Page 30 of Whiskey, Thieves, and Bastards
“Tell me.”
“Your mark on her is a snake wrapped around Dionysus’s grape vine. Mine is my paw print. Her mark on you is a snake playing in sunflowers. It’s right above your heart. Mine is, too. It’s a snake in cornflowers.”
“I wish I could see.”
Medusa grabbed my face.
“I think you can through the bond. You can feel me and hear my thoughts now. Maybe you can see what Cas and I see with the marks.”
I tried and fuck me. I could. I could see our marks and I couldseeher through Cas’s eyes, not just her outline. She was beautiful. Big green eyes, upturned nose, and a full mouth. Thepeople who portrayed her as this monster in various depictions got it all around.
She was perfection. And she was ours.
The furies had been right about everything so far. Once they reminded me that I didn’t really have any gods after me, my green witch magic was kind of badass even without the gaze, and that I had several powerful mates to protect me, I was able to go back to how I was before I thought Athena turned me into a Gorgon.
And I was bonded to everyone but Benji now. I feltpowerful.Nothing could hurt me, not even the Coalition. Benji and Dionysus could travel anywhere in seconds and they could feel when I was in danger. If I ever got in a situation where I was being overwhelmed, they’d feel it and be there for me.
Cas and Pax were fantastic lovers. I didn’t like feeling pinned down and I didn’t like it super rough. Too many terriblememories. They seemed to get it and gave it to me exactly how I liked it. It was perfect and my body was still humming.
I was standing naked in front of the mirror in Cas’s bedroom. Ambrosia was magical food you could only get on Mount Olympus. People who weren’t gods had to be careful with it because we had different metabolisms. It gave us a magical boost, but it was very rich. Too much was like eating three cheesecakes for every meal.
Dionysus was portioning it out to heal me, but not make me sick. I was still much thinner than I wanted to be, but it wasn’t as bad as when they first broke me out of New Eden.
That wasn’t what I was focusing on. I was looking at my new tattoos. Dionysus’s vine had snaked over the curve of my hip for the longest time. Pax had an affinity for snakes just like I did. That existed even before my hair turned into snakes. I wasn’t shocked my mark and his involved snakes.
Pax’s snake was playing with Dionysus’s vine perfectly. Cas said the paw print that was in a curve of vine and snake was an exact replica of his polar bear’s print. I loved it, but I was missing one last thing.
“I need you, Benji. This time, you pick.”
Benji disappeared in a cloud of smoke and reappeared right in front of me. His horns were out and so was his tail, which was wagging up a storm. It should be illegal for a man to be that pretty. He started stroking my cheek with his thumb. Benji was hilarious and a little crazy. That, paired with how utterly gorgeous he was could disarm people, but he was two halves of completely different predators.
But he wasmypredator.
“I trust you, Benji. You gave a fake blue priest explosive diarrhea for me before you even knew what I looked like. Tell me what you want?”
“So, you’ve already bonded Dionysus, right?”
“Yes. We bonded each other years ago.”
“Hear me out. We claim each other while Dionysus fucks me. Is that weird?”
Benji bit his bottom lip like he was terrified I was going to say no. I wouldn’t have been mated with Dionysus thousands of years ago if I wasn’t open minded and okay with a whole bunch of shit in the bedroom. He wouldn’t have been mated with me either if he wasn’t a conscientious lover who respected anything that might be too far for me.
“It’s not weird at all. I’ll enjoy it, Dionysus will enjoy it, and I know what he’s like in bed, so I know damned well you’ll enjoy it. I’m never going to police any of you if you want to be together. I’ll probably want to watch, but I’m not going to tell you no.”
Dionysus portalled behind Benji and started kissing his neck. Benji broke into goosebumps.
“Girl, let us take care of you. I’d be honored to help you claim her. I can’t do what Pax can do. Do you need him to start us off?”
“Do we have to? I like the pinch.”
“We can do whatever you want. Now, be a good boy and go make Medusa feel good while I prepare you.”
I’d never seen Benji move so fast. Yeah, he had a bit of a praise kink. I filed that away for later. Benji practically tackled me and dove between my thighs. He was definitely more enthusiastic at eating pussy than Pax, but in a good way. Pax took his time, but right now, I felt like Benji’s favorite meal. And fucking Dionysus. He knew what I liked and he could multitask.
“How do Cas and Pax taste on our girl, Benji? I’ll bet it tastes divine.”
Benji was solely focused on me right now. I hid my smile when he just threw a thumbs up at Dionysus behind him and didn’t even blink at what he was doing. And Dionysus was really good at reading people during sex. He knew I didn’t want to pick for this, so he chose for me.
