"That's going to take some getting used to," I said, wrapping my arms more tightly around Ash and burying my face in his long hair.
Ash tensed under my arms. "What is?"
"The house isn't talking to you?"
"Ah, no." He sounded incredulous for a moment.
"Yeah, it just told me to stay in bed, everything is buried in snow." I grinned.
"Did it now," Doc rumbled, pressed up against my back.
"Well, I might have added the stay in bed part."
"Is really talking to you?" Nikolai propped himself up on his elbow and looked at me. He had fallen asleep on the other side of Ash.
"Yes."
"That's so cool," Ed added from the other side of Doc.
"I like the stay in bed part," Allan agreed.
"What, not a starving werewolf this morning?" I joked.
"We ate really late so we could sleep in," Ed admitted.
"Good." I snuggled back in with Ash and Doc rested his cheek against me. We all wore sleeping clothes and had a light sheet thrown over us. The house was the perfect temperature to keep me comfortable.
"This seriously is the best," I murmured. The house pulsed joy at my acceptance.
Ash took my wrist and caressed the smooth spot where my magical pack tattoo had prevented scaring from the binding cuffs. The skin there was very sensitive and I moaned, pressing into Ash's back.
"Starting shit?" Ed sounded intrigued by the idea.
"Counting pawprints," Ash replied.
"What?" I propped myself up so I could see my wrist where he had it cradled in his hand. "Oh. See, now you're really stuck with us, Ash." Sometime, probably when we were building the cabin, an amber paw print had joined the rest. Now I had six, Amber, Blue, Lavender, Gray, Sky blue, and black. One for each of my guys and me.
"I didn't do it on purpose." Fear threaded through Ash's voice and his muscles went rock hard where I leaned over him.
"It is Sofia's fault," Nikolai replied. "She claims people."
"Hey, you said it yourself when we claimed you. We couldn't have done it if everyone didn't agree."
"True." Nikolai twisted around to face Ash. "It's good." He took Ash's wrist and traced the smooth skin that disrupted his more extreme scars from the years of being bound. "See. One for each of us."
Ash sucked in a breath as Nikolai touched the sensitive skin.
I snuggled back against him, and Doc squeezed me tight. It had taken a bit of convincing to get Ash to snuggle into bed with us last night. He wanted to be there, he was just scared. If we had excluded him, I had no doubt that someone, probably me, would have started things with the guys already. As it was, I still wanted to start shit, I just wasn't sure how Ash felt about group activities and I didn't want to chase him out of the bedroom.
Ash's breath quickened as Nikolai continued to drag his fingers over the demon's arm. I hadn't been completely sure if Nikolai was just into vampires or if he actually liked men, too. As he brushed his fingers up Ash's arm, sliding over the demon's shoulder and then traced a line up his neck, I decided Nikolai liked vampires, women, and men, possibly in that order.
Ash tilted his neck as Nikolai traced his way along the demon's jaw before tangling his fingers in Ash's hair and pulling the demon to him.
I loosened my grip so I didn't restrict him, though I left my arm around the demon's waist. Doc, Ed, and Allan watched, all of us curious as to how this would go.
Nikolai pressed his lips to Ash's. The demon only hesitated a moment before returning the mage's kiss. Tension still corded his muscles, but he dug his fingers into Nikolai's hip.
The mage groaned and pressed into him, trapping my arm between their bare chests. I slid forward, sandwiching Ash firmly between us. Ash's skin burned hot under my lips as I kissed his shoulder, then worked my way to his neck, staying soft with my touches. While I enjoyed rough handling, I guessed Ash had probably experienced enough pain in his life that what he needed right now was tenderness.
I freed my hand from between the two men and traced my fingers down Ash's muscular side. He and Nikolai came up for air about the time I reached his hip. I slid my fingers under his sleeping pants and continued to trace his hip. Ash panted, a low groan escaping his lips as I moved my fingers up and trailed them gently along his stomach, caressing Nikolai at the same time as I worked my way up to his chest.
Nikolai moaned appreciatively.
Ash twisted around until he could kiss me. I didn't let him hesitate, just dove in, pressing my lips to his, while Nikolai went to work on Ash's neck and shoulders, brushing his long hair out of the way so he could get to skin.
I devoured Ash's lips while his hands slipped under my light shirt. Another pair of warm hands joined Ash's, tugging my shirt. One of my werewolves. I broke off my kiss with Ash long enough to glance over. Ed's sky-blue eyes shone over a happy grin before he pulled my shirt off.
Ash tried to pull away, maybe to let Ed have me, but I grabbed his shoulder, meeting his eyes. "Stay?"
He raised his eyebrows. "Are you sure?"
"Yes," Ed answered for us.
Ash studied us for a minute before his eyes trailed down my naked torso, caressing me with a look, making me feel tight and loose at the same time with the hunger in those husky blue eyes.
He still didn't touch me, and Nikolai finally took his hand and put it on my chest, just above my breast before burying his face in Ash's
