by Honor James
Squeezing her fingers lightly he smiled. “You are most welcome, darling, but, you may not have noticed, you didn’t really have to twist my arm to get me out here, love.” Shifting he wrapped his arm around her and rested his cheek to her shoulder. “Besides, it gives me a chance to have some time with my mate before I have to go and pack up my place.” He’d have to figure out what to do with the apartment, too, maybe sublet it until his lease was up.
“I’m happy to have you here with me, honey,” she murmured. “I like having you close to me.” Parker didn’t speak for a while but finally she asked, “Are you sure that you are going to be all right moving in here? Should we find a home that would be all of ours instead of Rayne’s, or do you think that we will be able to make this place our home, a home for our family?” Because the three of them were just that, family.
“I like this place,” Slade murmured, brushing his lips to her cheek. “It’s big, roomy, and has good flow.” He smiled against her skin. “But I am a Sorcerer so I do need my own space, too, which is why the studio out here will be good. It will let me do my thing and blow shit up from time to time, too, without endangering you.”
“As long as you are sure.” Parker moved in closer to him so she could rest her head on his shoulder and move so that she was practically plastered against his side. “What is the difference between what you are as a Sorcerer and what I can do? I don’t understand. I’ve never been able to blow stuff up, but I can do other things which is why when they had me I was locked in a room with a non-electronic lock and key and my food was all but dropped and they ran.” They had been worried she would take control of another’s mind again.
“Every magic user has their own gifts, strengths, and weaknesses. I can create a lot of the same things as a Mage can but because I’m a Sorcerer I use spells, enchantments, and the like. The blowing up of things is stuff I’m puttering with that go wrong and, in the end, go boom. They are old-school spells and potions, just a hobby I have but it keeps my mind sharp and keeps me from dwelling on the darkness I opened inside of me centuries ago,” he admitted quietly.
“Do you want to talk about it?” She would never press, never demand that he tell her anything, but she would always be there to listen if he ever wanted to lighten his soul load and share those deep secrets he held close.
“I was young, stupid and hurting,” he murmured. “I try not to remember it,” he told her softly. “It just makes me feel even more idiotic than I normally do. Maybe one day I’ll tell you, love, but it won’t be today. I do want to share, it’s just”—Slade let out a sigh—“I’m not ready to peer into that part of my life again, Parker. One day likely, but now, definitely not.”
Parker nodded. “It’s all right. When you are ready to talk about it I will be here to listen. I will never push you for something that you can’t give. Slade.” Parker moved and brushed her lips over his shoulder and smiled, nestling back against him once more. “I’m just happy that you are willing to give us a chance as it is. I’m just very happy to be here with you in the here and now. I’m happy to have you holding me as well.”
Rubbing his lips to her temple he closed his eyes and breathed her in. “I’ll always be here for you, Parker. I know I sometimes seem distant. I’m told it’s a defense mechanism and I do try to be aware of it but sometimes I just plain forget.”
“Don’t worry, I will let you know when it bothers me,” Parker said and patted his chest. “For now though I think that we are all just kind of feeling our way around all of this, around each other and what is to come for us all. For now I think we all just need to get used to each other?”
“I agree,” he said softly. Wrapping his arms around her Slade drew her in closer to him. Brushing a kiss to her cheek he breathed her in slowly, his hand moving up and down her back. Reaching past her he tugged the blanket up over her before dragging the corner behind him up and over them as well.
Parker was smooshed in closer to Slade and she grinned. Moving so that she was all but a part of his skin she leaned in and brushed her lips to his neck and then nibbled along his shoulder. “I love you, Slade. I really think that since we are all covered up we should maybe do a little kissing. What do you think?”
“Hmm,” he murmured with a small smile. “I like that idea,” he whispered, tipping her chin up. Moving his lips to brush over hers he slipped his arm back around her. Pulling her in closer to him he slowly kissed her, teasing her open, and tasted her.
Wrapping her arms around him Parker smiled. She felt such a deep connection to Slade, not only because they were both magical beings but because she had seen him. In that moment in time, she had seen him and that had meant so very much more to her heart than he could possibly know. When they parted she sighed. “I want to make love with you here under the sun. Do you think that would be doable?”
Smiling at her words he rubbed his nose to hers gently. “It’s more than doable, darling, but now we have to unwrap you. You’ve got way too many clothes on to make this work.” Brushing his lips over her cheek Slade breathed her in. “Get naked with me, darling, and let’s see if I can’t rock your world,” he teased.
“If you will recall, darling, you are the one who had me getting dressed,” she teased with a grin and began to shimmy out of the shorts that she had slipped on. “And I know you can rock my world. I know that you just touch me and it makes it vibrate so I’m sure that you will rock it.” Once she was out of her shorts she laughed. “Baby, you have to get off of me if you want me totally naked. Not that I’m complaining because I’m so good right where I am.”
“So demanding,” he teased, nipping at her chin before he rolled over to get out of his shirt and push his jeans off his legs. Helping her out of the oversized sweater he took her clothes and, folding them, set them in a pile with his own.
When he was finally back in her arms she sighed contentedly and tilted her face up to him. “Now then, big boy, I think you said something about rocking little ole me’s world?” She tried to do the whole Southern drawl thing, but failed. Miserably.
“Only if you promise to give up that horrid accent, darling,” he told her with a face. “I like you as you are, au naturel,” he said softly, moving in closer. Pressing his leg up between hers Slade leaned in to kiss her slowly, brushing his lips to hers gently.
“Good because I love you as you are as well,” she murmured softly. “I’m so happy you are mine.” She moved her hands and leg over as much of his beautiful skin as she could touch, using that to see him.
Smiling at the soft brush of her fingers over his skin he nipped at her lip. Shifting over her more he settled between her legs and rocked his cock against her heat. “You’re already wet,” he whispered softly only a little surprised.
“Well yeah. Seems as if I’m in a constant state of need and am always wet. God help me if I ever have to go out anywhere with you boys because I will show the entire world how needy I am all the time from the wet spots between my thighs.” She teased, “And you are rock hard.” Fingers moved to stroke the turgid flesh. “I like that I do that to you.”
Staying still as she stroked him he let out a shaky breath. “You keep that up and I’ll embarrass myself and you’ll be very unsatisfied. So let’s leave off stroking my cock until after I use it for some mutual pleasure. Then you can play all you want, darling,” Slade promised quietly.
Grinning like a loon Parker nodded. “Then I really think that you need to start to use it for some mutual pleasures or else I’m going to see just how good it is to make you embarrass yourself, darling, oh and I don’t think that I would be unsatisfied. I swear you breathe my way and my panties are wet and I’m on the precipice of coming.”
“Well that is an interesting little tidbit I will be filing away for later,” he said quietly. Moving slightly he pressed the head of his cock to her wet pussy and pressed in slowly. Taking his time Slade watched her very expressive face as he eased deep into her body.
Arching her neck slightl
y Parker’s lips parted slightly and a breathy sound escaped her. “Goodness I love that feeling,” she whispered and lifted a leg to wrap around him and pull him closer. “When you first enter me. That feeling is the singularly most amazing feeling ever.”
Nuzzling at her throat he smiled. “It is rather spectacular, the feeling of your muscles tightening around me, sucking me in slowly, squeezing me and so silky smooth it’s pure heaven.” Breathing her scent in he began to slowly move, enjoying the sensations of his body joining with hers over and over.
“A close second is when you come,” she said and felt her body rippling. The head-to-toe shiver had her drawing her toes in tightly and her body tensed. “God it feels so very, very good to have you inside of me like this. So. Damn. Good.”
“I do love to feel you coming, so much warm silk, the little sounds you make, the screaming, the pull I feel to join you.” Gods he loved it all. Scraping his teeth to her collarbone Slade started to move faster, thrusting into her harder. Gripping the blanket under them he closed his eyes. “Are you going to scream for me again, Parker?”
“Make me,” she whimpered, pleading with him to do just that. “Make me scream, Slade.” She was so close. Damn it didn’t take long and she was ready to go off like a rocket. “So close,” she whimpered. “Scream with me.” It was a demand as well as a taunt.
“I don’t scream,” he whispered with a grin against her cheek. “But I’m all for making you scream, darling. I love the idea of you coming apart in my arms screaming out in your need and pleasure for me.” Driving into her faster and deeper he nipped at her chin. “Your body clutching at mine as I spill my seed deep into your body.”
Parker’s whole body was tense and it didn’t take her long before she screamed. Her whole body seemed to tighten on him and she came apart in his arms, every fiber of her being flying apart because of him, the thrusts, the words, him. Every part of him.
Letting go Slade held her to him tight as his orgasm ripped through him. Collapsing over her he sucked in air, his brain a fried lump of goo in his skull. Sucking in a shaky breath he levered himself up onto his arms to take a bit of his weight from her small form. Brushing his lips to hers lightly, he smiled. “We should do this again.”
“I think you are totally right. We should do that often, darling.” She hadn’t seen him this time but she felt him. She felt his soul touching hers and that was incredibly beautiful. Wrapping herself up and close she sighed happily. “Especially in the sun. I happen to really, really love having you here under the sun.”
Draping the blanket over her to keep her from getting chilled he brushed his lips to her cheek. “We shouldn’t stay out long though, darling, especially since you haven’t been in the sun for a good long time. We’ll spend a bit of time out here each day until you’ve built up a tolerance again.”
“I would like that,” she whispered. “I would like that a great deal. I would like to be able to spend time in the sun. I would love to be able to just come out when I want and simply turn my face up to the skies.” And as much as she had loved the beaches at one time, she no longer did. Beaches were bad, very, very bad.
“No beaches,” he promised her quietly and smiled at her slight start. “You’re projecting your thoughts, little love. But coming out in the yard is always a good idea,” he told her quietly. “It’s a nice big yard surrounded by trees so it’s very, very private,” Slade assured her.
“Good,” she said with a smile. “Whatever it takes, I’m just so very happy that you have agreed to be with me.” She winked at him. “Just know that I will always need you. I will always love you. You are mine, now and forever more. We are a unit, the three of us are a whole.” And that made her so very, very happy.
“You are my bond-mate, of course I’ll be here with you and for you,” he said softly. “I may not be the most chatty person and I do have my moments where I just have to be alone, but I’ll always be here for you, darling.”
That had Parker smiling. “I know, honey. That’s what makes you so amazing. To know that you are here for me, to know that you and Rayne will always be my support. It means so much to me to know that I will never be alone. While I might be in the dark for the rest of my life I know that I will never be alone now that I have you two in my life.”
“You will never be in the dark with us around, Parker,” Slade said quietly. “I know you meant physically, sweetheart, but I hope you know what I meant. You are a light in our life and we hope we can be the same for you.”
That had her smiling and she sighed in happiness and joy. “Thank you for that, honey,” she whispered. “For being a part of my life. Thank you for taking me and being a part of my life. I plan on being a part of your lives for the rest of time.”
“Good, because we’re not letting you go,” he assured her quietly, hugging her to him. Resting his cheek to hers Slade closed his eyes and just enjoyed the pleasure of holding her to him.
Chapter Nine
Setting the last box down Rayne groaned. “By the Gods, Slade, what the hell are in these damned boxes?”
“Bricks, weights, cornerstones of buildings, the usual,” he said with a cocky grin as he set his box down next to the others. “I think that one is all the books though there were another couple. Just coincidence you ended up with the heaviest ones.”
“Coincidence my ass,” Rayne snarled at him as he stretched out his back. “If I didn’t know better I’d swear you figured out some sneaky magic way of making them heavier.”
Slade stopped and looked at him before laughing. “Fuck me, I didn’t even think of that. Holy shit am I slipping,” he muttered, shaking his head.
Parker couldn’t help but giggle. Lord she loved these men. “The two of you fuss and grumble and pick on each other all the time. It makes me smile.” Leaning against the doorframe she looked toward where she thought they were by the sounds of their voices and by the aura that bound them together. “Have I mentioned to you boys how much I love you? How much it makes me smile to listen to the two of you bickering?”
“He’s trying to kill me by making me help him move his heavy crap,” Rayne grumbled, moving toward her. Wrapping an arm around her waist he pulled her in close and kissed her long and deep. “What have you been up to while I’ve been tortured?” he asked her curiously, running a finger along the V of her shirt to stroke her breasts lightly.
“I sat out on the balcony under the sunshine,” she said with a smile and leaned in closer to Rayne. “My poor Dragon,” she purred quietly, her arms up and around him, pulling him close. “Too bad really because I’m really, really desperately needing my men. Heavens I’ve even taken the time to shave, everywhere, and used the toys you boys bought for me so that I’m ready for you both,” she teased with a smile. “Too, too bad.”
“Especially since we still have another load to collect,” Slade said, trying not to whimper.
“Fuck it,” Rayne said, scooping her up and over his shoulder as he stalked for the main house. “It can wait until we see to our bond-mate’s needs. After all, she is the most important thing in our lives.”
Parker grinned. “That’s exactly right,” she said with a smile. Her hands moved down Rayne’s back and into the backs of his jeans, touching and stroking him and squeezing his ass as she did so. “God you have one of the most perfect asses out there.”
“Keep that up and you’ll get more than you bargained for,” Rayne warned, smacking her bottom just hard enough to warn. Lengthening his strides he jogged up the steps to the deck. “What toys were you playing with?” he asked, hoping to distract her long enough to make it to the master bedroom.
“The training plug.” She didn’t even think to tease him. “And the jack-rabbit vibrators. It felt good, but it wasn’t enough. I needed my bond-mates. I needed the two of you,” she said with a smile. “I want both of you fucking me.” She knew just how much her men loved it when she spoke dirty and gave them explicit instructions. “I want to ride you, Rayne, and I want
Slade in my ass. Will you both give me that?”
“You know we will, darling,” Slade told her as he followed tight on their asses. “We’ll always give you whatever you want and need, Parker. But I think we need to see your usage of the vibrators. Obviously they are either malfunctioning or something is amiss in your usage of them.” Rayne growled deep. “Even the big guy agrees with me there, a miracle.”
A shiver of naughty delight raced through her. “Then I think that you need to get me naked and pass me the vibrator since I still have the plug in,” she shot to them both. “I wanted to be very, very sure that I was completely and fully ready for you both when you got home. I got bored waiting so I toyed with the vibrator and just couldn’t get off so I’m so damn frustrated right now that it’s not even funny.”
“Well we don’t want that,” Rayne told her as he set her down on her feet and began to strip her naked while Slade grabbed the vibrator. “Maybe you just need a little help or perhaps an audience for you to come.”
“Or maybe I just need the real thing?” she shot back at him. “Because I promise you the real things are so very, very much better, darling. I happen to really and truly love the way that you feel inside of me, both of you. Or you boys could use the vibrator on me again to show me what I’m doing wrong?”
Stripping down Rayne took the vibrator and then tossed it aside. “Later we’ll help you with that,” he told her. “For now I think I need to bury my cock inside my little mate.” Climbing onto the bed he lay down on his back. “Come on, darling, climb on up here and straddle me. Slade will ease the plug out before he takes you but you really should be seated on me first.”
Parker grinned. “I love that idea, darling.” She placed her hands on his chest and using his hands to help her she got up on top of him. “Because I really rather need you as well.” She rubbed herself against him and whimpered. “God I love the feeling of our bodies right before you slide into me,” she whispered in complete and total honesty to him. Easing down on him she shivered. “Perfect.” The tightness, the feeling of fullness of having him starting to enter her pussy and the plug in her ass, it was perfect.
