Chapter 27
Standing naked in the middle of the forest was weird. I wasn’t sure I’d ever get used to it. Naked might not even be a requirement, but it would be awkward if I accidentally incinerated my clothes and had to walk-of-shame it back to the cabin where people might be.
The trees did that strange acid trip wave if I looked at them for too long, so I closed my eyes and sat down in the moss. My tiger’s eye pendant hung heavy between my breasts and cold against my skin. A slow, deep breath had me feeling like I was sinking straight into the earth. I dug my fingers into the moss as an anchor.
Hecate. I need guidance.
Soft starlight filled the grove, little pinpricks of light floating like will-o’-the-wisps around us. Even with my eyes closed, I could see them in my mind. Seth yelped, but he sounded far away.
Hecate coalesced in front of me, sitting herself in the moss. Hello, Logan. I see you’ve begun embracing my second gift.
Heat rushed through my body. Yes.
Her smile was gentle, playful. I’m glad. He’s been lonely. You were meant to have him earlier, but Caden wasn’t ready. I waited as long as I could to set things in motion. It was hard for Seth. He didn’t know he was waiting, and it was an uncomfortable period of his life. I tried to guide him to safe places while we waited for Caden to grow. I’m pleased you’ve not let fear stand in the way of what you all need.
You said more are coming?
She nodded, reaching her hand to rest it against my cheek. The others will not all be so easy. They will teach you what you need to know to fulfill your destiny. I hope they will love you as well, but that is not something I can control.
Her words made me shiver.
Will one of them teach me magic?
You will learn it yourself in time. Each witch’s magic works a little differently. They may be able to guide you, as Melinda did, but the rest you must find out for yourself. Try now. You may find it comes easier now that you know what to expect.
I focused on the quiet smoldering in my belly, coaxing the embers until they flared to life, inflating from a candle flame to an inferno that warmed my skin and made the moist ground steam around me. With the heat came desire, the craving for the power to build until I was overwhelmed with it.
Hecate laughed quietly. Your power draws from pleasure. The more you experience and understand, the deeper the power will grow.
Oh gods.
Her hand slipped from my cheek, fingers sliding down my throat until it rested on my shoulder. Goosebumps followed. I knew by the smirk on her lips that she’d done it on purpose.
Focus it into one spot outside yourself.
I lifted my hands from their moss anchor and tried to force all that burning power into one point. It shrank slowly, the effort making me sweat. Soon I held a small sun between my shaking hands. I squirmed. My pussy was making me far too aware of it.
Good. Now take it back into your body. Hecate watched patiently.
I stared at the ball of energy, wondering how the hell I could manage that task. It slunk up my arms like lava, and while it was scorching, it was more akin to slipping into a hot bath than sticking my hand on a glowing stove like I’d expected.
The glide was slow and even, slipping down my chest and up my throat. Every inch of me throbbed as the warmth enveloped me, crackling with energy and light. The nearer it got to my face, the harder my heart pounded. My ears filled with the thunderous drumming of panic.
Peace. It is yours to command. Hecate’s voice gentled the rising fear.
I called it back into me and the power sank into my skin, every bit as satisfying as a cock driving into me. I gasped, sucking in a deep breath and latching my hands back onto the moss again.
“Oh fuck.”
Again. Make it dance for you.
Sweat prickled my skin. I was damp and glistening, and my scalp itched as I pulled that little sun into existence again. Just holding it was exhausting. I wished I could at least see someone else wield power. I had no idea what was even possible unless I was going to use cartoons and anime as references.
Hecate’s smile snapped me to attention and she held out a ball of moonlight in front of her. Our powers differ, but you are correct that your human mind would find a reference useful.
She flicked her fingers and it split into two, circling above her spread palm. The light rippled around us, dancing in flowing tendrils as if it were water. Her hand bounced and the power followed, snapping from that delicate flow to a fierce shard, to blinding light, to a burning temperature that made me gasp before stealing every bit of warmth away until my breath puffed before me.
The possibilities are truly endless. Hecate snapped her fingers and the balls of light vanished. It will do what you command, but it takes practice.
I stared at my own little sun, willing it with every fiber of my being to split into two. It shivered and roiled, but remained resolutely singular. The harder I pushed, the more my nerves tingled, the more I craved actual touch to soothe it.
“Come on. Little fucker. Split!” It shivered as if it were laughing at me. Seth and Caden actually did laugh in the background, but they both still sounded far away.
I fought with the tiny sun until having that energy outside me had me sweating and panting. This was harder than the kickboxing class I’d forced myself to go through when I was in university. It was hard to breathe and I was lightheaded, nerves sparking deliciously with the effort of trying to control the power.
Call it back. You can try again later when you’re safe again.
I pulled the little sun into its snaking lava form, shuddering as the heat crept over my skin. I let it spread further this time, let it slide over my breasts and down my stomach, and bit back a moan as it warmed my clit. It melted into my skin and I flopped backwards, breathless and needy.
Hecate vanished, and only Seth and Caden were in the clearing with me again. Caden knelt next to me, and his hand on my shoulder erupted a bone-deep burning that made my pussy clench and my clit pulse. His pupils were dilated as he looked down at me.
“Caden.” It was hard to care that I sounded whiny and pitiful.
I needed.
His gaze passed from me to Seth and back again. “Both?”
Both.
I nodded, squirming on the ground as the heat swelled in me. I tilted my head to see Seth watching me with a dark, lustful look that had my stomach tightening.
“Both.” I barely managed the word.
I was getting dizzy, and then Caden’s mouth was on mine, an anchor that held me as surely as the hand that slid up to hold my throat. I groaned into his mouth and bucked my hips. Seth came around to kneel between my thighs and inched himself down, dipping that wicked tongue to slide against my clit. I bucked again, mindlessly, probably delivering the equivalent of a punch to the nose with my pussy. His hands pressed my thighs down firmly and I whimpered at the restraint.
“How do you want us?” Caden nuzzled my cheek and nipped my ear.
That was a lot of thinking for what little brain capacity was available to me. “All the ways?”
Maybe that was good enough. I couldn’t care less what combo or position they took me in as long as they took me. Seth’s tongue wiped my mind clean with a lusciously deep dive that had me arching off the moss.
Caden stroked my cheek, smoothing my sweaty hair back from my face. “Do you want to play with us, too? Or do you need us to focus on you right now?”
I opened my mouth to respond, but only a moan slipped free as Seth pressed his fingers into me.
Caden pulled a travel packet of lube out of his wallet and dripped it over his fingers, pressing them between my ass cheeks. I shivered and welcomed the intrusion, his fingertip pushing in slowly, retreating to add more lube until the glide was smooth and easy. I rolled my hips, but between the two of them I couldn’t move very far.
“Play.” I gasped it out, digging my fingers into the ground.
“That’s my girl.” Caden grinned wolfishly at me and I knew I was in the best sort of trouble. “Run.”
The word registered a half second before Caden leaned away and slipped into his panther form.
Oh.
I climbed on to wobbly legs, pulling away from Seth, and turning to the expansive woods. The energy of the forest wrapped me up. Whispering trees drew me deeper, but my heart pounded too loudly to hear their words. I came across a deer trail and turned down it, Caden and Seth crashing through the ferns and underbrush.
Adrenaline roared through my system. Even with the boost, I knew I wouldn’t be able to run for long. My lungs were already burning and my panthers were closing in. I wanted to be caught, but even though I knew it was Seth and Caden chasing me, my brain still screamed danger. Predators were coming, and if you didn’t haul ass, you got eaten.
Each footfall on the path jolted through me. I could see them out of the corner of my eyes, one on each side. The adrenaline blended with hot desire as the fear, manufactured as it was, made my mind cloudy. My body thrummed, need burning bright.
I leapt over a fallen log and tripped into the moss and ferns, tumbling off the side of the path. A massive panther head filled my vision when I opened my eyes. They snuffled around me.
You okay, Lo?
I nodded, my tongue not up to forming words.
The other panther growled and pinned me down. They shifted one after another and set about wrecking me. Caden’s hand slid around my throat and fastened his mouth on my nipple. Seth stroked my clit and took over the other nipple. I gasped and thrashed, my arms tucked down and pinned by their legs on each side of me.
Gods.
It was so much and somehow not enough.
Heat burned through me, alighting my nerves and cranking up the sensitivity of my body. I struggled, the sensations overwhelming even as that blissful calm of being restrained washed over me. I couldn’t recognize the sounds I made.
Arcs of electricity leapt from their lips to my clit, whipping shockwaves back and forth between their swirling tongues and sucking mouths, and Seth’s relentless fingers. I tried to close my thighs around his hand to dampen at least some of what I felt, but he just laughed against my skin and slid his hand a little further, teasing inside me.
I bucked hard, needing more even as I drowned. The orgasm rose up like a tsunami, and sparks danced in my vision as I threw my head back and screamed into the trees. There was no relief. Neither of them stopped what they were doing and I could feel the second wave cresting before the first had any chance to settle.
My brain felt like it was melting out of my ears. The slick sounds of Seth finger-fucking me was infinitely loud, somehow managing to overtake the pounding bass of my pulse. Caden lifted his head, a low growl making goosebumps break over me. He nipped at my throat, sucking at my pulsepoint like he could taste the pleasure and panic coursing through me.
Seth plunged his fingers into me. I arched off the ferns and whined, thrusting my hips at him.
Ready? Caden’s voice filled my head.
I swallowed hard and squeaked out a yes.
Caden flipped me over with a grin, pinning me onto my stomach on the mossy ground. My heart crashed around my ribs as he tucked a finger between my ass cheeks, leaning over to nuzzle my cheek as he prodded inside.
“Look at you, all relaxed and ready for me back there.”
I whimpered and pressed my hips back against his hand. My pussy was throbbing and desperate for his attention. “Caden, please.”
He chuckled softly and continued teasing my asshole. “Did running for your life make you a needy little slut?”
The words made me burn. He didn’t often get into the mood where he was willing to talk to me like that during sex.
“Yes. Gods, yes. Please.” I tried to grind against him, but he moved his knee to keep me pinned.
“So impatient.” He tutted and moved behind me, hoisting my hips up, teasing my pussy with his other hand. “That’s what you want, right? To be fucked with one of us in each.”
I couldn’t form words with him pressing deep into me. A pitiful cry fell past my lips and Seth reached out, lifting the front half of me until we were face to face. His eyes glowed yellow and his fangs hadn’t fully receded.
Caden pressed the tip of his cock against my ass, swiping one hand through my dripping folds and smearing it over himself. He inched into me in slow strokes. Pathetic cries burst past my lips as he wiggled into me. I was keenly aware of each textured bit popping past each side of the ring of muscle. I focused on breathing, letting myself relax and sink back against him. We didn’t do this type of play nearly as often as other activities. I wasn’t used to the stretch, but the slight edge of the burn wasn’t out of place with every other inch of my body. I rocked gently, taking him in.
Seth slid his hand to cup my cheek, but he wasn’t as gentle as usual, his fingers digging into my scalp. His mouth met mine with a vicious heat, his fangs scraping against my lips. The passion was dizzying and I let myself surrender to him, leaning in, stroking his tongue as it delved into my mouth.
I broke away with a choking gasp as Caden settled himself all the way into my ass.
Caden pulled me back into his lap and nipped my throat. “Tell him what you want, Logan.”
Seth went back to toying with my clit, and it choked off any response I might have been able to form.
I tilted my head back, panting, embracing the pressure of Seth’s fingers. He dipped in, tongue lapping at the ear Caden wasn’t occupying. “Tell me. Because I’m a little desperate to give you exactly what I know you want.”
I shuddered head to toe and wiggled in Caden’s grip. He put me back in my place with a snap of his hips that drove his cock into me again.
“Ah! Fuck.” It was difficult to breathe, the air rushing into me somehow hot, warming me from the inside out, though I was already sweating.
“If you don’t hurry up, we might just have to leave you out here. Unsatisfied. Unfucked.” Caden growled in my ear. “You don’t want that, do you?”
Gods.
Why were words so hard?
“Seth.” I whined out his name. It was all I could get my brain to produce.
He laughed and slid a single finger into my pussy. “Yes?”
I clenched, feeling Caden keenly, but I needed more from Seth. Caden tipped us forward and I caught myself against Seth, both of them slipping out of me. I let out a frustrated groan.
“If you’re not going to use your mouth to communicate,” said Caden, “you can put it to work in a more productive way.”
I glanced back at Caden and lost my senses again as he pushed back into my ass. I turned to Seth and pressed a kiss to his shoulder before pushing him back a little, dropping down so I could reach his cock. He hissed and gathered my hair in his hands. My tongue delicately stroked over the textured ridges and sucked at the tip. Caden fucked into me and I took Seth to the back of my throat with the movement, sliding off with a little cough.
Seth looked down at me with perfect reverence. Caden’s fingers held my hips tight enough I was pretty sure bruises would decorate my skin tomorrow. He set a slow pace, nowhere near enough for satisfaction.
Pressure on the back of my head guided me back to Seth and I took him in again, swirling my tongue and hollowing my cheeks until his hands shook. As the pace settled a little, I was able to process. I was being fucked in the forest, taking both brothers at once. My pussy clenched. I didn’t even try to hold back the whimper, rocking myself between them, urging Caden to fuck deeper, wrapping eager fingers around Seth so I could stroke him.
Seth’s grip tightened. “Don’t you dare make me come before I get to fuck you.”
I popped off and turned back to Caden, unsure if that was actually on the table. He nodded and a soft cry fell from my lips, pussy and asshole squeezing tightly. Caden’s eyes fluttered shut.
“Seth,” I gasped out. “Please.”
“Please, what?”
He was enjoying this way too much. I let my forehead rest against his chest and continued softly stroking his cock. “Please. Please fuck me.”
With the words out, the energy from the two of them burst into an inferno, my magic responding in kind, stoking those deep curls of power in my belly.
Caden tilted me back and hooked an arm under each of my knees, leaving me spread open and exposed. Seth pressed up against me, one hand still in my hair, the other dipping down to stroke my clit. I writhed between the two of them.
“That’s not fucking.” I moaned and tried to get my panting under control.
“Caden’s right. You’re not very patient.” Seth grinned and leaned down to lick up my throat. He took his sweet time moving down my body, fangs brushing my skin, teasing as slow as he could.
“You two are the worst.” I strained in Caden’s grip, but there was no give.
They shifted positions and I rose in the air between them, letting Seth press his cockhead to my entrance.
I squeezed my eyes shut, biting my lip, more than ready to feel him.
“Look at me, Lo. I want to see what you look like when I finally take you.” His grip lifted my chin up and I opened my eyes to see that gorgeous flare of power and desire in his gaze. “There we go.”
He fucked into me with one smooth motion that drove the air from my lungs. I squeezed them both, my body demanding to get a hold of them. They both shuddered and I let my head fall back against Caden.
Seth trailed his fingers over my throat. “That was fucking gorgeous, Lo.”
I couldn’t manage words, so I hummed appreciatively.
I was basically a puddle of pleasure as they started to move, figuring out a steady rhythm between them. My throat hurt from breathing too fast, too hard, but it was the only thing I could do to keep all my senses getting overloaded.
I wanted to feel everything.
Their cocks dragged deliciously inside me. Tantalizing ridges stroked, the thickness of them spreading me open and there wasn’t a damn thing I could—or wanted—to do about it.
The orgasm built so fast I didn’t even realize it was coming until it struck. It was like I’d stuck my finger in a light socket, heat and power searing through me. They both cursed and faltered in their movements, panting around me and squishing me as they leaned inward for support.
“Fuck, that was strong.” Seth laughed and kissed my temple.
Caden was the first to recover and renew his attention. I cried out, pathetic and wanton. I think I was begging but the part of my brain that recognized words had stopped working. Time melted away, but the unrelenting sensation remained until I was intoxicated by it.
Seth growled in my ear. He fucked into me hard and the bloom of warmth inside me followed, his thrusts stuttering and slowing. His whine was like music to my ears. He stayed exactly where he was, but slipped his fingers between us and used those wicked digits to stir my clit back to vicious life, undoing me easily.
The fresh punch of power blanked out my vision and the tight squeeze of my frantic muscles finally undid Caden. He groaned into my skin, fucking slowly into my ass before they both slid out of me and sank, panting, to the ground. I tipped sideways and collapsed onto the moss and ferns.
“Sweet holy fuck.” Every nerve in my body was at attention.
I couldn’t move an inch but luckily Seth and Caden could, at least enough to roll over and cage me in their arms.
“I’m gonna die.” Seth laughed. “Gonna go into cardiac arrest right here in the dirt.”
I managed to lift a hand to his chest where his heart whacked against my palm. “No dying.”
Caden buried his face against my throat and took a deep breath. “I vote we stop for a steak dinner when we get to Eugene. I need calories.”
I hummed happily, reveling in the lingering soreness and prickling sweat of a job very well done. The forest was vibrating with energy, and it took me a second to realize it was agitated.
I sat up, reaching out, sinking my awareness into the root system around us. It made my head swim and I focused on pulling back, trying to search out the source.
“Oh, shit.” The chill of the monster slipped through my senses. “We have to go.”
Adrenaline saturated my blood, and I climbed unsteadily to my feet.
“Monster or something else?” Caden asked, looping an arm around my waist.
“Monster. It’s way too close.” I’d been too distracted to notice and should have checked sooner.
The trees wailed, the ground heaving as if they were trying to climb out of its path. The energy of the air billowed with malevolence. It hadn’t done that the other times we’d encountered it. Was it getting stronger?
Caden and Seth shifted, crowding me between their panther forms.
Get on. Caden lowered himself a bit and I climbed onto his back. He took off and I fisted my fingers in his fur to keep from flying off. I tried to keep watch for the creature. It was cold at my back, goosebumps erupting, the hairs at the back of my neck standing on end.
Darkness slithered between the trees out of the corner of my eye.
“Faster!” I cried out, but we couldn’t outrun it without the car. Panthers were fast but we couldn’t maintain top speed for long. This thing was relentless.
It swept closer and crashed into us, wrenching me off Caden and sending my panther tumbling into a tree. I thrashed and fought, but the tendrils held me so tightly I thought my bones might crack. A tendril wrapped around my throat, another sliding between my lips. Panic blinded me and I screamed. The tendril shoved deeper and choked off the sound. My power surged, burning hot and bright, but that only seemed to make the darkness pulse around me.
Caden, get her out of here!
Seth launched himself at me, massive paws plunging into the creature as he tackled me to the ground with an impact that knocked the wind out of me. I watched with bleary eyes as it snared him out of the air and bound him in those tendrils.
Caden roared at the entity. I scrambled up and he tried to herd me away, getting between my legs to force me onto his back.
“No, no, we can’t leave him.”
Caden hesitated a moment before taking a leap away, carrying me with him.
I turned, reaching out with a scream. “Seth!”