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  She laughed as he nodded, concentrating on making his list, his eyebrows scrunched together.

  Tabatha pushed the cart down the aisle and grabbed things as she went.

  “How did you expect to carry all of this back on the four-wheeler?” Chax questioned.

  “I knew Frank would deliver everything to the house. I’ll just take what I need for now, and the rest will arrive this afternoon.”

  “You know you’re in trouble, right?” Chax cornered her against a freezer. Chax traced a finger down her cheek, and his eyes glowed. “I can’t wait to get you back to the cabin and see that cute little ass turn red.” He dropped his hand to her breast and circled her nipple.

  “Chax, stop it! We’re in a store.” She tried to push him away, but he wouldn’t budge. Her body heated. She’d always fantasized about a man taking her in a public place.

  “No one can see us. Frank is busy with your order, and there is no one else in the shop. I can smell your juices coating your panties. You want me to do this to you, don’t you?”

  His deep voice vibrated her body, going straight to her mound. He leaned down and licked her neck before he bit it.

  Her knees wobbled as one hand squeezed and played with her nipple. She felt the lowering of her zipper and glanced down to see it opening by itself. His other hand slipped into the front of her jeans.

  How did he open…? If he can do this, could he be the same person as Wol-itelm?

  He pushed two fingers into her pussy. A groan escaped her.

  “No, you’ve seen Wol-itelm in your dreams. We’re not the same. I can feel how much you want me to do this, but it will have to wait. It seems we need to finish your shopping, Hoyt is outside waiting at the truck.” He pulled back. Red-tinged eyes gazed down at her. “We get to play when we get back, and I can’t wait.” He pulled his fingers out of her pants. They were wet with her juices, and he proceeded to suck every bit of the wetness off them. His eyes shut as a moan slipped between his lips, and his body trembled. “Pure honey!” His eyes flashed open again, burning red. He pushed her down the aisle and smacked her butt. “Now, finish your shopping, quickly.”

  Tabatha rubbed her butt and glared at Chax, even though her body screamed she needed relief. She buttoned her pants, grabbing groceries as fast as she could, and Frank met her at the cash register.

  “Do you need me to deliver this to the house?” The older man asked.

  “No, just the meat when you have it all packed up. We have a truck waiting for us outside. The big goon here can carry the bags.” She tried to hand Frank the money, but Chax indicated she should step out of the way, and he paid the bill for her. She shook her head and made her way out the door, waving good-bye to Frank.

  Chapter Nine

  She sat between Hoyt and Chax. Neither spoke a word to her. Chax’s constant glances and Hoyt’s quietness drove her nuts. Every time Hoyt shifted the old Silverado into gear she jumped.

  At the cabin, four new vehicles sat in the drive.

  “I want you to go to your room and wait for us!” Hoyt commanded and put the truck in park, turning to face her.

  “I have to put away the food, and how dare you tell me to go to my room. I’m not a child.” She waited for them to open the truck’s doors.

  Hoyt sighed. “I’m not going to argue with you about this. We need to talk, so please go to your room. That way we can have some privacy and discuss things.” He opened the door and picked her up. “Do you know what it did to me when I found out you’d taken off? Think on that for a minute. Others will put the food away, so stop worrying about it.” He swung her over his shoulder and swatted her butt. “Now behave, baby. Don’t push it.” Hoyt walked into the house with Chax behind him. “Melody, Shane, would you grab the groceries, please?” Hoyt yelled.

  “Put me down now, Hoyt.” She pushed herself up to see Melody standing against the wall with a smile on her face. Tabatha grinned, knowing Melody remembered one of her ultimate fantasies was to be thrown over a man’s shoulder and whisked away to a bedroom.

  “Hush!” He swatted her ass hard again.

  “Ouch, stop that!” She lifted her head and saw her brother and Shane frowning at her. “What?” Tabatha wanted to laugh, but didn’t. She knew Hoyt was trying to save face in front of his pack, and she didn’t have a problem with that. However, she did have a problem with her brother and his attitude.

  Ben didn’t say a word. Hoyt and Chax made their way into her bedroom and slammed the door behind them.

  Hoyt lowered her to the floor and nipped her neck. “You placed yourself in danger with your little stunt,” he growled and frowned down at her. “I should tan your hide, but I won’t. This is all new to you.” He moved her hair out of her face. “But you’ll have to start listening, Tabby. We are your mates. You’ll have to get used to this. We’re not going away.”

  The beast within him growled, and in a swift movement, he yanked her top off.

  Her soon-to-be demon lover moved behind her and pushed her pants down her legs, leaving on only her thong. He sliced her underwear with a claw and threw the panties to the floor. Hoyt picked her up and placed her in the center of the bed. They stared down at her naked body. She tried to cover herself with a blanket, but Chax shook his head and it slid away from her.

  “You won’t need that,” he said, his voice thick with lust.

  They stripped out of their clothes. Tabatha couldn’t believe how wide and muscled their chests were. Chax shifted into his natural form. His two horns reminded her that he was indeed a demon. Thick red hair hung down his back, and his chest hairs curled into little balls. Muscles rippled along every part of his body, and the long tattoo of a dragon covered his stomach. The colors of the tat stood out more due to his red skin, but this time it didn’t move.

  Her gaze lowered to his shaft which stood tall and firm.

  Oh, my God! She stared at the ring on the head of his cock. A gold barbell indicated he had a rod through his cock. What was it called? A Prince Albert and…oh yeah, an apadravya. She knew about piercings, having thought about getting some herself, but she’d never seen one like this.

  His eyes crinkled at the corners, and an evil smile formed on his lips. “Do you like it? I had it done last year. I knew it would enhance my mate’s pleasure, and I love piercings.” His voice dipped low and sent a chill down her spine.

  Words failed her, so she nodded. Her gaze lifted to Hoyt next to Chax. Hoyt rubbed his shaft back and forth. A small tattoo on his cock that she hadn’t noticed earlier drew her attention right away.

  Ouch, that one must have hurt!

  Her gaze traveled up to other tattoos covering his body. He also wore a dragon on his chest. Not as bright as Chax’s, though it matched Chax’s perfectly.

  “You two have the same tattoo. You didn’t have this in the shower, Hoyt.”

  “That’s my mark; well, Wol-itelm’s mark. It has been coming into being over the past hours. Soon it will exactly match mine. You can see it now because Wol-itelm wants you to, since you mated with Hoyt this morning. When one of us is joined, we receive his mark. When we mate, you’ll have one, too. I haven’t figured out where I want yours yet,” Chax said. He moved his hand down her neck to her breast. “I guess Wol-itelm wants his mark on your back, so whenever we take your ass, we can stare at the tattoo and know you belong to us,” he said and pinched her nipple.

  “You two were... When? And wouldn’t it have appeared last year? I mean you two did…”Tabatha waved her hand at them. “You know what I mean. Oh, my God, that means…he’s real?” She looked back and forth at them.

  “Hoyt wasn’t ready for me to mark him. I knew something,” he smiled at her, “or someone was missing when I was with Hoyt, so I waited. Yes, he’s real, Tabatha. I wouldn’t lie to you.”

  “What do you think we were doing last night while you slept?” Hoyt grinned.

  She felt her face burn. “Oh.”

  “Now, it’s your turn.” Chax crawled between her legs
and lifted them over his shoulders. He blew cool air onto her mound, and pressed his tongue into her pussy.

  “Oh, my God!” she gasped.

  The bed dipped behind her, and she sucked in a breath, anticipating what they would do to her next.

  Hoyt lifted her, crawling under her body. His hand came around Tabatha to cup her breasts. “I’m thinking about getting a Prince Albert. What Chax can do with that thing is amazing,” Hoyt whispered into her ear.

  Tabatha whimpered at his words as Chax drove her nuts with his tongue. Teeth scraped her clit, and she drew in another quick breath.

  “Easy, Tab, he’s tasting you.” Hoyt licked the mark he had left on her neck.

  “You taste as sweet as the finest chocolate. I’ll never get my fill.” Chax lifted his head to look at her.

  “Wait till you see what he does with his tail.” Hoyt nibbled her ear and reached in front of her, grabbing Chax’s tail. Chax smiled as Hoyt put it into his mouth, sucking on it like a cock. She moaned, her body tightening with fiery lust.

  Two fingers slowly entered her pussy.

  “Oh,” she whimpered as the fingers worked in and out, stretching her.

  Tabatha laid her head onto Hoyt’s chest and arched her body. She couldn’t stop watching Hoyt. He released Chax’s tail, and it disappeared under her legs. The wet end of it slowly replaced Chax’s fingers.

  “Oh!” Tabatha couldn’t breathe. The rough edges of his tail rubbed her inner walls. At first its movements were slow and steady, giving her body time to adjust, but just when she thought she could relax, his tail plunged deeper. The moisture from Hoyt’s mouth helped to ease the tail into her, its round end smooth against her cervix.

  “Come for me!” Chax murmured around her clit. His tail moved in and out of her faster.

  Tremors seized her body, but Hoyt held her still as the climax ran its course. Before she could catch her breath, Chax removed his tail and rose. With one hand, he worked his cock, rubbing her juices on it. Satisfied it was lubed enough, he worked his huge shaft into her. Small grunts escaped Chax as he tried moving slowly to give her time to accept him.

  “Uhm, baby, so tight,” he said.

  The barbells brushed her insides, and she shivered.

  “Chax, you’re too big!” she moaned, pushing her hips up to meet his body.

  “No, you can take me. It will work, baby, trust me.”

  Closing her eyes, Tabatha took a deep breath and relaxed her abdominal muscles. Hoyt pinched her nipples. Chax’s fingers traced her clit, rubbing it on occasion just enough to make her whimper. Foreign words in song form surprised Tabatha as she listened to Chax sing. He played with her body and continued his song.

  “What…are you singing, Chax?” She smiled. “It’s so beautiful.”

  He grinned back at her. “It’s what we do when we find the other half of our heart. We sing to them in our language, thanking them for coming and making us whole.”

  A lump formed in her throat, and she rubbed at her eyes that had started to water.

  Hoyt shifted to her side, leaned over and sucked one of her nipples into his mouth at the same time Chax worked his cock all the way into her. The dual assault swarmed her senses. Tingles shot through her legs and arms. She bucked her hips and dug her nails into the mattress.

  Chax gradually worked his tail into her ass, breaching the ring of muscles at the opening.

  “Chax!” She breathed softly.

  She tried to rise, but Hoyt held her down. He slid his hand down to her clit rubbing and playing with it. She tossed her head back and forth on the pillow Hoyt had placed under it when he’d moved. He now knelt beside her, giving him better access to her body.

  A single damp finger circled one of her nipples, sending chills throughout her body. Hoyt pinched and tugged on the nipple as his mouth claimed the other. Love bites would cover her skin tomorrow. Both men played her body, urging a second orgasm to flow through her.

  The suction of Hoyt’s mouth popped loose. He smiled, lifting her body toward Chax. “Wrap your legs around him, baby, and hold on,” he softly ordered in her ear and moved in behind her again.

  Chax’s tail fell from her ass, and he picked her up in his arms like she was a feather.

  Hoyt scooted behind her and pressed his cock into her rear.

  “Hoyt?” She whispered against Chax’s chest.

  “Hush, you’re going to fly like you’ve never flown before,” Chax said. He parted her ass cheeks, opening her for their mate.

  Hoyt pressed into her slowly, stretching her with his width. “God, you’re tight back here, baby!” Thrusting all the way in, he waited for her to adjust.

  “Will one of you move?” she whimpered. “Please!”

  “Hush, we’ll take care of you,” Chax said.

  His tail snaked around behind Hoyt, who moaned as it penetrated his ass.

  Hoyt drove into her as Chax slid out of her. Hoyt never stopped playing with her breasts or tweaking her nipples.

  She screamed into Chax’s mouth. His moan matched her scream. Chax nipped and fought with her tongue. Tabatha opened her eyes only to stare into his glowing red ones. His lips curved up, but he never stopped his play with her tongue. Chax’s passion-filled kiss only turned her on more. He sucked her lips into his mouth and lifted his head once more releasing a popping noise from the suction. She touched her swollen lips, a small smile forming on them to match Chax’s.

  Chax placed a quick peck on her nose, and then leaned to one side of her neck. Hoyt took the other side. Both of them bit into it, immobilizing her.

  Tabatha shook, and her bones shifted. Their magic soared through her like an electrical current. They claimed her at the same moment they transformed her body. Another even stronger climax surged through Tabatha. The room dimmed, her vision blurred, and the last thing she heard was their fierce, claiming growls as they pumped their seed into her. She gave herself up to the sensations and tumbled into a euphoric, warm darkness.

  ***

  Hoyt knew the change in her system would induce a long sleep. From what he’d heard from others who had mated, the first claiming always wiped them out. She would be part werewolf and part demon, being able to shift any time, and living however long she and her mates saw fit.

  They quietly pulled out of her and covered her with a sheet. Hoyt glanced at her sleeping form one last time. Something foreign raced through him.

  “I feel it, too,” said Chax. “We can’t lose her, Hoyt. There is more to this attack than we know. Wol-itelm believes someone close to her is targeting her.” With a wave of his hand, Chax clothed both of them before they entered the living room.

  Hoyt shook his head. “You need to warn me when you do that, Chax. I’m not used to all your demon magic.”

  They observed Melody curled up on the couch sound asleep. Ben and Shane sat opposite her on the loveseat.

  Hoyt laughed, shaking his head. He strode to the kitchen and grabbed a cup of coffee, followed by Chax, Shane and Ben. “Let’s go outside where we can talk,” he announced.

  The men followed him out onto the deck.

  “Someone wants your family destroyed,” Hoyt told Ben. “The bomb that killed your parents was just the beginning of our battle. And why didn’t you tell me Tabatha couldn’t shift, that she’s only part were?”

  “Dad told me the pack wanted her killed the day she was born. He wanted me to look into the pack’s activities to make sure they weren’t planning anything. My father thought while I was training I could nose around the pack and see what they were up to.” Ben ran a hand through his hair. “The elders informed my father she was a freak; that something wasn’t right about her and that an Alpha shouldn’t be saddled with the problems she would bring. Our parents moved out to this cabin away from our pack. Dad stepped down as Alpha, but the pack wouldn’t let the matter of my sister rest. That’s why our captain kept me hidden and why he wanted to move Tabby away. We did it to protect her. Our parents had no other choice.”
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br />   “You need to tell her the truth about her family.” Hoyt’s gaze shifted to Chax.

  “Something’s off here, Chax. Did you see the way his eye twitched before he turned away from us? That only happens when he’s pissed off or lying about something.”

  “How do you know?” Chax moved toward the stairs, leaned against the railing, and scanned Ben.

  “All through high school,” Hoyt replied, “Ben’s parents always knew when he was lying. All they had to do was glance at him, and he’d freeze up. Hell, in one of our training classes Ben forgot to do the assignment and started to lie about it. His eye twitched and he couldn’t even look at the instructor’s face. They knew right off the bat he wouldn’t be a field operative.” Hoyt crossed his ankles and propped his hip on the railing, all the while shifting his gaze to Ben.

  Ben tensed and walked to the railing, switching the subject. “My parents and I kept her protected. We knew the pack females would tear her apart. We hoped she would mate with a strong wolf to bring the other half of her magic over, and here you are, finally. I just never imagined it would be you. I should have brought you home sooner. I knew Melody was my mate, but to have Shane as a mate, too, took me by surprise. Boy, is Melody pissed, and Tabby will be as well when she finds out we hid all of this from her.” Ben sighed, and glanced at Chax.

  Hoyt moved to the other side of Ben.

  “Tabby’s going to be pissed at you two for changing her before she was ready for it and for giving her no way out.” Ben laughed sadly and ducked just in time.

  Two glass coffee mugs smacked against the huge tree behind where his head had been. Glass pieces landed at his feet. Hoyt glanced up at Tabatha and Melody, who stood just inside the door, both of them in robes.

  Shaking his head, Hoyt smiled. “ I should’ve known it wouldn’t take her long to change. It looks like our mate is more powerful than we first thought, Chax. Maybe that’s one of the reasons the pack felt so threatened?”