Trio of Mates
Chapter 24

After an exhausting day of phone calls about war and rumors of war, Charlie and I had spoken to nearly all of the packs on the East Coast. We had alliances with several of them and several owed us favors. These packs held strong to their promise to us. My Goddess given gifts of negotiation had helped many and they wanted to help if they could.

The difficulty was in convincing the ones who we hadn’t been involved with. We are a fairly well-known pack and I have at least a passing acquaintance with all of the Alphas on the East Coast. But that doesn’t mean that they are willing to help without knowing who the threat was or why.

Even if you had the golden tongue of Hermes, how do you call someone that you barely know and ask for help in a rumored war, but you can’t provide any details?

“Hi, this is Alpha Zak of the Artemis Pack. I know that we don’t really know each other, but would you fight alongside my pack in a war? I can’t tell you who it will be with or why it’s happening. Just trust me.”

You’d sound at best, paranoid, and at worst, insane.

So Charlie and I did what we could. We called saying that we were about to induct our new Gamma and Beta for our pack (true), leaving the post of Delta unclaimed (small lie) as an attempt to engender a sense of sympathy. Did their pack have any unmated female warriors that they would be willing to send to our pack to see if they found their mates among us? We would do the same in return. This was a common practice among friendly packs. The fact that we were reaching out to packs that we were less friendly with showed a certain level of desperation to fill the role, but not an unbearable one.

This allowed us to do a few things: 1) find out if the Alpha was willing to help others at a slight inconvenience to himself, 2) were they friendly with the Blue Crescent Pack, 3) how far from both packs they were, and 4) an estimate of their warrior numbers. The ploy worked well. Nearly all the packs accepted the proposal, saying that they would be happy to send some unmated females over the next month. This could be helpful, as a mated pair have more strength than a single wolf alone. Although they wouldn’t be trying out for the Delta position, most wolves would just be happy to find their mates. The ones that weren’t, well, they could take their mate back to their pack.

The few packs that did not agree to send warriors did so for a variety of innocuous reasons: too far from our pack, no unmated female warriors, no female warriors period… None outright refused, which appeared to be a good sign.

There were many packs that knew the Blue Crescent Pack and some who had alliances, but none of them seemed to be too happy about it.

Alpha Mathias of the Blue Crescent Pack is known to be emotional and, frankly, an assh0le. He often reneged on deals, demanded more than he was due, or just out-and-out refused to listen to the other side. It was the reason that he was coming to our pack in the first place. He had a large deal with a neighboring pack and needed help with the negotiation. Even he knew that he would screw it up.

Needless to say, by calling and offering a fair trade, we had built up more credibility among these packs than Mathias had in years of “friendship.”

Though the number of warriors of each pack and the distance from them to us was important, it wasn’t anything that we couldn’t have learned from a simple database search. All packs in good standing were categorized in a common database to help in a myriad of ways: stopping territory disputes, sending aid as needed for poorer packs, even census information. This initial contact and agreement, which we would honor, was the main reason for our call. It was fruitful, but exhausting. And just because we had a temporary alliance didn’t mean that these packs wouldn’t turn on us as soon as they found out about our mate trio. It was a delicate balance. One that we didn’t have an answer for right now.

By 3:30, both Charlie and I were tired, but hopeful. We wrapped up for the day and headed to our suite to shower and dress for the Gamma and Delta ceremony. Charlie also mindlinked Lucille to see if she needed help getting to the pack house. As it turns out, the omega who went to help Lucille yesterday had come back to help her. Lucille stated that the girl, by the name of Meredith, was destined to become an Oracle. Lucille had wanted to talk to us about having Meredith moved to her cabin so that her training could begin. Seems like Lady Selene had been busy with setting up relationships lately.

Charlie gave our blessing and thanked Lucille for all of her help. With that squared away, Charlie hopped into the shower.

I mindlinked with Devin’s mom, as well as mine. As Former-Luna, it was my mother’s job to plan and host ceremonies, such as this one. She was extremely stressed with a Delta and Gamma ceremony today, a Beta ceremony later this week, and the Blue Crescent arrival a week later. But after that she would get a long break. Well, at least she thought she would. But no need to stress Mom out even more.

By the time Charlie was done in the shower, I had just finished calming Mom down from the crisis of the wrong canapé and helped come up with a solution that she seemed happy with. I hopped in the shower and was drying off when I felt a large gust of l**t coming down the mate bond. I turn to see Charlie, dressed in a barely-there black lingerie set. She was staring at the water beading and dripping down my body, her tongue l!cking her lips. Instantly, l**t ignites in me and my d!ck begins to harden.

“What are you thinking, Luna?” I ask, my voice husky and confident.

“That I want to l!ck the water off of you, Alpha. I want to l!ck from your neck, down your pecs, your abs, and to your rock-hard shaft,” Charlie says, her gray eyes turned the color of a storm cloud with her desire. That’s my Charlie. Always one for subtlety.

I smell her arousal, a scent spicy and earthy, like rosemary. My c0ck bobs at her words and I drop my towel to the floor, an arrogant smirk on my lips.

“We had better hurry, then. There isn’t much time before the ceremony,” I say.

“They can’t start without us. We can take as long as we want,” she says, pushing her bra straps from her shoulders and unclamping it. My mouth waters at the sight of her full, round breasts, bouncing slightly from being let free.

I pull her to me, one hand playing with a nipple. My fingers roll it between them and she m0ans, her mouth against my skin.

“Charlie, we can’t be late for this particular ceremony. It’s too important.” Though my tone is firm, I can’t help but reach into her panties. I rub a finger over her slit, feeling her juices cover my finger. Pushing through her lower lips, I stick a finger directly into her entrance, earning a sharp yip from her.

Immediately, she wraps a hand around my c0ck, stroking it quickly. Her tongue shoots out of her mouth as it l!cks from my shoulder to my pecs and nipple. She sucks the nipple into her mouth, biting on it gently. I m0an.

Looking up at me, she grins and says, “A quickie, then?”

I growl and pick her up. She wraps her legs around my waist, her mouth finding mine and her hands tangling in my hair.

I walk into the bedroom, throwing her on the bed. She giggles as she bounces on the bed once. I quickly flip her over, pulling her body so that her feet are on the floor and her a.ss is up in the air. I smack her a.ss and she m0ans for me.

“Quick and hard,” I say, grabbing the lube from the bedside table. I rub some on my c0ck and pull her panties off of her. I rub lube over her sweet pvssy, pushing two fingers in and out of her. She m0ans my name as I touch her and I’m so turned on that precum leaks from my head.

I toss the lube onto the bed in front of her and slowly push into her. We really don’t have time for foreplay, so I’ve got to start out slow. Once I reach the end of her, I pause, breathing heavily. Soon after, she begins to move her h!ps and I let go.

Grabbing her h!ps tightly, I slam in and out of her, feeling her clench around me.

“Zak! Holy f**k! YES! F**K ME!” she screams, unable to move her h!ps in my vice-like grip. Charlie is at my complete mercy and she f*****g loves it.

I speed up, the feeling of her tight, slick pvssy clenching around my d!ck as she cums. “F**k, f**k, f**k,” I say to myself, my words nonsensical as I give into the pleasure of being inside of her.

“ZAK!!!”

I pull her to standing, back against my front. Propping one of her legs on the bed, I reach around her thigh and finger her clit. I wrap one hand around her slender throat, squeezing slightly. My c0ck continues to thrust in and out of her hard and fast.

“Shit, baby, you feel so good,” I whisper into her ear.

Her hands cling to the arm of my hand on her throat and her nails dig into my skin.

“I’m gonna cum again!” she says, voice slightly hoarse.

“F**k, Charlie, me, too!” I yell. Her walls clamp around my d!ck and I scream my release inside of her. Distantly, I hear her screaming my name as well.

We both collapse on the bed and breathe heavily for a few minutes.

“Come on, Babe,” I say, pulling her up off of the bed with me. “We have to shower again really quickly and get going.