3013: MATED (3013: The Series) (10 page)

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Chapter Seven

“What the fuck?”

Alexis jackknifed up in bed,
slamming her hands over her ears as she woke with a start. She could hear her
own heart beating like a damn drum in her head, not to mention the various
sounds coming from outside sounded like they were coming from right inside the
bedroom.

Thorn gently eased her back down
onto the bed, rubbing at her bare arms in comfort. “Rest easy, mate. Your
senses are heightened now. Just imagine turned down a dial in your mind, and it
will go back to normal.”

She closed her eyes and focused
on turning down the volume in her head and was surprised when it actually
worked. When she opened her eyes again she saw that it was daylight and both
Thorn and Xavier were looking down at her with amusement flashing in their
glowing eyes.

Her own eyes narrowed in
response. “You think this is funny?”

“Aye, mate, and a good rising to
you as well,” Xavier said as he leaned down to brush his lips against hers.

When he tried to push into her
with his tongue she resisted. “Morning breath,” she muttered, trying to keep
her lips sealed. He chuckled then her eyes widened as the clean taste of mint
flooded her mouth. “Oh, wow.”

“You have only to ask and we will
provide, mate,” Xavier murmured before he sealed his mouth over hers, his
tongue delving deep.

“I think I can really get used to
you and your magic. Talk about convenience in a rock hard package!” she said
with a wink. Xavier chuckled then growled as her hand trailed down to stroke
over his erection, gripping him.

“We cannot linger,” Thorn said
from his side of the bed, his voice filled with regret. “Galan and Brydan are
already anxiously waiting.”

Xavier let out a deep sigh. “Aye,
I know. How do you feel this rising, little one?”

As both males watched her, Alexis
stretched on the bed like a contented feline, making them groan as their cocks
swelled. “I feel great. What?” she asked as they continued to eye her as if
they were waiting for something. “What’s wrong?”

“You feel no different?” Xavier
asked carefully.

Alexis paused as she took mental
stock of herself. She figured after taking all four of them last night she
would have woken up sore as hell. Their cocks were massive and she was so much
smaller than them, but she didn’t feel the slightest amount of discomfort now.
In fact, she felt wonderful, better than she had ever felt before. She was
mated to four gorgeous Dragon Warriors now and she was now…

Oh, holy shit!

She stilled. “Galan said
something about a conversion last night. Am I like you now?”

“Aye, you are,” Thorn confirmed.
“We thought it best to put you in a healing sleep while your body went through
the changes.”

She gaped at them. “What changes
exactly?”

Thorn and Xavier glanced at each
other and she knew they were speaking to each other through their own bond. She
could feel the energy hum over her skin like a small power surge. Reaching out,
she yanked hard one of the small braids they both wore on the sides of their
temples.

“Alexis!” Thorn gasped as Xavier
growled in pain.

“Stop talking to each other and
answer me! I can feel you talking and it’s making me uncomfortable.”

That got their immediate
attention. “What do you mean by uncomfortable?”

“I feel it,” she huffed out. She
could feel both of them weren’t satisfied with her answer then felt both of
them linking to her through their blood bonds. Damn, she was going to have to
get used to them being in her head now.

Talk about a serious lack of
personal space!

Thorn leaned in and kissed her
lightly as if in apology. “You will become accustomed to it. Being merged with
us will become as natural as breathing.”

“I don’t think so,” she muttered.
She was a woman with four very powerful, very pushy mates. There was no way she
was ever going to feel comfortable with them popping in and out of her head.

Xavier sighed. “You will have
privacy if you wish it, but we need to know what you are feeling to best care
for you.”

“You could always just ask me,
you know,” she grumbled, still not convinced.

“Aye, we could, but you must also
answer us,” Xavier countered. “We were not aware that your gifts of empathy
would make you sensitive enough to feel us speaking through our bond and needed
to know exactly what it was doing to you to ensure you were not in pain.”

Fair enough, he had a point. “It
wasn’t pain, I could just sense you were speaking.”

“Aye, we sensed what you felt,”
Thorn said with a nod. “We have converted you and you are now like us. The
change has healed your body fully and you will be able to adjust all of your
senses at your will. Lights will no longer bother you so there will be no need
for your eye coverings when we are outdoors.”

Xavier placed his hand over her
stomach. “You are also healed here.”

She placed her hand over his,
holding it to her as she closed her eyes. Joy filled her and her eyes flooded
with tears as she took a moment to fully appreciate the gift she had been
given. Xavier and Thorn cuddled close to her so she was surrounded by both of
them and they kissed away the tears that leaked out of her eyes.

“Do not weep, my love,” Thorn
whispered. “As we said, you have only to ask and we will provide.”

Alexis opened her eyes and stared
up at him with all the love she was feeling. And she did love these males.
Somehow, she had fallen in love with Thorn, Xavier, Galan and Brydan, and she
was so damn happy that they were mated. She finally belonged somewhere, after
being alone for so long.

“You will never be alone again,”
Xavier said softly.

“Thank you,” she whispered as she
caressed Xavier’s cheek before she pressed her lips to his. When she was done
she turned her head and did the same to Thorn.

“Your pleasure is ours,” Xavier
said solemnly. Alexis wanted to kiss him again, but a voice in her head stopped
her.

“Our mate wants to shower in
the ways of her people,”
Brydan said in their heads, interrupting the
moment.
“If you do not take her into the shower right now, Galan and I would
be more than happy to do so. Our meal is almost prepared and we will not wait
much longer to see our mate.”

“He is, how would you say it? Not
a morning person,” Thorn said dryly.

Alexis laughed as she sat up in
bed. She realized that her body was completely clean and sometime during the
night they had also fixed the bed they had broken. Their magic really was
kick-ass, but she still did want to take a shower. Even if it wasn’t necessary,
it was one of those morning rituals that she enjoyed and didn’t want to stop.

“Then we shall shower with you,”
Xavier offered as he lifted her from the bed easily, carrying her into the
bathroom.

Alexis tapped him on the
shoulder, wanting to be put down as soon as they were inside the large
bathroom. “Why don’t you start the shower while I take care of…” She pointed
toward the small separate room that housed the toilet. Both Thorn and Xavier
smirked at her.

“We are your mates, there is
nothing you should hide from us.”

“This is so not something we are
going to be discussing. Ever. Now, go,” she ordered, shooing them away with a
wave of her hand as she closed the door behind her. She waited until she heard
the sound of running water before she took care of her business and flushed.
When she came out, Thorn walked in after her, not closing the door while he
took care of his morning needs. She hurried away and rolled her eyes as she
heard him laughing at her.

She absently glanced at herself
in the mirror as she passed by it on her way to the shower and stopped dead in
her tracks.

What the hell?

Gaping at herself in shock she
barely noticed that Thorn was walking up behind her as Xavier took his place in
the small adjacent room. She didn’t say anything as she continued to stare at
herself in the mirror, blinking in disbelief.

“You are…distressed,” Thorn
finally said as Xavier came to stand beside him.

“You think?” she growled out.

What the hell did they think?
That she would just be okay the first time she saw that her eyes were freaking
glowing? Her eyes had already been an unusual bright violet color, but now?
Hell, they were glowing violet, like two fucking purple stars…just like theirs.

“This—” she growled, pointing to
her eyes “—is what you should have said when I asked you about what freaking
changes were made to my body. We really need to work on your communications
skill, because they obviously suck!”

She stomped away from the mirror
and entered the large shower enclosure, letting the hot water soothe her
irritation. Apparently all males, human or not, had the spectacular ability to
piss women off. She hadn’t really thought about all the changes that would
happen to her when she allowed them to change her and she didn’t regret it.
Still, it was going to take some getting used to and it would have helped if
they warned her before her eyes started glowing or her hearing went all wacky.

What else could she look forward
to discovering about herself?

Alexis felt Thorn and Xavier
enter behind her and was able to ignore them until she felt their large hands
stroking over her skin. Opening one eye under the spray, she looked at their
somber faces.

“Forgive us, mate. We did not
realize it would upset you so,” Thorn said.

She sighed. Of course they
wouldn’t think there was anything wrong since they were so used to being what
they were. She couldn’t seem to hold onto her annoyance with them stroking body-wash
all over her. She gave into the pleasure as she stood under the gentle spray of
water, allowing them to care for her.

Thorn stood behind her, rubbing
shampoo in her hair and his fascination with the bubbles made her want to
giggle. They informed her that on their ship they had water from their
homeworld that both cleansed and healed them so they had no need for shampoo or
soap. Xavier took his time massaging her breasts until they were full and
aching, her nipples tight peaks that poked into the center of his large palms.
She knew they didn’t have time for another round of love play in the shower,
but she wanted to touch them, to fill the need she had to explore their perfect
bodies.

She grabbed the bottle of body-wash
and poured some of the creamy liquid into the palm of her hand, eyeing Xavier’s
gorgeous body as he knelt in front of her, cleaning her legs and feet with
long, sure strokes. She still couldn’t believe these males were truly hers. Xavier
was like some mythical god, all hard muscles under golden skin. The dark lines
of their tattoos made her hands ache to touch them. She wanted to run her hands
all over their strong bodies, and even better, trace those lines with her
tongue.

She smiled to herself. There
would be time for that. They belonged to her now and she’d have plenty of time
to explore their bodies to her heart’s content. She didn’t just have one
perfect male, she had four.

Damn, she was a lucky girl. 

“I think I’ve figured it out.”

Xavier stood at her statement and
cocked his head in question. Giving into her need, she reach out and stroked
her hand over Xavier’s thick cock, making his freeze.

“What have you figured out, my
love?”

Alexis smiled at Thorn’s nickname
for her and squeezed tighter on Xavier’s shaft, making him groan. She found she
was fascinated by their large cocks and loved to touch them whenever she could.
She could spend hours stroking them with her hands, sucking them, or even just
feeling them pressed against her skin so she could feel them pulsing to the
rhythm of their hearts. But most of all, she loved feeling them inside her,
sliding deep in her pussy or ass until they spurted their hot seed inside her.

“I cannot concentrate while you
are playing with my cock, mate,” Xavier growled. “And those thoughts are going
to get you fucked again then Galan and Brydan will kill us for making them wait
longer.”

Alexis laughed as she leaned
back, letting Thorn wash the shampoo out of her hair. Damn, she couldn’t seem
to remember the whole mind meld thing. It was strange how comfortable she felt
with both of them standing in the shower naked. But then again, she had a
feeling she was going to have to get used to them pretty damn quick with four
extremely large, very alpha males slipping in and out of her head.

Having them in her mind was more
intimate than anything she had ever experienced before, and she didn’t think
she could describe it to someone even if she tried. It was like becoming a part
of someone else, and sharing herself with all four of them got easier with
every passing minute despite her reservations.

Even if it was weird having them
in her head, she loved having access to their minds. The blood bond thing sure
helped with trying to figure out the complexities of deciphering the male
psyche.

Feeling Xavier’s pleasure, she
continued to move her hand over his cock with slow, steady stroked then shifted
to grab Thorn’s with her other hand. His hands stilled in the process of
rubbing the conditioner into her hair. Looking at both of them, she rubbed her
thumbs over the ridges under the head of their cocks enjoying their reactions
to her touch. She tilted her head back, allowing the water to wash the cream
out of her hair and smiled as they both groaned when her breasts jutted out
from her stance.

“What was I saying? Oh yes, I
think I figured out the whole mating thing without the blood bond,” she said,
watching how their eyes glowed with unbridled lust. For her. It was all for her
and she could not only sense it with her empathic powers, but she could also
feel it through their bond. Every stroke over their shafts brought waves of
pleasure to them, and in turn, feeling their emotions stroked her own fire
curling in her belly.