Hidden Alpha [Alpha Mates] (Siren Publishing Ménage Amour) (20 page)

Devlin interrupted before Gavin could answer. “How about we get her dried off and into bed, and then you can explain everything to her, okay?”

She wanted to argue and make Gavin explain right then, but the men all agreed. She didn’t have a say as Devlin lifted her into his arms, and Chase retrieved a towel to wrap around her. Gavin leaned in and kissed her on the forehead. “Don’t worry, baby doll. We’re all going to be here for you. We will help you work with your powers and your shifting, and everything will be fine.”

She wasn’t sure she believed him, but she didn’t have any other choice. She had no idea what was going on with her, and he seemed to have all the answers. She would have to trust him not to lead her wrong and to stay and take care of her. She snuggled into Devlin’s arms as Chase and Gavin helped dry her off. Devlin carried her to the bedroom, and Chase turned the bed down for her to slip under the covers. She watched Gavin give Devlin a questioning look. Devlin nodded, and Gavin asked her, “Can I lay with you, my love? Will you allow me to hold you while you rest and I explain everything to you?”

She nodded, and he lay down next to her. She rolled into his body and wrapped her arms around his waist, holding him tight. She was still afraid that if she let go, he would leave again.

As if he could read her thoughts, he squeezed her tightly and kissed the top of her head. “I’m not going anywhere, baby doll. I’m where I belong, and you never have to worry again. I know I was wrong for leaving you, and I will make it up to you. I love you. I’m home.”

She kissed his bare chest briefly, wondering when he took his shirt off and got comfortable. “Okay, I’ll trust you. Just don’t leave me again or lie to me again. Now, please explain about my super hero powers. Am I gonna start glowing or flying or something?”

* * * *

Gavin chuckled.
There is my sweet, funny Amalya.
He had missed her humor so much over the last five years. More than that, he had missed her wrapped around him as he held her. How he stayed away from her so long he wasn’t sure. But he was telling her the truth when he said he would never leave her again. He was home. He never thought to have a home anywhere but his own pack, but
this
felt right. He couldn’t believe he had traveled half of the world looking for something that was right under his nose, so to speak. If he had had patience, he never would have had to be separated from her. He had to stop thinking about the past and start looking toward his future. A future that was the woman wrapped in his arms and in the two males standing by the side of the bed watching them.

He looked from Devlin to Chase and took a leap of faith, saying, “If you want, and if the boys will be okay for a while, I wouldn’t mind if you two laid down with us while we talked. This
is
your bed, after all, right?”

The smile he received from Devlin was almost blinding. Devlin nodded. “Let me go check on the babies, and I’ll be right back.” Turning to Chase, Devlin kissed him. “Get comfy, but just make sure you save me some room.” He looked to have an extra bounce in his step when he left the room.

Gavin knew his nervousness was evident when Chase asked, “Are you sure? I know we’re not going to do anything, but are you comfortable with all of us lying together?”

Gavin reached out, and Chase took his hand. “There’s only one way to find out. I assumed that we would all be sleeping together at night, too. Or was I mistaken?”

Chase squeezed his hand and shook his head. “No, you weren’t mistaken. We will all be together, but I just didn’t want to rush you. I want to make sure you’re ready.”

“Thank you. I’m not sure how much I’m ready for right now, and I want to take things slow, but I think just lying here talking would be okay. I
did
like the kisses in the kitchen.”

With a gasp, Amalya lifted her head to look at him and asked, “Kiss? Who’s been kissing who? And why didn’t you wait for me? I wanna see, too.”

At first he thought he went too far, and she was really upset that they had kissed without her there. That was, until he saw the wide grin on her face. She smoothed her hand across his cheek and said, “I was teasing you, Gav. They are your mates, too. Feel free to kiss them anytime you want. I know I do, and I enjoy it. I just hope you like it as much as I do.”

He nodded and kissed the tip of her nose. “Oh, yes, I did like it very much and am looking forward to kissing them both as well as you as much as I can over the years that we have to spend together.”

He watched as Chase stripped off his shirt but left his jeans on as he slipped under the covers on the other side of Amalya. Chase lay on his side with his body propped up on his elbow. When his hand lightly brushed down Gavin’s arm that was around Amalya’s shoulders, he wasn’t sure
slow
was going to be an option soon. Every time one of his mates touched him, his body heated more and more. He was so turned on by them that he was forgetting that he had never been with a man before. Everything with them was so natural it felt like he had been with them for years instead of hours.

He released Amalya enough to place his hand on the back of Chase’s neck and pull him closer to Amalya’s back. Once he seemed comfortable spooning behind her, Gavin held them both. When he started stroking up and down Chase’s back, he felt more than heard the other male moan. This, in turn, caused Amalya to wiggle. She couldn’t seem to hold still. First she was pushing her ass back toward Chase and grinding into what Gavin assumed was an erection. Then she would push her hips forward and grind herself into his hip. Even through his jeans, he could feel her heat, and his body started to respond. He wasn’t sure he was ready to do anything more than kiss Devlin and Chase, but it wouldn’t hurt to try out a little play time with them and Amalya.

Yes, he thought. Let’s just see where things will go. With that decided, he rolled to his side, sandwiching Amalya between them. Reaching over her, he latched onto Chase’s hip and pulled him closer.

Amalya gasped before wrapping her top leg around Gavin’s hip. She ground into him as she reached back and wound her arm around Chase’s neck, pulling his mouth to her neck. She whispered, “Please.”

Gavin wasn’t sure what she was asking for, but apparently Chase did. Within seconds, his canines had extended and were buried deep in her neck where Chase’s mating mark was. Amalya’s leg tightened around him, and she screamed, “
Chase!
”

Gavin almost jumped out of the bed when, all of the sudden, Devlin was whispering in his ear, “She comes beautifully, doesn’t she?”

All Gavin could do was nod his head as Devlin lay down behind him and started rubbing his shoulders, kissing him on the back of the neck. It took all of his willpower to hold back his orgasm when Devlin licked up the back of his neck and informed him with certainty, “This is where I’m going to mark you when I claim you.”

* * * *

Chase was going to embarrass himself if he didn’t get inside one of his mates soon. Between Amalya grinding her ass into his cock and Gavin’s hand on his ass pulling him into her, he knew he couldn’t last much longer. When she had said please, he knew what she wanted. She needed release, and he had found the quickest and easiest way was to bite her. The mating bond made her crave their bite. He knew the feeling. While sex with Devlin was always amazing, there was something
more
to it when Devlin bit him, too. His climax was always so much stronger and lasted longer when Devlin claimed him again. They had never tried to see if one of them could come just from a bite, but it worked with Amalya over the last few days when she was sick and weak. They hadn’t wanted to hurt her by making love to her, but she had begged. Two days ago, Chase decided to test his theory, and it worked. She had been so wound up and was begging them to help her. Chase had bit her over his mating mark, and she had screamed out his name, like she just had this time. Devlin had been amazed at the discovery, and, for the last two days, when she begged them, that was what they had done. It wasn’t that they didn’t want to make love to her. They were just afraid of hurting her more. Chase wished he had known that she was a half-breed before he claimed her and known that she was Gavin’s mate, too.

It was no use thinking about the past. They were all together now and had many years together to make it up to her. Chase licked his mating mark on Amalya’s neck and felt her shiver. At the same time, he felt Gavin do the same. Looking over both of them, he realized that Devlin had joined them while Amalya was screaming her release and was snuggled up close to Gavin, licking the back of his neck. Devlin said something to the other male that Chase couldn’t hear, but the words “claim you” were in there somewhere.

He thought he would be jealous seeing his mate of eleven years touch another male, but he wasn’t. It wasn’t any different watching Devlin touch Gavin than it was to watch him touch Amalya. If anything, it was turning him on more.

Most of his former worries were laid to rest when he saw Gavin thrust his ass back into Devlin and moan. Devlin chuckled and stilled his hips. He said, “Later, mate. There will be lots of time for me to claim you. First, why don’t you explain to Amalya what having extra powers means and how we are going to help her learn to use and control them.”

Amalya’s body froze, and she sat up straight, throwing everyone’s arms off her. She turned and knelt on the bed between Chase and Gavin, apparently either oblivious to the fact she was still naked or not caring.

“What do you mean ‘claim him?’ Claim Gavin? Who’s going to claim Gavin?”

Devlin took the lead. “We are all going to claim him. Just like we claimed you. And now that you can shift, we can teach you to extend your canines, and you will be able to claim all three of us if you want.”

“But...but...but he’s not gay,” she sputtered.

“Neither are we, sugar,” Devlin said with a chuckle as he reached for her arm.

She growled and swatted his hand away. “You know what I mean.”

Gavin sat up and pulled her into his arms. “It’s okay, baby doll. They are my mates. While I have never been attracted to males before, I find it’s different with Devlin and Chase. I’m not sure how or why, but I’m sure it has something to do with the mating.”

“But you shouldn’t do something just because fate said you should,” she said, interrupting him. Chase had worried about the same thing. He knew the mating bond was strong and wanted to make sure that Gavin wanted them for them, not just because they were mates.

Gavin chased some of his worries away. “It may have been fate that brought us together and jump-started this attraction, but believe me when I say that I am
very
attracted to both Devlin and Chase and really truly do want to mate with both of them. We are going to take things slowly and work up to it, but I know that I
do
want to be mated to them as well as you.”

Chase wrapped his arms around Gavin and Amalya. “I’m glad you feel that way. I don’t want you to do anything that you don’t want to do. You need to be sure that this is what you really want, because once we claim you, we will not let you go. You will be ours forever.”

Gavin leaned into him. “I’m sure this is what I want. I want
all
of my mates.”

Chase was elated. He kissed Gavin, begging entrance with his tongue. Just as the kiss started getting heated again, one of babies started crying over the monitor sitting next to the bed. He groaned as he pulled away, still tasting Gavin on his tongue. Amalya kissed Chase on the cheek and started getting out of the bed. She went to the dresser and put on a sundress, saying, “I’ll go take care of them.”

Gavin asked, “Can I help?”

“You want to help with the babies?” she asked with shock.

“Sure. If I’m going to live here and be part of this family, I will have to get used to them and learn how to take care of them. That is, if it’s okay with you all. I don’t want to step on anyone’s toes or anything. If you don’t want my help, I understand.”

Chase pulled him closer. “Of course we would love your help. You’re right. You are a part of this family, and we would be honored if you would help us raise the children. Trust me, with two five-year-olds and two newborns, we need all the help we can get. Just don’t expect to get much sleep for the next few months.”

Gavin looked nervous. “I don’t know a lot about babies, but I would like to help. I don’t mind not sleeping if it means I get to be part of your family.”

Devlin hugged both Gavin and Chase. “You will always be a part of our family. Please don’t feel like you have to help with the kids just to be in our family.”

Gavin shook his head and leaned back into Devlin. “I know I don’t have to. I
want
to.” With that, he got out of the bed and followed Amalya out of the room.

Chase lay back down and pulled Devlin to him. Holding him, he whispered, “Everything will be fine. We are all together, my love. Our family is whole now.”

Chase knew his words were true, but they still had a long road ahead of them. Gavin seemed to be taking the mating seriously, but Chase still didn’t want to do anything to scare their mate away. They would just have to let follow fate see where she lead them.

Amalya led Gavin to the nursery but stopped outside the door. “You really don’t have to help. I can do this myself.”