26. Gray

26

GRAY

B alder parties are something else. The entire pack shows up for it. They have a big potluck with two grills going at the same time. It always happened when Ryder came home and I can see how much my friend hates the attention, but also misses his family.

My heart twinged a little wishing I had had this growing up, but grateful that I got to experience this now. It was a rocky relationship when Ryder first brought us here, but most of the family has grown to tolerate us while his immediate family loved us.

We were in the pack square where they held most of the parties and also pack meetings. The picnic tables they had out were full of shifters and two tables full of food. Oria sat next to me leaning against Ryder as she watched with rapt attention at all the people around us.

"Are you hungry, love?" I asked, seeing Samira and Wyman getting up for food.

She nodded, looking back at me with a small smile.

"Come on, Heaven, let's get some food," Ryder said, lifting her up as he stood up, setting her on her feet. "Come on, Max."

"I can wait," he said. "I don't want?—"

"Come on, let's get you fed." Samira grabbed Max's hand, hauling him to the food, and while he looked a little uncomfortable, it made me happy they hadn't discriminated against him.

Wolves were the most sheltered race, and they didn't take too well to outsiders. It was nice to see them growing, but there were always those few who didn't like change, and I heard a few of them say mean things about Max. I couldn't help but look around seeing a few older wolves making those comments.

"Don't," Soren said, before I could get a comment out.

"They will never grow," he said, staring at those wolves who looked our way with a sneer. "They are stuck in the old ways and will stay like that until they die."

One of them growled at us and I smiled.

"You have a problem, Bertan?" Wyman growled.

Ryder spotted the men in question immediately and I smiled with smug satisfaction.

"No, Alpha," he murmured, lowering his eyes.

"Anyone have a problem?" Ryder snapped. "Soren, Gray and Max are my bonded mates. Anyone has a problem with them, you have a problem with me."

Ryder could easily be an Alpha. Even I could sense his power, and I was surprised when most of the pack looked down.

"Thank you," he said, turning around to help Oria get food.

The chatter resumed immediately, grateful that a fight didn't break out. After the Alpha family got their food everyone else got in line.

Oria sat close to me again, Ryder slid next to her, and she looked up waiting for Max. Once he sat down, they waited for Oria to start eating before they dug in. Soren and I kept watch as they ate. We ran the perimeter earlier to make sure we weren't followed, but we couldn't be too careful.

"This is delicious," Oria said, looking up at each of us.

That's one thing I loved about her, she never left one of us out. While she sat with me now, in a little bit she would sit with Max and Soren. I wasn't sure how this was going to work out, but I couldn't see our family any other way.

"I feel weird when we eat, and you guys don't." Oria brought my attention back to the table.

"You could feed me," I purred, kissing her cheek, traveling down her neck, to the part where her pulse was the strongest.

"It's been a while," she said, her voice growing husky.

"Now that you mention it, it has been," I said, wondering why that was.

"I have a theory that her blood is more potent," Soren said, following my line of thinking.

"Or it might be because she is your mate," Max said, in between bites.

"It could also be—" Oria trailed off looking around. "Cause, you know."

I chuckled when she raised her eyebrows.

"I think you need to explain when we're alone, Blondie," Soren said, getting a blush from her.

"I prefer an audience," she quipped back.

The heat in her gaze had every one of us ready to pounce. I scooched closer to her until my lips were against her ear.

"You want your mates to watch as I fuck you?" I whispered, as she shivered against me. "You want each of us to take you one by one so the rest of us can watch you come over and over again?"

"Yes, or maybe two at a time," she whimpered.

"You smell so good, Sunshine." I bit her ear, and she gasped.

"Gray," Ryder snapped. "Not in the middle of dinner with an audience."

"She started it," I chuckled, seeing her shocked face.

"I was just throwing back an innocent tidbit of information," she said, while giving us her most innocent expression.

"Yeah, that doesn't work here, Blondie." Soren leaned forward. "I've heard the dirty things you demand when you're in the throes of passion.

Oria turned bright red as she returned to eating.

Max looked at us with an amused expression as he devoured his second plate of food. After dinner, the excitement grew within the pack. I could feel the anticipation in the air as Wyman got on a table.

"As you all have suspected, now that Ryder has returned for a visit, it's only natural for us to welcome him back with a moonlit pack run," he said, as whoops and hollers come from the pack. "Let's meet at the edge of the clearing and we can shift and start the run!"

Everyone got up from their seats making their way to the clearing.

"Would you like to go back to the room?" Ryder asked Oria.

"No, I'm finding this all too fascinating," she said, getting up. "So, you all run in your wolf forms?"

"Yeah, it's tradition to do it on the full moon, but also during special occasions," Ryder explained, as we all followed everyone. "The twins have run with us before and you are more than welcome to run with us too."

"Really?" Oria looked shocked.

"Of course, I think it could be quite fun," Ryder said, as we walked up to Samira and Wyman.

"Do join us, darling," Samira said, as she started to strip alone with the rest of the pack.

Oria's eyes widened when she noticed everyone taking their clothes off. She turned around as her cheeks grew red looking at Max.

"No need to turn away," Samira and Wyman chuckled. "We are comfortable with our bodies and have no shame."

"Uh, I'm just not used to seeing naked people," Oria stammered.

"Don't be shy, Sol," Max said, taking his shirt off. "Would you prefer if I shifted into a wolf?"

"Shift into whatever you feel comfortable with," Ryder said, taking off his pants. "Except a dragon, I don't think that would go well with the family."

I chuckled seeing Oria looking upset.

"I don't like that everyone gets to see you like this," Oria growled, and I loved it.

"You know we only have eyes for you," Max said, tossing his pants on the floor.

"Ok, well let me strip in front of everyone," she said, about to remove her shirt when all of us growled.

"That's what I thought," she said, with a triumphant smile. "Shift before anyone else sees you."

"Let's enjoy our run! Shift!" Wyman yelled.

Ryder shifted with ease and so did Max.

I smiled when he shifted into a cheetah. It seemed he liked to stay within the cat family. Ryder bumped into Max, and he did the same. They both rubbed against Oria when the pack took off for the forest. Oria looked at us both as we took off running with her. Ryder and Max stayed with us as we ran towards the back of the pack.

It was a beautiful sight to see the pack run together, but what stole my breath away was Oria running in the moonlight. She kept a good pace with us, looking carefree and happy. She laughed each time Max or Ryder bumped into her. It was amazing how far she had come in just a few weeks, but I promised the universe we would do whatever we had to make sure she got to live a carefree life. Oria deserved no less than a free and happy life. I would be damned if a witch and a Fae took that from her.

"I love the chase, Blondie," Soren said. "I think we should play a game. First one to catch?—"

Before he finished his sentence Oria veered off to the left.

Catch me, mates.

I laughed, feeling the excitement of catching her. The shifters growled, changing directions, but Soren and I stayed still. We listened for her, but there was too much noise for us to hone in on her.

"We should split up, the shifters are probably conspiring against us," Soren smirked, before he took off.

I took off in the opposite direction hoping that she would run away from the pack, but as I thought better of it, that's exactly where she would go. I ran away from where she ran too, thinking she could have looped around us going back to the back. My gut told me I was right as I got closer to the pack and a subtle scent of sunflowers reached my nose.

She's with the pack. I said to Soren, wondering if our frequencies were always tied together.

Clever, girl. Soren said.

I ran on the outside looking for her, but only saw the shifters. Soren ran close to me and I felt his frustration when we couldn't find her. Then I heard her laugh. It was so quiet, I almost thought I had made it up, but when it happened again, I knew she was near and then it clicked.

She used an invisibility stone. I said, closing my eyes, trying to hear her again.

That's when her scent overwhelmed me. I reached out next to me, but her laugh came from my left.

"You're smart, I'll give you that," I laughed, reaching to my left knowing she wouldn't be there.

"I know you don't think I'm this helpless girl who can't take care of herself," she said, with a bite to her tone.

"Absolutely not, Sunshine," I said, feeling defensive but realizing she had been underestimated all her life. "You surprise me every day. I love to see you grow and kick our asses because we need to be knocked down a few notches every?—"

A body crashed into mine. Oria's scent filled me with hunger as her lips locked onto mine. I groaned, letting us fall back as I held her to me. She straddled me, kissing me with such intensity my heart felt like it was going to burst out of my chest.

"I need you," she whimpered.

"Uh, Gray?"

I looked over to see Soren looking at me with a weird expression.

"What are you? A preteen pretending to kiss someone?" He looked disturbed.

Oria laughed as understanding dawned on him.

"You sneaky woman," he said, pulling her from me.

"I loved watching you look confused," she moaned.

Soren looked like he was kissing air, and he was right, it looked weird.

"Take off the charm, Sunshine," I commanded.

She sighed when she appeared in Soren's arms. He was kissing her neck as she looked at me, lust making her look drunk.

"Fuck me, please," she pleaded, threading her hands in Soren's hair, pulling him in for a kiss.

We were out in the open, but I dragged them to a small area with trees because going back to the house was not an option.

"I hope you like the thrill of being caught," I growled, pulling her hair, replacing Soren's mouth with mine.

Oria leapt into my arms, the force making me stumble back into a tree.

"I want you both inside me," she said in between kisses, making me impossibly hard.

"Keep talking like that, Blondie." Soren pressed us more into the tree. "I love it when you talk dirty. I want to hear filth coming out of that sweet mouth that looks so innocent, but I want you to fucking beg for it."

"No," she clipped, "You will fuck me, now."

Soren pulled her from me, setting her down facing him. He knelt before her as he tore her leggings right down the middle along with her underwear, burying his face into her pussy.

She cried out, leaning against me. I captured her moan with a kiss, loving that I breathed in her ecstasy. I grabbed her breasts, playing with her nipples.

"Is my twin eating that pussy, good?" I purred in her ear. "Is that pussy getting nice and wet for us?"

"Ah… yes," she moaned, threading her hands through Soren's hair, grinding against him and me.

I groaned, grinding my cock against her to relieve some pressure.

"So wet," Soren growled. "Do you want to be filled by us?"

"I want… Ah, I want you at the s-same time," she whimpered, grinding herself against Soren even more.

"Dripping wet for us." Soren looked up at her as she cried out. "Tight holes."

My stomach clenched in arousal, desperate to be inside of her.

"Be gentle," I said. "We don't have lube."

"I don't want you to be gentle," she moaned, running her hand up and down my length.

"I don't want him to hurt you, if you want both of us, you need?—"

She squeezed my cock before she rubbed harder, whining loudly. I looked down to see Soren pulling something from his wallet. It was a packet, and I was pretty sure it was lube.

"You can never be too prepared," he smirked at us. "Didn't think I would find this, but so glad I picked this up."

"I've never been more grateful for your preparedness," I chuckled.

"Fuck," Oria said, as Soren went back to prepping her.

He threw her leg over his shoulder as I turned her head for another kiss, sliding my hands up her ribs to cup her tits.

"Y-yes," she panted. "Oh goddess."

"Yes, pray to your goddess," I whispered in her ear. "I want to hear you praying to her all night as we fuck your holes."

She moaned into my mouth, tensing up before pulling her mouth away to moan even louder. Her neck was enticing, as was her scent, and I figured I would help her loosen up a little. My fangs descended, making my mouth water with the anticipation of tasting her and I sunk my teeth into her.

Her pleasure coursed through me as I sucked her blood into me, tasting her sweetness and pleasure on my tongue. I moaned, sucking one last time before I pulled away. She shivered in my arms, leaning most of her weight against me.

"I love when you come on my tongue," Soren said, getting up from his knees.

He brought her in for a kiss as I licked her wound seeing her heal right before my eyes. Her hand reached for me again, rubbing my cock over my pants.

"Please, I want it now," she growled, and it was so cute.

I undid my button and zipper quickly.

"Shirt off too," she said, when Soren didn't remove his shirt either.

"I thought you were desperate, Sunshine," I said, removing my shirt, mirroring the same movements as Soren.

"I need to feel you," she whined, taking off her own shirt.

Soren picked her up, sinking her down on his cock. They groaned together and it was almost like she had sunk down on my cock. The pleasure was mind-blowing. He kissed her, walking her back to me, handing me the pack of lube so I could put it all over my cock. She tensed for a second when I touched her puckered hole. I slowly used the lube on my hand to fuck her with my fingers.

"I'm ready," she said, turning around to look at me.

"You, assholes," Ryder growled.

I notched myself in her, slowly passing that tight ring of muscle.

"You lost, fuckers," Soren grunted as I slowly entered her.

"Strip," Oria moaned. "I want you to watch us."

"Dirty girl, you love having someone watch as you get fucked," I growled, when I had finally bottomed out.

Ryder growled and said something, but my attention was focused on how warm and fucking tight Oria was.

"Oh goddess, yes," she moaned, leaning her head back on my shoulder when Soren and I started to move.

Ryder grabbed Oria's face before kissing her roughly. She waved her hand over to Max.

Please, I need to touch all of you. she thought.

Even her voice in my head sounded needy. Max and Ryder came up to either side of us as we slowed our thrusts. She pulled away from Ryder, pulling in Max for a kiss. He towered over us leaning his hand over a tree.

Her pleasure or was it our pleasure? It felt magnified when we were all together. I dug my hands into her hips, my thrusting grew erratic, she was about to come, and I was right there with her.

She tore her mouth away from Max, yelling.

"Scream for us, Sol," Max growled.

She was the catalyst to our orgasms. She clenched tight around us taking us over the edge. I grunted as wave after wave of our pleasure echoed in my body. She tightened against me again, making me shout out and I heard Ryder and Max groan too. Then she went limp in our arms.

"You're amazing," Soren whispered. "I love you."

"You're everything." I kissed her neck.

"Give her to me." Ryder grabbed her from us.

We slid out of her with matching groans. My legs were wobbly as Ryder took her to a nearby rock, turning her around so he slid into her ass.

"Did they prep you for us, Heaven?" Ryder grunt. "Get you nice and stretched out for Max and I?"

The position he had her in was obscene, everything was on display and my cock twitched like it was ready to get back into the game. He fucked her with long deep strokes making her tits bounce.

"Max," she whined, but the blond giant looked skeptical. "Please, I need you."

"Sol, I don't want to hurt you," he said, walking up to her, caressing her pussy.

"You won't," she said, reaching out for his cock.

He growled, coming closer to her. "The moment it hurts I stop, ok?"

"Get over here," she growled, pulling him in.

Max was a big guy, and I worried for a moment until I saw her face full of euphoria.

"You're so wet," Max groaned.

"Fuck," I said, watching them pleasure our girl.

They were rough with their thrust

"I'm gonna come," Oria moaned.

"Heaven, take us with you," Ryder growled.

"Sol!" Max shouted.

I felt like I came again with them, an explosion of pleasure zipped down my spine and I grunted from its force. My breathing was quick as I took deep breaths. Soren looked just as wrecked as I felt.

Ryder and Max spoke loving words to our mate. I stood up, desperate to be near her. She looked sated with a dreamy look on her face, turning her head towards me even though her eyes were closed.

"In every lifetime," she whispered.

Soren appeared on the other side of her.

"In every lifetime," we said together.

The bond hummed in my chest, and I was happy, thrilled about our bond and how nothing was going to take that away from us.