me when I have to go to work, you know.”
He chuckled and hugged her. She curled her arms around his neck and leaned into him.
“I know it doesn’t, but you decided you wanted to continue working. We’ve given you the option to stop.”
She shook her head. “No way am I depending on you two for money for the rest of my life. I’m an independent woman. I pay my own way in life.”
He slid his hands down her back and pressed her ass forward until her pussy was flush with his erection.
“Oh, Theron, stop...”
“I won’t. You are my mate and I want to fuck you every hour of every day. You have a body that makes me so hard I can’t think straight.”
She gave up. Heck who was she kidding? She wanted him to fuck her too. She walked back and tugged the dress over her head. He was so easy. He growled and she giggled. “Connor will be sad he missed this.”
“He can have alone time with you later.” Theron grinned.
That was the amazing thing about them. They both knew she needed to spend alone time with each so their individual relationships could deepen. It was what made the entire mating that much more special. She glanced down and before she knew it he threw her over his shoulder and ran for the bedroom.
“Theron!”
“You walk too slow, baby. I want to fuck now!”
She laughed as she landed on the sheets in a tangle. She didn’t get a chance to fix herself when he was on her, his hands held either side of her head.
“I love you, Tally.”
She gasped, her heart beat painfully loud in her ears. “Are you sure? It’s so soon.”
He nodded. “I don’t want to hear you say the words if or until you ever feel the emotion. But I wanted you to know. You’ve seeped into my pores, sunk into my blood and made me an addict. I can’t be without you. I don’t want to be.”
She blinked back tears. She didn’t think Theron had those kinds of words in him. “I don’t know what to say.”
“Don’t say anything, love.” He pressed a kiss over her lips. “You’re here. That’s all I need.”
She nodded and kissed him back. The relationship between them grew another string at that moment to make their link that much stronger. When he made love to her that day, she felt it in the deepest areas of her heart. Those areas she’d thought untouched until then.
Chapter Ten
Tally bit her lip. Nerves sucked. But she didn’t know how to stop herself from showing them. Theron led her into a community of houses in a forested area. It was growing late in the day. The sun’s light had dimmed through the thick trees. She’d swear it was closer to nighttime than early evening.
“Theron...”
“Relax, darling. You shouldn’t be afraid,” he admonished.
“I’m not afraid.” She truly wasn’t. She was nervous. Meeting people had a bad effect on her. She tended to be sarcastic and a lot of times nerves made her babble. “I’m a little weirded out about meeting new people is all.”
“Don’t worry, love. We’ll both be here for you.”
Lovely. The fact both her men, which happened to be the leaders of this pack, were there as her babysitters didn’t really give her any warm fuzzies.
“Where’s Connor?” she asked just as they reached an open area where a large group gathered at the center. She stopped dead in her tracks.
There were a lot of glowing gold eyes staring at her. Instinct told her to move back. To get away from the danger, but something new and angry roared to life inside her. An emotion she’d never known she possessed spread wings and took hold of every one of her cells. Dominance.
She squared her shoulders and continued forward. No longer worried about what the people might think, now she worried about what Connor and Theron would think of her.
“Thank you all for coming tonight,” Connor greeted the large group. His voice was low, so she didn’t know how she could hear him so far away.
“We want to meet your new third,” a woman said. She was tall. Much taller and slimmer than Tally. With beautiful porcelain skin and rich auburn hair. The woman didn’t smile. She eyed Tally with open interest. “My name is Aura. What is yours?”
Tally opened her mouth but Theron answered for her.
“Her name is Talia or Tally,” Theron said to Aura.
Another woman, circled by three others, moved forward. She had chocolate-brown skin