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Blake shivered. He remembered those snotty women, and their daughters were all just as bad, snobby little brats. He would never understand how his sister turned out so different from their mother and all those women. Especially with what Gwen went through with her son Matt, father. Glancing at his brother, Blake saw the same look of disgust.

Tuning back to his mother, he snarled, “What’s the matter, Mother? Is it because both your boys are mated to the same woman and she’s human, or is it that she is what you would call fat? Please don’t tell me you drove down the two hours from Sydney, just to check if all this was true and show your displeasure.”

She huffed. “Really, Son, I’m not shallow. I only want what’s best for my sons.” He and Brian huffed out a laugh. His mother turned her nose up at both of them. “I came down to see the woman my boys have mated with. I wanted to check she isn’t just with you for your many assets.”

Groaning, Blake turned to his brother who shook his head and glanced at his sister who was looking at the celling like she was praying. “Fine,” he moaned. “How about we have a dinner in two weeks’ time, on a Sunday.” He put his hand up to stop his mother from interrupting. “Give us these weeks. We’ve only just met her ourselves, and this will give us time to get to know each other. It will also give you plenty of time to be ready.”

His mother stared into his eyes like she had the power to see into his mind. Thank God she couldn’t. Finally, she nodded and walked by him, patting him on the back like he’d just won one of his boxing matches. She then opened the door and left.

Sighing in relief, he waited for his sister to add her two cents, and she didn’t disappoint. “This is your mess. I refuse to clean this up. Brian…” She pointed to him and shot her best glare at him. “And that goes double for you, Blake.” In a softer voice she added, “Please don’t hurt this woman, guys. She seems really sweet.”

She walked to the door only to pause. “I’m taking the next couple of days off. Matty’s with his dad now.” He and Brian nodded. “Oh, and, Blake, make sure all your women know you’re off the market. Brian, look out for Sammy and Tayler.” She shut the door and he turned back to Brian, who didn’t waste a moment before he voiced his complaint.

“Why the hell did you say we would go to dinner? I would rather be skinned alive. You know you just gave her time to organize some elaborate scheme.”

Blake stared at his brother whose hair stuck out everywhere, like before Blake arrived, Brian had been pulling at it. His lips were thinned out and his eyes were flashing from bear to human.

“What would you have said?” Blake could hear his brother gritting his teeth as he bit out his words.

“I was handling it until you arrived. I told her no way in hell, and if she kept up the crap she was spewing, she wouldn’t meet our mate at all.” Brian snarled at him.

“And how was that going, Brother?” Blake growled at his brother and stormed out of the room.

Chapter Eight

Stretching out her well-used muscles, Susie sighed into the pillow. She opened one eye to see the clock flash ten forty-five am. Way too early to be awake after the night she’d had. She shut her eye as her head started pounding.Oh, crap. All the alcohol she drank last night was going to come back up. Susie ran to the bathroom without a care for her nakedness, just praying she made it in time and cursing the two bears who bombarded her with information and a new reality.

When she felt hands on her, one set to hold her hair back and the other rubbed her back, she let out a groan into the toilet. Using one of her hands, she tried to push them away.

“Leave me alone so I can die in peace.”

Blake, who was rubbing her back, chuckled. “Sorry, sweetheart. We aren’t going anywhere and I’m ninety-nine point nine percent sure you will live.”

For the next ten minutes or so, they held her hair and patted her back until she was sure there could be nothing left. Finally feeling semi-normal, she stood and brushed her teeth and rinsed her mouth out, only to turn too quickly and have four hands steady her. Blake nodded to his brother who picked her up, cradling her in his arms. If Susie hadn’t been sick, she was sure she would be protesting, especially as she was still naked. As Brian’s strong arms came around her and the fresh, clean, woodsy smell wrapped around her like a secure blanket, she snuggled closer into him as he walked into the lounge room and sat on the sofa.

Blake sat at the other end and took her feet into his hands to rub them while Brian reached over to the coffee table and handed her a bottle of water and some Panadol. They snuggled for a while and waited until her medicine kicked in. “Oh, Blake, that feels so good.” Shutting her eyes, she leaned into Brian’s chest. “Mm, this is so nice, and I really appreciate you taking me home last night. Brian, thanks for making sure my friends got home safe. What I want to know is why you guys just happened to be in the same club as me?” She opened one eye and raised her eyebrow at Blake. He paused and she wiggled her feet. “Oh, you can do two things at once.” She flexed her toes and pointed them his way. His hands continued and Brian chuckled against her head.

Blake shrugged his massive shoulders. “We thought you might need a designated driver.”

Snorting, she glared at him. His lips curled up in the corners and his eyes took on this innocent wounded bear look. Laughing at her thoughts, she huffed. “Ha. Yeah. I bet the reason you came out was because you thought I would need a driver. Scared I was going to do a runner or something equally stupid?”

Brian leaned down and kissed her shoulder right over where he bit her. Then he mumbled, “We just wanted to make sure you were okay. We trust you. We didn’t think you would run.”

Blake chuffed. “Ah, pretty much that was some of it.” A hiss slipped from her lips as she stared at Blake and he raised his eyebrow daring her to contradict him. “You had just learned about shifters and found out you are a mate to not one, but two. You also dashed out of Healthy Bodies like the hounds of hell were on your heels.” Her heart speed up as his lips curled up into the sexiest grin. “We’re not hounds, sweetheart. We are bears and we will eat you, just in a different way.”

Pulling her legs away from him, Susie squealed, “Blake, don’t you da—”

Her words were cut off on a laugh which turned into moans as his mouth worked its way up the inside of her leg and found what he was looking for. He growled against her pussy. “Honey. Mine.”

Blake looked up from between her legs and nodded to his brother. “Ours.”

Brian’s hands trailed down her neck, to circle her breasts, stroking down her stomach and back up again. Susie whimpered when Blake’s tongue touched her clit and sucked it in. As he moved his face from side to side, his stubble tickled her sensitive flesh.

Arching into his strokes she built up a rhythm until her body was ready to ignite. “Oh, oh, ahh, ahh, I have to come. Make me come. You two make my body light up.” They both growled against her skin, and she screamed, coming undone as teeth bit into her thigh and two thick fingers pumped into her wet core.

Susie came back down to earth to see a grinning Blake sit up and lick his fingers. “Mm, honey.” Standing up, he nodded to Brian who picked her up and walked to the bedroom. After laying her down on the bed, he let her go and took his shorts off before pulling her back into his arms.

“Honey, do you remember when you said you weren’t fond of fruit as a snack?” She stared at Brian and furrowed her brow.

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