were running errands but their car was still parked in the garage,” Xeres said, hugging her close.
“I called Lex, Taj’s father, and asked if he knew where our parents were but he hadn’t seen them all day either. He called the rest of the Pride together and even got Lachlan and your parents involved in the search. All that was found were two sets of prints leading into the forest behind our house, they disappeared into a small creek about 100 yards past the treeline. Nothing else was ever found,” Xavier said.
“We continued the search for several months before finally giving up. If our parents were in the vicinity then they didn’t want to be found. What made it so much worse was the fact that just a few months before they disappeared they had adopted Graeme. His situation was very similar to ours. He came home from school and his parents weren’t. They never came home,” Xander said. “A couple years later Lex went missing. But we weren’t sure if he had been taken or just went feral because of his wife’s death. Most of the pride moved away after that except for Acacia and Camilla’s parents, and Nadia’s family.”
Charise cocked her head, questions whirling through her mind. “It wasn’t long after your parents’ disappearance that my parents had their ‘accident.”
“What’s got your mind whirling, sweetheart?” Xavier asked.
“Could it be possible that there were all taken for some kind of shifter black market?” All three of them stared down at her. “What?”
“We never thought of that,” Xander murmured.
Chapter 18
“I knew you three weren’t the sharpest tools in the shed but I still love all of you,” she giggled.
“We love you too,” Xavier said.
“Even though Xavier was a complete asshole?” Xander asked smiling.
“Asshole?”
She laughed and snuggled closer to Xerxes. “Yes even though all of you have had your moments I love you. My bear went crazy the first time I saw all three of you together in my office and it was just downhill from there.”
“Well, don’t make it sound like a bad thing,” Xavier grouched.
Xander bumped Xavier out of the way and picked Charise up. “I love you Charise. Will you be my mate and marry me?”
She smiled at him. “I love you too. I’ll be your mate but I’m not quite ready to get married.”
“Don’t make me tease you with my cock to make you say yes,” he growled.
She couldn’t help laughing at his mutinous expression. “I have two other cocks to enjoy while you go on strike.”
He grinned evilly at her. “You do realize that means you have three men all willing to torture you until you say yes?”
She hesitantly looked at Xavier and Xerxes, who both wore the same evil expression as their brother. “You can’t do this.”
“Oh yes we can, my darling mate. That’s why Xavier sent me on a little errand this morning.” He upended her over his shoulder. “I have spent the last three days getting blue balls watching this beautiful ass of yours scamper around in one of our shirts while Xavier was recovering.” He smacked her on the ass as he went to the bedroom. “Now that he is fully recovered I’m going to mark you as mine like I wanted to in the truck.”
“As long as I get to mark you as mine too.” She pinched his butt, earning herself another swat on the ass. She giggled when she looked up to see Xavier and Xerxes hot on their heels, stripping as they went up the stairs. “So how do you plan to torture me?’
“You’ll just have to find out, sweetheart,” Xander said, laying her down on the bed.
Xavier and Xerxes climbed in on both sides of her, effectively making her the filling of their sexy sandwich. They trailed their hands along her skin, Xavier grinned and nipped playfully at her shoulder, sending delightful shivers along her skin. Xerxes purred as he sucked one of her stiff nipples into his mouth, causing even more shivers.
Charise squirmed in anticipation. She loved these
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