previews chapter 10

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He announced themselves with a single knock on the door before he opened it. Two pairs of eyes shot up in surprise when they saw Chris entering with a gorgeous woman tucked close to his side.

Ed looked curiously at his brother, Adam just smiled after their initial surprise ebbed away.

"I think you remember Mia? She's my mate," Chris announced nonchalantly.

"I'll be damned. You were jealous of Nick or what?" Adam laughingly stated.

"Not really, but when it happens, it happens," Chris said back.

Ed sniffed the air. "How was it we didn't smell you last Saturday?" he asked in a reserved tone.

"That's why I brought her with me now and also why I said I didn't want the Council involved in this," Chris replied, cutting Mia off.

"I can talk for myself, you know," Mia said as she gave Chris a light blow on his arm.

"A sassy one. Good you can use a firm hand," Adam teased.

Looking down at Mia Chris asked if she wanted to tell her side of everything first.

"Think that will be the best way." Turning towards Ed and Adam she started, "You know me as Mia Barlow, but in fact my surname is MacLachlan." She paused a second waiting for any visible reaction from the two men in front of her.

Adam visibly tensed up whereas Ed looked more like a blank canvas, not a single emotion readable on his face.

"I see now why you don't want the Council involved," Ed spoke in a clipped tone.

"That's not all of it, Ed. There is more," Chris said.

"Well, do tell, we're waiting."

"I was never part of that pack or any other. It's always been just my parents and me. It's only recently that I have found another family member, thanks to Chris," Mia said as she lovingly looked up to her mate.

"He surprised me with it," she said as she gently gave him a nudge with her shoulder, "but I couldn't have been more happier to meet my grandfather. Even better for my mom to be with her Da again too. From what Chris told me, my grandfather is a person you all know and trust."

Ed's curiosity now showed for the first time. "And who might that be?" he asked.

"It's that old bastard, Ed, you know, Merlin," Chris revealed.

The two other men looked shocked now.

After several minutes of uneasy quietness Ed was the first to speak again.

"You're a MacLachlan, but also Merlin's granddaughter? How do those two things add up?" Ed asked.

"My father is Richard MacLachlan and my mother is Gwenyth Myrddin, only daughter of Merlin," Mia explained then waited again to let the others process the few facts they knew so far.

Ed looked at Chris, who nodded affirmatively.

"I'm starting to understand now why you don't want the Council involved. They don't want to piss off Merlin," Ed said.

"We talked to her parents and Merlin last weekend. Richard is going to confront his father in the near future. That's why I called you the other day," Chris directed at Adam. "I wanted someone with me who I can trust and who would have my back at all times. I didn't know of the attack on Bronwille and when you filled me in on that I figured you'd have other things on your mind. Pigheaded as this lady is, she doesn't want us going down there in big numbers. Just Merlin, her parents and us two. Reluctantly she agreed to let me take one person I trusted. Adam was the first I could think of since I have promised to keep her heritage a secret for now."

Chris gave an apologetic look to his brother. "That's why at first I couldn't say anything, but after we learned of Bronwille's attack she agreed I could tell my brothers. The thing is, Mia is special, not just because of who her parents are, but also because of who her grandfather is. Her mom didn't lose her abilities when she mated Richard. Just the opposite, Richard learned a few things from her. Mia," he said as he pulled her closer again, "is a perfect hybrid of the two. One of the things her mom taught all of them was to mask their scents. That's why we couldn't scent the wolf in her. You know Merlin's little tricks? They're just that, little tricks, they're all capable of so much more."

"If Richard has gotten some neat tricks after his mating," Ed pondered out loud, "Didn't you get anything too?"

"He has and he will get more over time. It's a gradual change in him, not really a change, more like enhancing what's already there. Adding little things to the mix," Mia answered instead of Chris.

"There is only one I know of right now, I'm still mastering it," Chris explained.

"What's your new thing then?" Ed asked.

Chris smiled down at Mia, who knew right away what he was up to. Taking a step back he was gone in the same moment. Ed looked surprised. Adam who was sitting sideways in front of the desk had seen Chris disappear as well. His eyes turned into big wide saucers as he saw Chris reappearing behind Ed. A big smile on his face Chris waited a few seconds while he enjoyed Ed's confusion.

Finally he tapped Ed's shoulder, who spun around and was grabbing for the unknown threat, startled to find his brother standing behind his chair.

Ed just stood there, mouth slightly open in disbelief.

"No fucking way. How in the hell did you do that?" Ed asked.

Chris simply tapped his temple. "I just have to think about the location and be sure there is or will be room when I teleport. How do you think I got Jack out of that clearing so fast? Jack wasn't even aware of it that I transported us away."

Ed dropped in his chair, baffled with this little revelation. Chris was a formidable fighter if he wanted to be, but he preferred to keep his battles short and clean. This little trick was a nice addition to his fight style, not to mention all the other possibilities it opened. Looking around he gave Mia a thorough perusal.

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At the other side of town Chris had ported them right in front of his bed.

"Home, sweet home," he whispered softly in her neck, taking a deep breath inhaling her sweet aroma.

"What I'd like to see now is you, naked, on the middle of that bed. You ain't leaving it for the next twenty four hours," he said in a serious tone that brooked no resistance.

Mia looked at him and caught the passion filled look in his eyes. Slowly she started undressing, dropping her clothes where she stood. When she was naked she reached out for Chris, wanting to do the same for him, but he shook his head.

"I said you, naked, on that bed. It's still empty, I didn't ask you to undress me," was his stern reply to her gesture.

Turning around, she placed one knee on the bed, followed by the other and slowly she crawled towards the middle before turning around and sitting down. Her legs drawn up and slightly open, giving him a glimpse of her glistening pussy, her arms stretched a bit behind her, so her breasts were trust upwards, as inviting him to touch them.

"Now that was almost like a good little girl, but I'm in charge here, not you, not now, but me," he growled softly.

"Lie down," was his next command.

Silently she complied, familiar titillations traveling over her skin as she gouged his mood.

"Now spread your arms and legs," he commanded.

She smiled as she finally saw that raw dominant side of him again, the same side she she during their first time. Trust is what he wanted, no demanded, of her now. Willingly she spread her arms, reaching outwards to each end of his bed.

"Hmm you're learning," he said seductively as he closed in on the bed.

Lightly trailing a finger from her foot up to her knee, continuing over her thigh and torso, skillfully avoiding touching her heaving breast, he made his way to her wrist. He picked it up and kissed the palm of her hand, then each tip of her fingers before lowering it again, never releasing it from his grip. Reaching behind her with his free hand, he pulled at a small lever and he came back with a thick rope.

He gave her a serious look and a gentle squeeze in her wrist, indicating what he wanted to do and silently wanting her consent to do so. Mia just smiled and shivered in anticipation. Carefully he tied up her wrist, stood up and then slowly made his way towards her other wrist, repeating the process of kissing her palm and finger tips and then tying her up.

Bending over her, he kissed the tip of her nose, moving to her cheeks, chin before lingering above her lips. Eyes wide open his tongue touched her lips in a delicate manner, following their contours before nipping her lower lip. Mia moaned and writhed on the bed, pulling at the bonds which help her upper body in place.

Chris was being evil, he was hovering over her, still fully clothed and yet he didn't touch her.

"Behave my little druid, you know how well good girls are rewarded," he whispered against her lips before slanting his over hers, demanding entry to her warm mouth.

All she could do was moan and answer his bold moves with her own. Suddenly she jerked up as he pinched her swollen nipple. He didn't touch her in any other way. She wanted to plead but knew mentally scolding him wouldn't help her and verbally he was preventing from any coherent sound from escaping her mouth.

Deepening their kiss he surprised her again when he pinched her other nipple the same way he'd done the other just moments before.

A second later he left her gasping for air as he moved his lips from her mouth to the junction between her shoulder and neck, trailing her mating mark with the tip of his tongue. She squirmed below him as he touched the tiny marks, a moment later he had her in a strong hold as he felt his canines press against those same marks.

Tilting her head in surrender she acknowledge she was his and the content growl she heard vibrating deep in his chest only added to her own needs. Once again he was driving her deliciously insane with need and longing for something she wanted and knew wouldn't get until he was done with whatever he had set out to do. Giving a last nip at her marks, he got up a little and licked them clean as his last bite broke her skin.

"You're being demanding, little druid of mine, but at least you're aware of who you belong to; namely me, only me," he said as he locked their eyes.

Mia saw the pure love reflected in them and she gave in to her stubbornness just a little as she agreed with his words and said, "Only you, always you."

"You got that right, sweetheart. Now where was I? oh yeah, I was tying you up when I got distracted by those lush red lips of yours," he said before he brushed his own over them before making a wet trail over her body, skillfully avoiding her breasts again.

Tenderly he picked up one leg and marked his downward journey with loads of wet kisses along the way. When he reached her foot, he lowered it in his lap and gave a short massage, before reaching at the corner of the bed and reappearing with a think rope similar to the ones he used on her wrists. Once he assured himself she was tied securely but not in any discomfort he repeated the same on her other leg, ending again with a brief massage of her foot and securing that one in the same fashion as the other.

Standing up he looked at the tempting view she presented to him now, arms and legs spread out, her pussy on display, her breast going up and down with her shallow breaths. He smiled and licked his lips. There were two more things he needed to do to drive her completely mad with need.

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