STORY EXCERPT

“Find anything interesting?” Benjamin asked as he handed Devlin a cup of something that smelled like fruit punch.

“Nothing to report,” he said, biting back the “Sir” at the last moment. Benjamin smiled as if he heard the word anyway.

“It’s a hard habit to break,” he said, “but you’ll get used to civilian life eventually.”

“How long did it take you?” Devlin asked curiously. It was obvious that Benjamin had been a soldier at one time in his life, but he’d been the commanding officer of PUP Squad Alpha for over five decades now. Despite their military-type training and mission protocols, the PUP squads worked mostly undercover and therefore used a less formal structure than the human military.

“Only about a decade or so,” he said with a wide grin. “Relax, Devlin. Try to enjoy the par—”

Benjamin’s words cut off as he reached for his weapon. Devlin did the same, turning and dropping low to the ground, minimizing his exposure and maximizing his aim.

The swirling vortex was like nothing he’d ever seen before. It didn’t belong to a witch, warlock, or dragon, but no other form of transport that he knew about looked like this thing.

The pretty blonde that appeared a moment later had him wondering if he’d lost his mind.

“Lillian?” he asked as the woman glanced around the tense group of people. Devlin was vaguely aware of the tearing of fabric as people urgently changed into werewolves and surrounded the intruder. She looked at Devlin blankly, apparently more concerned with her own mission than the wolves that seemed ready to attack or the man she should probably have recognized. It had been more than four years, but surely the woman would notice a man she’d been involved with for several months.

The woman spun in a circle, seeming to search the crowd of wolves still in human form before muttering a curse and disappearing in the blink of an eye.

One of the larger wolves morphed back into human form and gave Devlin and Benjamin a hard stare.

“Would somebody like to explain to me what sort of creature can step into the middle of a pack of wolves and not even notice?”

“I’m sorry, Xavier,” Benjamin said, addressing the pack alpha with the deference the werewolf deserved, “but I’m not even sure what type of travel she used to get here. I’ve never seen a jump vortex or bounce tunnel like it.”

“Me neither,” Devlin said, still trying to process what he’d just seen. “But she looked a lot like a human woman I once knew.”

“You said Lillian,” one of the other wolves, now in human form, said with a curious smile. “Old flame of yours, Dev?” Daegan and Isaac both stepped closer to shake his hand. Despite the tension, Devlin smiled at the two men he’d known in college. Being the only three paranormals on campus and surrounded by hundreds of clueless humans had been way harder to cope with than Devlin had anticipated. Just knowing Daegan and Isaac shared his paranormal secret had made the longest years of his life almost bearable.

Of course the twin werewolves had studied computers and then come back to the pack and literally made millions of dollars, while Devlin had gone on to join the Navy SEAL teams and risked his life for low pay instead. He was about to explain why he’d said what he said when the vortex appeared once more.

If the woman who appeared wasn’t Lillian, then she was a damn good copy.

“Damn,” the woman said as tears filled her eyes. She scanned the crowd once more, apparently unfazed by the dozens of naked people dropping onto all fours and turning back into wolf form.

“Lillian,” Devlin called loudly, hoping to catch the woman’s attention before she could disappear again. She turned sharply, her eyes widening when she saw him. That, unfortunately, was also the moment she noticed the wolves that circled her.

“Devlin?” she asked without taking her eyes off the wolf in front of her. “Where am I?”

It seemed a rather strange question, considering the woman seemed to be in control of whatever type of transport she was using.

“You’re in the middle of a werewolf party,” he said. Daegan quirked an eyebrow at him, but the wolf in front of Lillian turned back into a man and stood in front of her. She seemed more embarrassed that Xavier was completely naked than surprised by his shift between forms.

“You’re in the middle of my pack, lady. It would be a good idea to explain yourself.”

“Explain what?” she asked with a wry grin. “How I appeared out of thin air? How I ended up apparently at the wrong address? Or how five weeks ago I was just an ordinary waitress happy to live out my life in a small town.” She sighed tiredly, obviously at the end of her emotional fortitude. “I was looking for an old friend of mine. He might be able to help explain how I ended up here.”

“What’s your friend’s name, Lillian?” Andrea—Xavier, Isaac, and Daegan’s mate—asked in a kind voice as she pushed her way through the three men. “Maybe we can help find him.”

“Jed Mathewson. He was a regular customer at the diner where I worked. I was hoping he’d be able to help me understand what was going on. He used to talk about magic like it was real, so…” She let her words trail off as Devlin stepped closer and pulled her into his arms. It didn’t matter that everyone else was on high alert. He knew this woman, and she wasn’t dangerous. Hell, she didn’t have a mean bone in her body.

ADULT EXCERPT

Lilly wriggled impatiently.

Jed seemed to be waiting for something. He’d rolled the condom onto his cock and then simply lay down beside her on the bed. He kissed her softly, his hands caressing her breasts, his fingers tweaking the nipples as his tongue explored the inside of her mouth, but he didn’t seem inclined to fuck her just yet. After waiting so long for this to be possible, it was confusing as hell.

He broke the kiss, winked at her, and threw a condom over his shoulder without even looking.

“About time you got here,” Jed said as Devlin caught the little rectangular package in midair. He slid onto the bed behind Lilly. Still fully clothed, he wrapped his arms around her middle, pulling her upper body back against his chest, and then pressed a kiss to her temple.

“Do you mind if I stay?”

“No,” she said in a breathy voice as her arousal level climbed even higher. She grabbed his hand, holding it to her, making certain he didn’t misunderstand. Having Devlin here actually made everything more perfect. He breathed a sigh that sounded suspiciously like he’d expected her to throw him from the room, and then moved his hands higher, caressing her breasts. Jed kissed her passionately as his hands moved lower, caressing her stomach softly. She could feel her juices leaking onto her thighs, her breath catching as Jed’s fingers slid over her pussy lips and then pushed inside her.

“Fuck,” he said on a groan. “Lilly, you’re so tight. I could have hurt you.”

He looked over her shoulder, making deliberate eye contact with Devlin before removing his fingers and lifting his hands to her breasts. He painted her nipple with his slippery fingers, kissing her again as Devlin’s hand caressed lower, moved over her pussy lips, and plunged inside.

She moaned at the delicious feeling of having his fingers stretch her long-unused passage, the naughtiness of being touched by two men at once winding her need ever tighter.

“Please,” she whispered, starting to shiver all over.

“Soon,” Jed said as he slid lower on the bed, his tongue blazing a trail of need as he licked down to her belly, and then lower to her thighs. He teased her, his fingers parting her intimate folds, opening her to his torment. He suctioned his mouth over her clit, the incredible sensation dragging a shocked gasp from her throat.

She felt her cream spill onto her thighs, the slippery fluid scorching her as it coated Devlin’s fingers.

“Good girl,” he whispered, pushing his fingers deeper, fucking her harder. She squirmed in Jed and Devlin’s combined hold, her heart beating harder with excitement when she realized they held her down. Devlin pushed another finger into her tight channel, fucking her, stretching her a few more moments before he pulled away.

She moaned her disappointment, but he pressed another kiss to her temple and then slid his hand to her knee, lifting her leg up, opening her pussy to Jed’s questing mouth.

“Come for us,” Devlin ordered in that tone of voice her body remembered so well. Lightning forked through her, every inch of her scorched with the heat of her orgasm, her legs shaking uncontrollably, her eyes closing as wave after wave of nearly forgotten ecstasy crashed over her.

Her body was still quivering, her orgasm still bouncing back through her, the incredible, mindless, thrilling roller coaster ride finally slowing as they caressed her gently. She was almost back down to earth when Jed moved up the bed and pressed his cock against her pussy.

She gasped, her muscles clenching rhythmically as he slid slowly into her tight channel. He kissed her, her flavor still on his lips as he possessed her mouth as thoroughly as he claimed the rest of her. Devlin held her open, trapping her between them, his own denim-covered cock hard as steel. Her anus clenched as memories of Devlin taking her there stole over her. He’d been the only one she’d trusted enough to try it, and simply put, he’d taught her to love it.

The thought of taking both her lovers into her body at the same time seared through her. Jed moaned, dragging her underneath him more fully, slamming into her pussy harder, faster, pistoning into her body again and again and again.

Heat curled through her, winding around every nerve ending, setting her ablaze with incredible arousal, spinning her orgasm closer and closer and closer. Fireworks exploded inside her mind, the brilliant lights and swirling colors filling her vision as Jed fucked her like a wild thing.