A/N~ So the title sort of gives it away. Lotsa people getting busy, but to maintain the T rating everything's pretty PG rated. Please continue to read, enjoy and review. The reviews are especially helpful in helping me write better. Hope you all enjoy this. ~A

Sexual Healing

Happy. Bruce woke with that word whispering in his brain. The whisper was actually a rumble and it took him a moment to realize it was the subdued but contented voice of the Other Guy.

That shock was probably the only reason it took him another few seconds to realize he wasn't alone in the bed he occupied. He turned over to find a cap of reddish blond curls and a back that could have been painted by Rubin. Curves of pearlescent skin begged to be touched, but he wanted to see the eyes the color of sea glass green.

Reaching out one of his tanned hands hesitatingly to stroke down the smooth skin his fingers tracing the indentation of her spine delicately. When the back arched to follow his touch he felt a smile forming on his face unconsciously.

Blue green eyes blinked through the curls at him and a sleep husked voice complained good naturedly, "Too early love, you…we should be sleeping in." Rising to her elbows a wicked smile curving her lips Annie studied him thoughtfully before she said, "No bad dreams?"

His hand settled a little possessively on the curve of her hip as he shook his head with an answering smile and said, "Not a one." Then he studied her face and asked seriously, "Do you need more sleep? Sorry should have thought of that. You and your granddaughter did all the work last night, I was just an observer and admirer."

"Kenzi did most of the work, I just gave support and I'm a little tired but I could be easily distracted from that," the gorgeous woman said as she turned and slid towards him until her breasts were pressed into his chest. Twining her arms around his neck she added, "Yes doctor as my granddaughters best friend would say, I believe I need a dose of sexual healing."

Bruce actually chuckled as he lowered his head to kiss her deeply. Tasting a combination of raw honey and something uniquely of this woman before he

said, "Luckily for you I just happened to be in the neighborhood and unlike most others in the medical profession I love giving house calls." Laughter rang out from both of them as his hand dropped to caress the dimples on either side of her lower spine.

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Dyson smelled the visitor before he ever got to the door. He growled softly under his breath, and slipped away from Kenzi. Crawling out of bed, he grabbed his jeans and slid into them swiftly. Slipping them up over his bare hips and zipping them up as he walked swiftly to the door.

The Alpha female did not come out of her den but she did give a low toned warning growl that had every one of the Spirit animals except her joining Dyson as he stalked to the door. There was no howling though for which Dyson was grateful. Kenzi had been disturbed enough over the past several weeks, she needed the rest. His mate probably wouldn't have even twitched,

This visitor though wouldn't even be allowed in the Den despite her edict that all were welcome who meant no harm. At least if he could have anything to do with it. He wrenched open the door before the visitor could knock on it.

Dougal Thornwood looked surprised for all of a few seconds and then tried to step past his son into the Den. Only to come face to face with several agitated Spirit animals. His son's face was an angry mask as he said, "The Elder is not receiving today."

"I'm sure she will make an exception for the father of her Mate," said the bearded wolf as he tried to make his way past his son once again.

This time Dyson actually bared his teeth in a feral grin as he responded, "She might, but I won't."

"Remember your place, pup," the older Shifter said in warning.

"I do remember my place old man. It is at my Mates side. I am her Shield, you are her enemy." he said calmly and coldly. "You have proven this time and again with your plots to gain her power. From your plotting in the Dahl Riata to your attempted manipulation of our Mating. Your mistake was in thinking you were clever enough to get away with it."

"You dare accuse me of anything? Have you forgotten I am your Alpha and your father?" Dougal said his face flushed with anger.

"You are not my Alpha. You haven't been my anything for centuries. She is my Alpha now and forever more. With a well learned flick of his wrist Dyson did something that had blue and gold sparks dancing around the Den. Never raising his voice he added, "You will find you can no longer enter this Den, Dougal Thornwood. You are no longer recognized as Pack."

The older wolf's face blanched in shock, as he whispered, "You can't do that, you don't have the authority. You couldn't, you haven't placed all three marks…"

Apparently you don't remember pack rules as well as you thought you did, Father." The last spoken more as a curse than a respectful paternal moniker. "The Bond has been initiated with the first Mark. Mating being stated as the intended outcome. Therefore in the eyes of pack law we are already recognized as Mates."

Dyson continued in the same cold, quiet tones, unaware his eyes were glowing amber as he dealt with this threat to his mate. "You know my birthright father or you should remember it as you never ceased to harass me for my less than pure blood. I can smell Sturgis on you, I know you plot with him against her. You may have been my father, but if it comes to a choice between you and she. Kenzi wins."

"I am her Shield, her protector. I always have been, even when she was human. Before she ever became fae, before she became a Shifter, before she ever became the Elder, I was hers." he said his voice becoming more heated but still low toned as he continued, "So don't bother trying to use a familial bond that hasn't existed for centuries. You abandoned your Pack to the tender mercies of an enemy that had none.

"You have no loyalty except to yourself Dougal Thornwood. Not to your Pack, not your family, not to your Elder." he actually snarled, "Go back to your Master and tell him the Ashe knows what he did and he will be dealt with. Also tell his puppet master Shifters will no longer be the pawns of others."

With that he stepped back and slammed the door in his fathers face, wincing slightly at the echoing sound in the warehouse of that slam.

He sighed heavily as he turned to lean against the door and flinched slightly as he saw Kenzi standing right behind him, in her silk kimono, her huge gray eyes staring at him with a shocked expression.

"Sorry, sorry," he said quickly, "I know I overstepped my bounds but he really did smell of Sturgis and he has been doing all of those things to try and undermine your authority so I just thought…"

"I was yours before I ever became fae?" the girl whispered in a choked tone.

The wolf gaped at her for a moment and then shook his head slightly, seeing her eyes fall. He realized what she thought and moving quickly reached for her and pulled her into his body. One arm wrapped around her body the other hand tilting her face to his. "No I was yours, I wanted you to be mine but I wouldn't dare claim you because I knew if anything ever happened to me, you could die."

"Then you did die, you did and I…I thought of all of the lost time because of my being an idiot. But I was always your Shield, your protector. Even more than I ever was with Bo," he continued his disjointed confession, "Trick wanted me to protect his granddaughter. I was more interested in protecting you but I wasn't ready for how it felt when I wasn't there."

Seeing her confusion he said simply, "I was yours, and had been for months before you ever became fae, I should have told you but I was a coward, I should have told you…"

"You were mine, all that time?" Kenzi whispered reaching her small hand up to caress his bearded cheek.

"No. I am yours and always will be even when you no longer wish it so." Dyson said his accent growing heavier as his voice deepened.

"If I wish it so forever?" said the Elder her silver eyes beginning to glow.

He drew in a deep breath, his eyes growing heavy as he smelled the honeyed scent of her and dragged her up his body so she could feel how much he wanted her before he said on a soft growl, "Beyond forever, and are you mine then, my vixen?" He asked as he walked them back towards the bedroom area.

Instead of answering she licked over the area where she had bitten him for the first Mark and was startled when he pumped his torso against her and actually yipped in pleasure as she said, "We are each others I think wolf man."

When several minutes later a slightly drunk couple were walking past the warehouse and heard several howls. The hairs on the backs of their necks raised and they sobered up quickly and got out of the vicinity.

Of course the fact that they also found their car and spent the next half hour having sex in the back seat due to the adrenaline fueled sexual rush was probably why they never called animal control.

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Vex quickly slid the fully loaded omelet out onto the plate and stuck it in the oven swiftly. He then poured the already beaten eggs into the omelet pan before quickly mixing the vegetables and cheese to go in his and Laurens omelets. Fresh coffee was already percolating and he heard the two ladies stirring before he added the vegetables to the fluffy eggs.

He ran to the bedroom door and said, "Only get out of that bed if you have to run to the bathroom. Breakfast in bed for you two this morning and no arguments." With that said he ran back to the kitchen just in time to flip the top over to cover the center of the omelet.

Repeating the earlier process of sliding the plate into the oven to keep it warm he poured the last of the egg mixture into the nonstick pan and dunked the egg bowl into the soapy watery in the sink. Getting down cups he prepared the coffee, the way each of them liked it and took the tray with cups into the bedroom. His went to the coaster on the bedside table, he handed the ladies theirs and stole kisses from them before heading back to the kitchen.

Retrieving the pitcher from the fridge to pour juice into three glasses. He put the vegetables and cheese into the center of the omelet and while the cheese melted and the vegetables warmed, he cleaned up after himself. Then he finished the omelet and put the plate onto the tray with the glasses of juice, followed closely by the two plates out of the oven.

He dunked the rest of the dishes he had used into the sink and was on his way back to the bedroom when he heard Lauren call out, "We're wasting away to nothing in here Vex."

"Can't have that now can we," the Mesmer said jovially as he came into the room. Then he saw what he had missed on his two previous quick trips into the bedroom. Bo's expression was one of guilt and fear.

He contemplated how to deal with Bo's unwarranted emotions while the three ate their breakfast. Bo said a little half-heartedly, but with a smile, "Well if we weren't already smitten with you for other reasons, your cooking skills would definitely sway us in that direction."

"Stop or you'll make me blush," Vex said with a laugh. Then he realized a way to possibly get Bo out of her guilt trip. "Boster do you remember the first few times we met?"

Bo snorted indelicately and said, "Let's see would that be when you wanted me to be your sex slave more or less or when you accidentally gave us those parasites and Kenzi went ninja warrior with that stick thing?"

"Both are good choices because I have to say while you didn't turn into my sex slave we definitely make love on a regular basis. Then too Kenzi has become a warrior, maybe not a ninja warrior but still…" he said with a laugh.

Bo's brow wrinkled as she stared at her lover, "I'm not quite following you Vex, what are you getting at?"

"My point, my gorgeous succubus is that I have heard you refer to Kenzi as your heart, your conscious, your sister, and to a certain extent she is your soul mate." the Mesmer continued.

"I'm still not following you," Bo said staring at him oddly as she continued to eat.

"You've said that Lauren is the one who holds your heart. You went monogamous for her and you agree that she's one of the most brilliant people you know, agreed?"

Bo nodded her head in agreement. Still perplexed about where the dark fae was going with this conversation.

"Then of course there's me I influence people on a daily basis, run a highly profitable nightclub, and I am the darling of the dark fae council." he said surprisingly without a hint of smugness, "Plus I have Kenzi as a friend, you and Lauren as my gorgeous lovers, and I hope that by this time I have caught at least a small section of your hearts."

"Now would you agree my darling that all three f us are your equals in at least some ways?" he offered.

"Of course," Bo agreed easily, then added, "in some ways you are even better than me. Lauren is a genius, Kenzi has more heart than all three of us combined, and you have survived the dark court for centuries and you run a profitable business. What's your point Vex?"

"My point Ysabeau is why do you think you should be better than all of us?" he asked gently.

"What? I don't… What are you talking about?" Bo asked defensive and bewildered.

"Lauren as you are well aware was recently under the geas of the bastard formerly known as the Ashe, Kenzi has been under my influence in the past and more recently under the control of the kitsune although that she fought with great skill and courage. Although we may speak of it in greater detail at a later time, I myself was under the control and command of the light fae for nearly two centuries when I was younger." the Mesmer rattled off the information quickly.

Before he added quietly, "My point Bo, is I fail to see why you feel guilty for being in the same situation as the three people you claim to care for most in the world. Three people who you claim are your equals and in some ways you admit are better than you. Why then do you think you should have been better than to be influenced by an unknown entity?"

Bo opened her mouth and then closed it again as she thought about what Vex had said. It was true and she actually felt a weight lift from her heart and her lips curved into a smile. Seeing the smile, Vex gave a grin of his own as he popped another bite of omelet into his mouth.

A/N/N-I am helping fierymenace with her story Shades of White. So updates to my stories may become a little more erratic. But I will still continue updating, don't worry. ~A