Running In Fear: Coming Home (15 page)

“I want a tall tree, at least seven feet tall, and fat with short needles.” She jumped and ran to a tree off to the left. He laughed as she pointed to the tree in question. “This one, Remi. It's perfect.” She strolled around the tree. “There isn't one single bald spot on it.”

Dane kneeled down checking the base. “We'll have to trim the base, but the trunk is straight. Mark, hand me the saw. There are too many branches to use the ax.”

Remi grabbed hold of the top of the tree and held onto it as Dane cut the tree. “We'll come out here this spring and plant another tree to replace this one.” He nodded to the tree.

“Good. What we take from Mother Nature, we should replace. She has given us so much already.” Jaycee glanced up at the tree. “I'm glad I got the decorations I did. Shelly thought I was nuts, but right now; I can't wait to see the tree with different animals and bulbs on it. This tree will be for her and the new beginning she has given us.”

A soft warm breeze swirled around her, lifting the fresh snow into the form of a woman. Remi sucked in his breath, tapping Dane on the shoulder, as he watched the snow woman in front of his mate. A small white hand reached up and cupped her cheek. Jaycee smiled and bowed her head. “Thank you,” she whispered as the woman turned to them and smiled, disappearing just as fast as she appeared.

Jaycee turned and glanced at Remi. “What?” She grinned.

Remi laughed and pulled the tree up as Dane stood. “I had the feeling you were important to her, but this is amazing, Jaycee. She's chosen you for something special.” Dane pulled her into his arms. “But then again, the three of us have known for a while that you are special. Did she say anything to you?”

Her eyes twinkled as she looked up at them. “She said our bonding ceremony will not be interrupted. That for the next couple of days, we can rest and recoup. That she will be watching and that she is very proud of us. She called us her children.” A single tear slipped down her face. “I went from not having a mother to having many loving mothers. This year I have so much to be grateful for.” She rubbed her belly and gazed at all three of them. “Thank you for giving me a home filled with love.

Remi groaned as did Mark and Dane. He turned, picking up the tree and dragging it behind them as Dane and Mark escorted Jaycee back to their cabin. “Jaycee, I swear you would have to do this to us when we can't touch you now.”

Dane snarled. “What are you talking about? At least you and Mark could have her this morning. I'm dying here.”

Remi glanced back to see him adjust his cock. He grinned. “You're the one that wanted to be the male alpha. With that, you knew you would have to abstain till tonight.”

* * * *

Back in the cabin, Remi and Mark moved the furniture around to make room for the tree, while Dane trimmed the base of the tree. “Jaycee, I'm not going to move this couch one more time, so make sure you want it there,” he grumbled as he waited her to decide.

“You don't have to get all snippy, jeez. Put it over there by the stairs. I want the tree in that corner by the dining room. That way, we can see it in both rooms.” She put her hands on her hips and waited.

They had one hour to be at the pack house. To hold so many people, they had decided to have their ceremony outside with a bon fire blazing behind them.

All three of them waited downstairs for their mate to come down. It had taken a good two hours to decorate the tree, but all her little ideas had paid off. It was the most beautiful tree Remi had ever seen.

Marsha, Ben, Shelly, and Bo had been just as impressed. The tree had miniature animal figures all over it. Jaycee had found a handmade tree topper with Mother Nature as the angel. White lights and white ceramic Santa's adorned the tree. She had even found an old bird's nest, placing it into the tree with three small glass wolves in it, representing their children to born to them.

“She did an amazing job, didn't she?” Mark said, staring at the tree. “I've taken pictures of it and I'm going to blow one up for our bedroom. I think it would look nice above the bed. This way, we will always remember what it took for all three of us to get to this point.” He turned to look up toward the stairs.

Jaycee stood there, a small smile on her face. Her long white dress fit tight to her body. The dress was made out of thick cotton to keep her warm, with white lace panels at the top around her breasts and down the sides of her thighs to add elegance.

Remi couldn't take his gaze off of her as she made her way down the stairs. She wore white knee-high boots under the dress that clicked on the wooden stairs as she stepped toward them.

“I think that would be a wonderful picture, Mark.” Jaycee glanced at Mark and whistled. “Wow! Don't you look handsome.”

Adjusting his cock in the white dress pants, Remi watched Jaycee move around Mark.

“All three of you look amazing in your dress pants and shirts. I bet there are going to be many jealous women tonight.” She wiggled her eyebrows and strolled around Dane. She traced his cock in his pants with her delicate hand.

He hissed and pushed her hand away. “Jaycee, don't start. I'm barely hanging on here, and with that dress, you're driving me nuts.” He snarled.

Remi pulled her into his arms. “Leave him alone, Jaycee. He really is having a hard time with the wolf right now. You look beautiful, baby, but I think the three of us are the ones that are going to have a hard time keeping the men from you.” He growled and swatted her ass. “You better not be tired, because when we get home tonight, there will be no sleep. Now, let's go. I want to check on something at the pack house before our ceremony begins.” He grabbed the long white dress coat they had bought for her and helped her put it on.

Tonight the path to the pack house was lit with lanterns and strewn with white and red rose petals. Jaycee stepped onto the porch and sighed. “You guys are too much. Are there petals all the way to the pack house?” She stepped off the porch into Mark's arms.

“Yes, this is a special night for you, as it should be. We wanted to make it beautiful.

Jaycee stared out at the people who had come to witness her bonding with her mates. Over seven hundred of them stood in a circle and waited as Dane and Remi's fathers stepped into the middle of the circle. The bonfire blazed in the night, casting shadows all around. Torches had been placed outside the circle of people as quiet night air swirled around them.

Dane's father stepped forward. “Tonight I welcome my daughter, Jaycee, into the pack and into the heart of our family. Already she has shown her courage, pride and support for the pack as a whole. For the past three days, I've been trying to figure out a name for her to be written in our memoirs, but last night I had a visit by none other than the great Mother Earth. In generations to come, she will be known as Aergia, daughter of the Earth.” He stepped back and Remi's father moved forward.

“My son has been searching for years for his mate. He has worried us both, but not anymore. The great Mother Earth has blessed all three of her sons with a gift beyond any man's dreams. My son has asked me to read something to all of you. These words come from all three men to create one beautiful story to be shared by all.” He paused and pulled out a piece of paper and gazed up at her. “Aergia please come here.”

Jaycee moved into the circle, her mates were nowhere to be seen. All gazes were on her as she stepped up in front of her fathers and bowed.

“Each night I would search and come up with nothing. My heart and soul screaming out for my mate, but she was nowhere to be found,” Dane said behind her, walking into the circle with no shirt on. His eyes were a deep red as they focused on her and only her.

“My wolf cried to the heavens and to Mother Earth herself asking for guidance, but there was no answer. Then one night my sister called crying about her friend who needed help and knew I couldn't turn my back on her. Driving to the city, I knew my life was going to change, but I never imagined the impact you would have on this lonely man.” He stopped before her and knelt.

“The moment I walked into the apartment and smelled you, I knew my life would be changed from then on. Never once since that day have I regretted meeting you, or wanted another. You are my heart, my soul, and my life. You are my Psuchegyne.”

Jaycee shook as she placed her hand on his shoulder. Tears dripped down her face as he trembled beneath her.

“One night long ago, at least it seems long ago, I stood in our club house questioning if I would ever find my mate. Two of my brothers had found theirs already, but still I had found nothing.” Remi stepped out of the crowd into the circle. He too was naked from the waist up and his eyes were a deep red, and centered on her.

“A group of men who had entered in our private domain were bragging about what they were going to do to a woman. The violence that I heard them describe shook me like nothing else had. I knew right then I had to stop these men. They had led me to you and I had to save you for me.” He stepped next to Dane, and lowered to his knees.

“I have lost so much, but in the end, I have gained more. My heart beats to protect, love, and cherish you to my end of days. As Pierre always said, ‘Your heart never lies; you must take love whenever you can get it.’ And he was right. You are my heart and my love. There will never be another.” He bowed his head before her, but not before she had seen the tears.

“I was never so envious as when I saw my brother with you that first night. My heart ached with happiness for him, but there was something missing. I stepped away and watched as he loved you. All the while I wanted you in my arms, to ease the pain that I saw in your face and heart.” Mark stepped out of the crowd, also bare from the waist up, his gaze a deep red and on her. “How could I want something that didn't belong to me? For two days, pain like I never knew grew strong in my heart, until that day you came home. I walked into that bedroom and knew you were mine too. As older brothers do, he accepted it, sharing you with me.” He stood before her and knelt. “I have no fancy words for you, Jaycee. Only my love. You are my life, my heart and soul. I would trust no one else, but I trust you with these, as I hold and cherish yours. I walk behind you, beside you and in front of you, but my heart will always be with you.”

Jaycee couldn't see anything through the tears streaming down her face. Remi's dad stepped up to her.

“Will you take these men as your mates, your alphas? Will you let them guide, protect and love you?”

Jaycee nodded, not trusting herself to speak, as Dane stood and smiled at her. “Will you allow our mark to be placed on you as we now carry yours?” Dane turned, as all three of them turned showing them their backs. In the center of their backs, her wolf stared back at her with her new name, Aergia, in red. They turned around to her.

“You already have my wolf on you,” said Dane, “but we've created a special mark for you. Frank is waiting for you now. He helped us design it.”

Frank stepped into the circle and waited for her. Jaycee smiled and walked to him. He guided her into the pack house as her mates followed her.

No one was in the room as Dane lowered the straps of her dress and she stepped out of it, sitting on the stool.

Frank showed her the picture and she sucked in her breath. “It's beautiful.” Four hearts entertwined, surrounded by ancient words: “We are one with Mother Nature, We are one heart, One soul.”

One hour later Dane, Remi, and Mark escorted her back outside to the circle. Everyone in attendance shifted to their animal form, except the four of them. Dane stepped up to her. “It's time.” He slipped her dress once more from her body and handed it to Remi. “Shift Jaycee. Let us bind in the way Mother Nature would want her children to bind.”

The wind was nippy, but the heat from his gaze warmed her as she shifted to her red wolf. Dane reached down and petted her head. “Even in your wolf form, you are beautiful.” He shifted to his wolf.

She lowered her head as he sniffed, licked and paced around her. Her wolf whined when he nipped her butt, but she held still as he mounted her and bit her neck.
Mine!
He shouted into her mind as his wolf mated with hers. Pack members howled all around her as Dane took her. Dane had been right. Their emotions mixed together. The alpha wolf growled as he humped her nonstop for ten minutes when his cock locked inside of her and then he finally released his seed.

She whimpered as he licked her fur and slipped out of her.
You're mine now, Jaycee.
He shifted and smiled down at her. Jaycee clothed him in the pants he had been wearing earlier.

Remi moved around her, sniffing. In his wolf form, he howled, nipping her. He didn't waste any time and mounted her. He held her still, biting her neck and holding her as he pounded in her.
I love you, Jaycee. I might be rough and hard on you, but always remember, you are my soul.
His words held back his tears as his cock locked into her and he released his seed into her.

Mark shifted and licked her face. He sat down in front of her, nudging her with his head. She cocked her head to the side, not understanding.
Tell me Mark?

I want your ass, Jaycee, In wolf form.
He waited for her response as Remi shifted and she dressed him. Inside she smiled and licked his muzzle.

I'm yours Mark. Do what you want. I'm yours.
A shiver went up her spine. The thought of him in her ass as a wolf excited her.

He howled and moved around her slowly.
This might hurt a little, Jaycee, but then it will be bliss.

Mark mounted her in one quick move, pushing his erect cock inside her ass. Jaycee tried to move, but he held her in place, his larger wolf form covering her's.
Shhh, it's okay. The pain should be gone … now.
He moved slowly inside her as she panted and whimpered. Other male wolves howled with him as his cock locked in place and released his seed.
Thank you, Jaycee. You honor me.

Jaycee moaned as she shifted back and dressed herself in her dress. Marsha and Ben came up and hugged her. “You did well, Jaycee. We're very proud of you.”

Marsha frowned and glanced behind her, stepping aside as the people opened up a break in the circle. Sam stumbled towards them. He was battered and bruised. “Jaycee …” He cried and tripped, falling in the snow.

She cried out and rushed forward, grabbing his small body. “Sam, what happened? Where's Kate?” She rocked him in her arms, blood dripped out of a wound in his side, staining her dress.

His tear-filled eyes held hers. “Mommy was furious with you, Jaycee. She ran away from the men protecting us. She blames you for Daddy's disappearance and went to the snake man. He hurt her Jaycee, he … killed her. I ran and hid. This was the only close place to come. They're close, but they wouldn't follow me when I crossed a bridge.”

Jaycee stared up at Remi. “Have Marsha heal him. I'll have the guards doubled.”Remi turned and stopped in his tracks.

All eyes turned to see a woman in a green dress with long blond hair step up to them. “They will not cross over to your lands for a while. As far as my daughter Kate is concerned, at the end I just couldn't help her. I'm afraid her husband just abused her so much there was nothing I could do until it was too late.” She stepped up to Sam and kneeled down by him. “Your mother was such a loving child. She believed everyone had a good heart, but I'm afraid your father took advantage of that. You have her heart and soul, and your father's brains. You know in your heart Jaycee had no fault in any of this. She is a victim in this mess.” The beautiful woman glanced up at her.

“Where I live, there is no place for a child. Will you and your mates take Sam into your home? I will come often to see him and I'll help anyway I can.”

Dane kneeled down next to Jaycee and stared up at the lady. “Sam will live with us. There is no question about it, but I know you. I've seen you before.”

She laughed and stood. “Of course you have. All of you have, but now I must bury my daughter. I will be watching …” Her voice echoed in the night as she disappeared, and snow blew all around Sam. His wounds healed instantly.

“Was she? No, she couldn't have been? To be Kate's natural mother?” Dane stood and glanced at Remi. They both stared down at Sam.

He shrugged. “Mom always said we had to keep Grandma's secret, even from Dad, but he found out two days before he disappeared.”

Sam stood and clung to Jaycee as she stood too. Marsha moved up next to them, smiling at Sam and roughing up his hair. “Well, the food is ready, the presents are all wrapped and I'm starving. Should we proceed with the ceremony?”

Jaycee glanced at her. “You knew, didn't you?” Shock started to settle in.

“I suspected something when I met Kate and Sam. Magic calls to magic, but her's was as old as they come. She has bestowed a great honor on the four of you, trusting you with her own grandson and giving you her daughter's true name. I think Kate had something to do with that. She might have been furious at the end, but seeing her death, I believe she knew she was wrong.”

“Well, Sam let's go eat, shall we? I'm sure there is a present in there somewhere for you.” Remi guided him into the pack house dining area where presents and food were everywhere. Jaycee glanced around, seeing women making plates for the children and sitting them around the big Christmas tree.

Marsha led Sam up to the tables of food and helped him get his plate. Mark, Dane, and Remi surrounded her.

“You know all I ever wanted was a home filled with children and a husband.” She laughed and gazed at her men. “Look at me now. I have three large gorgeous mates, three babies on their way, and one child already in our home. I have this feeling we're going to need to add onto our cabin soon, because if you guys keep it up, I'll be pregnant non-stop.” She grabbed Remi and Dane's asses, pinching them and then running for the tree.

Their growls were the only warning she had. Dane scooped her up and kissed her soundly. “You, my lady, are amazing. Look at the happy faces of all these children. Even Sam is searching under the tree for his present. We are the lucky ones.”

Jaycee cuddled in his arms as they sat down at their table watching the children eating and opening presents. Sam grabbed his and smiled at her, tearing into his gift, which was a new Nintendo DS game system and three games. He shouted as the other kids gathered around at him, wanting to see.

Yes, she had made the right the choice. The running had stopped only to be replaced by love of three special men. Their belief in her gave her the courage to finally look forward to her life, even though she knew there were rough times ahead.

Don't worry, baby. Santa didn't forget you, but I'm afraid you can't have your gift till tonight.
Remi purred in her waiting ear all their promises of a hot erotic night of love to come.

THE END