Chapter 15

Chapter Fifteen

Bash

Stopping outside of my brother’s office door, I could hear the steady tones of his voice through the thick steel. He was on the phone with Nick, talking about Dominic. I knew that he was ready to have him out of our thrall. 

He was nothing but a liability and he didn’t care for the family.

I’d never met someone so self-centered before. Most shifters fought for the good of the thrall or pack. Seeking to take care of each other for the greater good. Not Dominic, he’d proven that he had no leader.

When father was taken down and Lucian stepped up. I thought that he would stay behind with the others. 

The ones that didn’t agree with my brothers and I. The ones that didn’t want Lucian to lead. Instead, he’d come with us. Trying to create problems every step of the way. We needed him gone. Hopefully, the wolves would take care of him. 

Lucian stopped talking, and I heard the click of a phone as he ended the call. Bringing up my fist, I knocked once. Cass stiffened beside me, I tightened my arm around her waist. Looking down at her. 

It was hard to believe what Lucian had said to me this morning. How he’d felt drawn to her, how his dragon wanted to keep her. We’d been talking about taking a mate and a perfect one had fallen into his lap. The lucky beast. 

That worked out for me. 

I wanted a mate, but we had our pact and I wouldn’t violate it. My dragon was interested in her. We wanted to see just how much our feisty kitten could handle before she begged for it. I bet she looked good on her knees, her gray eyes looking up at me filled with a challenge. 

Ready to fight me every step of the way. My cock stirred to life, and I licked my lower lip. Lucian had said he needed more time before he was willing to share her, but I didn’t know how long I could wait. 

“Come in,” Lucian called out, and I pasted on that easy-going smile. I knew how hard things had been for him lately. Cass was just what he needed. Even if he didn’t want to tell me or the others yet. 

He had claimed her. That to me was telling enough. She had survived the night with him and was still standing. From what he’d said, she’d taken everything that he could give and more.

Would she be able to handle all of us?

I hoped so. 

I wanted to see what she was like relaxed. Not this tense, worried version of her. Maybe later Lucian would let me take her out? We could go dancing, do normal couple-y

A dragon could hope. 

“Bash.” He said, dragging a hand over his face as he leaned back in his leather chair. His eyes moved to Cass, and I saw the briefest flicker of a smile before his face went back to normal. I could see it in his eyes. That was something he wouldn’t be able to hide from me. I knew him better than I knew myself. Growing up, he’d been my best friend. My confidant, my protector when mother would get jealous of the others. 

“I brought you your mate, dear brother.” I walked closer to his desk, pulling Cass along with me. Her back was straight and the tension flowing off of her was tangent. I could taste it, along with something I hadn’t been expecting. 

Arousal, just being near Lucian, turned her on. I ran my palm up her side. Feeling the flutter of her heart beating faster, pulling her closer to me. 

Was it my touch? 

Was it seeing my brother?

Breathing in that sweet honey-like scent of her, my mouth watered and my teeth grew to sharp points. I wanted to sink my teeth into her, claim her for my own. Take my time teasing her, tasting her while he watched. My dick went half hard. She leaned into my touch, shivering as my hand moved up beneath her breast.

I don’t think she was even aware that she was doing it. 

My brother was. 

Lucian’s eyes shifted to dark glowing orbs. Moving to my hand as I traced the seam of her slip dress with my fingertips. Her pulse sped up, breath hitching just the slightest. Turning my head towards her I smiled, knowing that I was baring too many teeth. 

That my dragon was barely contained beneath the surface. 

“You smell so good, kitten.” I ran my nose along her neck, my thumb moving along the underside of her breast. “Oliver was right. Good enough to eat.” 

Cass tensed up but didn’t say anything. She didn’t need to. Her cheeks were flushed, confusion clear in her stormy eyes. I leaned closer to her, my thumb brushed over her hard nipple.

God, I wanted to sit her on his desk, to suck her tits into my mouth. Tug at the tight peaks with my teeth. Make her moan and squirm for me. I wanted to drown myself in her scent, cover her in my own. Mark her up with bites so that there would be no way she could forget that it was me making her all hot and bothered.

“Bash.” Lucian’s voice was husky, pulling me out of my seduction of his mate. 

“Brother,” I said, tilting my head to the side. My gaze met his, and I knew that he liked watching me play with his mate. 

“You should go check on William.” 

“I don’t think he needs me right now.” I caressed my thumb over her nipple again, and she pressed into my hand. Smirking at Lucian, I did it again, and he lifted an eyebrow, his hands resting flat on the desk as he leaned forward. Struggling to stay seated. Desire in his eyes as they moved to Cass and I knew that she was about to be taken by him.

“You may come back after you do.”

“Is that a promise?”

He nodded. My smirk grew to a smile, and I let my arm fall from around her. She looked up at me, her pupils dilated. I pecked her cheek before turning away. “I’ll see you soon, kitten.”