Shea: The Last Hope (25 page)

"I bought the present." Dalton said and sat down on the couch and put his feet on the table and closed his eyes.

"Whatever, Blaine go into the bedroom and see what he did to your clothes." Kira said, and Dalton jumped up in a panic.

"That was totally your idea," he cried and ran for the bedroom.

Kira laughed and rubbed her stomach. "Oh, I’m so tired; all of these extreme emotions have really taken a toll today."

Blaine frowned and looked at her, she did look tired. "You just lay there and relax; we'll get this place cleaned up in no time. Everything will be right."

She leaned back, closed her eyes, and smiled when Dalton groaned from the other room.

"I promise, on the next Saturday super clean-up day, I will be ready."

Blaine smiled and set to work, he loved his mates, quirks and all. He wasn’t sure how he got so lucky to find them, but he was not going to argue. They were his world. They would get through this, so long as they were together.

Dalton and Kira had blasted him out of his funk today and he and Kira had been there for Dalton while he worried about his dad. That is what mates did, and he loved his with his whole heart.

If they could just make it through the whole birthing thing, they would be good. Blaine was not looking forward to the chaos in the delivery room, especially if she insisted on having all the girls in there like Cloe had.

That was scary. None of them could be serious about anything when something like that was going on. Looking over at his now sleeping mate, he decided to vacuum later when she woke up. She needed her rest.

Chapter 24

"We, who have gathered in this circle, are now privileged to witness and to take part in a ceremony celebrating the public acknowledgment of a love which each of the Chosen and their mates has for each other, knowing that by our presence here with them, we are saying that they, together, are loved by many others. We have come to surround them as they stand before us, where now the Chosen and their mates in essence say, Welcome to our marriage! Welcome to the Celebration!" Ryan and Ariel spoke and then held out their hands to the Officiants and stepped back. The traditional part of the wedding went off without a hitch. Everyone said prayers for the tri-mates and wished blessings upon them. Now they were at the vows and exchanging of the rings which Griff had spent so much effort creating for each of them.

I promise to give you the best of myself and to ask of you no more than you can give.

I promise to accept you the way you are.

I fell in love with you for the qualities, abilities, and outlook on life that you have, and
won't try to reshape you in a different image.

I promise to respect you as a person with your own interests, desires, and needs, and
to realize that those are sometimes different, but no less important than my own.

I promise to keep myself open to you, to let you see through the window of my personal
world into my innermost fears and feelings, secrets and dreams.

I promise to grow along with you, to be willing to face change as we both change in
order to keep our relationship alive and exciting.

And finally, I promise to love you in good times and in bad, with all I have to give and
all I feel inside in the only way I know how ... completely and forever."

The men spoke quietly and deliberately as they looked into the eyes of their mates. They had been practicing for weeks to make sure they said it in unison.

The girls had all stayed the night at the Bed and Breakfast, so they could get up and get ready today. Their custom-made dresses were delivered a week ago, and Willow had been helping fit them to the ever-growing number of pregnant women on the Council.

Each of them wore shades of white because Bama had insisted on it, even though Cami and Jo wanted to wear red, and their mates had agreed but only if they wore horns too.

They all decided to show their unity by keeping their dresses as much alike as possible while still showing their varied body shapes off to perfection. While some were simple and elegant columns of material, like Lacy and Trinity, others were certainly more extravagant with longer flowing skirts, like Bama's and Cami's.

The last weeks went fast, Bama planning the wedding, and people arriving for the births of the newest members of the Pack. Lacy and Kira smiled at the cradles under the shade that held their sets of twins. Blain’s mom was watching them thrilled to be a grandparent four times over. The other children were being held by various members of their families.

The wedding consultant was busy outside making sure that everyone was where they were supposed to be. Only the families were witnessing the wedding, which was a very large group. But the party afterward would be enormous. Bama had planned it that way because there was no way they would be able to fit all those people in the courtyard. The good thing about technology was the four tents that had been set up in the open part of the compound were having video of the wedding streaming in.

It had been Bama's idea, so they wouldn’t lose the intimacy of the wedding. The tents did not lack for decoration; they were filled with flowers and twinkling fairy lights of white and peach.

Their mates were all dressed in traditional tuxedos. Each one standing in place creating a half circle around the Gazebo where the Officiants were going to be. Twelve flower petal strewn aisles of flowers like the rays of a sun were leading to the gazebo for each of the brides to walk towards her mates. No one ever heard of a wedding with twelve groups getting married. It was crazy; Bama and the wedding consultant had been busy.

Their hair and makeup were done by members of the Pack who owned the spa in town.

There was so much activity, they were all glad that they had a special dinner last night with all of them. Thank goodness, the girls all behaved, but Bama threatened a scary kind of torture if they did not.

Then the time came for the women to make their vows to their mates.

"I promise to give you the best of myself and to ask of you no more than you can give.

I promise to accept you the way you are.

I fell in love with you for the qualities, abilities, and outlook on life that you have, and
won't try to reshape you in a different image.

I promise to respect you as a person with your own interests, desires, and needs, and
to realize that those are sometimes different, but no less important than my own.

I promise to keep myself open to you, to let you see through the window of my personal
world into my innermost fears and feelings, secrets and dreams.

I promise to grow along with you, to be willing to face change as we both change in
order to keep our relationship alive and exciting.

And finally, I promise to love you in good times and in bad, with all I have to give and
all I feel inside in the only way I know how ... completely and forever."

They were finally almost to the part that they all looked forward to; the kiss that sealed them together in front of their families and friends. After today, they would all be members of the Council, with everyone claimed. They only waited for the children to be born, but they all agreed the trying was the best part.

"You may now kiss your brides.” Ryan said and then clapped as they finally were joined together.

Chapter 25

Griff carried Shea over the threshold, then turned around, and handed her off to Lev, who then also carried her over the threshold.

“Aren’t you guys going to carry each other over the threshold too?” She asked her mates.

Griff smiled at her and said, “We will, honey, when our new house is built, and we’ll carry you over that threshold too. Only right now we really can’t afford to risk a pulled muscle. We really desperately want to take you to bed and claim you.”

Lev closed the door and then turned to his mates “You are first handsome; Shea and I decided that we needed to claim you first, and I agreed.”

“You both agreed huh?” And he grinned then leaned over to give Lev a smacking kiss.

Turning to Shea, he picked her up and swung her around. “When did you decide this, my little mate?”

“Well now boyo, as you know by now, I write books about tri-mates. I’ve become quite skilled at it. And of course, over time I dreamed up all sorts of fantasies and positions.

So I decided that you both had to let me have my way as I have the most ideas in this area.”

“An expert are you well who am I to argue with such logic, my only question is how soon can we start?” and he heard Lev chuckling beside him.

Griff then felt Lev give his ass a stroke and a squeeze, “Why we planned on starting right away. We’ve had the wedding, had the feast, danced up a storm, and toasted our friends. So now we get to fuck like bunnies all night long.” Both his mates turned to give him a look.

“Well maybe not like bunnies, it’s and expression people lighten up.” And they all burst into laughter.

Shea had kept herself to one glass of sparkling apple cider, so she was feeling great and free of inhibitions, though not drunk enough to be unaware of what was going on. She wanted to remember this night forever.

Shea began to walk towards the bedroom, “Now listen to me your hunkynesses I have plotted out some scenes in our love story. I’ll tell you what they are, and then you may both either agree or make some editorial changes.”

“We’re all ears my sprite, tell us more,” said Griff.

She started to undress as she spoke, “First we all need to take off our clothes, then we’re going to make a nice triangle on the bed. I’m going to take care of sucking Griff’s cock and Griff; you’re going to suck Lev’s. And Lev, you are going down on me. Keep the lube handy in case you want to go after a back-hole happy spot. Any editorial changes so far?” she asked. Since she had said nearly all of that with her dress over her head as she pulled it off, they quickly helped her and weren’t surprised to see her blush. Especially when she noticed that, her mates had gotten naked in record time, and she was still in her bra panties with a garter belt holding up her thigh-high stockings.

“Oh baby, I like how you think. Now tell us more as we finish helping you undress.”

Answered Lev as he went to his knees, he cupped one hand around her butt, and because she was so tiny, it didn’t take much to reach his fingers forward between her legs. With his other hand, he began unhooking her garters while kissing the skin just above the stockings.

Not to be outdone, Griff released her bra and cupped her breasts while kissing the back of her neck and shoulders. “Go on baby, tell us what comes next.”

Her breath hitched as they began touching her body. “Well, next we’re going to claim Griff. He and I are going to sixty-nine on the bed with him over me on his hands and knees. And while I’m taking him from underneath, Lev’s is going to take him from behind.” She couldn’t stop her moan from pouring forth. Lev had taken off her panties, and both her mates had their fingers inside her, Lev from the back and Griff from the front.

“Don’t stop now Shea, what comes next?” said Lev as he began removing her stalking with his free hand and his teeth.

It took her a moment to gather her thoughts and remember what she was talking about.

The sensations she was feeling were causing her to lose her train of thought. “Then, well then Lev is going to take me while Griff takes him from behind, Griff will be fucking both of us because his thrusts will be controlling Lev’s into me. So we will be claiming Lev. And finally, if we haven’t passed out yet, Griff is going to take his turn in my pussy while Lev takes my ass, and I’ll have my turn in the middle as my mates claim me.” She finished as she started to moan through a rolling orgasm brought on from her mate’s fingers.

Griff spoke then, “That was our only editorial change baby. We’re both planning on reading all your books to get caught up on all your delicious ideas. For now, I’m ready for our triangle. Lev, where did you put the lube?”

Shea nodded and then pulled her men to the position she described and grinned when she said, "By the book my loves."

"Forever and always," her mates said, and then they got on with the lovin'.

Chapter 26

Roarke yelled in the phone to the human. "We had a deal, and you will damn well honor it."

The human had enough gall to laugh at him and then reply. "That was before we knew about the other investors. We think that maybe you are over extending yourself. The board decided we were going to go in another direction."

"There is no other direction for you." Roarke growled into the phone. The human knew exactly what he was and knew about his plans.

His wolf perked up when he heard the human say, "Who are you? How did you get in here?"

"That is a little reminder exactly who I am and the power I have. Now, I think maybe you would like to call you board again." He said smoothly and heard the panic in the human's voice as he agreed.

His hired thugs had orders to make sure that he actually made that call and report back to him. Little glitches in the road were expected. Braden had never been able to deal with them. He sighed and leaned back in his chair.

After yesterday's disastrous events, he knew the Council would know where he was. He didn't care; they would never get to him, he had the best wards money could buy around this building. Besides, he would welcome them to try to get to his prisoners or him.

Many of the dumb asses he hired were stupid enough to pledge their life to protect his.

Maybe he should make another phone call. He wanted them to know how much, he missed talking to them. It was rather boring being the head of a large company, when you had people to do everything for you; it took the fun out of life.

I’m certain that they were going to be rallying the troops and trying to send people here, it was amusing. None of them knew the extent; he was willing to go to keep the magical world in the background. It would never work if the humans knew about them.