Suzanne's Sexy Shifters [Shy River Pack 2] (Siren Publishing Ménage Amour) (10 page)

And he believed in Suzanne and Brigden more than anything in the world.

“The alpha said you’ll be away six months or more,” Gideon’s mother said quietly. She always hated it when he left pack lands, but she knew it was part of his duties within their pack hierarchy to ensure that the packs around them were also protecting themselves and shifter secrets. It was like a house of cards. If one pack was exposed, they all would be in danger. With his human-toned skin color it helped very much that he was able to blend in. It was almost ironic that a generation ago it had been considered a weakness to be born without the purple hue common to their pack.

“We’ll come home for a visit before then,” he assured him mom.

His dad moved out of view, but he was certain the pack beta was still within listening distance.

“I look forward to meeting my new—what do humans call them?—
daughter-in-law
very soon.” His father must have turned away, or perhaps left the room, because the smile on her face faltered and she gave Gideon a very serious look. “I want you to be happy, Gideon. Please tell Suzanne that I will love any babies she might have, no matter who fathers them.”

He heard her defiance of his father’s stance. There was nothing new in that—his father would never have married a weak-willed woman—but Gideon sensed more in her words. An understanding or perhaps a reassurance that whatever happened he’d have his mother’s love and support.

“Thanks, Mom,” he said gratefully. “I’ll call again in a few days.”

For the second time in a row, Suzanne woke up slowly and felt entirely too comfortable to want to move. It took a few moments to realize that part of the reason was the set of warm arms wrapped around her, holding her close.

“Brigden,” she said on a soft, nearly soundless sigh as she snuggled closer to the hard cock nestled against her bottom. Her pussy muscles clenched pleasantly.

“Good morning, sweetheart,” he whispered in her ear. “Did you sleep well?”

“I did,” she answered shyly. She opened her eyes, expecting to find Gideon in the bed on the other side of the room, but it was neatly made. “Where’s Gideon?”

“I’m in a meeting with the elders from Dry Creek pack. I’ll be home soon.”

“He’s in a meeting, but he’ll be home soon,” Brigden said quietly.

She rolled in Brigden’s embrace and looked at him closely. “You didn’t hear Gideon say that?” she asked, feeling more off balance than she had the previous day.

“Sorry, baby girl, I meant to explain our link last night, but you were asleep by the time I came back to the bedroom.”

“Link?” she asked out loud, glancing around the room, trying to understand why she could hear Gideon so clearly but Brigden didn’t seem to hear him at all.

“What link?” Brigden asked, his arms tightening around her as he watched her worriedly.

“Gideon said we have a link. Didn’t you hear him just now?”

“Suzanne, I think you’re frightening Brig. Please just get some more rest. I’ll be back within the hour and I promise to explain everything.”

It was clear that her behavior was concerning to Brigden, but it was the sudden realization that she and Gideon seemed to share some sort of telepathic link Brigden didn’t that tore at her heart. She closed her eyes against the tears that threatened to worry Brigden even more.

“Sorry, Brig,” she said, praying that she was doing the right thing with the little lie she was about to utter. “I think I’m still half asleep. I had some pretty kooky dreams last night.”

At least that much was true. Her dreams had been both strangely detailed and thoroughly inspiring. She nearly moaned when her pussy muscles clenched again at the memory.

“You should get some more rest,” Brigden said. He pressed a kiss to her forehead and then moved so that she could settle against him more comfortably.

“Brig,” she asked quietly as she wriggled closer, her stomach brushing against his hard cock, “does it feel strange to suddenly have a mate? I mean I don’t even know you or Gideon, yet somehow I’m more comfortable with you two than I’ve ever been in my life. Does it feel that way for you, too?”

“Yes and no,” he said slowly, obviously giving the matter some serious thought. “Very few wolves find their true-mate, but the connection is always instant. Even before you became a wolf, Gideon and I knew who you were to both of us.” His fingers stroked over her shoulder as he seemed to struggle for words. Or perhaps he was just being very careful to phrase things in case anyone was in listening distance. “I wasn’t expecting to ever find you, so in that respect it feels very weird.”

“What if we didn’t like each other?”

“I guess that was a possibility. Nature decrees our true-mate but I don’t suppose that ensures that we’re compatible personalities.” His fingers filtered through her hair as even more worries crowded her brain. She wanted to voice them all, but the relationship between Brigden and Gideon made things very complicated and impossible to talk about. In many ways it would have been easier if their relationship really was the way they were presenting it to the world.

“I know, baby girl,”
Gideon said inside her head,
“but I can’t stop loving the man. He’s my mate, too. I won’t give him up.”

“I would never ask you to,”
she thought quickly, hoping that Gideon would “hear” her.

“Somehow I know that, baby girl,”
he said thankfully, proving that she’d managed to respond to him via their link.
“I’ll be back as soon as I can.”

And then, almost like closing a cell phone connection, Gideon seemed to be gone from her head. To add to the weirdness, she found that if she concentrated on him she could sense his feelings and the conversation going on around him. She felt his approval that she was able to connect to him in this way, but it felt far different to when they’d been talking.

The topic of conversation seemed very important, and judging by his tone, the alpha of Dry Creek wasn’t happy about something. In fact he sounded downright pissed.

“Suzanne?” Brigden asked worriedly. She’d almost forgotten she was lying in his arms in a bedroom nowhere near the conversation she was listening in on—a conversation that was very likely meant to be private and none of her business.

“Sorry,” she said, snuggling closer to Brigden’s warm chest. “I’m just wondering at all the changes in my life.”

“I’m sorry it happened so suddenly—and that you didn’t get a choice in the matter—but leaving our mate injured, possibly dying, wasn’t something either of us wanted to do.”

“I’m glad you didn’t,” she said, truly meaning it. “I’ve never been eviscerated before, but I suspect it would have been a very long road to recovery.”

Brigden shook his head. “I don’t think your injuries were quite that bad, but without werewolf intervention you would have needed emergency surgery and a long time to heal. I suspect it would also have caused issues for the rest of your life—thick scars, muscle weakness, hernias.”

“Instead I get to turn into a furry mythical creature with two mates and a chance at true happiness.” She lifted up so that Brigden could see the smile on her face. “It wouldn’t have been a difficult choice.” She leaned over to kiss him softly. “Thank you.”

He smiled and lifted her so that she was lying over him, her naked parts pressed very intimately against his naked parts. She wriggled down slightly, enjoying the feel of his hard cock pressed against the entrance of her pussy as she ran her hands over the muscles in his arms.

Compared to Gideon and the other two giant men sharing this cabin, Brigden might have seemed smaller but he was still larger than the average human. It was quite a novelty for Suzanne to feel petite. Thanks to her above-average height, the handful of the men she’d dated over the years had been mostly as tall as her, if not an inch or two shorter. It probably hadn’t helped that she tended to wear hiking boots everywhere, but she’d often felt oversized and clumsy next to women of more average heights.

But with Brigden and Gideon she felt like a perfect fit.

Brigden reached up and framed her face with his hands, then guided her lips to his. The kiss was gentle at first, his leashed strength very appealing as he slowly deepened the contact. She could already feel her pussy throbbing with need, her juices coating the head of Brigden’s cock as they gently moved together, not actually penetrating her pussy, but just rubbing against each other in a sensual dance.

“Sorry, baby girl,”
Gideon said in her head,
“but the alpha has just ordered the three of us to go tender your resignation.”

“Huh? How can I do that? Won’t they notice the purple?”
she asked telepathically even as she instinctively pushed lower, taking Brigden’s cock into her pussy. She and Brigden groaned out loud. Gideon groaned in her head.

“I’ll explain later, Suzanne. Right now, finish what you’ve started.”
She got the impression he was very pleased that she and Brigden were doing what they were doing.
“I can’t join you, so make love to Brig for both of us, baby girl. But make it quick. I’ve never met an alpha who doesn’t expect immediate action when he issues an order.”

* * * *

Brigden groaned as he deepened the kiss, his cock throbbing almost painfully as he slid all the way into his mate’s pussy. She shifted, lifting up and then slamming her hips back down over and over as their tongues dueled and their hands explored.

It was almost too much, the sensations too many, too intense, her movements becoming more desperate with every moment.

Unable to control himself, Brigden rolled them over, caging her with his body as he took over, thrusting his cock into her pussy again and again as the desperate need to claim this woman filled his mind. He dragged his mouth from hers, worried that he might hurt her with the sharp incisors that grew from his gums. He ground his back teeth together, denying the impulse, determined to give Suzanne the chance to choose when and where they claimed her.

The bedroom door opened, and despite his distraction, he knew it was Gideon. He didn’t speak. He just closed the door and came to sit on the bed beside them. His hands roamed over both of them, his silent worship all the more potent as he nodded in approval.

It was then that Brigden remembered his own inexperience. He’d spent the past three decades imagining Gideon taking him the way he’d done in the cave yesterday. He understood the mechanics, obviously, but hadn’t given much thought to what a female partner might need from him. Yesterday Gideon had been the one to guide him.

Awkwardly, he tried to balance his weight on one arm and tried to slide his hand between them so that he could caress her clit. Gideon touched his face lovingly, perhaps appreciating what Brigden was trying to do for their mate.

“Let me,” he whispered almost soundlessly into Brigden’s ear. He nodded gratefully, managing to balance himself again with both hands. He and Suzanne both groaned when Gideon slid his hand between them and managed to caress her clit and his cock at the same time.

Suzanne began to shake immediately, her pussy muscles squeezing around him as Gideon’s fingers caressed his cock with each stroke. Each thrust was both heaven and hell, his need growing out of control, his orgasm overtaking all rational thought.

He thrust deep, his hands moving to hold Suzanne’s hips tight against him, his seed pumping from him in staccato bursts. He jolted, his skin oversensitive, his cock throbbing as exquisite sensation flowed up and down his spine.

Finally he collapsed against her, his arms not quite holding his weight off Suzanne’s prone form. Instead of panicking, she held him fiercely, her emotions somehow clearly conveyed to his mind.

Gideon knelt beside the bed for a few more moments before smiling and pushing Brigden sideways.

“We have time for a quick shower, baby girl, and then we need to get moving. The alpha wants you to resign today.”

“The alpha?” Brigden asked, still trying to find the energy to move. He knew that Suzanne would need to quit her job, but he hadn’t expected the alpha to be the one to order it.

“The alpha wants me to have a word with Jay Holks. If he is a shifter, maybe we’ll find out what the hell is going on.” He helped Suzanne off the bed, lifting her into his arms when it seemed she was very wobbly on her feet. He stepped into the shower area and turned on the taps as he continued talking. “Once the excitement died down last night, the bear cub we found told his mother he’d been talking to an unfamiliar bear-shifter when he got lost in the woods. Considering where we found the kid, we’re beginning to suspect it wasn’t an accident that he ended up that close to a human camping area.”

“So you think someone is trying to out us to humans?” Brigden asked as dread flooded his stomach.

“Nothing’s certain at this stage, but if a shifter was involved in the child’s disappearance it’s very worrying. Add that to the raccoon-shifter’s report of an unknown shifter with a funky smell, and we’ve got more than one alpha worried enough to want to investigate.”

* * * *

Despite the fact that Gideon climbed into the shower behind her, the touching between them was quite impersonal. It seemed that when an alpha ordered, shifters jumped.