Page 40 of The Alpha's Mates
Rustling came from the forest and I gave Calder a pointed look. Our eyes were sensitive enough that we didn’t need light to see one another. The moon shining above gave off enough ambient light for us to see quite well.
“Stay here,” Soren told me in a low voice.
“What?” I whispered, irritated. “No way, I’m going-”
“To do what you’re told,” Soren snapped in my face, “and stay here.”
Folding my arms over my chest, I glared at him. Each of my mates wore similar scowls as they all dressed and left the shelter. Low whispers sounded outside and when I stuck my head out the canvas flap I saw that Griff and the twins were dressed and heading out with my mates.
I got up and stepped outside. Emma and Holden were already there. We sat down at the dying fire pit and I rested my elbow on my knee and my chin in my hand. “We could have helped,” I groused.
“Your mates aren’t going to allow you to put yourself in danger. Whenever possible they’ll be the ones to check out noises in the middle of the night now,” Holden said.
My brows shot up and I exchanged a glance with Emma. This was the most we’d heard him speak.
“We’re not useless you know,” Emma replied. “We protected our pack for a long time without any help from males.”
Holden nodded, his eyes on the embers in the pit. “And you did a good job.” A slow smile spread over Emma’s face. “But now you have mates. You don’t need to do everything alone anymore.” The smile faded.
“What if I want to help?”
“We won’t stop you from helping in some ways. But you are far too important to risk getting hurt.”
She glowered at him. “Who said you guys get to order me around?”
“The Moon Goddess.” He looked over at her, his eyes boring into hers. “She gave you to us. We’ll die to protect you.”
A goofy smile lit up my own face. My friend had found love. Sure, she wasn’t happy about it right now, but she’d get used to it soon. Of course, this was one area I agreed wholeheartedly with her. The guys didn’t just get to boss us around and leave us behind. We weren’t frightened, helpless omegas. We were warriors in our own rights.
“Why did you get stuck here babysitting?” I asked, irritation with my mates making me a bit snarky.
“I’m honored to watch over my leaders’ mate, as well as my own,” was all he said. There was no pulling this guy into an argument. He used silence as a weapon.
Sighing, I sat back, waiting for the others to come back so I knew what had been scouting out our campsite. I wasn’t sure what would be worse right now, shifters or humans. Soren had seen to it that all I could do was wait to find out.
CHAPTER 19
Reese
We sat around the campfire for over an hour. My eyes were growing heavy once more as the night lengthened.
“Go to sleep.”
Jerking at Holden’s low voice, I sighed. Once I was standing, I looked at him in surprise. Emma was in his lap, cuddled close as she slept. She must have fallen asleep and he pulled her into his arms.
“Thank you, Holden,” I whispered. He gave me a respectful nod as I went back to my sleeping area. Stripping down, I laid amongst the blankets and breathed in my mates’ scents.
The warmth and comfort of the bed pulled me into dreams and, like usual, they were of the guys. They had me stretched out between them as they touched my body. My pussy tingled and throbbed as someone stroked my clit. Moonlight lit up the makeshift shelter and golden skin surrounded me.
Letting out a moan, I arched into the firm touch between my thighs. A man had never made me orgasm before. Sure, I’d done it myself, but this was so much better.
Lips covered mine, stifling another moan as someone slid a finger inside my core. The sensations were unbelievable. I frowned. Now that I thought about it, they were even better than the previous dreams. How was that possible? I was on the verge of consciousness, unwilling to wake up because this delicious dream would disappear. But something kept nagging at me.
Something wet and warm licked my pussy and my eyes shot open. Atlas’s tongue was in my mouth, swallowing the sounds I was making while Soren ate me out. My gasp disappeared the same as the moans. I considered breaking the kiss and shoving them away, then Soren’s tongue circled my clit and my eyes rolled to the back of my head.Maybe in a minute.
Pressure on my nipple had my back bowing as pleasure zipped straight down to my core. Calder scraped his teeth over the tender bud and I made a strangled sound in my throat. I wanted to ask what happened earlier, but every thought scattered before it could fully form.
Soren’s finger delved deep inside me, stroking areas that lit me up from the inside out. My thighs shook as he buried his face between them. My body was coiled tight. I’d been waiting for this for so long… Okay fine, it had only been a week, but with the Moon Goddess’s magic and their pheromones playing with my emotions it seemed much longer. Every minute I was around them these feelings were overtaking me and I didn’t know what to do with them.