Once Upon a Shifter (103 page)

He collapsed on top of me, squishing me into a pancake. I liked it. Yeah, it was hard to breathe with his bulky form on top of me, but I ran my hands down his back. I liked his scent. It filled me and was all around me. Both of us fought to get breath back into our bodies.

After he caught his breath, Xavier levered his body off of mine, pushed off of his hands, and went off to the side.

Asher came to me. His eyes were filled with lust. They swept over my well-loved body. I felt like my limbs were weighted.

"You are going to ride me." In a half second, Asher was on the bed, lifting me above him for some acrobatic sex. My legs were straddling his body. My hair fell forward around his face, and I put it over one shoulder so it didn't get into his face.

"You know, this isn't the best position for conception."

"I don't care." Asher put his big hands on my hips. I had ample curves, but his size made me feel like I was just a tiny thing. He pulled me onto his hard rod, piercing my body. I gasped as he entered me. He was every bit as big as his brother, and I could only just barely take him. He forced me to take him a fast rhythm, because he pulled and pushed my body into place with his hands on my hips and his hard thrusts up. I could only hang onto his shoulders for dear life, grinding down on him when he pushed up inside of me.

My breasts were near his face, and he bit one, then licked the other. I moaned. He bit my cleavage. It hurt, but it felt good.

I turned my head so that I could bite his neck. He roared, and I felt his seed fill my body. It overflowed.

Xavier lifted me off of his brother, and he carried me with just one arm into the shower.

Shower

"Have to get clean."

He pushed my back against the cool tile, which felt like a blessing after the burning passion we had all just experienced.

He turned on the water, then he took my bath gel and lathered up his hands. He cleaned up my neck, my arms, my tummy, and my legs. He turned me around to wash my back. I stood there, with my back to this beautiful man, and I shivered.

He bit the juncture of my neck and shoulder. I cried out from the fiery pain and pleasure radiating out.

He moved my legs so that my stance was wider. He knew what he wanted. I knew what he wanted, too, deep in my bones, in the most feminine part of me.

He pushed my body completely flat against the tile while he pushed his cock inside of my body. I moaned as I felt him stretch my small, tight pussy. He was rough with my body, pounding me against the tile. Unlike a bed, the tile didn't have any give. My body was trapped between his hard, muscular chest and the unforgiving tile. The water sprinkled down around us as he grunted and thrust into my body, pushing us closer to our peaks. I felt a warmth in my core. The warmth spilled everywhere in my body, and I gasped as I came.

When he felt me come, he used my body even more roughly. His hands were glued to my hips with enough force that I would have bruises for days. My feet were a foot off of the ground. He called out loudly behind me as he released his seed into my body. He let me go, and I slid down the tile.

Just as I got to my feet, Asher took Xavier's place. He spun me so that he could kiss me, possessing my mouth, branding me with his scent. He brought my arms up, and he collected my wrists in one gigantic hand. He watched the water make trails over my breasts. With my arms up, my breasts were thrust even closer to his face. He bit the top of my breast savagely, just at the line of where he would break skin. I moaned low in my throat, and he touched the line of my throat with his tongue, spreading hot fire where he touched me.

I saw his hand tugging on his dick, and he was fully erect. He guided his cock into my slit. Realizing that I was too short to take him like this, since I was more than a foot shorter than him, he lifted me. My legs went around his body. He let go of my hands, and they went around his neck. I was pinned to the wall by his big body. It was a position of extreme trust, because I could not move. Even though I had known him for a very short time, something inside of me found its mate inside of him and Xavier. He penetrated me, invading my body. He rolled his hips. My ass was pushed even harder against the cold tile. He surged forward and retreated. My pussy held him tightly, reluctantly letting him go. He bit my ear. I couldn't help myself. I yelled as I felt my orgasm take over my body. He was not far away, wildly pushing me into the wall, far beyond rhythmic pounding. He thrust deeper inside of my body. As I looked into his ferocious eyes, I knew that he was about to impregnate me. He roared loudly, staring straight into my eyes, as he spilled himself inside of my fertile body.

He pulled out of me, and he set me on my feet.

He sat down on a ledge. "My legs feel like jelly right now."

"Mine do, too." I straddled him and kissed him on his mouth. His hand came up to grope my breast.

"You're really perfect." He kissed my nose. "I can't think of a better mother for my child."

"I'm so glad that you're going to be a father." I kissed him lightly on his cheek, caressing the other one gently with my hand.

"How would you feel about a nap, hmm? I normally don't take them, but today might be an exception."

"Sounds great to me."

We soaped up and used the shower to rinse off. Instead of it being a sensual dance, it was more utilitarian now. He wrapped me up in a towel, and he dried off and then hung it up. Even when he wasn't erect, his dick was impressive.

He saw me looking. "I need to take a rest for now. But I'll give you some later. That's a promise."

He laughed when red touched my cheeks. "Come on."

He picked me up.

"You guys are always picking me up. I have feet, you know."

"I know." He kissed me. "But it's more fun like this. I love feeling your curvy body in my arms. I wish I could keep every luscious inch of you on my skin 24/7." He put me on the bed and climbed in after me. He settled behind me, throwing a heavy paw around my waist. I felt safe and secure as his whole body was wrapped around me. I fell asleep.

Jayce

When I woke up, I saw a credit card on my nightstand with a note. It said:

Hello, darling. I forgot to give you this earlier. We got distracted.

I grinned, thinking of the superb distraction.

Here's your credit card. We'll take care of your living expenses while you're with us. Go shopping this afternoon. Buy something sexy. We'll see you tonight. Come home after 5. Asher

I frowned. Why didn't they want me in the house until after 5? I shrugged. I might as well go shopping. I was sure that my clothes were traumatized by being thrown on the street like that, and I knew that some retail therapy would perk me right up.

* * *

At 6 PM, I parked my car in the driveway and walked into the house. The house was full of people, very tall people, just like Asher and Xavier. I stopped in the kitchen, unsure if I should run for it.

"Hey, honey," Asher said. "There are some people I'd like you to meet."

"Jayce, Alex, Caleb," he pointed to all of them in turn. "They are part of our sleuth."

"Sleuth?" My brow furrowed. "Like a detective? Like Monk?"

All four of them laughed. "No. A sleuth is the name for a group of bears."

I blinked. "Oh! That makes sense." I nodded to them. "It's nice to meet you."

The one closest to me sniffed. His face got inappropriately close to mine, and I heard Asher let out a growl. He ignored Asher and smelled me, practically putting his nose on my hair.

"You're pregnant."

Asher was still. “Are you sure?”

Jayce gave me a glare. I took a step back under the weight of his hatred. But it disappeared so quickly that I thought that I could have imagined it.

"Congratulations," he said, turning to Asher. "You and Xavier are going to be daddies."

"Thanks, man," Asher said stiffly. He put an arm around my shoulders and kissed my cheek. "I'm excited," he whispered in my ear. "Wait until they leave."

Alex and Caleb started coughing in a way that sounded suspiciously like laughing.

"We better go," Alex said. "Nice to meet you." He nodded at me, and I got the impression that he tipped his hat at me, although he didn't move his hand at all and wasn't wearing a hat. Caleb gave me a smile and a wave.

Jayce was the last to leave, his eyes bouncing around the kitchen.

"See you soon."

Asher picked me up. He kissed my cleavage. "I can't wait to see my son feed at your perfect tits."

"My body will be ruined by a baby."

A blaze of anger flashed on Asher's face. "Don't ever say that. Pregnant women are the most beautiful girls in the world." He smelled my hair. "He's right. You are pregnant. Funny how it took Jayce to notice."

"I don't think he likes me."

Asher shrugged, his arms bringing me up about a half inch more. "He is the one with the most to lose if we don't have a cub. He already has a mate, Melanie. She stays at home, taking care of their cub, Seth. If we didn't have a baby in the next two years..."

"He would take over your sleuth," I completed, gathering the pieces of the puzzle.

"He'll get over it," Asher said. "This sleuth has always been ours. Yeah, our dad was the head of the sleuth, but you get here by being the strongest fighters. Xavier and I have done a good job of leading our sleuth so far. This will just cement our leadership." He kissed my temple. "But enough about me. Right now, it's all about you."

"Where's Xavier?"

Asher smiled and walked up the stairs. "He's out taking care of something. Right now, I have you all to myself."

We were in his bedroom now. It was gray with accents of brown. I leaned up and kissed him. He sat on the bed, with me across his body. He took off my clothes reverently, as if I were made of glass. He kissed every bit of me that he revealed.

"You're unbelievably beautiful."

He stared into my eyes as we joined our bodies, his cock sliding into my soaking wet pussy. He set a slow, smooth pace for us. He rocked into my body with the motion of the ocean, and I closed my eyes. I was filled with peace and love, for Asher, our baby, and Xavier. It was all going to be good.

When our climaxes came, they weren't sharp and sudden. They were slow, welling up inside of us. I began to flutter, and he began to pulse inside of me. He kissed my eyes before he slowly filled me with his come. He pulled out of me and rolled to the side. I put my arm and top leg around him, and our faces were right next to each other on our pillows.

"I'm happy about the baby," I told him.

"I am, too."

He kissed my forehead. "Now rest. If you're pregnant with a baby bear, you better get some sleep."

I didn't know why I was tired all the time. It wasn't cold, so I couldn't be hibernating. But somehow, all my energy was gone. I nuzzled my face into his neck, and I was out like a light.

Staying In

When I woke up, I was still naked and in Asher's room. I felt between my thighs. I wasn't sticky, so he had cleaned me up while I was asleep. I picked up my clothes, and I went to my room to put on a new outfit. I put on a gray skirt with a chocolate-colored shirt.

I went downstairs and saw Xavier. He whooped and spun me around.

"Gentle!" Asher barked. "You asshole, she's pregnant."

"It's ok!" I said, seeing Xavier's frown. "I'm not that delicate."

He kissed me, a big smacking kiss on my mouth, before he put me down again. "You're pregnant! This is the best news ever. Do you want to go out to celebrate?"

"No," I said, raising a single brow. "I'd rather stay in."

Xavier knew what I meant, and he gave me a very sexy lopsided grin.

"I think that could be arranged. I'll get a chef to drop by with the food already prepared, and we can...stay in."

He picked up his phone and texted someone.

"What are you doing?"

"Using Magic."

Was he a wizard? "What?"

"Magic," he said. "It's an app. You ask it for what you want, and they make it happen. I want a decent meal delivered in the next hour. They'll make it happen. They charge you extra if you need something fast but," and here he shrugged, "money isn't really a problem for us."

I looked at their expensive Bel Air mansion. "You can say that again. Your basement is insane."

He smiled at me, with genuine pleasure in his eyes. "You like it? I designed it."

"You designed it? It's fantastic."

He looked at his watch. "We have some time. Do you want to watch a movie?"

"Okay." I touched his arm. "Lead the way.”

Asher stayed upstairs while the two of us walked to the stairs.

He brought me down into the basement, and he headed in a beeline for the theater room.

"I'll set an alarm on my phone for 50 minutes. They'll ring the doorbell anyway."

"Shouldn't you be on the first floor to hear it?"

"Nah," he said, shaking his head. "The doorbell is part of an intercom system. It rings throughout the entire house."

He sat down and patted his lap. "Right here, girl. Got you the best seat in the house."

I sat on his lap timidly, at the very edge, near his knee. He pulled me back deeper, so that my back was touching his front.

"Better," he proclaimed. He picked up a remote from somewhere and started the movie.

I have no idea what went on in that movie. I knew that it was a James Bond movie featuring Daniel Craig and his incredible eyes. There was a female whose name I didn't catch. The movie was Casino Royale, and there were random people with guns. At one point, James pulled out a gun from his sliding glove compartment, which I considered a safety hazard.

Mostly, though, my mind was on the scent of the man behind me. It was full, rich dark spice, better than anything you could buy from a store. He put his chin at the juncture of my neck and shoulder, and I could feel the abrasion of his beard.