rapt eyes, his fists clenched to stop himself from reaching for me. Why? was all I could come up with in response. He stood stock still when I reached for him, letting my fingers trail across his chest, his muscles going to iron when I scraped a nail across his nipple. I smiled at him, anything to draw him closer, to feel those big hands on my—
I felt Jai’s growl through my body, undulating against him as the tremor vibrated through me deliciously. His hands roamed now, while I panted yes over and over as one covered my breast, pinching down on the nipple, the other rucking up my gown.
“It’s OK, baby,” he rumbled. “I’ll take care of you.”
But it didn’t feel right, moving towards one and leaving the other. I pulled Caleb closer.
“Shan.”
My name was a reprimand, a warning, a snap, but I just quivered as I leaned back against Jai. I smiled when I felt him wriggle out of his pants, I smiled again when the other wolf—Caleb, my mind supplied helpfully—did the same. That was it, what I needed. I reached for him like a child as Jai settled back against me with gratifying haste. A sharp stab in my groin had me gasping in pain, and one hand, then another, covered my stomach. The warmth radiating from them helped somewhat, but it wasn’t enough.
“You let her go too long,” came the accusation.
“Me? I don’t want her doing anything but lie in this bed and let me tend to her. That’s what we’d be doing if it wasn’t for this fucking place, and you know it. She’s the one wanting to try these things, getting turned on playing silly games with the cats and then… I’m getting her off. You shouldn’t be here.”
I heard the growls, felt the tension build like knives in my side. I flexed and convulsed as the aching grew more intense, so sharp, I couldn’t even squeak out a cry.
One of the hands went to pull away, but mine slapped down over it as I whimpered. I needed it. I could feel it deep inside, as every time it tried to move away, it felt like something was tearing me apart.
“If you try shit. Try to force something—”
“I can’t mate her through rape. She has to want me. I could fuck the hell out of her right now,” I squirmed, crying out at those words and the subsequent answer inside me, “and it wouldn’t formalise shit. She loves you. She wants you.”
“And right now, she wants you too. Fuck! Baby, sweetheart…”
The voice was soft and cajoling, but my eyes prised open anyway, flinching at the bright lights above.
“Hey…stay with me for a second. I’m gonna get you off real fast, try and take the edge off.” I nodded violently at that idea, intense clenches making me writhe on the bed. “Caleb will be here, keep his hand on your belly, and make you feel better. Is that gonna be OK?”
My head swivelled around to meet the other man’s eyes. He stared at me like I was a meal after a week-long fast, like I was the most precious thing on earth. Slick seeped continually, readying me, opening me, preparing me to take them, both of them. I nodded, unable to say anything more.
I panted as I was bared to the two of them, the cotton wadded up around my waist with gratifying speed. My thighs fell open, glistening with the evidence of my need. The two of them growled, drawing more from me along with a low whine.
“Help her!” Caleb ground out.
Jai tried to start slow, just teasing my clit a little, but my cries got louder and more desperate. I grabbed his wrist, yanking it away and settling those fingers where I needed them, inside me.
Caleb’s hand rode my body as I lifted from the bed. It was too much and not enough, and I ached so much for something I couldn’t describe. Jai shoved his fingers in, taking the shift in my wails as a sign he was doing the right thing and he was.
“More…” I whimpered, and was rewarded with an even greater stretch as another finger was worked in. I nodded, that was it, that was what I needed, amongst everything else. “More,” I kept begging. “More, more, more…”
“Fuck, look at her stretch,” Caleb said in awe.
“She’s gonna take me. Shan, it's time.”
I reached out blindly, caressing Jai’s face but unable to do much more in my current state.