Chapter 3
Arthur
After waiting so long to find his flock, Arthur enjoyed sitting back and watching the two of them kiss. He was going to join them, but for a moment he wanted to simply fill his gaze with their beauty.
Beatrix with her soft, small body was such a contrast to the massive Titan.
The funny part was that their dispositions were as opposite to each other as their body shapes.
It was clear that Beatrix had a forceful personality.
Everyone around her would know where they stood with her.
From the way she burst into the bar, he knew she was fearless.
Only a human with a strong will could’ve made it past the wards on that building.
She was the type to be unstoppable when on a mission.
Then there was Titan. The giant wolf shifter was nothing but sweetness and light. Arthur marveled at the man’s almost innocent-looking aura. They were the colors of a child: trusting and loving. What hurt Arthur was the slight color of deep pain under all the bright happiness.
He was determined to protect his tender-hearted wolf and tiny, delicate human.
Titan moaned and the shimmer of lust infused his aura, sending a wave of desire through Arthur. He was already sensitive to Titan, which meant it would be incredibly intense when they shared souls.
He couldn’t wait.
The hard part would be revealing their world to Beatrix, but that could wait. Right now, they would touch and learn each other’s bodies.
Beatrix’s legs were stretched across his lap and although his sense of smell wasn’t nearly as good as a shifter’s, he could still scent her growing passion. He ran his hands up her thighs, annoyed by the pants that were denying him access to her skin.
He hooked a finger in her waistband and tugged. “Off?”
She and Titan stopped kissing, and she looked at him, clearly dazed. “Huh?”
“I think you’re wearing too many clothes,” Arthur said, tugging on her pants again.
After a few blinks, a slow smile pulled up the corners of her mouth.
“I agree,” she said. “I think we’re all wearing too many clothes!”
Digging down between herself and Titan, she found the hem of his shirt and roughly pulled it up. She didn’t get it over his sternum, but Titan was quick to realize what she was doing and helped. Arthur heard something rip but then Titan was deliciously naked from the waist up.
Both he and Beatrix hissed out their breaths at the sight of the wolf shifter’s gorgeous and muscled chest.
“Oh, you’re beautiful,” Beatrix murmured, placing a hand on his shoulder and running it down over his left pec. The muscles under her hand bounced a little, as if reacting to her touch.
“Really?” Titan said, sounding incredibly insecure. How could he be uncertain about his superb body?
“You are a singular beauty,” Arthur said, grabbing the doubting wolf by the back of the head and pulling him close for a kiss.
As their lips met, Titan opened to him. Arthur could taste a hint of Beatrix on Titan. It made heat flare though him and caused his aura to pulse. Titan gasped, and he felt Beatrix jerk a little. She didn’t know it, but she was already sensitive to his magic.
Continuing to kiss Titan, Arthur felt Beatrix’s hands on his shirt. The moment she finished unbuttoning it, he felt her hands flatten on his chest.
“Damn, both of you are hot as hell,” she said, one of her hands disappearing and the other exploring his skin, running over his pecs and down his sternum in a slow, lazy circle.
Titan moaned again, and he was sure it was because Beatrix’s other hand was touching the shifter’s chest.
“I’m the luckiest woman,” she murmured. “You’re both so pretty. I want to touch both of you all over.”
It was only the need to have all of them naked so flesh could touch flesh that gave Arthur the strength to end the kiss with Titan. The shifter whimpered a little when Arthur pulled away.
“Easy, love,” he whispered.
Titan lifted his lids, eyes heavy with need. “Don’t leave me.”
There was so much fear in that voice that it made Arthur’s heart hurt. “I’d never leave you.”
Titan shuddered. It was clear he’d been badly hurt in the past. Despite his raging hard-on, Arthur was ready to spend the evening comforting Titan if needed. A glance at Beatrix told him that she felt the same.
“We’re here Titan,” Beatrix said, pressing her face close to his. “You’re safe.”
“I’m sorry,” Titan said with an unsteady breath. “I don’t know what’s wrong with me. It’s like I can’t control my emotions.”
“When mat—” Arthur managed to cut the word off before he finished and changed tactics, knowing Titan would understand. “When people who are meant to be together first meet, it can be overwhelming.”
Beatrix nodded. “Whatever is going on between us is big. There was a connection right away. I feel it too. It almost makes me want to believe in tarot and auras.”
Titan relaxed, and his anxiety seemed to melt away. “It is important,” he agreed. “We’re important.”
“Remember you said we could snuggle all night?” Beatrix asked Titan. When he nodded, she continued. “Well, I love a good snuggle-cuddle. We could spend all night simply holding each other and talking. No pressure, okay?”
Arthur was proud of his human for being so quick to offer Titan calm comfort. Flocks were usually in tune with each other’s needs, but that didn’t tend to happen until after they shared souls and could feel each other’s emotions.
They hadn’t spent much time together, and Beatrix already understood Titan.
“Is it okay if we do more than cuddle?” Titan asked with a shy smile. “Could we keep doing what we were doing before I had a weird mini-emotional meltdown?”
Beatrix gave him an eager nod. “I’d love that.”
“Anything you want,” Arthur agreed, excited that Titan felt secure enough to keep going. “Will you let us strip you? I want to see your body.”
“I want to look, touch, and lick you like a giant ice cream cone,” Beatrix said, making Titan chuckle. She slid off his lap onto the couch next to him, urging him to stand up by pushing on his back.
Titan pretended that her push moved him to his feet, making her laugh again.
While Titan toed off his battered boots, Arthur pulled Beatrix onto his lap. She gave him a quick kiss before turning her attention to Titan.
With awkward movements and shaking hands, the large man popped the button on his jeans and pulled down the zipper. Although Arthur had seen men and women skillfully strip with the intent of seduction, nothing had ever affected him like Titan’s clumsy striptease.
Soon, all Titan was wearing was a pair of black boxer briefs, the rest of his clothes were heaped in a small pile on top of his boots.
“Wait,” Beatrix said, scrambling off Arthur’s lap. Titan froze with his thumb hooked in his underwear to pull them off. “Can I do that?”
Titan nodded and remained still. They both watched as Beatrix gracefully sank down in front of Titan and put the tips of her fingers on the edge of his boxers on either hip.
“This needs to be savored,” she said, licking across Titan’s abdomen. Titan’s bulge went from large to massive, straining in an attempt to tent the tight garment.
Beatrix pulled the fabric down half an inch and nuzzled the skin she’d revealed. Then did it again and kissed another ridge of muscle.
It was clear she planned to savor every part of Titan. Arthur was jealous.
Looking up, Arthur met Titans gaze. The wolf looked half excited and half upset. “She’s going to kill me!”
***
Titan
It wasn’t easy to remain still while Beatrix tortured him like it was her job. How did he end up with such an evil mate?
After lowering his briefs so slowly that a sloth could’ve made a cross-country journey before she was done, she finally pulled them low enough to let his painful erection pop free.
At first, all he felt was relief that he wasn’t bound by the tight fabric any longer, then she abandoned his underwear halfway down his thighs and grabbed his cock in both hands.
“Oh fuck, this is gorgeous!” she exclaimed, running her hands up and down his shaft.
Titan tried to tell her that she needed to stop or he’d come right then, but the only sound that came out of his mouth was a moan. When she flicked her tongue over the tip, he sucked in a breath and looked to Arthur for help.
The vampire smirked before speaking up. “Sweetheart, you need to stop. Titan doesn’t want everything over this quickly.”
With one hand still wrapped around his dick, Beatrix looked up at him with a naughty pout. “But I’m having fun. Don’t you want me to have fun, Titan?”
Titan would never be able to say no to either of his mates and was about to agree to let her do anything and everything. Thankfully, or maybe regretfully, Arthur intervened.
“I don’t think it’s fair that Titan’s the only one who’s naked,” he said. Standing up, he hooked his fingers under Beatrix’s arms and lifted her to her feet. “It’s our turn to strip you, love.”
“I guess that’s fair,” she said with a chuckle, then went for the buttons of her blouse.
Arthur brushed her hands away. “Didn’t I say it was our turn?”
Titan followed the implied instructions and after pulling his briefs completely off, went to work on the decorative buttons of Beatrix’s top through the tiny holes.
He might be large, but he’d cared for many fragile animals, including abandoned puppies and kittens.
It meant he was far more dexterous than anyone expected.
He had the blouse unbuttoned before Arthur finished with Beatrix’s pants. They both pulled off her garments to find a matching lacy black bra and panties.
“Oh fuck,” Titan whispered, taking in the strategically placed scraps of fabric. “Did you wear this for me?”
“Not intentionally,” she whispered with a little shiver. “But when I was getting dressed this morning, I had the overwhelming urge to put them on. I’ll never question the urge to wear pretty matching sets ever again.”