It took too long because my lying on top of Justice led to a lot of touching and kissing and then he gripped my hips and lifted me to straddle his. “You’re so slick, female, and I can’t wait for you any longer.”
“Then don’t.” Wriggling free, I glided down, feeling a fullness unlike anything I’d ever experienced before. I might be slick, but he was large, and hard, and the stretch was an ache that doubled as intense pleasure. “Faster.”
“You have the control, mate. We’re doing this at your speed.” Which lasted until my knees gave out, and he rolled us over, smiling down at me, gleaming fangs revealing how close his bear was to the surface. “This is nice too.”
“Mmm.” I reached for his shoulders, drawing him down to kiss the side of his neck. “Very nice.”
“Ouch.” He jerked up for a second before coming down to scrape his fangs over my throat, next to the other marks. “Fair enough.”
The tub was also nice. Especially when we made love in it for the second time. The third in the bed. And, before we checkedout in the morning, he bent me over the sink and took me from behind.
Nice didn’t begin to describe any of it.
Chapter Twenty-Four
Archer
Just like every other morning, I woke up before the others. I liked this time of day, and I loved cooking for everyone. That wasn’t new. But what was new was that now, I was cooking for our omega.
She had claimed us all, and we were hers.
Bonnie was sound asleep, tucked in her nest, safe and warm. It made me so happy, knowing how much better her life was now than it had been before, and that she allowed us to take care of her like this.
Me? I’d never truly believed we would find our omega and live a happy life together, but here we were, doing exactly that.
I started breakfast, putting on a pot of coffee, mixing pancake batter, frying bacon, and scrambling eggs. I had a half plan for us to shift today, which meant we needed a lot of energy. Extra energy meant I was making a ton of food.
Dallas came out next, the scent of bacon a surefire way to wake him up. He jumped in to help, and then Justice joined ten minutes later.
Bonnie had expressed her worry about us and jealousy, not wanting to make any of us feel bad, but the three of us had never been happier, never gotten along better. I thought she was beginning to see that. We weren’t in competition with each other. We all had a common goal to make her happy and give her the life she wanted and deserved.
I was starting to cook the pancakes when she came out, still not fully awake. I suspected the bacon had roused her as well. She greeted us each with a kiss on the cheek, which had become her routine. I loved it.
Her scent was a little stronger today, a little sweeter, or maybe that was just me being lovesick. It could easily be that.
But as I watched the others scenting the air, I suspected maybe it wasn’t.
It wasn’t heat. That scent would be overpowering, but it was a little different, possibly because we were all mated now.
After we ate, I asked Dallas if he could keep the store closed.
He looked at me funny. “Why?”
“I think we should spend the day together.”
“Give me ten minutes to go put the sign up.”
I loved how he instantly agreed.
When he left, Justice, Bonnie, and I went about the daily farm chores, feeding the animals, checking the fences, and they were done just a little bit quicker with Justice’s help. Considering he only fed the chickens half as much as they needed and had to go back and do it again, I was impressed with our timing. When Dallas came back from putting the sign up on the door, we were nearly done.
“What were you thinking, since this was your idea?” Dallas put his arm on me.
“I was thinking we have to play, fur on.”
“And what should we play?” Bonnie asked.
“Predator and prey, of course,” I said.
