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was sure her ass would glow in the dark.

She didn’t even notice that he no longer held her down until thick

fingers pushed roughly into her pussy and the spanking continued.

Her thighs burned, her vagina pulsed, her breathing caught, and then

raw heat burst through her.

She screamed as her climax overwhelmed her, every muscle

shaking, every vein throbbing as liquid heat drenched her. She

undulated against him, no longer in control, unable to stop the way

her body begged for his full possession. He smoothed a hand over her

sore ass, his fingers still rubbing her pussy, spreading the cream that leaked from her as he soothed her with gentle touches and soft words.

As her orgasm finally waned, she collapsed against his legs like a

cooked noodle, feeling boneless but energized, sated but still needy.

He pushed the jeans the rest of the way off her feet and then

turned her in his arms, tucked her against him, and pressed a kiss to
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the top of her head. When he made no move to take her, she

whimpered in his embrace and tried to reach the fastenings of his

jeans. He held her tighter, trapping her arms between them.

“No, baby,” he said as he rearranged her on his lap. “How do you

feel?”

“Horny,” she said, trying to reach his engorged cock once again.

He laughed but gathered her arms behind her. She practically melted

into his hold once more. What the hell was wrong with her? She never

liked giving up control, so why was Gary’s dominating behavior

turning her on?

He chuckled, and pressed a kiss to her mouth. “I’m not going to

fuck you, Edwina.”

Anger surged through her at his rejection. “Let go of me,” she

growled as she wriggled to escape his hold, wanting to do nothing

more than hide from her shame. He’d shown her how easily she could

be manipulated, and she needed time to shore up her defenses. She

needed to escape right now.

“Stop, Edwina.” She stopped before it occurred to her that she was

mindlessly following his orders. Shit. He pressed another devastating kiss to her mouth, and she whimpered with her need for him. “Shhh,

baby, settle down. I’m not going to fuck you right now because I

don’t want to hurt you.”

“Oh,” she said, feeling even more confused. How would he hurt

her?

“You’ve never been spanked like that before, have you?” She

shook her head against his chest. “I should’ve gone easier on you the first time, but there’s just something about you.” He touched her face reverently, looking at her like he’d only just seen her for the first time.

But after a moment he closed his eyes like he’d admitted something

he didn’t want her to know. “Normally I’d place an icepack on your

buttocks and thighs to help keep the swelling down, but in this

weather it’s probably overkill. The cold air will help.” She shivered at
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the reminder of how cold it was even inside, but she couldn’t argue

that the cool air felt wonderful on her sore bottom.

He held her close, running his hand through her hair over and over

and pressing soft kisses to the top of her head as he rocked her gently.

It took a few moments to realize she was still crying. She scrubbed at her face, trying to understand why her tears continued to flow even

after the pain from her spanking was gone.

The harder she tried to pull her emotions under control the worse

she seemed to lose it. A sob escaped her, and Gary held her closer,

whispering words of comfort.

“It’s okay,” he said as he rocked her gently. “It’s been a rough few

days.”

She nodded again.

“Do you really think someone is trying to kill me?” she asked in a

scared little voice that she barely recognized as her own. The tears

flowed harder as she realized she’d spent a whole lot of energy

denying the reason that she was here with the brothers in the first

place.

Gary pressed her head to his chest. “Yes, baby, we’re pretty sure

it’s you they were after.”

“Why?” Her tears continued to flow down her face despite the fact

that she tried hard to stop them. It was a good thing that Gary held her so close to his warmth. She was probably at risk of freezing her

eyelids shut with all this ridiculous weak-willed girly behavior.

“We don’t know why yet, but we will protect you regardless of

whether you want to be our mate or not.” She sighed softly as she

realized the truth of his words. Regardless of her behavior or who she fucked or didn’t fuck, they would risk their own lives to protect hers.

She knew that as confidently as she knew her own name.

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Gary held her close as he cursed himself for his lack of control.

He’d meant to just give her a taste of what it would be like to be

spanked. A few light taps to arouse and entice, not the full-on

emotion-shattering session they’d both just experienced.

But he couldn’t really regret the results.

Edwina had been using anger to hide her worries about the

attempts on her life, and it was good for her to finally realize she

wasn’t alone. His cock throbbed with his need to claim her, but he

held himself in check, determined to protect her even if it meant

protecting her from his needs.

She finally relaxed against him, but he didn’t think she was

asleep. Kieran and Jake came into the shack in yeti form, and for a

suspended moment Gary feared he would have to stop his brothers

from claiming her. Her scent filled the entire room, and in yeti form they were more likely to act on their instincts. Fortunately, his older brothers immediately changed forms when they saw Edwina lying in

Gary’s arms.

Kieran looked confused when he saw her reddened ass, but his

cock rose in obvious interest when he registered Edwina’s

contentment. Gary knew that Kieran loved to spank a woman before

fucking her, and it was obvious by Edwina’s reactions that she would

welcome Kieran’s attentions once they came to some sort of

agreement about the future.

Gary didn’t like the idea of Edwina refusing to commit to them,

but he couldn’t complain about the idea of having her in his and his brothers’ beds for the next eight months.

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Chapter Eight

Kieran headed to the bedroom to drag on some clothes. Judging

by the redness of Edwina’s ass, Gary hadn’t gone easy on her, and a

part of Kieran wished he’d been there for her, to comfort her as she

experienced the euphoric high and the emotional release such intense

sensations could bring.

Judging by how contentedly she lay in Gary’s arms, Kieran at

least knew that whatever had happened had been something Edwina

had really needed. He dragged his clothes on quickly, not the least bit surprised when Jake did the same and followed him back into the

main room.

“Baby,” Gary said to Edwina, “Kieran really needs to hold you.”

She lifted her head, her eyes red from crying, her gaze seeking

Kieran’s. Kieran moved to sit on the sofa beside Gary’s chair, and

Edwina practically crawled onto his lap. She curled into his embrace

and hissed softly as she dragged her sore ass against his jeans.

“I’m sorry,” she whispered to him. “I—I want to be with you. I

just can’t make promises for the future.”

“We know, baby,” Gary said as he stood from his chair and leaned

over to press a kiss to her forehead. He tucked a soft blanket around her, careful not to press it against the sore flesh on her ass and thighs.

“Just let us love you while we’re here, and we’ll worry about the

future later.”

“Okay,” she said quietly. Kieran tried to control his response. If

they only had months with her, instead of the lifetime they all wanted, then he’d do his best not to argue with her choices. His head ached as he realized that quite possibly the very thing that attracted them to her
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would also be the thing that kept them apart—her need for

independence.

Kieran held her for a long while, just enjoying her nearness and

trying not to think of the future. Eventually she stirred and tried to move away, but Kieran tightened his hold, and she sighed as she

rested her head against his chest once more.

“Are you cold?”

“A little,” she said as she leaned up to press a kiss to his lips. “I should probably get dressed. I told Gary I would make dinner.”

“Before or after he spanked you?”

“Before,” she said with a fond smile on her face. Clearly she

hadn’t been upset by Gary’s rough treatment. Kieran knew from the

scent that Gary hadn’t had sex with her. He planned to ask Gary for

details later, but for now he was simply content to have Edwina in his arms.

“Are you okay?”

She sat up straighter, made sure she had eye contact, smiled, and

then said, “Very okay.”

“So you don’t mind being spanked?”

She laughed, and for a heart-stopping moment Kieran worried it

was a bit hysterical and the prelude to another tantrum, but then she relaxed in his arms once more.

“I can’t really explain it,” she said, obviously trying to sort it out in her head. “But it feels like all the stress of the last few days is gone.

I mean, I’m still scared to death that someone is trying to kill me, but I feel like I’m thinking more clearly.”

A little surprised that she would accept that she was the assassin’s

target so easily—especially after some of the accusations she’d hurled at him and Jake—Kieran nonetheless felt grateful to his brother for helping her see they weren’t the ones trying to hurt her.

“Do you have any idea who might want to hurt you?”

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“You mean besides my boss?” She said it with a small shudder,

and he pulled her closer for a brief moment. “I knew he didn’t like

me, but I didn’t think that was enough reason to want me dead.”

“I suspect that he was probably being paid to do what he did. And

we doubt he was working alone. Calvin discovered a virus in the main

weather computer on the base, and that just doesn’t seem like

something Peterson would be capable of doing without outside help.

Someone went to a lot of trouble to not only sabotage your helicopter but to make sure you were out in weather not suitable for flying.”

“So you think you and Jake were just the convenient excuse to get

me flying in that weather?”

“Yes,” Kieran said, trying to judge how much this conversation

was affecting the woman in his arms. “We were all set to walk when

your boss offered us the flight with you. Nobody knew our schedule.

We’d originally planned to travel to Kendall shack the next day, but

changed our plans at the last moment, so it’s very unlikely we were

the actual targets. If anything we were in the wrong place at the

wrong time.”

“Lucky for me you were in the right place at the right time. I

wouldn’t have survived if it hadn’t been for you and Jake and the rest of your brothers.” She tilted her head sideways and gave him a

curious look. “Did I ever thank you for that?”

He grinned at her, happy to bring some levity to the otherwise

serious conversation. “Let me think. I do remember a beautiful, naked woman thanking me while I was in yeti form. Was that you?”

She smacked his chest playfully. “Nope, I’m pretty sure that was

someone else.”

“Oh, well in that case, no, I don’t think you thanked me.”

“Maybe,” she said as she moved to straddle his lap, “I should

make sure I thank you properly then.” He could feel her hands at his

waistband as she struggled to undo the buttons on his jeans. He was

instantly hard, and the increased pressure against the thick denim sure wasn’t making it easy.

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He lifted his hips off the sofa, helping her to free his cock. Finally her hand wrapped around his length, squeezing gently as he kissed her lips. She grinned at him wickedly a moment before she disappeared

under the blanket and licked the pre-cum from his cock. He inhaled

sharply and felt her small laugh before she opened her mouth and

sucked the head of his cock. He practically levitated off the sofa when she started to pump him with one hand and suck hard against his

length. Each time her head lowered, she engulfed more of him until

he touched the back of her throat. He felt her control the urge to gag.

Then she swallowed and took him deeper.

He ground his teeth against the need to grab her head and pump

into her mouth, but she shocked him by grabbing his hand and

pushing it into her hair in clear invitation to do just that. He hesitated for one moment, making eye contact with Gary who now stood in the

doorway watching, before gripping Edwina’s hair hard and lifting his

hips. He fucked her mouth for several moments before Gary stepped

into the room.

Without a word he lifted the blanket away from them both and

watched as Edwina sucked Kieran’s cock and then touched the pink

skin on her ass. “Can I fuck you, baby?”

Edwina nodded her head awkwardly against Kieran’s cock.

Kieran pulled her hair, lifting her mouth off him. “Say the words,