“Not necessarily, but packs see having many alphas as a positive, since they’re considered stronger.”
Hawthorne looked thoughtful. “And without a pack, there will be many vying to have her in theirs.”
“How would they know?” Harper asked.
“I tested her blood, meaning she’s in the database for shifters now. I hid her results for now, but they came in early, so there's a possibility someone could have already seen.”
The room went silent. “So what do we do?”
I looked to Hawthorne. We hadn’t told Harper about the mating yet, but this may be the time.
“What else do you know about shifters?” I asked Harper.
“Uh, a bit,” she said. “I did some research when I started dating you guys and after everything happened with Aria.”
“Did you read anything about mates?” Leo asked.
She thought for a moment. “Wolves have mates, right? The person they’re meant to be with or something…” She trailed off as she noticed us all staring at her. “You all think I’m your…”
“Mate?” I asked. “We don’t think, we know. You are our mate. A mage who passed through told us about some mystical app that could match you to your mate, even with three of us. We didn’t believe her either, but it brought us to you, and when we met you, we all knew.”
“How did you know?” Harper asked.
“Our wolves could sense it,” Hawthorne explained.
“I thought your wolves weren’t separate?”
“They aren’t, and they’re different for everyone,” I said. “Mine is more like another sense, like taste or smell. It knows you’re mine.”
“Me too,” Leo jumped in. “I always think of my wolf like my conscience, and it knows you’re the one.”
She looked to Hawthorne, who had remained silent. “I have to be honest. My wolf and I always felt like one, but since I’ve met you, it’s been different. It does feel like there are two of us. I don’t know how to explain it, but what I do know is we both crave you in a way that can only be explained by a mating bond.”
Her eyes were watering. “I like you all too. A lot. I just worry about moving too fast.”
“And we don’t have to,” I clarified. “If we decide to move forward and mate, you guys would be a part of our pack. But there’s no rush on that.”
She took a deep breath. “Good. I do still want to stay, if that’s okay.”
Leo crawled up her body and planted a kiss on her lips. “Of course it’s okay. You can stay forever if you want to.”
I laughed. Leo has always taken things too far too fast, but we expected nothing else.
Leo kissed her again, and again, his touch becoming more feverish as his hands moved up her body, to her breasts. As he squeezed them, she gasped. My dick started hardening just watching the two of them, and I could tell Hawthorne wasn’t unaffected either.
I walked over until I was right above them and ran my hand up over Leo’s plump ass down to his muscular, toned thighs. I gave it a slight smack that made him take in a sharp breath of air.
Leo began kissing down her neck and pushing up her shirt, almost frantic to get to her tits.
When he finally managed to free them, we all growled around her. Her large, round tits hung down heavily, her creamy skin looking good enough to eat.
Leo took the right one in his mouth, and I reached around him to play with the left, rubbing the bud between my fingers.
Harper was so responsive, moaning and wriggling beneath us.
When Leo pulled away, Hawthorne tilted his chin up and kissed him above Harper’s head. She watched them, her panting breaths coming out heavy.
Suddenly, I heard the thud of small footsteps coming from upstairs. I froze, as did the other two.
