Page 127 of Fated or Knot

My legs shook as I rode him in earnest, and I wasn’t sure I’d last very long. Could he endure feeling me come a third time through our nascent bond without spilling too? I wanted this to be good for him, separate from what he felt from me.

He released one of his gentle snorts. Closing his hands around my hips, he caught my momentum and slowed it so he sawed at that bundle of nerves. I was glad of his assistance, even if he took shameless advantage of knowing exactly when to press for maximum effect. “Don’t fight it. Come,” he rasped. “I won’t follow prematurely like some untested colt, even though you feel fucking incredible.”

“Marius,” I said breathlessly.

If he told me to come in that smoky feral voice one more time, it felt like I would, right on command. He tilted his head, flashing fangs, about to do just that. He coaxed me toward that edge, lips parted, mirroring my expression as I cried out in a higher pitch and teetered on the brink of completion…

When the one thing that could ice over my pleasure happened, timed to the second. There was a knock on the door, coming from the study.

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LARK

Ishrieked in surprise and flapped uselessly, held in place on Marius’s cock as his head whipped toward the offending noise with a snarl.

“I got it?” Tormund said, sounding confused. He hurried back into the room and shoved on his pants first. I hunkered down and glanced over my shoulder, as my back was to the threshold.

The redcap was broad enough to block the view of whoever was on the other side. Though it wasn’t a secret for long, as he exclaimed, “I thought you were asleep!”

“Even the dead couldn’t sleep through what I’ve been feeling in our pack bond,” came Kauz’s calm, tired voice.

I relaxed. “Hi Kauz.”

Marius sat up, bracing his weight on his palms behind him. “I was just of half a mind to murder you.”

“Hmm, just another Moonday, if anything,” the winged fae remarked. “Hello, sweetheart. Mind if I join you?”

My mind, still addled by pleasure, got stuck halfway into what he was saying. “Just another Moonday?”

“His exercise regimens will be the death of me,” he explained.

“Oh. Yes, come in?—”

Marius interrupted with a deeper, more territorial growl. “She’s mine right now.” He bucked his hips to emphasize the claim, and I moaned for him.

“Aye, I can see that. And I have questions,” Kauz said, cocking his head.

Marius rolled his eyes, but he didn’t tense up to fight like he always seemed to when challenged by another male. He gave me what felt like a reassuring kiss. “I’m not answering any. Get over here.”

I raised a brow, confused but not unhappy when Kauz shed his clothes in a hurry and climbed up behind me. He pressed his front to my back and nuzzled my neck in greeting. I laid my head on his shoulder to get a good look at him. His color was improved from just this morning, though he still looked exhausted.

“Go to bed,” I whispered.

“I’m in bed,” he whispered back. His unmasked silver eyes danced with mirth. “As Marius knows from our pack bond, I need a chance to touch you too.”

Instead of caressing my curves, he went for my wings, stroking the sensitive insides of them while nibbling on the pointed shell of my ear. I trembled from the extra, unexpected contact. “And as Kauz knows, he’s the only male I’d ever share this moment with,” Marius said in echo to him.

That said a whole lot. Tormund had implied these two were actually friends, but I hadn’t gotten to see them interacting here at home since, well, one of them had been unconscious. But I supposed Kauz hadn’t gotten strong on his own, nor had Marius found a love for books without some kind of encouragement. I’d have to see how much their interests ended up intersecting…later.

First, we needed to take advantage of Kauz being here while he was still awake. My attention drifted to Fal, though, who’d been uncharacteristically quiet. His lips were quirked, and he listened in on us and watched with interest. Confident as ever, his feline gaze met mine, and he winked, unbothered by his third packmate joining in.

The winged fae’s hands traveled to my hips, bringing my wandering mind back. He squeezed and kneaded as he said close to my ear, “Let me show you a trick. Lift up.”

He helped me when my legs shook upon being reintroduced to the lady pleaser’s perfect placement. As I lifted, he shifted my hips to circle rather than going straight up and down. Marius, still propped upright, tipped his head back with a deep moan as Kauz guided me to sheath him with a twist of my hips.

I cried out too. The kelpie seemed even bigger this way, and I soaked in the shivery sound of Kauz’s wings as he listened to me. He rocked with me as I got used to this new way to ride a cock, watching me tremble and moan until he covered my belly with one hand. As I sank, he pressed at around the right moment to really push the intimate piercing right where I needed it.

I came with a scream, sending a shockwave of pleasure all the way to my curled toes. Too busy with my own peak, I mostly missed that Marius had drawn himself up in nearly a mirror to me, the cords of his neck standing out as he kept from coming with a grunt that was almost pained. When I went limp, he lay back on the bed and knocked Kauz’s hands aside to grab me instead.

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