Ch. 611..620
Chapter 0611
I pull off Cam's t-shirt and step in behind Oliver. Speaking of larger than life and gorgeous. He has always been tall, dark and handsome, but the addition of the extra cut muscles that are rippling and flexing with each small movement he makes has me almost drooling, just staring at him. He looks over his shoulder and smiles at me with that half smile, making my breath catch. He doesn't stop what he's doing or say anything, just watches me out of the corner of his eye as I step into the stream of water he had on and warm for me next to the shower head he was using. I shower quickly before this turns into more than can handle.
We both stepped out and dried off, another t-shirt was laid next to my towel. This time it is Cam's shirt and I have to smile. I finish getting ready for bed after Oliver leaves the bathroom. It's sometimes overwhelming to have all three of them around all the time, but I also don't think I would want it any other way after spending so much of my youth alone. I would choose this chaos everytime. "Laying a claim there brother?" Dakota asks as I walk straight to the bed and laugh.
"Just thought it was fitting, that's all. You'll have her all day tomorrow. I wanted to remind her which triplet is superior." He lays back with his arms behind his head looking smug.
"I wonder if that will ever stop being weird to hear?" Oliver slides in next to me.
"Get used to it. Tiny is the only one who can tell the three of us apart. It's actually kind of funny to watch people guess or not say our names when they talk to us. Even Mom and Brett can't tell." Cam shrugs. "Not gonna lie, that's also an adjustment. I mean, I've never seen dad with anyone, but to see him with the Luna is strange for me. Are you guys okay with that? I mean, it's been what, three months since your dad passed. That's not a lot of time to grieve, if she even has. We've all been kind of busy." Oliver plays with a strand of my hair.
"I actually think that might be
helping her, especially now. They were always close, like you and Tiny, there's always been a tight connection, She's a Luna, even if a former one, and she's worried about the pack and now all of us. We finally have our mate, the person who is going to have our pups and that is something she has looked forward to for a very long time. Now that we know what we do about Dad and Adrielle and all of that stuff, I wonder if they were worried about us even surviving this long in life. But that is a conversation for another day. It has been a long one and I worked over our little mate here. She needs her rest."
"We'll just have to wait and see which triplet she likes the best when we've all had our time alone. She can't base her decision on you alone when there are two others to choose from. Dakota climbs in and leans over his brother making a show of kissing me deeply and I jus smile into it. He winks at me and pulls
I
away. "I have a whole day with you."
I ignore them. "What's tomorrow?"
"We are training. You want to see what we can do and Jena, Lil and Sierra are the best people to spar with since they know your moves the best. We have been informed that they have given us enough time with you and we need to share."
"Wait! Why haven't they said anything to me about that?"
"They know you and know that you will put them first even with the new mate bond in place, so they have been talking to us through their own mates. Don't ask, I stopped trying to figure gut girls' thought processes a long time ago. Bottom line they miss you and I'm sure part of that was being stuck in the tornado. It was more than enough away time for them, but for us it was hours." Cam caresses my face.
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"Are you both not going to be there?" I look from Oliver to Cam.
We will, but Gentry and Elena want to work with us on our magic, so we will be around but with other focuses. With the Rogue King right around the corner and Adrielle doing who knows what, we all need to be prepared, but to be honest I'm not interested in being too far from you either. The thought used to make me sick when we were just friends and I thought I was going to be your Gamma. The idea that there's a threat and you are going to be on the other side of the training arena makes my skin crawl. The only thing that is keeping my wolf calm about it is the fact that Dakota will be with you."
I lean in and give him a kiss, then turn to Cam to do the same. He tries to heat it up to rile up Dakota and Oliver, but Oliver snatches me back against his chest. I fell asleep almost instantly.
I wake up early again. It's nice to have some kind of return to a schedule. I have been so off for so long. THis little calm before the storm of the day is nice. I find myself back in the reading area, Ava was right, this is my favorite place, I am sitting with the dark green leather Grimiore again. I haven't seen mine, which I plan on asking about when we see Gentry and Elena today. Maybe they have it to add to it.
This time when I open the pages, my fingers feel cold. I've never had that with the grimoires before. Everyone I have ever handled has felt warm to the touch, like it was inviting me to read. This one almost seems like it's warning me off, but there is a different page marked and I can't get past my curiosity. This one has swirls of black ink that are sharp and pointy like thorns. The paper also has an acrid smell like when plastic is burned and the smell lingers in the air, stuck to everything. I can't decipher the words. THis is a language that Elena never went over when we studied back at the palace. I'll have to ask her about it today.
"Hey Baby." Oliver kisses the back of my head. "Good morning, Love." Cam kisses the same spot. "Hello Sweetness. You ready for a nice looooong day with me?" Dakota scoops me up off my chair as carries me into the kitchen.
"I want to go on record saying that whatever you got up to with Cam yesterday was hot and I did have to spend an unusual amount of time in the shower, and I would like to return the favor." He kisses the side of my head again.
"Hey! Can you wait on the favor return until after I am done working with Gentry and Elena? I think one day of embarrassment with them is enough, don't you?" Oliver points a spatula at him. "Wait, what happened?" I hope I didn't get him in trouble.
"Let's just say that not only does
your personal firepit go off when you are messing around with us, but the mates you are not actively having s*x with can and will org*sm like it's the fast climax they will ever have no matter who is standing around."
"NO!!" My hands are on my cheeks trying to hide the embarrassment.
"It was probably the best I have ever had by myself and I didn't even need my own hand." He walks over to me and wraps me in a hug while looking at Dakota who shrugs his shoulders shamelessly. "But I was hard all day and came more than once. One even dropped me to my knees. I couldn't move for about five minutes and all those two witches did was laugh at me, they tried to hide it at least, but not well. So I would appreciate some sympathy today."
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I move the green grimoire to the counter and turn to give him a hug. "I am sorry that happened. I will try to be more aware of where everyone is."
"Don't, we don't want to interrupt your time with any of us. It can be so chaotic and there are three of us. You do whatever you want with us, we won't complain, I promise." He kisses me on the forehead and pulls me in for another hug. "What's this Bitty?" He reaches for the book.
"It's a grimoire, I think. It's not mine and I don't know of anyone else who has one. It was on the bookshelves. I thought maybe it was given to Lucas. It feels cold and angry when I open it, like the book doesn't want me to read it. I was going to ask Gentry and Elena about it today."
"If it isn't friendly, let's not open it any more and get down to them sooner rather than later." Cam jumps up to help cook, ending that conversation abruptly. He's been the most wary of the magic since he found out about the deal his parents made.
Dakota and I get out plates and make coffee. It feels so domestic and foreign and yet familiar all at the same time. I lean back against the low cabinets separating the kitchen from my sitting room and watch them like I used to watch all the guys from the patio when they would clean up after big dinners by the pool.
"What has that smile on your face?" Dakota walks over and grabs my hand to bring me back to the island.
"Just a little deja vu, watching you guys in the kitchen together." I smile and follow him to the island. They actually let me sit in a chair this morning, all by myself. We ate and talked about nothing in particular and then got ready like this is our normal everyday.
As soon as we hit the main floor I am attacked by Sierra. She acts like we didn't see each other at all yesterday. Well, I mean it was busy with the random wolves attacking.
"Let's go test your fighting abilities now, and please promise not to kill anyone alright?" She sing-songs as she leads me out the door, not caring at all who is following along.
We go to one of the smaller arenas, we still haven't had the time or man power to remove all of the broken obstacle pieces. It feels wrong to just leave it like that, but we have bigger problems. I do want it fixed before we bring the pups home though.
We move to the farthest edge of the arena and Sierra turns me towards her. "Okay, now I really need to know. Are you happy? I mean, you always wanted to find your mate and basically ride off into the sunset with him. Now you have three mates, are here permanently and you're an Alpha because you are too good to be a Luna." She has her hands on her hips and I can feel Jena and Lil behind me. We are upwind from them, but I can catch faint whiffs of their scents. Their presence is like a pressure at my back. Without looking I can tell how far they are from me and at what angle they are to my back. ***"Dakota, have them test your blind spot, just past your peripherals."
"I am happy. I only wanted to leave because of Kaley. I figured they would find a way to make her Luna and the abuse would just continue."
"But you came back a warrior. So even if Mike didn't help us take out the trash, you would have been able to beat her." Lil starts.
****Smalls! This is so cool, I can feel them behind me, like radar or something. MAteo is getting pissed. Haha!"***
"I would never harm my Luna, even if it was Kaley. That's why I wanted to leave. And what's wrong with being a Luna? Ava was a great Luna, so is Luna Anne." I ask, now realizing that they set me up in the center to be teamed up on.
They all start to circle and I try to
follow them with my eyes when my wolf reminds me to use all of my senses. I know I can feel them around me, so I don't actually need to look. I can smell each one of them individually, so I can even tell which way they are circling can hear the sounds of the dirt shifting under their feet and I have been with Lil and Jena on plenty of missions. I know they make no sounds to the non enhanced ear.
Lil strikes first, she's the most impulsive of my team and usually the first to strike. We tended to plan around that simple fact. She moves at my left side, which was my weaker side, but I grab her wrist before she even gets two steps closer to me and whip her around into Sierra. Jena takes her chance. She tries to jump at me from my right side, I just duck and let her jump over me. It all seems pretty standard sparring so far. They keep coming at me and I keep dodging them, not really putting in any effort. My wolf is laughing at whatever their wolf's commentary is, she won't tell me though, 'it's a wolf thing.'
Whatever.
I'm still not great with the passing of time when I am working out and training, but they are panting and sweaty. I look over to Dakota and he looks just as calm and collected as I feel, but my brother and Sam are just as rough as the girls.
"Okay, I think you and your mate
need to spar for a little while." Lil laughs. "I haven't been this tired and sore since started Elite training camp more than two years ago. You suck Midge, I'm just saying. I love you but I also hate you a little right now. F*ck you're fast and you were fast before, now it's like you can
read minds."
"Yeah, it's like they can anticipate what's coming. I'm glad it's just the two of you. Having all four might actually kill us." Mateo laughs, walking over to check on Jena. Naturally she pushes him away with a fake scowl.
"Well Smalls, what do you say? Wanna take me on?"
"I don't know if you could handle me Dakota." I wink at him.
"I'm pretty sure I handled you plenty the other night. Do you need another demonstration?"
"I think that might have been a one time thing, and you did have help?" I hear Cam and Oliver laugh from somewhere in the arena, but I don't take my eyes off Dakota. He's being playful, but the look in his eye says he's out to make an example right now and I am completely here for his absolute take down.
He lunges at me and I just smile.
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Dakota grabs for my waist, but I turn out of his hold and aim a strike at his back. He counters and grabs my wrist. He pulls me towards him with a smile on his face like he's already won and he wants to steal a kiss, but he has another thing coming.
I let him pull me close enough to reach out and push up on his chin. I don't hit him, but I grab as much of his face as I can and drive his big ass back and down. I catch him off guard enough to get him off his feet, he wraps his arms around my waist and pulls me with him. His bulk overpowers me no question. We tumble backward and he rolls so he ends up on top of me, but I still know how to use my size to my advantage and I slide out from under him through his legs, leaving him on all fours. He scrambles at me like a wolf and I raise my hands to protect myself, I'm not far enough away to do anything more, but I am met with a shower of dirt, a stunned Dakota and gasping friends as I open my eyes.
"What the hell, Oliver?! No cheating. You're not allowed to protect her, although I'm impressed with the distance, man."
"What the hell are you talking about?" Oliver turns towards us, dropping his hands and whatever Gentry had him holding in the air. Elena and Cam stop too, looking over confused.
"You aren't allowed to put up dirt walls between her and her opponents, that. Is. Cheating. But, again, that is a great skill to have.
"I didn't do anything. I have been trying to work with Cam, combining earth and wind as a weapon. There is no way I had enough concentration to make a wall."
"Then who did?"
"I think the answer is obvious, Alpha Dakota." Gentry says the title, like she is trying to soften the insult of him not paying attention. "Your tiny mate clearly can control the earth without the assistance of Oliver. It's not her main skill, but it came out in a time of need when her mind and body could think of no other way to escape from your attack. You were able to easily break through it, but it gave her and would give anyone else enough time to counter or get away."
"I would also like to see your wolves. Can they control the camouflage that Lil was talking about?" Elena walks over. Cam and Oliver don't hesitate to get as close to me as possible.
"I'm interested in this wall you
made." Oliver kicks at the small mound of dirt left behind after. Dakota rammed through it. "Do you think it was only a reaction, or can you control it?"
"I'm not sure. I didn't even know I did it until you all said something.”
"Why don't the three of you attack her and she can see what happens, because I'm sure the rest of us would leave singed and missing limbs." Sam laughs, but looks a little worried.
"Yeah, Dakota got the best reactions
out of her and they were better matched. You guys are so fast, it's hard to watch." Jena adds in. I just shrug. I'm all for testing things out and my muscles are loving the full on workout. I can actually feel the ténsion leaving my body the more that we move.
"No f*cking thank you!" Lil shouts somewhere to my left. "Did you see that? THey all went into predator mode together and no one knows who is who, that is freaky."
That was all my guys needed to start circling me.
"She knows." My brother praises me.
"She was the only one who could tell Cam and Kota apart and that was when there were only two of them and before any of her
enhancements really kicked in. There's three of them now, but do you remember the trials? She was the only one who was double and triple teamed and she wasn't even really supposed to be that far in the competition in the first place. She was too young."
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"What do you mean trials?" Jena asks.
"Oh, babe, you missed it." Mateo starts going into detail about how the trials worked and how I got special permission after Osiston and Nikolas saw me during our regular training in the pack. But I had to stop listening, I needed to concentrate. None of my guys are going to give me any sympathy.
Dakota already said he wanted to make sure I didn't make him look like a complete idiot. All three are in a fighting stance, they've stopped circling since they know my brother is right and they won't confuse me, so looking alike isn't a benefit for them. I can tell that they are talking to each other. They aren't talking out loud or using their mouths at all, but it's as if I can read their minds like someone would read lips. They are deciding who is going to attack first. They aren't coming at me all together. Interesting. I would have two attack while one watches for the reaction and initiates a second attack. They still don't want to hurt me, I am still their biggest weakness. I just shake my head, but I keep all emotion off my face. I am not going to egg them on or look intimidated.
I can see Cam's muscles tense. He's going to strike first. My wolf and my body are ready to counter him. He's on my left and Dakota is on my right, leaving Oliver at my back. He's two steps further than Cam and Kota. Maybe he can read my mind and is hanging back to be the next attack. All of this plotting takes only a matter of a minute or so. I'm getting ready to go on the offensive and mess up their whole plan, when Elena mindlinks me.
****Skylar, try to only use magic. Just do what you feel. Your mind and your wolf won't let you harm your mates. But they won't see it coming and they think they don't have to work as hard because there are three of them and they have the size advantage."*** She has taken to this wolf thing very well. I really need to sit down with her and talk through all the things going on with me and my dad and how all of this is supposed to work when we are finally done with the Rogue King.
I take her advice, but keep my stance, not letting them know I have changed my tactics. My wolf and I focus on what is around us. There isn't anything fire based near, and I don't think that would be my first line of attack. It can get too out of control too quickly. That's the major thing I have learned from all of this magic stuff, each spell has its limitations, but magic cast and left alone with no direction can be catastrophic, even for the caster.
The earth around me is plentiful. The whole arena is a dirt patch. I can feel water running under the ground, but it is too deep to pull quickly. I might be able to make a trench or moat if needed though. The wind is also freely available, so I think a dust storm is what they are going to get. I
Cam launched himself at me and I countered the same way I did with Dakota earlier, only this time I moved straight in Dakota's path and he almost grabbed me, catching the hem of my tank top instead. I duck and spin, twisting his arm in it as Cam makes another run at me. I duck under Kota's legs pulling him down with me, causing Cam to slam into him instead of sandwiching me.
I wasn't completely aware of my surroundings though, Oliver grabs my hips and pulls me back. My shirt is still fisted in Kota's hand though so he follows his arm through his legs and flips onto his back, pulls me out of Oliver's hands and across his chest.
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"You didn't think it was going to be that easy did you, Smalls?"
"I don't think anything about this is easy, Kota." I laugh, turning over and finally getting my shirt back. I try to maintain my stance and not fight like Elena suggested, but Cam starts towards me again.
Cam swipes at me and we are now both throwing and dodging punches. Being a foot taller than me makes it weird for both of us. He has to aim correctly so he doesn't hit me in the face every single time and I have to aim higher than normal to hit him anywhere other than in the family jewels. I have decided I rather like them and would like them to function beyond today's training. He's backing me up and I can feel Kota behind me and Oliver to my right now. THey are trying to corral me. I let them get a little closer, thinking they have me. My wolf and I dig in and feel the magic just hanging out deep in my chest like it was just waiting to be called on.
It starts slow, unsure, like it's attached to my emotions. I know we won't hurt them, but that is always a concern. I never want to hurt anyone unintentionally. I have plenty of people to take my wrath out on that deserve it. I let go of the fear, I have to trust my magic and my wolf to know the difference between people who I care about and people who are enemies. The wind starts to pick up and I can feel the specks of dirt as they pass me to start encircling my guys.
"What the hell?" Oliver catches on first. Of course he does. I try not to let him get too far into his realization so I just amp up the dust storm.
It's amazing! I'm in the middle of it, but the flying debris doesn't seem to bother me at all. I can see all of them, like looking through water, but they are all struggling, arms over their faces and ducked down to avoid dirt clods pelting them. It seems I have it contained around the three of them though, sweet!
***"Try to make your sphere around them smaller force them to the ground. With your size this puts them at a disadvantage and in a cage of sorts."*** Elena coaches me through trapping them and now I smile, this is so much fun and so far, it's easier than fighting. We'll see
how I feel when it's all over.
I think of packing a snowball, keeping my hands domed and pressing in making it tighter and more compact. The three of them get closer and closer, eventually squatting down looking like the tiny animals Elena intended when my wolf and I finally let them up.
"Oh damn, Bitty. You're going to have to teach me that one." Oliver brushes dust out of his hair.
"Definitely not fair with the multi
element sneak attack, Smalls." Dakota smiles at me. "But I like that you can pin people down and out of the way. Is it stupid that I know you are a beast and I still worry about your safety? It kind of makes my head spin." He grabs me in a hug and plants a dusty kiss on my cheek.
"No, it's not stupid. She's special, we will always worry about her safety. She's our Alpha mate, but also our Luna, the one person we can't live without turn in Kota's arms, Cam is talking to him but looking into my eyes and I am locked there. He brushes his thumb across my cheek. "Even covered in dirt and whatever else she threw at us today, she's perfect."
"Hey!, back off you had your day. No goo-goo eyes for you." Dakota pulls me further into him and I laugh.
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"I was just getting some dirt off of her face, that you put there, that's all." He just smiles and I stop breathing. Man. These men of mine and their little panty melting half smiles. I am such a sucker. "Well, it's my turn to clean her up or get her dirty. So just step right on back to your magic training." They both laugh and Dakota starts to turn me around when we bump into Oliver.
That's the only time I don't register a presence next to me, when they are trying to and succeeding in riling me up with their ability to turn my hormones from zero to a hundred.
"Cam's right though, you are perfect and we will worry about you no matter what badassery you can do. Never forget that." Oliver rubs his thumb over my other cheek, like he's leaving a little piece of himself with me when he walks away to work with Cam, Elena and Gentry.
"No offense, Little Bit, but I am so glad I don't have to share." Sam laughs at us, wrapping Sierra up in his arms. I just roll my eyes. Of course he would need to be the center of attention in his mates world. She doesn't even acknowledge his comment though.
"So sweet! Does it take a ton of energy to maintain? I know the pentagram magic made you weak and almost unconscious." Sierra asks. I see so much of her mom in her now that I have met her parents. She can't help being curious.
"That one didn't feel too bad. More like stretching a muscle I don't use very often than an energy drain."
"Not gonna lie. It was kind of hard to watch you fight the three of them. I don't know if can look past the 'little sister' thing. But it is fun to watch you put all of them in their
places at the same time
laugh and gives me a hug. "We are going to head out though,
running in the next patrols are
I
want to get some sleep in while I still have the chance." He takes Jena's hand and starts to lead her away, but she hesitates and stops to give me a hug.
"We really need an actual girls day, when we aren't under an indefinite imminent threat. I miss you." She whispers in my ear.
I hugged her. "Miss you too and I agree. Go, make my brother happy and calm." I whisper back.
She giggles and lets him drag her
off. I get the Sentiment. I want to hang out with just her and Sierra and Lil, but I also cannot even fathom
ggut
being out of sight of my mates right now. It's weird being of two minds about it. Lil and Sierra both hug me too then head off with Sam.
"I think we have had enough training. for one day What do you say we eat and then get cleaned up and just see where the rest of the day takes us?" Kota picks me up and spins me so I am facing him with my legs sitting comfortably on his hips.
And just like that he throws my need to keep them all in my sights out the window with the deep look of desire in his eyes.
"I think I like the sound of that plan."
I screech and then laugh as he takes off out of the arena.
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He ran all the way to the packhouse, straight through the front doors and out the back patio door. I braced myself for being thrown in the pool, but he veered off to the left and around to a side I’ve never had a need to go to before. It has a fence and I always assumed it was where practical things were stored and hidden away from the pretty aesthetic that Ava had. I was wrong.
“What is this?” I asked, completely taken aback by the beauty of the space. It doesn’t even look like it belongs here.
Just past the fence, which is easily eight feet tall so I can’t see a thing over it, but I’m sure the top of this wonderful greenhouse can be seen by my guys and a normal sized wolf. It is a glass box framed by thick black metal supports. It probably looks like a giant spider from above with each and every wall glass or whatever clear material was used. In each pane I can see green leaves, like a rain forest is inside. The windows are streaked with water that collected from the air. It is probably the size of the room I called mine for a little while on the third floor, which is not to say it’s small, but it looks comfortable.
Dakota lets me down, but takes my hand and leads me in, letting the gate shut and latch behind us.
“This was my mom and dad’s place. He built it for her, with his own hands. All her favorite plants and flowers are here and no one was ever allowed in here...until now.” He stops at the door and looks back at me.
“Wait! You’ve never been in here? Cam’s never been in here? We should all go in together, shouldn’t we?”
“Sweetness, he knows I’m bringing you here, they both do, and we will come here all together at some point, but I want some time with you and I know that you will love this, my mom loved this and she loves you and she wants you to have this. No one but the two of them were allowed in here. We have the same rule. She cleaned and maintained everything, it’s the one escape that no one but those of us in the packhouse knew about. I know that you like your safe space and your alone time and we want you to have this, all three of us. Buuuuttt, I really want to open this door now. Okay?”
I feel apprehensive getting to experience something so special and personal when Cam hasn’t yet, but Dakota’s face is so cute. He is so excited to give this to me. And I have to believe that he talked to Cam and Oliver about this. They wouldn’t keep secrets like that from each other. I squeeze his hand and nod. He opens the water speckled door and my jaw drops.
It is an oasis. That’s the only thing that comes to mind, a tropical oasis. A riverstone path leads into the space. About five feet in the path divides to the left and right around the edge of a long thin pool. To one side of the pool is a sitting area with Ava’s signature cushy chairs and couch with a table for small snacks and drinks. I bet this spot gets great morning sunlight. I will have to test that theory soon. The other side features many plants and flowers. Some are set in the big planting boxes lining the walls and probably built to open right into the ground. Others seem more delicate and have their own pots. I move to the left first where the plants are, gliding my hand gently over each one. I think every color is represented here, but it is obvious that Ava’s favorite color is pink.
At the far edge of the greenhouse is a waterfall that circulates the water in the pool. It smells amazing, not like chlorine or chemicals, but like fresh water and it is so calming. I raise my hand up and without even thinking I start to play with the water, pulling droplets up and spinning them before letting them fall back into the stream.
“I never thought to use the excuse to train with water in here. I could have had you in here so much sooner.”
Dakota whispers as he wraps one arm around my waist and the other is just above my hand repeating the water droplet dance I just did. 🧊
We move together this time and the water dances around each other before falling back into the stream. We continue to move like this, but Dakota adds his lips to my neck and my water falters for a second.
“Concentrate, Sweetness, we wouldn’t want you to get distracted when you’re training, would we?” He keeps making trails from behind my ear down to where my neck and shoulder meet and I have chills all over my body, but now that I know he’s trying to distract me, it’s a game I want to win.
I breathe in slowly and let out a little sigh the next time he kisses behind my ear and I tilt my hips backward, knowing what I am going to find. He gives up on the water manipulations entirely after that, but I’m not giving up just yet.
He moves to glide my shirt up my body. “What are you doing?” I breathe out. We are the only people here. I have no idea why we are whispering, but it just doesn’t seem like the place to talk loudly, let alone a normal voice volume.
“I need my mate naked and in the pool, now.” He pulls my tank over my head and rips his own shirt off.
“Awe, but I was just getting the hang of this.” I bring a quarter sized droplet of water up to his cheek and trail it down the side of his face, his neck, angling towards the center of his chest where there is a gap between his defined muscles and I let the droplet go. I can feel it trail slowly down the plains of his pecs and over each bumpy ridge of his abs until it reaches the waistband of his shorts. As I raise my eyes back up I can see his chest heaving deep breaths.
"You didn’t even touch me and I am ready to blow. How do you do that? How can you affect me so thoroughly with a drop of water.”
“I wouldn’t be a very good mate if I didn’t.”
“It’s not just that, it’s you. You have always had an effect, it’s just more intense now.” He leans in to kiss me. He is sweet and slow, picking me up again and walking us back toward the door. I thought he would take us over to the sitting area, but he turned abruptly to the zero depth entrance to the pool and waded us in. 🧊
The water was heaven, like bath water. Warm enough to soothe muscles, but not jacuzzi hot.
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Chapter 0620
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“Probably should have dealt with these before we got in.” He laughs tugging at the waistband of my leggings.
“I don’t mind you having to work for it a little bit.” I lean in and kiss him again. He laughs into my lips. He backs me up to the farthest wall where the water is the deepest. Once I am balanced between his hips and the wall, he slides his hands up my ribcage, catching my sports bra and freeing me from the restricting fabric.
“You are so perfect. I know we keep saying it, but you are. You are perfect for us.” He’s just exploring slowly, like we have all the time in the world. Here it feels like we do. He’s right, I love this place already and knowing it’s just for us makes it even better.
My nerves are sparking under his fingertips, lighting me up and turning me on. I know where I want him to touch me, but he is in no hurry kissing deeply, slowly. Hands trailing up my arms, down my back, across my stomach. He finally brings his hands and barely grazes the pads of his thumbs over my very peaked nipples and I sigh into his mouth.
“Did you like that, Sweetness?” I nod, eyes closed, enjoying the tingles spreading out from his hands. “I’m going to need words.” He pinches just enough to send my hips jump forward grinding into him as a squeak slips out of my lips. “My little mate likes it a little rough, huh?” A dark look crosses his face when I nod again.
“I like everything you guys have done to me.” I manage to pant out while he’s still working my sensitive nubs. He might make me come just working my tits. I lean back onto the edge of the pool, opening up my neck and thrusting my chest towards him. He takes the invitation gladly and kisses his way down my neck leaving no inch of skin untouched. When he finally takes a nipple into his mouth I can’t even help myself, I grab the back of his head with both hands and hold him in place. The vibrations from his laughter just add to the sensation and I continue to grind against him. My body is on its own program right now and he is just following my lead. He gives both girls equal attention, using his hand when his mouth is otherwise occupied.
“You’re close, Sweetness, I can feel it.” He only pulls away far enough to move his lips against my skin. “Are you going to come just from my mouth on your tits like a good girl?”
“Oh, yes! Dakota!” He sucked hard on one of them and grind my clit harder into his shorts clad length. “More, like that, please.” He lifts his head and takes one in each hand, not breaking eye contact with me.
“Like this.” He pinches both and then massages them out.
“Oh, f*ck!”
“Or like this?” He leans in and barely brushes his tongue over one and the sensation is just as intense.
“Both. All of it. Uh! Keep going.” He grabs my butt with one hand, pulling me in to ride him harder, using the other hand to continue to massage one breast while biting the other. That bite is what sends me over the edge. “Ahh. Yes. Yes. Yes!” My movements are clumsy but I ride the wave with him.
“My beautiful Skylar, falling apart just from my mouth on these perky little tits.” He trails light kisses up my neck and to my mouth. My breathing is still coming back down to normal, but he latches onto my mouth in a bruising kiss and takes all the air I have left without a care, just bringing my pulse back up to racing. “We really need to get you out of these.” He snaps my waistband again and hoists me onto the pool’s edge. He’s less gentle and loving now. He’s in his predator mode. These pants get ripped off and tossed somewhere behind me. I’m not going to have any clothes left when they are done with me.
I don’t get too far into that thought when he clamps his mouth roughly over my swollen cl*t.
“Oh, f*ck!”
I plant my hands behind me because apparently all my body wants to do is thrust into him. He lowers himself in the water enough to throw my legs over his shoulders and tilts me back onto the silky riverstones lining the floor of the green house. The contrast of the hand rocks pressing into my back and his soft, plush lips on my center is blowing my mind. I don’t know how many more ways they can take me, but I’m loving the discovery process.
I am so close again. I just don’t understand how my body is so quick to respond to what they do to me. I couldn’t hold out if I wanted to. I’m going to have to work on that, maybe learn to tease them a little. “Ah!” It’s like he knew what I was thinking and cut my train of thought completely with two fingers straight to my center.
“Watching you is so hot, do you know that? I could just sit here and watch you fall apart for us forever.”
I smile, because I wouldn’t be opposed to that either.
He pulls me gently towards him. The stones of the floor rub against my back, but nothing hurts. Nothing ever seems to hurt when I am with any of them like this. He wraps my legs around his waist and I clasp my hands around the back of his neck as he walks us out of the water.
I whine a little. “I liked it in there.”
He just smiles. “I know, Sweetness, and we will get back to that, but I can’t lay you down and make love to you in there.”
I think my heart exploded. He walks us over to the seating area and lays me down on what I thought was a couch but up close I can see it’s a very large daybed with a canopy of vines hanging from hooks in the roof. 🧊
“This is something we added so we can all come in here together. And, you know, relax.” I laugh and kiss him.
“I love how you all plan ahead.”
ALPHAS! ATTACK AT THE MAIN BORDER!
We’re on our way. Cam calls out.
How many are there? Oliver asks.
I am going to murder someone. Dakota growls as he lifts me up and looks around.
He runs over to where our clothes are discarded. “Here, I want you to wear this.” He tosses his shirt at me.
“Dakota, it’s fine we are going to be in our wolf form...”
“If we have to fight in our human form, nobody gets to see you but us.” I just roll my eyes at my caveman, throw the shirt on and head to the door.
We take off for the border, shifting as we go.
There are a couple hundred from my guess. Nathaniel calls out. They all have red eyes Midge, this is not going to be good, and they seem to be popping up out of nowhere. Like they are stepping out of some invisible hideout.
I wonder if we will get to actually see this Rogue King today or his witch or if they are just going to keep hiding.
behind their hordes of warriors.*** Wyatt asks.
Don't engage unless you have to. Let's see if they will stop and wait for us or if they have orders to just try and kill and get killed.
We put on a burst of speed and I can feel Cam and Oliver getting closer. This beacon thing with my mates is very comforting. I won't have to wonder where they are or if they are alright at least. They caught up with us a few minutes later and I kicked it up another gear, I cannot have any more people hurt unnecessarily because of this.
As we arrive I see that Wyatt and Nathaniel weren't able to avoid fighting. Everyone is engaged with a rogue wolf. We split off and start relieving our warriors and friends. Osiston and Nikolas are in the fight too. I can't see Gentry and Elena, but I can feel them. Maybe they are hidden, giving us magical protection.
Speaking of that, I reach in and connect with my magic, mentally letting it know that I will follow its lead in protecting my mates, my friends and my warriors. I know enough about magic to treat it like a sentient being and it will work with me effortlessly in return. 🧊
A dirt wall shoots up in between Sierra and a wolf with blood on its muzzle. Someone is hurt already. I try to feel for someone in my pack that might be injured, but I can't feel anything off, so I keep going.
Jena comes up on my right and flanks me as we head deeper into the fray.