Page 16 of Happily Undead in Dark River

Naked as the day he was born and grinning like a fool. I couldn’t help but grin back. “Did you see? I was a huge damn snake! I can’t even describe what it’s like, Mika. But I can see, kind of. Different kinds of senses but better than I can as a human. I can only shift into one form though. The Elders think it is because I’m only part shapeshifter. Or that I may only be a two-natured shifter.”

“Two-natured?”

It was Brody who answered. “Shifters who only have one form. Like werewolves or lion shifters. We shapeshifters slip between forms like changing a suit, but the two-natured possess the souls of both an animal form and a human form.”

I wrapped my arms around Tex’s waist, hugging him tightly. I can only imagine what it would have been like to see something, anything, after a lifetime of darkness. His long lean body was heavily tattooed, and my eyes once again fell on the snake on his neck. His first ever tattoo. Had he known subconsciously that he was some kind of snake shifter?

It was too much of a coincidence not to be true. “So Tex isn’t really a shapeshifter like you? He’s a two-natured shifter with a whole other soul or something? Is he still protected by the Pack?”

Tex’s arms tightened around my waist, and Brody came over to kiss my head. “Of course he is. I doubt the vampires make the distinction. Maybe the Vampire Nation as they have to deal with the ruling bodies of the world’s other supernaturals. But your town Council? He’s mine now. Shifter or shape changer, makes no difference to us. He is family. He is Pack.”

God, I loved this man. I leaned back and kissed him gently, hoping the small caress expressed my big emotions.

“Do you think Lover Boy could put away his one-eyed snakelet now? I like you, Red, but I don’t want to stare at some other bloke’s naked ass all night.”

I ran my hand down Tex’s spine and over the globes of his ass. I happened to like his naked ass, and I was getting hungry.

“Rainey Day, you gotta stop giving him that look, otherwise I’m going to take you both into the other room and fuck you senseless.”

X blushed, throwing his hands up in the air. “I’m out. I’m going to sear cow with the Good Sheriff.”

He stomped out of the room, but not before I noticed a suspicious bulge in his jeans. Did he like the idea of Judge fucking me and Tex? He said he didn’t swing that way, but I wondered if he wasn’t a little bit of a voyeur. Boy, did that just make me even wetter.

Brody groaned, spinning me out of Tex’s arms. He kissed me hard, a branding sort of kiss that promised he was going to fuck me in the most primal, earthy way he could. I kissed him back and moaned as his hands slid up my skirt to my underwear. He slipped a finger inside the elastic and moaned against my mouth. “You smell so fucking good right now. I just want to say to hell with dinner and eat you right here on your dining table. I don’t think I am the only one either.” He removed his fingers without as so much as stroking my aching pussy. I pouted. “We decided no group sex for now outside of your little Thruple with Tex and Judge. Not until you know where you stand with Walker. Also, whatever is going on with you and the blushing Brit.”

I pulled away and crossed my arms over my chest. “You guys decided, huh? What about what I want? What if I wanted to fuck all five of you while rolling in a pile of potato crisps and chocolate cake?”

Brody laughed. “I’d say that was a weirdly specific fantasy and start baking a really fucking big cake.” He pulled me back into his arms, and I looked past him at Tex and Judge, who were both tense. Always sending Brody in with the touchy news. “It’s not forever. We can live out your orgy Sploshing fantasies one day soon, I promise. But until Walker makes his move, we don’t want to invite any jealousy into this alternative little scenario we have going on. Because we are happy, Raine. Even Walker. No one minds sharing you, because when you are happy you are the most beautiful creature walking the planet. In a way, you’ve created your own Pack here and sometimes that means withholding your own desires for the emotional wellbeing of the group.”

Dammit, I was going to cry. It's hard to pout and be angry when he’s just so fucking sweet and sincere. This is why they always sent Brody with the bad news. “Fine. But you two,” I pointed at Tex and Judge, “are in so much trouble tonight. Eat three steaks. You are going to need your energy.”

They both visibly relaxed and Tex laughed. “Do you wanna have sex on top of those steaks too? Because I have to admit, I am down for that.”

I sashayed over, leaning in close to his ear. “Maybe,” I whispered huskily. Then I bit his earlobe just this side of a little too hard and walked out onto the back deck.

We atesteaks and salad outside, drinking glassful after glassful of Judge’s moonshine. And boy, was it powerful. Vampires couldn’t get intoxicated off normal liquor but after a shot, both Brody and Tex were drunk off their asses. After two I was tipsy. After three I was standing on the handrail around the back porch, dancing to Bad Guy by Billie Eilish. Apparently, I was a lightweight even as a vampire.

I jumped down and pulled Tex to his feet. “Dance with me Tex,” I purred, and he happily obliged. It wasn’t really a song made for dancing; it was a song made for fucking. But we tried our best to do both, even though we were both swaying.

He pulled me close to his long, lean body, turning our drunken swaying into some kind of dance. The feel of his heat along my body made my blood sing, the predator in me getting hungrier and hornier as the song went on. I stood on my toes and licked the snake tattoo on the side of his neck, making us both groan.

He held me tighter to his body. “Do it, Raine.”

He didn’t have to ask me twice. I ran my hands under his shirt, tugging it off until I could see his tattooed torso. Fuck, he was beautiful. Like a long, lithe work of art. Tex’s hands ran up and down my spine, keeping me close. I licked his nipple, making him hiss out a moan, then moved a fraction higher and slid my fangs into his chest. I suctioned my mouth over the spot and dragged hard. I wasn’t worried about exsanguinating him from this spot, and I moaned loudly as his blood began to flow through my veins. Oh fuck. It had only been a couple of days, but it felt like decades. Heat flooded my pussy as the pleasure of his blood began to settle over my skin. It was even more potent today, the alcohol in his system doubling down on mine until I was lightheaded.

I could feel the hard press of his dick in my stomach and I rolled my body against him. He threw his head back, and the sound of his pleasure had me reaching inside his jeans. I wanted to make him purr out that noise and know it was because of me. Because of the pleasure I was giving him. Because I was fucking powerful and I loved this man. I pushed him back against the rail of the deck, and his hands went out to steady himself. I tugged out his cock and it was hot and smooth in my hand, precum already glistening on the tip. I wanted to reach down and lick it, but I wanted to taste his blood more. I stroked his dick firmly, just the pressure he liked it. I knew what he wanted now. Knew what they all wanted. I felt like a wanton goddess, but just for them.

“Fuck, Raine,” he groaned in a pained whisper. “I want to bury my dick in you so bad right now, Mate.”

I made a happy humming noise but didn’t release my grip on his dick or his chest. I stroked faster, harder, our bodies were so close that it was hard to move my hand between us. I sucked as fast as my hand moved until Tex was gasping.

“I’m going to cum,” he groaned, and I reached down and gripped his balls with my other hand, squeezing until he roared. I pulled away so I could see his face as he spurted cum all over his abs, the blood from my bite on his chest running down to create a mixture of bodily fluids on his upper abs. It was the most beautiful fucking thing I’d ever seen. I was beginning to see two of Tex though, swaying on my feet.

I could scent Judge as soon as he crowded behind us both. “Bed. Now.”

I spun around, kissing him with the taste of Tex’s blood still on my lips. I was smiling so wide I thought I would crack my face. “I’ll just say goodnight,” I whispered.

I raced over to Brody, kissing him hard. “Fuck you are the sexiest woman I’ve ever met, Red. Go have fun, but you and I are long overdue and I’m coming to collect,” he growled in his sexy Alpha voice that sent shivers along my skin.

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