Page 9 of Claimed By Two Alphas

I looked over my shoulder. “Not on your life. You wouldn’t believe the thoughts Hector and Mike have. Mike is a horndog and constantly thinks about banging women.”

That made them laugh.

I took a deep breath. “I don’t know what it is about you two, but when one of you touches me, the voices go away.”

“Seriously?” Joshua asked. “You know what, I’ve noticed how relaxed you get when Delvin or I touch you. I just thought you were into us.”

My face caught fire as I looked at my hands. “Well, I am, if I’m being totally honest here.”

Joshua looked at Delvin. “Have you told him about breeders?”

“No,” Delvin said. “I haven’t gotten to that yet because someone passed out.”

That didn’t sound like a word I wanted to know the meaning of, but I had a feeling I was about to find out.

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Joshua

I chose my words carefully since Shane had already passed out once. I didn’t want to drop a bomb like that in his lap, but he needed to know, because if something happened between us, and he was our mate, he would conceive.

“Breeders are human males who can get pregnant,” I said. “They have to have sex with their mates for that to happen, though.”

Shane grew quiet as he continued to stare at the television. But I was watching him, watching the emotions wash over his face. He was mulling over what I’d just told him. I was just glad he didn’t kick us out. It was one thing to discover someone was a wolf. It was an entirely different ball game when you realized you could get pregnant.

Delvin sat behind him, studying Shane just as intensely as me.

Finally he looked at me. “Are you two my mates?”

“We don’t know,” Delvin confessed. “Shifters don’t know who their mate is until they have sex and bite them.”

Shane twisted his head around to look at Delvin. “Bite me?”

Delvin ran a finger over Shane’s shoulder, and I watched as Shane shivered at Delvin’s touch. “Right here. It won’t hurt. In fact, I’ve been told that it heightens your pleasure.”

Shane rubbed his hands down his thighs. “That’s a lot to think about. So, if we have sex, and I’m your mate, some womb magically appears and I’m carrying a baby?”

“Yes,” I said.

Shane blew out a breath. “I need a drink.”

Delvin touched his arm. “There’s no rush, Shane. We’re not going to pull you into bed tonight.”

If only. I’d been hit on by men and women, but since Shane had started working for us, no one had interested me other than him. I wasn’t trying to be a monk, but something told me to hold out. A little over three months was a long time not to have sex. I wanted to end this dry spell.

Shane placed his hand on my thigh. I could tell he was working himself up to ask something, though his gaze had fallen to the floor. I looked at Delvin, and my brother nodded, saying without words to be quiet and let Shane have time to gather himself.

It had been like that since we were little. Delvin and I used nods to communicate, and we knew what those nods meant. That used to drive our fathers crazy. We would be sitting at the dinner table and nod at each other, and our fathers would demand to know what we were saying to each other.

It wasn’t telepathy or anything like that. It wasn’t like what Shane could do. It was just…well, I couldn’t really explain how we knew. We just did.

“But…if we did other things…” Shane bit his lower lip, leaving a trail of moisture behind that I wanted to lap up. “With no biting, then…”

“Other things?” I arched my brow. “Like jerking each other off or blowjobs?”

I chuckled as Shane’s face caught fire. He was shy, and I liked that. Hell, I loved it. But I knew what his brain was going through. Delvin and I had shared our bed partners, but Shane probably had never had a threesome. For most, that was intimidating as hell.

As if Delvin read my mind, he got up and walked out of the room.

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