Astrid Cielo (15 page)

Aspen's
grey eyes glowed as her cougar rose to the surface.
 
Already the scratches on his back burned in a
way that made him want to howl.
 
Her hips
that had wiggled furiously had stilled and the tension in room almost
stifling.
 
His cock throbbed and his
balls ached with needed to move.
 
Needing
to claim what was his.
 

Skylar's
wolf whined and for a moment took his control.
 
He bent his head back and howled.
 
Aspen's eyes glowed even more and he clamped down on the place where her
shoulder and neck met hard, the taste of her blood coating his tongue.
 
She released a strangled feline growl and her
hips snapped upwards taking him deeper inside her.

And
just like that his control snapped. His hips pulled back and then moved forward
impaling her soft flesh again on his dick.
 
Her channel convulsed and he picked up the pace.
 
He sank deep inside of her, his balls
slapping her ass, and then he slid out her channel clenching his cock as though
to beg him to return.
 
And return he did,
over and over, faster and faster.
 

Her
nails dug into his shoulders and her hips moved in time with his thrusts.
 
Her little noises of pleasure spurred him
on.
 
Her little teeth, feline fangs
included, scraped the side of his neck and a small tongue laved at the place
where his shoulder and neck met.
 
His
balls swelled even more the need to spill deep inside her almost clouding his
mind.
 

Her
hips faltered in their rhythm as she gave a strangled cry just before she
struck piercing his skin with her teeth.
 
He would have howled at the feeling of being complete for the first time
in his life had he been able to relinquish his bite on her neck, but his wolf
demanded they finish this.
 

Her
channel squeezed his dick and it wasn't long before he was filling her in long
spurts as he came.
 
And just like that
their souls seemed to snap together like the pieces of a puzzle, once lost and
now found to complete a work of art.
 
He
could feel both Aspen's and Xavier's souls melding with his own and he sighed.

Skylar
released his hold on her shoulder and licked at the wound.
 
Soon it would heal, but always be a mark
showing his ownership.
 
Aspen's small
tongue lapped at the brand she'd placed on him and his dick stirred once more,
hardening within her depths.
 
She moaned
when he began moving in slow, steady strokes.
 
He'd taken her fast and hard the first time, now he would savor
her.
 
Skylar kissed her lips, sucking her
bottom lip into his mouth before licking along the seam of her lips to gain
entrance.
 
When she allowed him entrance
he sank within her, tasting and teasing.
 

Even
as he continued kissing her sweet mouth, Skylar tunneled his cock slowly in and
out of her core.
 
The franticness of before
was replaced with a slow exploration.
 
A
purr broke forth from her throat and her hands skimmed over his shoulder and
back pausing to knead his flesh every so often.
 
He wanted to stay like this forever, but knew that was impossible.
 
Skylar wanted Xavier there with them as they
all reached the pinnacle together.
 

Aspen
pulled back from the kiss and gasped as her channel clenched rhythmically
around his shaft.
 
Skylar groaned and
sucked the flesh of her neck into his mouth as he too climaxed filling her
again with his seed.
 
This time he
settled beside her and cupped her abdomen, proof that he'd already claimed her
in the most primal way.

"I'm
scared," Aspen whispered.

"Baby,
it'll be okay being mated to two wolves.
 
We'll take care of you and-"

"Not
that, Skylar, although at times you two can be...overwhelming, I'm talking
about having a baby. I mean I don't know the first thing about taking care of a
baby.
 
I was an only child because my
parent's didn't really like each other."

Skylar
kissed her lips gently and Aspen sighed into his mouth.

"Don't
worry about
all that
baby, besides, Xavier is
excellent with children.
 
Maybe it came
from being from a pack."

Aspen
placed her hands over Skylar's and he looked into her eyes.

"Where
is Xavier?"

"He's
working on something."

"What's
he working on?"

Skylar
didn't want to worry her; another murder wasn't something one told their
pregnant mate.
 
Wasn't a pregnant female
supposed to be kept calm?
 
Hell, the
first time they'd been reunited he'd nearly had a heart attack when he thought
he and Xavier had caused her harm.

"
Dammit
,
Skylar
.
 
This is what Xavier was talking about.
 
How do you expect us to be a mated trio if you won't tell us
anything?
 
Do you know how it makes Xavier
feel to know that you don't trust him enough to talk to him about some of your
past, hell your job?
 
Is that what I'm
going to have to look forward to also?
 
I
can't-"

Aspen's
eyes filled with tears and she pulled away from him.
 
He was stunned.
 
One moment they were basking in the afterglow
of their completed mating and the next she was crying and from the sound of a
slamming door complete with a click, locking herself in the bathroom.

"It's
just the pregnancy hormones.
 
Most of the
time she's pretty level-headed, so it'll pass."

Skylar
looked up at Xavier as he entered the bedroom--the master bedroom they'd all
began sleeping in since that first night.

"What
did you find out?"
 
Skylar couldn't
help himself.
 
He needed to get to the
bottom of this.
 
Xavier shook his head.
 
What was that supposed to mean?

"I
hacked the Council's files, which in all honesty should be kept better
hidden."

Skylar
sat up on the side of the bed and smiled at Xavier.

"They
want it easy to be found, at least somewhat.
 
The council gets its funding from profiting from the stories that each
case tells.
 
We've got plenty of hands in
books and movies.
 
We figured the best
way to hide in this day and age is in plain sight.
 
I mean, the website was set up like a
paranormal research group right?"

Xavier
nodded.
 
"I see,
so
me
actually hacking into their supposed private
databases wasn't that big of a deal to the Council because they hack it all up
to paranormal research."

"Right."

Skylar
strained to hear Aspen and his gut clenched at the continuation of her sobs.
 
Xavier seemed to understand him, because he
sighed.

"Don't
just let her cry, let's go get her."

He
nodded and stood his cock jerking to attention at Xavier's obvious
interest.
 
Later
.
 
They had a mate to console.
 
He slid on the pair of sweats he'd discarded
when he first entered this room, because Skylar thought it might look better if
he didn't come to her ready to take her again.

Xavier
knocked on the bathroom door and her sobbing paused only for her to yell.

"Leave
me alone."

Xavier
smiled and Skylar had a moment to think he'd lost his mind before Xavier's
canines elongated.
 
His brown eyes
gleamed in the shadowed hallway before he sniffed at the door.

"Open
this door, sweetheart."

Xavier's
plea and sweet words were shadowed by the growl he emitted.
 
God he wanted to fuck him so bad.

"Go
away!"

Skylar
frowned at the shrill screech that came from the bathroom.
 
Aspen had never been bratty.
 
Something didn't feel right.

***

Aspen
ran before the tears could start.
 
She hated
that she wanted to cry, and for what, just today she'd mated to Skylar and
Xavier, whom in the short time that she'd known them had found a place within
her heart.
 
She couldn't imagine a life
without them.
 
The thought of losing
either one of them made her tears flow faster.
 

Aspen
locked herself within the bathroom.
 
She
knew that they could kick in the door if they wanted too, hell each of them
were strong and sexy...
 
What the hell
was wrong with her?

One
minute she wanted to cry and the next she wanted to fuck them.
 
Images of them together, each one taking her,
sometimes both taking her at the same time flowed constantly through her
mind.
 
Her pussy clenched in want and she
swiped at the tears.
 
She took a seat on
the toilet trying to get a handle on her crazy emotions.
 
She caressed her abdomen, the little baby
bump becoming a little more pronounced each day.
 
This was all happening way too fast,
although, that was how a shifter mating happened.
 

One
sniff was all it took and boom instant family.

Her
human side wanted to slow down, but her cougar side growled at the thought of
taking their relationship backwards.

So,
what was really upsetting her?

Was
it the fact that she didn't know Skylar and he made no attempt to tell her
anything?
 
On some level she knew that
was to be expected since they'd only spent a little over a week together.
 
But they had their whole lives to figure this
out.
 

Aspen
smiled despite the tears that kept flowing down her cheeks.
 
She loved Skylar and Xavier so everything would
work out.
 
Aspen’s heart filled with joy
when she heard their voices outside of the door and she stood her body already
clamoring for both of them.
 
They would
make love again and then she would talk with Skylar and Xavier.
 
She had a lot to learn about them, because
she wanted to know everything about them.

Her
hand had barely grazed the door knob when hands grabbed her from behind,
careful to clasp a hand over her mouth.
 
She began to struggle, her cougar growling within her mind.
 
This wasn't her mate, the touch and smell was
wrong.

"Stop
struggling or I'll gut you here and now," his breath washed over her ear
when he whispered.
 

A
sharp, burning pain on her abdomen stopped her struggles.
 
Her baby.

"That's
right; I'll cut that baby right out of your belly and make you watch."

"Open
the door," Skylar's voice brought a sob forth only slightly muffled by the
hand holding her mouth.

"Get
rid of them," the male behind her said.

His
palm lessened on her mouth and the sharp object, a knife, pressed alarmingly
into her side.

"Leave
me alone."

A
sob tore from her throat.
 
She couldn't
help it, her baby was in danger.
 
Aspen
felt the fur ripple over her skin and she forced her cougar to stay down.
 
She had to be in control to keep her baby and
herself safe.
 

Her
heart sped up when the knock came again.
 
Xavier's voice growled out his second command.
 
His wolf was closer to the surface.
 
If she didn't do something now, then all hell
would break loose.

"Go
away!"
 

Aspen
winced at the shrill scream she'd emitted.
 
This wasn't like her, and she could tell by the wiggling of the door
knob that no matter what, her mates weren't going away anytime soon.

The
male behind her clasped his hand over her mouth again his breath caressed her
ear and she struggled to calm herself so she could listen to him.

"Now,
I want you to open the door."

Aspen
shook her head in denial and her scream of pain was muffled by his hand.
 
She looked down to see a line of red form
along her belly.
 
The bastard had cut
her.
 
Rage and fear combined a potent
combination that only years of control taught from birth to each shifter kept
her from shifting.
 
From turning and
ripping this male's throat out.