Ebony took Franco out with her the next day for their search through the woods and just like Benedict and Peter. It was a waste of time and effort.The poachers appear to have dropped off the face of the map, except for the abandoned pieces of their kills. They’d not had the decency to bury or burn the remains.The animals had long since claimed what they left, so there was no point in doing anything more than trying to retrieve the bullets and shells if they could. The last thing they needed was another animal dying because they choked on a bullet.With information from tracking numbers and such, Ebony could record and track how many monitored creatures were victims of these poachers. The worry Ebony had was, did they leave on their own, or did the wight interrupt their hunting trip? “I’d like to stop near the river on the way back. Peter says there’s some wild onions he wants us to collect. He didn’t have room for them when they were out yesterday. He could fi
“Any interesting happen while we were gone?” Ebony asked once they’d settled with coffees in the tower. She watched a concerned look be exchanged between Peter and Benedict before Peter responded to Ebony’s inquiry. “Nothing interesting except we got a rather odd call from Alan while you were out. The report concerns him, but his list of rangers that he could send in here is a little too slim to really pick anyone from. So his solution is that we temporarily stop monitoring from the tower and focus on finding the poachers. Until we have more concrete information, his hands are tied.” Peter’s words were like a godsend in one aspect, but Benedict appeared to think otherwise if Ebony was reading his face correctly. Franco was helping Peter with lunch and staying out of this conversation right now. Ebony could understand that. “What? That’s crazy. They did just sent you three here. Why close the tower down? That defeats the purpose of training you on how to deal
“Benedict, can we talk just the two of us? I have a few questions and I don’t want this to get out of hand.” Ebony approached Benedict later that night. It bothered her how fixated he was on the McConnell pack. There wasn’t exactly a particular thing he said or his reaction. What bothered was Franco’s words. ‘It’s not my place to tell it.’ That triggered something in the back of her mind after their conversation about the pack representation in her family. “What is it, babe?” With night falling and the sounds dropping as the night life settled into place, it was like a blanket lay over the night, giving them privacy of a sort. “I’m sorry, but it’s been bothering me all afternoon, but I didn’t want to pry in front of the others and cause a scene. But will you tell me what you have against the McConnell pack in general? I think having them coming here and being related by a couple of matings. I should understand what’s about to hit the fan.” Ebony tried to be as i
“Benedict? Why are you looking at me that way?” The only way Ebony could describe his expression was that of guilt. “I was joking. Never mind, let’s just get back.” She didn’t like the look. Brains wouldn’t cause this reaction, so why would he react like that from the words ‘brood mare?’ Was that what he saw her as? She wasn’t going to get into that just yet. How would that work? No, it was too soon to work out the logistics for something like that. “Ebony wait. I’m sorry you just caught me by surprise with that.” “Yeah, well, it’s too early to figure out how that would work out. Forget I said anything. Okay?” “But.” “I’m not ready to have pups. My career has just started. Then there’s trying to figure who’s going to father them. If there’s a lot of pups, I’ll need help to raise them. What if I’m a bad mother? See lots to talk about as a group and we have lots of time later to work out how it will happen.” “Fine, as long as you aren’t angry.”
“Ebony? I know you were talking to Benedict last night, but he came into the tower worse than when he left. What happened? Or is asking that overstepping the bounds?” Franco cornered Ebony as they walked the trails, checking on the trail cameras and such to update their notes with. Ebony sighed. “I said something wrong, and I was joking. He took it badly, and I didn’t respond well to his response when he finally gave it. It just went downhill from there.” “Look, I don’t know what you two talked about, but you have all of us rethinking what this all means and how everything will play out. Whatever you said to him has him reassessing what it means for you to have three mates and how it will work out in the future. I’ll admit when he started talking about how many pups we could have, well. I have to admit that it was an eye opener in more ways than one.” “What do you mean?” “Well, I don’t think any of us thought about what would happen if you
Peter found Benedict in the tower with binoculars to his eyes, watching something. “Anything interesting I need to know about?” “Franco is calming Ebony by having her bounce on his cock.” “Well, let’s hope it works. But she’s not the only one that’s out of sorts. Do you want to talk? Or can I do something for you to help you?” “I’m fine. Really, there’s nothing I need.” “Benedict, you haven’t been with me all that much since Ebony’s been here. You’re avoiding something. That’s what you do when something’s eating at you. So I either blow you or you talk to me. But hey, I’m flexible and we can do both.” “Seriously? I’m working.” “You’re spying on our mates while they fuck. That’s not work. I can see you straining your zipper. Come here. I’m dying to get my hands on you.” Peter stepped close and leaned against Benedict’s back, his arms wrapped around Benedict, and found his balls. Squeezing them gently, Peter teased Benedict. The evid
Darkness fell, and they retreated to the cabin to get some sleep. The station was now expected to focus on the poachers come the morning. They settled down, ready to sleep but not sleepy. Benedict was the first to approach Ebony. “I’m going to hate not being able to touch you while your family is here.” He approached her from behind and wrapped his arms around her, then he was kissing her throat and she melted into his arms. Her head leaned away from him, offering him her throat. “Yes, I’ll miss being with all of you. My sex life was finally something I could enjoy. At least, we aren’t being kept away from each other. What do you boys want to do tonight?” “Well, I want you any way I can get you.” His hands slid into her shorts and explored the apex of her thighs. “Feels like you need it, too.” “Let me help you there.” Peter knelt at her feet. His hands caressed her thighs. Ebony shivered as his hands reached her inner thighs. As his fingers came clos
Of course, as soon as she awoke, the first thing, she heard was her mother’s voice telling her father what to do. Well, that cinched it. She was about to become a pelt for display somewhere. Her father was here, and all the guys were out cold naked around her. It didn’t help that someone’s hand was between her thighs and her breast was a pillow for Benedict’s head. She started shaking the guys awake as best she could. Once they each realized what was happening outside and who it was. The quietest mad scramble for clothes and to hide that fact they slept together occurred. “I’ll go greet them and stall so you guys can make it look like it’s business as usual. I’ll tell them you’re staying in one room so the other one can house my parents. The rest will stay out here.” Ebony scrambled to pull on clothes. “I’ll go make coffee for everyone.” “We’ll do our best. Just make sure your father won’t kill us or something crazy.” Peter reassured her and made one