Tempest (4 page)

“
I don’t want to overstay my welcome though
. I
f I’m not w
hat
you care to have
,
I can go home
,
no harm
,
no foul
.
” Tempest shrugged
. “
At least you had a good breakfast out of it.”

“We’re bring
ing
you back here
. T
here’s no doubt about it
. R
ight
,
Alex?” Dominic posed the question to his longtime friend.

“
You won’t hear any opposition
from me
.”
Alex cleared his throat. “Last night
,
as we slept together, I slept
soundly and
my wolf was contented and I wasn’t tempted to roam in the night.
”

“
We’re
a
pack
. T
hat’s why,” Tempest grinned. “I think I like
the
feeling
of
belong
ing
to you.”

“
You
w
on’t belong to us until we consummate the relati
onship and mark you as ours,”
Dominic said. The thought of taking her,
and
both of them having her made his cock harden.
“But that happens when you say
, and
not before.”

“
Oh
,
I know that
,
but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t excite me thinking about it,
” Tempest admitted.

“Have you ever had two men before
,
Tempest?” Alex asked.

She shook her head. “I’ve had sex before
,
when I lived away from Cormina. Not since I’ve been
back home
though. B
ut
,
no, n
ever two men at the same time.
Have you both done…i
t
…
before?”

“Once
,
when we tried to join a pack
. I
t was intense
,
but it didn’t feel right,” Dominic admitted. “We’ll be gentle with you.”

He saw an excited fire spark in her eyes. “I’m no shrinking flower, baby. When it happens
,
you don’t hold back with me.”

Alex gave a low growl and Dominic joined in. Desire was
palpable
in the air
between
all three of them. She was aroused
; the men
could scent her in the air, almost taste her.

“Take her home and let her get what she needs before we forget about breakfast and have a different kind of meal on the table,” Dominic practically growled.

Alex pushed away from the table and held out his hand to Tempest.
“
Let
’
s go
,
ma
ch
é
r
ie
and
get you the things you need
.”

“Ok
ay,
southern boy, don’t try to copy a bayou accent
. I
t comes out all wrong.”

Tempest laughed.
“My shoes are still damp
.
I’ll just leave your socks here instead of getting them
all
wet. I’ll grab a dry pair of sneakers at home.
”

He wa
tch
ed
them walk away before
sliding a finger through the sticky syrup on his plate and sucking his finger clean
. Dominic had walked into
the kitchen earlier to
see her standing
by
the stove wearing his
T
-shirt
.
L
ong chocolate legs
were
expose
d
to his gaze. Now
,
she was going to stay the weekend
. T
he intent
was for them to mate. Lord help them both
i
f she walked away after
,
because
,
already
,
his wolf was ready to claim her. If he felt this way, Dominic was certain Alex did too
. This new arrangement excited and worried him at the same time. He hoped it wasn’t to
o
good to be true.

Chapter Three

The wind
picked up again by the time they had come back to the house
, which
meant that they had to make a mad dash
to the front door
. She’d changed into jeans and a fitted
T
-shirt while she was home. Luckily
,
she had the common sense to grab an umbrella
, which Alex held over their heads
.
But w
ith the wind
blowing in all directions,
she still got damp on the way to the wide wrap
-
around patio of the plantation house.
Unable to help
herself,
she laughed and spread her arms wide.

“I don’t know what you’re so happy about
. I
t was raining three days before the damn storm came to shore,” Alex grumbled.

“And it will rain three days more,” Tempest grinned up at him. “This is a healing rain for the land
. T
he swap was dry
and had too
much algae on the surface of the water and it was killing the fish. The gators were getting restless
. A
fter this
,
you’ll see the blue herrings come back and start nesting. It will all
balance back out.”

“You really love this plac
e
,
don’t you?” Alex asked gently. “
Even a
fter all they have done to you here?”

Tempest nodded. “This place has nothing to do with the small
-
minded people who live here. Why did you come here?”

“For peace
and
to be able to run
freely in our wolf form.
” Alex stepped closer.
“And now you’re here.”

Tempest put her hand on his chest and felt his heat. His chest was hard and smooth beneath the thin cotton shirt he
had put on before driving her to her house
.

“So I’m here and you’re here
. W
hat happens now?” She til
t
ed her head up to his.

“Damn
,
ba
by
.
I kiss you long and hard,”
he muttered.

She closed her eyes as his lips met her
s
and gave a soft moan as he tempted her mouth open and slipped his tongue inside. He could kiss
. L
ord
,
he could kiss
. I
t ignited a fire in her belly that spread
like wildfire throughout
her body.
And when he pulled her closer and deepened the kiss, Tempest accepted willingly. She felt his hand move from her n
e
ck into her hair. With a quick mo
v
e
,
he had her pressed against the wall of the house. A low growl
escaped him and he lifted her off her feet and pinned her to the wall with his body. She felt his hardening cock between her thighs as he moved against her sensuously. Tempest moaned
. H
e made her ache and want more.

“Did you start the party without me?” Dominic drawled.

Alex lifted his head from hers
,
but didn’t look over to his friend. Instead
,
he kept his gaze fixed
on
her and ran
a
finger over her lips.

“You’re just in time,” Alex murmured.
“Kiss her and see that she belongs to us.”

Her fee
t
barely touched the floor of the patio before Dominic had her pinned again. He lifted one of her legs around his waist before cupping her
ass
cheek and taking her lips. His tongue penetrated her mouth and his hips mimicked a thrust that would send his cock deep into her core. But the barrier of their clothes kept that intimacy away
,
yet the sensation caused her to whimper
. One kiss didn’
t nullify the other
; i
nstead
,
having tasted them both
,
Tempest wanted more. She wanted to feel Alex’s
hand on her skin. Dominic
’
s cock buried inside her
.
Alex’s mouth against her
pussy
,
tasting her. Her wanton thoughts and the feeling of Dominic rubbing against her center, the friction of cloth against her clit, made her come. She arched and tensed
,
crying out against his lips before her body shuddered.

“
Oh
,
fuck, baby
,
I love it,” Dominic
said
against her mouth. He pressed harder against her and she bit her lip to hold back
another
moan.
“
I want more
, baby. D
o it again.”

“Oh
,
God, I
’
m so sorry,”
s
he gasped and pressed her face against his chest
,
embarrassed.
“
That’s never happened
before.
I feel like… Oh
,
shoot.”

Alex chuckled softly
, now standing next to
where Dominic had her pinned to the wall. “You were excited
;
you came. There’s no need to apologize for it. Hell
,
I want
ed
to see it happen.”

Dominic sighed. “I should move
.
I really need to step away
,
but my body is not obeying me. Alex
,
can you
help me out?
”

His friend did as he asked and pushed
him
away. Tempest instantly missed their heat
as the wind blew cold rain onto the patio.

“Come inside
. L
et’s get out of the e
lements,” Alex said. “I can
actually
make
pretty good
hot chocolate
, except for th
at
one time I burned
the milk.
”

Tempest knew the change in conversation was to take all their minds off the need building between them. Inside
,
she sat in front of the fireplace and sipped the cup of hot chocolate that Alex
had
brought her.

“Show me your wolves,” she said
impulsively.

Alex
,
who was l
ying on the sofa shirtless
, his
bare feet
hanging over the side,
was reading a book.
Dominic was sitting
on the floor with his back against the sofa
,
tackling a huge
two thousand piece
puzzle on the glass surface
of the coffee table
. He also had only pants on
—
no
socks,
shoes or shirt. She figured out
pretty quickly that
they didn’t like clothes much because as soon as they came into the house they kicked off
their
shoes and socks before
practically ripping
off
the
ir
shirts and throwing them to
the
side.

“Why?” Alex asked.

“I’ve only seen you in my visions
. I
t
’
s your second nature and if we’re together I need to know both sides,”
Tempest said. “I won’t be afraid
. Y
ou can be free in front of me
. S
hed your human skin for a
while. I can see you both want to.”

“The rain has kept us from running like we usually do,” Domini
c
admitted.

“Instead of doing a puzzle or reading which I know you’re actually not
,” she said with a sigh
,
“
t
ake the shape of your wolf.”

Alex
and Dominic
stood and they watched her as they took of
f
their clothes. She forced herself to take a breath and then another because their nakedness was so magnificent. Their bodies
were sculpted and hard, muscles rippled and bunched under their skin. She wanted to reach out and trace their skin with her fingertips just as much as she wanted to see them transform to their second nature. Alex bent forward and a low growl escaped his lips
. S
he watched his body ripple a
s
a sh
iver
ran
down the length of his back.

Dominic
’s
lips pealed back and a snarl escaped him. Soo
n
,
s
he saw
legs change and muscles reform and fur replace skin. On
ly seconds ago, two
men stood before her and now the
y
were two of the largest wolves she had ever seen. Wolves were not animals of the bayou
;
yet
,
because the land was so vast
,
no one would think twice if the were seen. Bo
th were amazing
. U
nable to resis
t
,
she moved towards them and touched their fur.
I
t was so soft she caressed them
down the length of
their
backs. Alex
,
the black wolf
,
nudged her shoulder and she laughed huskily. She rubbed him one more
time
and pressed her face into the fur of his neck. Dominic
,
not to be outdone
,
padded forward and she gave him the same affection. The
y
lay at her feet and she moved to where Dominic was sitting moments before and began to work on his puzzle. She hummed a tune that was in her head and both wol
ve
s seemed content to l
ie
next to
her and place their large heads on her lap. Tempest was amazed at how at ease she felt in this new
,
strange situation.
Sitting i
n the l
i
ving room with two wolves was quite unusual to say the least. She reached down to stroke their head
s
and grinned. Luckily
, for them,
she was a very unusual girl.