Chasing Faete (Beyond the Veil Book 1) (4 page)

Chapter Seven

“Damn,” Leo began, “that was the hottest thing I have ever seen.”

Erica smiled at the need-ravaged sound of Leo’s voice behind her. When she managed to pry her eyes open, she turned in Ben’s arms to smile at Leo over her shoulder.

“Mmmm, it felt pretty damn hot, too,” she murmured in a voice made raspy by screaming Ben’s name at the top of her lungs. “I have never come so hard and I should be absolutely satisfied, but I’m not.” Rolling onto her back, she held her hand out toward Leo, spreading her legs slowly to show him her wet, glistening, and very needy pussy in all its glory. From the spark of desire that immediately flared in his eyes, Erica knew Leo was riding the same knife’s edge to remain in control.

Erica slid both hands down her torso and reached between her legs. Wanting to see her mate’s control shatter, she decided to tug on her wolf’s tail. Using the fingers of her right hand, she stimulated her own clit and slid the index and middle fingers of her left hand deep inside her pussy. She moaned out loud at the double stimulation but made sure to maintain eye contact with her mate. Leo’s eyes glittered, his wolf very much near the surface.  “Leo, I need you, baby. Come fuck me, please?” Erica removed her fingers from her pussy and raised them toward her mouth.

They never reached her intended target. Leo moved lightning fast to lie over the top of her, his hips nestled in the natural cradle of her own, and gripped her wrist with his hand.

“Oh, hell no, my beautiful little pixie.” Leo’s wolf was so close, his canines already dropping in readiness to claim her, his voice, slightly distorted. “It took every ounce of strength I possess to stand still and enjoy that little show you just put on. And just so you know, one of these days we are going to insist that you take that little show right through to the final curtain.”

Erica’s pussy leaked at the thought of masturbating in front of her men. She never knew she had such a strong exhibitionist streak within her.

“But for now,” Leo went on, “I think I deserve a little treat for having the willpower of a fucking saint.”

Erica gasped as Leo tugged her hand to his mouth and sucked into his mouth the fingers still glistening wet with the proof of her desire. Her gasp turned into a deep moan at the feel of his tongue swirling between and around her fingers and the strong suction he applied to ensure he got every last drop. Erica began to pant as her arousal spiraled quickly into her “imminent spontaneous combustion zone”, and her pussy leaked her arousal.

“Fuck, I can smell her sweet pussy with every damn breath I take,” Ben spoke from where he lay on the bed beside them, his gaze steady on her. “You’d better fuck her now, brother, or I’m gonna have to take over. Our mate needs some loving!”

Leo’s lips turned up in a smile that screamed wicked intent, and Erica shivered at what that could mean for her. “You could try and get me to move, little brother, but unless you’re packing some C-4 that just ain’t gonna happen.” He rolled his hips forward, pressing the hot, hard tip of his cock against the swollen lips of her pussy. “Now, little pixie, I, too, can tell that you are feeling more than just a little needy, and it is now my mission in life to make sure you get everything—” he pushed his hips forward, and Erica felt the head of his cock slide just inside her, “you—” another roll buried him even further within her and she moaned arching her back at the feeling, “need!” With that final word, he slammed to the hilt within her.

So sensitive from her orgasm just minutes before, she screamed at the sensation of being completely taken. Leo paused for a moment, and Erica relaxed her body as sparks of pleasure began to burst within her, and she rolled her hips in silent entreaty for him to move. True to his word to give her what she needed, he began to shuttle his hips, driving in and out of her in a steady rhythm.

Erica moaned as he added a swift swivel of his hips on the downward thrust, which ground his body against her engorged clit. “Oh gods!” She groaned as her orgasm began to build within her so fast and so high she was almost frightened by its intensity.

Leo lifted up onto his arms and began to pound into her. Erica had always considered herself to be an active participant in all things sexual, so she lifted her feet and placed them on the mattress, giving her the leverage to lift her hips to meet his thrusts.

Leo’s eyes slammed shut, and he threw his head back with a growl. “Fuck, Erica! Yeah, baby, that’s it. Take what you need from your mate. Fuck me, pixie!”

Erica lost herself to the feel of her mate. She floated within a sea of sensation as she felt every muscle in her body begin to tense when the tsunami that was her orgasm threatened to crash over her. She felt her canines extend and knew that the moment was almost upon her. For the Fae, finding their Fated One triggered a visceral need to mark them with a claiming bite that announced to the world that they were spoken for, and also, much like a wolf, though significantly smaller, their canines extended.

Erica felt the first quiver of ecstasy within that told her she was moments from shattering. With her last thread of conscious thought, she pulled Leo down to her and bit deep into the fleshy part of his shoulder.

“Erica!” Leo roared as the exotic flavor of him exploded across her tongue, and her body shuddered with rapture as her orgasm rolled through her. She moaned as Leo started pounding within her harder and faster than he had before, and she swept her tongue across the wound she left behind, pouring some of her power into it to heal the small punctures.

Releasing him, she pulled back and drew in a huge gulp of air, which erupted in a scream when she felt Leo shudder above her. A white-hot pain struck the side of her neck. The pain morphed quickly into pleasure, and an orgasm larger and more intense than the one she was still enjoying the aftershocks of, hit with the force of a freight train.

“Leo!” she screamed his name, a thread of fear in her tone as she was thrown through a maelstrom of pleasure the likes of which she had never known existed. She and Leo shuddered together as their shared release gently rocked to a halt within them. Erica fought to control her rapidly beating heart that seemed to be on the verge of exploding, and Leo slumped over her with a groan, just stopping himself from collapsing completely upon her.

“Holy shit,” Leo groaned beside her ear and Erica gasped a breathy laugh.

Yeah, that about summed it up.

She felt the mattress shift beside her and turned to look at Ben where he lay beside them. He held his engorged cock with his hand, tight at the base. “Fucking hell, pixie. The sight of you coming apart like that, and claiming my brother just moments before he claimed you almost had me coming like an untried pup.”

Erica grinned, still panting a little, and though her heart rate began to return to normal, seeing Ben lying there deliciously stroking his cock, had her pussy tightening in need again.

“Shit,” Leo muttered then groaned as he pushed up on his arms, gently withdrawing his semi hard cock. “I felt that. Ben, our mate is in need of some more loving, and it is most definitely your turn.” Leo pressed a sweet kiss to her lips before collapsing with a groan beside her. “Fuck me, do you think it is going to be that damn explosive between us every time we fuck our mate?”

Erica giggled as she turned toward Ben, and began to crawl in his direction. “I have no idea, but as of right now? I am all about finding out!”

Chapter Eight

“Over you go, baby.” As soon as Erica had reached Ben, he flipped her over on her belly, pulling a surprised squeak from her in the process. He then pulled her up to her knees and trailed one of his hands down her back, while the other held firmly to her hip. “Gods, I love this ass.”  His hand stopped on her backside and massaged it in slow circles. He pulled another surprised squeak from her when he bent forward and licked all the way from her seam to her puckered hole.

“I’m gonna have this ass soon, too,” he added. When he licked her there again, she moaned and pushed her ass backward for more.

“I think she likes that idea, little brother,” Leo said from his reclined position. “The two of us fucking her together.”

“Yes. Yes!” Erica panted. “Please, do it now.”

“You have no idea how happy that makes me to hear.” Ben licked her again, eliciting another moan—louder and more drawn out than the one before. He couldn’t wait for the three of them to experience that moment of truly being one, but now was not the time. “We will need to prepare you first, Erica. You may be self-healing and all, but I don’t want you to have to. The first time I take you there, I want it to feel so fucking good for you that you won’t be able to help but beg for more.”

“Oh—”

Without warning, and in one long stroke, Ben plunged into her tight, wet pussy. He pushed in all the way to the hilt while holding on tightly to her hips. He held her there, savoring the moment of being fully seated inside of her. Warmth surrounded him. His body tingled from head to toe. And then he had no choice but to move.

His strokes remained long and hard, and each time he pulled in, he’d hold himself there for a beat before pulling almost all the way out again. His hands wandered down her back to her ass and back up again, wanting to touch and memorize the feel of every part of her. He attuned himself to the sound of her heart beating and pleasurable cries, his own sounds and heartbeat becoming in sync with hers.

When he lowered himself so that his front touched her back, he picked up the pace and his thrusts became faster and harder. This time, as he balanced himself on one hand, his other hand memorized the curves of her front. He played with her breasts, massaging them, plucking at her nipples, drew slow circles around her stomach, and worked his way down even lower to her mound and slid his fingers through her wet flesh.

His orgasm was going to be explosive. He felt it impending upon them both. Erica whimpered and mewled and then finally begged him to make her come. Ben knew that he would never deny her anything. His fingers focused solely on her clit as he fiercely drove his cock into her from behind. When he licked the shell of her ear, Erica screamed. Within moments, Ben was coming as well, Erica still spasming, her velvet walls squeezing him hard.

But he wasn’t done with her yet. He pulled out, flipped her over so that she was flat on her back, and shoved back into her. Meanwhile, his canines elongated when his lips found her neck, and he sank them into her flesh, tasting and swallowing down the copper ambrosia inside. He felt a pleasurable sting on the side of his neck. Her taste combined with the feeling of his blood and essence being pulled into Erica’s mouth, was more intense than anything he had ever felt before. He found himself, unbelievably, hard and coming again, almost violently inside of her, Erica’s second climax matching his. They both shuddered and held on to each other, neither ready to let go yet. He licked the mark he’d inflicted on her neck, effectually sealing it, and Erica followed suit with the mark she had given him.

Ben lifted himself on his forearms to gaze at Erica. Her eyes were half-lidded and sleepy as she looked up at him with awe and possibly … love? He couldn’t help but smile. He was pretty much there himself already. The connection among the three of them was so strong now that he thought about it. He had felt its pull leading them into that alleyway earlier today.

Ben rolled off of her and lay on his side facing her, Leo mirroring the move. They each held one of Erica’s hands in theirs, gazing down at the woman who was their destiny, before locking eyes with each other. Without speaking, Ben knew that he and Leo were on the same page. Tomorrow they would plot. The Fae King was dead, whether he knew it or not, and so were all the Fae fuckers who ever harmed their mate or aided the ones who did.

“What happens now?” Erica asked softly.

Ben smiled down at her and kissed her forehead. “Now we get some sleep.”

Chapter Nine

Leo awoke the next morning feeling more rested than he could ever remember, rested and happy. As he turned his head to look at his mate and his brother both still fast asleep in the bed next to him, he had to touch his chest at the feeling of joy that bubbled up, knowing Erica was safe and theirs to keep. He’d never paid much attention to the other mated males in their pack before when they’d talked about the feeling of completeness they experienced after claiming their mate, but that’s exactly what it was. Erica had come into their lives and filled a hole in his soul that he hadn’t even noticed existed. It seemed ridiculous to compare the feelings and emotions he’d felt in the past for other females. It was like comparing a tiny flickering flame to the heat and brilliance of the sun. The memory of every other woman had been scorched from his brain the first time he’d looked into her beautiful eyes.

Leo was literally sitting there watching her sleep like a lovesick teenager. He quickly got out of bed before he found himself unable to leave. Someone had to make breakfast for their mate, after all, and he knew his brother was
not
a morning person. He grabbed his cell phone off the dresser as he pulled on a pair of sweats and made his way into the kitchen. He needed to call Gabe and update him on what had happened last night. Leo had to admit that he was a bit nervous about telling Gabe everything. Their mating would no doubt impact a lot of wolves, and as much as he loved his life here, he would leave with Erica and Ben if Gabe thought it was too large a risk to keep her here.

He started the potatoes and put the bacon in the oven to cook before he called his Alpha. Erica’s needs came first. From now on, she would always come first.
Especially in the bedroom,
he thought to himself with a chuckle, figuring that’s how his cheeky brother would have responded to that particular statement if he’d said it out loud.

“Leo, what the hell happened last night?” Gabe barked out as soon as he answered the call. “I was starting to get worried when you didn’t report in, but it didn’t feel like you were in danger.” Gabe was always intuitive like that when it came to the members of his pack.

“Sorry, Gabe, we picked up a scent at the Viper Lounge while on patrol last night and ended up in a fight with several Fae Royal Guards.”

“Fuck. What the hell are Royal Guards doing in our city?” Gabe muttered, clearly concerned. “Another human was taken last night.”

“Shit,” Leo spat. Gabe assuaged his guilt by reassuring him that there was nothing he or Ben could have done. The human had been taken from a bar across town, the stench of Fae all over the scene.

Leo figured he might as well tell Gabe the rest. “There’s more. They were hunting a female, Gabe … our female. Ben and I found our mate last night.”

“Congratulations, Leo, I know you’ve been waiting a long time. Is she all right? Am I right in assuming all of the Fae were taken care of?”

“They were, Alpha, and yes, she is fine. But there is one more detail that you need to know about our mate before we bring her to meet you today.”

“Fuck, Leo, just spit it out already. I’ve never known you to beat around the bush like this.”

Leo sighed and decided to just get it over with.

“Our mate is Fae, and she is the rightful heir to the throne. She escaped from Alefric’s custody a few years ago, and that’s what brought his guards here. They had finally picked up on her trail.”

Leo met silence on the other end of the line, and he could almost hear the wheels turning in his Alpha’s brain as he assessed all the angles and risks. Leo held his breath hoping that Gabe would offer her sanctuary within the pack, but this was a complication they simply couldn’t have ever imagined.

Finally, his Alpha answered. “Bring her to my home. It will be safest for her here.”

“Thank you, Alpha,” was all Leo said before he hung up the phone.

Leo had just poured himself a cup of coffee when he felt the arousal of his mate through their bond. His cock became instantly hard, tenting out his sweatpants, and by the other emotions he was feeling, his brother and his mate were both now very much awake. He tried to ignore his own state of arousal as he started the eggs and toast. No doubt it was the smell of bacon that had woken his brother in the first place.

He was just placing the plate of eggs in the oven when he felt Erica’s hands smooth over his back as she hugged him from behind.

“Morning, love, how did you sleep?” he asked her as he closed the oven and stood back up, wrapping his arms over hers.

“Very well, thank you.
Mmmm,
that smells good. I’m starving.” Her sneaky little hands moved over his hot skin, down his abs, and slipped under the front of his sweatpants to curl her fingers around his still throbbing shaft.

“Fuck,” he groaned out as she stroked him slowly up and down.

“Yes, we did,” she replied, “and now we should fuck again.”

“Thank the gods you cooked, Leo. I’m starving!” Ben said as he barreled into the kitchen, completely ignoring that their mate had her hands currently down his pants.

When Erica’s hand stopped moving and Leo felt her start to giggle behind him at Ben’s oblivious beeline to the food, he couldn’t help but join her, and they both burst out laughing. He turned in her arms and kissed her good morning.

“Rain check, baby. Let’s get you fed.” Leo pushed Erica toward a chair at the breakfast bar and handed her a steaming cup of coffee. “Once we’re done eating, we’ll head out to Gabe’s place.”

Ben’s fork stopped directly in front of his mouth at Leo’s words. “You called the Alpha?”

“I did.”

“You told him everything?” Ben placed his fork back on the plate. “And he told us to bring Erica out to his place?”

Leo just nodded at his brother, and he could see the relief in his brother’s eyes that their Alpha would extend the pack’s protection to their mate.

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“It’s very beautiful here,” Erica remarked as they crossed the Lions Gate Bridge and left the city behind them.

Vancouver was a beautiful place, surrounded by the mountains and the ocean. Anyone would be remiss to find a spot where nature could not be visible in all of her glory, the perfect place for shifters to blend in with their surroundings and raise their families. At least, it was perfect until the Fae had begun to show themselves more and more.

They got off the highway and drove up the mountain, and the properties got larger and larger, the houses more extravagant, until finally they arrived at the gravel driveway that led up to Gabe’s house.

“Here we are,” Leo said as they parked. Then all three of them got out of the truck.

The front door opened, and their Alpha walked out with a dainty, strawberry blonde female by his side. Her big gray eyes stared directly at Erica. Leo heard his mate’s sharp inhale as they were greeted.

“Eyrica, child? Is that you?” Corrine’s words were spoken barely above a whisper, the shock of seeing Erica written clear across her face. The elder Fae smiled at her, flashing her dimples. She then rushed forward toward Erica, pulling her into a tight embrace.