Page 64 of The Poison of the Earth
“Oh fuck, what good boys I have,” I grin down at them.
Lonan gives in first, his seed spraying up near my arm. Kai must see it for he groans again and his eyes close. I see his cum jet up, even as Lonan’s pleasure still spills out over his hand.
“Yes, that’s it, so good, you two. Just what I wanted to see. Fuck,” I purr.
I slip off the other side of the bed, grab my flannel dressing gown, and head upstairs to Lonan’s room.
Just as the door shuts, I hear Kai yell, “Fuck, neither of us checked upstairs yet.”
Chapter Twenty
Kai
Holy shit, my mate is a godsdamned goddess. A naughty goddess that might need the occasional attitude adjustment over my lap, but a beautiful, seductive goddess nonetheless. That display last night was incredible. I had ran up to clear the apartment for her, then went to help Lonan clean up.
And by clean up, I mean suck each other’s cocks until we exploded again.
When I awake in the morning, I freeze. I breathe as quietly and slowly as I can. I don’t want to ruin this. I’m laying flat on my back and against my side is Lo, his nose in my hair and one leg thrown over mine. But under my other arm, completely unexpected and inexplicable, is Oleander. Her face is on my chest and her white hair has come loose from the bun she ties it in at night. Her hand rests on my bare stomach and my heart swells. It’s painful and wonderful. It’s as if it’s growing to fit them both, though I already knew they were each mine. I kiss the top of her head gently, and after, turn and kiss Lo’s forehead.My mates.
When my father and Uncle Callum and Aunt Mia—and the rest of Gaeba’s guard—were killed in battle, our town was put to the torch, given that the most powerful of the water shifters had already been killed. Lonan nearly killed himself, expending magic to try to save folks. I was pulling heat off the flames nearest him, trying to keep him alive, screaming at him to run, forusto run, to save ourselves. He wouldn’t though. When hecollapsed, I threw him over my shoulders and ran like a fucking coward while Alder’s men were too busy killing survivors to spot two youths escaping north, to nothing but wilderness. It was in those dark days that I thought I would only ever have Lonan. That it would be the two of us, against the world, forever.
And now, look at us. Together still, of course. With an army at our backs. A circle of friends we trust, workers we pay well and can rely on, a small town of survivors. And Oleander. I would have never thought this was in our future.
Ollie starts to stir and I stare at her. Her hand twitches and her hips shift, pressing her core against my body. It should make me hard, but it just brings out further feelings of protectiveness. Even with Lo, I have never felt like I needed to care for someone so. Probably because she’s a female who can hardly wield a butter knife. I frown.We need to work on that.
I realize again she hasn’t told us of her magic, nor her upbringing. I don’t want to push her, especially after I acted like such a gigantic ass, so I’ll leave it until she’s ready. It matters not.
Her eyes flit open and she rubs her face against me as she yawns.Perfect little thing.
I feel Lonan roll over and I turn to see his red eyes taking in Ollie laying on my chest. He looks to me, face ardent and joyous. I smile at him.
“Good morning princess,” I say softly.
“Good morning sweetheart,” Lo quietly rumbles, voice rough with sleep.
“Mmm,” she responds, again rubbing her face against me like a little cat. She comes up blinking those intense eyes of hers. “You two are striking together, do you know that?” She asks, a tiny smile on her face.
Lo chuckles, “I was going to say the same of you and Kai.”
I just lay silent, absorbing the pleasure I can almost feel coming from my mates.
“Ollie,” Lo starts and I can hear the hesitation in his voice, “When will you accept our bonds? Surely you won’t make us wait until we have the throne, forthatas well?” He cocks an eyebrow as he reaches for her hand.
She lets out an adorable giggle. “Mayyyyyybe.”
I groan and she kisses my chest.Fuck.
“Baby, you’re not planning on leaving us? Or rejecting the bonds?” I ask quietly.
“No, of course not,” she says immediately and I sense no lie in her face.
“Then let’s do it, tonight. Or after the Mabon Festival, if you want to make an occasion out of it.”
She giggles again. “An ‘occasion’? Kai Ignisroth, you cannotpossiblybe a romantic?” She grins, leaning up on an elbow to look at me better.
Lonan laughs. “He is! You totally got him figured out.”
“Hush,” I say as I sit up and slip out of bed, embarrassed.
