Three Fur All by Crymsyn Hart Read Free Book Online

I need her now.
    October quivered from his caresses. Her desire filled his nose like a fine wine. “I want you, October. God help me. I need you.”
    She placed a hand on his chest and shook her head. “I can’t. Not right now.”
    “Why?”
    “What about Elliot?”
    “What about him?” He growled and hated the fact that he did. His friend had admitted he was attracted to October as well.
    “He’s been here all week. He’s bent over backward to help me out, and there’s something so broken inside of him. I can’t fight this thing between us, but there’s also something between me and Elliot. He denies it. I don’t want to complicate things more than they already are.”
    He understood, but that didn’t mean he was going to give up. A strand of her braid had come loose, and he pushed it behind her ear. “Okay.” He backed away and then took the plate that she had in her hand. He brought it out to the table and set another place.
    Elliot came in from the garage and smiled at October. Mika noticed how she smiled back and her eyes brightened. She’s drawn to the both of us and doesn’t want to hurt our feelings. God, why does this happen now?
    They sat down together at the table and ate dinner. Their conversation was very stilted and mostly kept to one- or two-word answers. Her gaze darted between them. At the end of the meal, Elliot gathered the plates. His hand brushed across hers. Her cheeks filled with color. His friend lingered a moment and returned the smile. Part of Mika was glad the other man had found another woman, but the primal part, the wolf, longed to tear his throat out because he was encroaching on his territory. It took all of his self-control to keep quiet and his temper locked away when October settled down next to Elliot on the couch and laid her head on his shoulder. He muttered something under his breath that caught Elliott’s attention. He shot him a look. Halfway into the movie, he couldn’t take it anymore when he squeezed her knee. Mika got up and walked out onto the deck, hoping the fall air would cool his raging wolf instincts. Elliot’s my friend, and I’d never hurt him.
    “You okay, bro?”
    Mika shook his head. “I don’t know. I saw the way she was with you tonight, resting her head on your shoulder, and your hand on her knee.” He curled his fingers into the wood, feeling the splinters lodge under his nails. Seeing October with Elliot broke his heart because she wasn’t with him. It cut him to the soul, and he didn’t know how to handle it.
    “Whoa! Mika, you need to chill. I told you that you had to come back. Something about October draws me to her. I look at her and I see Dominique, but I also see her. I’d forgotten how nice it is to have a woman around. We’ve talked, and I’ve gotten to know her. She’s really great. I can’t help it if I’m attracted to her. We have to find a way to get past this. How do you think I felt when I saw you kissing her before dinner?”
    A wave of cold washed over Mika that helped cool some of his rage. “I didn’t realize you saw us together.”
    Elliot pulled out a chair and sat down. “Well, I did. I didn’t rush in and rip out your throat the way I wanted to. I was content with you staying at the store, but she was the one who asked about you.”
    “Really?”
    “Yes. Really. The simplest solution is to figure out where the kidnappers are hiding. Or at least the one who terrorized her. She’ll be okay in another week. Then we bring her back to her life. Right now October is complicating things.”
    What Elliot was saying was true, but Mika wasn’t sure he could let her go. His dreams over the past week had been riddled with October walking through them. His wolf yearned to possess her. If she desired both of them, then something might have to be worked out. Or she could choose.
    “Is everything okay?”
    Elliot and Mika looked over to the doorway and saw October. The scratches on her face had healed and were