Scarlet licked her lips, and a light blush tinged her cheeks.“Sorry.It was so…”
“Big.”He tempted himself with the feel of her skin beneath his hand.He stroked her arm, letting his fingers slide over her softness.He wanted her no less than Madden, but he didn’t want to scare his poor Marked.
“Yeah,” her whisper reached his sensitive ears and then she turned toward him, glowing smile in place.“Big.”
He echoed her expression, let her feelings clasp him.“But big is good.”
Scarlet nodded, closed the distance between them.“Big can be very, very good.”
She brushed her mouth across his, her delicate tongue darting out to lap at his lips, and he resisted the urge to surge into her.He couldn’t, wouldn’t, overpower her with the depth of his need.Madden lacked control, but Keller’s passion had always outpaced his partner’s.
The arousal that had been simmering nearly bubbled over, the feelings so much stronger than what he’d caught from Madden.Reluctantly, he ended their near-chaste kiss, eased from her mouth and put distance between them.They were both panting, fighting to catch their breath.
“Dinner.We invited you out for dinner.”He swallowed, mouth dry.
“I vote for dessert.”Madden’s voice was deep and hoarse.A glance revealed the wolf was almost in control.
Scarlet turned back to Madden.While he couldn’t see her expression, he could see his partner’s.She reached out and cupped the other wolf’s cheek.He saw the sappy smile that graced his features.Keller was awed when the smattering of fur receded to reveal skin.He didn’t listen to her low words; he merely enjoyed seeing the tension recede from Madden.
Yes, she was the perfect one for them.
ChapterFour
“Easy big guy.”She rubbed her thumb along Madden’s pronounced cheekbone.“We’ll get there.Soon.”
Scarlet’s heart thundered, pummeling her rib cage as fear and need warred.Part of her ached to listen to Madden: to do as her body asked and follow them up to their room to solidify their bond.
Her Mark throbbed in an ever-increasing rhythm, each pulse reaching down to stroke her clit.Her nipples were hard within her top, pressing and straining against her silk and lace bra.
Their arousal was palpable.Even without their sensitive noses, she sensed their desire.For her.Her.Curvy, plump Scarlet Wickham.A nobody.
Keller and Madden’s nearness wreaked havoc on her body.She wanted to rub against them and purr like a cat.Yet she also ached to run and hide from the feelings their closeness elicited.
She had no delusions of a forever love or immediate appearance of deep emotions, but…but the Mark laid down the building blocks.It fed their emotions and encouraged them to bloom.
And there was some kind of blooming.
Her heart was already engaged with these two massive Alphas.While Madden seemed intense, Keller was banked aggression.The larger wolf charged in, and her other mate was more watchful but no less fierce.
“I still vote for dessert.”Madden’s voice no longer held the rough scratch of his wolf, but she saw it lurking beneath his skin.
Damn, she wanted them both.Ached for them to release their passions and claim her.Every part of her being screamed for their touch.There was only one thing she could do.
She’d calmed the raging wolf, and now she was about to poke him with a stick.Yum.
Turning from Madden, she gave Keller her attention.She noted the hint of yellow in his eyes, the sprinkle of barely-there fur along his cheeks and the flash of fang when he smiled.Her sweeter mate was on the edge.
“Keller?”She couldn’t breathe, lungs frozen from the choice she was about to voice.
“Yes, sweet?”He eased closer, his heavy scent enveloping her.
“I think it’s time for dessert.”
The man’s eyes did flicker yellow, then gray fur sprouted and coated his skin.A snarl echoed behind her, but her attention was focused on the battle warring across Keller’s features.The wolf wanted out, she saw it, but the human half of him wouldn’t let it free.He kept it caged and locked up tight.
She couldn’t have that.
Claw tipped fingers gripped her upper arms, and she was yanked back, Madden’s form molding against her.
