Page 33 of Catnip

“Still, you came, and I’ll keep my word.” She glanced towards Richard. “This place should belong to all of us. The whole history of the world, from the shifter point of view, is recorded in our library - I don’t think anyone else has a full account likethat.”

“I beg to differ,” Knox pipedin.

Her brother nodded slowly. “Whatever you say. This place gives me the creepsanyway.”

The Alphas didn’t seem reassured. Finally, onespoke.

“This isn’t normal. I’ve heard your family trained well, but it should have taken an entire flock to tear them apart like that. You… there’s a reason why you guys were the head of ourkind.”

There was. Not one that she was willing to say out loud, though. She held the Alpha’s gaze without saying a word, until he lookedaway.

“Dale can become a public place if you want,” he said. “But the Ryder flock will still honor its pledge to yourhouse.”

Ava was taken aback, but instead of seeming all awkward, like Coveney thought she might, she inclined her head at the same time as her brother, accepting itgracefully.

Each Alpha swore the same oath that day, as Ace and Rye carefully watched from a distance. Coveney stayed at Ava’s side, feeling like a queen’s consort. There were worse things. Especially since, while she may have the upper hand in practically every other aspect, there was still one place where he was ontop.

“Please!”she yelled, shamelessly begging at the top of hervoice.

He wasn’t having any of it, keeping her knees wide open and suckling on her folds, making her tremble and try her best to move. With her hands tied to the head of their bed, and her legs pinned in place, she had her work cut out forher.

“Please what,beautiful?”

He smirked as she glared at him. Shrugging, he just carried on teasing her pussy, stopping each time the pace of her breathing got faster, each time she started to reach theedge.

“You’re going to have to spell it out. It’s not like I can guess what you want me to do, can Inow?”

The woman cursed him in a bunch of languages he didn’t recognize; he was pretty sure he got the gist of it, though. It was killing her. She was just too polite and well-bred to talk dirty, which made it imperative that he had to hear her doit.

Plus, she totally deserved it for making him worry forhours.

Eventually, she caved, screaming, “Please let me fucking come!” and who was he to deny hismate?

Flipping her to her hands and knees, he entered her painfully slowly from behind, relishing the feeling of her aroundhim.

Damn, that ass. One glance at it, and he was pounding like his life depended on it; for all he knew, it just might. She met his hips, taking him hard and fast. The sound of their breathing, and the slap of his legs and balls hitting her, surrounded them until they fell off the edgetogether.

“Coveney?”

“Mh?”

“You do know my brother’s room’s next door,right?”

He laughed nervously. “Ah, hell. At least my last night on earth was pleasant.” She chuckled against hischest.

“Coveney?”

“Hm?”

“You know, that thing you said before, inRome…”

Ah, shit. He knew she was going to bring it up eventually. He kissed her perky little nose and told her, “Don’t worry. I’m aware it’s completely insane to feel that way after… five days, was it? You don’t have to say itback.”

“I know I don’t have to,” Ava said. Then she left it at that. For so long he’d actually started breathing again when she added, “But I still love you,too.”

Epilogue

Meanwhile, Christine…

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