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“Is that weird for you? Watching?” I ask nervously, realizing these guys never expected to share their mate. What if the jealousy is too much for them?

“No,” he says, shaking his head.

“It’s hot,” Bain says, surprising me as I look at him. “I was totally jealous when I watched you with Maddox, don’t get me wrong. But not because he was touching you. Just because I wanted it to be me. But watching the way he pleased you was… hot.”

I look to Maddox for confirmation, and he nods. “I felt the same.” I watch him adjust himself in his pants and realize he’s turned on from watching us.

I let my head drop back down as I bite my lip, feeling strangely proud of that. I hear Maddox exit the room as I think about everything I just did with them. But then I realize one very important thing I forgot. Not wanting to wait a moment longer, I lift my head to look at my mate. “Bain?” I ask, making him open his eyes and look at me in question. “I love you too.”

His eyes widen for a moment before he grins, hugging me tighter as he kisses me.

My core clenches, and I remember his knot is still in me. For some reason, it reminds me how long I’ve been in my human form today. It’s definitely the longest I’ve held it by far.

Is my arousal tied to staying human?

Bain thrusts his tongue in my mouth, and I moan, deciding that I sort of hope that’s the case, cause I could stay like this forever. Just throw in a sweet alpha, my crazy twins, and my brainy alpha, and I’d have everything I’ll ever need.

Chapter 24

Cherry

I’m not sure when I shifted back to my wolf, but as I wake up, I find it very annoying. At least my mates are here. I can smell all five of their scents filling my nose as I stretch out my legs and yawn.

“So fucking cute,” Chase chuckles as I shake out my fur.

“Why do you think she shifted?” Hunter asks as I push myself to a seated position.

“Good morning, sweetheart. How are you feeling?” Maddox asks, reaching out to stroke down my neck. I move closer, leaning my body against him as he wraps an arm around me.

I wonder why I shifted while I was asleep. I was kind of hoping after yesterday that I had better control of it by now. I lift my head and see Gage, Hunter, and Chase watching me from where they’re sitting at the end of the bed. If I want to complete my mate bonds with them, I’m going to need more control.

Chase is wearing sweatpants and nothing else. It has my eyes roaming his large chest and the beautiful tattoos there. A flash of Bain and Maddox holding me between them last night has me wondering how Chase and Hunter would take me.

I’ve already been lucky enough to have a taste of the twin sandwich, but they had told me they wanted to take me at the same time, just like Maddox had mentioned. So far, nothing more than a finger had penetrated me there before, but I was extremely curious about it.

“God, she smells so good,” Hunter says, practically groaning. My eyes move to him, a little surprised by his words. He’s not normally so forward.

“The next time she’s human, we’re sealing the bond,” Chase says, sounding almost feral. “I can’t wait any longer.”

“Jealous?” Bain asks, sounding smug.

“Fuck off. You have any idea how hard I am right now? Having to listen to her with you two last night and not being able to join?”

“She’s not a fucking pincushion, Chase,” Gage says and I glance at him in confusion. Not because I don’t understand what he’s saying, but I’ve never heard him speak like that before, either. They all sound a little strange. Less soft, but also, like they are speaking right into my ear.

“You know that’s not what it’s about,” Chase says. Except… his lips don’t move. “I’ve been dying to complete the bond since the moment I met her. It’s killing me to hold back.”

“Don’t you think I feel the same way? We need to give her time to recover. We don’t know what completing five bonds in such a short time could do to her.” The words are in Gage’s voice, but his lips don’t move. What the heck is happening?

Then it hits me. I’m hearing their pack bond in my head!

Before I can tell them, Chase speaks through the bond again. “I get it. I’ll wait as long as I need to. She’s worth it.” He smiles at me as he adds. “I just love her so fucking much.”

“I love you too,” I try to say through the bond. And from the wide-eyed look he’s giving me, I think it worked.

“Did you just—” he speaks out loud and cuts himself off as he stares at me in shock.

Wanting to say it again, in person, I close my eyes and tell my body to shift. A shiver rolls through me, and I smile, opening my eyes, realizing it worked.