Lindsey’s Wolves(68)

The car jolted to a stop, forcing Alex to look back out the front. They were pulled over and Ryan was livid.

“Alex is right, Lin. I don’t want to hear another word of self-recrimination. You did nothing to ask for this, and no one is blaming you for anything.” He reached across the seat between them and stroked a lock of Lindsey’s hair.

Jessica coughed. “Um, why don’t you guys drop me at Kara’s and maybe, um…”

Lindsey looked at her with worry. “You don’t want to come with us to Ryan’s?”

“I feel like a third, or fourth, wheel.” She gave a wry grin. “It’s okay, really. Obviously you three have some stuff to discuss. I’ll bunk at Kara’s and you can … do whatever you need to do.”

Alex felt bad for Jessica. She’d been caught the entire day in the middle of this circus of an unfinished mating. The woman had her own secrets and clearly wasn’t interested in discussing them, with anybody, yet. Whatever her reasons were, Alex would respect her privacy, for now.

Ryan pulled back out into traffic and Alex resumed a stare out the front window, counting the minutes until they could drop Jess off and get back to what was really important.

A time that should have been filled with unparalleled cravings for sex, had instead been tamped down with several hours of tension. As soon as the three of them relaxed, there’d be some serious ground to make up.

Alex couldn’t imagine how he could avoid ripping his mate’s clothes off, flipping her onto her stomach and slamming his rock-hard cock into her moist sheath. He was that horny.

Ryan groaned his own frustration into Alex’s head.





Chapter 14





“Home sweet home.” Ryan pulled his truck off the end of the paved road onto the gravel parking area. The crunch of rocks under the tires was a sound he associated with home.

“Does anyone in your family do anything in moderation?” Lindsey asked.

“Not if we can help it.”

“The place is enormous.”

“Well, my parents raised six kids here. We needed a lot of space.”

They all three climbed down from the truck, but before they could even take one step toward the sprawling ranch, the screen door squeaked open, announcing the bombardment of siblings and parents to greet them.

Tessa was the first. She’d probably been watching out the window, knowing her. As the oldest and only girl in the family, she’d always felt the need to protect and mother the five younger boys. Well, in reality Ryan’s mother had only given birth to five kids, but Trevor had moved in with them at a young age and became a member of the family and Justin’s best friend in less than a heartbeat.

Tessa made a direct path to Lindsey and wrapped her in a gentle embrace. “Welcome,” she said when she leaned back. “I’m Tessa. Glad to be adding more women to the family. The testosterone around here is thick.” She laughed and then turned to Alejandro.

Ryan wondered what her reaction would be. This was certainly not planned. Sure, Justin and Trevor had mated with a single human woman just months ago, but everyone had at least been used to those two sharing women. They’d always shared. It had been a coincidence of fate that they happened to find a mate to share for eternity.

This was different. Ménages were rare among their species, and Ryan hadn’t previously been inclined toward threesomes.

Tessa took Alex’s hand in both of hers. Her warm smile was all Ryan needed to know. “Of course, it hardly helps to add a woman to the mix if we’re just going to double the testosterone anyway.” She chuckled in delight and hugged her new brother-in-law.

Alejandro, rather than release Tessa, leaned in and kissed both cheeks before melting Ryan’s sister with his Latin accent. “Mucho gusto. Pleased to meet you.”

Tessa’s husband appeared behind her and wrapped his wife in a long arm. “You’ll have to excuse my mate. She’s a sucker for a Spanish accent. Or Italian, or French, it doesn’t really matter which one.” He laughed and stuck out a hand. “Aaron. Welcome.”

Alex shook his hand. “Thank you. For everything. I know this wasn’t in the cards for anyone, us included, but—”

“No worries,” Tessa waved a hand in the air in a zigzag motion. “Come in. Come in. But I’ll warn ya, there’s a lot of people waiting to pounce. Hope you’re up for the crowd.”

Alejandro took Lindsey’s hand and followed his new family members inside. Ryan beamed at his good fortune from the rear. His sexy mate’s slender body swayed in front of him. And how had Alex become so easily a part of his life?