Werewolves and Chocolate (8 page)

“He’s Hagalaz. It’s a trick.”

“There’s only one of him,” Ellie said. “Why
would he risk death coming into enemy territory?”

Matthew turned on her. “You are a bad influence
on these two. And on this pack.”

“You’re pissed off and you’re making bad
decisions. Listen to what Gareth has to say and then say that again.”

Matthew’s jaw actually dropped.

Taggert came closer to her. “Look, you little
bitch. I don’t care how much these two like burying themselves in your pussy. You’re
not a wolf. You’ll never be a wolf, and you don’t belong here.”

Jake gave Ellie a stricken look, and she knew
all along this had been why they’d kept her from the pack. They were worried
she’d be treated like this. Kyle rounded on Taggert but before they could do
anything, Ellie said, “Are you always this much of an asshole? If so, no wonder
you don’t have a mate.”

Both Jake and Kyle looked at her, a little
stunned. Some of the other wolves let out laughs.

“He’ll be all right,” Cassia said softly from
the ground. She had been murmuring healing spells, and Gareth stirred. Cassia
looked drawn, exhausted.

“Matthew,” Gareth rasped. “I am here in
peace. I swear it to you. My father died, my mother went insane from grieving.
I cannot stand the weeping of the mates left behind. The ones who survived the
initial grief. I followed Bane, I believed in him, but he has broken faith.
He’s gone mad. He’s putting us all at risk. Not all the Hagalaz support him. We
need help to break away. Please.”

Matthew let out a roar of such fierceness
Ellie blanched.

His eyes still gold, his teeth still run out,
Matthew turned to his shaman. “What say you, Cassia?”

Ellie couldn’t miss the tender way Cassia had
held Gareth, the way she looked at him now. “I’ve known Gareth a long time.
He’s not a liar. He has a temper, and he has done horrific things in the name
of following Bane, but he’s here in good faith.”

Gareth leaned over and shuddered, shifting
back into wolf form, then back to human form in his clothes. Cassia stood and
offered him a hand up.

“What is he to you?” Matthew asked. Ellie
heard something in his voice and she wondered if Matthew and Cassia had been
together. Matthew sounded jealous, though it was subtle.

Cassia’s cheeks pinked. “He’s my mate. Or he
would have been, if he’d forsaken the Hagalaz or if I’d have forsaken Uruz. I
couldn’t go with him and support Bane’s atrocities. He wouldn’t abandon his
Alpha.”

“You gave up your chance for a mate, for
children. You never told me.” For all that he’d been a jerk, Ellie couldn’t
help but feel sorry for Matthew, for the pain she heard in his voice.

“It wasn’t your business ‘til this moment. I
know Gareth’s mind, even if we parted in anger. He is speaking truth. This could
be an end to the conflict.”

Matthew sighed and ran both hands through his
hair. “Let us reconvene in the hall. Perhaps a meal before we continue in order
to give Gareth some time to recover. We’ll listen to what Gareth has to say.”
The crowd began to disperse, heading back to the hall.

Ellie looked over at Cassia and Gareth. The
big shifter was holding both of the shaman’s hands and leaning his forehead
down to hers. Ellie’s eyes teared up at the sight of the two of them.

Matthew cleared his throat.

“Yes, of course,” Cassia said. “Gareth, are
you well enough?”

“I told you, I am fine.”

Visibly gritting his teeth, Matthew turned
from them both. “I think we can finish up rather quickly so the two of you can
get…reacquainted.”  Matthew turned to Jake and Kyle. “You two defied pack law.
It was for a good reason, but you still defied our laws.”

Jake and Kyle both nodded slowly.

“I’m beginning to think your earlier
assessment is correct,” Matthew said.

“And that would be?” Jake asked.

“You should go back to your human lives.”

Kyle sucked in a breath. “Are you exiling
us?”

“You’ve been exiled before as a punishment
for breaking pack law before. You slept with a Hagalaz without permission from
their Alpha, and your recklessness almost got you and Jake killed. And your
mate. You are too impulsive, Kyle.” Matthew let out a growl, clearly
frustrated. Ellie saw a vein in his forehead still pulsing. “I’m not going to
formally exile you. With what is going on with the Hagalaz—that would be
imprudent. But I do not want you living here. Not among us. I will speak to the
other Uruz Alphas at the other clanholdings on this to seek their counsel and
agreement on this as well. You can still call on us if needed, but you cannot
live among us until you can show that you respect pack law.”

Kyle was trembling but stood his ground.

“We will still render aid, of course.” Jake
said.

Matthew nodded. “Taggert, though he has been
a rude lout about it, probably owes you his life. And we owe you for bringing
us this important information. But I don’t think you and your human mate will
find it comfortable living among us.”

“Maybe later. When we have kids. If that
happens.” Ellie said this at a whisper, but Matthew’s tense posture relaxed
just a bit. He gave her a soft smile and nodded.

“If you are so blessed, and you need the
protection of the pack, that would be a time we would reconsider this
judgment.”

Ellie kind of bristled at the royal “we” but
she held her tongue. She’d already spoken her mind on the matter.

“You’re welcome to stay for the remainder of
the meeting, if you’d like. Or go, it’s your decision. And Kyle,” Matthew
placed a hand on Kyle’s shoulder. “I’ve been hard on you in the past. You lack
control. But you’re one of the strongest wolves in the pack. Don’t forget it.”
He turned and left them.

CHAPTER EIGHT

Finally it was just the three of them in the
clearing.

Kyle gritted his teeth and shifted again.
Jake followed him and they reformed with their clothing. “You know, someday I
want to understand the physics of how your transformation works.”

“I’m know, babe.” Jake held her tightly in
his arms.

“Did you guys get hurt? Are you ok?”

“Just scratches. We’re fine.”

“Kyle, what about you?”

He shook his head. “I definitely was not
expecting…all of this.”

“I’m sorry if I got you in trouble.”

“No, sweet. You did the right thing. We did
the right thing.” Kyle stretched out. “This really went sideways.”

“You were both worried about me being exposed
to the pack because of this.”

“Sort of.” Jake released her from his
embrace. “We knew there would be teasing and some disgruntlement from some of
them. Teasing because you’re human, because there are three of us.
Disgruntlement because we don’t live amongst the pack and we aren’t immediately
trying to pop out babies. We didn’t want to subject you to all of it.”

“Are you sure you aren’t part wolf?” Kyle
asked, moving closer to slide his arm around her waist. “I’ve seen wolves who
wouldn’t hold their ground like you did.”

Ellie finally realized she was shaking in the
aftermath of all the adrenaline. “I was worried I was going to piss you off.
But I just couldn’t take how they were being assholes another minute.”

“Oh, they were definitely being assholes.
They’ll respect you for standing up to them, even if you pissed a few people
off.”

“Do you two want to stay for the meeting?”

“I kind of do. But, at the same time, I trust
things will work out now that they have Gareth, and if they need our help, they
can call us.”

“Let’s get the fuck out of here,” Jake
finally said. “I don’t want anyone changing their mind on us.”

Kyle and Jake guided her back to the parking
lot. Ellie tossed the car keys to Kyle so he could warm up the car while Jake
headed for the cabin. “I’ll get the suitcase into the car.”

“Do you need anything before we go?” Kyle
asked. “We can grab some food from the kitchen—”

Ellie shook her head. “I agree with Jake. Let’s
just get into the car and go before someone else tries to make us stay.”

“Hon, it’s fine. We’re fine.”

“I just want out of here.” She shivered. “I
stood my ground and all that is great, and now I just want out.”

“Ok, sweetheart.” Kyle pulled her closer and
kissed her.

Jake popped the suitcase into the trunk. “Why
don’t you take the back seat. Do you think you can sleep some more?”

“I could sleep for a week,” she murmured.
She’d been running on fumes for the past weeks. “Are you sure you two are ok? I
slept half the day, and last night during the drive.”

“We’ll be fine, babe. We got a nap, that’s
enough for us wolves. And Jake will take over if I get tired. Right now I’m kind
of wired.”

“Yeah, I can imagine.”

Ellie curled up on the back seat. Her
thoughts were spinning for a long while and she was sure she’d never sleep, but
the rhythm of the car was enough for her to drift off. She was surprised when
Jake woke her. “Pit stop?” she asked.

He grinned. “No, sleepyhead. We’re home.”

“Already?”

He rolled his eyes. “You passed out. I’m glad
you got rest. I didn’t realize how tired you were after this week.”

She yawned and stretched. Jake pulled her out
of the car and into his arms, nuzzling softly at her neck. Ellie sighed and
leaned into his embrace. “I can’t believe how close we came to—”

“It’s all right. We weren’t going to let
anything happen to you.”

“We promised,” Kyle said, drawing up behind
her to nuzzle at the other side of her neck.

She whimpered at the feel of both of them
against her and her ass collided with Kyle’s erection.

“I think we have some unfinished business.”

“Into the house,” Kyle growled.

“I’ll get the suitcase.”

Kyle and Jake ushered her into the vestibule
of the apartment. Ellie’s eyes fell on a large cardboard box with her name on
it and she let out a squeal in joy.

“What?”

“Are you ok?”

“I’m fine. I was waiting for this.” She raced
forward to clutch the box to her chest.

“What’s in it?”

“You’ll see.”

Kyle unlocked the apartment door and Ellie
raced into the bathroom. “You guys stay out there.”

~* * *~

Kyke and Jake were left with their jaws dropped.
They looked at each other, and then heard the shower turn on. Jake shrugged and
flopped down onto the couch, and Kyle joined him. “Must be important,” Kyle
muttered, shutting his eyes.

Jake dozed, waking at the sound of the door.
Kyle lifted his head and the both of them heard Ellie’s footstep. He turned to
her and his eyes went wide.

“What…what is that?”

“You once told me,” Ellie said with a
particularly saucy smile, “That if I ever dressed up as Little Red Riding Hood,
neither of you would be responsible for your actions. So I did a little
shopping,” she caressed her hand down the red cloak, “and I had my friend Jenny
in the costuming department make this up for me as a Valentine’s Day present
for the two of you.” She pouted. “But the two of you pounced on me early and it
wasn’t ready.”

She let the red cloak part a little,
revealing the red garters, thigh highs, and a sexy red satin slip. Jake’s jaw
dropped, and Kyle let out a low rumble.

“You….”

“That….”

“It’s so….”

“Red.”

~* * *~

Hearing the twin growls, Ellie’s eyes went
wide at how fast their faces went feral. They stalked her from either side and
she felt the instinct to run, but all she could do was step back against the
wall.

“Bedroom.”

“Now.”

She felt herself get hauled up over Kyle’s
shoulder and then she was tossed on the bed. Jake was stripping and Kyle was
leaning down onto her, grinding his cock against her lace-clad pussy. Jake unclasped
the cloak and slid his hands inside of her satin slip to tease at her breasts.
She groaned and hooked a thigh up over Kyle’s back.

The rumbling snarl was all the warning she
got before he wrapped his hand in the lace panties and tore them right off, leaving
the garters and  stockings on. Kyle was trying to kiss her while shucking his
clothes and Jake pushed him off the bed, leaning his nude body against her.
Jake gave her an aching hot look before he devoured her lips, his kiss hungry.
He tasted of desire and wildness.

“I need you, baby,” he whispered, sliding his
cock against her petals. “So fucking wet.”

“Jake,” Kyle let out a feral, needful sound before
dragging down the satin straps and suckling at Ellie’s pink nipple. She tangled
her fingers in his hair. “I need her.” She knew Kyle was on the edge, she could
hear the wolf in his voice.

“I need you both,” Ellie said, pulling Kyle’s
lips to hers. His hot, savage kiss had her moaning as Jake drove his cock deep
inside her.

“I’m going to make you come, sweetheart. I
have owed you a nice…hard…luscious orgasm since we were so rudely interrupted.”
Hot thrusts punctuated his words and she was awash in the fierceness of the
sensation. “And I am going to deliver.” She screamed as he pulled her legs up
over his shoulders. “Then I’m going to flip you over and fuck that pretty,
tight little ass of yours while you ride Kyle.”

Kyle groaned in agreement, sucking Ellie’s
other nipple into the velvet heat of his mouth. He slid one hand down to tease
at her clit. She reached up to his other hand and threaded her fingers through
his, needing something to hold onto. Jake gave her hard, rough thrusts until
she was mewling. The raw desire coiled up within her.

Leaning down to claim her lips, Jake made
soft, desperate sounds, pumping his hips hard and deep until he drove her right
over the edge. Her climax bore her whole body down onto him and he rode her
through it while Kyle murmured approving sounds as he sucked hard on her.

Jake slowed his thrusts as she came down from
her orgasm, trembling from holding off. “Get the lube,” Jake groaned.

Ellie cried out, still wanting more, but Jake
pulled out of her. Kyle handed him the lube and rolled onto his back. Ellie
gave Kyle her very best seductive Red Riding Hood look as she slipped a leg
over to straddle him. He went for her hips but she shook her head, pressing his
arms down, rubbing her pussy lips up and down his swollen shaft.

He gritted his teeth and flung his head back.
“Ellie. You’re killing me.”

“Mmmmhmmmm.”

Jake moved to kneel behind her and kissed his
way down her back, nipping her buttock. He swirled his fingers across her ass
and she hissed at the sensation. As he leaned against her back he continued
teasing her and she shivered in lust. “You want it?” He nipped her ear.

“Oh yeah.”

Softly he began to stroke one finger and then
two inside her. She shuddered at the sensations as he slipped past the ring of
muscles, sliding in and out, adding more lube until she was bucking back
against his hand. She loved it when they did this to her, the wicked pleasure
of all those nerve endings, the heat licking right up her spine as Jake added
another finger. “That’s it, baby.”

“Ellie,” Kyle growled, and while she was
distracted he pulled her down over his cock. She gasped as he filled her to his
root; she was stuffed completely full. After he stroked inside her once, she
gave him a heavy-lidded look and put his hands on her breasts. Then she began
to ride him. “Ah, that’s it, sweetheart.” Kyle looked up into her eyes and then
bucked up into her until she was screaming in pleasure. She felt Jake slowly
pushing his cock into her ass and they slowed while she adjusted. Kyle was
doing the soft, rolling thing with his hips and strafing her clit while Jake
worked inside her until he was hilted. Panting, she shuddered at the fiery,
intense stimulation.

“You all right baby?”

“Yesss,” she hissed, slowly grinding back onto
them both.

“Gods,” Kyle groaned, pulling her hips down
onto him. Together they found a slow rhythm but soon Ellie was shaking.

“What’s the matter? Gods…your ass feels so
fucking good. So tight, so silky.”

“Need it….” She bit her lip, shivering as
they gave her another slow stroke.

“Harder?” Kyle asked, his teeth gritted. She
knew he was trying to keep it slow.

Ellie nodded, eyes squeezed shut. Kyle
reached up to caress her cheek and she looked at him. Jake leaned in to brush
his lips across her shoulder. “You want it rough, baby?”

“Please….” She gasped, leaning back against
Jake and Kyle until they were both deep inside of her. They both groaned in
unison. Jake slipped his hands down her belly to play with her clit as he
slowly stroked in and out of her. “Mmmm, I’m going to come if you keep touching
me.”

“If we take you hard like you want, so are
we.”

“D’you want it, sweet?” Kyle asked, his hands
sliding up from her hips beneath the red slip.

“Yes...dammit. I need…need it—”

“Gods yes,” Jake growled, finally driving
harder into her.

Ellie found a howl of ecstasy tearing from
her throat. Kyle gripped her, pumping his hips against her. She was screaming,
wild, mindless. The sensation of both of them pounding her tipped her over the
edge and she clenched down onto them as she came.

Jake was making the raw, desperate sound that
she loved, his teeth clamped into her neck. Moaning with each thrust, she could
feel him trying to hold back. “Gods, gonna…sweetheart….”

“Baby,” Kyle growled, crying out. She felt
his claws lengthen against her breasts and he pulled his hands away so he
wouldn’t hurt her. Kyle buried his hands in the bedding, driving his hips up
harder as he snarled at each thrust, trying to hold on. She balanced her hands
on his chest to brace herself. Jake’s fingers teased her clit in just the right
way and they pounded into her just a little bit harder, their cocks swelling,
thickening. She knew they were right on the edge. When another orgasm tore
through her, she heard them both howling as they came.

Jake bit her, and Kyle looked up at her, his
face gone completely feral.

Kyle flipped her to her back, pulling her
away from Jake. He rammed into her harder, making a raw, desperate sound with
each pulse. He pinning her wrists above her head and buried his teeth in her
neck and she screamed in bliss, another orgasm boiling up inside her.

Kyle howled, shuddering again in a quick
climax, and then he wrenched himself away from her, letting out a strangled
sound. Jake moved between them suddenly, and then she saw Kyle had shifted into
wolf form.