“If you want it we will get it, but seriously I think we should take our chances, right now nothing would make me happier than seeing you heavy with my child,” Gio said and kissed her.

  Hope thought for a moment, she trusted them, didn’t she? Yes, she did, she wanted this, and she wanted it all, family, love, and most of all mates.

  Mak moved around behind her. She felt him pushing against her small frame. They were both huge to her. She felt his hands run down her back, and she shivered. Gio pulled back and smiled down at her. “You are such a small little thing,” he said.

  “And muscular, like a guy,” she muttered and then jumped when she heard him growl.

  “Don’t ever say anything like that, baby. You are perfect for us. We love a real woman like you, not some stick that we would be afraid to break in half when we both take her,” Gio said.

  Hope blushed and nodded, she was hesitant still, wondering if they would be turned off by her muscles, some men liked the whole soft and feminine thing. “Oh no you don’t, baby. We are gonna love you now,” Mak said and turned her until she was facing him. He bent down and gave her the second sweetest kiss that she had ever received. Hope felt a tear come to her eyes. Her men were so nice.

  He pulled back and then took her hand and led her to the enormous bed. The comforter was down and when he lifted her up and placed her on the bed, she sank into the soft blanket and wanted to roll around on it and feel the plush fabric. But Gio and Mak had other ideas. She looked up just in time to see that they were both disrobing quickly. She saw the heated gaze the men exchanged and she lifted her eyebrows in a question. The one thing they hadn’t talk about, even though she knew.

  Mak laughed and then stopped at the button of his jeans. “Sweetheart, when I said we were all mates, I meant we were all mates. I hope that does not bother you. Gio and I have waited to claim each other until you were here. If it bothers you, tell us now.”

  Hope thought about it and felt titillated, then grinned and said, “Can I watch?”

  Gio laughed and then shook a finger at her. “I think our little mate has a dark side.”

  “Yeah, and we have cookies on the dark side too, so come and join me,” she said and opened her arms.

  Gio and Mak laughed and then quickly disposed of the rest of their clothes. Hope licked her lips at the thought of taking both of them. Fuck they were hot, and they were all hers, fucking amazing, was all she could think.

  Gio climbed on one side of her while Mak climbed on the other. “One of us is a little over dressed for this party, don’t you think?” Mak said and pulled her nightgown up.

  “Mak, I think our mate is going to need to go shopping, this nightgown is fucking hot,” Gio said, taking over and pulled it over her head.

  “Don’t worry, honey, we’ll make sure you will be stocked up, a different one for each night so we can take them off you,” Mak said, kissing her ear.

  He groaned when he came to her matching panties and both men looked at her with heat in their eyes and then each took a side and ripped them from her. “Yeah, we need more of these as well, one in every color.”

  “You guys are gonna spend a fortune in underwear then,” she teased.

  “Our pleasure,” Mak muttered and she sighed, they were all hers.

  She ran her hands down each of their chests, feeling the muscles and the smooth skin. Touching them, learning their bodies at the same time, each of them different but both of them sexy and hard. She lucked out, they were perfect and she wanted to learn every single inch of them. Hope wanted to drive them crazy with need as she learned to please them and have them please her. She wanted it all. Mak growled when she reached his cock and squeezed it softly.

  She smiled and then accepted his kiss when he dove toward her, and explored her mouth until she was panting. He was a good kisser too, she was in heaven. Hope felt Gio palm her heavy breast and she arched into him. His hands were callused a little and the rough skin made her nipple perk up with the friction.

  Gio leaned in and took her nipple into his mouth and she cried out into Mak’s mouth, giving him more room to deepen the kiss even further. The gentle kiss became more demanding and she felt his hand cup her other breast. Finally, she had to break away and take a deep breath. The sensations seemed to rob her of the ability to breathe.

  Gio didn’t give her much of a chance though to catch her breath. He let her nipple go with a pop and then claimed her mouth. She expected this kiss from Gio this first time. It was like a brand, he pushed his way into her mouth and explored every inch of her mouth. It was amazing, she never had felt this way before.

  “I need to taste that sweet cream, I dreamed of it, I have to find out if it is as good as I imagined,” Mak murmured in her ear, then kissed his way down her body. Gio held her firmly and continued playing with her breasts and kissing her, while Mak got into position.

  She felt him pull her to the edge of the bed as he knelt on the floor. He flipped her legs over his shoulders and she wanted to giggle. The picture they must have made. But she didn’t have the chance. Mak swiped at her wet pussy lips from front to back so quickly that she bucked a little. He held her waist with his hands and then began to eat at her like a starving man. He pushed his tongue through her folds and she felt the tip of his tongue graze her clit.

  Gio finally gave her mouth a reprieve and went to work on her breast again. He sucked and nipped the in the same rhythm as Mak. It was like they were in perfect harmony. She cried out as she felt the tingling of an orgasm building. She wasn’t going to be able to hold off; it had been so long since she had felt this good, the last time with Gio. Mak sucked her clit into his mouth, rolling it against the roof of his mouth and she screamed her release.

  Gio pulled her over the top of him quickly and scooted until they were in the middle of the bed. She felt the tremors form, the orgasm still flooding though her when he helped her straddle him and then he entered her with one fast stroke. She cried out again because of the sensitiveness of her still pulsing pussy.

  “Shit, sorry, baby, you feel so good I couldn’t wait. Your sweet cries were driving me over the edge,” Gio said into her throat.

  She chuckled and said, “Giddy up.”

  He put his hands on her waist and began slowly pumping in and out of her. She pushed herself up a little and kissed his chest and then his nipples. She wasn’t going to let him have all the fun. When she was done exploring, she pushed herself up and held her breast out to Gio who latched onto it.

  Mak had gotten up and he pushed his friend’s legs further out and whispered in her ear, “Has anyone ever taken this ass?”

  “No,” she gasped.

  She felt him reach for something, then felt something cold and wet on her crack. “I am gonna stretch you out and see if you can take me, baby.”

  She nodded and let her head fall as Gio stopped and held her in place while Mak ran a finger around the rim of her back entrance and then slowly pushed one finger in, it burned a little but the sting subsided when he brushed up against Gio’s cock. She groaned when she felt the fullness of having Gio in her pussy and a finger in her ass. It felt decadent and forbidden. It was wonderful.

  Gio pulled her down to kiss him and that made her ass open up fully for Mak who wasted no time pushing another finger inside her. She moaned and wiggled as she felt the stretch.

  They spent what felt like hours preparing her and bringing her up to an orgasm just to stop and then let her settle down. Both of them whispered they wanted to be in her when she came again. She shivered at the thought of them filling her with their seed.

  Finally, Mak pushed her forward a little and Gio held her still while he lined himself up to fill her backside. She took a deep breath when she felt the pressure against her little hole and then let it out slowly while he entered her. Gio praised her in a soft voice and told her to push back, to open her up. She did as he asked and she felt him slide inside her smoothly. She was stuffed full. There was no other way to explain
it.

  Once she felt that he was fully seated inside her, she cried out, “Someone move, please.”

  “With pleasure,” Gio said and then held her hips while he pulled out, slowly running his cock against Mak's and creating a friction that almost sent her through the roof.

  They established a rhythm. One pulling out while the other pushed in. She felt the tingling again in her toes and fingers when her orgasm started to build. “Oh shit,” she cried and the men began to move in earnest.

  They pumped in and out of her while she thrashed her head around trying to grasp the feelings she was having. It was overwhelming. Finally, Gio yelled to Mak that he was ready and she felt someone touch her swollen clit and she screamed her release.

  Gio lined up, Mak bent over, each on one side of her neck, and they bit down. She exploded into another orgasm and held on as she felt them both shoot their seed deep inside her.

  They pulled back and Hope felt her teeth get long, she struck each of them fast and impatiently, it was as if her wolf had taken over. She craved the mating, but when she bit Gio first, he froze because a bright light shot out and around them, circling them, swirling and briefly caressing them. Then she bit Mak, and the light became bright, more intense, more insistent, that it touched all of them, closing in, encasing them and they clung together, panting and trying to focus through the power, emotions, the sheer feeling of completeness that flowed around them. The light ebbed and then slowly sunk into them, right at their hearts and they could each feel it, the connection as they slowly took it in.

  Hope collapsed down on Gio while Mak fell to the side, sliding out of her now sensitive ass. He rubbed her back as she tried to catch her breath. Gio pulled Mak close and kissed him, Hope watched intently as the men dueled with their tongues. They pulled back and then first Gio sank is teeth into Mak, claiming him and then Mak did the same. She felt the connection between them all snap into place firmly, yet differently, and she smiled. Gio rolled a little so she was sandwiched in between the two of them.

  She felt safe and loved, and strong, stronger than she had ever felt in her life. Hope sighed deeply and then let the heaviness of her limbs flow over the rest of her and pull her into a deep sleep.

  Chapter Nine

  Hope and her men entered the dining room of the pack and froze when everyone turned and stared at them curiously. Hope felt like she was a bug under a microscope and Mak chuckled and ignored them. He pushed her to the table where the rest of the Council was sitting and she blushed as the intense gazes stared at them until they were fully seated. Still no one said a word. Of course, it was Rissa who broke the silence, and Hope wanted the floor to open up and swallow her when she spoke.

  “What the holy fuck was that last night?” Rissa demanded and Calli slapped her on the back of the head. “Knock it off, bitch, everyone is too afraid to ask, but I am not. Shit, that light last night, fucking shot right out of your room and through the whole damn castle, moving like it had a purpose, freaked everyone out. Now, what the fuck was up with the light, ‘cause that fucker came into our room and touched us all? We all woke up this morning with these.”

  “Clear the room,” Kade called and everyone but the people sitting at the table left.

  Hope froze and looked at her mates when those remaining at the table all moved their shirts and showed a mark over their hearts. They had talked about the light this morning, but none of them had ever heard of that happening before, it was something they were going to talk to their elders about when they had a private moment. It seemed Ari seemed the most knowledgeable about their situation and that was who Mak agreed to approach, while Gio had been tagged to speak to Victor and Hope to Vivi. They wanted an answer but damn, not in front of everyone.

  “Uh,” Hope said and Mak took over.

  “We don’t know, we were going to ask Ari, Victor, and Vivi this morning. Last night when we mated that light appeared and encompassed us, went right into our chests. This morning when we woke we had these right where it went in.”

  Mak moved his shirt as did Gio, Hope didn’t because she wasn’t showing her breast to everyone in the room. But right over their hearts was a mark, it was a cool one at least but one they had never seen before. Looked more like a tattoo, it was a strange shape, it looked like a symbol of some sort, but one they didn’t recognize.

  Kade and the others leaned closer and frowned, obviously they had never seen it before either. “Well then,” Kade said and sat back. “Now that we are all tatted and matching, what the fuck does it mean?”

  Ari, Vivi, Victor, and the others all looked at each other silently and didn’t say a word, but anyone paying attention knew that they knew something. And they were all paying attention.

  “Ma,” Calli snapped. “We have had enough fucking surprises, tell us what the fuck is going on and I will let you live, but you don’t, and I swear on all that is holy, I will bury your body myself after I torture your ass. This shit is getting old, you are playing with our lives, and I for one am sick of it.”

  “Listen here, young lady, there is much more at stake than just you. I know you don’t understand all this shit, but you are gonna have to suck it up and deal with it. We told you yesterday, one of you has the power to change and add to your powers, you are all connected and therefore all marked now. I would assume the light found its way to all the children, which is good since they will begin to seek you out. Now, let’s worry about actually getting those people out and getting fuckin’ home before none of this matters and we are all killed,” Vivi said.

  “Wait,” Kade said, holding up his hand. “Hope is the one who can give us powers and change them? How the hell does it work?”

  “It won’t,” Ari said and looked around the table. “Not until you are all together. That is the way the spell worked that was put on you. We separated you for your safety, and when you left, no one was to give your whereabouts, no contact, nothing. Over the years, after things settled and we began to search, we discovered some of the children had disappeared, their guardians killed and they were gone. We can only assume they were taken care of because the spell would have broken instantly if one of you had died. We just need to let the spell lead them all back to you.”

  “Is there any way possible you could all stop telling us half of the story and then shocking the shit out of us when something else comes up that needs explained and then we get more of the story. This is getting really fucking annoying,” Rissa snapped.

  “We can’t tell you the whole story, because if we do it will change what needs to be done, each of you are going to need to trust us to guide you to where we are supposed to be and what we are supposed to do. Right now, we need to get the ones being held captive and get to Colorado where we will all be safe, from there we will begin building our plan and waiting for the other children to arrive. It is important things go as they are supposed to,” Ari said slowly.

  Syd said softly. “Why?”

  Ari took a deep breath. “Because we already tried it the other way, telling everyone led to dire consequences we are not going to repeat.”

  The table went silent after that, they assumed they were talking about the Chosen failing and thus their parents’ death. It sucked thinking about it, how they had sacrificed and still lost. It wasn’t going to be in vain though, they would win the war with the Ulfer, they would prevail, Hope thought and stared around the table and saw the same determination on all of their faces. Good, they were on the same page.

  “So how far along are we from sending the first group out?” Kiki asked quietly. They had planned to send out the first of the people from the compound to Colorado right before they went to rescue the people who were being held. There were fifty Sidhe in the group, and they were going to help transport people by popping them and their belongings to Drake, Colorado, as soon as they got a hold of Sabrina and Trina so they could be expected. They didn’t want them popping into a trap, it would suck.

  “Still no word on Sabrina and Trina, w
e are going to try again first thing this morning and if we still can’t get a hold of them one of the Sidhe are going to pop Kade and myself into Drake to see what is what,” Calli said calmly and everyone stared at them.

  “Is that wise, sending our Alpha and female Alpha, who is pregnant, into an unknown situation?” Thomas said.

  Kade took a breath and said, “If they are for some reason holding the girls, we are going to have to get them free. According to all of our reports, the people in the town know about shifters, they know about the Denver Pack. As the Alphas of the Drekinn Pack and the descendants of the Denver Pack leaders, they should know us and respect us enough to listen. I don’t want to send someone into a situation without knowing they can get out. I know you are all powerful in your own right, but as Alphas they will know they can’t fuck with us.”

  Once again, they were silent and all were thinking about the situation. Hope opened her mouth and looked at her brother. She had just found him, and she wasn’t going to lose him, she really wanted him to understand that when she said what she had to say next. She really hoped he didn’t take it wrong.

  “Kade,” she said softly. “Seriously, I think we need to talk about that. I know why you are going and I know why you think you are the only one who can go. But you are not. You are the Alpha of the Drekinn Pack without a doubt, and I would never say any different or challenge it. However, last night when that light or whatever the hell it was swirled around us, then sank into us, I have never felt that much power before, ever. It felt like everything in me was more. Everything. I could feel all of you, I could hear all of you, if I wanted to, I know I could have communicated with you, just like I know right this second, I could do it as well. It is strange, all of the powers I have read about that shifters and magical people have—I know right now, I have all of them as well. I think I can use them, I believe there is a reason for that, and one of them is so in this instance, you don’t have to have a stranger pop you into Drake to see what’s going on.”