Laurie’s Wolves(82)
“We need her just as badly in Sojourn, but she has to pull her shit together in her own time. When it is right, she’ll join us. I have every faith she’ll be there when needed. It’s just that way with Fate.”
Laurie nodded. She couldn’t deny anything Melinda had said. Defeated, she pulled on her shoes and stood. “Fine. Let’s go.”
As Laurie stepped into the family room behind Melinda, she saw her parents at the front window.
Her father let go of the curtain and turned around. “Oh. Were you planning to head back tonight?”
Melinda nodded. “Waiting any longer only makes things worse.”
Their mother spoke next. “I think you’re going to have to wait until morning. It’s snowing too hard out there. Until it lets up, it’s not safe.”
Laurie pushed past her sister and opened the front door. It was practically a blizzard. And the streets were covered with snow. Triumphantly she turned around and smiled. “See. The weather even follows me.” She glanced around, half expecting to see a spirit aura oozing into the room also.
Chapter Nineteen
Zach paced the living room until he should have been exhausted. And physically, he was exhausted, but his mind wouldn’t shut down long enough to even sit, let alone sleep.
His aggravation was beyond anything he’d ever experienced. After a day of attempting to occupy himself at work, he was so sexually frustrated, he couldn’t think of anything except his mate.
And the night had been horrific. He’d been elated when Melinda went to talk sense into his mate, but snow during the night had prevented them from returning. Thank God it had let up enough this morning that they were on the road. If he really had to spend the weekend without Laurie, he might have gone over the deep end.
Corbin sat on the couch, his hands behind his head, his leg bobbing up and down, his eyes closed. His face was tight, tense.
Zach understood exactly how he felt.
“How much longer?”
Zach shrugged, though Corbin wasn’t looking. “Maybe half an hour.”
“Half of me wants to spank that woman first and ask questions later.”
“Yeah. I agree. But until we’ve fucked some sense into her, we can’t even address the other issues.”
Corbin chuckled. “Do you suppose she has suffered as much as we have?”
“Judging by her early return, I’d say yes.”
“And now she won’t open the line of communication even to let us know if she’s close.”
Zach grabbed the edge of the fireplace mantel and leaned his forehead against his hands. He muttered toward the ground. “Probably for the best. If I heard her voice in my head, I would buckle at the knees.”
The door burst open, and Zach jerked to standing, twisting around to face the entrance.
Corbin jumped to his feet.
Laurie stood in the frame, breathing heavily as if she’d run home when they both knew she had followed Melinda in her rental car.
She dropped her bag and stepped in farther, kicking the door shut, her gaze darting back and forth between her mates. Finally, she spoke. “I’m sorry.”
“Where’s Melinda?” Zach looked over her shoulder, hoping Melinda had not bothered to get out of her car, but needing affirmation of that fact before he ripped his mate’s clothes off and fucked her senseless.
“She headed to the resort. Apparently they’re shorthanded. The snow is perfect today.” For half a second Zach felt like a heel for not touching base with his family. They probably needed him at the resort. But this was more important.
Silence filled the space while all three of them heaved for oxygen and the room filled with the sweet scent of Laurie—her pheromones calling out to both men. Pleading. She was so aroused that the scent of her pussy was palpable.
Suddenly, both men dashed forward.
Zach grabbed her face in his hands and kissed her hard, his tongue reaching into her mouth to taste her with an urgency he’d never felt.
He released her just as quickly and grabbed the front of her coat to tug the zipper down while Corbin pulled off her gloves.
Zach yanked the sleeves off her arms.
Corbin bent to remove her boots, and then he slowly lifted his face up her body, brushing his cheek along her thigh and pressing his nose into the V of her crotch. He inhaled deeply and moaned, the sound making Zach’s cock stiff with the renewed need to claim her.
Corbin grabbed her hips and pressed her into the door, burying his face farther into her pussy. He nuzzled her sex through her jeans while Zach pulled her sweater over her head and dropped it to the floor.
She stood before him in a white tank top—no bra. Her amazing breasts looked swollen, her nipples tight. He popped the button on her jeans and lowered the zipper between Corbin’s face and her pussy.