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“Meeting.” I amended. “And here’s where it all becomes very important that you keep it all on the line. You will need to verify that she’s fertile and make sure she understands that this is a one-time offer, not som ongoing thing. She’s got one shot at it, and it’s on her to be sure the timing is exactly right.”
“It will become part of the binding spell,” Gabriela added, “If she agrees to the terms, she won’t be break them any more than you can, Brilliant, Lanie.”
I blushed. “The Goddess has truly been good to me.”
“And then what? L..do it with her?” Zane’s lip curled. “If she doesn’t get with pup, won’t she figure out I did something to stop it?”
“She can never find out, and she will never find out,” I said adamantly. “And you won’t be able to accidentally let it slip, either, even if she tries to put a truth hex on you.”
Zane shook his head. “I doubt I can stand against a truth hex-”
I swallowed hard. Here was the part I’d kept secret until now. The most important part.
“You will tell her the truth as you know it, because you won’t remember anything else.”
“What, hold up. What do you mean, I won’t remember?” Zane shot out.
“It’s critical that you can’t let her know you’re not going to be able to get her pregnant, or else you’ll trigger that binding spell. She has to believe-and you have to believe-that you’re there to honor it. If you don’t, Zane, it will all fall apart. So part of the wolvesbane potion will include an aphrodisiac…and an amnesiac.”
Zane–
The room went so quiet I swore I could hear the sound Xander’s eyeballs made when he blinked.
His growl broke the silence, rising up and up, nearly into a roar that was suddenly cut off as quickly as if he’d clapped a hand over his mouth. Lanie stood from the table.
“Shh,” she said. “I love you, Xander, but in this, you cannot fight me.”
He fell back into his chair, slumped in defeat. He shook his head in amazement, then broke into a wide, proud grin. “My Luna.
Goddess help us all, Lanie, you’ve got so much power.”
“More than I’ve ever seen,” his mother murmured in admiration, but I caught a hint of worry flash 0 face before it smoothed back to neutral.
“What if the potion goes wrong? We already lost you because of a spell that took away your memories My voice sounded solemn, because I was working hard not to sound accusatory. I knew how much all of this was taking out of Lanie, and the last thing I wanted to do was pile on any more worries for her.
I shot a covert glance at Mason to see how he’d react. After all, the only reason he’d met Lanie was because she’d been living as Katie. Even though the four of us were slowly finding ways to make all of this work, it had to sting that we all hadn’t been forced to forget each other, he would never have had the chance to even touch her.
Lanie shook her head. “I understand, but we won’t have to worry about that. It’s a small, targeted memory loss, only in place during the time the potion is active. It protects you, but it will wear off when the potion does.”
“You’re sure?” Mason asked.
“I’m as sure of this as I can be. It won’t undo any major memories, but Zane won’t be able to recall that he took something to make him sterile. Also temporarily,” Lanie added firmly.
“If I can’t remember that I won’t be able to make her pregnant, how can we be sure I won’t back out at the last minute?” I posed this question, not because I believed I’d dishonor our pack with such cowardice, but because…well, because all of this was f ucked up, and I wanted to cover all my bases.
“If you were going to do that, then we wouldn’t have to do all of this other sh it,” Xander said. “Frankly, I’d rather have you risk breaking that binding spell than taking this wolvesbane b ulls hit.”
When Lanie gave him a long, significant look, Xander held up his hands and looked chastened.
“But if our Luna says this is the best option, then that’s what we’ll do,” he said.
Mason rocked his chair back on two legs. “Why the aphrodisiac?”
“We want her to believe he’s enthusiastic, even if we all know he’s not going to be. Zane’s mated to me, and through me, Xander. And to you, Mason, in a way. For him to have sex with another person not part of our And honestly…for me.”
She cleared her throat and gave us all an honest, vulnerable look. I wanted to gather her into my arms. and kiss away the frown turning down the corners of her lips.
“If I know that he has no real choice, that he almost can’t help himself…” Her voice trembled and caught. Xander put his arm around her, drawing her close, and kissed her temple.
He let his lips rest against her skin. “I get it. I feel the same way. If it’s something he can’t really control, it won’t feel so much like…
“A betrayal,” I finished for them, my own voice rough and cracking.
Xander put his other arm around me. “We both know you’re not betraying us.”
“The more eager you are for her, the more she’ll believe it’s real,” Lanie said. “She’ll agree to your te “Fine. So I’m going to forget why I’m so h orny for a witch, and I’ll do my best to make a baby with h she doesn’t figure out that we stopped my swimmers from reaching the target. Am I missing anything? my tone light. “Oh, other than the fact apparently this stuff is going to make me nasty sick for a few hours before it kicks in, and it might kill me slowly, over time.”
Tegs.
“You’re not missing anything. I think that covers it,” Mason said and let his chair thump back onto all four Aping came from Lanie’s phone. She pulled it out, tapped the screen and studied it for a few seconds.
“It’s time to pick up the wolvesbane.”
Lanie–
“Shh, shh, Stella. Mama will be home soon.” I clutched my daughter to my chest and kissed her soft, fat she cheeks over and over again. I breathed in the scent of hair. When I looked into her vibrant green eyes, cooed and giggled with a slobbery smile.
“Love, we we need to get going.” Xander knew better than to try and pull me away from the baby, but his reminder had me sighing.
I handed Stella to her grandmother, Gabriela would take excellent care of her, and so would the first f she’d ever known. Mason–
was already reaching to take her as Gabriela turned to lift Isaac from the port crib we’d set up in in the living room.
I kissed Zane’s mouth, letting the embrace linger as long as he wanted. I couldn’t be the first one to away. Not right now.
His grip on me t tightened, and he breathed into my hair much the way I’d done with the baby. He wanted take in as much of me as he could. I knew the feeling.
“I love you,” he said into my ear, low, but loud enough that everyone could hear it. “And I am loyal to you.”
“I know that. I love you, too.” I kissed him again, aware of Xander moving from foot to foot impatiently.
I was tempted to pulse some Luna energy to get him to stop, but I didn’t really want that to become the way our relationship worked. Battling each other. Yes, I was strong, but so was he. We needed to use that strength in tandem, not opposition.
I could focus some of that Goddess-guided strength into Zane, though. I felt his muscles, which had been tight and tense, relax.
He drew in another breath and let his nose rub along my jaw before he kissed my mouth again. He stepped away.
“You should get going. You have a long run ahead of you, and I know-“he tipped his chin toward Xander, “-that guy’s got a plan to take a little detour.”
My heart thumped and my core heated at the thought of it. With everything going on, it seemed silly and selfish to spend even a spare second anticipating the chance to be alone with one of my mates, but the Goddess had shown me several visions of how difficult it was going to be, navigating being mated to three different men Each would need-and each deserved-having their own time with me where I could give them solo attention. We’d be spending most of our lives intertwined, so we’d have to make an effort to remember that we were all important to each other in different ways.
Xander pulled his shirt off over his head and tucked it into the small duffel Hunter would be carrying in his mouth. His boots, socks, and jeans followed. Naked, Xander twisted from side to side, stretching his back. He opened his jaw wide, moving it back and forth, prepping his wolf for the burden.
surrounded me from all of my mates. I closed my eyes for a moment to let their love and desire flood over me. Fill me up. I took strength from the heat of their passion for me.
Lily was already rising, so eager to be free that I didn’t even dare give my daughter one last kiss goodbye in case my sharp teeth cut her. By the time I hit the front yard on all four paws, I was almost fully transformed.
Hunter sat on his haunches and sent up a long, wild and thrilling howl that Lily answered at once. I was slipping away to the back of my wolf’s mind, but she deserved this chance to be front and center. I took one last look toward the cottage.
Zane stood on the porch, his hand half-raised in a farewell wave. A sudden sense of warning rushed over me, and Lily spun to lope toward him.
She went up on her hind legs to put her front paws on his shoulders. She licked his face as he buried hi- face in her s haggy fur.
With a whine, she jumped off the porch and followed Hunter, who held the bag in mouth.
Together our wolves ran through the forest. Lily reveled in controlling her limbs and her senses. I gat full rein and felt myself being taken along for the ride.
Time passed differently when Lily was in charge. Wolves were ruled by the phases of the moon, not by th hands on a clock.
Minutes and hours were the same as years, as far as my wolf was concerned. She cared of about her legs getting tired and the rumble of hunger in her belly. She cared about her thirst and the scent prey.
By the time we got to far side of the forest, she was panting. Hunter slowed and dropped the bag before returning to his human form. I joined him a few minutes later.
We hadn’t discussed what would happen when we were alone together. Our bodies did the talking. He pulled me into his arms, our naked flesh slick with sweat.
Xander pressed his forehead to mine, and his voice still bore the wolf’s throaty growl.
“Mate…”
“Take me,” I whispered.
Xander–
I couldn’t wait to get my mouth between my mate’s thighs. It seemed like an eternity since I’d tasted her this way. Time had lost some meaning over the past few hours.
As I pushed her gently back onto a hillock of soft grass, Lanie was already opening herself to me. The sweet, ripe fragrance of her pus sy got my co ck raging hard within seconds, but I wasn’t going to plunge into her right away.
We didn’t have the time to take our time…but I was going to do my best to make sure every second counted.
“I need you.” Her voice called to me, echoey and rippling.
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