The two of them moved like a seamless unit, Velda retracting my hand from the painting and pulling it through the ward. Yelena laced our fingers together next, fitting our hands back through, letting me get a grip on the dagger. The draw of power was immediate, and so was Velda’s touch gliding through the wetness between my thighs.

I bucked against her, my head falling against Yelena. The lioness kneaded my breast. The sharp tips of her nails pinched the nipple just enough to set my nerves on fire without piercing the skin. Lips brushed each side of my throat, fangs sharp enough to sink through with a bit of pressure. My natural prey drive had my heart beating so hard it was like a buzz in my ears, and magic boomed like a bass drum with every stroke against my clit and every sweep of their tongues.

Needy girl. You’re dripping with slick for us. Sing for me, omega.

Velda’s words came as her fingers plunged in to the hilt, her thumb teasing my clit. I writhed between them. How was I supposed to think or do anything besides take everything they wanted to give me?

They navigated my clothing with ease, making it seem somehow naughtier that I was fully clothed while they took me apart. Yelena inched the straps of my dress down, trailing sharp kisses over the curve of my shoulder.

I rocked against Velda with the desperation that burned through me, grinding my clit against her thumb until she shifted to let me ride the heel of her palm. My muscles ached with the effort and the awkward angles, but I couldn’t stop.

Just as I hit the edge, Yelena’s hand slammed down over Velda’s, bringing it to stillness and pulling it away to stop the blissful friction. I whined desperately but no matter how I moved Yelena kept me from completion.

“Please. Yelena, please.Velda.”

Yelena dragged Velda’s hand away from me and my pussy clenched helplessly around nothing. Instead of satisfaction I was given only soft touches and lingering strokes up areas of my body that were decidedly not the one I wanted them to be touching right now.

The whimper I let out as I came down from the edge had both of them snickering against my skin. Yelena detached me from the dagger and wrapped both arms solidly around me. “How do you feel?”

I was pretty sure that desperately horny wasn’t the answer she was looking for, but I said it anyway, and sent both of them into peals of laughter.

“Energy-wise, precious.”

“Oh.” I took stock of my body. I felt almost painfully awake, like my body was set to vibrate with how much power was skating around inside me with nowhere to go. “Weirdly good?”

“Perfect. The last time you charged an artifact you were practically a slug for hours after. You just chargedtwo.”

Anxiety snaked into my brain. “Was this just for the experiment?”

“No.” Yelena kissed my cheek. “I put my hands on you because I want to. The experiment was just a perk.”

Velda kissed me softly, the icy earthiness of her filling my senses. “I’ll put my hands on you again anytime you want, little witch.”

My cheeks flamed. “Do I get to come the next time that happens?”

Both women laughed again.

“I’d have let you this time. Blame Yelena.”

“Oh, I’m going to.”

Yelena kissed my cheek and helped me stand. “I promise to take you apart so often you forget your own name, but for now, we have work to do first.”

Thank the gods that Caden was having a nap in his cat form across the suite because it would have been impossible to hide my reactions to Logan’s pleasure pulsing through the bond while she was with Yelena and Velda. Yelena I’d expected, but Velda was a complete unknown. If Logan liked her, I could get on board with trusting her.

I wasn’t sure what she was doing after her encounter with Yelena and Velda, but flickers of elation filtered through the bond every so often. When she finally did arrive back in the suite, she hurled herself onto the bed between Caden and me. Her hands cupped my face and she pulled my mouth down to meet hers before rolling over to scoop up cat-Caden for a vigorous snuggle.

“Does this mean you had fun while you were out?” I asked.

“I gavefourpeople the sight after giving it to Velda and charging her artifact. And I don’t feel like I’m gonna keel over!”

Logan rolled back toward me, Caden’s tiny weight coming with her to settle on my stomach as she cuddled against my side.

That’s a huge jump from before. What changed?Caden asked, his head butting up under her chin.

Logan’s whole face blushed. “Okay, so I’m not super proud of how we figured this out, but Yelena had an idea, and then Velda got involved, and it turns out that edging locks all that power in my body, and I can control the output from there.”

“I did update Caden on things changing with Velda,” I said. “How did that go down?”