ground with one woman. Fantasy wasn’t something I’d indulged in much since becoming the Protector of my Family. It wasn’t easy to find my own thoughts among the miasma’s catalog. Was I just gaining control at last? Or was it the effect of these men?
“We’re here,” Rick said. “You told us you had important information.”
“Why are you half naked?” Superbrain and all, I couldn’t move past that topic.
“Shelly, we’re shifters. It’s not like we need clothes for protection. Unless your delicate sensibilities are offended.” Trevor was a smartass. His mouth kicked up in a half smile.
“If you aren’t affected, why wear anything at all? I promise I won’t mind.” I sucked in a breath.
I really needed to learn to think before I spoke. What was wrong with me? Sexual banter was not supposed to be on the table tonight, considering who we were meeting.
Trevor still wore a smile, but Rick’s face held no warmth. My miasma played a scene for me from nearly a year ago. I couldn’t help thinking about being with these two in the woods. My scalp tingled as I remembered them fixing my hair after I had fucked them both. I stopped my heart from beating. I didn’t need any more blood rushing anywhere.
I didn’t get scared of anyone, but I felt a little skitter of anxiety race down my spine with what might happen if I let myself feel too much with these two. I didn’t think Rick would ever hurt me, and I knew Trevor had everyone’s best interests at heart. But something about me lost control around them. I was never not in control.
My feet slipped back to keep under me as I straightened. What was that smell? I sniffed again. Man, that was good. The scent filled my body like the most powerful drink of blood. My insides tingled in a way that was not at all unpleasant. Why would a smell do that?
“Shelly.” Rick snapped his fingers my way. “We came because you said you had more information. We got away for now, but our guise won’t let us linger for long. Get it on.”
Trevor laughed and his Alpha coughed. “I meant, let’s get talking.” He glared at a still smiling Beta to his left.
I was opening my mouth to say something but our innuendo-heady bubble burst wide open when Rick caught movement behind me. He invaded even more of my personal space and gripped my shoulder. In a swift motion, he pulled me behind him and faced the sound coming our way. Trevor moved in close. I was surrounded by bare-chested muscles and the smell was making me dizzy. What was that?
“Damn, what stinks?”
My hands instinctively went to my head. I couldn’t protect my skull from what the little witch coming down the path could do, but it gave me something else to focus on.
Mary wasn’t as soft-spoken as she used to be. “I thought we were meeting your dad? We couldn’t meet at the apartments? We had to come to the woods where someone obviously left some perishable campsite food out for the sun to rot?”
“That is not what that smell is.” I recognized my little brother’s voice.
Combined with the louder footsteps, it was enough to break through to my fried brain. What could they possibly smell that stinks? The only thing I was getting was spicy woods with a hint of hot damn.
Amber’s voice barreled through to my ears, and just like every other situation, she took over the conversation. “I don’t want to know what that means, so I choose to ignore it all. Daddy?”
I couldn’t conceal my smile, but the back muscles in front of me tensed. I peeked around the wall of man to see the Hart Clan marching through the brush. All four of them. The little witch had a new hairdo, and from the change in her blood flow, she was obviously more than a witch. Craig’s hand on Mary’s back showed me their relationship had finally vacated the friend zone.
“Amber?” Rick’s voice nearly cracked.
I was left chilled when both my men rushed to greet the four people who had interrupted us. My brain started to
“We’re here,” Rick said. “You told us you had important information.”
“Why are you half naked?” Superbrain and all, I couldn’t move past that topic.
“Shelly, we’re shifters. It’s not like we need clothes for protection. Unless your delicate sensibilities are offended.” Trevor was a smartass. His mouth kicked up in a half smile.
“If you aren’t affected, why wear anything at all? I promise I won’t mind.” I sucked in a breath.
I really needed to learn to think before I spoke. What was wrong with me? Sexual banter was not supposed to be on the table tonight, considering who we were meeting.
Trevor still wore a smile, but Rick’s face held no warmth. My miasma played a scene for me from nearly a year ago. I couldn’t help thinking about being with these two in the woods. My scalp tingled as I remembered them fixing my hair after I had fucked them both. I stopped my heart from beating. I didn’t need any more blood rushing anywhere.
I didn’t get scared of anyone, but I felt a little skitter of anxiety race down my spine with what might happen if I let myself feel too much with these two. I didn’t think Rick would ever hurt me, and I knew Trevor had everyone’s best interests at heart. But something about me lost control around them. I was never not in control.
My feet slipped back to keep under me as I straightened. What was that smell? I sniffed again. Man, that was good. The scent filled my body like the most powerful drink of blood. My insides tingled in a way that was not at all unpleasant. Why would a smell do that?
“Shelly.” Rick snapped his fingers my way. “We came because you said you had more information. We got away for now, but our guise won’t let us linger for long. Get it on.”
Trevor laughed and his Alpha coughed. “I meant, let’s get talking.” He glared at a still smiling Beta to his left.
I was opening my mouth to say something but our innuendo-heady bubble burst wide open when Rick caught movement behind me. He invaded even more of my personal space and gripped my shoulder. In a swift motion, he pulled me behind him and faced the sound coming our way. Trevor moved in close. I was surrounded by bare-chested muscles and the smell was making me dizzy. What was that?
“Damn, what stinks?”
My hands instinctively went to my head. I couldn’t protect my skull from what the little witch coming down the path could do, but it gave me something else to focus on.
Mary wasn’t as soft-spoken as she used to be. “I thought we were meeting your dad? We couldn’t meet at the apartments? We had to come to the woods where someone obviously left some perishable campsite food out for the sun to rot?”
“That is not what that smell is.” I recognized my little brother’s voice.
Combined with the louder footsteps, it was enough to break through to my fried brain. What could they possibly smell that stinks? The only thing I was getting was spicy woods with a hint of hot damn.
Amber’s voice barreled through to my ears, and just like every other situation, she took over the conversation. “I don’t want to know what that means, so I choose to ignore it all. Daddy?”
I couldn’t conceal my smile, but the back muscles in front of me tensed. I peeked around the wall of man to see the Hart Clan marching through the brush. All four of them. The little witch had a new hairdo, and from the change in her blood flow, she was obviously more than a witch. Craig’s hand on Mary’s back showed me their relationship had finally vacated the friend zone.
“Amber?” Rick’s voice nearly cracked.
I was left chilled when both my men rushed to greet the four people who had interrupted us. My brain started to
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