Heather cooked.
She wasn’t a great lover of fine dining or anything, but she could make bacon and eggs, and rage left her wanting to eat. She beat the hell out of half a dozen eggs, watching the yolks and whites come together to make a gooey mess.
“You okay, babe?” Danny slid up behind her, his arms going around her waist.
It cracked her shit up that he called her and Lee both “babe,” just like Lee called them both “baby.” Boys. So predictable. “I’m all right.” Luckily, she hadn’t turned the heat on under the pan she’d laid the bacon out in, or she might have started to burn something. Danny was getting grabby hands. “What about you?”
“I’m mad. I would have been scared a while ago, but right now, I’m mad. I wanted to be able to look forward to our first moon together, not worry about the Boogeyman.”
“Yeah.” Yeah, that was it exactly. She wanted to tear something apart with her teeth, damn it. Danny deserved to run with the pack.
“Where the hell is Lee, anyway?”
Heather snorted. “Fucking Logan.”
“What?” Danny recoiled just enough for her to turn and face him.
“Don’t get all indignant. Logan is the alpha. That’s the way it works. Besides, your ass will thank Logan later for letting Lee get all that aggression out. He’s a bear when he’s pissy.”
“Shouldn’t that be a wolf?”
“Ha.” She whapped his chest, right above his nipple. “I’m sorry, Dan.”
“For what?” His eyebrows went up, his mouth quirking a little.
“For getting all your stuff messed up. I mean, if I hadn’t hooked up with you…”
“I blame Lee.” She started, and Danny laughed, his eyes twinkling. “Think about it. You’ve flirted with a lot of guys. Maybe more. Lee was the one who decided to keep me.”
“True.” Huh. She’d never thought of it that way. Call her shallow, but it helped with the guilt. “Sweet. Wanna neck?”
“God, yes.”
Half hour later they were still on the couch, kissing slowly, taking comfort from the touch, when Lee came in. It hadn’t gotten wild and hot. It was just being close.
“Hey, you two. Everyone okay?” Lee moved her butt so Heather was more on Danny’s lap, Lee sitting behind her, his body crowding them both. Oh, he smelled good. Hot, musky, all bruised up.
“We’re good.” Danny peered around her head at Lee. “You?”
“Fine. Better, anyway. Sorry, I had to have a beer with Logan and all.”
“A beer.” Turning slightly, Heather whapped him just like she had with Danny earlier. “We’re not stupid.”
“I needed to unwind before I came back here.” Lee drew in a deep breath. “ Logan is looking into it. I’m supposed to keep an eye on you two.”
“Nice.” No wonder Lee had needed to work off tension. He hated to have control taken out of his hands. “What about the moon?”
“Well, if Logan doesn’t catch the guy before then, he’s got a plan.” She could tell by the way Lee’s shoulders went up that he didn’t like the plan. Not one bit.
“He’ll find the guy, right? I mean, how big can a pack be here in Wyoming?” Danny asked.
“Not as big now that we’re off the endangered list, but bigger than you think.”
“Oh.” Suddenly Danny seemed a heck of a lot more unsure.
Heather bent back around to kiss the left side of his mouth. “It’ll be fine, honey. You’ll see.”
“I hope so.” Danny gave them a smile that was almost convincing. “Can we all go take a shower now?”
Lee hooted. “You saying I stink?”
Heather answered that one. “You reek. Come on, baby. Dan. We’ll go scrub up.”
She knew what Danny was feeling. Like he was dirty because his stuff was. Lee would probably never get it; he had all the emotional maturity of a carrot. She understood.
Hopefully, Logan would just find the guy fast and that would be that. An example would be made, the pack would close ranks. That was the best case scenario. Heather really didn’t want to think about the worst.
Chapter Six
Danny woke up feeling warm, safe and horny as a goat.
It had been a long time since he’d come awake with morning wood this hard and happy, and he pushed against whatever was pressing down on his cock, making a humming noise deep in his throat. Fuck, yeah. That was the ticket, for sure.
“Mmm.” A male voice answered with an even happier noise, and Danny had a moment of complete panic, worrying that he’d crawled into bed with his roommate, Simon.
Then he realized three things. The ass he was all snuggled up to was round and soft, not hard and male. The male voice came from the other side of the body he was pressed up against. Finally, the bed was about three times the size of his dorm cot.
Heather and Lee. Amazing, that he couldn’t remember having woken up this way before, as he’d been at the house a lot to have hot monkey sex. Hot wolf sex. Whatever.
Blinking, he opened his eyes and looked at Heather. She was still sleeping, but a smile spread across her face. Danny glanced over her shoulder at Lee, who was definitely not asleep. Those bright gray eyes were watching him right back.
“Hey, baby.”
“Hey, Lee. Thanks for letting me stay the night, man.”
Lee’s eyes widened. “Letting? Dude, you belong here.”
That put a ball of warmth right down in his belly. It helped his cock not one bit. In fact, the words made his cock ache a little. “Thanks.”
“Mmm. Listen to you two, being all sensitive and shit.” Heather laughed, her eyes stubbornly staying closed, her dark blonde lashes resting on her cheeks.
Lee smacked her ass, the sound ringing out loud in the room. “You’re a regular comedian.”
“So, are we skipping work and class today?” Heather asked, stretching long, her breasts bobbing against Danny’s chest.
“Mmmhmm. I called around last night after you two crashed out.” Lee nuzzled at Heather’s neck, and it was so pretty that Danny moaned. “Left messages. No one is expecting us.”
“Excellent.” Heather finally opened her eyes, grinning at him before slipping up to give him a kiss. Yum.
Danny kissed Heather back, deciding right then that he wasn’t going to worry about it today. Lee was confident that Logan could handle it, so he would be too. He would spend a lazy day with Lee and Heather, in bed and out, and he’d check in with Simon to make sure he was good, but that would be all he did about the mess.
Feeling better already, he took another kiss, then another, letting Heather be the best medicine ever. She laughed, the sound happy and hot, while she rubbed up and down on him, her body covering his.
Lee pressed up behind Heather, growling a little, his eyes glowing at him over Heather’s shoulders. “I could just eat you two up.”
“Promise?” Feeling daring, he reached between Heather and Lee, feeling up Lee’s cock, teasing with the very tips of his fingers.
“Fuck yes.” That cock jerked in his hand; Lee bucking against both of them, which pushed Heather’s soft body down against him.
“Mmm. Oh, my boys.” Sharp teeth stung Danny’s neck, Heather biting him, not too hard. Just right.
“You know it.” Danny rubbed Lee’s cock against Heather’s ass, and Heather’s eyes lit up.
“Get condoms, Lee. I have an idea.”
Lee groaned, but moved fast, rolling over to rummage in the bedside table. Then he was back, handing Heather both condoms. She’d knelt up over Danny, and now she opened a condom and rolled it down over Danny’s raging morning wood, smoothing it into place. That actually helped back him off a little, giving him some control.
