hand, her overactive brain shut down, and all she could do was feel.
All she could do was gasp as Frank pulled her away from his brother and swept her up into his arms.
Chapter Five
If they wouldn’t risk running into Spring, Frank would have carried their mate to their bedroom on the third floor of the Wash House. But he knew he couldn’t last that long. When Evan met his gaze, he read the same intense hunger that he felt in his own bones. There was no way either one of them could wait long enough to get to a room with a bed.
In that instant, he understood why his brothers had been as rash as they had been with their own mates. All he could think about was getting Autumn naked so he could bury his throbbing cock deep inside his mate. He knew Evan felt the same way and that they would not be leaving the workshop until they had done so. He also knew in his bones that before they let this building, Autumn would be begging for them to claim her, and they would.
Frank knew what they had to do. It wouldn’t be pretty, especially for Autumn’s first time, but he vowed they would make it up to her soon. Right now, desire rode too close to the surface for any of them to last long. But with every surface in the room covered with wood dust, the workshop was too dirty for what they were about to do.
Evan angled his head toward the back of the room. Frank nodded in silent agreement and followed. In seconds, they crossed the room and passed through the door that led to the office. Without hesitation, they kept going until they entered the storage area at the back of the building.
A glance toward the woman in his arms and Frank grinned even as his cock throbbed with excitement. Autumn watched with curiosity, but he did not read fear in her. That was good. She felt it and wanted the mating, even if she didn’t know exactly what pulled her toward them. Even if she asked, he would have a hard time explaining except to tell her what his mother had told them when they had come of age.
“The Fates have matched you with the perfect mate, and if you are lucky, very lucky, you will find each other. Then, for the rest of your lives, you will find happiness, contentment, and joy.”
Autumn shifted in his arms, and he looked down at her. “You okay, sweetheart?”
She nodded. “Did you guys make all this furniture?” she asked as she looked around the storage area. Tables, chairs, benches, and parts of handcrafted beds half-filled the room. Unlike the workshop, they tried to keep this area clean. The furniture was wrapped in plastic to keep them dust-free as they waited for delivery to their new homes.
Frank nodded and leaned down for a kiss. He wasn’t sure how much longer he could wait, but he knew it wouldn’t be long. He could feel his dog jerking hard at his tenuous control, demanding to claim its mate.
With one eye on where he was going, he followed Evan to the oversized dining table in the center of the room. Along the way, his brother picked up a stack of blankets from near the doorway. The table was the perfect height for what they needed. By the time he reached the table, Evan had several packing-blankets spread across the table to soften their woman’s resting place.
Frank set their woman on her feet next to the table, and with an inner strength he didn’t realize he had, took a step back. But Autumn would have none of it. She followed, and, reaching for the hem of his shirt, she pushed it up his chest.
“Mmmm,” she hummed as she leaned in.
He sucked a breath at the feel of her tongue against his skin. His cock screamed that he’d better speed things up or else he was going to embarrass himself by coming in his pants. Before he could stop her, she’d turned away and did the same thing to Evan, who growled in response.
Then she stepped back. Reaching down, she grabbed the hem of her own shirt and in the next heartbeat stripped it over her head and dropped it to the floor behind her, exposing a bright red