Page 105 of Forged Bonds

Nolan’s eyes widened, his fingers coming up to the top button on his shirt and undoing it as if to give him more room to breathe. He stepped over hesitantly, hissing when I wrapped a hand around his throat but not fighting back.

“Next time you get any information about anyone I care about, no matter how small, you come right to me. Do you understand?”

His green eyes darkened and his scent got heavier before he nodded. “Fully understood.”

“Perfect. Now, do whatever it is that you wanted to do when you gave me that fucking look.”

For a second, he showed his surprise, and then he had his hand around my throat. He let me hold his throat in return, but we were both aware my grip was insignificant. I could barely harm him. Him, on the other hand? That hand on my throat could crush my windpipe and I was soaking wet at the thought of him being a little rough on me.

Not ‘crush my windpipe’ rough, obviously. Unlike most other supernatural beings, I wouldn’t recover from an injury of that magnitude.

After a moment, Nolan began to release me and I moaned softly, shaking my head. “No. I need this,” I said, squeezing his throat for a second before releasing him. “Please?”

The ‘please’ threw him, his surprise showing as he looked over my shoulder at Ozzy. They worked as a seamless team, somehow, despite how little time they’d known each other. I envied it. I had to try immensely hard to not steamroll people.

I was getting better. Slowly.

Oswald came up behind me, his arms wrapping around my torso and cupping my breasts. Nolan stepped closer, so I was pressed between the two men. “Are you sure?” Nolan asked, our noses brushing.

Nodding shakily, I took a deep breath. “Yeah. I need to feel something else. Just for a moment. A pick-me-up before we go back to brainstorming and worrying. I want to be close to the mates I can be close to and remind myself of what I need to keep safe so I don’t go off the rails trying to get Cas and Shan back.”

“I’m not—” Nolan started.

I cut him off. “Shut the fuck up about that right now. You would be my mate officially if you let me bite you.”

His freckled cheeks went pink and his grip loosened on my neck. “Then bite me.”

I blinked at him. “Really?”

“If you want to, you can do it. I didn’t want you to before because I worried you would never want to refresh the bite, and I would be left pining after you forever. But the thought of Kylan taking you and never having been bonded in the first place? It makes me sick to my stomach.”

Insecure Nolan was a special kind of cute, and I wanted to ask who had hurt him in the past so I could go kick their ass. I didn’t, mainly because I had enough ass to kick as it was.

Surging forward, I groaned as it forced his hand tighter against my throat. Our lips met and he melted beneath me for a second, before taking control of the kiss. His tongue explored my mouth, his hard cock pressing to my stomach as Oswald’s rubbed against my back. He didn’t let me pull back until he was ready to release me.

When he did, I drew in deep breaths and groaned, rubbing myself back against Oswald. “You’re delusional if you think I won’t be claiming you almost every fucking day.” I stared at the mark on his neck Ozzy had left. My mark would look perfect just below it.

“They don’t fade that fast,” Nolan said.

“You’ll be covered in me. I love it.”

Ozzy chuckled, grabbing the hem of my shirt and pulling it over my head. It left me bare from the waist up, the crisply cooled air tickling my breasts. Nolan’s gaze ravenously scraped over me, but he didn’t touch. All he did was watch as Ozzy used his fingers to play with my nipples, my back arching and slick flooding between my thighs. The scent of our arousal was heavy and I hoped we weren’t making Emmett too uncomfortable.

A glance to the other side of the room confirmed he was humming along to something through his headphones. Hopefully they were enough to muffle our sounds for his advanced hearing.

I grew impatient with Oswald’s gentle touches quickly, turning around and shoving his chest until he sat down on the couch. Then I sat on his lap, grinding down against the bulge and kissing him. His scent surrounded and comforted me, our bond opening enough I felt Nolan through it. Soon, I’d be able to feel Nolan without using Ozzy to connect me.

The other vampire didn’t come to me as fast as I wanted, hovering in the background and watching until I leaned back and grabbed his hand.

“Killer, I’m going to need you to come here so I can touch you.”

He let out a little growl, letting me drag him close.

Nolan kept his hands to himself as I fumbled with the zipper of his cargo shorts, and I had them undone when I abruptly stopped. Ozzy’s hands had been exploring me the whole time, his lips dipping down to take a nipple into his mouth. “If you’re not going to touch me, this is no fun whatsoever.”

“I was letting you lead.”

“Stop it. I want you to do whatever you thought about while you were grabbing me by the throat.”

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