“You know we love it,” Rik said in his troll voice that sounded like a landslide tumbling down amountain.
He knelt behind me, his blood thick on the air. I didn’t stop to think. I twisted like a snake in his arms and flipped him around so he lay on his back across the other Bloods’ legs. I hesitated a moment, as surprised as he was. Did I just take my alpha down? Without even trying? Of course he’d never resist me, so it wasn’t really a take down. More of an invitation to take him down, anytime, anyplace, as often as I wanted. I knew full well that he’dallowedme to move him, but it still made him arch a brow up atme.
“Building a pyramid of bodies in your bed, myqueen?”
Daire stirred, stretching each muscle in his incredible body, his purr like a snoring bear inhibernation.
“Fuck me,” Ezra said disgustedly. “Bears don’tsnore.”
I looked up at him, eyes narrowed. He’d entered my domain. My den. And I hadn’t calledhim.
I thought about being pissed, but he looked too good standing there for me to be angry forlong.
I’d almost say he was fluffy. He wasn’t cut. He wasn’t lean. He was one burly, barrel-chested man with thick arms and thick legs and no washboard abs to be seen, but I didn’t doubt for a second that he was as powerful and strong as my other Blood. His cock wasn’t as long, but he more than made up for it in girth. Thick hair ran down in a dark line to his groin. Even his thighs were fairly hairy. I wasn’t sure if I’d like that ornot.
But by the goddess I was definitely willing to try. “Get overhere.”
He sauntered over to the opposite side of my bed like he was taking a Sunday stroll around alake.
“What are you willing todo?”
His mouth fell open and he gaped at me. I’d finally rendered the grouchy bear speechless. “Whatever you tell me to do, myqueen.”
I snorted and rolled my eyes. “Oh yeah, right, because you’re such an eager and obedient Blood without a singlecomplaint.”
He slammed his mouth shut and narrowed a hard look on me. “I can’t help the disposition Ursula cursed me with, but may the Great Bear devour me here on the spot if I’d ever refuse my queen. I might grouch and complain but I’ll do it. Without fail. I don’t give a fuck what you ask ofme.”
Rik’s big hands kneaded my thighs, reminding me of exactly where Isat.
On one of his tree-trunk thighs. With my willing and eager Blood’s dick ready to cut diamonds. I rose up and took him inside me. My head fell back, my breath sighing out on a long sigh with bliss. My alpha always felt incredible, but tonight, he seemed even harder, and his blood burned on my skin. He knew it, too, smearing his wrist down my thigh to my knee. I didn’t even have to move on him and my body was singing withpleasure.
Ezra cleared his throat roughly, drawing my gaze back up to him. He’d do what I wanted… but he was quickly running out of patience just standingthere.
“Daire, are you fullycoherent?”
He didn’t answer me with words, but rolled up from beneath Rik to give me a kiss that turned into a teasing nip on my bottomlip.
I fisted my right hand in his hair, pulling his head back to arch his neck. Hunger burned in me, a need that I hadn’t managed to slake even by feeding deeply on three of my Blood already. I was tempted to bite him again. And yeah, he would have let me, gladly. I knew Rik would keep an eye on how much I weakened him, but I didn’t want to risk hurting any of them. Especially when I had plenty of Blood to tastetonight.
Daire melted against me with a thunderous purr. “Does the bad kitty get to be punished by the mean bearnow?”
I looked back at Ezra and let a smile curve my lips. “If he’s up to thechallenge.”
His eyes widened and a small, soft sound escaped his throat. Fucking priceless. “You would let me… lethim…”
That tender, ragged look in his eyes made my heart bleed for them both. Ezra had answered my call, fully expecting to join the ranks of my Blood where he’d see Daire and smell him and touch him—but never in a sexual way ever again. Because Daire was already mine, he could never beEzra’s.
He hadn’t realized that this queen would share her love withall.
“I don’t know if he can manage you,” I said softly, giving Daire’s hair another tug. “You can be quite thehandful.”
Ezra swallowed in a loud gulp and growled deep in his chest, though his eyes still gleamed with softness. “I can handle the little fucker just fine. If that’s what you want, myqueen.”
I settled deeper on Rik, and naturally, he pushed his hips up with a little swirl so the head of his dick rubbed inside me. Meeting my need, as always. My breath caught in my throat, making my voice husky. “I want, Ezra. Very much indeed. I don’t want to risk feeding on him again, so come in close. Be warned—I will sink fang into you before we’re donetonight.”
“You sure you got room up there foranother?”
“The bear has a point.” Nevarre’s voice was slurred and drowsy, but at least he was awake. He worked himself out from beneath Rik and jabbed Guillaume in the ribs a few times until he stirred too. “Let’s go find somefood.”