“Wow,” Calix choked out, and Micah chuckled.
A loud, guttural roar shook the treehouse, and Nathan and I broke apart just as the roar turned to a high-pitched shriek.
“What the fuck was that?” Nathan pulled me to my feet as Micah and Calix jumped up.
“Sounded like a mountain lion.” Micah’s jaw tightened.
My ears hurt from the sound as adrenaline pumped into me, and we all rushed to the window to stare into the darkness asthe shriek settled, replaced by whimpers before it went away completely.
Goosebumps covered my arms, and dread coiled in my gut as my hand clamped over my mouth.
Calix wrapped his arms carefully around my shoulders and leaned me into his chest as terror rooted me to the spot. “It’s okay, honey. We’re safe up here. Micah made this treehouse tough. Everything’s locked up.”
“What kind of wildlife is around here?”
“Bears, coyotes, rattle snakes, wolves now, and mountain lions are the most dangerous animals around here. But I’ve noticed a lot of out of place predatory animals since the apocalypse. Though, we haven’t seen snakes in a while now. Still watch out for them though, obviously.”
I nodded. “That’s terrifying.”
“That mountain lion we heard must’ve been bitten,” Nathan stated the obvious, and Calix stiffened further as he pulled away.
Micah dragged me into his arms, and his woodsy scent filled my senses as I snuggled closer to him, already missing Calix even as I savored Micah's warmth. “We’ll keep an eye out and tell the others, though, I’m sure they came to that conclusion on their own.”
Watching out for zombies and wildlife was something I had become accustomed to at the ranch the past three years, but watching out for zombified wildlife was something else entirely.
We left the window and cleaned up the game and house before heading to bed, and as soon as I was tucked between Micah and Nathan, sleep took over, and my worries were mercifully put on pause.
13
MICAH
Waking up next to Tori had become something I looked forward to in the past few days.
Ever since I lost Kelly and my parents, waking up was my least favorite part of the day. It was lonely, more so than at night when I could fall asleep and ignore the world. Now that Tori had come into the picture, I had both her and Nathan to wake up to rather than myself. It was something I hadn’t realized I needed, and now that she was here, I didn’t want to let her go.
My cock dug into her stomach as she draped herself over me, and Nathan’s arm was wound around her waist. She was so beautiful it made my chest ache, and it made mewantin a way I never had before.
I couldn’t stop my hips from bucking slightly, and Tori moaned, picking up her head and catching my lip with hers in a searing kiss as if she’d been awake for a minute. A jolt of desire worked its way through me as I moved Nathan’s arm from her, and I gripped her ass before flipping her over and pinning her to the bed.
The bed creaked from the movement, and she relaxed as I grabbed her wrists and held them above her head. I broke thekiss and stared down at her. My heart was like a fist pounding in my chest from the way her body reacted to me.
Tori was intoxicating. She was healing all the pieces of me I thought were lost, and I desired her so desperately ithurt. Her blue eyes were dark with need as she stared back up at me, her chest heaving with every breath.
My fingers worked at the flannel’s buttons, and they trailed between the fabric up toward her breasts and pushed it away. “So beautiful, darlin’,” I rasped, leaning down and nuzzling her breasts, licking and sucking at her nipples.
She arched, a breathy moan pulling from her throat. “Micah,oh my God!”
I swore I hardened even further with my name leaving her mouth, and my thumb and index finger teased the hardened nipple of her other breast. Letting go of her wrists, I gave one last suck to her nipple before helping her sit up and take off her clothes.
“Well, fuck. Good morning, killer—and Micah. Best wakeup call ever,” Nathan croaked, rubbing his eyes and undressing himself as Tori pulled my boxers down, springing my throbbing cock free.
“Morning, handsome.” Tori’s eyes slid toward Nathan, and with a sultry smile, she leaned forward, her hand curling around the base of my cock, and wrapped her lips around the tip.
I groaned, pleasure spreading through me as she took me into her mouth. She slowly bobbed her head, eyes locked with Nathan as she worked me.
“Holy fuck, Micah. She’s fucking perfect.” Nathan’s mouth hung open as he watched her hungrily suck my cock. “You’re sucking him so good, killer. He looks like he’s going to bust.”
Her eyes shifted to me, and my cock twitched as she flattened her tongue on the underneath of me and moaned. The vibrationof it coaxed me to my climax, and I pulled out of her mouth, bunching her hair in my fists and dragging her up.
