Those few wolves who were guarding the hospital, ran toward us as soon as they saw Ved walking out of the exit. The doctors who were tending to him, followed us out the hospital.

One of them said, "Although the danger has gone, but you're still weak, Mr. Rudra. You need rest. Make sure you don't engage yourself into another life-threatening fight like that."

Ved shifted his unwavering gaze on the doctors, then nodded once. "I will do what must be done. Thank you for your services. I'll make sure you'll get rewarded properly. Veer," He turned toward his brother without waiting for a response from the doctors and blurted, "Drive the jeep."

I didn't notice the jeep until now. It was parked just beside the hospital, on the forest's side. There weren't too many vehicles in the mountains. So, it was pretty easy to recognize their red jeep. All this while, I was exceptionally aware of Ved's firm hold around my wrist. He didn't just lead me out of the hospital, he practically made me run with his and his brother's long strides. I rolled my eyes but didn't say anything.

I was already mad at them for all that happened inside Ved's room a few minutes ago. I was already sulking, additionally, Ved wasn't letting my hand go. Veer was just trailing after us. Both of them now flaunting their red rings in their eyes! I didn't know what changed, but they seemed to be in accordance with what was transpiring. Meanwhile, I was still grasping what the hell just happened. I had bonded with both of them. Not that I was complaining, but...two mates! Two alphas as my mates? I wasn't sure if I was able to completely contemplate the consequences of the situation.

Veer nodded and walked forward toward the jeep. I was about to follow him but Ved held me back. I looked at him questioningly. But he didn't acknowledge my curious gaze. He addressed the wolves present instead. "Reach the packhouse and gather the rest within an hour. We need to have this discussion immediately." His voice was loud and clear. The wolves howled altogether assenting his order. They turned around, and within moments their running frames were out of my sight.

I stared at the way the wolves went. It was the path to the forest. They'd be running through the forest. The sound of it felt so exciting. Suddenly the desire to run along with them peeked my mind. But my trance was short lived as Ved pulled me along with him and started walking toward the jeep.

When we were at enough distance from the doctors and hospital staffs, he murmured, just loud enough for me to hear, "Don't be upset, love. We'll have our run soon enough."

Love? My ears turned hot instantly. How did he know I was thinking about that exactly? Then the thought crossed my mind. Did he just used his gift on me? If it was true, it'd be very dangerous to live with him. I wouldn't be able to tell, when he was reading my mind and when he was just guessing it right.

I glanced up to see his face and noticed that subtle smirk on his face. He still looked like his usual calm and composed self, but his demeanor sizzled with the power of the wolf underneath.

Ved suddenly let go of my hand just to wrap his hand around my waist. He pulled me closer and whispered, "Your pheromones are driving me crazy, love. I'm warning you to stop it. Otherwise, you'll regret the consequences."

I felt like scattering all over the place. Him calling me 'love' with that throaty voice of him was doing things to my core. It was tingling inside my stomach. I stuttered, "But I-I don't know...how, Ved."

The intake of air he took right after was fairly audible as we reached the jeep. Ved let go of me and climbed on the passenger seat. I was about to turn and go to the back when he called, "Urvi, come here. Sit on my lap."

WHAT?!? I froze in my tracks as my face flushed. HOW CAN SOMEONE BE SO SHAMELESSLY DEMANDING? OH MY GOD! I slowly turned to face him and saw him looking at me with that same hungry look I saw inside the hospital room. Veer tilted his head forward and turned it to face me. I noticed that shameless and remarkably visible smirk adorning his face.

"Don't be so shameless! Both of you!" I snapped. "Aren't you going to be the future alphas? What's about your images?"

Veer chuckled. "We're territorial Urvi. We're just claiming what's ours naturally. Where's the shame in it? Hop on!"

Ved exchanged an amused look with his brother before throwing me another ravenous gaze.

"But this is not very gentlemanlike!" I tried to argue.

But I was wrong to believe I could win this one.

As soon as the words left my mouth, Ved reached out and grabbed my hand with a swift movement and pulled me closer. Then, in a blur, his hand wrapped around my waist and hoisted me up in the air. It happened so fast, that I could barely register it. Before I could raise even a single protest, I found myself sitting on his lap, my back pressed against his sturdy chest with his mouth clamping on the crook of my neck as he whispered, "I'll show you what it's like to be a gentleman. Brother, let's go."

Veer didn't need any other cue and the engine roared to life.

The heat radiating off Ved was intoxicating me somewhat crazy. I had no idea how they could control secreting their pheromones, because I couldn't smell their scents at all. His grip around my waist tightened, pulling me closer, so close I could feel the hardness of him pressing against my buttocks. I tried to breathe steadily, but everything about this moment made it hard to think straight.

Ved's hands roamed all over my thighs and started inching closer to the space between my thighs.

I was a mess at this point. My hands wrapped around Ved's wrists as they inched closer and closer. I stuttered, "Why-why couldn't I-sme-smell your pheromones?"

A low rumble vibrated in Ved's chest as the sweet fragrance of lemon and cinnamon wrapped around me like invisible hands. My eyes fluttered close as I felt the throbbing between my legs. My body went slack as I leaned back on Ved, my head fell backward on his shoulder.

I heard the deep chuckles before I heard the words. "You feel that now, my moon?"

My moon? I felt the demanding tingling inside my stomach. This voice was thick, rough, that sent a wave of pleasure straight through me immediately.

Wait! Wait! That...that wasn't Ved. It was...Veer. I inhaled the air needily as I felt a pair of lips brushed against my ear. Ved whispered, "This need... it's only gonna get worse, love," while his hands slid lower, gripping me with that unmistakable possessiveness.

An unostentatious moan left my mouth when one of Ved's hands slid inside my top, which earned me their combined chuckles. I swallowed beyond embarrassed now, trying to suppress the tremble that ran through me. My pulse was erratic, racing like a wild rabbit trapped inside my chest. I wasn't sure if it was his touch, his pheromones, or just the mate bond—but it was impossible to ignore.

I opened my eyes and looked ahead. The jeep was running along the zigzag road of the hills through the forest. It was almost deserted, and thanks heavens for that. Otherwise, what would've become of them? I was more concerned about their alpha image than my own sanity at this point.

Ved's fingers, rough against my skin, crawled along my stomach for a while. Then, without warning, he reached up and cupped one of my breasts, making me gasp at the unexpected act. I tried to get away from him, but his arm tightened around me instantly. "Stay still," he growled into my ear in his thick and possessive voice. "You're making me lose control, love. The wolf won't rest until it claims you properly."

My breath hitched. So, this was what werewolf possession felt like? Gods, I was losing my mind. How could I ever cope with the two of them? And I was proven right about my contemplation shortly.

From the driver's seat, Veer let out a low, dark chuckle. "It's going to be a messy ride, brother. She's going to look like a wreckage by the time we reach the packhouse."

I whipped my head toward him, cheeks burning. He glanced at me for a quick second and I caught a glimpse of that wicked smirk on his lips which just deepened shamelessly.

"I'm not," I said, though it came out more like a breathless whimper than a protest.

Ved's mouth brushed my ear. "Liar," he murmured, and then his hand moved again—lower, slower, firmer. My breath stuttered. "No, no. Stop."

"Stop?" Ved questioned. "Are you sure?"

I bit my bottom lip. Honestly, I was quite enjoying the treatment I'm getting from them. But that didn't mean we should be like this out in the open!

I tried to reason feebly, "We're outside."

"So what?" It was Veer. "We're aren't really humans, my pretty little moon. So, human morals don't sit with us. We can freely mate in the forest if that's what we want and no one's gonna dare stop us!"

I sat up laboriously as Ved's hands were now massaging my thighs, dangerously close to the place that was throbbing right now.

"But I mind!" I said angrily. "I don't want to mate in the streets or the forest."

I felt Ved's lip pressing against my neck sending flutter inside my belly. The intoxicating scent of their pheromones coiled around me—hot, wild, and ruinous. Aching heat pooled between my legs. I involuntarily clenched my thighs together when Veer's hand gripped my thigh from the driver's seat. "None of that, you little minx. You keep resisting like that, and I'm pulling over." Veer almost growled now, his voice thick with restraint. But it didn't stop him from slapping my thighs a little hard making me jump in surprise while my legs opened wide in their own accord. I shuddered, caught between fire and fire.

Veer added, more menacingly now, "And you know me, Urvi," he paused briefly to throw me a warning gaze before saying, "I'm not as gentle as him."

I didn't doubt it. The air inside the jeep was scorching now, charged with energy I couldn't escape. I was being devoured by both of them—one with touch, the other with words—and I didn't know how much longer I could stay sane.

And a tiny, dangerous part of me didn't want to.

One of Ved's hands moved closer to my throbbing sex and the pressure through the fabric made it throb even more. I bit my lip, trying not to squirm, but he felt it. Of course, he did.

Before I could say anything, I heard a growl from the driver's seat. Veer's voice, low and full of hunger, cut through the thick air between us. "Don't tease her too much, Ved. We're gonna need her breathin' sane until we're done with her."

Veer's words hit me like a jolt of electricity. But his brother didn't stop.

He murmured into my ear, although the words were directed to his brother. "We're just getting started, brother. She can take it." His fingers pressed harder against my throbbing center as heat seemed to ooze out of me like a coquette. "I'm yet to show her what it's like to be a gentleman."

I could barely process the words as he pulled me so close that I could feel the rapid beating of his heart. I could sense his wolf rejoicing the intimacy. I didn't know how I could sense their wolves. Perhaps it was the close proximity, perhaps it was the mate-bond or perhaps it was my inner wolf. Talking about my wolf, I hadn't heard from her for quite some time. What was she up to? The fleeting thought came to me as quick as it was gone.

Because of what my mate was doing to me. Ved's other hand roamed all over my body, from my thighs to my waist to my chest. His fingers felt around the softness, searching with an unhurried ease. Within seconds, they found what they were looking for—my nipples hardened under his touch eagerly. He brushed his fingers around my nipples making them harden even more until I felt them grazing against my bra painfully. They turned highly sensitive and I had a faint idea that it was because of the interplaying pheromones. Every inch of me seemed to burn against him. My senses buzzed from the intensity from the heat of the moment.

I was already having a hard time, when his fingers rubbed between my legs in unhurried pace making me hyperventilate. I tried to close my thighs again but Veer's hand was still gripping one of them firmly. I grabbed Veer's wrist while the other one flew to stop the torments of Ved's fingers on my nipples. My eyes fluttered close as the jeep sped through the road.

Veer's throaty voice triggered something in me when he said, "You're making it impossible to think straight, my would-be Luna," I felt Ved's hot breath against my skin when Veer added, "But I can't blame you. You're the perfect little plaything for both of us. Isn't she, brother?"

Plaything. His words echoed in my mind, stirring something deep inside me, something primal, something they wanted to bring out of me completely. But there was no time to think straight. My body responded to them both in ways I couldn't control. The tension, the need, the hunger—it was overwhelming.

Ved's voice dropped to a throaty growl, "She's going to learn exactly what it takes to be a Luna...and we'll make sure she enjoys every lesson."

Veer chuckled and squeezed my thighs a little too roughly earning a whimper from me.

And then I felt a pair of soft lips pressing down on mine with a hunger I couldn't have anticipated. It was rougher, more primal. His lips moved demandingly. I moaned against him, my hands still trying to stop his fingers' torment which I wasn't succeeding at all. I felt helpless and highly aroused.

Veer growled from the side. His hand dug into my skin a little painfully now. His pheromones hit my nostrils heightening my arousal. Ved's lips found my neck, and the sensation was electric, sending a shiver of heat straight down to my core. I could feel the moisture pooling between my legs.

Veer growled, "She's making it hard to control myself." His hands kneading the soft flesh of my thighs as he drove the jeep with one hand. My brain was a foggy mess. This was dangerous. Very very dangerous. Veer added with same intensity, "Ved, you're making me want to pull over the jeep and claim her right there. Don't do this brother. She's dripping down there."

Ved released me abruptly. I didn't know what was happening, didn't know what to feel anymore but I suddenly felt empty.

I barely had time to process the loss, as Ved pressed a soft kiss on my neck before I heard him chuckle—low, wicked, and far too amused. "You're driving him crazy, dripping tease," he murmured, lips brushing against my ear. His hands slid down to my hips possessively. "Go to him... before he really does pull over and takes you right here in the woods."

My breath caught.

I turned slightly only to see Veer's jaw clenched tight, a vein throbbing in his neck, his knuckles white on the steering wheel. His eyes were pure glazing golden colored. Wild. Starved.

Ved gave my waist a little push, "Don't make him wait. Go."

Did I even have a say in this? I gulped, still seated on Ved's lap. I didn't think I could handle another round of torments. But the low growl rumbling in Veer's throat made me think twice. Ved offered me a hand to help. I took it and moved toward Veer—but not fast enough, apparently. Because the next second, Ved landed a hard spank on my ass accelerating my advances. "Go."

I gasped, nearly losing my balance as I jerked forward from the force of it, but before I could even recover, Veer reached over with one arm, yanked me toward him like I weighed nothing, and planted me squarely onto his lap, facing him. My hands flew to his shoulders for balance, my knees on either side of him, my core right over the bulge I could now feel. Every inch of it.

The jeep didn't even jolt.

I thought it was going to be only a kiss! Who would've known...

Veer looked directly into my eyes. I could only see the golden fire in them. It was his wolf.

The gaze lasted just for a fleeting second as he broke the eye contact and shifted his focus back on the roads. I turned my head sideways to watch the trees pass by to the opposite direction. Not a single person was there. Did they intentionally choose less travelled road so that they could do this to me? I highly doubted there was just one road to traverse the hills.

"There you are," Veer growled against my neck, his one hand palming the back of my thigh before sliding up under my top, settling against my bare skin. "Finally."

"Veer...I..." My voice cracked.

"Shhh," he whispered darkly. "Don't speak unless you're begging."

The jeep rumbled beneath us. Every turn of the wheel had me grinding into him involuntarily. My breath was coming in short, high-pitched gasps.

Veer added in a husky voice, "Thanks brother for prepping her up for me. I could hardly control."

From the passenger seat, Ved's voice dripped like honey and poison. "You should see her face, Veer. She's going feral already."

Veer's grip on the wheel tightened with one hand, the other slipping between us to check my arousal. I was a mess, wet and hyperventilating.

"You're right, Ved." He pulled his hand out only to grip my hip firmly and guided my movement just enough to make me tremble. "Head on my shoulder, little minx," he ordered in a low rumble. "If you must come undone, do it in my arms. Shaking, ruined, and all over me...while I strip away every last bit of your control."

His words did things to me I didn't know was possible. My forehead fell on his shoulder at his command while the jeep rumbled beneath us. The friction between my legs was tantalizing...making me feel the heat in all the right places.

"Too much," I whimpered, already dizzy. "I can't..."

"Yes, you can," Ved encouraged in his throaty voice. I smelled his pheromones, clove and peppermint. It heightened my arousal. "Look at you...already shaking."

"You're lucky I haven't pulled over," Veer snarled, his hand squeezing my waist making me whimper. "I should've taken you right in the woods, let the whole world hear how sweet you scream."

A small cry tore from my throat as another bump in the road made me jolt—and grind—harder against him.

"That's like my moon," his throaty grumble entered my ear making me clench my folds.

"Ohhh, she likes that," Ved teased. "Should we make her beg, brother?"

"Maybe we should, brother," Veer agreed almost immediately. "I told you back at the hospital. She likes is rough. She's adventurous at her core."

I heard both of them chuckle at my undoing.

Shortly after, Veer leaned in, his lips brushing my ear but not kissing as he whispered, "Beg for it." The danger in his voice was too much to take in. "Beg me to make you lose control while I'm still driving the car...or should I say, driving you crazy?"

My eyes were already closed. Now I saw stars in front of them. Veer shifted slighting and slapped my rump. "Do it. Beg."

His rough commands were doing things to me. But this is so humiliating. It felt like I had no control over my own body. I would never beg for it. That was not who I was. If they kept this up, I'd make them regret every second of it in the future.

Right then Veer's lips clamped on the crook of my neck as he bit it abruptly, making me hiss. As an instinct I bit back on his shoulder earning a groan from him.

Ved exclaimed, "Ooh! The fire we're dealing with, Veer."

Veer chuckled. "Indeed. She's a little tease, isn't she?" Then he addressed me, "Come on, minx. Don't make me wait. You're already creating a mess on my pants."

Ved added from the side, "We'll have to sneak into the packhouse before anyone notices us."

Veer replied, "That's a given, brother. We can't really face the elders while she looks like a wreckage." He slapped my rump one more time as the jeep ran forward quite steadily. How was he doing it? Multitasking like a pro? How-how was it even possible to...

I was forced to pause my thoughts midsentence as Ved offered, "Do you need an extra hand?"

No answer was given, but next, I felt his fingers finding their way down my stomach and slipped inside my pants.

My eyes shot open as I felt his fingers touching my most intimate part. My body jolted as I threw my head back, my fingers dug into Veer's arms, my folds clenching around Ved's fingers, as I couldn't hold anymore. Veer slapped my rump again while Ved's fingers rubbed against my slippery folds with an urgency. Within moments, I saw stars.

"OH MY GOD!" I came undone, spasming as I fell slack against Veer's muscular chest.

And then, a soft kiss landed on my forehead followed by a whisper in my ear, "That's how gentlemen behave, love...and you'll have plenty of time to learn every dark, delicious lesson—with your legs spread and your mind wrecked."

At that very moment, I knew there was no escape. And for once, I didn't want to escape.

I just wanted them. Both of them...to take what was theirs.