Roane

Chapter Seven

“Now, Caitlyn, I want you to stay calm.”

The look Caitlyn gave Doc shut the scientist up in a heartbeat. The six of them stood there, not sure how to proceed. Roane wanted to engage the light of challenge in Caitlyn’s glowing green eyes. When a normal woman, she attracted him. Soft, tanned skin, long, golden hair that curled around her face and caressed the tips of her breasts, and legs that wouldn’t quit. changed, she was an impossible temptation. One needing immediate attention.

Caitlyn, however, didn’t seem amenable to what he had in mind. He wanted to shake her until her teeth rattled when she gazed with calculation over his men. It wouldn’t take much to send the rest of them over the edge. He fought changing , and he could see the others working against the urge as well.

“Zack, Ace, why don’t you two escort Doc out of here and check on Kelly.” Roane’s words came out in a thick growl. Fangs cut through his gums, painful reminders of just what he leashed with that practiced control.

Ace, for once, didn’t hesitate to follow Roane’s orders. He grabbed one of Doc’s arms and Zack grabbed the other.

As they dragged the protesting scientist to the door, Derrick moved to follow.

“But Roane, think of the potential research this could give us,” Doc said.

Caitlyn snarled, showcasing sharp white teeth. She maintained eye contact with Roane, not blinking, just waiting.

“I’ll let you know what you missed,” Hale added quietly, his voice no less husky than Roane’s. “Don’t worry, Doc. I’ll make sure they don’t kill each other. I’ll give you an impartial view on what’s what. Derrick, since you’re outta here, disable the cameras, would you?”

“That woman is trouble.” Derrick nodded at Caitlyn. “First-class, sexy-as-a-motherfucker trouble I don’t need,” he muttered. “Don’t worry. I’ll make sure Doc’s peep show is limited to Zack and Ace.”

“Dick.” Ace punched Derrick, who shrugged off the blow.

“Peep show, indeed.” Doc’s scowl was a clear testament to his affront.

“Funny, Derrick.” Zack followed the others out the door. “Come on. You can make sure Ace and I don’t do anything to irritate Kelly again. Our new Circ has my libido in an uproar, and I don’t want to take out that frustration on Kelly. Since Ace hardly ever willingly gives it up…”

“Willingly, my ass,” Ace barked.

“That’s my point,” Zack continued. His voice faded as the door shut behind him. The metallic shutter of a lock sounded loudly in the sudden silence -- a reminder that Caitlyn wasn’t free to go.

She snarled and leaped into the middle of the room next to the exam bed.

“Reminds me of our introduction at the beach,” Roane said, feeling the heat behind his gaze signaling an imminent change. “But this meeting’s going to end a lot differently.” He slowly stepped out of his clothes, his eyes on Caitlyn the entire time.

She grumbled as he undressed but did nothing to stop him. Her nipples pebbled visibly under the thin shirt she wore. It clung to her larger, curvier frame. Her wildness beckoned his forth. Flowing into the stronger, baser part of him -- his beast -- he eagerly embraced his size, once again dominant over his female.

“Shit. I knew I shouldn’t have worn any shoes this morning.” Hale sighed and stepped out of his sandals. He tossed off his shirt and changed, his eyes like pinpoints of gold. His stare vacillated between Roane and Caitlyn.

He’d caught Caitlyn’s attention, and Roane didn’t like that.

“He’s pretty.” Her voice had deepened to a husky pitch.

“He’s not your concern. I am.” Roane stepped directly in front of her, blocking her view of Hale.

She growled low in her throat. “I’ll get to you when I’m good and ready. You don’t own me.” The glint in her gaze warned him to tread warily.

He clenched his fists tight, not even pretending to go along with her bullshit.

Hale chuckled, ceasing when Roane turned a lethal glare his way. Caitlyn, he noted, waited, her challenge issued.

More than happy to give her the fight she wanted, Roane stepped forward…right into her fist. Caitlyn belted him in the face faster than he’d have thought possible. With his enhanced bone structure and toughened skin, the assault did no more than irritate him.

“I like this.” She cracked her knuckles. “More power. More strength. Time to take what I want.” She dismissed Roane with a shake of her head.

In the next breath, Roane had her in his arms and ripped the shirt from her body.

“Time to learn who’s in charge here, you damned hellcat.” He cupped her breasts, squeezing and pinching her nipples as she tried to struggle. The scent of feminine arousal filled the air around them. She gasped and squirmed, and the wild smell intensified, pleasing him. “You belong to me. You do what I say.”

“Are you strong enough to keep me? I don’t think so. Let me go.” Her breathy plea and fingers kneading his chest contradicted her words. It was telling that she had yet to use her claws on him.

Hale took a step forward.

“Back off, Hale. She’s mine.” Roane uttered the warning in a low snarl. “You want to play, Caitlyn? Then we play by my rules.” He carried her to the exam bed and bent her over it, spreading her ankles wide. Her ass waved in the air, an invitation if he’d ever seen one.

He angled his hips and prodded her pussy with his cock, hissing at the warm wetness pooling there. “Show Hale how you take me all the way in, hellcat. Show him how much you want me.”

She gasped and rubbed against him, the friction testing his control, but she refused to admit her desire aloud.

“You don’t want me?” Roane shoved full length into her and stilled. “Are you sure?” She moaned his name, clawing at the table as she arched back into him.

“You want me to leave you?” he asked in a thick voice and pulled out.

“No,” she whimpered. “I need more.”

“Beg me for it.” He reached around her hip and fingered her clit, sliding through the cream gathered just for him.

“Never…beg.”

“We’ve done this already, remember?” Roane pressed his cock against her ass as he played with her, determined to melt her resistance. He locked gazes with Hale, forcing the male to acknowledge Roane’s place with his female.

Hale licked his lips and nodded, focused on them.

“Tell Hale how much you need me.”

Caitlyn tried to move away from Roane. Her attempts were halfhearted at best, and she continued to exude an arousing scent.

Unable to resist her, Roane thrust inside her once more. “Fuck, Caitlyn. You don’t like the word ‘no,’ do you?”

He began pumping, taken with her hot pussy, with the feel and scent of her. “So good.”

“Yes,” she hissed, rubbing against him. “More. Deeper.”

“Like this?” He slammed into her, and she cried out. Riding her hard, more than aware Hale watched their every move, he dragged the pad of his finger over her clit. Large and ripe, she felt slick with desire. Pushing with more pressure while he fucked her, he deliberately released his own scent and had a wildcat on his hands.

Caitlyn cried out and scratched at the bed, his thighs, whatever she could reach as she climbed toward orgasm.

Roane wanted nothing more than to come inside her, but he needed to teach her a lesson. The female had to know her place.

He forced himself to withdraw.

“No,” she groaned.

“Who’s in charge?”

“Roane, I’m not done yet,” she hissed, fighting for the freedom to take him inside her once more.

“Neither am I.” He teased her entrance, aware of how precariously he balanced on the edge of ecstasy. “Answer me, dammit.”

“Fuck me.” She tried again to engage his body with her own.

Roane shoved her flat against the bed, his body flush with hers. The contact put his groin and her ass in direct alignment.

“Who’s in charge, hellcat?” He pushed between her cheeks, fully intending to ass fuck her as soon as they’d settled their differences. “I can wait as long as I need to,” he rasped, nipping at her neck.

Caitlyn shivered. Hale groaned in the background, drawing Roane’s attention. The Circ dropped his shorts and stroked himself, lost in the sex clouding the room. Roane felt for him, totally caught up in Caitlyn’s body.

She bucked and fought, but couldn’t shake him. The fury vibrating along her frame slowly soothed into a submissive acceptance, what he’d been waiting for all along. The beast within roared its satisfaction. The man accepted her as his due. No question.

“Please, Roane,” Caitlyn whimpered. “Take me. You’re in charge.”

“And?” He withdrew his tip from her ass and positioned his cock at her pussy, where it belonged.

“I’m yours,” she whispered in a gritty voice.

Roane slammed inside her once more, groaning at the perfection of their fit.

“Oh, yes!” Caitlyn stretched under him, and he lost it.

His female. His seed ready to take root. Thoughts of impregnating her increased his ardor. Roane fucked her without mercy, riding his woman until she shattered around him.

Still he continued until he crested his limits, stirring her again, despite her protests.

“Mine,” he bellowed as he jetted inside her. He gouged her hips, marking her with his touch and scent, the smell of blood and cum furthering his climax.

He glanced up to see Hale close to losing it. “Come here,” he said to his friend. “Caitlyn, open your mouth. You’re going to reward Hale for knowing the truth when he sees it. Suck him until I tell you to stop. I’m far from done with you.” Hale approached, and Roane pushed Caitlyn farther over the bed, careful to keep connected to her. Though he’d just spent, he was still hard, his beast’s appetite far from satisfied. She’d surrendered her will, but she had more yet to give.

“Wait,” Roane ordered.

Hale shook as he stood with his cock at Caitlyn’s lips. Caitlyn breathed over him, and he groaned.

Roane coated his finger in the cum sliding down her leg. He was still inside her, but he wanted more. Pushing his finger between her ass cheeks, he penetrated her anus. The tight fit increased his arousal.

“Now fuck her mouth,” he ordered Hale, dominance throbbing inside him.

Hale pushed, and she took him, accepting Roane as well. He could sense her discomfort, but she didn’t refuse him.

Stretching her with one finger and then two, Roane let Caitlyn get used to him, her transformed body much easier to train. When changed, he himself had experienced anal sex with little pain. The last thing he thought he’d ever want, but when Hale had taken him, he’d felt actual pleasure in the act. Still, it was nothing close to what he felt with Caitlyn.

Now he’d get to show her what it felt like to be filled at both ends. He removed his fingers from her ass.

Hale panted as he fucked her, his eyes glued to Roane’s as Roane withdrew from her pussy and penetrated her ass. She moaned around Hale’s cock as Roane invaded the tight space. His shaft slid easily, drenched in her cum and his natural lubricant.

“So damned tight,” he said, doing his best to remain still, to let her grow accustomed to the feel of him.

“That’s it,” Hale growled. “Take her ass and make it yours. Like when I bent you over last time and fucked you, Roane. The way I possessed that flesh, made you come all over Zack and Ace while Derrick shot all over you. Together we’re joined. But never like this,” he hissed as he tensed. “Never this fucking good,” he moaned and shot inside Caitlyn’s mouth.

Roane watched his best friend pull out slowly, his cock glistening before pushing back in. The sight and scent of him over Caitlyn surprisingly added to his arousal.

“Yeah, that’s it.” Roane squeezed her cheeks, making her grip him even tighter. He pounded into her, no longer able to go slow. “I’m going to cover you with my seed, baby. All of me,” he groaned as he came. His orgasm was so intense, he couldn’t stand it. He quickly pulled out, only to continue to come all over her back.

When he finally stopped, he noticed Hale had pulled out of Caitlyn and watched her take Roane to heaven. Once finished, Roane leaned over her, cementing their bodies with mingled fluids and scents.

“Mine,” he said again, quietly, relishing the sight of their strength, his larger frame dominating hers.

“Yours,” Caitlyn acknowledged, her voice husky.

“Yours,” Hale agreed. “That’s some bond,” he said with a grin, showcasing sharp teeth.

“Too bad the others missed it.”

“God, don’t talk about it,” Caitlyn said tiredly, changing back. “I can’t believe I just did that. A freakin’ ménage. I feel sensitive all over.” Hale left and returned a moment later cleaned up, but still in his altered, animalistic state. He fairly hummed with energy, and Roane knew their encounter wasn’t over yet. Hale threw him a warm, soapy washcloth, which he used on both Caitlyn and himself before discarding it.

He kissed Caitlyn’s shoulder, gliding his lips over a healing scratch. Satisfied when it continued to knit, he gently turned Caitlyn onto her back. Her sensual shiver pleased him, and he cupped both breasts, taken by the hardened nipples. “Not enough yet, hmm?”

“Roane, what --”

She gasped as Roane knelt between her legs and licked her. In this form, his keen senses detected the very essence that made Caitlyn his. The sweet scent, the honeyed taste of her, went straight to his head. He sucked hard on her clit, causing her to spasm into another climax.

“She’s hungry.” Roane grinned.

Hale nodded. “She’ll make a good breeder.” They both froze, and Hale swore. “I’m not sure where that came from, but my beast seems to like the idea.” Roane gave her one last lick and stood. “Yeah. Mine, too.” He rubbed her soft belly, enthralled by the contrasts in their skin. He caught her in his arms when she faltered. “I can’t get that image out of my head. The one where she’s round with my child. It doesn’t make any sense, but it gets me harder than a rock. I just fucking came, and I want to do it again until she’s carrying.”

Hale inhaled sharply. “Shit, stop talking about it.” He reached down to cup his balls tightening under a thickening shaft.

“Yeah, stop talking about me being pregnant,” Caitlyn said. “It’s enough I turn into some she-beast. I don’t think I’m ready for kids yet.” Roane stroked her tanned abs, then ran his large hand over her mound and between her folds. He caressed her clit, stirring her anew.

“Not again,” she moaned.

“You like playing games. See how much fun we can have playing?” Roane asked, reminding her who made the rules. He still didn’t like that she’d looked at Hale earlier.

She followed his gaze to Hale and flushed. “I didn’t really want to have sex with Hale.

No offense.”

“None taken.” Hale smiled and licked his lips.

“I mean, the lusty part of me did, but I wanted you,” she directed to Roane. “I mean…

Hell. This doesn’t make any sense. It’s like I was possessed or something. I wanted to see how you’d react if I came on to Hale. Not that Hale’s hard to look at,” she amended and winked at his friend.

Roane shoved a finger inside her.

“I know, I know.” Caitlyn gasped and closed her eyes, as if unwillingly drawn under his spell again. “I’m yours. I get it. I was just teasing.”

“Tease me anytime, honey.” Hale stroked his arousal once more.

“Cut it out, Hale.” Roane scowled.

“See how bossy he is? But he’s not so hard to deal with, if you know how to handle him.”

Roane withdrew his finger from Caitlyn and wiped it on his belly, her scent mingled with his. “Keep pushing, Hale.” The beast in him sensed another challenge, one he’d mastered before. The scent of familiar need emanated from Hale, shocking Roane that he hadn’t felt the same urge.

“Want me to show her how it is?” Hale asked and approached. He ran a hand over Caitlyn’s legs, cupping her mound as if he owned it. Caitlyn groaned and spread her thighs wider.

“Don’t you remember the pecking order?” Roane asked, rage building, adding to the lust wafting from Hale’s glands. Another mating heat, right after Roane had claimed Caitlyn?

Quick as lightning, Hale shoved Roane away from Caitlyn and pushed him up against the wall. “Strongest wins the prize.” The jackass was the fastest of them in his beastly form.

They all knew it.

Roane understood what Hale wanted: to mount Roane in front of Caitlyn. To show her his strength and steal the female out from under him with a show of dominance.

“Fuck, no.” Roane flashed sharp teeth. “You think you can take her from me?”

“I can’t help this, and you fucking know it.” Hale panted, his dick pressed between his belly and Roane’s. “You have to reform our bonds. I know she’s yours, but so am I. Not yet mated. Another heat.” Hale groaned. “I should be satisfied by her perfect mouth, but you two pushed me into this.”

Roane battled his resurging desire as he glanced from Hale to Caitlyn. She sat up and watched with curiosity and desire in those deep green eyes. At least she isn’t repelled by this bond. This unceasing lust that’s making me ache.

“I think you need to mark him the way you did me,” she offered quietly. “He needs to feel that same connection, right?” She glanced at Hale, who nodded.

Roane wanted to be disgusted by it. Hell, he’d just had sex with Caitlyn, the woman he knew to be his. But she didn’t seem put off by Hale’s need. Quite the opposite. She seemed turned on again.

“Come on, do it.” Hale growled and nipped at Roane’s neck.

Roane reacted. He shoved Hale back, then flipped him to the ground on his hands and knees. He felt Caitlyn’s gaze on him like a caress while he prodded Hale’s hole. Like a switch, Roane went from flagging to erect again. He surged deep in one push and hissed at the pleasure of Hale’s ass gloving him so tightly.

Wrapped in sensation, he didn’t hear his woman move.

“That’s nice.” Caitlyn purred in his ear, wrapping her arms around his chest as he pounded into Hale. “Take him hard,” she prodded and bit his earlobe, her soft breasts pressed into his back.

Blood pooled in his groin. Roane groaned as he took Hale, Caitlyn’s encouragement spurring him to finish quickly. When she circled to Hale and reached under him, grabbing his cock, Roane’s excitement boiled over. Two alphas sating his beta. The way it should be, taking care of his friend and partner.

Hale praised them both as he cried out his climax. He came over Caitlyn’s hand while she watched Roane pumping in and out of his ass. Roane felt the ecstasy rushing from the base of his spine through his balls, like a fiery blast of pleasure that overwhelmed him. He moaned his relief as he came hard, marking Hale with his scent and his seed.

As he regained his senses, Roane pondered the notion that he hadn’t experienced Hale’s same need. Unlike the other times where he’d felt compelled to fuck one of his own squad -- for God’s sake -- Caitlyn had finished him herself. This joining with Hale had been for Hale’s sake. And to be honest, knowing Caitlyn wanted him to fuck Hale, that she watched, turned him on to the idea more than he might have thought possible.

Hale hissed as Roane withdrew. Hale made it to his knees, one huge mess of claw marks and cum. Caitlyn kissed him on the cheek and rubbed her hand through his own seed on his belly, making him flush.

“That was really sexy,” she said before leaving them both for the small adjoining bathroom.

Their heavy breathing filled the sudden silence left in her wake.

“Tell me I didn’t just ask you to fuck me in front of a woman.” Hale moaned. “I’m seriously losing it.”

“I think she liked it.” Roane coughed to cover his sudden discomfort. “Dammit, you had another mating heat. What did you expect?”

“I expected I’d want her to satisfy me, not you,” Hale said with a dry laugh. “She’s a sexual goddess with that mouth. You? You’re not that sexy.”

“Fuck you.”

“You just did.” Hale ran a hand over his face. “No need to share this with the others, all right? Just Doc.”

“You don’t need to tell me twice.” Roane grimaced but saw the humor in the situation.

“So, you think I’m sexier than Caitlyn, hmm?”

“Dammit.” After using Caitlyn’s ruined shirt to clean up, Hale slowly dressed. “Look, from now on, keep sex with your woman private. Don’t get me wrong. Big thanks for that mind-blowing orgasm Caitlyn gave me. But I could have done without that heat you two pushed me into. My beast didn’t want someone new. It wanted you, what was familiar.” Hale paused. “Which could be good, if you think about it. I recognized Caitlyn as yours. If not, we would have had to fight. And I would have had to kick your ass in front of her, embarrassing you.”

“You wish.”

Hale clapped him on the shoulder. “After I talk to Doc, I’m blowing the compound. I need to find a good woman and get laid a few more times tonight. As a man. Not as my beast,” he added with disgust before leaving the lab.

“Good luck.” Roane understood Hale’s need to get away. If not for Caitlyn, he’d have done the same. Anything to wipe out the odd attraction for men he considered friends and family. Though he admitted to the heady pleasure when taking Hale, it still lacked that something special he’d found in Caitlyn. God willing, he could avoid a repeat of a mating heat with Derrick, Ace, and Zack.

Like Hale advised, he’d stay away from the others when he and Caitlyn had sex. So long as they respected this boundary, life would be good. Caitlyn was his. No question, no discussion. He didn’t worry so much about Zack and Ace, not with Kelly around. But Derrick worried him.

Caitlyn emerged clean from the bathroom, wrapped in a towel.

“That’s two showers today.” She glanced away from him, a blush darkening her cheeks.

“It’s okay, hellcat,” Roane teased and took her in his arms. “This is the way we’re made.

Accept this new you. Between me, the squad, and Doc, we’ll make it all right.” She slowly raised her gaze to meet his. “I trust you, Roane. I don’t know why, but I do.” She sighed and rested her head on his chest. “This is all so weird. I just had sex with two men at the same time. Then I jacked Hale off while you were doing him. That I just said that at all is crazy. Even weirder is that it felt right.”

“It’s strange and embarrassing, and yet, it makes sense. I understand what you’re feeling. Trust me on that.” He hugged her tight.

“I guess I’m not going back to my old life, am I?”

“No,” he said softly, wanting to make this transition as easy on her as possible.

“Then let’s get Doc back in here so he can teach me how to control my change.”

“I’ll help you.” I’ll always help you, baby. You’re mine now.

“I know, but you can’t constantly be around me. I can only hide at the compound for so long. If I run into Simon or Vincent again, I need to be prepared.” Roane tensed. “Don’t worry. The next time you see those dickheads, I plan to be by your side. I’ll tear their heads from their spindly necks if they so much as breathe in your direction.”

Caitlyn relaxed and chuckled. “My hero.”

Hellcat, you have no idea. Because Hoff and Dunn are going to pay for what they did to you. And I’m going to be the one collecting what you’re owed.