Through the Veil (3 page)

“Things are very different outside the valley,” Lynx said.
“Just know that a woman may not be used to avid attention, to the care and love
that we are known to shower on our mates. They are leery and uncertain of the
sincerity of what you say and do. Sex is no longer a bond in their world.”

Jamison heard the words and shook his head. To lie with a
woman was a sacred act, one to be taken only when the mating bond was begun. To
do otherwise was to bring disgrace to her and to himself. It was also strange
hearing the words from a confirmed bachelor like Lynx. It was well known that
he still refused to form the triad bond with his brother and the mate his
brother had chosen.

Though no one knew why, there were many stories that were
spread. All Jamison knew was that by not forming the bond he denied the woman
the ability to find her inner wolf and fully enjoy the shifter lifestyle.
Jamison felt that was selfish and he knew that Taggart felt the same way.

They had always known that they would form the triad bond
together, sharing one mate for the rest of their lives. That was just the way
it was among their people. And once the bond was fully formed the wolf they had
known since puberty would awaken in their mate and she would transform for the
first time under their watch and care. At that point they would be inseparable,
a unit, a triad.

“Why tell us this?” Taggart asked and Jamison nodded in
agreement with his brother’s question.

“Because even now your mate makes her way through the forest
to the veil,” Lynx said. “She runs from something that she fears. She will have
much doubt of what you tell her. You will have your hands full as you lead her
through the bonding and help her to embrace her inner wolf and release it.”

“What is it that she runs from? That she fears?” Jamison
asked.

“That I have not been told,” Lynx stated, shaking his head.
“I only know that you must be there when she finds the pool. You must not stop
her as she makes her way to the sacred waters and enters. You will know when
the time is right to approach her. Only by letting the waters prepare her will
she allow the mating bond to begin. If you interrupt before the time is right
then you will lose her forever.”

“We will not lose her,” Taggart vowed.

“We will watch and wait until the right time is revealed to
us,” Jamison vowed.

Lynx nodded. “Then I wish you a smooth journey during the
days ahead. Remember that she will not believe at first, even if she sees with
her eyes what we are. We are a myth in her world, often feared as monsters. You
must find a way into her heart.”

Jamison and Taggart had both nodded.

“May the goddess’s blessing smooth your way,” Lynx said then
turned and left them.

A mate?
Jamison asked his brother as they shifted to
their wolf forms for quicker travel. When they shifted back they would once
again be in the clothes their human selves were wearing so they shouldn’t scare
her.

A chance to find the woman who will complete us
,Taggart
replied.
A woman for us to love and treasure for all our lives. One who will
love and treasure us in return.

A mate
, Jamison said again. And with a prayer to the
goddess he and Taggart tore across the field, headed for the bridal pool and
the woman they hoped to win over and form a mating bond with.

Now that she stood in front of them, their Reggie, and had
whispered the words that would allow them to bond with her, it was better than
either of them could have anticipated. It was time to claim their mate.

Chapter Three

Reggie saw their relief as the words they required left her
lips and then thankfully she felt their hands on her skin. Taggart pulled her
back so that she rested against his chest while his hands came up to replace
hers on her breasts. Long fingers cupped and molded her firm flesh before thumb
and finger moved to pinch and tug at her nipples. She reveled in his touch,
loving the way his hands felt on her aching breasts.

Jamison leaned in and took her mouth in a searing kiss. His
big hands framed her face as his tongue pushed past her lips to forge into her
mouth and explore. Her eyes drifted shut as she was lost in a whirlwind of pure
sensation. By the time he pulled back she was gasping for air, desperate to
feel more.

Taggart’s lips were moving over her neck, licking and
sucking at her skin while Jamison moved his mouth down to her chest. His lips
wrapped around one firm nipple that Taggart held out to him and he sucked
greedily at it. She cried out and reached out to grasp his hair and hold him
closer to her. He moved back and forth between her nipples and the tugging pull
of his lips had her pussy clenching in growing need.

Jamison left to blaze a wet trail over her trembling abs to
the top of her cunt which was now completely bare. It seemed to give him pause
but only for a moment then she felt the tip of his tongue dipping into the top
of her folds to rub against her swollen clit. She moaned and her head fell back
to rest against Taggart. Turning her head, she licked at his skin, her hips
canting out toward Jamison and his magic tongue.

Two things happened at once, sending her into a sensation
overload that had her screaming into the air. Jamison used two fingers to
spread the lips of her cunt and latched on to her clit, sucking it as he had
her nipples. Almost at the exact moment Taggart leaned closer to lick and bite
down where her neck met her shoulder. She could swear she felt sharp teeth
penetrate her skin, like what a dog’s bite might feel like and then Taggart was
sucking and licking over the mark he must have left.

Fire moved through her veins but was quickly replaced by a
euphoric sensation that had her body loosening and relaxing between them.

“You bit me,” she whispered and then cried out again as
Jamison thrust one finger into her pussy and began fucking her as he continued
to worship her clit with his mouth.

It was wicked being completely naked between two men who
were still partially dressed. The fact that they were strangers added to the
allure. Never had she fantasized about participating in such a risqué and taboo
union. Two men at the same time? But at the moment she couldn’t wait to feel
them inside her, their cocks pounding into her pussy. It was a foreign and yet
intoxicating feeling.

Taggart’s mouth left her skin. He used one hand to turn her
face toward him and took her lips in a kiss that tumbled her into a chaotic
void of sheer fantasy. That’s what this was, a fantasy, one she’d never had
before. She prayed she wouldn’t wake up to find that this was all a dream
brought on by the drugs given to her by her mother or someone at the camp her
mother was at. She wanted this to be real.

“It’s real,” Taggart whispered as he moved his mouth from
hers to let his lips wander and explore every curve of her face. “We are real.”

She smiled. It was almost as if he could read her mind. He
chuckled against her skin and even his breath was a warm caress against her
body.

“I want to feel you,” she whispered, her hands clenching and
unclenching on Jamison’s shoulders. She was so close to coming, could feel the
orgasm building with every thrust of his finger and stroke of his tongue. “I
want you inside me.”

“And we will be,” Taggart assured her. “Have you ever been
with a man before, Reggie?” he asked her. She should have been embarrassed at
such an intimate question but that would be ludicrous given her current
position.

“No,” she admitted. She’d had toys and brought herself to
orgasm many times but she didn’t feel like sharing that knowledge with them.

Taggart chuckled again. “It will feel so much better when
Jamison and I are inside you.”

How the hell did he seem to know what she was thinking? Then
her mind went blank as her orgasm rushed through her. Her pussy clenched on
Jamison’s finger, trying in vain to hold him inside her. She arched into his
mouth and then pressed her hips back toward Taggart as Jamison’s touch on her
clit became too much.

The orgasm should have satiated her burning need but it
seemed to only rev that need higher. Instead of taking the edge off, giving her
a little reprieve, it was as if she was only hungrier now.

“Please,” she begged. “I’m dying to feel you inside me.”

We can’t mess this up
, Taggart told his brother,
speaking without words the way they had since they’d first gone through the
change and embraced their wolves. With his bite he had been able to begin
hearing Reggie’s thoughts. Jamison hadn’t marked her with his bite yet.
She
believes this is a dream, that she will awaken and we will no longer be here.

We can’t fully mate her until we both fill her as one,
until we all reach fulfillment together
, Jamison replied.
We will just
have to watch over her until the time for that is right.

I think the time is now
, Taggart urged.
The sooner
the bond is completed the better for us all.

She has never been with a man
, Jamison said.
You
want her first time to be with two men at once?

Yes
, Taggart admitted.
I know how it sounds but I
can’t shake the feeling that we need to seal the bond as quickly as possible.
Ours has already been sealed, hers is only beginning. If we don’t want to risk
losing her then I honestly believe that we need to begin with the final mating.

Taggart knew what his brother was thinking. They had been
taught that when the time came to take a mate that the males should woo the
lady into the bond. It was important that she be accustomed to both males’
touch prior to the final mating where they would both fill her and reach the
pinnacle of pleasure together. But Taggart couldn’t shake the feeling that it
was important to solidify the bond for her and let the changes begin in her
body before she could panic.

Listening to her thoughts made him feel sure that she would
panic. Once she knew that they were able to shift into wolves, that with the
introduction of the hormone they passed to her through saliva and semen she
would be able to do the same. Well, she just might run back to the place she
had run come from.

Taggart allowed Jamison to hear his thoughts, thus sharing
what he had learned from Reggie with his brother. He and Jamison had been able
to communicate with thoughts for a long time now, so it was easy to shield some
thoughts while sharing others. Reggie didn’t have that experience yet and
Taggart wouldn’t scare her by sharing his thoughts with her just yet.
Eventually she would be able to shield some of her thoughts from them but not
yet. Right now her mind was completely open to him.

Bite her
. Taggart urged his brother.
See for
yourself and then tell me that you would prefer to take things at a slower
pace.

Jamison rose to his feet in front of her and Taggart kept
her head turned toward him, leaning down to take her lips in another kiss,
exposing the other side of her neck for his brother. He kept his eyes open and
watched as his brother licked her flesh, saw his canines flash before Jamison
bit Reggie as he had. He could remember the pleasure of sinking his teeth into
her flesh, the feel as his saliva mixed into her blood. The hormone they filled
her with would help her to relax while making her need and desire flare higher.

She pulled from his kiss and he would swear that her blue
eyes were darker pools like the bottom of the water where the sun didn’t quite
touch. Her shoulder-length black hair was wild around her face and her skin was
the dusky rose of sunset as passion burst beneath her skin. He could feel her
heartbeat, could hear it like a song of seduction. He knew that he wouldn’t be
able to hold back much longer.

Jamison brought his mouth slowly up from the place he’d
bitten and his eyes met Taggart’s.

The bridal pool mixed with our saliva will help to
prepare her for taking us both at once but still we will need the oil to ease
the way inside her ass
, Jamison said.
I did not think to bring any with
me.

The cabins are close
, Taggart stated.
They are all
kept fully stocked with anything that might be needed during the time of
mating. It shouldn’t take us very long to reach one of them.

It will be close. The taste of her cunt is still on my
lips. I can still feel the ripple of her pussy on my finger
, Jamison
groaned.

The smell of her desire threatens my control of my wolf
,
Taggart told his brother.
It will be hard to hold him back when I sink my
cock into the snug depths of her ass.

Jamison nodded. He slid one arm between Taggart’s chest and
Reggie’s shoulders and dipped to wrap the other behind her knees. Taggart
watched his brother easily lift their mate into his arms, cradling her firmly
against his chest.
To the cabin as quickly as we can.

Taggart nodded and preceded his brother up the path from the
pool and onto the one that would lead them toward the cabins. He was surprised
when he saw Gunnar Mondella outside the first cabin they came to. Gunnar and
Geran must have found a mate as well. The way Gunnar smiled and nodded as they
passed made Taggart hope that things were going well for the Mondellas.

Taggart led the way farther up the path, heading to the next
cabin and feeling like he might kill something if it was occupied as well. His
wolf was clawing at his skin, sensing the urgency inside him, and wanting to
burst free and run to reach their goal more quickly. Somehow he doubted that
such a sight would go unnoticed by Reggie, no matter how consumed with desire
and need she was.

His brother gave a shaky laugh and shook his head as Taggart
shared his thoughts. Eventually they would have to show her, to let her see
what would happen the first time that she changed. But first they had to mate
her. His cock was so hard that it hurt, so hard that he could feel his
heartbeat throbbing in it. He was going to burst if he didn’t get inside her
soon.