Marked by the Alphas

Chapter 45: Chapter 45

Elara POV

I stare at their stretched-out hands. What the fuck is wrong with me? Why do I keep forgiving and believing them? I know the truth, my mind is crystal clear with what is happening, but against my better judgment, my resistance is crumbling.

I take their hands and stand up, the blanket falling to the floor, leaving very little fabric between me and them.

“Look, Elara,” Kane gently pulls me closer. “This is new territory for all of us. Arguing about what exactly our connection is or what it means ... it’s pointless.”

Kane steps toward me, and Axel moves around until I am squeezed between them, our bodies touching in a dozen places.

“But you know what isn’t pointless?” He asks, wrapping his hand around my neck, gently pulling my head backwards and into his shoulder. He lifts my chin and stares into my eyes. “This.” freewebnovёl.ƈom

He kisses me deeply, fiercely, our tongues meeting in an intricate dance.

“The way I feel about you isn’t pointless,” he whispers when he finally pulls away. He runs his hand up the inside of my thigh, swiping a finger through my slick folds.

“What if it isn’t real?” I whisper. As much as I want them, I cannot get rid of that one nagging question.

I gasp as Kane grabs the collar of my shirt and pulls hard, sending the buttons flying.

“What if we prove that it is?” Axel murmurs in my ear as his hands find my breasts.

“They’re our mates,” Lily says urgently. “We must give them a fair chance to prove themselves.”

I want to argue with her, I want to resist, but my body betrays me, and logic and reason evaporate. So, I do not protest when Axel picks me up and lays me down onto the warm, soft rug in front of the blazing fireplace.

In the soft glow of the flames, I watch them undress before they lie down beside me on each side.

“Does this feel real?” Axel reaches out and cups my chin, lifting my face to meet his smouldering gaze.

“Mm,” is all I manage to say before his lips find mine, flicking his tongue against them until I willingly open my mouth to him.

He pulls away, and he and Kane lean into my neck, breathing deeply. I take a deep breath, inhaling their warm musk, like spiced honey. It invades my senses, and a rush of hot wetness floods between my legs.

Axel’s nostrils flare, and his eyes roll back. His unbridled desire turns me on like nothing else.

“What about this?” Kane asks as his fingers trace the inside of my leg. Shivers wrack my body as he gets closer and closer to my throbbing centre. He slides in a finger and hooks me from the inside, which makes my hips buck. “Does this feel real?”

“Yes!” A strangled moan tears from my lips, and Axel buries his face in my neck, kissing and sucking like he cannot get enough of me. Having them touching me, needing me, feels so real. More real than anything I ever felt before.

Somewhere, from the darkness of my mind, a nagging voice surfaces, urging me to stand up and go to my room. Nothing good can come from this. What is the use of speaking my mind and then spreading my legs for them? They will never take me seriously if I continue this behaviour.

But I am numb from desire, and when Kane rises to his knees, and my eyes feast over his naked, glorious body, I shove the voice back. I will acknowledge tonight for what it is, a pleasure. One last selfish indulgence before I am out of heat, and they run back to Alice.

And suddenly my wolf is soaring to the surface, clawing desperately for more.

Without saying a word, I reach for Kane’s throbbing erection, curling my fingers tightly around him. He breathes out slowly, and his eyes turn dark and glassy with intense arousal. A low growl rumbles through him when I run my tongue along his shaft from base to tip, revelling in the knowledge that I can make him feel like this.

I reach out for Axel, too, stroking him slowly, then faster, running a finger through the juices leaking from his pulsing length.

As Kane hovers over me, teasing my lips with his erection, Axel gets between my thighs, his tongue lapping at my folds. I throw my head back as he licks me fervently, moaning into the tip of Kane’s penis.

They enter me at the same time, Kane’s cock ramming against the back of my throat while Axel slowly slides himself inside me, pumping in and out in a steady rhythm, allowing me to feel every pulsing inch.

Axel wraps his hands around my legs at the same time as Kane grabs my hands and pushes them back. I am trapped beneath them.

Kane glides in and out of my mouth as Axel thrusts deeper.

“Oh, Goddess, Elara,” Axel gasps and I feel the hot surge of his cum erupting inside me, sending me over the edge. I come with violent shudders that shake my whole body.

Kane pulls out of my mouth and scoops me into his arms, flipping me over onto all fours.

Axel worms himself beneath me, so we are facing each other, and I balance myself over him, my breasts swinging freely.

“Who do you belong to?” Axel looks lovingly at me, stroking my face.

But before I can answer, Kane pushes himself deep inside me, and I feel myself stretching, then clench around him, feeling fuller than I ever felt before.

“Who do you belong to, Elara?” Kane grunts as he thrusts harder.

I feel a now-familiar pressure building in my lower stomach, taking me to the edge once more.

“You,” I whisper, defenceless against their onslaught.

“You’re our everything, Elara,” Kane leans over and purrs into my ear. “We ...” freewёbnoνel.com

He slows and sighs as if he is holding something back.

“We can’t imagine life without you,” Axel finishes for him.

But I have a feeling there is more they want to say. And suddenly, the piercing sting of guilt burns my stomach. I am not the first one they have said things like this to. I am not the first she-wolf that has been their ‘everything’. They chose Alice, not the other way around. Because they felt this way about her once, too.

No wonder she was so upset. She was thrown into this mess just like I was, and imagining them treating me the way they treated her made my heart squeeze.

But then Kane thrusts harder, and Axel pulls my face to his, and suddenly the outside world dissolves into the all-consuming bliss of the moment.

“Oh, Goddess!” I cry, just as Kane’s cock surges inside me.

I collapse onto Axel’s chest, the creep of guilt slowly returning, spreading through my body like poison.

“I’m going to shower,” I announce, untangling myself and standing up.

“Elara, wait,” Kane reaches for me, but I step out of his reach and shake my head.

“It’s just a shower, Kane,” I smile. “I’m not leaving the mansion, I promise.”

I grab the blanket, wrap it around my body and run to my quarters before they can protest.

I get into the shower and allow the hot water to scald me as I scrub myself raw. Tears are running freely down my face. I am such an idiot. They treat me like shit, and I fall for their tricks every single time. Do I not have any self-respect or self-worth? A part of me also fantasises that if I scrub hard enough, I might be able to wash away any trace of my vampire blood.

It strikes me how little I still know about vampires, myself, and my family. All I know are fairytales and legends. No sunlight, wooden stakes or garlic, powers of immortality, compulsion, hypnosis.

I freeze.

Hypnosis.

Is that why I trusted Braden instantly? Is that why Kane and Axel are so drawn to me? Do I have powers of hypnosis? And are they mixing with my mating heat and making the boys do things they normally would not?

There is one person who has all the answers I need, and it is time she pays me a visit.