10. Arden
Chapter 10
Arden
A rden opened her senses to her Mates, breathing over the back of her tongue to test the air.
Finally, after all these year spans she could taste the full flavor of their rich scents.
“This way.”
Shane followed her as she went through room after room. She briefly admired the warm earth-tones, with pops of black and cream that dominated the decor. The interior was sleek, but comfortable. Homey. Their home.
Arden felt feral possessiveness rise within her as she sensed she was getting closer. She eyed Shane to make sure he was with her. Her voice was a low growl.
“Stay close.”
Shane looked at her, his nose flaring, nodding as he licked his lips with anticipation. Arousal poured out of her. She glanced down. He was engorged and ready.
Good. Because I will take them all. They ’ re mine .
She approached a wall with a pattern of rectangles on it, some in high relief, some flush to the wall. The pattern repeated throughout the spaces they’d passed. There was no obvious entryway, but she sensed they were here .
Perhaps a hidden entry?
They hadn’t passed by any visible private quarters as they searched for their Mates.
Reaching out, she pressed a raised rectangle with her palm. The entry slid open with a low shush.
A Solaray triggered as they entered a room of curved, textured cream walls with dark accents. There was subtle, warm lighting throughout, with a sitting area off to the side. But what caught and held Arden’s attention was the enormous, round-edged bed. And the three Lio Nels who laid upon it.
They were unconscious and didn’t stir. Not even their noses twitched.
They must be in deep.
Vai was in the middle. Kano and Rally, on either side of him, cuddled close with one hand each on his chest. His hands covered theirs as they slept.
They were beautiful, their lean, fur-covered bodies larger than she’d sensed in her dream-scape.
Finally.
Arden breathed their scents. Shane joined her at the foot of the bed, looking at them. She breathed deep again, this time with all her Mates’ scents mixed in a heady ambrosia.
We are together.
Deep emotion welled up, pricking her eyes with tears.
We ’ ve waited so long for each other!
A low growl rumbled in her chest as a rage of possessiveness tumbled through her. She’d never felt so wild. So sexually charged. The needs swirling inside her were demanding and vicious.
She turned her gaze to her gentle man. Shane was not vicious.
Can he handle this?
Shane looked back at her, his eyes wide as he swallowed.
“Fuck, Arden, if you don’t crawl up there and Claim our guys, I think I’ll lose my mind and attack them myself.”
He can take it!
She gave a low growl of approval and crawled up on the bed. Shane followed her closely, settling on his knees beside Kano.
Arden didn’t stop until she straddled Vai.
Vai had lovely golden fur, typical of most Lio, but with a magnificent, heavy, long, wavy black mane laying in a wild tumble around his head. His face had black fur above his lips and on his chin, matching his tail tuft.
Shane admired them with her.
“Kano has your colors!”
Kano really did have caramel-colored fur that matched her hair color. His mane and facial fur were all the same rich tone. Arden loved that they matched that way.
His mane ’ s texture is spectacular!
A lush, dense mass of tight, springy coils invited her touch.
I want to bury my hands in its beautiful thickness.
Arden remembered how Rally was described in his memory, but it was a pale shadow compared to the reality of him.
His long and luxurious, shaggy, golden mane had glossy, dark-brown tips. But his fur was extraordinary. It was a rich brown with pale gold tips that gave his fur a sumptuous golden sheen with a unique depth of color unusual among the Lio she’d seen.
So beautiful. So tender-hearted and hurt.
Need for her Mates blazed hot.
Time to be Claimed, my loves.
She leaned forward, bracing herself by covering their hands with hers as she leaned forward to kiss Vai. Her lips pressed softly as she breathed his scent. She sensed stirring beneath her hands.
Then Arden was on her back, being kissed with focused intent. She loved the textures of Vai’s kiss and reveled in licking his huge fangs.
She felt Kano sit up and spring to the side, hearing Shane’s whoosh of breath as Kano landed on him.
She felt the barest hint of claws as Vai ripped her clothes from her body.
Shane moaned as his clothes were quickly ripped away, too.
Arden’s face was turned for another’s kiss.
Rally.
His flavor was distinct and delicious. Vai wasted no time, pushing deep inside Arden, filling her with his hot, hard cock. She arched back and gasped at how different he felt.
Opening her eyes, she gazed into pale-gold eyes, shimmering with heat like the sun.
She murmured.
“Sunshine.”
Rally smiled, petting the hair back from her face as she moaned at Vai’s next thrust.
“Hello, Arden.”
Vai pushed hard and deep again, groaning his delight in her.
Rally crawled over to greet a groaning Shane, and Arden saw the lover who was inside her, pleasuring her so well.
Vai’s eyes were a deep-gold.
She whispered.
“Flame.”
Vai answered her as he descended for an endless kiss.
“My beauty!”