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  “I invited a mortal friend to help you learn how to feed both bodily and psychically.” He waved one hand toward Matt, releasing her slowly. “He is were. You might note the difference in his scent from ordinary mortals. He’ll make an excellent first feeding for you to grow strong and he’s agreed to let us use him as our guinea pig for this evening. It’s a rare honor. You should be thankful.”

  Christy looked at the gorgeous, muscular man who sat on the edge of her bed and began stroking her legs. “Um, thank you?”

  She didn’t know what to think. On the one hand, she’d never slept around. On the other, she’d never been this horny in her life. It had to do with whatever Sebastian had done to save her life. She felt different in startling ways. Liquid fire raced through her veins and straight to her womb, making her yearn in a way she never had before.

  Cunning topaz eyes smiled up at her. “You’re very welcome, sweet thing. It’s been a long time since I had vampire pussy.” He licked his lips, daring to smack them at her. She liked the sparkle in his gaze and could tell right away this handsome stranger was a bit of a tease. He drew her, but at the same time she was afraid of her own response. She didn’t know this man. Was Sebastian going to sit by and let him touch her—perhaps even take herjust like that?

  “Sebastian?” Her voice rose along with her distress.

  Reassuring hands stroked her back, helping her sit up. “Don’t fear anything that will happen here this night. A vampire’s first feeding is one of the most important of her existence. That Matt has agreed to let you feed from him tonight is no small thing. A portion of his inherent cunning, agility, and strength will forever be passed on to you. Like I said, it’s a great honor.”

  “But is he going to um…” She felt heat stain her cheeks as she stumbled over the question. She took a deep breath and tried again. “Will he want to have sex with me?”

  Matt shifted to sit between her legs. “I’m going to fuck your brains out, sweetheart, and eat this pretty pussy ’til you come in my mouth.”

  “Sebastian!” The objection came out on a shocked gasp.

  To be honest, though, she had to admit the new hunger wasn’t only for the blood she could actually hear coursing through this strange, savage man’s veins. He was handsome and muscular in a way she’d never seen in person. His golden hair practically invited her fingers to run through it, and he had the most gorgeous, bright, inquisitive eyes.

  “It’s all right, Christina.” Sebastian’s hypnotic voice soothed her. “It’s only fair that Matt gain something from giving you his blood. By lapping your fluids, he will temporarily attain some of our healing and regenerative abilities to augment his own. It’s a fair exchange.”

  “Who is he?” She was upset both at Sebastian’s cavalier attitude and his assumptions about her willingness to sleep with a complete stranger. But even more upsetting was her body’s response. She wanted to know how that muscular body would feel over her—inside her—fucking her. The thought was deliciously forbidden and altogether shocking. She shook her head, but clarity refused to come. So she appealed to Sebastian—her lifeline in this world gone wild. “How do you expect me to be intimate with someone I don’t even know? That may be normal for you, but it’s not for me. Not by a long shot!”

  “Sorry, ma’am.” Matt grinned and held out one hand for her to shake, still sitting between her thighs. “I’m Matt Redstone. Like Sebastian said, I’m were, and the youngest brother of the Redstone Clan Alpha.”

  She shook his hand as if in a trance. This was probably the strangest situation she’d ever been in. Bar none.

  “What is were? What does that mean?”

  Matt Redstone shot an amused look up at Sebastian. “She doesn’t know anything yet, does she?”

  Sebastian shrugged. “She didn’t know about us until she woke after being turned. She’s got a lot to learn.”

  “Stop talking about me as if I’m not here,” she snapped, annoyed by their tone.

  That earned her a little slap on her pussy from Matt. She yelped in surprise, but it felt so startlingly good, her fangs dropped even further. She began to understand there was some correlation between her new fangs and her level of sexual excitement. If having two sexy men like these staring with palpable hunger at your bare body didn’t flip your switch, she didn’t know what would.

  “To answer your question, I’m a werecougar.” She had no clue what he was talking about and it must’ve shown on her face. “You’ve heard of werewolves, right?”

  She heard the words, but their meaning seemed preposterous. “You’re not trying to tell me you turn into a hairy beast every full moon, are you?”

  “Not at all. I can change at will, full moon or no. And I turn into a cougar. We have very soft pelts, if I do say so myself.”

  He didn’t look like a lunatic. And Sebastian seemed to take his words in stride. Then again, Sebastian was an honest-to-goodness vampire! So maybe there were werewolves in the world too. Both men seemed to believe it.

  “There are other shapeshifter tribes,” Matt went on, “that share their souls with different animals. Sebastian has a few friends among them, so you may meet one now and again, though historically the were usually don’t have much to do with your kind. Just like humans, there are few of your kind we trust, but I’ve known Sebastian a while. He’s okay.”

  “Glad you think so, cub.” Sebastian chuckled, though his eyes followed every movement of Matt’s roving fingers playing through the neatly trimmed curls covering her mound.

  Christy was glad she’d groomed shortly before Jeff had gone nuts on her. She liked to keep herself tidy, with a little thatch of curls at the top of her thighs. She liked the way it looked and felt, and if she was any judge, the werecougar sitting between her legs liked it too. She could smell his arousal. When she inhaled noticeably, Sebastian smiled.

  “You are learning his scent differences already, aren’t you? Can you differentiate the subtleties? Can you smell your excitement separate from his…and mine? Concentrate, little one. Work out the scent trails in your head. Learning to control and use your newly enhanced senses will help you in the future. Eventually, you’ll be able to actually smell a lie, with practice. If nothing else, learning the scent differences of were will help you know when you’re in the presence of one of Matt’s brethren. They’re not always easy to spot, since they blend among humans so well, but their subtle scent differences are unmistakable.”

  She was fascinated as the wafting fragrances filtered through her nose. It felt like she’d never really smelled anything before and only now, her senses were coming to life. She tried to listen to Sebastian’s rich voice as he coached her, but it was hard to focus as Matt’s shaggy head lowered and his long tongue darted out to lick her clit. Her thighs widened even further, seemingly of their own accord. She had never felt sensations like this. Matt’s skilled tongue rasped along her folds, driving her so high, she felt as if she might take flight. And she wanted more.

  “Concentrate now, cara mia,” Sebastian whispered, nuzzling at her neck. “Listen to the pulse of his blood, the way it flows through his veins. He’s got a healthy circulatory system. All were do. Sometimes that alone can identify them as were and not human to my ears. Do you hear it?”

  She thought she understood. If she listened closely, her ears were telling her things they never had before. She could hear the swish of Matt’s blood, so different from the gentle gurgle of Sebastian’s. She could almost taste the wild scent of Matt’s skin, subtle and musky, and altogether inflammatory, so different from Sebastian’s enticing male fragrance. If she had to give it a name, she’d say Matt smelled like carnal lust while Sebastian was outright sin.

  And she wanted them both. She shocked herself with the thought and with the knowledge that she could have them both. Tonight.

  She had fantasized about such things, but her sex life up ’til now had been rather tame. A late bloomer, she hadn’t experimented much in college and married soon after gradua
ting. Things had been good with Jeff at first, though he wasn’t very inventive in bed. That had been a disappointment, but one she was willing to live with when she still believed the marriage could be saved. Then the real troubles had begun with Jeff, and they’d stopped having sex altogether over a year ago.

  But Jeff was in jail for the moment, and she was…well, she was different. Just how different, she had yet to discover, but she was going to enjoy this freedom from reality while she could. Soon enough she’d have to deal with the fallout of her life and her embattled marriage.

  She could never go back to Jeff. It was the one bright thing in this whole sorry mess. Well, that and Sebastian. If she were being honest with herself, she’d admit Sebastian had captivated her from the moment she’d first seen him at Lissa’s wedding. He was so tall, dark and mysterious. What woman wouldn’t dream of him?

  And she had. Night after night, she’d dreamed of Sebastian and the pleasure he would bring her, but he always disappeared with the morning light, haunting her dreams but abandoning her days.

  “Sebastian!” She cried out his name as she neared a peak, Matt’s tongue seeming to drive right up into her. She clutched at Sebastian’s shoulders, dragging him downward.

  His lips found hers, his fangs bumping against hers but not breaking the skin. His tongue swept inside her mouth, stabbing in and out much like Matt’s did below. She screamed deep in her throat as she came and Sebastian swallowed the primal sound as Matt swallowed every last slick drop of her climax.

  As the lethargy of climax filled her, she felt herself being lifted and turned, to lie atop Matt’s muscular body. She let her hands roam over his biceps and pecs, amazed at the solid build of the man. She’d never touched a man who was built like this.

  “You must work out.”

  Matt grinned. “My brothers and I own a construction company. I still work with the crews now and again, but running in the woods will keep a body just as fit.”

  “I can’t even imagine.” She smiled down at him as he lay beneath her, his hands stroking up her torso to fondle her breasts.

  “It’s like nothing in the world. But as you age, you might learn to shift. Many of your kind can do it, and you won’t be limited to one form. You might be able to fly, sweet thing. I can see you as a graceful little owl, prowling the night. You’d be gorgeous.”

  She blushed as he played with her nipples. The idea of flying made her think of Sebastian and she looked around to discover where he’d gone. She liked Matt, but she didn’t want to be left alone with him. She needed Sebastian near. He was her comfort, her guide and her…well, she didn’t quite know what he was, but he was important. She didn’t think she could do this without him.

  She knew they expected her to bite Matt and drink his blood, but the idea gave her the willies. Sure, she felt the hunger and her fangs were nice and long now, but she had no real desire to bite this man. For one thing, she didn’t want to hurt him, and for another, she didn’t quite know how to go about biting anyone.

  Her fears calmed somewhat when she found Sebastian leaning against the wall at the side of the bed. He had a front row view of their naked bodies as she draped herself over Matt. Sebastian’s eyes glowed red and the way he looked at her body made her unbearably hot.

  “What now?” She asked Sebastian, but Matt answered.

  “Now I get to fuck your sweet pussy.” He moved upward, supporting her hips exactly where he wanted them and found her center with his hard cock. He was built big and very solid, and when he pushed her hips down gently, she took him inside with a bit of caution. “Work it down slow and easy, sweetheart. Take me all the way.”

  This whole experience was moving too fast, but she couldn’t stop it. She wanted this, no matter how much it shocked her human sensibilities. There was another side to her now, an earthier side pushing her to take him and mark him, bite him and drink him down. She didn’t understand the force driving her, but she was powerless against it.

  Christy took Matt by degrees, pulsing to spread her lubrication on his hardness, wanting him inside her in a way she hadn’t wanted a man in years, if ever. She’d never wanted Jeff this badly. Certainly not after he’d begun to get irrational. Even before, their sex life had never been this hot. Nothing could compare with this in her admittedly limited experience.

  Sebastian’s gaze followed all and made her belly clench as she took another man right in front of him. It was wicked and deliciously exciting. She’d never known she had exhibitionist tendencies, but this experience showed her all kinds of new things about herself and her shocking desires. She felt energy coming from Matt in a way she couldn’t explain if asked, but she felt it washing over her, warming her and giving her strength. Her eyes met Sebastian’s and he nodded as if in approval.

  “You feel it too?” she gasped.

  “It is what sustains us, Christina. The energy of life.” Sebastian’s voice drifted across her senses, an additional caress.

  She didn’t fully understand his words, but now was not the time to ask questions. Matt demanded her attention, sliding home with a definitive shove. Seated fully, she let him steer. Matt was stronger than any man she’d ever known and he seemed content to thrust up into her while she concentrated on just how to go about biting him. Sebastian prowled near, his gaze burning as he watched Matt fuck her. With elegant hands, he positioned Matt’s head and moved his shaggy hair out of the way.

  “Use your tongue to find the pulse.” His fingers traced the beating pulse she could easily see on the big man’s corded neck. No wonder Sebastian had enlisted him for her first meal. He was probably easier to feed from than a regular person. “Lick the site where you will bite. Your saliva will act as an anesthetic and sanitizer, to both deaden the area and protect him against infection from the incisions. You can also use your mind to lessen the pain of the bite, though that skill will strengthen in time.”

  “I don’t want to hurt him.” She panted as Matt stroked inside long and hard. She was so close.

  “I will help you this time, little one. I will cloud the pain from his mind while you find your way. Lick him,” Sebastian coached. “Take your time and find the sweet spot.”

  She leaned in and followed Sebastian’s instructions. After a quick search with her lips she felt the one place where his pulse was nearest the skin and thought she knew what Sebastian was talking about. She licked Matt’s salty skin, loving the taste, and was gratified to hear him groan. It didn’t sound like he was in pain at all. On the contrary, she could feel his excitement and his passion, and she instinctively tugged at it with her mind, surprised when she felt his passion climb higher, as did hers. She was feeling everything this beautiful man under her was feeling and it energized her.

  “You are already feeding off his psi energies. Good. Now, you must complete the bond with blood.” Sebastian cradled the back of her head while she found the spot with her tongue and then positioned her newly sharpened teeth. “Do it now, Christina.”

  Sebastian’s soft urging spurred her on, while Matt’s thrusting pushed her passion to a level she had never before experienced. She bit down.

  Her mouth flooded with a sweet, coppery, wild flavor and she wanted more. Matt’s blood trickled into her mouth as she lapped at his salty skin. She sucked at the small incisions she’d made with her new fangs so as not to lose a single drop of the rare vintage. She was as gentle as she could be, not wanting to hurt this beautiful man who was giving her his life’s blood, his strength, his passion and his lust.

  She swallowed once, twice, three times before she exploded into the most intense orgasm of her life. Matt shot into her in hot jets as she collapsed against him, her head buried in his neck, licking at the small wounds she’d made.

  Sebastian gave her a moment to calm before he moved. He lifted her head away to inspect his friend’s neck. She was a neat eater, but too prim. She’d barely sipped and she needed more for her first real feeding. Plus, she’d been so overwhelmed, she’d neglected to prope
rly seal the wounds, but that would come with practice. For now, he would help her.

  Sebastian leaned in and used a slight brush of his healing energy to close and heal the tiny wounds. By morning they would be gone. Matt met his eyes as he pulled back, Christina still cradled to his chest.

  “She’s special, isn’t she?”

  Sebastian tilted his head. “You could say that.”

  “She didn’t feed properly. She barely took a sample.”

  “I know.” Sebastian quirked a smile at his friend. “I don’t suppose you’ll object to hanging around a bit longer?”

  “Are you kidding?” Matt ran his hands down Christina’s lithe body. He was still inside her, though he was spent for the moment. “She’s a sweet fuck. I don’t mind having more of her.”

  She stirred on his chest, sitting up. “Keep talking about me like that and you won’t get any more.”

  “Whoa, truce, babe. I meant it in the most complimentary manner. You’re incredible, Christy. Truly.”

  Her eyes flashed with humor. “I suppose I’ll forgive you this time. If you’ll just make me come like that again.” Matt answered her teasing by tweaking one of her rosy nipples.

  Sebastian grasped the other and tugged in tandem with Matt. He leaned in to kiss her, sweeping his tongue into her mouth. He loved the taste of her and the tang of Matt’s shifter blood flavoring her mouth made the kiss even more exotic. He lapped at her mouth while she squirmed on Matt’s cock. Knowing the other man was still inside her made the kiss even hotter.

  Sebastian was feeding off their energies. It would probably be all he got this night, but if the next round was anything like the first, it would be more than enough to sustain him. Matt fucked her, already up for more, but Sebastian was directing this little show and he had a different treat in mind.

  “Get off him and turn around,” he ordered as he drew back. “I’m going to show you an alternate feeding site.”