CHAP 7: Getting to know you.

Markian's POV

Markian could see Alisha working herself up into a state of panic. He was sure she is thinking about all the rumours surrounding Starfall and its demonic Alphas."Would she really believe the nonsence that had been spread about us?" he wondered.

It had been fathers' idea as usual. He thought that spreading those rumours would prevent other wolves from actively coming to fight or threaten the pack. In father's defence, though I hate to admit it.....Sometimes he was right!

Many Alphas and rogues had retreated after hearing about the atrocious things

Mitchell and I were supposedly capable of.

I sometimes shivered at the things my father said we did. My father and his beta spent many evenings, sitting by the fireplace in the packhouse, dreaming up more stories which they could then spread about us. It sometimes became hilarious but it was mostly just gory and gruesome. All thanks to my father's avid imagination and his love for Stephen King's novels

"Please let the kids go!"Alisha cried. She was slowly trying to pull both Alia and Alex to sit next to her. What did she think we were going to do with a couple of seven-year-olds cubs? Did she think we would kill them and string them up on a tree? Or worse, dip their bones into sauce and chew on them.

"Please take me ....take me and let them go" she begged. Her eyes filling up with globules of tears threatening to drench her sun-kissed cheek at any moment.

"Now that's was not a bad idea! I wouldn't mind taking her...I wonder where or when would she let me take her" thought Markian as he pictured Alisha repeating those words while lying on his bed, naked and wanting.

Markian had to shift his position as he began to feel parts of his anatomy responding to Alisha's plea to take her.

Mitchell coughed to gain his attention and frowned at him."Get your thoughts out of the gutter,u pig!! She is MY mate as well you know!!" he minds linked Markian

"Sorry about that Mitch"Markian apologised pushing all thoughts of getting Alisha naked and panting with want, out of his head.

"Alisha, can you stop it, please?! My brother and I would never let anything or anyone hurt these kids. Now stop panicking! Please Alisha" Mitchell said trying to waylay her anxiety.

He cursed the fact that he too had sometimes added on to the rumours by growling and gnashing his teeth at the hapless wolves when they met up for the Alpha council meetings. It had all been for fun then.....but now he was going to reap every scary lie, every disgusting detail and every preposterous story that they had helped sow.

Alisha was sitting at the mat's edge looking at Alia and Alex who were perched on her lap. Her aquamarine eyes fleeting from one brother to the other ready to pull Alex and Alia away at a moments notice if she sensed them to be in danger. She knew deep within her heart that the two wolves in front of her were not going to hurt her, she didn't know how she knew that, but she just did.

Markian turned to pull the picnic basket towards him. He looked inside the basket with amazement." How can this basket still have so much food in it? Is it enchanted? Am I dreaming? "he looked to the kids to continue the play-acting.

"Ohhh yes! It is an enchanted basket! We are actually witches and wizards who have come to grant your wishes" exclaimed Alia  pulling away from Alisha and running around the three adults pretending she was a witch on a broom."Come on Alex!let us go find our wands to grant Markian and Mitchell some wishes"Alia laughed as her brother joined her mad scramble to look for twigs to turn into magical wands. After they found the best twigs possible, they ran towards Markian and Mitchell and hit them on the shoulders with the 'magical wands'

"Tell us what you wish for Markian and Mitchell. We will now grant your wishes"

Markian thought for a while and said softly"I wish I could see my mate smile "

He turned to watch Alisha's expression as she heard his wish.

Alisha bent forward to let her hair cover her face as she blushed prettily. Alia tapped Markian's shoulder with her 'wand, closed her eyes and said loudly"Alakazam!Ala-kazoo!Make Markian's mate smile"Alia turned to Alex and murmured under her breath. "Don't bother asking Markian, Alex! He really asks for terrible wishes... Imagine he asked for his mate to smile...how would he know if she did? If I were him, I would have wished for a whole deer to eat or at least a large ice cream! "she whispered loudly. Alisha burst out laughing at Alia's blunt observation. Her face splitting into a very beautiful smile that lighted up her entire face."Oh! I would know, Alia! You can see that the sun is shining more brightly now as I know your magic worked, and my mate is smiling" said Markian.

"Could all of you stop this incessant chatter and continue eating...I am starving and these sandwiches are so good" complained Mitchell as he tried to shift the children attention somewhere else since he knew Alisha was beginning to feel uncomfortable. He realised that the longer the three of them spent with each other, the more in tune he felt with Alisha's feelings and vice versa.

Markian handed another couple of sandwiches to Alisha, the kids and to Mitchell. Everyone bit into their delicious sandwiches enjoying the taste of freshly made ham sandwiches Mrs Hanson usually packed enough for an army so there were more than enough for everyone.

Mitchell at down cross-legged on the mat and started rummaging through the basket for something else to eat. He found a green apple and threw it to Markian while he took a red one. He handed a bunch of grapes to Alisha. She looked at the grapes then looked at Mitchell and shook her head. She was still unsure if she could trust the two men who sat in front of her. They were from Starfall and she had trespassed on their territory.No matter how innocent the intention was, wolves had rules about trespassing. She knew that she and the kids were in a lot of trouble

Alex and Alia look at the two men and shrugged. They didn't understand what was the matter with everyone. Adults were just weird sometimes. After finishing their sandwiches, the kids drank some water from their water bottles and stretched. It was time for their nap so they put their heads on Alisha lap thereby imprisoning her on the mat for the moment. Alisha ran her hand through their soft hair and smiled as the twin began to snore softly.

Mitchell looked through the basket again pushing the sandwiches around to see what treasures laid beneath it." Hei!! Careful with that Caramel...there is an apple pie on the bottom layer. Don't crush it!" snapped Alisha.

Mitchell stared at Alisha in confusion." Uhm...did you just call me caramel? Do I look like burnt sugar to you? What part of me looks like that?" he said slightly affronted.

"Oh, Goddess!! I didn't mean to insult you. I didn't know what to call you just now. So I just called you what you smell like to me. You smell like caramel and cinnamon buns while you brother smelt of fresh rain and mint so I called him Mint."

Mitchell leaned backwards and burst out laughing. Markian leaned on his shoulder and started laughing as well. Not even their mother gave them such corny names. Shaking his head in amusement Mitchell took a deep breath in an attempt to stop his laughter. Markian was faring no better as he had tears  rolling down his cheeks while he held on to his sides laughing."Your Caramel....and I am fresh mint??Like the leaf you put in your cocktail?"Markian tried to wrap his mind around this new name he had been given

"Stop laughing at me!" Alisha fumed angrily. "It's not my fault that you haven't seen it fit to introduce yourself to the three of us," said Alisha glaring at the men.

"Oh no, my love! I would never laugh at you. I was just laughing at the thought of Mitchell being named after burnt sugar"Markian quickly countered afraid to hurt his mates feelings more than he had inadvertently done.

"Alisha, Please forgive us. I am Markian and this is my brother Mitchell," he said. Markian pointed to himself and to Mitchell in turn so that she could remember their names."We were in shock when we saw you just now. You just stole our breath away and that is why we didn't introduce ourselves. The fact is we actually already introduced ourselves to the kids. It's to you, that we didn't! Please forgive us!" he explained

"Blame it on your beautiful face or the mate bond we instantly felt when we saw you." countered Mitchell smiling wolfishly at Alisha. He looked intently into her eyes and said " We finally found you, kitten. You don't know how we have longed for you to show up in our lives. Now that you have, we are not letting you go. You are ours... little mate. We are twins and we share everything...We aim to share you as well"

Alisha's face turned a bright tomato red. Never in her short life had she heard mates being shared amongst siblings....twins or otherwise. How would they share? How were they supposed to have kids? Whose kids would they be? How would they handle the living arrangements? Alisha clenched her fist in worry thinking of how she was going to handle not one but two mates

Markian could see that Alisha had so many questions and by the way she was sitting there so rigidly, he could see that the longer she thought about it, the more befuddled she was becoming. Mitchell and Markian knew that she was not used to this situation and she would not understand the natural instinct of a twin to share with his other twin.

All Markian wanted was to hug Alisha close and allay all her worries. He wanted to tell Alisha to trust her instincts and everything will be alright.

He heard Mitchell mind linking him. His voice urging Markian to go to her. " Go to her Mark...she needs to feel you. Then she will understand" he said

Markian stood up from where he was sitting and walked towards Alisha. He squatted beside her and took hold of her chin in between his index finger and thumb. Alisha started blushing again. He longed to see until where on her body did the blush extend to.

As he lowered his head towards hers, his lips brushing softly over hers then slowly taking control of the kiss. Markian opened his mouth to suck on both her soft ones. He heard a soft moan whispering out as she parted her red luscious lips slightly inviting him in. He accepted her shy invite and deepened the kiss.

Markian pushed his tongue into her mouth and tasted the sweet honey that was exclusively Alisha. He fell forward pulling her down beside him holding her tightly protecting her from the abrasive nature of the mat.

Mitchell lifted Alex and Alia out of the way so that Markian could continue tasting Alisha.

Alisha gasped in surprise and Markian nibbled on her bottom lip. She moaned again deep in her throat. He took this to mean that she wanted to him to kiss her again. His hand came up to catch hold of her breast. The small clasps that held the swimsuit up proved no match for his skilful fingers. Alisha's breast was soft and felt like it belonged in the palm of his hand. Her nipple was turgid waiting in anticipation of his caress. He tweaked her nipple and felt her shudder with longing. Markian kissed her eyelids and then lowered his lips to her ears where he found her earlobes. They were delicious and soft. He sucked on them, hearing her mew in delight, before trailing down towards her neck

"Ple..please st..stop Markian... Mitchell is here" stammered Alisha pushing Markian away as her eyes caught sight of Mitchell watching them from the sidelines. He looked at her longingly but he knew that it was Markian that could convince Alisha that the three of them were meant to be together

"Its alright Alisha, Mitchell and I have had much practice with sharing. Don't worry about us. You just have to promise that you will be willing to be with both of us and it will be fine. We will share our bodies, our lives and our future together" said Markian confidently while Mitchell nodded.

Markian smiled as he helped Alisha to stand up. The swimsuit that had he had undone just now fell away exposing her beautiful breasts to his view again. Markian growled low in his throat as he bent forward and licked Alisha's light brown nipple. She gasped at the instant of searing heat she felt over her breast. Her eyes glazing over as she let her head fall back. Markian opened his mouth wide to swallow her whole breast into the hot cavern of his mouth. A small sigh escaped Alisha's mouth as Markian sucked on her breast bringing her nipple into a state of erect abandonment. Alisha quickly held on to Markian arms as she didn't think she could support herself any longer. Markian mouth and tongue had made mush of her insides and had caused her legs to melt away leaving her a puddle of wanting.

"Okay! That's enough I think! I won't be able to stop myself from joining in if you guys continue what you are doing" said Mitchell as he valiantly tried to disguise his hard-on. Markian laughed and lifted his hands in surrender. Alisha accidentally looked downwards where she saw Markian sporting a large hard-on too.

She jumped up to fasten the clasp of the errant bathing suit and covered her cheeks while were blazing red. She had never felt this way before and she was scared. She realised that both Markian and Mitchell could make her feel this wondrous sensation just by touching her body

With some sort of order restored, for now, Mitchell and Markian helped Alisha cut the apple pie, that Mrs Hanson had packed into the basket for them, into huge slices. Alisha gave a slice each to Markian and Mitchell which they woofed down in gusto smacking their lips in synchronising like Alisha expected twins to do. She didn't feel hungry after eating her two sandwiches so declined a slice for herself. She put the rest of the pie in a container and handed it over to Markian as he was nearest to the basket.

As the cubs were still napping, Alisha excused herself and rummaged in her bag, pulling out some dry clothes and got up to go and change out of her wet swimsuit. She wanted to get some clothes on to protect herself from her traitorous thoughts which had been telling her to run her hands through Markians hair and kiss Mitchell full lips again.

Mitchell mindlinked Markian while they were cleaning up the picnic site"What do you think she will say if she knew that she will be Starfall's Luna in the future." he asked

"Let her take in the fact that she has both of us as mates first. After that, we can tell her about leading the pack as a Luna. We don't want to overwhelm her too fast" replied Markian softly into their link.