Chapter 81

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Theo

Aria’s tongue sweeps inside my mouth, and all the thoughts that have been plaguing me flee.

Warm water sloshes as she climbs on my lap and sinks down onto my already hard cock.

Fuck.

This female could make me do anything.

I move to flip us over, but a firm hand on my chest holds me steady.

“Not so fast. I’m in control today,” she murmurs against my lips.

I make a put-out grunt, but we both know I don’t mean it.

Ever since my injury, my band has been a little high-strung.

Attentive.

Coddling.

And damn if I didn’t love it.

Sometimes.

Aria slipping into the bath with me and riding me is one of those times.

She swirls her hip, and I say, “Gods, yes. Make my dick your fucking toy, baby.”

I rest my arms on the edge of the springs and watch the water slide between her breasts as she moves up and down in deep, slow movements.

“Looks like I’m right on time,” Kade says as he walks in and strips off his clothes.

He gets into the spring and wraps an arm around Aria’s neck, angling her face back to kiss her.

She doesn’t stop riding me as Kade devours her mouth.

I capture one of her nipples in my mouth, suck and bite and lash at them, playing with the perfect dusky buds and savoring the taste of her.

“Mmm,” she moans, her walls tightening around me.

Kade breaks their kiss and meets my eyes, arousal making his lids low and his wolf come to the surface of his eyes.

A wicked smirk slashes across his face.

He pushes Aria down against my chest, and a heated rumble vibrates in my chest in expectation of what is about to come.

Angling his cock, Kade feeds it inside Aria, stretching her and sliding against my own as he joins me in her tight canal.

“Fuck,” I shudder, stroking a hand down her back.

“You take both of us so well.”

“I bet you I’d feel better if I started moving,” she snips.

“How precious, you think you’re still in control,” Kade whispers into her ear.

She snarls at him, and he gives her a punishing thrust and sends pleasure down the shaft of my cock.

I answer him with one of my own, and Kade’s eyes smoulder.

“Are you sure? I think you might need to make that point a bit clearer.”

Kade’s hand comes down on her ass, and she yelps, the sound needy.

“What do you say, Theo?

Do you think she deserves it?

“Yes.” She does, and so do I.

Kade chuckles as he starts to move fucking her so hard and measures the sensations, which makes my balls tighten.

I move on instinct, the pleasure of being close with my band making my muscles weak and my mind fuzzy.

I rut into Aria, my movements in perfect harmony with Kade.

Her cries of delight hear my blood and make me sink into the rapture of our connected bodies.

I let myself get lost in this moment where everything is perfect.

***

The days pass in a blur of endless work.

I stopped counting them after the second week and instead focused on the slow, continuous duties needed to make this mountain a sustainable home for all of us.

We managed to get a scullery organized, handle a natural irrigation system, and work on some piping with a few well-placed trips to town.

The living quarters were also coming together nicely.

People are beginning to settle into new routines filled with their old jobs and placements.

What is taking the most work right now is getting the gardens set up.

It would be a while before we can start reaping the benefits of the produce we’ve been planting, so for now, large trips to the farmers’ markets were a necessity.

It’s peaceful in the mountains.

But I don’t buy it.

Not for a second.

I have no doubt that the Assembly has a wrench thrown into their plan with our new defensive position, but they won’t give up.

They will regroup.

My wolf lifts his upper lip in a snarl and bears his fangs.

The time has passed for diplomacy.

They don’t want to talk; they want absolute control.

Yeah, I agree as I push out of the main cavern and into the gardens.

I’m done waiting.

Now, I just have to convince Ronan to get on board with the idea.

The air outside is crisp and clean.

It carries the scent of damp earth and rock.

The high ledge and natural angles and divots of the mountain’s surface keep the space concealed from prying eyes.

It also provided the plants with a healthy dose of sunlight, allowing their produce a chance to flourish and giving them some respite from trying to invent another option to make their garden work.

Still, it was a risk creating this garden at all.

It gave us one more opening to infiltrate.

If our enemies managed to scale up the uneven side of the mountain a couple of hundred feet without falling to their death or being caught, that is.

I pad quietly inside the maze of seeding crops.

New life shoots through the dark soil.

The slender, bright green spines of onions, carrots, and other herbs stand tall.

Quinnie stands in the center of the neat walking paths, watering can in hand.

“Hey,” I call.

She glances up, a soft smile tugging at her lips.

“You’re up early.”

“Couldn’t sleep.”

Her gaze lingers on me for a beat too long, like she’s already peeling back layers I haven’t spoken out loud.

Her inner empath must be tipping her off to my teetering emotions.

“Everything okay?”

I hesitate, running my hand through the back of my neck and briefly noting how long the strands have gotten.

“Yeah. I’m alright.” I wait a beat.

“Actually, I need to talk to you.”

“Are we talking friend or do you need a counselor?”

“Uh, counselor.”

She sets the watering can aside without another word.

“Come with me.”

We walk through the winding paths, chatting lightly about the latest vegetables she planted and how the main food hall was coming along.

We greet packmates along the way, and I make a small note of things I could get on our next timber run.

The deeper we go, the quieter it gets as we enter the tunnels leading to the south wing’s rooms.

We stop in front of her room door.

Pink stains her cheeks as she holds the door open.

“Sorry about this. I’m still trying to find a counseling space, but with the renovations for the garden, it’s kind of taken the backseat.”

I wave her concern off.

“Honestly, this might be more comfortable.”

“I’ll keep that in mind.”

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