac Binding

by Arya Karin

  Shifting, I peeked at the two men. One was dark skinned and already naked with a long penis curled slightly toward his abs. He too looked like a football player and I licked my lips. The other guy was blond with a surfer haircut and body. He jerked out a thick, wide cock from his pants.

  “Hell yes, fuck me!” I trembled but held onto Caine. I couldn't stand and didn't think I could sit up either on my own.

  “Here,” Leo held out a hand. “Lay her on top of me. Gregg, you pound that ass.”

  Gregg's dark gaze drank me in, and I shivered. “Thought you'd never ask. That’s okay with you mistress?”

  “Yes,” I panted, taking Leo's hand.

  He laid down and drew me to him. Stretching out over him, he adjusted himself until his pushed up into me. I started to move, needing to fuck, but he held my hips down.

  “Wait for Gregg, then we can bring you ecstasy.”

  I obeyed even though my body screamed to move. To the side, Caine and Jerry watched. Each stroking themselves to be ready for me. That thought had the lust snapping through my veins. “Hurry!” I shouted to Gregg. The desire to have them both filling me consumed me. “Fuck me!”

  Gregg got on his knees behind me and pinched my ass. I wiggled backward to feel his dick. No way could I stop.

  His penis eased into my butt a fraction and an orgasm ripped out of me.

  “Yes! Oh God don't stop.” I pushed back more and Leo in my vagina started pumping. My sex pulsed and dampened.

  Behind me, Gregg thrust in a bit more and the pain and pleasure combined had me reeling.

  I screamed until my throat was raw as they both moved inside me. Deeper and deeper until wave after wave of pleasure broke through. I was stuffed with them both. And each time they both sank into me, another orgasm bloomed.

  Gregg fucked my ass in hard, long strokes. His dark hands moving to my breasts as he pulled on my nipples bringing my climax surging out of me.

  “Shit!” Leo cried as he thrust up and his ejaculation shot up into me.

  Gregg pumped me faster from behind, my clit rubbing against Leo's now relaxed cock.

  I was spent and flopped down while Gregg thrust into my ass three more times before he ejaculated inside me.

  He smacked a hand on my ass. “Better?”

  “Yes, thank—” before I could finish, the heat intensified and I had to have more. Had to have them all at once.

  Chapter Ten

  “Shit!” Gregg shook his head. “For real? The heat is taking you over again so soon?”

  I clenched my teeth and fists and nodded. My body trembled and throbbed.

  “Here. Let me help some,” Caine said tucking an arm around my hips, lifted me, and tucked me into his side.

  Warm tingles seeped into me from his touch and eased the sexual frustration some.

  “Better?” he asked.

  I could still feel the underlying currents of wanting and needing sex as much as breathing but not to the desperation of a moment ago. “Yes, a bit. Thank you.” And how was he able to help like this? “If you can take the edge off before, why didn't you?”

  “Because we weren't connected before.” He rubbed my lower back and the motion was hypnotic. “And I refused to con you into bonding with me by promising a small reprieve. This sedative, if you will, won't last. And you'll be hornier than before.”

  “Great.” I was totally screwed. At the pun, I should have giggled but didn’t have the strength.

  “We need to get you fed and cleaned up before the next wave of sex.” Caine led me to the stairs.

  Food and a bath sounded divine. Oh, and sleeping for a week straight. My body was worn out from trying to hold back the desire to having so much sex all at once and back. I looked over my shoulder to Gregg, Leo, and Jerry who dressed back in their clothes. My mates, my men who dropped everything, literally, to come and help me out and join my crazy-ass coven. A bond grew between us already despite the fact I really didn’t even know what the hell I was doing. How could I run a harem with four men…much less twelve?

  “Are they coming with us?”

  “Of course, we are the foundation of your court now,” Caine said. “All four of us.”

  We ascended the stairs to a living room carved out of the mountain. Orange and red rock walls surrounded the space. Two huge white plush couches stood in the center. Glass coffee table lined with silver fittings sat in front of the couches. Several teal-colored recliners were sprinkled on either side of the couches with one in front of a painting of a silver dragon in flight that hung from one of the walls.

  Caine moved his hand down to take mine and I followed him to a kitchen. “Sorry, I'm not really a cook, but I can make you a sandwich.”

  “That would be fine.” Damn, even his kitchen looked like something out of a magazine. Silver, top-notch appliances. A glass stove top, and white cabinets with the rock wall as the backsplash.

  “Move aside, Dragon.” Jerry strode forward. “Don't worry, Mistress, I can whip something up for you.” He opened the fridge and pulled out eggs, bacon, and butter.

  “How are you doing?” Leo asked coming up to my left.

  “Good.” I shivered suddenly feeling very self-conscious naked with four sexy men around me. Wait, one was missing. Had he changed his mind and took off? “Where's Gregg?”

  “He's running a bath for you and Caine.” Leo smirked. “No offense but you’re starting to stink.”

  Unable to help myself, I laughed. “I smell like all of you.”

  “Yeah,” Jerry chopped up an onion, “and they all reek.”

  “No, we don't stink…at least I don't.” Caine snorted.

  “What about the rest of you? Don’t you need to get cleaned up as well?”

  “Are you inviting us to an orgy in the bathroom?” Leo waggled his eyebrows. “Cause we were gonna just take showers and give you and Caine some alone time.”

  Jerry made kissy faces.

  “Maybe another time.” I shook my head. “And if the bathtub is big enough.” A bath sounded wonderful but I was starving too. “Do I have time to get cleaned before dinner?” I asked.

  “Yes, food will be ready in half an hour.” Jerry added the onion and a slab of chicken to a smoking pan. The smell made me even hungrier but it would be a while before the food was ready.

  Caine kissed my hand. “Shall we?”

  I nodded. We walked hand in hand past the living room to a large bedroom that mine and my aunt's apartment could fit inside. Crap! I hadn't told her anything about what had happened at the council meeting or afterward. Except for the picture of Caine and the text, I’d sent when I first got into his car. “Where's my cellphone?”

  “Probably lost in the woods somewhere.” Caine guided me past a bed that was larger than three king-size ones put together. “I have a phone in the bathroom you may use.”

  Why has a phone in their—oh my. Her words died as she eyed a bathroom carved of white marble. Even the tub, which looked big enough for Caine to fit in his dragon form, was filling with steamy water and bubbles.

  Gregg winked at me. “Thought you two could use some alone time before we eat.” He licked his lips and stared straight at my naked sex, his deep North African voice giving me delicious chills and I remember his dick shoved into my ass. “And maybe taste some dessert later.”

  My skin heated, and Gregg chuckled, then left with a salute.

  I turned to Caine, his crooked smile making my knees weak. If I was mated to all four of them, then why were they giving Caine special treatment like he was more important than them? “Why are they treating you superior treatment like pouring a bath and giving us time alone?”

  “Every pack, no matter how small, needs an alpha.”

  Usually, the leader of the pack was the strongest one. “So because you’re a drag—”

  “No,” his eyes darkened slightly and I was reminded just how powerful his shifter animal really was. “No, because I was the first one chosen. You could’ve picked a fox shifter
and they would be behaving the same.”

  “Understood.” Guess that made sense. Otherwise, there might be constant fighting between all the men as to who was first.

  “After you.” Caine smiled.

  I didn't let go of his hand but climbed into the warm water, Caine following after me. “Where's the phone, I need to call my aunt before she brings the witch brigade to your doorstep.”

  He huffed, the water slashing across his six-pack abs and mesmerizing me. “As if they could find the door.”

  “Don't underestimate my Aunt Jess.” I blinked to take my gaze off his chiseled body. “She gets something in her sights and she never stops.”

  “Fine.” His mouth dipped down into a tiny pout. “The phone is in the panel here.” He pushed an indent on the white marble and a cell mounted inside the wall. “Go ahead. Ask it to dial a number. I'll wash while you talk.” He grabbed the soap.

  The loss of his touch sent my desire spiraling but I quelled it by thinking of how worried Jess would be. I said the phone number out loud and the phone clicked, then her line rang.

  My nerves danced underneath my skin. What would she say? Would she believe me or think I was some sex-crazed person that she never really knew.

  “It'll be okay,” Caine whispered. His soapy hands caressed my back.

  “Hello?” Aunt Jess’ voice cracked.

  “Jess, it's me, Karen.” My heart hammered in my chest like it would break through my breastbone to reach the phone.

  “Oh, my Goddess! Are you okay? I've been calling and texting since I got your message.”

  “I'm fine. Just uh... something's happened.”

  “What? Tell me where you are and I'll come get you. I've got a batch of charms read—”

  “Jess, it's all right. I'm with friends...um new ones...shifters.” Shit, how was I going to explain this to her without revealing too much personal information or the inner workings of shifters that might get both her and me killed if I told?

  “What type of shifters?”

  I bit my lip at Caine who gave me a crooked smile. His emerald eyes still took me getting used to seeing them glow from his dragon power.

  “Karen Marie Martin, answer me!” her voice blared over the phone.

  “Well, I'm kinda dating the guy who I sent you the picture of.” Actually having sex with him and three other guys but I couldn't tell her that.

  “The picture was a bit fuzzy...what kind of shifter is he? His name? Where does he live?”

  Crap! Dragons had a bad reputation, especially among witches. Many spells didn’t work on them and they were considered wild and dangerous. How was I going to explain this to my aunt?

  Caine moved his hands to my arms and his soapy strokes were distracting me.

  “Um...he's a dragon shifter.”

  The line on her end banged against something like she’d dropped the phone. Then she cleared her throat. “Sorry, did you say dragon? Karen, do you know what you're getting yourself into? They are tricksters and will tell and do anything to steal your magic and soul.”

  Behind me, Caine stiffened.

  Unease slammed into me, but I forced it back. Caine could've harmed me, then he would have by now. Instead, he'd risked his life to help me, and I remember the conviction in his eyes before we made love for the first time. It was genuine, not contrived. It couldn't have been.

  I swallowed the lump forming in my throat and took his hand. “The same could be said of coyote shifters.”

  Caine kissed my shoulder making water slush around us.

  “Yes but your father fulfilled that belief.”

  Anger snapped through my veins and my skin heated. “And so am I.”

  “Karen, I meant no disrespect but you're only half Coyote and—”

  “It's okay.” I looked down at the bubbles floating in the bath. The warm water had cooled and I shivered. “Listen, I'll call you later. I've got to finish the assignment from the shifter council. Wish I could tell you more but it's only for our kind.” Mostly the truth but I hated lying to her.

  “Well, I'm glad you called. I'll give you a dragon charm to protect you when you get back home.”

  Thanks, Aunt Jess.” I clicked the end button and frowned. When would I ever go home again? Even with four out of the twelve of my coven picked, Caine had said that the sexual hunger would return soon. Together, we could keep it at bay with lots of sex and ménage but how long would that last? A week? Days?

  Chapter Eleven

  Washed, I wore one of Caine's silk robes. The material caressed my skin and hung down to my shins but made me feel sexy as I remained naked underneath. I sat at the kitchen bar beside Caine who stared at a spicy chicken pasta dish steaming in front of me, then back to his. It smelled divine and my mouth watered.

  “Eat up.” Jerry nodded leaning across the counter toward me.

  Despite my phone call to my aunt and her worries, I was starving. In seconds, I devoured my plate.

  Jerry chuckled and added more to my plate. Beside me, Caine barely touched his food, but he kept his hand on my thigh. His touch warmed me and kept the lust-filled desperation at bay...at least for the moment. But I was so glad to have the reprieve of not having to have sex and enjoy my meal. Further, I wanted to get to know these four men. We would be together until I died. What if I didn’t live up to their expectations? What if I wasn’t suitable for them and they wasted their lives with me?

  I really wanted to get to know them more since I knew little about them despite having sex with them all. For this to work, I wanted a connection, a relationship with each of them. First, I had to find out more.

  “How did you all meet?” I asked, then stuffed a bite of pasta into my mouth.

  Gregg crackled his knuckles. “Witches had locked me in my gorilla form and hunted me. I couldn't transform back.”

  The pasta in my mouth suddenly lost all flavor. It wasn't a secret that the shifters and magical communities didn't mesh but what he described was forbidden. “Why? I mean not sure that there would ever be a reason to do that.” The words spilled out of me. Did he know I was half-witch? I choked on my food.

  “He knows your heritage.” Caine gently squeezed my thigh.

  I took a sip of wine that Leo handed me.

  “My sister had fallen in love with another witch,” Gregg continued. “When her family found out, they turned us all into our gorilla forms and killed us one by one.” His dark eyes saddened. “I was the only one left. I tried to protect my family but they were slaughtered. I was near death when Caine found me.” Gregg gave him a nod. “He broke the spell over me and blasted those witches to ash.”

  I squirmed on the bar stool. “Why didn't you take the issue to the high councils? Both magical and shifter?” That was the legal course. What Gregg said had happened was vigilantly at best.

  Caine sighed. “We did. After the fact but when a dozen witches are aiming a death spell, it's best to cut the bullshit legislation with a blowtorch. We were pardoned at both hearings.”

  “Oh.” My cheeks heated. “So sorry for your loss.” Why was he even with me then?

  “Can't change the past. I've learned to forgive myself and the others a long time ago.” Gregg reached for my hand and kissed the knuckles. “I am honored to be part of your court. And I hope with your dual heritage, you'll make changes for the better for all.”

  My voice caught in my throat but I gave him a smile and squeezed his hand. For a moment, it felt like he and I were the only ones in the room and my heart skipped a beat. This dark and handsome man was one of my lovers and I was the luckiest girl in the world.

  Gregg released my hand and stacked the dirty pans into the sink.

  “It was in the middle of the ocean that Caine saved my life.” Jerry sat down on the other side of me and where his body brushed against mine gave me goosebumps.

  How long would it take to find and kiss the freckles on his body?

  “The fishing boat I worked on started taking in water. Men knew I w
as a bear shifter and knocked me out. Guess they blamed me for the bad luck...we hadn't caught as many fish once I'd joined the crew that year. Or maybe they thought I'd turn on them if hungry enough and didn't want the added risk.” He shrugged and his reddish-brown hair brushed his shoulders.

  “That’s horrible,” I huffed and hooked my arm through his. Humans were suspicious of both the magical community and shifters. To them, anyone who could transform into an animal was dangerous. And magic, that was a whole other bad juju.

  “Whatever the reason, I woke to an empty ocean and a plank to hold onto. Was out there three days and often thought about giving up. I wasn't a strong swimmer with land nowhere in sight.”

  Gregg took my empty plate and I leaned against Caine's chest, my back instantly warmed and he slipped his arms around me.

  “How did Caine rescue you then? Did he know you were lost?”

  “I worked with the shifter coast guard then.” Caine's breath tickled the top of my hair. “One of the humans onboard Jerry's boat got a conscious and he told us the next day about what happened. Took me two whole days to find him and afterward, he was in the hospital for weeks from dehydration and his shark bite.”

  “Wait,” I leaned forward, “What happened?” I hadn't noticed a scar earlier in the hot springs but then again, I'd been busy having sex.

  He flashed his thigh at me and I ran my hand down his thigh. Instantly, my lust and desire spiked. Holding onto me, Caine must have felt it too because he tightened his arms around me.

  I squeezed my eyes shut and swallowed a few times before opening them.

  “Sorry. I'm okay.”

  All three other guys froze and stared at me. Great. Time to change the subject. “And Leo? How did you meet Caine?”

  The surfer flipped his blond hair out of his eyes but his brow was pinched. “My sister was engaged to Caine.”

  I jerked to turn sideways to see the dragon shifter’s reaction. Instead of easing my fears, he cleared his throat.

  “It was a long time ago. We've both moved on,” Caine said.

  That's not what it sounded like to me. “Oh?”