Their Runaway Mate Page 6

  However, he had another mate to please right that moment, and he could see by the deer in the headlights look Anna was giving that she’d probably run out of the room screaming if he went after her. He lined his cock up with Drew’s hole and thrust in hard, just the way Drew liked it, causing Drew to yell out a loud, “Yes, yes, just like that, take my ass.”

  Carter couldn’t help himself. He grabbed Drew’s hair while he pumped in and out of him and forced him to straighten a bit until he knew Drew would be able to see over the couch.

  Drew must have had his eyes closed, so Carter commanded, “Open your eyes and look at our little audience.”

  *****

  Drew’s eyes popped open at Carter’s commanding voice, and another set of eyes now held Anna frozen where she stood. She didn’t know what to do. A big part of her wanted to join them, but another part wanted to flee as fast as she could.

  “Oh Anna, you smell so good, honey,” Drew groaned, which only made more of Anna’s cream pool between her legs and her pussy twitch. “Come over here and let us please you, too.”

  It wasn’t a question, but a command and Anna wanted so much to obey. She looked at Carter again, who had gone feral, was now pumping in and out of Drew’s ass hard, and fast. He hadn’t taken his eyes off her and he looked like he wanted to jump over the couch and chase her down before he devoured her.

  She knew he wouldn’t really eat her, well, not in that way. With that thought Anna caught a whimper in the back of her throat as more cream gathered. She really wanted to go to them. She wanted to be claimed by them so badly she ached for it.

  She took a step closer and Carter picked up his pace in Drew’s ass, which made Drew moan loudly and beg him to go faster.

  She took a couple more steps and Drew called out to her, “Yes, yes, come closer. I want your pussy in my face while Carter fucks my ass.”

  Anna couldn’t hold back the whimper that escaped with that declaration. She took a few more steps until she found herself at the back of the couch looking down at Drew, who was jerking himself off while Carter fucked him. She licked her lips when she saw the pearl of pre-cum glistening off the tip of Drew’s cock and he groaned loudly.

  She looked at his face and saw that he had been watching her and now he looked as feral as Carter did.

  “You want a taste, baby? Come suck my cock and drink my cum, while I eat your sweet little pussy. I bet there is enough cream gathered there to fill me up.” Drew’s dirty words slithered down Anna’s spine and rested between her legs, where she ached to be filled.

  She was about to take Drew up on his offer until she heard a low growl coming from behind him. She looked at Carter, whose eyes had completely changed now, his teeth had extended, and she suddenly felt frightened beyond belief. She didn’t want to do this. They didn’t want her in the middle of it anyway. Drew may have invited her in, but Carter’s growl had definitely stated there was no room for her in this little relationship.

  Then she heard that little voice again, but this time it wasn’t little and it was screaming through her. They only wanted her for a brood mare. They didn’t really want her to be a part of their relationship.

  Why would they want her for anything else anyway? She wasn’t anything special, too plump and plain for men like Carter and Drew, who were gorgeous beyond compare and could have any woman they wanted. Didn’t Carter say they had shared plenty of women between them before she came along? They didn’t need her for anything more than giving them babies.

  She backed up faster than she’d come in, the entire time Drew chanted, “No, come back.”

  As she reached the door, she spun around and raced out of it. As she was practically running down the hall she couldn’t miss the large bellow as Carter shouted, “No” at the top of his lungs, but she wasn’t going back there, she would not be coaxed into letting them use her and trap her here for the rest of her life.

  She ran into her bedroom, where she slammed the door and locked it, then fell on her bed, where she cried herself to sleep.

  *****

  “What the fuck just happened?” Drew yelled, as Carter pulled out of him, still painfully hard and unable to find release now.

  Carter pulled the condom off and threw it in the trash bin at the end of the couch. “I told you, she wasn’t ready.”

  Carter knew the exact moment that she had become scared. It was when he’d growled, and then she looked up to see him partially changed, ready to claim. She must have thought his growl meant something it didn’t. He’d growled in pleasure as his wolf thought it would finally be able to claim its mate, but she must have thought it was a warning to not interfere. He would have to correct that little misunderstanding very soon.

  “Maybe if you hadn’t growled at her and gone all feral, she would have stayed,” Drew accused. “She was so close I could practically taste her cream on my tongue.”

  Carter growled again, but it was in warning for Drew to stand down. Drew almost immediately bared his throat to him in submission, even though Carter could tell it wasn’t easy for him to do.

  “I’m sorry,” Drew stated, but Carter wondered if he was. “It’s just, I’m leaving tomorrow and I won’t see her for weeks. I wanted to be sure we had claimed her before I left, so I knew she’d be here when I got back.”

  Drew flopped down on the couch after he fixed his pants and Carter suddenly felt very sorry for his mate. He adjusted his clothing and sat down next to Drew, putting his arm around is shoulders and forcing him to lean on him.

  “Don’t worry. She’ll be here when you get back and she’ll be more than ready for our claiming,” Carter rubbed Drew’s shoulder as he kissed his head.

  “I hope so.” Drew sighed.

  So do I, Carter thought, so do I.

  Chapter Five

  Anna was reluctant to make an appearance for breakfast after the episode from the night before. She felt both apprehension about how Drew and Carter would treat her and regret for running away and not taking advantage of what they were offering her. Even if she was still adamant that it was because they wanted to use her and not because they actually cared for her. No one had ever cared for Anna really, and everyone she knew used her for one thing or another before they discarded her. So why would Drew and Carter be any different?

  Finally resolving herself to not hiding away in fear, she left her bedroom and went downstairs, but once she entered the kitchen and saw Carter was the only one sitting there, deep disappointment set in suddenly.

  “Where’s Drew?” She found herself ask before she could take the words back.

  Carter didn’t even turn around to look at her. “He left on his trip earlier this morning.”

  “Oh,” Anna whispered, suddenly wanting to run out of the kitchen and back to her room.

  It was apparent from the way Carter wouldn’t even look at her, that he was upset about the night before. She watched him as he just picked up his coffee cup to take a drink, then put it back down before reaching for his fork and knife again.

  He cut into his eggs and brought them to his lips, but stopped right before they disappeared into his mouth. “Anna, instead of standing in the doorway, watching me eat, why don’t you come sit and eat as well? Ella made a plate of breakfast for you and it’s still warm.”

  She heard the humor in his voice and tension seemed to release in her shoulders. Perhaps he wasn’t as angry as she thought. She walked around the table and sat across from him in front of the covered plate Ella had set out for her. She removed the metal cover over her plate and looked at the contents, while the succulent scent of bacon and sausage wafted up into her face. Ella always put too much on her plate and Anna was sure she had gained more inches since living in the house than she had in all her years combined.

  A hot cup of creamed coffee was placed in front of her and she looked up to see Carter standing over her, having been the one to serve her. His smile was warm and showed no hint of him even remembering the night before, let alone being af
fected by it. He sat back in his seat and continued to eat from his own plate in a comfortable silence, too bad Anna wasn’t as comfortable.

  She’d actually gone from being flustered and embarrassed to angry and annoyed. How dare he not be affected by what happened last night? How dare he act like it was nothing at all?

  “Anna calm down, love, it’s not so bad. Drew will be back before you know it,” Carter stated, cutting through her mental rant.

  “I know that,” Anna snapped, picking up her fork and spearing a sausage.

  Carter visibly winced at her actions, but continued to smile. “Then what’s bothering you so much you want to take it out on your innocent breakfast?”

  “Nothing’s bothering me. Why should anything be bothering me?” She retorted, and then shoveled the food into her mouth as if to end the conversation.

  Carter just chuckled, which made Anna even more annoyed, “I don’t know, Anna. Why should anything be bothering you?”

  She looked up at his knowing smile and just glared. “What you and Drew did last night was cruel and mean.”

  She should have felt triumphant at how her remark seemed to wipe the smile right off of Carter’s face and his eyes seemed to appear almost shameful, but she felt more regret instead.

  “I’m sorry, Anna,” Carter said, pushing away his plate, and then looking directly at her. “It wasn’t our intent to hurt you.”

  “Then what was your intent?” She found herself asking, even though she didn’t want to know the answer. “Because taunting me and teasing me, telling me to join you two, then growling at me until you scared me half to death doesn’t seem like hurting me wasn’t your intent.”

  Anna noticed the tick in his jaw as he took a minute to just stare at her before he answered, “I wasn’t growling to scare you away. I wanted you to join us just as badly as Drew did. However, you have to understand Anna, when you do join Drew and me; it will not be some one-night stand or some meaningless tryst. When you join us, we will claim you thoroughly, body and soul, as our mate and no one will be able to break that bond.”

  Anna shivered at the hard look Carter gave her, as well as his words. He suddenly stood up and picked up his plate, taking it to the sink, where he left it before stalking toward the kitchen door.

  He reached the entrance to the kitchen and stopped just before exiting to turn and look at her. “This isn’t a game to us, Anna. We aren’t going to use you and then toss you away. You are our mate, the missing piece to our souls. When you finally give yourself to us, we will all become whole. I know you still don’t trust us and I may not know much about your life before you came here, but I know you’re probably not used to people wanting you just for you. Drew and I do, I just hope you figure that out.”

  A million arguments flew through Anna’s head, but Carter had already left the house before she had a chance to let them slip from her lips. As she sat there staring at the door Carter had just been standing in, she realized she was glad she didn’t have an opportunity to say them because she knew she’d regret them.

  *****

  Three days had passed since Carter’s speech in the kitchen and he’d managed to avoid her the entire time, she was becoming frustrated. If he really felt the way he said, why was he avoiding her?

  She sat at the dinner table, alone, sipping a glass of wine and ignoring her now cold meal. She didn’t really feel like eating, she hadn’t since the other day. What he said continued to run through her head and each time that little voice would argue his points. As each day passed though the voice became quieter and Anna started to become lonely not having Drew around and having Carter avoid her.

  She didn’t understand anything about what was going on, but she knew that she had formed very strong feelings for both men. She didn’t want to call it love for fear she would lose her heart to them if she did. It didn’t matter that she knew she already had.

  She wondered why she held back from them. They had been good to her so far and they stated they wanted her as their mate, which meant they wouldn’t shove her away once they had heirs. So why was she holding back? It was a better hand than life had dealt her so far, two rich, sexy, strong, and powerful men wanting her. So what was the problem? Well, for one, neither man was anywhere to be found.

  Just then Carter strolled into the room looking sexier than ever, or maybe that was the wine talking. He managed a small smile for her as he took a seat at the head of the table and Ella came in to serve him dinner, but he wouldn’t meet her eyes and Anna wondered if she had completely messed up this time.

  After a few tense moments, Ella left them and Carter began to eat, while Anna pushed her food around her plate and sipped more wine.

  “I don’t think it will do any good to keep stabbing it, love, it’s already dead.” Carter said, bringing her attention to the fact that she had been skewering her chicken continuously.

  Anna felt her cheeks flush and she reached for her wine glass again in order to cover up her embarrassment, but she still could hear Carter chuckling at her.

  “How have you been, Anna?” He stated so casually, as if he hadn’t been avoiding her the last few days.

  “Fine, thank you,” she choked out, not really wanting to talk to him at all, because she was just simmering from being ignored.

  He seemed to have noticed this because his next words were in apology. “I’m sorry that I haven’t been available to you in the last few days, Anna.”

  She looked at him with this declaration and saw the genuine remorse written all over his face.

  “I didn’t want to leave it like I had the other morning, but a lot of issues with the situation about the Rogues came up and I couldn’t seem to tear myself away to be able to get a moment to apologize for my harsh behavior.” He looked down at his plate, sorrowfully.

  “Is Drew okay?” Sudden panic clawed at Anna for her other mate. Other mate? When had that happened?

  Carter looked back up at her suddenly. “Oh yes, he’s fine, nothing like that, just having reports of them attacking smaller Packs in the area and throughout the Atlantic coastline.”

  “Oh my,” Anna gasped, feeling relieved that Drew was fine and sympathetic toward the other Packs. “I hope they haven’t harmed anyone.”

  Carter sighed, “Unfortunately, they have killed quite a few other wolves and left many others without homes.”

  Anna felt tears well up in her eyes as she listened to Carter relay the bad news to her. “Is there something we can do to help them? Couldn’t you offer to let them stay with your Pack in the compound?”

  Carter smiled warmly at her and reached for her hand, grasping it in his very warm hand. “Anna, you have a very big heart. Actually, we have offered to take in some of the families left from Packs that were closer to us, but we have very limited space as it is and expanding would infringe on other Pack’s borders.”

  “Oh,” Anna sighed. “Well at least you can help some of them.”

  Anna was suddenly acutely aware of the electricity that slithered up her arm from the hand Carter held, but she found she enjoyed the feeling a bit too much to pull away. The room grew quiet as they both just stared into each other’s eyes, searching for something.

  Carter was the first to pull his hand away and break the silence. “Hey, why don’t we go into the parlor tonight and play a bit of pool to get our minds off of everything?”

  “Umm, I’ve never played pool before,” Anna felt the heat creeping into her face with her admission.

  Carter looked at her as if she had grown two heads, then suddenly jumped from his seat and dragged her with him. “Well, it’s time I teach you then, isn’t it?”

  *****

  Carter looked over at his sweet, little, innocent mate as she chewed on her bottom lip and concentrated on the pool table as if it were the biggest puzzle she had ever seen. He had a strong need to pull that abused piece of flesh away from her teeth with his lips then suck and lick the sting away.

  Gods, he was so in love with
this woman and it didn’t matter that she was human, everything was so perfect about her. When she’d said she’d never played pool before his mind automatically turned to her ever-present virginity and he thought he should act quickly to avoid any other thoughts on the subject. As it was right at the moment, his groin was aching and he had the worst blue balls he ever remembered having in his over 250 years of living. With Drew not being home, he couldn’t really find relief with him, not that he could when he was home for the time being, and his hand was not doing anything for him.

  He made his shot and watched the cue ball bounce off the sidewall, missing his ball completely. His game was apparently off tonight. Not that it mattered, considering Anna hadn’t made one ball in and had mainly scratched through the entire game. She huffed out while she tried to line her pool stick up with the cue ball and made her shot, and scratched again.

  “I don’t like this game,” she stated and Carter couldn’t help but chuckle at the pout on her face.

  “Oh, come on, it’s not all that bad,” he said as he rounded the table and lined his stick up to take his shot. Luckily, this time he hit his ball and it went in the corner pocket.

  “Carter?” Anna queried as he lined up for his next shot.

  “Hmmm?”

  “How many women have you been with?” Carter’s stick hit the side of the cue ball, which twirled a few inches along the table and hit nothing.

  “What?” He said, trying to recover from her question.

  Her cheeks tinted pink but she repeated the question, “How many women have you been with? I mean, how many women have you and Drew shared?”