Abbey's Protectors [Beckett's Wolf Pack, Triad Mates 4] (Siren Publishing Menage & More) (37 page)

Clay smiled as he lay against Abbey’s back. He was looking forward to a lifetime with this woman. And their five children!

“Clay?”

“I’m in the kitchen, honey!” Clay called back.

Abbey walked out of the study that her men had created just for her and smiled as she entered the kitchen and saw Clay pulling on his uniform shirt. Her stomach clenched as she saw the vest he wore beneath his shirt to protect himself. She understood that he and Hunter would always be putting their lives on the line, but she couldn’t help but worry that her men would always be putting themselves at risk in order to do their job protecting the pack family as well as the human community.

Pushing aside the fear that gripped her, she walked over to Clay and wrapped her arms around his waist. She stood up on her toes and kissed his throat, biting down on it gently. She smiled against the warmth of his skin as his arms wrapped around her and hugged her to him tightly.

“Be careful, honey,” he warned her, growling against the top of her head and rubbing his face against the softness of her hair. “You’re teasing my wolf.”

“Am I?” Abbey asked him innocently, pulling back slightly so she could look up at him and wink boldly.

“You know you are, Mate,” he warned her.

Abbey laughed softly. “I know I am,” she admitted. “But it’s so much fun to tease your wolf.”

“Be careful, baby. My wolf bites.”

“Oh, yay!”

Clay laughed out loud, hugging her to him tightly. “By the Fates, I love how much fun you are, Abbey,” he told her happily.

Abbey smiled up at him, glad that she brought him joy. “I wanted to ask a favor of you and Hunter,” she told him, smiling.

“Sure, honey. Whatever you need.”

“Well, I wanted to take Meeka to the local mall to help her apply for some jobs. Suzie will want to come with us, too. Do you think you or Hunter can take us?”

“If you want to wait until tonight, we can take all of you after our shift is over,” Clay offered. “If you want to go while we’re working, we can get a couple of pack enforcers to take you.”

“I think it would be best if we went earlier,” Abbey told him, thinking about the best time to have Meeka apply for jobs.

“I’ll contact Nathaniel and Brett to take you. I trust them to make sure that the three of you are safe.”

“If you think that’s best,” Abbey agreed without hesitation. The vision of her men being gunned down in the alley beside the diner was still very clear in her mind. She had no doubt that there needed to be security whenever any of the pack family left pack land.

“Hunter is at the family lodge talking to Jace and Jackson,” Clay told her, kissing her forehead lightly and humming with happiness. He was relieved that Abbey didn’t fight him on having security with her and the two other women. There was nothing more precious to the men of the pack than their mates and their children.

“Is everything okay?” Abbey looked at him in concern. “I can tell that you’re worried about something.”

“Well, we think there’s been a few other packs in our area lately, and we’re concerned that there might be a problem with the protection of Beckett land,” he told her honestly. “Hunter thinks we should invite the ruling triads in the area to the Circle Three Ranch so Jace could find out if there are any threats. Sitting down with the other alphas and betas and hammering out a pact of peace would be in the best interest of all of us. That way, we’ll be able to know who we might have to watch out for. We already know that Randall’s pack is a threat to us.”

“Meeka and Suzie told me about them being held by Randall,” Abbey said, nodding. There was a definite hint of anger in her voice as she spoke about her new friends’ horrible treatment at the hands of that alpha. “Thank goodness Suzie is finally able to be with her mates. She deserves to be happy.”

“Yes, honey. She does,” Clay agreed. “Drew and Carter have suffered for a lot of years without her. We’re all relieved that they’ve been reunited.”

“And it’s awesome that Suzie is pregnant,” Abbey added, smiling softly.

“Yeah, baby. It sure is nice that she’s pregnant.” He winked at her, unable to keep the thought of Abbey’s pregnancies from filling his mind. He made sure to keep the thought to himself. He didn’t want to put any pressure on their mate. He and Hunter both knew without a doubt that she was going to be filled with their cubs. It would only be a matter of time.

Clay’s sweet smile as he looked down at her made her heart light. She couldn’t believe how incredibly happy she was. Every moment she spent with him and Hunter made her know just what a true and loving mating they were a part of.

“Abbey, honey,” Clay whispered, breathing in deeply and allowing her scent to soothe him. “You smell so good.”

“So do you,” Abbey told him, laughing. “And you feel good in my arms, too.”

“Oh, darlin’, you have no idea how much I love it when I can hold you,” he told her, kissing her temple lightly.

He leaned down and claimed her lips gently, intensifying the pressure of his lips against hers. He licked at the seam of her mouth with his tongue and groaned when she opened to him immediately, accepting him inside and sucking on his tongue with pulsing motions that drove him wild.

Pulling away from her, he growled, his blue eyes flashing golden as his wolf fought to come out and play. “I’m about two seconds away from ripping off your clothes and carrying you upstairs to make love to you,” he warned her, fighting to control himself.

“Why do you have to take me upstairs to make love to me?” she goaded him.

Her screeching filled the kitchen as he reached down and picked her up, spinning her toward the kitchen table and pressing her down onto the wooden surface so that she lay on her back looking up at him. His soft laughter joined hers as he pinned her with his body.

“I’m not going to be able to leave you until I claim you again, baby,” he warned her, his eyes flashing golden as he stared down at her.

“Okay,” she whispered, reaching up to touch his jaw lightly.

Clay leaned back and ripped her shorts from her body, leaving her in just her baby-doll top and pink, bikini underwear. He leaned toward her and scented her deeply, kissing her neck and dragging kisses along the center of her body until he reached her navel. Licking at it lightly, he grabbed the top of her underwear with his teeth and pulled it down so he could nuzzle his nose against her pubic curls. Her smell was intoxicating.

Reaching up, he tore them from her body and placed his hands on her inner thighs to gently push them apart and expose her feminine folds to his searching gaze. He used his thumbs to part them and growled at the wetness that was already dripping from her. He gathered some of her cream on the pads of his thumbs and dragged them up and across the tip of her swollen clit, circling it slowly and smiling as Abbey moaned and moved her hips to get more pressure.

“Like that, honey?” he asked her.

“You know I do,” she answered on a moan.

“Good, baby,” he told her, leaning forward and blowing lightly on her swollen lips as he increased the pressure on her button. At her immediate gasp of pleasure, he leaned forward and extended his tongue, swiping through her pink folds and gathering her delicious cream. He groaned against her as her flavor burst across his taste buds. There was no better flavor than the taste of their mate.

“So good,” he whispered, swiping his tongue across her clit before latching onto it and sucking it deeply into his mouth.

Flicking his tongue across it with both speed and pressure, he groaned as her fingers carded through his hair and held him tightly against her body. Reaching up, he held onto her hand with his left hand while he inserted the first two fingers of his right hand deep within her warm and waiting channel. Curling his fingers toward himself, he rubbed against her G-spot and smiled as she fell apart, calling out his name.

He continued to plunge his fingers into her, sucking her clit and lapping up the cream that dripped down his hand to pool in his palm. Pulling back, he removed his fingers and swiped at his palm with his tongue to drink all of her release. By the Fates, she tasted so good.

Pulling back, he smiled as she lost all strength and her arms fell against the table. She looked completely sated and debauched as she lay before him, completely open to him with a satisfied smile on her face.

“Clay,” she whispered.

“What, honey?”

“Fill me. Please.”

Straightening, he looked down on her, taking in the softness of her expression as she looked up at him. How could he ever deny her request? Unbuckling his utility belt, he carefully dropped it onto the kitchen chair that had been pushed aside in his haste to lay their mate on the table.

Opening his belt buckle, he unbuttoned and unzipped his uniform pants, pushing them, along with his black boxer briefs, to his knees. Taking hold of his engorged cock, he groaned at the pressure of his hand on his throbbing shaft. Stepping toward Abbey, he rested his hand on the bend of her thigh where it met her hip, pulling her closer to him as he slowly sank into her.

Abbey groaned as he filled her, her channel clenching as his thick cock sank home. She would never get enough of being connected intimately with her mates. Her body arched upward as Clay pulled out and pushed back inside of her so deeply she moaned and reached for him. His arms wrapped beneath her body to cup her shoulders and hold her in place while he pumped into her repeatedly, his balls slapping against her body as he pushed deeper inside of her with each thrust.

The kitchen was filled with the sounds of their lovemaking. Abbey was overwhelmed with tenderness for this wonderful man. She opened her heart to him and allowed the warmth of feeling she had for him reach out and envelope him. His instant sigh of contentment made her know that he had received her message through their mating link loud and clear.

“Abbey,” he moaned against her neck, snapping his hips with increasing force. His hold on her shoulders tightened as he held her. “I love you, honey.”

“I love you, Clay,” she whispered, wrapping her arms around his shoulders and holding on as he pounded into her.

Clay ripped at her shirt, pulling it down off her shoulder as his canines dropped and he lunged for the softness of her. He bit down on his mating mark and howled, drawing in her blood and coming deep within her simultaneously.

Abbey moaned as her release rushed through her body like a wave that kept cresting. A smaller orgasm gripped her as the mating knot formed in Clay’s cock and he swelled inside of her even more. She felt the rush of Clay’s seed filling her, pleasure overwhelming her as she felt the warmth of his release and the clamping of his teeth on her shoulder. She felt his heart open to her, surrounding her with the most incredible feeling of happiness and love.

He removed his canines from her shoulder, licking at the wounds and sealing them sensuously. He trailed kisses along her shoulder blade, humming against her neck as he tightened his hold on her. He could feel his weary soul healing with the gift of her caring and love.

“Clay.”

“What, baby?”

“This was nice.”

Clay laughed softly and nuzzled against her cheek, rubbing his face against hers, his wolf wanting to cover her with his scent. No other wolf would ever mistake who she belonged to.

“Yes, honey. It sure was.”

* * * *

“What did the manager say, Meeka?” Suzie asked her best friend as she walked toward her and Abbey as they waited for her on the bench outside one of the higher-end boutiques at the mall.

“Well, she said they were looking for someone to work in their office keeping track of the inventory,” Meeka told them, smiling as she sat down between them.

“You’ve had a lot of experience doing that for your uncle,” Abbey said quietly. “Did you advocate for yourself and tell her that?”

“I did,” Meeka answered with pride. “It’s not for sure yet, but she said she was going to check out my references and get back to me. If she likes what they have to say about me, she’ll offer me the job.”

Suzie squealed with delight, reaching out and grabbing Meeka to hug her tightly. “Congratulations, honey.”

“Easy, Suzie,” Meeka told her, laughing. “Your wolf is pretty strong, remember?”

“Oh, sorry,” Suzie told her, releasing her immediately. “I’m so happy for you, Meeka.”

“Congratulations, Meeka,” Abbey told her, hugging her gently before releasing her and sitting back to look at her as Meeka faced her. “I knew you could do it. You’ve got the skills that this store needs to help make it successful. The manager was smart enough to recognize that.”

“Thanks for all your help, Abbey,” Meeka told her quietly. “I don’t think I would have been ready to interview if you hadn’t coached me.”

“It’s important to be confident,” Abbey told her seriously. “You can do this job without question, Meeka. I have no doubt in my mind that you can take care of yourself and your son.”

Meeka nodded, smiling sadly as she looked off into the distance, not really seeing the many people who populated the mall walkway. “The job is only temporary, but that’s okay. I only need to have it for a little while until I can save enough money so Eric and I can go back to Connecticut and live with my sister Kaley.”