5. Finley
Finley
As the glow of my Blood Bond induced orgasm faded, I almost felt a little awkward being held in Derven’s arms as my other mates looked on.
My brain told me I betrayed them, but my heart told me this was always meant to happen.
Our blood had been created to give Derven life.
It didn’t really help make me feel all that much better, but there really wasn’t anything I could do about it now.
Zander held out a hand to me. “Come on, little dove. I promised you breakfast.”
Derven helped me to my feet and watched me with such sad eyes as I walked away with Zander.
I let him lead me down the stairs, but when we reached the kitchen, I pulled him to a stop, then wrapped my arms around his waist letting my face nestle into the middle of his back.
I needed to know that we were okay. He was shutting me out of his mind, but even when he did that, I could read his emotions.
They were shifting rapidly—anger, hurt, and uncertainty warred inside him.
“I’m so sorry,” I whispered, tears pooling in my eyes. “Please know that I didn’t mean to betray you or the others. I had no idea that something like that could even happen.”
Zander grabbed my arm, pulled me forward, lifted me up, and set me on the kitchen island.
He cupped my face in his hands and let our foreheads rest against each other.
“This is not your fault, Finley. You are my mate, I love you with every fiber of my being, and nothing will ever change that. Is this a shock? Yes. I’m more furious at the vampire doing what he did without even saying a word.
He bound you to him without even a by-your-leave.
It was wrong and completely unfair to you. ”
“You’re not mad at me?” I asked, the tears finally spilling from my eyes.
“No, little dove, I’m not mad at you and neither are any of the others,” he assured me as he leaned back to wipe my tears from my eyes. “We will get through this together, as a pack and a nos should.”
The sound of fist hitting flesh could be heard upstairs, followed by a grunt and muffled swearing.
I tensed, taking an educated guess that Derven wasn’t being as warmly welcomed as Rath had been into the family.
Just when I thought things were settling between all of us, now that I’d soul bonded everyone.
Elias and I still had to solidify his mate bond with me, but I knew he wanted the moment to be special, for the two of us without anyone else around.
He was a man who couldn’t be rushed and I was happy to do what made him happy.
“Should I stop them?” I questioned, peering up at the stairs.
Zander kissed my forehead and stepped back, heading over to the fridge.
“No, let them work things out. Not all matters can be solved with words alone when it comes to men and shifters. Actions speak louder than words and what he did was as disrespectful to you as it was to us. Now it looks like we can make omelets with all the eggs and vegetables they have stocked up.” I made a face having been spoiled with all the yummy sweet breakfasts we’d been having.
Zander just chuckled and started to pull ingredients out of the fridge.
“Guess that’s the one nice thing about this pack being so self-sufficient you never run out of food.
Chickens for eggs, garden for vegetables, cows for milk, the only thing they are missing is a mill to make their own grain for bread, and we’d be able to weather anything that came our way. ”
“Don’t say that too loudly around Milly, or it will happen.
She wants us to be detached from the rest of the world and run this as a closed commune, but we argued that wasn’t what was best for the pack,” Noah interjected as he joined us in the kitchen and wiggled his way between my legs to pull me into a hug.
“It’s all good, Finley. No matter what happens, we are your family, and we won’t leave you.
Now take a deep breath and tell your wolf she’s fine so you can stop worrying your pretty head. ”
I clung to him as my wolf pushed forward, peering out of my eyes as if she needed him to say it directly to her. A hand gripped my hair and pulled my head all the way back until I was looking at Zander upside down.
His wolf caused his eyes to glow as he spoke with all the authority given to him as a superior alpha male of his kind. “Finley, you are ours. End of discussion.”
“Yes, alpha,” I murmured, my body lighting up with heat at his words. My wolf wanted nothing more than to show him just how much those words meant to us. “Who else can make breakfast?”
Before I even got an answer, I was tossed over Noah’s shoulder and carried out of the kitchen and into a bedroom.
It was half empty, making me guess it was either his or Mason’s, but the scent of warm chocolate and hazelnuts told me it was his room.
I was tossed on the large bed that took up most of the room and I bounced once before Noah was caging me in with his body over mine.
“You can’t say things like that while your need is thick in the air, Finley,” Noah warned. “Not when you are in our house with all your mates around you. Who knows, maybe the others will come join us once Zander and I get you screaming.”
This was the side of Noah I only ever saw when we were intimate. In every other part of his life, he went with the flow, offering support when and where he could, but when it came to sex, he knew exactly what he wanted and let me know it.
“Are you sure that’s what you want?” I challenged, letting a finger trace down his shirt-covered chest. “Right now, you could keep it between just the three of us.”
“What would the fun be in that?” Zander countered, his chest rumbling with a possessive growl as he crawled across the bed toward me.
“We know you are with the others, and sometimes, there may be a need for you to be with us one on one, but none of us are under the illusion we aren’t sharing this perfect body between us all.
To watch you come undone at the hands of another is an amazing sight to see. ”
Noah slipped his hands under the shirt I’d put on and let them glide up my ribs, pushing the fabric up, revealing my stomach inch by inch. When he reached my breasts, he cupped them both, kneading them gently, making me moan.
“Louder, babe, I know you can do it,” Noah whispered in my ear, nipping at it before moving down to my neck.
His tongue brushed over his mate mark, sending a shockwave of pleasure through me, making me shout as my back arched.
“That’s better. Remember, we want them to know what’s happening in here. ”
Zander shifted Noah to the side so he could slide my sweatpants off. I knew he would find me soaked after that moment with Derven and part of me was ashamed of it. Lifting my legs so he could place them over his shoulders as he army crawled right up to my aching pussy.
“Did that vampire get your motor running?” he asked as he swiped a finger through my center, then brought it to his lips as he licked it clean. “You taste just like you smell, vanilla with spice.”
With that declaration, he slid his hands under my ass and dove in like I was the best dessert he’d ever tasted.
His tongue was pressed flat as he took long strokes from bottom to top, taking a moment to suck on my clit, making me thrash at how good it felt.
I’d never been one to shy away from sex, but it hadn’t been something I needed.
Now, as an omega, it was almost as if it was part of my DNA.
My desire for my mate was always set at a low simmer that, but in the flick of a switch, could boil over into desperation.
Thank God, though, because I’m not sure how else I would manage seven…
well, I guess eight men now and their needs.
Noah yanked my shirt over my head, revealing my breasts to him.
He took a moment just to admire, not at all bothered by Zander, who was lost in his work between my legs, making me gasp and moan with need.
Noah stepped off the bed and shed his clothes before straddling my face, his thick cock bobbing in anticipation.
“I want your hot, pretty mouth on me as Zander eats your soul from your pussy,” Noah instructed, letting the back of his fingers brush along my cheek. Reaching out, I tried to grab the base, but he stopped me. “No, babe, mouth only. I’ll help you out if you need it.”
Which he did as he pushed it down for me to get my lips around it, tongue flicking over the crown, tasting the bitterness of his pre-cum. His hand slid into my hair, offering me support as I took him as deep as I could manage before it hit the back of my throat.
“God, I love that sound,” Mason’s voice said somewhere in the room. “Our mate sucking on my twin’s cock as one of her alphas eats her out. It’s not even my birthday.”
Zander paused in his efforts, making me whimper around Noah’s cock. “Are you gonna join us or not?”
“Now that is a stupid question,” Mason said with a laugh as he jumped on the bed, already naked. To be honest, I’m not sure if he ever got dressed. “You think I can borrow a pretty hand from you, snuggles, while you’re otherwise occupied?”
I held out a hand for him and felt a blob of lube squirted onto my palm. “Don’t want to get dick burn from a dry hand. Learned that real fast at age fifteen. Are you gonna join in or just sit and watch Elias?”
Having Noah’s body blocking my view of the room, I had no idea how long Elias had been in here. I reached out to him in our bond and he assured me he was quite content to watch as he stroked himself.
“Don’t worry about me, my heart. When it comes time for me to mark you, I don’t want any distractions. I want your eyes on me and me alone,” he whispered in my mind.