“What’s wrong, Lainey?” Becca asked gently.
“I’m fine,” Lainey assured her, realizing that every one of the women were suddenly sitting or kneeling around her and Cooper was sitting on her lap.
“Lainey, you’re not fine,” Amber Matthews told her as she knelt before her and took her hand in hers.
Lainey rolled her eyes and tried to pull her hand away from her friend. “Amber, you’re not on duty now,” she told her quietly. “I’m okay.”
“Don’t be so stubborn, Lainey,” Amber told her, refusing to release her hand. She gripped Lainey’s wrist lightly and looked at her own watch to take her friend’s pulse. “Your pulse is a little fast but that’s normal considering you were just dancing. Do you still feel dizzy? Are you sick to your stomach?”
Lainey looked at her friend and smiled, reaching out to tug on Amber’s long black hair. She was so proud of her. It had taken a lot of determination for her friend to finish nursing school. She had overcome so much in her life to become the successful woman that she was.
“I’m good, Amber,” Lainey said softly. “I promise.”
Amber looked at Lainey with wide, anxious eyes. “Honest?”
“Honest,” Lainey said, leaning forward to kiss her cheek lightly. “You worry too much.”
“Are you sick, Aunt Lainey?” Cooper asked her sweetly, touching her face in concern.
“No, honey,” Lainey assured her. “I’m just a little dizzy from being spun around by your mommy and all of you.”
Cooper giggled and hugged Lainey, lying against her chest and resting comfortably. “It’s fun dancing,” she said happily.
“Yes, it is,” Lainey agreed. She looked up at the women who surrounded her and saw the concern on their faces. “I’m fine, guys. Really.”
“Maybe you should check and see if you have a little, golden link attached to your mating link,” Gracie suggested quietly.
“What do you mean?” Lainey asked, confused.
Gracie looked at Jamie and Melanie and flushed with embarrassment. “I think we haven’t been very good friends,” Gracie said honestly.
“Of course, you’re all good friends, Gracie! What a ridiculous thing to say,” Lainey admonished her.
“Lainey, we should have told you something as soon as we found out about it,” Gracie told her.
“What, Gracie?” Lainey asked warily.
“All of you need to listen,” Gracie told all of the women. “Jamie, Melanie and I have found out that a small golden link appears on the back of our necks when we get pregnant. The little link is attached to our mating marks. I have one because I’m pregnant now. Jamie has one, too. Melanie has two because she has two children.”
“I never noticed any small links on any of your necks,” Lainey protested.
“No one can see them but the parents of the babies,” Melanie explained. “If you look at my neck, you’ll only see the original mating links. But if I look in the mirror, I can see the two links that represent Robbie and Mary Grace.”
“And Luke can see the links, too?” Becca asked, amazed by the revelation of another miracle that was unique to the people of this blessed land.
“Yes, he can,” Melanie answered. “But no one else can.”
“Wow,” Claire whispered.
“Yeah, it’s pretty amazing,” Jamie agreed. “Gracie just figured it out and checked with me and Melanie. We should have let all of you know as soon as we realized it.”
There was a moment of complete silence as the information was absorbed and processed by the women. Lainey wasn’t sure if she wanted to bolt from the room and go check her neck, or stay where she was. She looked across the barn and saw Spence and Tim watching her. She was filled with warmth as she thought about her mates looking at the back of her neck and seeing the small link that would be the proof of their baby growing inside of her if she were pregnant. It filled her with equal parts fear and excitement.
Standing slowly, she handed Cooper to Madison and made her way toward the center of the barn. Spence and Tim walked toward her, meeting her halfway. She was glad that they were drawn to her as much as she was to them. Opening her arms and walking into their embrace, she hugged them gently and began to sway to the music, loving that they held her so tenderly.
She closed her eyes and laid her head against their chests as they pressed her between them. She loved the way they held her, and she hummed happily as she heard the beating of their hearts. She said a prayer of thanks to the Great Spirit for the gifts of her mates then whispered a soft plea that she would be lucky enough to be carrying their child soon.
Chapter 27
Lainey stretched slowly, moaning slightly as her sore muscles protested the movement. She would gladly experience those same aches to have another night of loving with her men. She smiled softly against her pillow, hugging it to her chest tightly as she thought about the marathon lovemaking that the three of them had shared the night before. To say that she was happy with her wedding night would be a huge understatement. The way they touched her, held her, loved her, and brought her to such heights of pleasure was something she would never forget.
“Someone looks happy,” Tim whispered against the back of her neck, kissing it sweetly.
“I might be a little happy,” she admitted.
“Do you think it has anything to do with us, Tim?” Spence asked as he took his place beside their mate and kissed the mating mark on the back of her neck, giving an extra kiss to the two links that represented their babies.
“I sure as hell hope it does,” Tim mumbled against Lainey’s back, kissing her shoulder before pulling away and reaching out to grab her shoulders and flip her over so that she lay on her back and looked up at them. “Good morning, beautiful.”
Lainey giggled and reached up to grab both men’s hair, tugging on them. “You just made me dizzy, Timmy!” she protested.
“Sorry, honey,” he told her, immediately contrite, thinking about her pregnancy and kicking himself for being so inconsiderate. He held his hand over her belly gently, assuring himself that their children were safe. The warmth that greeted him made him smile. He looked up at Spence and nodded. “Nice and warm,” he said softly.
Spence’s hand joined his, rubbing Lainey’s belly tenderly. “Yeah,” he agreed. “Very warm.”
Lainey’s sweet giggles filled the room. “You guys are tickling me,” she told them, laughing. “Stop it.”
Spence leaned forward and kissed her lips lightly. “I don’t want to stop it,” he told her softly. “I want to touch you and make you smile all the time, Mate.”
His voice had dropped to a whisper, making Lainey’s heart squeeze with happiness. “Oh, Spence. You do make me happy.”
Tim leaned forward and kissed Lainey’s belly, rubbing his cheek against her softly then traveling up the length of her torso until he was even with her face. “I’m glad you’re happy, Lainey,” he told her before he kissed her lips lightly.
“You have something to do with that, too, Timmy,” she told him, wrapping her arms around his back and drawing him closer to her. She looked at them and realized that they were both fully clothed. “Damn! I missed seeing your nakedness!”
“But we didn’t miss seeing yours,” Tim told her, running his hands lightly over her body until he covered her full breast with his left hand. Lowering his mouth to the soft swell of her breast, he kissed the underside of it tenderly before laving her nipple, capturing it within his mouth, and suckling on it lightly.
Lainey moaned at the stimulation that was almost too much to bear, reaching up and threading her fingers through his hair and holding him tightly. When Spence joined him in licking and suckling, it was enough to send shivers through her and a moan of desire escaped her.
“Too much,” she moaned, glad when both men released their hold on her nipples immediately. “Sorry.”
“For what, kitten?” Spence asked, nudging her nose with his as he took a gentle kiss from her lips.
“I think I�
��m a little sore from our lovemaking last night.”
“You are? Why didn’t you say something, Lainey?” Tim asked worriedly. “You need to tell us these things. We don’t want you to ever hurt because of us.”
“It’s okay,” she insisted. “You both took care of me very well last night. I’m really fine—just a little tender.”
Spence covered her mound with his hand and caressed her gently. “Are you sore here, Lainey?”
“No,” Lainey answered without hesitation.
“How about here?” Tim asked, running his middle finger over the puckered opening of her ass.
Lainey giggled and snuggled against both of her men. “If you guys don’t stop touching me, I’m going to insist that you fill me up again.”
“We’ll do whatever you want, baby,” Tim told her, leaning forward and kissing her soundly as he pressed his finger against her and rubbed around the ring of muscle that he wanted to sink his cock into.
Lainey moaned and pushed at both men, turning so that she knelt on her hands and knees with her ass tipped up to present herself to Tim. “Take me right now,” she demanded.
Tim pulled back and tugged his clothes off in record time. Grabbing the bottle of lube that Spence threw at him, he flipped the cap and poured the viscous fluid over his hand, pushing the lube inside of Lainey’s ass over and over again until it was dribbling from her.
He inserted his first finger, loving the sound of her moans as he pressed inside of her. Adding another finger, he groaned himself at the way her body gripped him. He waited until her muscles relaxed then added a third and then a fourth finger before pushing in deep and twisting his hand to expand her opening just that little bit more.
“I’m going to take you now, Mate,” he told her, waiting for her permission to continue.
“Yes, please,” Lainey nearly begged.
Pouring one last dribble across his erect cock, he slathered the fluid down the length of his shaft. Grasping it and holding it just beneath the mushroomed head, he placed it at the entrance to their mate’s body. Just the sight of his cock so close to Lainey’s ass was making his heart pound inside his chest. Pressing against her, he growled as the guardian ring of muscle popped open to accept him, and he slid deep inside of her in one smooth glide. When his balls rested against her cheeks he took in a long breath and wrapped his hands beneath her to hold her below her breasts.
“Tell me when it’s okay for me to move, baby,” Tim told her, clenching his teeth to keep in control.
“Wait,” Lainey mumbled against the mattress. “Spence, come here.”
Spence slid to the side of her and touched her face tenderly. “I’m here, kitten,” he whispered.
“I need you, Spence.”
“What do you want me to do?”
She looked up at him with barely contained desire. Her blue eyes twinkled with excitement as she smiled at him. “I want your cock,” she told him, her voice raspy with need.
She watched him in rapt attention, never taking her eyes off of him as he smiled and moved back off the bed. He tore the clothes from his body, his cock bouncing and slapping against his abs as he climbed back onto the mattress and waited for her to tell him what she wanted him to do. When he touched her cheek gently, she pushed up on her hands, reached out and tugged at him until his thighs were settled beneath her chest and his cock was exactly where she wanted it.
“Mine,” she whispered as she leaned forward, opened her mouth and engulfed the head of his cock.
She moaned with pleasure at the taste and feel of him as he filled her mouth. Humming with happiness, she pressed down and took the majority of his shaft deep within her, licking at the underside of it and tracing the large vein that sent a gush of fluid dripping from her pussy. When he held the back of her head with his large hand, she moaned with happiness that he laid claim to her.
“Move, Timmy,” she demanded as she pulled off Spence’s shaft then plunged back down to take him as deep inside of her mouth as she could.
She bobbed up and down on his shaft, groaning as Tim picked up his pace as he thrust and retreated from her ass. She was awash with feelings. Her men drove her to distraction. She felt such need and such love for them she was nearly weak with her adoration of them.
“I’m gonna come, Lainey,” Spence warned her, pulling at her hair gently.
Her grip on his hips tightened, and her plunges became deeper as she willed him to come in her mouth and flood her with his seed. She wanted him to give her his release. She wanted to taste him and swallow down every bit that his body gave her. Increasing her speed, she plunged deeper, swallowing as best she could, milking his cock with the muscles of her throat.
Spence’s shout of completion made her smile around the girth of his shaft, allowing a small amount of cum to dribble from the sides of her mouth. She pulled back slightly and swallowed quickly, refusing to allow one bit of it to be wasted. She felt his cock throbbing as his release burst from him in a torrent of fluid. She could hear his rapid breathing and felt him petting her shoulders, back, and head gently as he calmed.
“So good, kitten,” he whispered. “Thank you.”
Lainey backed up just slightly, pushing her ass against Tim so that his cock was imbedded deep inside of her. She kissed Spence’s cock, licking up its length and swirling her tongue carefully around the mushroom head, knowing he had to be sensitive right then. Turning her head, she snuggled in his lap, kissing his muscled thigh and caressing his waist.
“Don’t stop, Timmy,” she whispered as she felt Tim waiting for her to catch her breath and settle.
“Are you sure, honey?” Tim asked gently, arching his back over hers and kissing her neck lightly. “I can wait.”
Lainey reached back with her left hand and grabbed for Tim’s hip, pulling at him weakly. “I’m ready. Don’t stop until you come deep inside of me. That’s an order, Timothy McKade.”
Tim chuckled, loving that she was so passionate about wanting him. He also loved that she referred to him as a McKade—pride filling him that he now held such an honorable name.
“Move, cowboy!” Lainey demanded.
He sat up on his haunches, pulling out of her just slightly before plunging back inside of her as deep as he could push his length. Lainey’s gasp and subsequent moan made him know that she was okay. His desire for her ramped up to a deep need that only she could quench. Picking up his speed, he loved her with a rhythm that pushed both of them toward completion.
His hips started to falter as the tingling at the base of his spine sent a signal to his balls to release. Reaching down, he pulled Lainey up so that her back was to his chest, and he ran his hand down her torso to plunge his fingers into her dripping pussy then dragged them to her engorged clit. Spence pressed his body against hers as he claimed her mouth in a brutal kiss of longing and love, trapping Tim’s hand between them.
“Come for me, Lainey,” Tim growled against her neck, biting down on her shoulder as his release exploded from him and he filled her ass with his cum.
Lainey’s shout was muffled against Spence’s lips, but there was no doubt that her body had found its ultimate joy. She shook between her men, losing the ability to hold herself up, and glad that the strength of her men held her firmly between them.
Exhaustion claimed her immediately, her eyes heavy and her body losing any strength to keep her upright. She was thankful when her men carefully lowered her to the mattress. She wasn’t aware of Tim slowly pulling from her body, or Spence going to retrieve a warm, wet washcloth. She felt as if she were in a dreamlike trance as her men soothed her body with the cloth and wiped her down with utmost gentleness.
“How can one woman be so incredible?” Spence asked softly as he traced his fingers across her eyebrows. Leaning forward, he kissed her forehead lightly. “Hell, I can’t imagine ever loving her more.”
“I know,” Tim agreed. “But we will, you know.”
Tim snuggled against her back and hugged her to him, his large
hand covering her belly tenderly. Spence mirrored him, pressing against Lainey’s chest and holding her hip so that she was held gently between them.
“You’re right,” Spence whispered, closing his eyes, and choosing to be late for work for the first time in his life.
* * * *
When Lainey awoke two hours later, she was alone in their big bed. She smiled as she remembered snippets of their morning loving. She barely recalled Spence calling to Tim to get out of bed. She knew she had caused them both to report late to Deuce for their morning assignments, but she also knew that Deuce would be understanding—it was their honeymoon of sorts after all. She remembered Gracie telling her the times Deuce had been late to morning duties when he had decided that he had to love her one more time before leaving her. Granted, it hadn’t happened often, but it had happened.
Lainey giggled lightly as she eased her way out of bed and headed for the bathroom. Turning on the water in the shower, she stepped inside and turned on the overhead spray, leaning heavily against the wall as the warm water cascaded over her body. She did nothing for a good five minutes while she allowed the warmth of the water to soothe her.
She closed her eyes and pressed her face under the stream of water, saturating her hair and holding herself steady with both hands against the tile wall. She thought of her men and couldn’t prevent the smile that covered her face from shining brightly. Taking her shampoo from the low ledge, she squirted some onto her hand and rubbed it vigorously into her hair, lathering it quickly then rinsing it out. She repeated the process with her conditioner and stepped out from the path of the spray to lather the washcloth with the strawberry scented soap that her men had bought for her.
She washed her body slowly and carefully, passing the cloth over her swollen bottom. Goodness but she loved every way her men made love to her, but she had to admit that she needed to take care. She knew Tim and Spence would be upset with any moment of soreness they might have caused her.
The memory of another night, with strawberry scented oil being massaged into her muscles by her very attentive mates filled her with longing to hold her men in her arms once again. It seemed to her that each day made her love them more and more. Her friends had become her lovers and her mates. They had truly become everything to her. She hoped that she brought them even one fraction of the happiness that they brought her.
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