Melissa’s just-satiated libido kicked up a gear and her pussy clenched, releasing more juice. She was about to open her mouth and reply but Damian placed a finger over her lips.
“We both want to make love with you, Melissa. Will you let us fuck you at the same time?”
Damian pressed a little firmer on her mouth when she would have replied. “Before you answer, you should know that if you let us love you, we are also going to claim you. Be very sure of what your answer is because if we continue, there will be no going back.”
He finally removed his finger from her mouth and sat back between her thighs waiting for her to answer.
Melissa wanted them to love her but she wasn’t sure she was ready to be a mate. She didn’t know them very well and if she went ahead with this, she could be setting herself up for a world of trouble. What if their wolves were the ones who wanted a deeper connection with her, but not the men? What if she agreed to this and when they got to know her more, they ended up disliking her?
What if…what if…what if…
Could she really walk away from them without letting them make love to her? Could she really walk out that door and not regret her decision for the rest of her life? She didn’t think so.
“Do you think it’s possible to do this without claiming me?” Melissa asked the question swirling around and around in her mind and then waited with bated breath for their answers.
“Honey, we’re werewolves,” Luke said. “Our natural inclination is to claim our mate when we make love. If that is what you want we can try, but there is no way we can promise our wolves won’t take over once we’re inside you.”
“Luke’s right.” Damian’s hand landed on her knee. “The decision is yours to make, but we can’t promise our wolves won’t claim you. If you agree to us making love to you then you need to agree to us marking you, claiming you as our mate.”
“Will I be able to go home if you claim me?”
Chapter Six
It was then that Damian realized that Melissa didn’t really understand that when a werewolf claimed his mate, it was permanent. He sighed with resignation and removed the condom from his hard, aching cock.
“What are you doing?” Melissa asked.
“You’re not ready for this, baby.” Damian got off the end of the bed and walked toward the bathroom. He paused in the doorway and looked back over his shoulder. “Why don’t you get dressed and come out to the kitchen. We need to talk some more.”
He walked into the bathroom, disposed of the condom, turned the shower on and stepped under the icy cold water. How long he stood under the stream of water he had no idea, but it didn’t help one damn bit. His cock was still hard as stone and his balls were aching. Disappointment filled his gut into a tight knot, but Damian knew he’d done the right thing by walking away.
If he and Luke had made love to their mate and ended up claiming her without her really understanding what was happening, there would have been hell to pay. He had a feeling if they had gone ahead and loved Melissa they would have ended up losing her altogether. And that was something he couldn’t have endured.
With a sigh he turned the water off, dried, and dressed. When he stepped out into the bedroom, the lingering scent of his mate’s cream assailed his senses and his wolf began pushing at him again. How much longer could he continue to hold his animal off? Maybe he and Luke should just let her go home and court her slowly. If that was the only way he and his brother could end up with her by their sides, after a slow, gentle courting, then so be it.
He entered the kitchen to find Melissa sitting at the table, sipping from a mug of coffee. Luke was nowhere in sight. He let his wolf come to the forefront and used his enhanced hearing to find his brother. When he heard the water running through the pipes he knew that Luke was in the other bathroom.
Melissa kept her head down, her gaze on the mug she had her hands wrapped around, and he wondered if he’d hurt her feelings by calling a halt to their lovemaking. After pouring himself some coffee, he sat down next to her. He wanted to talk to her and put her at ease but figured it would be better to wait until Luke was there, too.
Just as that thought finished coalescing, Luke arrived and after getting himself a drink and his brother sat on Melissa’s other side.
“What do you want from me?” Melissa asked as she lifted her head and glanced toward Luke and then him.
“You,” Damian answered, succinctly and unequivocally.
“I was willing…”
“We want your heart, too, sweetheart,” Luke said. “Not just your body.”