24. Ivy

Chapter 24

Ivy

I can't believe I just jumped from one guy's dick to another. But what mind-blowing dicks they are. What's even more mind-blowing is they're both still alive. To be honest, KC looks even better than he did before he got shot. Almost like… sex invigorated him.

We lay there for a few moments, catching our breath. I'm surprised at how right this all feels. Not just the sex with these two, but the bite marks I put on both of them and the one I wear from KC.

I must've been quiet for too long. He tips my head back and brushes my hair out of my face as he looks down at me laying on his chest. "Penny for your thoughts."

"Something feels… different. I don't know how to explain it. There's this buzzing in the back of my head and I swear I hear Jax."

He grins at me and laughs. "It's the bond."

I look at him like he's grown a third head. He chuckles again. It's a deep boisterous one. It instantly makes my thighs rub together.

"Well, I guess we better get up and put some clothes on because I don't wanna explain this more than once. Let alone six s."

Looking for my clothes, I grab my leggings and slide into them, but can't find my shirt. KC walks over and hands me his. Grinning like he knows where it is. My eyes land on his bite mark. "You want to show that off, don't you?" I point at it.

"Fuck yeah, I do. You'll understand once my brothers are here." He smacks my ass and I squeal.

The fuck? I don't squeal.

KC must see the shock on my face, because he lets out a booming laugh and walks over to the door, opening it. The minute the door opens, the entire room goes into an uproar. I hear a stampede of feet and lots of cheering.

"Yeah motherfuckers, I'm still alive. But I don't have time now, officers inside, move your asses. The rest of you fuckers stick around. Church in an hour. Sweetbutts, stay in the clubhouse. Prospects you will be in church too. If one person leaves I will kick someone's ass."

He turns, walking back into the room, almost running into me. He grabs my hand and practically drags me to his desk, where he sits in his chair and tugs me onto his lap. I wiggle, trying to get up. He tightens his grip on me, and growls. He fucking growls at me!

Once everybody's inside, he begins, "Ok. We have a lot to talk about in a short time. I know you all have questions and I'm gonna try to answer them. First, time for a bit of a history lesson."

For the next twenty minutes, he goes through a basic history lesson on shifters, specifically deathstalker scorpions. Nobody interrupts, not even me, but boy do I want to.

He then gets to the part about mating, marking, and connections, especially to a matriarch. That's when the room goes into an uproar. Apparently, the matriarch can share abilities between all of her mates.

"Her ability to heal with her touch alone can be transferred between any of us," KC explains.

"Ok, pause. That's cool and all that we can share powers. But I can't fucking heal with my touch. I poison with my touch."

"Actually, you can do both. Maybe the healing bit just appeared out of desperation when I was dying, but you definitely healed me with your touch," he argues. "The longer you touched me, the better I felt. Hell, by the time we were done fucking, I felt better than I had in years. After years of riding, my hands have started going numb-"

"What?! You didn't tell us that!" DJ cuts him off.

KC eyes him and continues. "Now, I feel like I'm in my teens again. Nothing hurts and I could go another ten rounds with you and still not tire."

"Ten rounds? I'm up for it," I smirk, and all six guys growl.

"You have four other mates that would like to go even one round with you before he gets ten more," Neo snarks.

"Hey, if you see your shot, you take it, Lover Boy," I tell him with a wink.

"Oh, I'll take it alright." He steps forward as if to take me , but King's obviously not going to give me up anytime soon as his grip gets even tighter.

"Later," he snaps. "Back to the point. You can heal. And now that we're mates, so can I."

"Let me get this straight. Now that I'm mated to you two." I point to Jax and him and continue, "You two can heal each other?"

"No, Jax hasn't completed the bond-" KC says, but Jax cuts him off.

"What do you mean I didn't complete the bond? We fucked I thought that was it."

"Don't you listen to anything I say?" KC glares at him "I know you never wanted a mate so it never mattered before, but I thought you at least knew the basics. Shifters have mate marks. Mates have to bite each other to complete the bond. Didn't I just explain that?"

"Whatever," Jax scowls. "So we have a partial bond?"

"Yes. When you complete the bond, you'll have full access to the mate bond, and all the perks that come with it."

"There are more perks than just sharing powers?" Beck questions.

KC smirks and whispers, "Think the word kumquat to Jax."

I start to protest, but then I hear his voice in my head, "Trust me. He will hear you like you hear me. The problem is he won't be able to reply back. This is what you asked about the buzzing in the back of your head earlier."

I spin around to face him and almost fall out of his lap. Good thing he has such a good grip on me. "Holy shit did you just…" He just nods.

KC looks at Jax. "Brother, this may be difficult for you, but I need you to clear that big thick skull of yours and just listen for a second. There's gonna be one word pop in your head. I need you to tell us what it is."

Jax starts to say something, but all the sudden his mouth drops open. He looks at me and then at KC. "How the fuck did I just hear her without her speaking?"

"It's the bond." KC smirks. "Now, what did she say?"

"She said that damn fruit I can't say! You know the fucking one I'm talking about!"

The room burst into laughter. "Jax has never been able to say kumquat," Neo says, fighting his laughter. Jax holds up a middle finger to Neo.

"Jax, think your middle name to her." KC waits.

A couple minutes go by and I shake my head. "There's something, but it's a buzz almost like a bee is in my ear."

KC nods. "It's because your bond is one-sided. Until he marks you, he's not fully part of the bond. Once he does, the three of us will be able to share abilities and speak to each other. And before you other fuckheads, say anything, yes, once you guys fully bond with her, we'll all be connected in a way you couldn't understand. Hell, I don't even understand it, and I've read about it since I can remember." He looks at his watch.

"I know you all have questions, especially you two." He points to Cree and Beck. "But I want to table it for now. We can talk about it tonight at home and before you protest Ivy, we will take you to your place and help you feed your… friends, but you will be coming to the ranch for a while. Stanley knows what you are. I guarantee you're not safe, none of us are. You're our mate, our first priority, and the last hope for our race."

Damn, that's a lot of weight to put on my shoulders. But I know what he says is true, and as much as I want to argue with him, I know when to pick my battles. And this is not it.