I arched my neck, letting my hair fall in dark waves over my shoulder. Jhin’s other hand slipped to my navel and I let out a gasp as his teeth brushed my skin. Then his fingers were moving to the slick on my thighs, sliding higher and deeper until he was almostthere—I cried out as his teeth sunk into my neck, the pleasure peaking as waves of bliss overtook me, and amidst it all I could feel Jhin’s own release overtake him, feel the feral satisfaction in his claim as our bond snapped into place.
As I trembled in his arms, trying to recover, I could feel the others, too, in my mind. Ez, bright like sunshine, Vander’s pride, Adrian’s love all radiating out from them. They were mine.
I felt Kit’s hand cupping my face, and he pressed his forehead to mine, his eyes wide with awe.
“Juni…” he said in a hushed whisper, and his scent hit me, the familiar almond buttercream—except it was different. It was magnetic, pulling me towards him, the universe marking him as mine.
Mate.
“Oh,” was all I could manage as we stared at each other, shock blitzing every other thought from my system.
“Is everything alright?” came Jhin’s voice behind me, concern leaking from his side of the bond. “You—Kit you didn’t want to be first, did you?”
Kit eyes were welling with tears, and I turned as I felt Jhin starting to panic. I caught his eye, the joy bubbling up inside me and I shook my head.
“I… joined the scent match,” I said in awe as Kit threw his arms around me and Jhin. The chances of me being compatible with their scent match were slim; usually anyone who joined a pack after a scent match didn’t become a part of it. But it could if my scent was complimentary enough… and… itwas.
Kit sobbed into my hair, as Jhin settled his arms around both of us.
“Well, duh.” Ez took a sip of water. “You guys telling me you’re surprised?”
“There’s no way you knew this,” said Vander, snatching the water bottle from him. “How?”
“You said it, you can’t tell where one ends and the other begins. They’re like one person, dude.”
Vander shook his head.
“You’re full of it,” he said.
“Why does no one take me seriously?” Ez complained. My attention was pulled away as Kit nuzzled into my neck with a groan.
“Fuck, Juni, you always smelled good, but now…” he gave another groan that throbbed right to my core. I knew what he meant, because nothing in the whole fucking world smelled better than this right now. I think I probably could have orgasmed from just his scent alone.
I cried out as his hands moved up to cup my breasts, playing with my nipples. I shivered as Kit’s teeth brushed over Jhin’s bite, and then Kit’s teeth were sinking in over top of it, his own bite claiming me as well. Electric pleasure crashed over me in waves, mixing with Kit’s own raging desire and the cloud of lust from the pack watching us as Kit pulled back and claimed my mouth again. I pushed him back, pressing him into the bed as we continued to kiss, his tongue tangling with mine. I kissed down his chin, to his neck and there was nothing in this world that could stop me from sinking my own teeth into him. He trembled underneath me, and I was shaking, too, because there was nothing but him beneath me, every touch of our skin ecstasy. Our scent was everywhere, and I felt I could taste sweet almonds and sour cherries. Our passion lit up the bond, every one of our feelings echoed and magnified. Together we moved so his hard cock slid inside me, making us one, and as we panted and moved I couldn’t tell where I ended and he began. It was just us, as one.
* * *
The best heat of my life crested, and started to wane, the down time between the sex was slowly growing and I was sleeping more.
“So, we can totally call youDaddy Jhinnow, right?” Ez asked, settling in next to me on the bed. His hair was wet from the shower we’d just taken, and it made his mischievous eyes extra-twinkly as he smiled. He’d clearly been itching to say it.
“No,” Jhin said, not looking up from the crossword on his phone.
“Oh come on! You literally used abelton Vander!” Ez protested.
“Juniper,” Jhin waved his hand at me, still not looking up. “Please sit on Ez’s face. I’m tired of hearing his voice.”
I grinned and went to straddle Ez’s face.
“Aw, yeah,” Ez said, settling in. “You can shut me up anytime, babygirl—ohfuucck.”
Ez’s eyes rolled back in his head and he shuddered beneath me. I turned back to see Kit behind me, biting his lip as he slowly impaled himself on Ez’s cock.
“Hang on,” I said, turning to face the other way. I pulled Kit toward me and into a kiss. He groaned and melted into me. He tasted like sweet almond buttercream, and his mouth fit perfectly into mine as our lips tangled together.
“This is the best day of my life,” Ez said in a muffled voice.
“Ez,” snapped Jhin, and I groaned again as I felt his tongue sink into my heat.