9AN: Well, I've been sitting on this chapter for a while, reading it and rereading it to make sure it was 100% what I wanted it to be and I have to say, I'm done doubting myself. After working on a few other stories I've come to the conclusion that this is just the type of writer I am. I like smut/lemons, I like polyamory, I like Bella-with-a-backbone, I love non-human Bella (not featured in this story, unless I decide to include her eventual turning), I like hyping up feminism, I like showing the different ways that love can manifest between people. That's the kind of writer I've become, so I hope those of you who enjoy what I've written so far continue to enjoy the story as I try to power through having a broken brain half the time.
Side note, in case no one knows: vampire venom is not fatal to the Quileute shapeshifters, but it does drastically reduce their advanced healing rate to the point of practically negating it for several hours, depending on the amount of venom exposure (see: Illustrated Guide). The venom does not kill the wolf, but if they sustain a fatal injuring while infected with venom that they otherwise could have healed from, then that will kill them. Just wanted to explain the emphasis on Alice 'controlling her teeth' and having to swallow back her venom so much in this chapter.
Once again, thank you to everyone supporting my works. I have a question, though. Would you all like to see the other stories I'm working on? We all know I'm horrible at maintaining a set update schedule, so I wouldn't be able to promise any kind of updates to any of my works. But I don't want you all thinking I'm just twiddling my thumbs over here. I've got 40+ WIPs and I would love to at least post a chapter or two of each and get some opinions on the unique ideas I've come up with. Let me know what you think in the comments!
Alice
"So wait," Leah paused to finish her bite of scrambled eggs Rosalie and I had fixed for her and Bella. "You mean to tell me this Lauren bitch tried to embarrass you and bully you because she was closeted and too afraid to come out? All because you came out on your first day here without a hitch?"
Bella was nodding, though she was currently too busy stuffing her face to reply verbally so I stepped in. "Yeah, you should have seen how Bella shut her down again and again until that day in the locker room."
Leah's eyebrows perked, a smirk tilting those warm, soft lips. "Locker room action? Do tell."
Bella rolled her eyes as she finished off her plate in record time. "Ha ha, funny. It wasn't anything like that, though do remind me later to tell you about the infamous séduction de Bella, as they referred to it. No, what they're talking about is how Lauren tried to insult my mates and I kinda blacked out and came to with my arm across Lauren's windpipe."
Leah's eyes went wide and I couldn't help but grin at the memory. Bella's viciousness was a huge turn-on, apparently, and I was going to need to feed soon after tasting Leah's blood before my instincts got the better of me. "Yep," I chimed in when Bella just sat there blushing adorably. "It was after she let the girl go that the truth finally came out, literally speaking. Sappho here somehow recognized what Lauren was going through and called her out on it. Apparently, growing up in a small town can foster some deep-seeded homophobia in it's residents, and Lauren had to grow up hearing all of that negativity. She was jealous of how easy Bella handled all the attention-positive and negative. So she lashed out at her until Bella threw the girl a lifeline in the form of unconditional friendship with the promise of support for when the girl was ready to come out."
Leah's face couldn't quite decide what it wanted to do until she eventually just settled on a baffled grin. "So the Pussy-Whisperer here not only fended off the school bully but arm-barred the bitch into submission? That's kinda hot."
Unfortunately for Bella, she happened to be finishing off her juice during this statement, which immediately found its way onto the table in front of her. It was made even more hilarious by the fact that Bella was wearing the tie-dye t-shirt in the pansexual pride colors with the word SAPPHO in bright, bold print across her chest that I'd had made for her. The fact that Rosalie and I were wearing matching shirts in lesbian pride colors with the words I'M WITH SAPPHO on the chests had forced Bella to keep the shirt on when she saw ours. "Okay, 'Sappho' I can handle but we are not calling me the 'Pussy-Whisperer'!"
Rosalie was grinning at the wolf before turning her heated gaze on our mate. "I don't know," she whispered into Bella's ear, taking time to nuzzle her mark there. "You seem to have a way of bringing the queer out of others. And trust me when I say that my pussy is begging for your lips to whisper sweet nothings to it."
Bella's delectable scent filled the air, both from the heated flush painting her cheeks and the musky tang of her desire leaking unrestrained between her legs. The cup in her hand fell loose into mine as I preempted at least one mess. I could not, however, prevent the wolf's tight grip from cracking the edge of the kitchen table as her golden eyes zeroed in on Bella and Rosalie. Now it was Leah's scent mixing with Bella's and I felt the empty glass in my hand shatter as the scent of Leah's blood filled my senses.
I'd unfortunately drawn everyone's attention, though the low growl coming from my throat was only loud enough for the other immortals to hear. I found myself staring at Leah's neck, my mark there a taunting reminder of the small taste I'd gotten. It had been so long since I'd had anything but animal blood and the spicy, exotic flavor of her crimson nectar was calling to me like none before. If I didn't still have control over my mind and instincts, I would swear she was my singer. It didn't help that she was dressed in a sexy pair of leather pants and a long-sleeve black shirt with a plunging neckline. Why the hell did I think that outfit would be a good idea?!
"Alice?" Rosalie questioned quietly, very much aware of what was wrong. "If you need to go hunt, I can get the girls to school."
"Or," the stupid, stupid wolf had to interrupt what was a very sound plan, her darkening eyes focusing on mine with just as much heat, "I can bleed for you, little one. A deep enough cut will bleed long enough to satisfy that hunger of yours, so long as you keep those teeth in check."
Rosalie turned on the wolf with a sudden snarl. "Are you fucking crazy?! You don't understand the frenzy we go into when we hunt and feed! There's no chance you'll walk away from this. We don't stop until our prey is dead."
Leah slowly stood up as if she hadn't heard Rosalie, walking over to the knife rack by the sink before pulling out a small, sharp filleting blade. Turning around, she smirked at what I assumed was Rosalie, though my gaze was riveted to the flash of stainless steel in her hand. "I know what I'm offering, and I think the fact that Alice didn't tear my throat out this morning is a good indication of how this will go. But, if either of you object then I will, of course, put this away and never bring it up again."
I whimpered at the thought, finally managing to turn and meet my mate's and Rosalie's worried gazes. "Gods, if you'd asked me just yesterday if I would ever consider breaking our vegetarian diet, I'd have laughed it off as impossible. But I can't see how this will go because none of us are making any decisions except for Leah. I don't want either of you to think less of me, but...I want this so bad!"
Bella began to rise immediately but thankfully Rosalie pulled her back into her seat. "Speak from here, love. Alice is in a very precarious place and you need to be still."
Luckily, Bella seemed to understand without taking offense. I don't even know when I'd pressed myself against the wall farthest from Leah but I definitely couldn't handle my fragile human approaching me at that moment. "Alice, my sweet tiny goddess," Bella began, sending that beautiful smile of hers my way, "we've all been through so much in such little time together. But I can say for absolute certain, there is not now, nor will there ever be, a single thing in this world that you could do or say that will ever make me think less of you."
I clenched my eyes at the sincerity in her voice, my eyes welling with venom tears that would never fall. Then Rosalie just had to join in and I wished I knew what I did to deserve such amazing women in my life. "You've kept our family safe and hidden for decades, Tink. You stuck to our diet from the moment you even saw it in your visions. This will not change anything between us, sis. Besides," her voice turned playfully seductive, my eyes snapping open in her direction as she pulled our mate against her side, "I think we're both curious how this is going to turn out now that we see how much control you have."
Bella was blushing even deeper at the insinuation, but her eyes kept straying between myself and the wolf, still poised with blade in hand. Rosalie's position wasn't lost on me, either. She was ready to get our mate out of the way if this went wrong, and it was that safety net that had me relaxing my tense posture. My eyes returned to Leah's, my lids narrowing as my lips peeled back from my teeth in a full hungry grin. "Here, wolfy, wolfy, wolfy," I hissed between us, my vampire taking over control at last. I hadn't felt myself let loose like this since I awoke in a grave and tore out the first throat I could find. Only this time it felt different, like I was almost one with the feral beast that lived at my core. I wanted to devour this delicious wolf-girl, but I wanted her to live to be my meal again.
"What do you think?" Leah asked casually, her voice lowering into that rumbling, sexy register that was more wolf than human. She pulled back her left sleeve and aimed the knife directly into the middle of her forearm. "If I stab deep enough here, you'll get maybe thirty seconds at best before it heals."
I giggled as I blurred to the woman, snatching the blade from her hand while grinning up at her. I knew my smile was slanting somewhat into feral territory but I couldn't help myself when my pretty little prey was so willing and ready to bleed for me. "Oh no," I teased, leaning in until my body was pinning her taller, more muscular frame against the counter with ease. Her kind might be stronger than humans in their human forms, but she was still no match for a vampire's strength. "We don't want you tearing an artery and having you waste any of that delicious blood of yours." I brought my lips to her neck, my tongue teasing my mark, groaning as I shook with my need to bite and take. Not to kill, not to devour, but to claim, and that in itself was strange beyond measure.
"Do not play with your food," Rosalie reprimanded playfully, and I could just see Leah sending her the finger out of the corner of my eye as I purred into the warm neck beneath my lips. "Feed my sister well and we'll see about that," Rosalie replied, and I could hear Bella choking back what sounded suspiciously like a whimper. We were stretching these boundaries farther and farther to the point where I was honestly not sure we were actually ever going to find any.
Unable to stand the temptation any longer, I pulled away from Leah's neck for a brief moment. "This is going to hurt," I warned her, my voice guttural as every instinct in me rose up in sync with the single thought of tasting our wolf again. I placed the blade between my teeth as I brought my mouth down low, just above her collarbone so I was certain to avoid the carotid artery. Then I was slashing deep into the woman's body, a precise three-inch long cut opening her flesh near to the bone.
I had the blade out of my way, my venom swallowed back and lips sealed around the wound before even a drop of the crimson nectar could spray free. The moment her exotic blood hit my throat, my mouth began flooding with venom again, my jaw and lips working overtime to drink her in while protecting her from the effects of my venom. She tasted like copper and honey, nothing like the real wolves or humans I've drank from in the past and I was beyond thought as I swallowed greedily of her ambrosia. That didn't stop the near-orgasmic groan that rose up my throat, loud even over the wolf's vicious growl as her hands sank into my hair. I was about to release a growl of my own when, instead of pulling me away, she crushed me to her. Somewhere in the back of my mind, I knew she shouldn't be enjoying this as much as she was, but that was far in the back of my thoughts because I had never tasted any blood as sweet and filling as this wolf's.
It was several long minutes before I could feel the blood beginning to taper off and my mind easily calculated I had less than another minute before the wound would heal. And as much as I knew I could easily extend this feeding to its full completion, somehow I was still in control of myself, at least for the most part. My body was arching uncontrollably against Leah's, aroused beyond measure and riding the edge already without so much as being touched. I didn't have to smell Leah's tangy arousal to know she was just as turned on as I was judging by the guttural growls she was releasing as one of her hands left my hair to grip my ass and pull me against her harder.
I continued to suckle at the wound, even after it had returned to pristine flesh to make sure none of my venom would enter her system. Then, before I could react, Leah had our positions reversed, her hand on my thigh lifting me up onto the counter with my legs spread on either side of her invasive thighs. No matter, my body had a mind of its own and locked my ankles around the wolf's trim waist just as her warm lips descended on mine without hesitation. The taste of her blood was still fresh on my tongue, and mixed with the cinnamon flavor of her mouth, I couldn't hold back a desperate moan as I ached for her to just take me already.
A gasp from my mates had Leah and I glancing their direction to find Rosalie had pulled Bella onto her lap, the human's black slacks I'd picked out for her unbuttoned and the zipper pulled down. But before Rosalie could delve in to our mate's wet core again, the human had wriggled out of Rosalie's lap and was kneeling on the floor in front of the blonde.
"No," she chided playfully, her voice low and raspy as she looked up at Rosalie from beneath thick lashes. "Turnabout is fair play, and if she's getting Alice, I want you, my Rose. Let me taste you."
Whatever growled response Rosalie gave our mate was lost on me the moment Leah's hands slid their way up my tights until they were pushing my matching black skirt up, only for her to grasp both my tights and underwear and begin violently pulling them down until they were dangling around my knees. The way the wolf's eyes glowed with that inner gold of her barely leashed animal had me keening even before she touched me. But then her warm, heated fingers were touching me and I couldn't help but throw my head back and cry out her name to the heavens. Gods, her fingers were so long, so agile, reaching depths I hadn't felt in so long. The addition of her thumb on my clit had me literally thrashing in her arms as she began curling those same fingers in a come-hither motion that was hitting my spot non-stop. This was beyond boundaries, beyond lust-this was carnal passion and with Bella's groans and the wet sounds of her giving my sister pleasure, I knew I wouldn't be able to hold out for much longer.
Leah's arms suddenly disappearing had me blindly reaching for her, finding her hair as she kneeled between my legs. I looked down the moment she ceased all movement, a whimper on my lips until she shot me a feral grin and leaned down to take my clit between her teeth. The moment she restarted her punishing rhythm inside my core, she bit down, hard, and I was done for. My body began to quake uncontrollable as my grip on her hair tightened, that coil tightening faster and faster until it finally snapped, my answering scream nearly as loud as my sister's as we both came with unrestrained voices.
I think I actually blacked out a bit because when I eventually blinked my eyes open, I found a gorgeous wolf standing over me, holding me in her arms with the biggest self-satisfied smirk I've ever seen. "You okay there, Sprite?"
I was just about to muster up a come-back when someone behind Leah cleared her throat, drawing our attention to Bella standing there with an arched brow and her hands on her hips. I could see Rosalie still spayed out on her chair, trembling, but I was more concerned about my mate possibly being upset.
Then she was smirking as she said, "Turnabout," before she was grabbing Leah's shirt and dragging her into a deep kiss that had both women groaning as their tongues clashed almost violently in and around their mouths. It took me far longer than it should have to realize they were sharing the taste of Rosalie and I just as we had given the girls a taste of each other that morning, and I was so glad Leah had pulled my skirt so far up because I was currently leaving a puddle on the counter as I whimpered at the erotic display.
Alas, Rosalie had recovered herself and righted her clothing before sliding up behind our little mate as her kiss with the wolf tapered off with a groan. "So, now that everyone is fed," she growled with a teasing edge to her husky voice, "I think we need to be going before we really are late."
I groaned but sat up, Leah backing away with a grin as she held up her still-glistening fingers. "I don't know, at least one of us here must be hungry." She turned to Rosalie with a challenging grin that had my breath catching at the memory of those teeth. "Ever been curious about what your little sister here tastes like?"
I felt my eyes widen and my still-bare core clench at the implication. We had been pushing boundaries with Bella and Leah but we hadn't had time to see what had become of our familial bond in the interim. When we began exploring this dual-mate-bond, we had been growing closer naturally since we shared a mate. Things had strayed a little beyond sisterly love but we had yet to cross a line together. But I'll be damned if the idea of Rosalie having my taste on her tongue for the rest of the day didn't ignite a fire in my core that never would have been there before yesterday.
Judging by Rosalie and Leah's matching inhales, they could smell my increased arousal. Rosalie met my gaze with a heated look she had only reserved for Bella and Leah so far, and after a moment of silent communication between us, she leaned in and took Leah's fingers between those full, beautiful lips. The only time her gaze broke from mine was when she closed her eyes with a groan, her tongue and lips working between each digit until she'd cleaned even the slightest hint of my juices from Leah's fingers. I was a whimpering, quivering mess by the time Rosalie's eyes flashed open, black as sin as she shoved past Leah and grabbed the back of my head, pulling my lips to hers in a dominant, fierce kiss that took my unneeded breath away and replaced it with the scent of our mixing desires.
"Y-Yep," Bella interrupted shakily, bringing Rosalie and I back to ourselves as we pulled back to glance at our mate, "I actually don't care what that permission slip says anymore. I think I wanna call in straight-up 'horny' because that right there has ruined any chance of me paying any kind of attention in class today."
I couldn't help but giggle, though judging by Bella's trembling legs I don't think she was exaggerating. "As much as I wish that were possible," I responded as Rosalie helped me up and over the puddle I'd left on the counter, "it's Leah's first day at Forks High and she's going to need just as much of a buffer as you did to keep the figurative wolves off her back."
I'd finished cleaning myself and the counter with the nearby paper towels before righting my own clothes while I finished speaking, completely ignoring the longing pout Bella was sending my way. "Actually," Leah chimed in, her naturally warm voice turning rough with irritation, "I worry more about how the actual wolves are going to act when they catch our mixed scents. They'll know by now I never returned home, and they will draw their conclusions. We're about to really test this treaty because while Alice's eyes are gorgeous, the change in shade can only mean one thing."
Said eyes went wide before I blurred into the downstairs bathroom. Oh holy shit! My eyes weren't the crimson of a vampire who has newly broken a vegetarian diet, nor were they the deep ruby of a long-time human drinker. They were more of a muddy-maroon, and while the color could be excused as contacts to the humans, the wolves would see the differences. They would assume I had fed from a human and not Leah, and they might consider this a break in the gold-eye exception to the dissolved treaty. Even I couldn't predict how this day was going to go and that worried me.
"Maybe I shouldn't go," I murmured, knowing the others had followed close enough to hear me. "I didn't think about the repercussions of feeding-I didn't mean-"
Bella's warm arms were around my shoulders as she appeared at my side in the mirror. "I think you look amazing with this color, but it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks because they'll have to get through us if they even think about hurting you. We're all in this together, and I think at least Jacob will be sympathetic to the allure of being unable to say no to vampires. Especially ones as adorable as you," she booped my nose for emphasis and I couldn't help but giggle at my perfect mate.
Rosalie stood behind Bella, her smile confident as always. "I dare them to step up to us. And if they try to raise hell about it we'll just point out that currently there's only one human in this weird ass polycule and she's bite-free-well, the hickeys don't count."
I saw Bella's eyes widen as Rosalie spoke the word we had been kind of tiptoeing around from the moment we welcomed the wolf into Bella's room last night. Because let's face it, what the four of us had shared in less than 24 hours with each other went beyond some casual sex. Bella was most certainly still mine and Rosalie's mate, but Leah was becoming vitally important to us and to not include her somehow in defining our relationship felt like a disservice to the trust and love we had shared with one another. So to see tears shining in Bella eyes and the wide-eyed look of surprise in Leah's, there really was only one way to describe what we had, and what we were becoming to each other. Whether it lasted the test of immortality or if Leah one day chose to go her own way, we were all in this together and Bella's happy squeal as she threw herself into Rosalie's arms and Leah's soft smile as she wrapped an arm around my waist were proof enough that we all wanted this to last.
Bella
I still had a huge grin on my face several minutes later as we all left the house to head to school. That is, after taming the mess Rosalie had made of my hair as I finally got to taste my goddess at her dripping core. Gods, I think I was ruined for any other kind of liquid other than the taste of my ladies. Rosalie was sweet and tangy with a hint of something floral that was almost ironic, while Leah was musky and wild and had me aching to bury my tongue inside her personally. Then there was my little pixiepire, and while I'd only gotten a taste of her from Leah's lips, she was sweeter and more tart than the other two yet no less palate-pleasing. Gods, I had only just had my first tastes that morning but I was already becoming addicted to the taste of my ladies.
I still couldn't get over how easily Leah had slid from our bed and into our hearts, but there was no denying the fact that we all cared for the wolf deeply. The fact that her own Pack had treated such a beautiful and powerful woman as an outcast rather than the treasure she is was truly a crime and not likely one I was willing to forgive anytime soon. They ranked up there next to Jasper in my books and I still need to figure out how to get that little bastard for his betrayal. Maybe I could use the blind spots in Alice's visions to sneak a blade in under her radar. But then again, she had actually fed on Leah rather than just tasting her blood so I didn't know how clear her visions were now, and whether they were only clear with Leah or if that included the whole Pack. Damn, navigating this was becoming more and more difficult!
I stopped outside on the porch, staring at Alice's Porsche and the two sleek black motorcycles that I wouldn't be able to name for the life of me. I turned to find Rosalie shooting Leah a challenging grin. "Ready for round two, pup?"
Leah looked like she was stuck between wanting to drool over the sexy pieces of machinery or sneer at Rosalie's challenge. She eventually settled for sending my blonde mate a toothy grin. "Whether I'm on four paws or two wheels, I'm still going to kick your ass, blondie."
Rosalie blurred forward until she was standing with her lips pressed to Leah's ear, though she still spoke loud enough for me to hear. "Let's get one thing straight here: yesterday, I was pulling my punches. Today, you either get your gorgeous ass on that bike or I show you why I'm the family's enforcer."
When she pulled back, I could just see the heat in both women's eyes as Leah held out her hands for the keys. "Game on, love, but I do hope you're ready to pay up when I kick your ass again. I expect nothing less than decadence for destroying you a second time."
Dear gods, I was not going to make it through the school day with my panties intact if they kept this up. This was just too much raw power and sexuality for my poor human brain to keep up with and I was already walking weird from all of our earlier activities. Luckily, Alice chose to pull me towards her Porsche as she called over her shoulders, "Wait five minutes before following the scent of our trail. This will give you a clear shot to the school without running into any patrols. And try not to kill or fuck each other in the meantime, at least not unless we get to watch."
I was still choking on my breath as I fell into the passenger seat while Alice settled her adorable, giggling self into the driver's seat. Remembering the last time I'd been in this car, I quickly put on my seat belt before bracing myself for dear life. And not a moment too soon as the maniacal pixie threw the car into gear and floored it. She quickly brought us up to impossible speeds as she took turns at angles that would confound mortals, all the while giggling just this side of what I would consider sane.
"They just took off!" I jumped at the sound of Alice's voice, and it was with a terrifying dropping sensation in my stomach that I realized she had at least one eye to the future and I knew I should have asked Charlie about updating my Will. Still, the idea that the girls were now in hot pursuit of our trail had a weird thrill shooting through me. I almost felt guilty for rooting for Leah, but considering the prize on the line this time, I think I was allowed to be a little biased.
We were two blocks from the school when Alice brought the car to a skidding halt on the right side of the road. I was just about to question her about the sudden stop when two black blurs sped past us before quickly decelerating and pulling into the school parking lot, Alice pulling the car in beside them not a moment later.
We both were out of the car as Alice practically danced over to the girls. Rosalie, dear gods, had produced a pair of leather jackets for them to wear and I found myself falling against the front of the Porsche as I took in the sleek, deadly goddesses dismounting their bikes. Alice was giggling as she bounced on the balls of her feet between the two women. "I was tempted to call it a tie," she teased, Cheshire grin fully in place, "But this one goes to Rosalie despite her interesting renovations to Leah's bike."
I finally got my feet under me, walking over to stand beside Alice. "What do you mean?"
Leah, I noticed, was panting heavily as she glared at a grinning Rosalie. She was leaning against the propped up bike, and it was only this close that I realized her legs were shaking almost as much as her voice when she spoke. "This cheating bitch put a vibrator in my seat."
I felt my mouth drop as I turned a wide-eyed look on a now-smirking Rosalie. "Technically, I repurposed a Sybian and integrated it into the seat of that bike. It only activates if the bike goes above sixty. The fact that she chose that one was entirely not my fault."
Growling, Leah pushed off the bike and covered the space between her and Rosalie in a second. Expecting a slap or some sort of physical act of violence, I think both myself and Rosalie were surprised when Leah grabbed the back of her neck and pulled her into a rough kiss that had both women groaning. When she eventually pulled away, I think all four of us were wishing we hadn't bothered with school today.
"Not exactly the way I expected it to go down," Leah's rumbling voice vibrated between the four of us, "but I did hope for this win to end up with you getting me off. Though I would have much preferred those gorgeous lips rather than your little toy."
Rosalie wasn't quite finished hissing as she pulled Leah against her by her hips when we realized we were drawing quite the crowd. Mostly wide-eyed looks of confusion from the humans, but also Jasper and Emmett from across the parking lot, the latter looking as if he were trying to get his higher brain function back. Same boat buddy! Unfortunately, we'd also drawn the attention of one Jessica Stanley and I groaned as she gave me a severe what-the-fuck look. It wasn't just her, either; Mike, Angela, and the rest of my usual crowd of friends save for a mysteriously absent Lauren were staring at the four of us with differing levels of confusion and arousal (mostly from the boys, which had me resisting a glare).
Smirking, I drew on the newfound confidence I'd gained from not only dating the two most gorgeous women on the planet, but also sort-of-dating a Native goddess, and walked up to Rosalie and Leah, my hands on my hips. "And what do I get for surviving driving with the pipsqueak? Remember, girls, only my life was on the line here."
Both taller women smirked down at me with those domineering quirks of their lips as they moved into my personal space on either side of me-specifically on the sides they had marked me that morning. Shit, I did not plan this out! Both women seemed to know they had called my bluff as they both brushed my hair away from my neck to expose their marks. As one, they leaned in on either side and began making love to their marks with their mouths, because there was no way you could call what the were doing 'kissing'. I was aroused in an instant, my legs threatening to give out beneath me before both women pulled back.
It was Rosalie who spoke, her signature chuckle rumbling down to my clit. "Oh but we do so love getting that heart of yours pumping for us. We happen to enjoy when you get all excited."
Leah hummed deep in her throat, another vibration that went directly to my overstimulated core. "You can practically smell how excited she is for us."
A cold, delicate body pressed up against me from behind and now I was actually being held up by the three women because what even are legs anymore? "Come now, loves," Alice nuzzled into the back of my hair with a deep inhale that I felt all the way down my spine. "We don't want to make too much of a spectacle this early. However," her hands gathered to my hair into her small hands, managing to pull it back into a high ponytail that left both sides of my neck bare for all to see, "we can't let the school forget our claims."
I immediately found myself blushing with a proud grin broadening my cheeks. "I'm pretty sure the entire school knows by now that there's something going on between us, girls. That being said, Edward just pulled up and looks like he's going to vomit."
We all turned as one to see Edward exiting his Volvo, a cringe forever imprinted on his face as he took in our gathered polycule. At least he couldn't read my thoughts, but that didn't save him from reading the others, which had his eyes widening before stopping in his tracks. "Yeah," I murmured my breath so only the immortals would hear. "You might want to wait for your mate. There's been some developments."
His eyes darkened as his gaze narrowed on Alice who met his gaze without flinching. "We gave you three your space and this is what you did with it? Do you have any idea-"
"Back off," Rosalie took a threatening step towards Edward, cutting off whatever bullshit he was about to spew. "Imprint, mate, it doesn't matter to us. She's ours and we will fight the wolves and the family over this. Now back off and go save your mate from being mauled by the female population."
Edwards eyes widened even more, his head perking up at the sound of a loud motorcycle engine rumbled into the parking lot. This one I at least somewhat recognized as an old Harley, and there sat Jacob as he pulled up next to Edward's Volvo. He cut the engine and popped out the kickstand before pulling off his black helmet (rather dramatically, I might add). He swung his massive legs over the bike before shaking out his shaggy hair, depositing his helmet on the handlebars before letting his gaze sweep the gaping crowd.
Jessica, apparently not getting the memo, rushed to my side despite my trio of escorts. "Christ, Bella! Isn't that your friend Jacob from La Push? When did he get so hot? Is he seeing anyone? I mean, you've taken all the women so he's gotta be free, right?"
Unfortunately, Edward was too busy ogling Jacob (I swear I heard him mutter something about 'so hot' under his breath) that he didn't realize Jessica was laser-focused on his mate. Deciding to have a little fun after Edward's little attitude, I turned to Jessica with a grin. "Last time I checked, Jacob is not seeing any girl at all. I think you have about as much chance as any of the rest of the girls here."
Jessica looked awed by my answer, her face turning beet-red as she once again looked Jacob up and down. "I'm gonna go talk to him. After all, who better to show him around than the school valedictorian?"
Apparently, this was about the time Edward decided to tune in to our hushed conversation. I could almost hear his growl as he glared at me before turning and walking purposefully towards Jacob who was sending his imprint a toothy grin. That grin disappeared the moment he caught sight of Edwards stormy face as he approached, but rather than the encroaching darkness he was probably expecting, the last thing I think the wolf-boy expected was for Edward Cullen to grab him by his leather jacket (starting to sense a theme here) and pulled him into a fierce, demanding kiss that had the entire gathered student body gaping as much as they did upon my arrival with another girl making out with one of my 'girlfriends'.
"WHOOP, GET IT!"
The sound I made at hearing Emmett's booming voice couldn't even be defined as anything but a honk, which quickly devolved into a loud cackle of laughter that had me bending over at the waist. Feeling the need to join in and maybe piss Jessica off a bit, I yelled out through my choking laughter, "WHOO! GET YO MAN, EDDIE-BOY!"
Jessica whirled on me with the fiercest scowl I'd ever seen but I was too busy hanging on to Alice as we both cackled away as Emmett and Jasper finally chose to approach our group. "Emmett," I choked out between trying to take deep breaths, "You funny bastard, that was great!"
He was grinning by the time I finally got my laughter under control as Jessica stomped off in a huff. "So, does this mean I'm off the hook for that beating?"
I chuckled while waving him off. "Not a chance, but consider it more of a mandatory friendly ass-whooping at this point."
Leah was looking at me with a raised brow as I stepped closer to my trio. "Dare I ask?"
Emmett flinched at my vicious grin as he turned an about-face and disappeared into the school. Pretty sure I saw him cupping himself on the way. "Well, that buffoon used to bang Rosalie, so I promised him I was going to beat him up one side of Mount Olympus and down the other after I was turned."
Leah's beautiful laughter vibrated around us as she grabbed me by the waist and pulled me to her, stealing my breath in an instant. "You are a vengeful little thing aren't you? That is so incredibly hot."
I groaned, leaning up into her taller frame as I whispered into her ear, "That's nothing, love. Remind me to tell you later what I have planned for Jasper, Alice's ex standing approximately fifteen feet away from any beating heart."
Leah's hum could be felt in my chest that was pressed against hers. "I feel there's more than fucking our little pixie to this matter. I'm already in."
"Fuck," I heard Alice whisper, bringing a grin to my lips as I leaned in and bit at Leah's neck before lowering myself back to my feet. "Bella..."
I spun in Leah's arms, leaning backwards into her chest. I wasn't even surprised to see Jasper had disappeared and probably wouldn't be making an appearance again until History class at the earliest. "No, Ali," I growled at my petite mate. "This is an inevitability. After what he did to your heart, he will be tested. If he is found wanting, then this family will deal with him as should have been done from the moment his foul manipulation had been revealed. If he can prove himself to you and to this family to be a stronger man than he was, then and only then will he earn redemption and forgiveness."
Alice looked so torn that I really wanted to take back every word of what I'd said, but I was adamant. Jasper took Alice's beautiful, precious heart captive and had paid no price for his trespass. Eventually, my pixie mate sighed and nodded before smiling sadly up at me. "You have the same right as any of us to seek vengeance against anyone who has wronged us, human or not. I only hope you find redemption in his heart before you destroy him utterly, mon coeur. Either way, it shall not change anything between the four of us, I promise you."
I felt a sigh of relief fall from my lips as I rushed into my sweet mate's arms, hugging her close as I crushed her to me. "I love you, mon trésor. Thank you for trusting me as an equal and believing in me. Your belief in him is not lost on me, please don't ever think otherwise. This...it just has to happen and I don't know why but it does..."
She cut me off with a sweet kiss and an even sweeter smile as she brushed away the errant tears I wasn't even aware I had let fall. "I will always trust you, and you will always be our equal in all things. I think that's why things work so well with that scrumptious wolf. You are a lodestone, and we are all drawn to you, tethered to you in ways neither of us can fully understand. I look forward to eternity with you, my love."
Rosalie and Leah had closed in on either side at my back their arms crossing around my waist and in that moment I could feel what Alice meant, though I found it hard to believe. I was just some human while these were literally supernatural beauties of impossible power and presence. But then again, I couldn't help but look at the evidence surrounding me and embrace it for what it was. While these three women were literally goddesses in their own rights, I was the point around which this polycule seemed to orbit. It made my heart thud painfully in my chest, overflowing with so much unfettered love that I felt tears filling my eyes as I slowly met each woman's eyes, awe filling my soul with joy.
Unfortunately, Edward and Jacob just had to ruin the moment as my old friend decided to address Leah's presence. "Do you want to explain what's going on here, Leah? Your mother was worried sick when you didn't come home."
Leah simply raised an eyebrow at the other wolf, her arm tightening gently around my waist as if to accentuate the stupidity of his questions. "If your imprint hasn't clued you in, your senses should be telling you all you need to know about what has become of my friendship with these beautiful women."
Rosalie's chuckle was downright seductive as she smirked over my head at Leah. "I think we bypassed 'friendship' somewhere between you waking up with our mate in your arms and face-fucking my sister on the kitchen counter this morning."
I was choking on my next breath as Alice cackled happily at the look on Edward's face, while Jacob simply took an involuntary step back, his gaze flashing between the four of us. The moment his eyes settled on Alice, he began releasing a growl, his body shaking something fierce. Luckily Edward was cognizant enough to step in quickly, putting himself in front of Jacob, taking ahold of his mate's face and forcing him to meet his gaze.
"Alice has not fed from a human. She fed from Leah who gave her blood willingly. Please calm yourself love. I might not agree with what is going on between them but I don't want to see any of us hurt over a misunderstanding."
Jacob's breathing slowly began to even out as the shaking quickly tapered off, his growl going silent as he took in a deep inhale of his imprint's scent. After a few moments of slow breathing, Jacob finally nodded to Edward who gently leaned in to leave a sweet kiss to his mate's lips before stepping aside. Jacob once again took in our polycule, and it was only then that I realized my ladies had taken up defensive positions around me.
"I...apologize for my assumption," Jacob eventually ground out, his voice still lined with tension. "It has been so ingrained in our kind to hunt and kill red-eyes that the sight of the little Cullen's eyes caught me off guard. If this arrangement was made with full consent then I cannot judge Leah nor Alice for their choices. However," he turned to Leah, his eyes narrowing slightly, "Sam is patrolling the woods nearby. The moment either of us shift, he's going to know everything that has occurred. I do not know how he or the Elders will react."
"Their reactions will have no impact on my relationship with these women," Leah shot back defiantly. "I will not be dictated to by Sam or the Counsel any longer. These women have shown me more love and respect in less than 24 hours than the Pack ever has, and even if whatever we have together doesn't last, I refuse to ever again subject myself to the whims of others."
Rosalie stepped up next to Leah's left, their fingers interlacing as a sign of solidarity. "Whether through friendship or our relationship, Leah will be welcome among the Swan-Cullen family from now until eternity. In whatever form we choose, we have found that through Bella, our love can and will take on many forms. Right now we all agree that this wolf is loved and we're going to stand by her, even if your tribe won't."
I felt my eyes watering even as I took Leah's right hand, curling into her side with a smile. "How you let this magnificent woman ever feel like she was an outcast just because of her gender, I'll never understand. But like Rose said, we will stand by her no matter what."
Alice, being the chaotic pixie that she is, chose to jump up onto Leah's back, the wolf casually adjusting to allow for the petite woman's legs and arms to wrap possessively around her waist and neck. "And now that I've fed from Leah's blood, your wolves are no longer blind to my visions. If I see any of you decide to come after either one of my loves, I'll break your fucking necks and hang your pelts at the old treaty line."
Everyone was silent for a moment before Edward jerked back at whatever he saw in Alice's mind. "Christ, Alice..."
Jacob was looking wide-eyed between Edward and our polycule before he shook himself. "Look, it's not my place to judge, and I won't. If you're all happy then so be it. I just want you to know that they may banish you from the tribal lands, if worse comes to worst. I doubt Sam will be willing to go to war over something that is between four consenting adults, especially after we just dissolved the old treaty. I'm just sorry I haven't been a wolf long enough to have been there to stand up for you, Lee-Lee."
I could just hear Leah's sharp inhale as Jacob's heartfelt words hit her. There was so much emotion in her intense gaze as she stared back at the other wolf for several moments before she nodded. "You are not responsible for the actions of the tribe or the Pack. I appreciate the support, even if it may end once Sam catches wind of everything."
Jacob was already shaking his head, his arm casually holding his imprint closer against his side. "Look, we're both kind of outcasts at this point but let's both agree that we're not going to apologize for who we love or how we choose to express that love. And if it comes down to it, I'll break both of us free of the Pack if they try to tell us differently."
I blinked up at Leah who was giving Jacob a wide-eyed look of shock, before returning my own gaze to the younger wolf. "Can you do that?"
It was Edward who answered, his voice echoing with pride as he smiled at his mate. "He's the direct descendant of Ephraim Black and rightful Alpha to the Pack. If anyone has the will to pull it off, it's my mate."
I couldn't help the pleased grin I sent Edward and Jacob. "Hopefully it won't come to that, but I'm so happy to know that we have your support. Leah deserves to make her own choices, as do we all."
Edward returned my smile with a nod. "Well said, little sister. Unfortunately, I fear what animosity may still linger in the hearts of the others who have just arrived."
As if on cue, an older bus with faded yellow coloring began to pull into the school parking area. The vehicle came to a screeching stop near the school entrance before its doors squealed open, several Native boys and girls of different ages unloading and gathering at the entrance. None of the girls seemed older than mid-teens, though the boys' ages varied mostly into the late high school range. I immediately recognized a few of the faces from the meeting yesterday, though there weren't as many joining the school as I'd assumed. It looked like there were maybe six out of the original ten I'd seen before my mates, Leah, and I had vacated the treaty line.
There was a sudden rush of motion as one of the boys separated from the rest, his tall yet lanky figure barreling right for us. I thought for sure this was going to be the end of our truce for sure, and the end of supernatural anonymity altogether, but instead of a slathering wolf bursting out of his skin, a youthful shout came from the boy as he launched himself at our wolf.
"Leah!"