Chapter Thirty-Eight

“I claimed her,” Stolas said, bringing his hand up to wipe the blood from his lips. He could feel the anger radiating off Candy, see it in her eyes.

“We didn’t consent to that.” Her voice was a low growl, and Stolas knew that he needed to tread carefully.

“Candy, she’ll need to bear both of our claims.”

Annie tucked her shoulders in, trying to make herself as small as possible. She wished she could easily slip from between the two of them to let them have their fight without being in the middle of it. She hated that they were arguing like she wasn’t in between them, like Stolas hadn’t just claimed her.

She could understand what Candy was saying. Having sex with the demon was one thing. It was a thing that they had agreed to, claiming hadn’t been something that had discussed. Neither of them had that on their mind, at least not yet.

Here they were. She could feel the rage pouring through the bond from Candy and she didn’t know how to respond. When Beau was like this, she knew she was likely to become his verbal punching bag, so she stayed quiet. She didn’t know how to tell Candy that it felt right just as the marks she bore on the other side of her neck. Like she had been meant to be claimed by both of them.

She could feel Stolas, like a calm, smooth lake in the moonlight. Steady and undisturbed, it made her relax and she caught herself before she relaxed her body against him. Annie didn’t want to upset Candy anymore than she already was.

“Can’t you feel it?” Stolas asked as he ran his hand over Annie’s hip up to her belly. “Doesn’t the heat spread over your skin like it does mine?”

Candy glared at him and rolled off the bed to pace the small space in front of the bed. Her feet padding on the floor.

“Don’t you feel it calling to you, even now?” He asked as Annie moved away from him to lay on her back and pull the blanket over herself. She wasn’t nearly as comfortable in her nakedness as her mates were.

Annie wanted to bask in the glow of this feeling, of being connected to her two lovers. She had a feeling that Stolas might know what she was.

“What is it?” Annie asked and Stolas moved closer to her.

“You mean, you don’t know?” He asked before glancing from her to Candy.

“No, we know she isn’t human. When I claimed her before, if she were human it would have hurt the babies.” Candy said, her eyes flashing at the demon. She was still dealing with the loss of control. Still upset with herself that she could have hurt her mate and the babes in her belly.

“All that did when you claimed her and she claimed you was make them stronger. It made her stronger.” Stolas said as he grabbed Annie’s hand, brushing his thumb over her knuckles.

“How?”

“You’re a succubus, I’m guessing that Abby is too.” Stolas answered.

“What?” Candy asked as she stopped her pacing, placing her hands on her hips.

“A succubus.” Stolas repeated, “You’ll have noticed she looks better now than when she arrived, you’ve been feeding her.”

Annie pulled her hand away from Stolas’ and brought her hands up to her face, unsure of what to say. She had felt better since she had been here. At first she had thought it was just being away from Beau and how Candy had made her feel. She scrubbed her hands over her face, trying to hold back her tears.

“So you’re saying that I’ve been feeding on Candy when we-”

“Yes, have you noticed the babies are more active than they were before?” Stolas asked, pulling her hands away from her face, his thumbs brushing over her wrists.

“They have been,” Annie nodded.

“This is a good thing, that means they’re thriving.” Stolas smiled, brushing his thumb over her cheek.

“She still didn’t give you consent to claim her.” Annie said, sitting on the other side of Annie.

“My apologizes,” Stolas said, “I lost control for a bit.”

“Maybe we should tie you down next time?” Candy smirked. The pulse of desire her shot through her at the words and she raised an eyebrow at Annie. Knowing that the arousal had come from her mate.

“I wouldn’t be opposed to that.” Stolas said, tucking his tongue behind his teeth as his cock twitched. The idea of being tied down while they took their pleasure from him had his body thrumming with need.

Annie worried her lower lip, as heat moved over her skin. She had a feeling that she’d be researching and talking to Annie later. Right now the idea of Stolas bound down was one that she wanted to explore. Her heart raced and she bit her lips, trying to get her libido under control.

“Do you have straps?” Annie asked as she looked over at Candy. Her cheeks heated up.

“I’ve got cuffs, I um, my bed is already set up for some lit bondage. Do you like that idea?” She asked as she reached over to her nightstand.

“I mean, if it’s okay and we all agree too it.”

“I very much agree to it.” Stolas said, his eyes moving to the metal loops on the headboard.

Candy held up a pair of leather cuffs with a raised eyebrow. “Safe word?”

“I like the way you think.” Stolas said, his tongue moving over his lower lip as he moved to lay beside Annie, lifting his arms up.

“Blue?” Annie asked as she moved closer to Candy.

“Blue?” Candy asked.

“For the safe word.”

Candy nodded as she handed one of the cuffs to Annie. “Any hard limit?”

Stolas’ toes curled as he Annie climbed over him. Her fingers making swift work of the silver buckle before she hovered over him. Attaching the cuff to the metal hook, the heat of her body seeping through him. He closed his eyes, loving the feel of her soft curves pressed against him.

“I can take anything you can give me.” He said his cock bobbed and he bit back a moan as the wetness of Annie’s cunt rubbed over him.

“I don’t like blood play or degradation.” Annie’s words were softly spoken as she leaned back on her heels, looking down at Stolas.

Stolas nodded at her, and Candy smiled softly at her mate. There was no way she could take harsh words to her, no way that she could mare her skin.

“Agreed.” Candy said as she strapped his other hand down. With a smile, she pulled out a leather strap that made Stolas eyes widen. “So, anything?”

Stolas’s reply was breathless moan as he nodded his head.



Author's Note: Sorry about the delay on chapters, I caught pnemonia and had to take most of the week off doing all the not fun stuff that comes with being sick and still keeping up with the kiddos remote learning. I'm still on the mend, but working hard to get more chapters out to you guys. Thanks y'all for understanding XOXO