The Bridal Hunt (29 page)

I gasped loudly as our lips made contact.

He moaned after a moment and ran his hands along my back and neck greedily.

I gasped again and his tongue snuck in to tease with mine.

I pulled back and tried to push away from him.

"Tarnk! I'm mated!" I blustere
d indignantly, flushed and flustered from his attentions.

He grumbled in Lo denaii.

"Meanie not like Tarnk's kisses?" he asked in a small voice.

"I… oh… I... Tarnk... I don't...
I didn’t mean… look... don't get upset."

He looked so crushed and I suddenly felt terrible.

I
did
say he could show me, didn't I?

Gah!

Insert foot in mouth, Mina!

This is just... and I...

I'd come to really like Tarnk, he's such a sweetie, but the damn beastie's a bit of a clam about things.

Good old Mina just has to
go and muck everything up by...

Wait a minute! What am I thinking
?!!!

I narrowed my eyes at him.

He didn't seem so upset right this second as he tried to watch me surreptitiously, while I had my little argument with myself.

Oh!

That sneaky little...

"You did this on purpose!" I shouted, poking him in the chest.

He pursed his lips and studied me.

His silence seemed somehow telling...

"Meanie be mad if Tarnk says 'yes'?"

"Tarnk!"

"What Meanie say when Kirch make Meanie mad and Meanie not care anymore?" he asked quickly.

"Huh? Oh, you mean 'fuck it'?"

I looked at him funny. "You
do
know Kirch, Veck and Bia are going to skin you alive, don't you?"

"Yes."

He smiled suddenly.

“That’s not…”

"Tarnk say
'Fuck it'
," he growled, pulling me close, kissing me again.

It was a hot kiss, his lips firm and sure on mine as he took full advantage.

I'm ashamed to say I'm a total slut and that his kiss was heaven, drowning me in all that he is, dragging me down into him.

My body thrummed to life and as much as I tried to pull away from him, his grip was strong and sure, my struggles where to no avail... and I
really
wanted to kiss him back.

I'm a terrible mate!
I thought piteously, pulling back, breaking the intimate contact.

There was a rush of wetness as my body throbbed to life and he tried to dive in again for another sip of my lips.

He got as far as nipping at my bottom lip when there was an entirely different rush of wetness at my feet.

Tarnk released me, his eyes glazed over as he licked his lips.

"Oh, shit!" I gasped gaping down at myself.

"Meanie pee?" he asked startled at all the fluid rushing from me.

"
NO! I did not pee!
My water broke, you dolt!"

****

"Meanie!" Veck called excitedly.

I moaned and tried to work through my next contraction, gritting my teeth as it came over me.

Tarnk was purring for me, making sure he kept his chest pressed against my back.

It was helping, the pain in my back a little less intense as long as he kept it up, his hands massaging my lower back in between contractions.

"Don't you dare stop," I groaned as my contraction started to slowly ebb.

"Meanie?" Veck asked, his voice getting closer.

"In here," I panted, sweat drenching my brow.

He walked in and saw me laying naked between Tarnk's legs, gripping my
swollen belly as I tried to keep my breathing slow and even.

Veck snarled at Tarnk.

Tarnk just snarled back.

I can't do this right now!

"Please, get Dorothy," I moaned, groaning at the pain.

"Meanie?" Veck asked as I opened my legs and cried out.

"The babies are coming. Oh, soon! I can feel it! Oh, please get Dorothy!"

Veck's eyes widened, alarmed, and he went to hurry out the door. He slammed right into Kirch.

Bia came up behind the two of them tumbled in the hall and leapt over them when he caught sight of me.

"Mina!"

"They're coming!
Ah
, I feel something coming out, Bia!" I panicked, panting through another contraction.

Bia looked down between my legs and his eyes widened.

"It's a head!" Bia said excitedly, he cupped my knees in his hands. "I can see the head!"

"Well, don't just stare down there, damn it! Get ready to help me!" I snarled at him.

Veck and Kirch both rushed back into the room, jostling each other in their hurry.

Kirch turned deathly pale as he watched Bia and gaped as he gawked between the 'v' of my
open legs.

"Don't you dare puss out on me now, baboon!" I glared at him, gripping Tarnk's knees.

Veck walked up to the head of the bed.

"Move, Tarnk," he demanded.

Tarnk stopped purring to growl at Veck and I whimpered at the loss.

"He stays! This is all..." another contraction hit, "his," I groaned, "fault."

I dug my fingers into Tarnk's thighs and he grunted at the pain, but otherwise kept his lips zipped.

My nails left gouges behind.

Veck glared at Tarnk and snarled.

My contraction ebbed again and I put my hand over Veck's, catching his undivided attention.

"Veck.
Husband
. We need the things Dorothy wrote down on the list for me. Remember the list? In case she wasn't here for the birth."

Veck nodded and kissed my forehead, then with one more promising glare in Tarnk's direction, hurried and left the room.

"Thank you," I said relieved.

Kirch eyed Tarnk for a moment and frowned at him.

"Kirch find out Tarnk touched Meanie with Tarnk's cock and break Meanie's water, Kirch kill Tarnk."

"What?" Bia asked distractedly, his eyes never leaving the baby's head as it crowned.

"Nobody touched anybody's anything with a cock!" I shouted as the men all began to argue, Tarnk included.

"Not Tarnk's fault then?" he asked me quietly.

"Oh, I am totally blaming you for this one, buddy," I warned him as another contraction built up and my nails dug in again. "Whether you really did it or not!!" I shrieked.

Chapter 23

Veck grinned as he held his big baby
boy in his arms, stroking his cheeks softly as he cooed at the tiny infant.

"Kirch get girl next time," Kirch winked at me, pride in his voice as he gently rocked his equally as big son.

I finished nursing my sweet little baby girl and burped her, then handed her off to her daddy.

"She looks just like you," Bia announced as he cradled his baby girl in his arms.

She did look just like me.
Human
like me, not a single snow beastie trait on her, not even a bit of fur.

I leaned back heavily against Tarnk and slumped against his chest.

His legs were all covered in gouges and scratches from my nails, but he just kept on purring happily, nuzzling my temple as I smiled warmly at my mates.

"Now we just have to name them," I said tiredly.

"Kirch baby named..."

"No
‘little Kirch’ or ‘Kirch jr’ or ‘Kirch the second’ or whatever. Our house is confusing enough as it is," I put in, cutting him off.

Kirch harrumphed, but didn't argue.

"Hey, don't get all huffy on
me
. I'm not the one that said there were only two in there, mister."

"Maybe he's losing his sense of smell in his
old
age
," Bia teased.

Kirch started to growl, but stopped when it upset the baby.

He settled for glaring at Bia instead, cuddling his son close.

I laughed at the two of them and looked over my shoulder at Tarnk.

"Welcome to the family, sweet cheeks."

He grinned as
I patted his cheek.

He turned his face slightly and kissed my palm.

"I hope you like diaper duty," I tacked on.

Veck, Bia and Kirch all laughed at the expression on Tarnk's face.

"Diaper duty..."

"You didn't think that I was going to do it
all,
did you? And I don't know why you three are laughing, you have to too!"

There was a round of disgruntled grunts and groans.

I giggled a little, exhausted but happy.

"Tarnk can hold Meanie when Meanie has babies," Veck said graciously, grinning as he examined Tarnk’s marked up thighs.

Tarnk huffed and kissed my neck.

"Tarnk good mate to Meanie," he said smartly, chuckling when Veck's smile slipped and he frowned at him.

"
Tarnk
hold his Meanie." he said smugly, "
Tarnk
take care of his Meanie."

Veck's lips tightened.

"Who said she was going to mate with you?" Bia asked curiously, just to stir the pot.

I should have listened to him when he'd hinted a while back that he thought Tarnk was here mostly for me.

"None of that!" I warned Tarnk, slapping his thigh weakly.

Tarnk stopped immediately.

Kirch, Veck and Bia all looked at each other and smiled secretively.

"Tarnk pussy whipped," Kirch announced.

Veck and Bia started laughing.

"You've been reading my books again, haven't you?" I accused.

That's the only way I could surmise he'd learned that particular phrase

He shrugged noncommittally.

Fibber!

"Meanie can pussy whip Tarnk," Tarnk said unfazed, purring loudly, grinning evilly when Kirch's lips thinned and he narrowed his eyes at Tarnk, right along with Veck.

"Enough! Enough! Everyone plays nice or when I'm ready to go and back in business, no one will be getting a ride."

I glared at them all.

"Or getting whipped by anything," I added.

"What pussy whipped Meanie?" Tarnk whispered in my ear.

"It means I lead you around by your dick."

"Really?" he asked anxiously.

I snorted.

"Ummm, maybe I didn't explain that correctly..."

"Meanie lead Tarnk's cock anytime."

I laughed and glanced over to find Veck, Kirch and Bia watching us. They really didn't seem all that surprised.

"You guys don't care if I add Tarnk to my harem?" I asked testily.

"Veck care, but Meanie get sad if Veck kill Meanie's other mates," he said bluntly and with complete honesty.

“I thought you guys all got along now? Erm, for the most part anyways… I mean… nobodies tried to kill anybody when we uh… you know… and it’s all three… you know what, never mind,” I mumbled.

“Meanie’s mates love Meanie. Want Meanie safe and happy,” Kirch chimed in, the voice of reason
for once
.

"No more mates Meanie," Veck
said growling a little, "
No more
."

"I don't even know what I'm going to do with four of you," I muttered under my breath.

"Gee, thanks, Veck," Bia drawled, referring to the killing mate's comment.

Veck shrugged like 'eh, get over it'.

"Meanie need mates to watch Meanie. Meanie little body and..." Veck started.

"Yeah, yeah, big spirit..." I grumbled at him, "It's beginning to sound like an insult the more you say it."

"Meanie needs mates to keep Meanie
in line
," Kirch teased, "but Meanie need Kirch most. Kirch Meanie's big baboon."

I just rolled my eyes at him.

So much for the voice of reason.

Prick!

"Meanie loves
Veck
most. Veck
husband
, Meanie marriage Veck," Veck boasted, smirking at Tarnk and Kirch like
'top that, ya bastards'
.

"Kirch second mate
and
has biggest cock!" Kirch bragged.

"Oh, please, everyone knows she loves me the most! I'm the most
refined
of you lot and I'm her best friend. Isn't that right, my sweet?" Bia added, his eyes dancing mischievously as he put in his own two bits, just to get to them.