We walked through the forest to the lodge, where he climbed the steps with me tucked securely in his arms. It was so different to that night when Jarom had first found me. Then I’d been a scared shell, a fearful slave, and now I had everything I never knew had been missing in my life.
“It is not embarrassing. This is a celebration,” Jarom said.
Sedric opened the door, bowing deeply as we entered. Alerick strode down the corridor and into the room I’d woken in. I hadn’t realized how gigantic the bed was, but now I did. It was long enough to support Alerick and wide enough for six people or three enormous shifters and me.
“What is this room?” I asked.
“It was my room, and now it is our room,” Alerick said. “That is, if you like it.”
I looked at the warm timber walls, the soft bed, the luxurious fittings and the bathing room adjacent. “I don’t know. I think I liked my hidey hole better.”
Alerick’s expression fell and he came to a stop in the middle of the room. He gave me a strange look that was half surprise and half confusion.
Eike chuckled, “Don’t you know when our mate is joking?”
Alerick’s brows flicked up. “That was a joke?”
My mouth curved into a surprised smile. I was as astonished as Alerick looked, “I…think it was.”
Jarom brushed the back of his fingers over my cheek, his eyes burning, “There is much about you we have yet to learn.”
Jarom’s fingers trembled as he claimed my mouth. He brushed his lips against mine. My abdomen tightened as excitement swirled deep inside me and when the tip of his tongue traced the seam of my lips, it swelled into a storm.
I was no longer afraid of these men. I felt them inside me. I touched the purity of their souls and the depth of their caring and contentment for me.
They cherished me. I was as precious to them as they were to me. The bond only amplified emotions that were already there. It didn’t lie because itcould notlie.
I ploughed my fingers through Jarom’s hair as his kiss deepened. I still had one arm about Alerick’s neck, the other on Jarom as they held me securely between them. I welcomed him into my mouth, my core already heating.
Jarom ended our kiss, his lips slick with wetness and a hungry glaze in his eyes. “We will all take you, now, little prey. Are you ready to become ours?”
“Only if you’re ready to become mine in return,” I said.
Alerick groaned. He tilted his hips and the tip of his erection prodded the flesh of my backside. “We have always been ready to become yours.”
“I for one, can’t wait any longer,” Eike said.
“Then you will not need to,” I said.
Need rose within me, uncompromising and powerful. Alerick strode to the bed and followed me as he laid me down. My thighs parted as he settled his weight between them, capturing my mouth with a commanding kiss.
There was no hesitation in this kiss. Nor was there any question. This kiss claimed. Demanded. Took, and Gods, I lit up with fire. I wound my arms about his broad shoulders, one hand splayed between his shoulder blades while the other plunged into his thick hair.
I lifted my thighs, squeezing his trim waist between my legs. He crushed his abdomen against my clit and sparks exploded inside me. I tilted my hips, rubbing against him, trying to create the friction I needed.
“Need to taste you, Little Mate,” Alerick gasped.
He kissed a path down my body, pausing to suckle first one breast and then the other before continuing down to my core. He didn’t make me wait. He dove into the sensitive folds, laving his tongue through my seam as he devoured me.
Sweet sensation spiralled through me, and my body stiffened with building pressure. Fingers traced through my hair as Eike lay on my left and kissed me. His kiss was sweet at first, but quickly turned into something more urgent.
Warmth caressed my breast. The bed dipped as Jarom lay beside me, and sucked my right breast with his sweet, wet heat. He groaned as his tongue flicked my nipple and the vibrations sank into my skin.
Alerick swirled the tip of his tongue around my clit and eased his thick fingers into my core. I was so slick there was no resistance. He pumped his fingers into me. My stomach tensed as though tilting on a precipice. Jarom sucked my breast hard, biting down on my nipple as Eike’s tongue swept into my mouth.
The pressure burst, and bliss poured through me. My body erupted in ecstasy, every muscle locked as my climax blazed a path of pure pleasure. My limbs relaxed as I drifted down to find Alerick teasing my core with his hard, thick shaft. He knelt between my legs, his fingers dented the flesh of my thighs. His abs firmed as he rocked his hips. His eyes blazed as he watched his dick sliding through me, then rising to my face. His temple ticked as he clenched his jaw. He tipped his hips. I gasped as electric sensation shot through me. I gasped as my arousal spiked.
“Need you, Little Mate.” A trickle of perspiration ran down the side of his face to the stubble of his cheek. He didn’t notice. His focus was on me and I felt that intensity through the bond connection.