The Alpha's Onyx & Fire (14 page)

Tessa sent a grateful look in her father-in-law's direction. All she needed right now was her mates. More answers could wait.

Chapter Twelve

When everyone had left, Leontis and Sage claimed their positions surrounding Tessa again. Walking her to their room, Leontis sat down, pulling her into his lap as Sage sat on the bed behind them. Surrounding them.

“Are you okay?”

Leontis winced as soon as the question slipped out. Such a stupid thing to ask.

“I don’t know what’s happening to me,” Tessa replied calmly, enough for him to wonder if perhaps she was in shock, as her slim fingers tightened on Leontis’s shoulders. “But I have the both of you, so I know it will be okay.”

Leontis ran his hands down Tessa’s sides as he looked at Sage. “You’ll always have us.”

“Just never do that to us again, okay? I don’t think my heart could ever handle it.”

Tessa tried to turn and face Sage, but Leontis held firm to her sides. He liked having her in his lap, and he didn’t want to let her up. Leontis touched her cheek, and Tessa stared into his eyes. He felt like his whole body was coming alive when she looked at him with such innocence. “I’m sorry.”

“Not your fault.” He spared a thought for his brother, Theron. Sage had detained him to be questioned and while a part of him didn’t, couldn’t believe Theron had been behind the attack, a larger part hadn’t been willing to take that chance, even when Sage had given him the option. He knew Sage would have let Theron go if Leontis had asked, but he wouldn’t do that. Not until they knew for sure.

Leontis ran his thumb over her soft skin, amazed at how much she had come to mean to him. He finally felt like he belonged somewhere, and Leontis wanted to capture that feeling and hold on to it forever. Sage moved around the bed, coming in behind Leontis. He slid his legs on either side of Leontis’s, pressing his chest to Leontis’s back.

“We’re together now and that’s all that matters.” Sage rested his chin on Leontis’s shoulder, his hands sliding around Leontis’s waist.

“God, I love you both so damn much,” Leontis said as he settled against Sage’s chest, reveling in the feel of his mate’s arms around him. Of the feeling of home that they conjured. It had been such a long time since he had felt like he had a home, and now he did. Here, with his two mates. Sappy? Probably, but he couldn’t seem to care even as his lion purred in contentment. His eyes fluttered closed when Sage’s warm lips touched the nape of his neck. He could feel Tessa’s fingers curling into his shoulders as Sage’s hands wandered over his back. “You smell so good, Leontis.”

“Like wild earth and summer rains,” Tessa added. “He feels good, too.”

Leontis smiled. “I’m glad you two think so.”

“Mmm,” Sage murmured. “He tastes just as good too.”

Leontis’s breath caught at Sage’s comment. His cock became ramrod stiff as he pictured Sage going down on him again. Damn, he had barely survived the first time.

“I know he does.” Tessa leaned forward and began to kiss him along his jaw. Never before had he been the object of two people’s attention. Not like this.

Not with one sitting on his lap and the other so close behind him. Leontis lifted his arms when Tessa grabbed the hem of his shirt and pulled it over his head, tossing it aside. He shuddered when Sage ran his hands over his back.

“So flawless.” Sage began to kiss Leontis’s shoulder.

“So sweet.” Tessa was sucking on his neck, her lips and tongue making Leontis’s skin buzz and tingle. He ran his hands through her long, red hair, playing in the silky strands as both used his body to taste, to tempt, and to make him so hard that his erection bordered on painful.

“We’re both going to fuck her,” Sage whispered into Leontis’s ear. “But first, I want you to suck my cock.”

*****

Leontis turned, laying Tessa down as he moved from the bed and undressed. Sage stretched out beside Tessa, watching his handsome mate bare his body to them. His hands played at Tessa’s shirt, and then he pulled it over her head. Her lush breasts were exposed to him, cupped in a pretty purple lace bra. “So nice,” he said as he mouthed her breast. Tessa’s hand slid through his hair, grabbing the strands as he pulled the lace aside and sucked one taut nipple into his mouth.

“I could watch you two all day,” Leontis said as he tossed his underwear aside. He crawled into the bed, taking the other nipple into his mouth as Sage moved back, slid from the bed, and undressed. He helped Tessa out of her jeans, and then slid her matching panties down her body, groaning as he saw how wet she was. He wanted to bury his cock deep inside of her. But first he wanted to feel Leontis’s lips wrapped around his erection. Sage palmed his cock as he slipped back onto the bed, moving closer to his handsome mate. The first tentative kiss was gentle, sweet, and almost chaste. The second was anything but, hard, wet, and demanding. The two men almost devoured each other as their hands reached to touch and then hold tight. Sage’s tongue licked purposefully at the upper lip and was granted entry to the warm, wet cavern. Sage felt Leontis open to him, and he swept his tongue inside to subdue the shyer muscle, sucking it slowly. Sage’s tongue slid over satiny inner cheeks, strong, even teeth, and danced languidly with Leontis’s. Their moans and groans echoed through the room as their tongues dueled and tasted each other.

Sage pulled away and watched as Leontis slowly lowered in front of him and enveloped the hard flesh as he began to suck earnestly. Leontis sucked hard and fast, making Sage feel the beginning of his orgasm. Pleasure pooled at Sage’s spine and tingled along his nerves. Using his tongue, Leontis laved the tender depression beneath the swollen crown and then tongue-fucked the tiny slit, licking away the salty taste of Sage’s desires. He thrust his hips toward Leontis’s mouth, pumping furiously with short, even strokes. He held Leontis in place as he rolled his hips backward and pulled his dick from Leontis’s mouth with a damp pop.

“Not yet.” Sage blew out a deep breath, bringing his body back under control.

Goddamn, the man could suck dick.

Turning onto his back, Sage grabbed Tessa and draped her over his chest. “Time to ride me, beautiful.”

He brushed his knuckles over her cheek as she straddled his waist. Tessa was so damn stunning sitting on top of him, gazing down at Sage heatedly, her eyes glittering with lust and love. Tessa was vibrant. The feel of her soaked through Sage’s fingertips and into his blood. She crushed her chest to his, her nipples feeling like cut diamonds as she slowly impaled her body on his cock. Reaching for her, Sage slanted his open mouth across Tessa’s. Heat and womanly spice, the taste of her flooded his mouth.

“Oh, God,” Tessa moaned.

Sage looked to the side to see Leontis behind her. He knew exactly what the man was doing. Leontis was readying Tessa to take her anally. The thought of both of them having her at the same time sent a spike of pleasure through Sage.

“Just relax, sweetheart.”

Sage reached behind Tessa with one arm, curved it around her neck, then turned and pulled her in close for a kiss filled with heat and intense passion. He wanted to distract her from what Leontis was doing, to make her forget for the moment until there was nothing but pleasure between them. Sage raised Tessa’s head, kissing each eyelid as he felt Leontis begin to move behind them.

Tessa stiffened, but Sage bit her shoulder with his blunt teeth, bringing her attention back to him.

“So intense,” she whispered to him.

“Tell me if you want me to stop,” Leontis said from behind her.

His voice was a fierce whisper as he ran his hands over her sides, reached under and cupped her breasts, palming them, massaging the small mounds. Tessa’s fingernails dug into Sage’s chest. He would take the pain, knowing the pleasure she was going to experience. Sage began to move, grabbing her hips and thrusting up into her hot pussy as she moaned and tilted her head back. His cock swelled and pulsed at the sight of Leontis behind her, knowing the man was lost in her as well.

Leontis pushed the head of his cock through the tight ring of muscle and hissed as her virgin hole squeezed around him. Inch by inch he forged forward until he was seated in her depth. Both men paused giving her time to adjust to the fullness.

"I need you to move, dammit," Tessa spouted breathlessly, causing both men to chuckle. Their amusement at her boldness didn't last long as she squeezed her muscles, tightening around them to the point of pulling their release from them. On groans they set up a rhythm, one pushing in as the other pulled out, their thrusts matching as Tessa fell apart between them. The pulse of pleasure was overtaking Sage’s mind. It wrapped over the head of his erection like tiny fingers of paradise as Tessa’s body impaled his cock over and over again.

“It’s too much,” Tessa said as she panted. “I can’t handle you both.”

“Yes,” Sage said with a growl, “you can.”

He quickened his thrusts as Tessa arched her back and cried out her release, the tight channel of her pussy milking his cock. Leontis grabbed her sides, pounding hard as he, too, shouted out his release. Sage was desperate for his. He wanted to join them in satiation. His cock tingled, aching for release, his balls drawn tight. With a flurry of hands and hard thrusts, Sage finally froze, buried as deep as he could be, and roared out his completion. Once drained of his seed, Sage pulled his cock from Tessa, watching as both Tessa and Leontis tried to catch their breaths. He held Tessa close, Leontis coming to lie beside him as the aftershocks rippled through him. Sage watched them both for several minutes, devouring the sight of his mates.

God, how he loved them.

“Oh, God!”

His head shot up at Tessa’s gasp. “What? Are you okay?”

Tessa nodded, her eyes watering.

“Tessa, honey?” the worry in Leontis’s voice echoed his own.

“I...I think…”

Sage let out a guttural sound. “Please, sweetheart. What?”

Instead of answering she reached for both their hands, placing them lightly on her stomach. He frowned, confused at first...until he felt it. So tiny he barely missed it at first. Then it happened again. Speechless, Sage leaned down, resting his ear above her abdomen, trying to laugh as Leontis did the same. They listened, and Leontis let out a sound that almost sounded like a sob.

A tiny heartbeat, pulsing and thumping.

A baby.

“How?”

Sage knew what Leontis was asking. How could they already hear the baby? If she had just conceived, then how could they hear and feel the child. Their child.

“I have no idea.”

And he couldn't seem to care. He had his mates, and Tessa was carrying their child. How didn’t seem that important right then.

He knew they had a battle ahead. Aidan would not give up anytime soon, and Sage could no longer bury his head in the sand where the prophesy was concerned. People were coming, some were already here. It was up to him to protect his family, his mates, and their children.

He laid his hand gently on Tessa’s stomach again, still unable to believe a part of him grew inside of her. Their baby. Yes, it was up to him to protect those he loved, but one look at his two mates reminded him, he wasn’t alone. Not with his onyx and fire.

Epilogue

Chuckling as the young man flittered around her small home, bringing her tea and pillows, Ruth smiled.

“Quinn, honestly. I am okay. Sit down. Watching you is making me dizzy.”

Quinn worried his bottom lip as he blinked at her. “Sorry...I...just…”

“I know. But I am okay,” she reassured him again.

He nodded, taking a seat on the lounge near her.

“Now, tell me what you learned while I was busy.”

Quinn gaped. “Busy? You had been kidnapped!”

“Yes, I know, I was there.” Raising a brow, she waited.

The young man huffed. “Not much. Aidan clearly sent Trevor in to team up with Bricker and a few of those others. He targeted a pretty easy group. They were disgruntled, saw Sage as weak.” A smile finally appeared on Quinn’s face. “The Alpha sure proved them wrong, huh?”

“Indeed, but I think Tessa had more of a hand in that.”

Quinn’s eyes widened comically. “Oh, God, tell me about it. I so did not see that one coming,” he paused, a thoughtful expression on his face before he narrowed his gaze on her. “But you did, didn’t you?”

Ruth merely shrugged. Wouldn’t do to give all of her secrets away just yet. Not until it was time.

Quinn made a frustrated noise. Not uncommon.

Things were quiet for a moment before Quinn finally broke the silence, and even then it was only to whisper, “I saw Rourke today.”

“Yes, I assumed you had. Did he see you?”

“No,” he said even more quietly, sadness lacing his words. “He didn’t smell me either.”

“You know why,” she said gently. “It isn’t time.”

“It isn’t time,” he repeated, and although she knew he understood, she could still feel his pain.

“It won’t be long,” she assured him, patting him on the knee. “But there are those who would do just about anything to control one of your kind, and until you are able to tap into your abilities, you are vulnerable. And as much as I am sure he will grow to love you, your mate cannot protect you. Or you, him. Yet.”

He would soon be able to though. Ruth could already sense the boy’s powers growing, see his future growing clearer. Who she was and what she did was not as cut and dry as many thought, but Quinn’s destiny, and the destiny of the White Tigers, was far greater than anyone would have guessed.

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