“Fuck, man, yes, I know that. I don’t want to hurt her either. Well, I mean I do… but not like that.”
Cade snorted at my admission. He knew my bedroom tastes were less than vanilla.
“Catch,” he said, tossing a pair of light blue underwear at me he had pulled from the back pocket of his pants.
I held them to my face, and the second her scent hit my nose, my half-hard chub turned to granite. The scent on this pair was better than the rest because it wasn't just the scent of her pussy; Rowan had been aroused when she was wearing these. The damp spot was omega slick. They were also fresh.
I searched my body for any sign of my wolf, worried the scent would trigger my shift again. I braced myself for pain, but nothing happened. It was as if my wolf was asleep, practically undetectable. The Beast didn’t so much as stir at the scent.
“Where’d you get these from?” I asked him with a smirk, eyebrows raised knowingly. “What exactly have I been missing out on?”
“You haven’t missed out on much… I just slid them off her last night, right before I had sex with her,” he said triumphantly.
So Rowan wasn’t a virgin anymore… interesting.
Virgins weren’t really my thing. I know Cade and Ryker had more of a penchant for that. Ryker had nearly fallen out of his chair with excitement when Cade told him about her hymen being in-tact. Inexperienced women were too shy and scared about the things I needed and wanted during sex. They craved vanilla sweetness, no blood or pain.
“I’m good, man,” I said, holding up the light blue lace pair and giving them another sniff for good measure. “No reaction. The wolf is all tucked away. I don’t feel it at all. Can we go now?” I asked while making my way to the door.
Cade turned his body, blocking my pathway to leave.
“Not yet. We need to run one more test.”
“I thought that was the test?” I groaned while cracking my knuckles, trying to keep my composure.
“Only half of it. We have to be absolutely sure that it works. There can’t be any chance that you are going to hurt her, or try to mark her while shifted. I need to know that you are in control, not the wolf.”
“Okay, Cade, I agree. What’s the test, and what the hell does the bed have to do with it?”
“I think you’ll quite enjoy this part of the experiment. Rowan's here. She’s outside with Ryker. We're going to bring her inside to you and test the sedative. You told Dr. Zolkos that your wolf refuses to behave until it marks and mates her, and that is why you keep shifting. If that’s the only way to guarantee that you won’t shift suddenly and accidentally hurt her, then we do it here, with the sedative in a controlled environment. It will satisfy your wolf and allow you to regain control over it.”
I hadn’t been able to smell her because the little observation room was airtight.
Knowing that Rowan was right outside the room made my heartbeat skip.
I had been desperate to be close to her for days.
Though, it surprised me that Cade wanted me to mate her and mark her here and now.
“Is she on board with this? She doesn’t even know me. Why is she going to go along with this?”
Consent was required from my sexual partners. I had plenty of women tap-out during sex, not wanting to play along with my fantasies anymore, and they were always free to leave at any point. Participation had to be willing.
Cade shrugged. “She doesn’t know yet, but Rowan wants to be a good girl for us. Her instincts have been riding her hard. She’s been very responsive to the three of us. Ryker is working her libido up in the hallway as we speak. I’ll send him in too; I know how much you two love sharing with each other. Be careful with her though; she needs time to get acclimated to your tastes, Talon,” he said, leaving me with that stern warning before slipping out of the room.
Although I couldn’t feel my wolf through the haze of sedatives, my desire for her remained sharp—undimmed. I yearned for her with a desperation that bordered on obsession, craving even the smallest glimpse, the slightest touch. The distance had only made it worse. I was starving for her and finally about to get a taste of what I’d been denied for so long.
Chapter 27: Rowan
Cade had whispered something to Ryker and then gone into a room with Dr. Zolkos a while ago. He left me in an empty hallway with Ryker to babysit me. There was only one waiting chair outside the room, and of course he sat in it, so I stood awkwardly to the side of him. He patted his lap, telling me to sit down, but I ignored him completely.No thanks.
Touching Ryker was a slippery slope, one that I was not prepared to slide down right now. It was with all of them. Every brief touch, no matter how innocent, sent heat through me. My body’s cravings for them were only getting worse, and resisting their advances was becoming more and more futile.
Unsatisfied that I was ignoring him, Ryker slid his arms around my thighs and hauled me onto his lap.
“Ryker! Put me down! This is not the time or place for this. C'mon, please!” I protested.
“There’s only one chair, so we can share! Didn’t you ever learn to share, Kitten? Besides, I love having your soft ass against my star player,” he said vulgarly as I felt him growing under me.