“You want to tell that to Kate and her mates?”
A pregnant pause. “Never mind.”
“I didn’t think so.”
Logan smiled. Time to head back home and make all of Kate’s dreams come true.
Chapter Thirteen
Three long days later, after being interrogatedad nauseamby the prime and his annoying though well-meaning pack, after going through more traditional dinners, ceremonies, and sharing her vows of devotion for her males in front of the entire clan, Kate’s patience would soon be rewarded.
“I still don’t see why I had to go through all that nonsense. You didn’t,” Kate said to Vicki as they stood outside on the wraparound porch of the Ravager mansion.
The human queen snorted. “I’m not a Ravager. And thank God. If I’d had to wait even two minutes before I could get busy with my guys, I’d have gone friggin’ nuts. Have to hand it to you, Kate. You’re a lot more patient than I’d thought.”
“Gee, thanks.” The animosity Kate normally felt when in Vicki’s presence no longer existed.
“I mean, it wasn’t like you were burning up the sheets after you claimed Jesse and Logan two months ago. We were worried about you.”
The proverbial “we.” Vicki and her pack. “Well, don’t be.”
“Yeah, yeah. Not my business. You know, real human queens are a lot more managing. Seems like all I get to do is spread pregnancy like a disease.” Vicki glared down at her slightly rounded stomach but patted it with tenderness. “At least I don’t have to wait the whole nine months. Puppies are going to be a huge pain in the ass, I just know it.”
“Like their fathers,” Kate said wryly, and Vicki grinned. “Don’t worry about me having a litter. A female’s first heat is rarely fertile.”
“Yeah, and there’s never been a Ravager queen who wasn’t Ravager. Last I heard, there are four females now pregnant.”
Kate swallowed. “Four?”
The smile Vicki shot her looked evil. “Oh yeah. Maybe five after today, hmm, Kate?”
Her mates saved her from smacking their queen upside the head.
“My queen.” Logan nodded but didn’t look away from Kate, his gaze hungry, as he exited the house.
“Vicki.” Jesse raised a brow at Kate. “Well? We’re ready.”
She ignored Vicki, who held up a hand, spread her fingers wide and mouthedfive.
Jesse frowned. “What?”
“Never mind.” Buzzing with happiness and caught in an affectionate lust that made it hard to think of anything but loving her mates, Kate took them both by the hand and pulled them behind the mansion—their home. As the new head of her pack, Kate could have moved them all away, but she had no intention of living in the city, as some of the other Ravagers did. She planned to live here at the compound, in a suite in the mansion, and hopefully raise her young surrounded by clan.
“You sure you want to finish this in the woods? No bed?” Jesse asked.
Though a bed right now was much closer, and it had been threelong, excruciating days apart from her mates, Kate wanted this to be special. No interruptions, no rush. Just the three of them loving together.Reallytogether. “Let’s shift and run to your favorite meeting spot.”
Already taking off his clothes and folding them in a neat pile on the porch steps, Logan smiled. “Let’s get wild and freaky Kate’s way. This is her fantasy.”
“Yeah? Well I’ve got a few of my own. And they involve a lash, some ropes, and bed posts. For both of you.” Jesse flashed a wolfish grin.
Kate sucked in a breath as a wave of desire made her skin pebble with goosebumps. Though the fall weather didn’t bother her, the need for her mates did.
“I felt that all the way to my balls. Shit. Let’s go.” Logan quickly shifted, standing heads above her in hisguer. His sharp teeth snapped, and he howled as he sniffed the air, catching her scent on the breeze.
Jesse joined him, now naked and shifted as well. The pair of them looked so much alike when furry that most of the clan couldn’t tell them apart. But Kate could. Jesse watched her with possessive eyes, looking so handsome, so sexy. A human ideal of a werewolf come to life. She wondered what those women at the coffee shop would think if they could see him now.
She removed her clothing and let the power of hergueroverwhelm her. The subtle shifting of her bones, the stretch of growing muscle, and the feel of energy building increased her sudden need for blood. She wanted to bite someone, to rake her claws through flesh until she found a warrior strong enough to tame her.
