Kianna and Her Three Alpha Wolves [Featherstone Pack] (Siren Publishing Ménage and More) (6 page)

What a fucking asshole, Rusty grouched to himself as he grabbed two of the suitcases and headed into the building. He had to leave the rest on the stairwell, hoping it would still be there when he came back for it. Even though the neighborhood was a pretty good one, you never could be too sure of things these days. After three more trips outside to get the rest of his gear, Rusty decided that he needed to figure out a way to contact the Featherstones without Ray finding out about it. He wanted no part in any deal where Ray’s sister was going to be hurt. Hell, he had never hurt a woman in his life and cringed every time Bubba’s little wife, Marion, would come out to the barn with a black eye or other bruises on her face. He knew what Bubba had done to her, but he had been owned by Bubba Deacon and couldn’t do a damn thing about helping her without getting himself into a whole heap of trouble. Not just with Bubba, but also with the law. When Bubba had died, Rusty had breathed a sigh of relief hoping that now he could live a good life and do what was right. Just take proper care of the ranch for the Deacon boys. But good old Ray wasn’t going to let him do that. Rusty had allowed Ray to suck him into this idiotic plan of his to get the ranch back.
How the hell was he going to get himself out of this without Ray finding out it was him?
Sighing, he started to slowly unpack some of the trophies that he’d won as a younger man on the rodeo circuit and decided that he probably wouldn’t be able to stop Ray without him knowing, so he’d have to make sure that the Featherstones had all the information they needed to put Ray away for a long, long, time.

* * * *

Driving back to the ranch after dropping Rusty off, Ray smiled as he drove onto his daddy’s land. Well, technically it was Featherstone land, but they didn’t have to know anything about that little mix up now did they. If those boys were too stupid to double check their property lines then he wasn’t going to do it for them. It wasn’t his fault that his daddy had bribed the clerk in the county assessor’s office to “rewrite” the property assessors report when he first wanted to purchase the land some forty years ago. He didn’t know how he did it, but somehow, he was able to purchase a hundred acres of prime ranching land right out from under the Featherstone tribe’s noses. There were only three people in the world that knew that little secret. One was him, one was the sniveling little Mr. Baker, who was the property clerk at the time, and the other was locked up, up state, doing a life sentence for murder. Baker wouldn’t talk because he knew Ray would kill him if he did. And it wouldn’t matter if Sean was standing right here with him. He hated the Featherstones as much as anyone, so he wouldn’t tell them a thing. All he had to do was to get one of those fool cowhands that worked for his daddy to do his dirty work and get rid of his sister, and then he’d have the land for himself, and he and his partners could continue with the lucrative smuggling business.

* * * *

Kianna stretched as she turned over in her bed. The heavy curtains were drawn, so she wasn’t able to tell what time of day it was. With everything that had happened and that she had learned over the last twenty-four hours, she wasn’t surprised that she had crashed so hard.

Sitting up, Kianna looked around for her clothes, still groggy. She wasn’t surprised that she was naked. It actually gave her a kind of thrill to know that one of the men had undressed her and put her to bed. It’s just too bad they didn’t join her. The bed seemed to be big enough to fit all of them. Realization hit her at just that moment. She wasn’t in the master bedroom at the ranch, and the bed was fucking huge. Where the hell was she, and where the hell were Teaghen, Duncan, and Alex? Just as panic was setting in, the door opened, and the men in question strolled in. One carrying a tray of food that smelled absolutely fabulous, one carried a coffee carafe, and the last one was carrying clothes for her.

“Good morning, little one. You had a really good sleep last night.” Teaghen smiled as he set the coffee down on the nightstand beside her. Leaning forward, he gently kissed her forehead.

Grabbing the quilt tighter to her, Kianna sputtered, “Where in the Sam Hell am I, and what gave you the fucking right to bring me here?”

Alex set the clothes he’d been carrying on the end of the bed and walked around to the other side of the bed. He, too, leaned forward and kissed her forehead then plumped her pillows and moved her to sit back against the headboard of the bed.

“You’re at our compound, baby. We brought you here to stay with us for at least a few days, give us all a chance to get to know one another better again.” He smiled and sat down beside her.

Duncan placed the food tray across her lap and gently kissed her cheek. “There are still a few things we need to talk with you about, and we wanted you near to us. We don’t like the idea of Ray being so close to you.”

Sighing, Kianna leaned back against the pillows and picked up a fork from the tray on her lap. She absently played with the scrambled eggs as she processed her predicament. Maybe being away from Ray for a couple of days would be for the best. It would give him time to cool down a little, she hoped. But there was so much to do at the ranch. She heaped some of the eggs onto her fork and brought it to her mouth. The moment it entered her mouth, her taste buds went to Nirvana.

“Oh my god, these are the best scrambled eggs ever,” she moaned. “Tell your cook they have my greatest thanks, and if they’re looking for work to head over to my ranch.” She smiled and swallowed the next mouthful, her eyes closing in ecstasy.

“Why, thank you, little one. I do appreciate it when my cooking is so, oh, how should I say this…greatly appreciated!” A grin spread across Teaghen’s handsome face.

“You made these, Teaghen?” Kianna asked, a look of astonishment on her face.

“Well, damn, baby, don’t look so surprised. We all know how to cook really well. It was one of the things our dads and mom taught us so that we knew how to feed ourselves well.” Teaghen blushed slightly.

“But, Teag, this is stupendous. You should open a restaurant if the rest of your cooking is anything like this!”

“Will you stop, Kia? He’s got a big enough ego without you feeding it anymore. You wait until you taste my roast beef and oven roasted potatoes tonight,” Alex boasted.

“And for lunch, I’ll make you my famous hot chicken sandwiches with biscuits,” Duncan said.

“If you all cook this great, I’m gonna have to invest in some serious gym equipment to work off all the excess calories.”

* * * *

Kianna’s smile lit up her whole face, which she could see gave each of the men instant hard-ons

Teaghen moved the tray off her lap and leaned in close to her. His left hand rested on the bed beside her right hip, and his right hand dug into her hair and gently pulled her lips to his. The touch of his lip to hers sent waves of electricity directly to her pussy, causing her body to gush with cream. Pulling back slightly, he smiled and traced her bottom lip with his thumb. His eyes darkened further as she sucked it into her mouth.

“Ah, little mate, you will never have to worry about your beautiful figure. You could gain two hundred pounds, and we would still adore you. You have yet to comprehend the depth of our love for you, sweet one. But in time, we will show you exactly what you mean to us. Once we mark you, you will know through our bond.” Teaghen leaned back and placed the tray on her lap once again.

“Finish your breakfast, shower, and then come downstairs. There is so much we need to tell you, and our time is short.” Each of them gave her one last kiss and left the bedroom, closing the door behind them.

Well, shit, so much for getting them into bed with her. It seemed that the more they touched her and kissed her, the hungrier for them she became. It was as if her body was readying itself for them. She’d never had much of a sexual appetite before coming home. There had been some opportunities, but none of them stoked her fires like the Featherstone brothers. No other man had even come close in comparison. Not since she first met them as a child. After leaving the ranch, she had compared every man she met to the brothers.

Finishing her breakfast quickly, she jumped in the shower, dressed, and headed downstairs. Her eagerness to see the men surprised her.

Alex was just coming out of the study when she reached the bottom of the stairs. A smile lit his face, softening his features. He had to know how incredibly handsome he was, but he didn’t seem to flaunt the fact. Walking over to him, she reached up and pulled his lips to her for a passionate kiss, thinking if she initiated the encounter, maybe she would have a little more control over the situation. She should have known better. The moment his lips met hers, she lost all desire for control. As she opened to him, his tongue slipped inside her mouth and teased her. With one hand holding the back of her head, the other slowly made its way down her spine to cup her ass and pull her so that she could feel his hard cock through his jeans. Both were breathing heavily when the kiss ended.

“Damn, baby, you make me want to strip you naked, bend you over my desk, and fuck you senseless. You are so incredibly sexy,” he whispered against the side of her neck as he nuzzled there.

“What’s stopping you from doing exactly that, Alex?” Kianna was having a hard time focusing on any conversation with him gently nipping at her earlobe.

“All three of us must take you together, little one. As alpha female, you are all of ours, and together, we will show you such pleasure. Once we have marked you, we can then each take you separately, but until then…” He took a deep breath and moved away from her.

Kianna watched Alex walk away and felt like a child because all she wanted to do was stomp her foot because someone had just taken one of her favorite toys away from her. Her increasing hunger for them had to have something to do with this mating thing, and if they didn’t do something about it, and soon, she was going to take matters into her own hands.

Chapter 4

Alex walked into the library with a look that could only be described as painful and sat down on the couch.

“We have to mark her soon, Teag,” he said through gritted teeth. “One fucking kiss from that little vixen, and my cock and my wolf want to claim her.”

Duncan couldn’t hold back his smile. “We can do it tonight if we want to. Once we have our talk with her, and if she’s all right with it, there isn’t anything standing in our way.”

“And what talk would that be boys?”

All three men turned at the sound of her voice.

“Would the talk be about shape-shifters or mates of shape-shifters or about shape-shifters who lie to their mates?” Kianna leaned against the door frame, her arms crossed just below her breasts, and waited for them to respond.

“Come here, little one, and we will talk about whatever you wish to talk about. But be careful whom you call a liar, baby. Remember, you didn’t tell us that you already knew about us,” Teaghen said smugly, reaching out a hand to her.

“No, that’s true, Teaghen, I didn’t, but I was kid when I first found out. I didn’t know whom to tell or where to turn to.” Walking to Teaghen, she took hold of his outstretched hand and was immediately pulled into his arms, her breasts plastered against his hard chest and her arms held snugly behind her back.

* * * *

Gazing down at her, Teaghen gently kissed first one cheek and then the other before nipping along her jawline to her mouth. He tasted of coffee and something else, something that she just couldn’t define, couldn’t quite put her finger on, but loved it anyway. Duncan placed his hands on her hip from behind and, as Teaghen broke their kiss, Duncan lifted her in his arms and sat them both down on the soft leather couch. She secretly loved it when they carried her. It made her feel fragile and feminine, something that she had never felt before.

“And you kept our secret for all these years, didn’t you, baby! Now why is that I wonder…You didn’t even go to your mom about it, otherwise, we would have known sooner.” Duncan gently stroked his hand up and down her arm in a soothing motion.

“I didn’t want my mom to think I was nuts, that’s why.” She quietly laughed. “Honestly, who would have believed me? Everyone would have thought I was absolutely bonkers. You know that as well as I do.”

“Yes, Kia, before your mom knew about Jeff and Sammy, she probably would have thought you were letting your imagination run wild,” Duncan said.