The Alphas' Bliss (11 page)

Bliss

I
woke completely surrounded. Micha was at my back, Devin at my front. Both had an arm around me. Memories of the night before had me blushing crimson. I could feel the heat in my cheeks. What had come over me? I’d not only had sex with Micha, but also Devin. My body was sore in places it had never been sore before. Neither of them had been overly gentle in their taking but I wasn’t complaining.

I had no idea what time it was but I knew I wouldn’t fall back asleep. I thought for a minute, looking for the best way to extricate myself from all the maleness surrounding me without waking them up.

First, I lifted Micha’s arm, as it was the closest to my breast. He mumbled in his sleep, turning away from me. I then lifted Devin’s arm away, carefully scooting out from under it. When I was free I stood at the foot of the bed, looking over my two mates. I shook my head. How was I going to deal with having two Alphas as my mates? I’d been honest with Devin when I told him trying to be a good mate to Micha was hard enough, much less having to learn to be a good mate to someone else. What did they expect of me? Could I do this?

Then there was the small issue of Devin being a wolf. A freaking wolf! He didn’t seem as dominant as Micha but what did I know? I’d only met him two days prior. The fact that I had allowed myself to have sex with him surprised me. I shook my head again, turning from the beauty of their naked bodies and heading to the shower.

I took stock of my body in the full length mirror. I had a couple of light bruises on my hips, a dark hickey on my left breast where Micha had initially drunk and a little bit of beard burn on my cheeks. I touched each side of my neck where both had bitten into me. There were no bruises or signs that fangs had pierced my skin a few short hours earlier. I felt more connected to them now that they’d both taken my blood. My connection to Micha was stronger because he’d been feeding me for weeks now. I suspected my connection to Devin would become just as strong.

I turned the shower on, stepping under the spray after it reached the correct temperature. I was scared. Scared of how they made me feel, scared of what I was allowing to happen and terrified of the fact that I was falling in love with Micha. Micha, who hadn’t wanted another mate. Micha, who confused me. He could simply just turn me over to Devin and be done with me but he told me he wasn’t doing that. He kept telling me how deliriously happy he was to have me as his mate. Micha, who was so over protective and constantly gentle with me, had taken me with abandonment last night, then allowed another male to take his mate while he watched.

I was so lost in thought that I didn’t hear the shower door opening. I jumped when two strong arms wrapped around me. A lightly bearded jaw gently rubbed against my ear before a kiss was bestowed on my neck. A naked Micha rubbed against me, and he was aroused.

“Micha,” I sighed as his hands cupped my full breast, tugging at the nipples.

“Bend forward baby. I’m going to take you,” he throatily whispered as he applied pressure to my back until I bent forward. He began to slide inside me but I was so sore that I hissed in pain and pulled away from the invasion. He immediately pulled back.

He turned me around to look at him. “Damn-it, I’m sorry baby. You’re too sore, aren’t you?” he asked with concern.

I nodded, blushing to the roots of my hair. “Sorry,” I whispered.

“Nothing for you to be sorry about.” He kissed my forehead. “We should have been gentler with you. Come, let’s get you in a tub of hot water. You need to soak for a while.” He turned off the shower then carefully helped me from the stall. He wrapped me in a fluffy towel then led me to the toilet. “Sit, while I fix you a bath.”

I did as instructed watching him fill the Jacuzzi tub with hot water and bath salts. When it was filled to capacity he unwrapped the towel from around me and helped me into the tub. It was nice and hot. When I sank down into the water I sighed. Micha turned on the jets making me smile.

He knelt next to the tub, putting his hands on my shoulders. He began a slow intense massage that had me moaning and groaning. He worked his way from my shoulders to my arms and hands. Then he moved farther south, starting at my toes working his way up to my thighs. By the time he was done I was so relaxed I was practically melting into the tub.

“Good?” he asked with a smile.

“Heavenly.”

“What were you thinking so seriously about in the shower, mate?” Micha asked with furled brows. He pushed my wet hair off my shoulder, then outlined my cheek with his thumb.

I shrugged. I didn’t want to reveal my thoughts, my fears. My confusion over what had happened the night before. I lowered my lashes, playing with the bubbles in the water.

Micha reached out, placing his forefinger under my chin, lifting up. “Talk to me baby. Did we scare you, hurt you? Talk to me,” he pleaded.

I wanted to reassure him that they hadn’t hurt or scared me. “Last night was wonderful. I just need to work it all out in my head Micha. Devin is a wolf and wolves tried to kill me, yet I feel totally at ease with him, and I’m attracted to him. You are so overprotective of me, you won’t even let me sit under my tree without having one of the servants or warriors keeping an eye on me, yet last night, you allowed another male to have what’s yours. It’s so confusing.”

He nodded in understanding. “Did you enjoy being with Devin? Did you feel safe?”

It was my turn to nod. “I did enjoy it. It was…what I needed. I felt safe because you were there. What if he wants to be with me alone and I can’t?” I worried my bottom lip.

“Baby, I don’t think there’s anything in this world that Devin Richardson wouldn’t do for or give you. If you are nervous or scared, talk to him, tell him. I loved seeing you receive and accept pleasure last night. Watching you come alive, coming undone, was the biggest turn on for me. The fact of the matter is, he’s your mate too and we both need to accept that. If you told me you hated being with him and you weren’t attracted to him in the least, I’d kick his ass to the curb so fast he wouldn’t see it coming. But, I watch you with him and he brings out the wolf part of you beautifully and I love seeing her. You hold that part back from me,” he said with a bit of a pout.

“I don’t like that part of me. I feel so aggressive and needy.”

“It’s all new so that’s not unusual. After your transition, your emotions, your hormones won’t be all over the place. You’ll get to know your wolf and embrace her. Just like you are getting to know the vampire side of yourself and accepting her. Cut yourself some slack baby.”

I nodded. “I should probably get out now. I’m getting all pruney,” I showed him my fingers. He smiled grabbing a towel from the warmer and holding it out for me.

He quickly dried my hair and my body, being very gentle around my nether region. He kissed the bruise on my hip, then the hickey on my breast. He wrapped the plush robe that was hanging on the rack around me, then proceeded to gently brush out my hair. When he was done, he took my hand, escorting me from the bathroom.

When we entered the bedroom, Devin wasn’t there and I was a little disappointed that he’d left without saying good-bye. Micha pulled on a pair of jeans and t-shirt then continued on to the sitting room, where Devin was at the dining table having a cup of coffee. The minute he saw us, he got up, and came over to me. Micha released my hand and Devin took both into his own. He brought my wrist up to his lips and kissed each one. He looked concerned.

“Are you okay sweetheart?” he asked quietly.

I nodded. “I’m fine.”

“You would tell us if we were too rough, wouldn’t you? It was your first time and we both fucked up in not giving you a gentle introduction.”

I felt my face flame. I looked down at our toes, noticing Devin was barefoot. Even the male’s feet were good looking. I rolled my eyes at my musings. Jesus, I had it bad.

Micha

I
didn’t overtly watch Bliss with Devin but I did keep an eye on their interactions. I noticed the pretty blush on her cheeks, “I was really sore, the bath helped,” she whispered as Devin leaned in kissing her forehead. She smiled up at him. Devin led her to the dining table, holding out her chair for her. She sat, carefully, thanking him.

I walked over to where she was seated and turned her chair out to face me. “You need to feed,” I kneeled in front of her, while pulling my t-shirt off.

“Micha,” she spoke my name so softly as she shook her head. She looked over at Devin then turned back to me. She didn’t want to feed in front of him.

“His mate is part vampire. He will eventually see you feed baby or feed you himself. You haven’t taken any blood since early yesterday afternoon. Take what you need,” I insisted.

She licked her dry lips and I noticed her fangs had dropped. She was hungry.

Devin got up from his chair and knelt on her left side taking her hand in his. “Feed sweetheart. Please.”

She placed her right hand on my cheek. “Thank you,” she said before she leaned in and struck my vein. She was always so careful and delicate when feeding. I closed my eyes allowing the sensation of her feeding to overcome me. I was instantly hard, which made me groan. “
She’s too sore, asshole”
, I told myself. I couldn’t wait to get inside her again.

She carefully pulled away from me, licking at my neck to close the puncture wounds she had made. Devin pushed her hair off her shoulder, looking up at her in awe.

“You are so beautiful,” he told her. She ducked her head, her cheeks going pink.

“I second that,” I told her softly. She smiled at me.

“Off your knees, both of you,” she instructed. Devin and I came to our feet.

“How are you feeling?” I asked.

“Better, thank you Micha,” she stood up and placed a chaste kiss to my lips.

I took hold of her hips bringing her up against my hard body. She sucked in a breath when she felt my arousal pushing up against her belly. “As I’ve said before, you never have to thank me for feeding you sweetheart. It’s my honor to do so.”

She gave me that wistful beautiful smile I loved then turned to Devin shyly. He whipped off his t-shirt in a heartbeat. His eyes were shining bright and he was panting.

“Take from me Bliss,” he said gravely, exposing his neck.

Bliss turned to look at me with concern in her eyes. “What if I take too much?” she asked. She always stopped long before she had her fill so I wasn’t worried that she’d injure Devin.

“You won’t baby. I can feel your hunger. Allow Devin this pleasure of taking care of his mate. I’m right here. Nothing will go wrong,” I reassured her.

She turned back to Devin, laying her palms against his muscled chest. He jumped like an electrical shock went through him. “Are you sure?” she asked rubbing his chest.

Devin nodded. “Absolutely sweetheart. You can’t hurt me.” That seemed to be the only reassurance she needed. She came up on her tippy toes and struck deep. Devin let out a hoarse curse, wrapped his hands around the cheeks of her ass lifting her up onto the table. He continuously rubbed her back while she drank. I felt her hunger waning as she slowed her feeding.

“Holy fuck, who knew this could feel so fucking good.”
Devin’s words penetrated my brain and knocked me for a loop. I stumbled backward. Bliss picked up that something was amiss because she quickly pulled from Devin’s throat, looking at me with concern.

“This can’t be,” I said to no one in particular.

“What can’t be?” Devin asked looking over at me.

“This,”
I projected. Both Bliss and Devin’s eyes went wide.

Devin

I
could hear Micha in my head. It was fucking weird! I was also able to pick up on Bliss thoughts. She thought she’d done something wrong.

Both Micha and I reached for her. “
You did nothing wrong sweetheart,”
Micha thought to her.

“I can hear you both in my head!” Bliss exclaimed out loud.

“We have a true bonding, but I didn’t expect Micha to be included in that bond.”
I tele-replied to both of them.

Micha jokingly flipped me off. I just smiled at him.

Bliss rolled her eyes. “I’m never going to get any peace now,” she said aloud. Both Micha and I laughed.

I kissed her forehead. “I’ll try not to intrude too often and you’ll learn to block us when you don’t want us to eavesdrop on your thoughts,” I said with a smile.

“Thank you,”
she projected.

“Did you get enough blood?” I asked seriously. Her cheeks turned pink.

“Yes, more than enough. Thank you Devin.” She smiled up at me, then gave me a sweet kiss, much like she’d done with Micha.

“I want to take her down to the table and bury myself deep. You didn’t warn me feeding would be such a turn on.”
I hissed my thought to Micha. He shrugged.

With a serious expression, he responded,
“She’s too sore for us to take her again so soon. We need to give her some time.”

Turning to Bliss and pulling her from atop the table, I asked, “How about something to eat baby?”

“That would be lovely.” She took her seat at the table, which was to Micha’s right and my left. She was basically between us, where she belonged. I uncovered the dishes to reveal breakfast items. I spooned soft, fluffy eggs onto her plate, then added a couple of slices of bacon. Micha was taking care of her toast. She gifted us with another smile then dug into her food.

“Tomorrow, I’d like to take you to visit my Ranch and introduce you to my pack,” I told her. She immediately stopped eating. I sensed her nervousness but the shaking of her hands was a dead giveaway.

Micha took her hand in his, offering comfort. I turned her head so she could look at me.

“Baby, I’d never allow anything to happen to you. If any of my wolves even looks at you wrong, I’ll take their heads off,” I meant every word. I’d protect her with my life.

She looked away from me for a minute, then back up. I could see the resolve in her eyes. “Ok. Tomorrow,” she accepted bravely.

“Thank you baby.” I took her lips with mine. When I pulled away, she was flushed and panting. “Finish your breakfast,” I told her gruffly. God, she was my one weakness in this life.

“Yes Sir,” she responded naturally. I groaned. My borrowed jeans were suddenly very tight. Those two little words had my cock springing back to life. It seemed I would have a perpetual hard on anytime I was around my mate. Fuuuucccck me!

“You need a goddamn medal Micha. I don’t know how the hell you’ve done it the past three weeks
,” I projected.

His silent response was as loud as a roar in my head.
“It’s been damn hard. Pun intended.”

* * * *

My Beta, Conrad, sat across from me in my home office. He looked like he’d just swallowed a lemon.

“The packs won’t accept her Devin. You have to realize this before it’s too late. A lot of the older members will remember the war between Vampires and Wolves and just won’t accept a Mate Alpha that’s part vampire,” Conrad said shaking his head.

“It's already too late Conrad. She’s my mate, I’ve claimed her. They will have no choice but to accept her or they can choose someone to fight me for the Alpha position.”

“Jesus, man, listen to yourself! Are you really willing to give up leadership for a piece of vampire ass?”

I growled, exposing my fangs. Conrad’s eyes immediately lowered to my shoulder. “Watch your mouth when it comes to my mate Conrad. I’d give up everything to have her.”

Conrad shook his head again. “Ok. Are you going to introduce her during this month moon run?”

“I’m not sure yet. I’m going to introduce her to our pack first, then I’ll see. She’s skittish around wolves. She was attacked when she was twelve by three wolves. They slit her throat and left her for dead. The son, from the vampire house of Garreth, found her. His parents became her guardians,” I informed Conrad of the circumstances.

“But you say she’s part wolf too? She’s the only wolf/vampire hybrid out there.”

I nodded. “She hasn’t gone through her vampire transition yet, but she’s definitely part wolf. It’s interesting though, she smells completely human. If it weren’t for the fangs, no one would be able to tell she’s a hybrid.” I found that fact fascinating. How did she cover her scent so well?

“Do we know who her parents were?” Conrad asked curiously.

“No. She has no memory of them. At least one of the parents was part human. For years her guardians thought she was a human/vampire hybrid. Her wolf traits just started to reveal themselves.”

Conrad looked directly at me. “Can she shift?”

I’d been waiting for that question. “I don’t know. Like I said, her wolf traits just started to become known, we haven’t gotten that far yet.”

“Well, she would be accepted a hell of a lot faster if she could shift. You are going to have a fight on your hands Devin. I hope you are prepared. A human/wolf hybrid would have been accepted more readily than a vampire/wolf.”

“Are you going to lead the resistance Conrad?” I asked with all seriousness.

“Fuck no. I’m behind you one hundred percent and I’ll support you any way I can. You know that Devin. I just think you are blind to the difficulties you will have in getting others to accept her.”

“Understood. I plan on bringing her out tomorrow to show her around and introduce her to the pack. Let’s have an all hands dinner in the Den.”

“Okay. I’ll make sure the cook knows and I’ll send out an email to everyone.”

I stood, extending my hand to him. “Thanks man, I appreciate it.”

After Conrad left I sat and thought about what he had to say. He was right, some of the older pack members may be a little hard to win over but I had confidence that they’d come to know and accept Bliss.

My biggest fear and concern was that I wouldn’t be able to get Bliss past her fear of wolves. How will she react being surrounded by them?

She’d have to be able to stand up to any of the females of the pack who tried to challenge her. Could she do it?

Our bond was still so new; would she be willing to fight over me? Not that I’d ever let that happen. If anyone dare lay a hand on my mate, I’d personally take their head off. Male or female.

I definitely had my work cut out for me when it came to my Bliss.