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Silas

Silas would be forever thankful that Reed nestled Cassi against him for the day. Even though he couldn’t move, it was a comfort to feel the human snuggled half on top of him.

He finally felt whole. Cassi was the final missing piece.

He was devoted to Idris and Reed, but even with them, he could tell someone was out there waiting to be found.

It’s why he stayed in sunny southern California despite the lovely long nights further up north.

The rumor was that San Diego was the place to find flock members.

That meant they’d stayed because he had a feeling he had one more member to find.

But Cassi found them instead.

She was so brave to approach a powerful vampire with a bold plan to help her sister. He’d been too distracted by the documentation and her demands to realize what she was until Reed said something.

Trust a shifter to recognize a mate at first sniff.

After that, it was only a matter of making sure she agreed to spend time with them. He never thought a human would be so quick to soul bond, but he was happy to be proven wrong.

With all his flock close and touching, he could endure the tedious hours while the sun slowly crossed the sky, trapping him in a body too exhausted to resist the orb's powerful influence.

He spent his time examining his newest flock member through half open eyes.

Her tightly coiled hair created an adorable mess around her head.

He could feel some of the soft mass resting on his chest. Her delightful freckles weren’t only on her face but covered her entire body. Sprinkles of sugar to lick and kiss.

Her full breasts pressed against him, reminding him of how good they’d felt in his mouth. He could still smell the remnants of the sex they’d shared the night before. It was the most perfect of perfumes and helped to distract him as his flock slept peacefully.

The moment the sun was low enough, he untangled from Cassi and Reed. Neither woke up, but Idris opened his eyes.

Silas flashed him a fang, their signal that he needed to feed. He expected Idris to nod and close his eyes, but instead, the gargoyle let go of Reed and Cassi. Sitting up, he beckoned Silas over.

“It’s been ages since you fed from me.” His deep voice made Cassi twitch a little in her sleep. “I want to feed you. Please?”

The vampire community was currently divided on whether it was acceptable to feed on flock members or not. Many old vampires still believed that feeding from a flock was taboo. Vampires turned in the last century were changing their minds, especially when the flock member wasn’t human.

Silas had resisted feeding on Reed and Idris for years, but Reed finally wore him down. No sooner had he taken a small portion of blood from the wolf shifter then Idris demanded Silas bite him too. Now both of them liked to feed him as often as he’d allow.

Far from hurting either of them, it made their bonds even stronger. Silas could feel their happy buzz as he fed, even if he was still hit with remnants of guilt from the old taboo.

“Are you sure?” Silas asked even as he walked around the bed. His legs felt a little rubbery, and he nearly tripped on the rug.

Idris rolled his eyes. “When have I ever not wanted you to feed on me, Silas?”

“I know, but you might feel shaky after our soul bonding with Cassi. The soul exchange affects all of us.”

Idris rubbed a hand over his broad chest with a soft smile. “It feels good. I thought we were complete before, but now I can see that there was a part of us missing, and it was Cassi. I’m glad you insisted we stay in southern California.”

Silas nodded as he got to Idris’s side. The moment he was in reach, Idris grabbed him. Idris’s habit of just picking him up had taken some getting used to, but now Silas couldn’t imagine the large gargoyle not doing it at least once a day.

Spreading his legs, Silas let Idris settle him with legs on either side of the big man’s thick thighs still covered in blankets. They were facing each other, and Silas took a moment to admire Idris’s beautiful, deep brown eyes.

“I love you,” he whispered.

Idris let go of his waist and cupped Silas’s face. “I’ll keep you safe, always.”

That was how gargoyles said they loved you, and Silas felt their link vibrating with happiness. Idris dropped his hands away and tilted his neck, inviting Silas to bite him.

“Feed, please.”

Silas leaned close and licked, savoring the salty taste of Idris’s skin. Pulling his lips back, he sank his fangs in slowly, the way Idris liked it.

The gargoyle let out a low moan and cupped the back of Silas’s head with one of his big hands. Unlike the cold, packaged human blood he normally consumed, Idris’s blood was hot and full of power. It swept through him, vanishing the last of his lethargy and filling him with strength.

He felt a sudden prickle of awareness just before Cassi’s voice sounded. “What’s going on?”

He would've pulled away from Idris, but the gargoyle tightened his hold on Silas’s head, keeping him in place. “You’re not done,” he rumbled. “Let Cassi watch, you know she won’t judge you.”

There was curiosity coming from Cassi through their link, not horror or fear.

Wait, there might be more than curiosity there. Was he feeling attraction?

“Sometimes we talk Silas into feeding off of us,” Reed said in a sleep roughened voice. “It feels good, but Silas won’t do it often.”

“You feed him too?” Cassi asked. Silas couldn’t see either of them but heard the sheets rustle and felt the mattress shift. He could picture Reed sitting up and pulling Cassi between his legs for a cuddle.

“I do, but n-n-not often,” Reed said. “I’m more of a fan of biting than feeding. But Idris likes feeding more than biting.”

“The difference being if he draws blood or not,” Cassi clarified. “Can I try feeding him?”

“No!” Reed and Idris said at the same time, making Silas relax a little.

“I didn’t n-n-need the answer in st-st-stereo,” Cassi huffed with faux outrage. Despite her light tone, he could feel slight hurt emanating from her through the link. That hurt was probably the cause of the increased stuttering.

“We’re only concerned about your s-s-safety,” Reed explained. “You’re so small compared to us, you don’t have much blood to s-s-spare.”

Silas pulled his fangs from Idris’s neck and licked the spot several times. He could’ve taken more, but he needed to see Cassi’s face. Idris dropped his hand away and let Silas sit up.

As he’d guessed, Cassi was sitting sideways between Reed's legs with one shoulder leaned against his chest.

She was watching him with hungry eyes and one hand clasped to her neck in the same spot he’d bitten Idris. She was probably feeling a faint echo of what Idris experienced. That was common with soul bonds, and it would only get more powerful over the years.

“I’ll never feed from you, Cassi. You’re human and too fragile,” he said, putting a hand on Idris’s neck to rub his palm over the bite. Idris closed his eyes with a moan, his massive dick fighting the weight of the blankets over his lap. “But I’ll bite you any time you like.”

She shivered a little at his words. Reed pulled a deep breath in through his nose, telling Silas he could smell Cassi’s arousal.

“Do you want him to bite you right now?” Reed asked. “You could ride my cock while he sinks his fangs into you. I’m the only one who hasn’t been in that sweet pussy.”

Cassi’s reaction to Reed’s words was so strong that it made all three men gasp. Lust rocked through their link, radiating from Cassi like a tsunami.

Reed didn’t need any further encouragement. He grabbed Cassi and lifted her. Putting his legs together, he scooted his hips down a little. Then he slowly lowered Cassi onto his erection.

Cassi moaned and gripped Reed’s shoulders.

“You’re so wet and ready for me,” Reed gasped. “Silas, get over here. Our human needs you too.”

Silas moved to straddle Reed’s thighs and pressed himself against Cassi’s back. The soft skin of her buttocks massaged his straining cock, making him almost come.

He put his mouth low where her neck met her shoulder and licked. She melted against him with a whimper, but he didn’t bite down, not yet.

Rolling his eyes to the side, he saw that Idris had thrown off the covers and was watching the three of them with hungry eyes.

He was gripping his cock and slowly running his hand up and down.

There might be times in the future when the three of them didn’t all participate, but this wasn’t going to be one of them.

He lifted his head a little and met Idris’s eyes. “I’m worried Cassi’s going to scream when she comes. You should put something in her mouth to keep her from being too loud. We wouldn’t want to disturb the neighbors.”

They all knew that Cassi could scream and shout at the top of her lungs and no one would hear, but he thought Cassi would be turned on by his comment.

He was proven correct when she nodded her head slightly and made a come here motion with her hand at Idris.

“I’m going to gag you with my big cock,” Idris warned her. “Then I’m going to come all over those pretty breasts. Are you ready for that?”

His question made her move restlessly against Reed, causing the wolf shifter to moan and drop his head against the headboard.

“Oh, fuck, she’s killin’ me here!”

They ignored Reed’s dramatics as Idris got on his knees and moved in close so Cassi could reach his shaft with her mouth.

She had to rise on her knees a little, pulling half way off Reed’s cock.

She gasped and Reed moaned. Silas could feel the pleasure radiating from both of them, making his erection throb against Cassi’s backside.

Gripping her hips to hold her still, Reed started slowly pumping himself into her while Cassi worked her mouth over Idris’s thick head.

The gargoyle kept a hand around most of his cock, probably to keep Cassi from accidentally choking on him.

Silas could feel the tight hold Idris was keeping on his passion.

The man knew how big he was and one of his worst fears was hurting a partner with his size.

Silas approved of Idris’s extra precautions.

Bliss radiated from Cassi as she licked and sucked the tip of Idris’s shaft. He could also feel anticipation through their bond. She was worked up from what she’d felt through their link when he’d fed on Idris.

She was waiting for the bite.

Reed’s tempo was increasing along with his desperation. “Silas, please!”

Silas wrapped his arms around Cassi, palming a breast in each hand. She moaned around Idris’s fat cock, but between Reed holding her hips and Silas at her back, she couldn’t move.

Wanting to draw this out just a little longer, Silas ran his fangs over her skin.

She shuddered and gasped. Goosebumps broke out, and her nipples hardened under his touch.

He could feel both Idris and Reed were close, and he had to remind himself that he’d get to play more in the future when they weren’t so desperate for each other.

Pressing the tips of his fangs down, he broke the skin and slid inside her. The pleasure that burst from her was so powerful that Silas came all over her back. Reed’s thrusting became a frantic frenzy of movement, and Idris quickly pulled out of her mouth.

“Oh god!” Idris exclaimed, rapidly moving his hand over his dick and exploding across Cassi’s chest and Silas’s hands.

Cassi was panting as if she had just finished sprinting, and Reed shouted as he came inside her. There was so much pleasure rocketing through their bond that Silas couldn’t tell which sensations were his or someone else's.

Breathing hard and trying to regain his thinking brain, Silas carefully extracted his fangs from Cassi’s neck and shifted his hold from massaging her breasts to holding her up against him. Her body had gone limp, and her head lolled back on his shoulder.

“Best wake-up ever!” Reed exclaimed breathlessly after a few minutes of silence. “Who’s ready for a shower and breakfast?”

They all chuckled, and Silas felt Cassi’s happiness flow through their bond. It was matched by him and the rest of the flock.

This was a good beginning to the rest of their lives.