Page 37 of OutFoxed

Giovanni walked in with a tray of fruit and a swath of silk over one arm. He was wearing sweatpants and nothing else.

Merry laughed, and they all looked at her. “I guess I am the only one with tattoos. I have seen all of you, and there is no ink to be seen.”

Giovanni smiled. “I have never felt the need to have a portrait on myself. That may change.”

“I didn’t feel the need either, but the beast did, and now... here it is.” She flapped her hand toward her back.

Giovanni asked, “What about the tiny rabbit on your inner elbow?”

“That’s for protection. If anything happens to her, I am on my way.”

Richard cocked his head. “Really?”

Merry nodded. “Really. It’s going to be a pain when she goes into heat.”

Thomas raised his brows. “Wouldn’t we have had the same effect on her?”

“No. It only goes one way. She can only feel me approaching, not what I am feeling.”

Thomas grinned. “That would be handy.”

She looked at him in astonishment. “It wasn’t a bite, but it made do.”

He blinked. “Wait. Seriously?”

Richard asked, “How did that work?”

“Her hair burned and ground into the ink, and one of my feathers for her mark. There was some influence on my part, and then we got the teeny marks and destroyed the rest of the ink.” She smiled. “My half-sister is licensed for tattoos. She’s pretty good.”

“Did she do the ink on your back?”

Merry chuckled. “I have no idea, but I think so. She’s been ghosting me for a few weeks.” She flexed her shoulder. “Why is it burning?”

Thomas sat next to them and reached out to shift her onto his lap. She suddenly realized. “Hey, why are you guys running around naked?”

“Because Gio said we could. He is dealing with his staff, and we are good to run around here.”

“Ah. And I am in a towel because...”

“You were wet, and you are tired.”

“I dunno, I came to a few times, and you guys looked wiped out.”

Giovanni laughed. “You were exhausting, but we were happy to have been of service.”

“As long as no one missed a meeting or anything.” She gasped when the towel was lowered, and Thomas pressed his mouth to the mark before steadily licking.

Merry dug her nails into her thighs as she got hot and slick a moment after Thomas started licking. His tongue was warm and firm on her shoulder. His arm wrapped around her waist to hold her, and she gripped it and hung on as the soft licking worked through her nervous system. She moaned low, and her head went limp.

Richard chuckled and stroked her hair while the slow licking on the mark continued. When her body shivered and twitched, she gripped Thomas’s arm and held on as she shuddered. The orgasm was satisfying but frustrating because she was alone in it.

Thomas lifted his head and murmured, “I can feel that.”

Merry sighed as he kissed her neck. “I think that was the point.”

Giovanni chuckled. “It is indeed. It will bind us together and let us know which of our group is with our mate.”

She snorted, and Thomas kissed her neck. She sighed and threaded her fingers through his hair. She felt the smile against her neck. “Don’t gloat. She found you. You didn’t go hunting a mate.”

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