Overcoming His Pride by Amber Kell Page A

clutched at Marlen.
    Chen pulled out with excruciating slowness then shoved back in, pegging the same spot.
    He couldn’t stop the shout bursting from his lips.
    “I think you found it.” Marlen grinned at Chen over Andrew’s shoulder.
    Andrew would’ve made a sarcastic comment, but he forgot how to breathe. His entire world narrowed to the small point between his two mates.
    He knew he’d turned a corner. Never again would he be able to live without these two men in his life.
    Marlen reached beneath him and took Andrew’s cock in his hand. “I see we’ve woken back up.”
    “I don’t know how.” He’d lost the ability to recover that quickly over ten years ago.
    “Mates. When you meet your soul mate, even your body knows.” Marlen’s confident tone told Andrew his lover truly believed his words.
    “Focus on me,” Chen demanded.
    “It’s kind of hard to forget you when you have that log up my ass,” Andrew grumbled.
    He winked at Marlen.
    Marlen grinned and rewarded him with a kiss.
    Andrew clenched his body around Chen, pulling a strangled scream from the shifter.
    “Oh, yeah. Do that again.”
    “Bossy.” Andrew repeated the action.
    Chen smacked Andrew’s ass. “Absolutely.”
    “You slap me again, boy, and I’ll turn you over my knee.”
    “Oh, fuck.” Chen spurted inside him.
    “You too.” Marlen pumped Andrew’s erection. It only took a few slides of the wren shifter’s hand before Andrew’s orgasm surged over him and he came on the sheets.
    “That hasn’t happened in a while.”
    Chen slid out of Andrew’s ass. “What hasn’t?”
    “Double orgasm.”
    “You have mates now,” Marlen said. “You might not be a shifter, but your body will respond to us. Double orgasms will be the norm for you.”
    Chen grabbed the washcloth Marlen had brought and wiped Andrew down. “Sometimes even triple.”
    Andrew snuggled up to Marlen, avoiding the wet spot. “I’m too old for that.”
    “Not any longer.” Marlen wrapped an arm around Andrew, pulling him close.
    “What do you mean?” Andrew didn’t really care about the answer. Chen had climbed onto the bed behind him and he was once again in his new favourite spot, sandwiched between his two mates.
    Chen kissed his shoulder. “He means once you’ve fully bonded with us, your life will be extended along with ours.”
    “Really?” Andrew met Chen’s glance over his shoulder.
    “We don’t publicise that often.”
    “But I had thought I’d bonded to James’ mother. That didn’t stop me from ageing.”
    “You never bonded with that bitch,” Marlen snapped.
    “She claimed I was her mate.”
    “She just used you. I don’t know why, but she never mated with you properly,” Chen insisted.
    “I wonder why?” It wasn’t the first time that idea had filtered into his head.
    “Maybe you should ask her,” Chen said.
    “Maybe I should. She still thinks she can convince James to go with her.”
    Marlen snorted. “That’s because she hasn’t met his mate. She’d better vacate town before Lou returns.”
    “Yeah. I warned her that James would want his mate. She was quite upset to hear he was gay. It ruined her great baby-making plan.” A niggle of unease settled in Andrew’s stomach. “I don’t think she’ll just give up though. She’s not the type. I should go check on James.” The urge to get a visual inspection of his son rode him hard.
    “Let’s take a shower and we’ll go with you,” Chen said.
    His concern must’ve transmitted to the wrens because they didn’t fuss. Instead they rushed him to the bathroom to clean up and didn’t even take time to fondle him along the way.

Chapter Four
     
     
     
    Chen herded his mates out of the bathroom and went about fetching their clothes. He’d watched over Marlen for years, now he had a second mate to keep an eye on. With Andrew’s mating, James had also fallen into Chen’s guardianship. He had to keep the family together. If anything happened to his son,