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T he Celtic Wolves lost in a very dramatic game that came down to overtime and one lucky shot that went in from their opponents.

I watched from between Slade and Hunter, and if my mates hadn’t been playing, I’d have been very distracted by Hunter’s warm, hard thigh pressed down my right side, and the burn of Slade’s energy on my left.

By the end, my wolf was whining in my essence, which had the alphas’ gazes snapping toward me.

The darkening of their eyes told me I wasn’t the only one affected.

Hunter barely restrained himself as he started to drag me onto his lap, until a pointed stare from Slade stilled his hand, leaving me to combust between them.

“The guys are going to be so disappointed,” I said, as the highlights real wrapped up the game. “They played so well though. The other team just got a lucky shot in.”

“They’ll be fine,” Slade said, and if I didn’t know him so well, I’d have assumed he didn’t really care.

But I knew better. His pack was his priority, and he was the first to suggest murder as an option for any players who roughed up Kellan or Finley.

Even if he was also quick to move on from the losses and focus on the next win.

“You heading out to patrol?” Hunter asked, as the dragon got to his feet.

Slade’s nod was abrupt. “Yeah, I’ll do a fly around and check with the guards on Golden Claw’s entrance.

Fletcher won’t lay low for much longer. I know his magical barrier only holds as long as he remains behind it, but then his plan to usurp the leadership of the cities goes nowhere.

He has something big planned, and I won’t get taken by surprise again. ”

“I can’t believe none of them have popped up yet,” I said, suppressing a shiver. I hated the waiting more than anything; I’d rather be facing them full-on. “Not Blaine or Sorenson or Chelsea… Where the hell are the rest of their pack?”

Hunter’s wolf rose up with a deep rumble. “My former best friend won’t hide forever. Even though I find it hard to believe he would betray me after all these years, the blame still lies with him. It was his pack… his omega, and it cost you dearly. For that, he will pay.”

Slade leaned over and dropped a hand on Hunter’s shoulder, the pair doing their silent communication.

It didn’t bother me, especially now that I knew how they’d suffered growing up and only had each other to lean on.

“I will take care of it for you, brother. You shouldn’t have to live with the memory of destroying a friend. ”

Our entitled alpha’s expression hardened. “He was your friend too.”

Slade shook his head. “I care about our pack. Everyone else is an acquaintance. If they live or die means nothing to me.”

“What about Kassidy? Or Kellan’s brothers?”

With a shrug, Slade straightened. “I don’t wish them harm, but if it comes down to choosing their safety or my pack’s, they’ll all die.” He brushed his hand across my cheek, in a move I was starting to associate with this shifter, and then walked out the door, taking his massive energy with him.

“If only he was kidding,” Hunter murmured, shaking his head.

When his sole focus landed on me, the gold sparked to life in his eyes, and this time there was no one to stop him from dragging me into his lap. My core pulsed as I slid my legs down either side of his hips, my center pressed against his hard length.

“It looks like we have the house to ourselves,” he all but purred near my ear. “Any ideas what we might do to occupy our time?”

I had so many ideas. All. The. Fucking. Ideas.

My body tingled, and my panties would have been damp if I wore any.

A fact that Hunter discovered not two seconds later when his hands slid down the back of my sweatpants to cup my bare ass. His groan was deep. I loved when he was vocal. That expression of desire from an alpha just fucking did it for me .

His kiss was forceful, as if he couldn’t wait another second to taste me. I rocked forward in a desperate search for friction, while his firm grip explored lower and lower.

His fingers brushed over my dripping core and I gasped into his kiss.

With another growl, he lifted my ass and stripped my sweats down as low as he could get them, along with his own.

“I’m sorry, baby girl,” he bit out, his beast heavy in his voice.

“I can’t fucking wait another second to be inside you. ”

He adjusted my body’s angle and thrust into me in one movement. I cried out as pleasure and pain followed simultaneously, and I was huffing by the time he had me fully seated. “Goddess, you’re too fucking big for that move,” I groaned, even though I was already starting to shift my hips.

I’d been edged between two alphas for hours. This was exactly what I needed.

“You took me so well, baby girl,” he rumbled against my throat. “So fucking well. My most perfect omega.”

My hips arched, and he hit a spot inside that had stars dancing in my vision. Already.

Hunter jerked up my shirt to reveal the heavy fall of my tits, and if that look on his face was any indication, I should just ditch underwear permanently now. He latched on to my right nipple, rougher than usual, drawing the tight, hard tip between his teeth.

Bringing my legs tighter into his sides, I lifted higher and fell back on him, over and over, as he filled me completely. Needing an anchor, I threaded my fingers in his hair and held on as I rode my alpha, my core throbbing as release barreled toward me.

“Fuck, I needed this,” I murmured, a small cry bursting from me when his teeth bit into my right boob. Marking me.

When his hands landed on my hips, his grip tightened, and as he said, “Let me, little omega,” all I could do was hold on. He lifted me to thrust hard and fast, and my cries grew louder as I tried my best to exist in the incredible pleasure. I wasn’t ready to fall. I wanted to feel this forever.

When Hunter slapped my ass, rubbing over the sting, I couldn’t hold myself back any longer. My body tightened as I jerked against him, breaths forced from me in hurried gasps. “Oh, holy alpha. I’m going to come.”

Hunter lifted his head, flares of gold surrounding his pupils. “Yes, you are. Come for me right now… I’m right there with you, baby.”

My entire lower half tightened and I cried out, the release brutally perfect in every way. I loved long, drawn-out nights of foreplay but the moments where their need for me overrode their patience, were the times that really fucked me up.

As my body shook through the orgasm, Hunter groaned, finishing inside me as he growled my name. “Fuck, I love you, mate,” he said, his tongue swiping over my swollen lips as he kissed me again.

I collapsed against his chest, my breaths ragged huffs. “That was unexpected but in-fucking-credible,” I rasped against his shirt, laughing at our half-dressed state.

“You’re incredible,” Hunter shot back, and stood suddenly with me in his arms. He took a second to get our pants situated so he could walk while remaining buried deep inside me, my core still throbbing around his shaft.

In his room, he stripped us fully, and I groaned when he finally slid out of me. There were days I hated the sensation of emptiness after sex with my alphas.

Hunter distracted me with a shower. He cleaned me thoroughly, and then got me very dirty again. Until eventually we were ready for bed.

I slipped in under the soft sheets and found myself asking the very questions I’d had all those weeks ago.

“What was your first invention?” Hunter jerked around to stare at me, blinking like I’d taken him by surprise.

“Oh, and how did you manage to create a billion-dollar company when your father was such a fucking twat? Surely, he didn’t enjoy you outearning him and no longer being under his control. ”

Hunter watched me shrewdly, but there was no nefarious reason for my questions. Just pure curiosity. Curiosity and the knowledge that I’d spent too long running from this pack when I should have been learning everything about them.

When he slid under the sheets with me, he wrapped his arm around my waist and pulled me against his chest. “Why the questions, baby girl?” he asked, and I had to chuckle.

“No reason, Hurricane; I’m just curious about you. I figured I should ask in this downtime of not fighting for our lives.”

He considered that for a moment. “Yeah, makes sense. My first invention was actually the testing calculation they use now for scent cataloguing. I wanted to get out from under my father’s control, as you mentioned, and I found a hole in our market.

The original tests didn’t give great match results, and as I wanted to find the rest of our pack, it was a double bonus.

It made me my first billion in two years. Everything just went on from that.”

I gaped at him. First. Billion . Yeah, I wasn’t ready to deal with the concept of more than one billion.

“That’s incredible. I’m so proud of you,” I said, awed by my genius of an alpha.

He shrugged, like it wasn’t a huge deal.

“Honestly, I’ve always tinkered and used logic and maths to break everything down and find solutions to any problem.

Slade was the one who figured out how to get it into the right hands without Fletcher throwing up his usual roadblocks.

We had some close calls, but in the end, once it was all patented and ours, there was nothing he could do to stop me.

I’ve been moving forward with Reeves Industries ever since. ”

Goddess, he was truly remarkable.

He turned on his side and faced me, his gaze dragging over my features. “I know you were forced to run for most of your teen and adult life so far, but if you’d had the chance to do anything, what would you have chosen?”