Page 39 of Just Right
Rowan shifts back first, immediately stalking toward me. Finn comes back to me next, with Colt shifting only a second behind his twin. However, while Rowan closes the gap, standing right in front of me, the twins hang back.
Just like I figured.
I arch my eyebrows. “Well? Now that I have you back in your skin… does anyone want to use their words and finally answer me? ‘Cause I know I’ve asked this a bunch of times. C’mon. Who is it? Who wants to bemine?”
Finn whimpers. Colt mutters a soft curse under his breath.
Rowan speaks up first.
“I claimed you.” He ghosts his fingers over my fresh bite on my neck.
“You did,” I agree. “And then you shared me with Colt. But he still hasn’t marked me yet. So does that mean you’re my mate.”
“Not by my choice.” Colt takes a step toward me. “You wanted Finn. You chased after Rowan. But me? Oh, my little thief… you settled for me. You would never wantmybite. Not the middle brother.”
Well, that explains why Colt didn’t bite me last night. I’d wondered, figuring it had to do with the fact that Rowan didn’t give him permission to go that far. Sure, fucking me while I blew Rowan was fine. But biting me so soon as Rowan did? Oh, no, no, no. My suspicion only seemed to be more justified when, after I went to Finn, he did the same thing. He could’ve marked me while I sucked on his cock, but he didn’t.
What would he do if I asked him to?
What would his twin do?
What about their big brother?
That’s what I’m here to find out.
I figured it came down to this. They all know that I’m meant for all three of them, but they were oh, so careful not to tell me in case it scared me off. But I’m not scared. Colt got that right last night. I’mnotscared.
But I am wet and willing and waiting for my mates.
“I do,” I tell Colt. “You think I would fuck you and not accept your bite? I’ve been waiting for it.” I glance at Finn. “From both of you.”
“You have?” Colt’s lips stretch, his bear’s fangs lengthening. “Come here, Aurelia. I’ll bite you right now.” He gestures at Finn. “You, too. Connect with your bear, brother. Come claim our mate.”
I hold up my hand. “Wait?”
“Wait? You tell me I can have the one thing I’ve ever truly wanted… and you want me to wait?”
Poor Colt. He must think I’m teasing him.
“Yes,” I say simply. “Because I don’t think it counts if you just chomp on me without there being that connection you mentioned. You want to reach your bear. So do I. That’s what happened between Rowan and me last night, isn’t it?” I look at Rowan now. “You marked me when your bear was in charge. You fucked me then, too. I mean, you were still a man, but your bear was with you.”
Because the Brown brothers are bears. No matter what form they take, that’s who they are, and if I accept one, I accept the other.
If I accept one, I accept themall…
Rowan takes so long to nod, I start to worry I got it all wrong. But then he does, and I grin.
“That’s what I thought.”
Colt cracks his neck, eyes never leaving my face. He relaxes just enough to send his fangs away, though the rest of his hungry expression… yeah. He wants this. His bear does, too. I’m looking at the man, but all I see is beast.
“Who do you want to mate first?” he asks me.
Another deep breath. Another precipice that I have to cross.
“All of you.”
Rowan jerks. “I’ve already claimed you, Goldie. This is for you and the twins.”
