“Stay down,” he warned her, barely whispering. He stood and aimed at the thug nearest to Tom. “Move and we’ll shoot,” he shouted.
The outlaw looked at him, shock in his eyes. He spun away and ran in the opposite direction down the path. The other members of his gang saw Mark and took off.
Tom automatically lunged across the area to join Brenda and Mark behind cover.
Mark kept his gun on the miscreants until they were out of sight down a dark tunnel.
Brenda stood and wrapped her arms around Mark, hugging him. “Mark.”
Mark closed one hand over Brenda’s arm and patted it gently. “Tom, watch in that direction while we wait a bit to make sure those outlaws are gone.”
Tom eased out from where he’d ducked down and moved carefully between the boulders until he could see the path in both directions.
“I think it’s safe,” Tom said. “They’re gone.”
“Let’s get out of here,” Mark said. He put his hand on Brenda’s waist in back, and they headed back up the path. Ry, Austin, and Rex joined them as they made their way to their position on the path.
“Are you all right?” Austin asked Brenda.
“Yes, I’m okay, but one of those horrible gunmen hit Tom on his head with a gun.”
Mark and the other guys looked at Tom to see how badly he was hurt.
“I’m okay,” Tom said. “I got an egg-sized bump that hurts when I touch it. I don’t think I’m bleeding, though.
Mark checked the bump on Tom’s head. “I don’t see any blood. Either you’ve quit bleeding or you didn’t get cut.”
“I’ll be fine,” Tom said. “I was worried about Brenda.” He looked at her and grinned. “She’s feisty when she’s angry.”
“I’m so thankful you guys came so quickly to our rescue. Those awful men said their boss wanted us. Whatever for?” She looked disgusted.
Mark knew then she could handle this experience, as threatening as it had been.
“I’ll make a call and get the officials over here to look at the area,” Ry said.
“We’ll wait with you, Ry,” Austin said.
“Thank you for coming to help,” Mark told their friends. “If you don’t need us, we’ll take Brenda home with us. If anyone needs any info from us, they can call us tomorrow.”
“You all deserve a rest,” Austin said.
“I think I can take care of this incident for you,” Ry said. “Go home and don’t worry about it.”
“Thanks,” Tom said. “We could use a break right now.”
“We’ll check with you tomorrow,” Mark told Ry.
“Let’s head outside and wait by the hot springs for the officials,” Rex said.
They walked back together with Mark, Brenda, and Tom in the middle of their protective group.
Mark didn’t want to hang around there any longer than needed. He helped Brenda into the truck, gathered up their towels, and he and Tom and Brenda headed home. Mark wanted to relax and hold Brenda in his arms in the privacy of his home, maybe all night. He hoped she’d want to make love with him and Tom. Mark wanted to make love to her and try to wipe away the bad memories as much as possible while creating good memories tonight.
Chapter Thirteen
When they arrived home, they headed for the shower in Mark’s bedroom. They soaped each other all over, and Brenda helped Tom gently wash his hair after she washed hers. Mark washed all over, his hair, as well. They all wanted to remove any trace of dust from the experience they’d had in the cave with the outlaws.
“How about a drink by the swimming pool before we head for bed?” Mark suggested.
“That would be great,” Brenda agreed.
“I’ll go for that,” Tom said.
They slipped into bathrobes and headed for the kitchen.
“What would you like?” Mark asked as Brenda and Tom sat on stools at the island. “We have fruit drinks, wine, and sodas.”
“I’d like a glass of fruity white wine,” Brenda said.
“So would I,” Tom said.
“I’ll go for that,” Mark agreed. He filled the wine glasses and handed them out. They headed outside together to the lounging chairs and he held Brenda’s glass while she got comfortable in the lounger in the middle of the three with the best view of the pool. He hadn’t turned on the lights outside because the moon was still giving them enough light. He handed Brenda her wine and sat down in the chair beside her as Tom took the other lounger.
They sat quietly sipping their wine.
“The breeze feels so good,” Brenda said. “Would it be all right if I open my robe and let the breeze caress my skin?”
“Whatever you want to do, babe, is all right with us,” Mark said. “No one can see us back here.”
“That’s right,” Tom said.
“The breeze is so gentle, and it feels like silk on my skin. It’s very soothing.”
Mark watched as she untied her robe and parted it to bare her breasts, entire torso, and shapely legs. Her flesh was the color of alabaster in the moonlight. He wanted to taste her all over. She continued to enjoy her wine, taking a sip every so often from the glass. When she’d finished her wine, Mark took her glass.
“Do you want some more?” he asked her.
“No, that was perfect. The breeze is getting a little cool.”
“Why don’t we go inside?” Tom said. “We can watch the TV or stretch out in bed and relax.”
“I think I’d just as soon relax in bed,” she said. “How about you, Mark?”
“That’s fine with me, babe.”
She wrapped her robe around her as she sat up and left her lounger. Mark planned to get her naked again as soon as they hit the bed. He took their glasses and put them in the kitchen as they headed down the hall to his room.
She turned to Tom after entering Mark’s bedroom. “How do you want to play tonight, Tom?” She gave him a teasing smile.
Mark smiled at them, thinking that Brenda was considerate to worry how Tom must feel after being hit on the head by the outlaws.
Mark sat down on the foot of the bed and scooted back to give Brenda enough room to crawl between his thighs and position her body so Tom could have access to her pussy from behind her. “Come here, babe.”
“After you, hon,” Tom said.
She smiled at Tom, looking pleased. “I’m good with that.” She climbed onto the bed between Mark’s legs and moved as close to him as she could and still be able to pleasure his cock. Tom moved close behind her. Mark caressed her breasts with his hands and brushed his thumbs over her pink tits. She inhaled swiftly and closed her eyes briefly.
Closing her fingers around Mark’s cock close to the base, she smoothed her thumb over the head where a drop of pre-cum had formed in the sensitive slit. Mark inhaled deeply, his cock tightening even more with the hot sensation she created. She lowered her upper body and took the head of his rock-hard cock into her warm, wet mouth, licking the tip of the head, across the sensitive slit, and under the rim as she took him deeper. He growled deep in his chest and watched her as she moved up and down his cock, making him burn with more pleasure than he’d ever known before. Her mouth was hot, her tongue tormenting the most sensitive parts of his cock. She reached between them and cupped his swollen balls in her smooth, warm fingers, driving him closer to his climax as she stroked.
He heard her deep moan as Tom pleasured her, moving his fingers up and down her slit. She groaned, gripping Mark’s cock tighter. He figured Tom must have teased her slickened folds and clit. Tom held her hip with one hand and worked her pussy with the other. She moaned again deep in her chest as Tom pushed his cock inside her channel until his hips were snug against her. Mark thought Tom must be balls deep. Her eyes were closed, and as Tom pulled out and pushed in again, her whole body moved with the force. Mark watched them both, her reaction caressing his cock and taking him ever closer to his climax. Tom moved his hand to her tight hole. Mark could tell from the position of Tom’s hands that he
was caressing her puckered rim. She moaned with a higher pitch.
She pulled her mouth off Mark’s cock. “Don’t stop, Tom,” she said, panting a moment to catch her breath. “That’s so hot.” She met Mark’s gaze with a look that told him how aroused she was and lowered her mouth back onto the bulbous head of his cock. Taking him deep again, she moved her head up and down, pulling on his cock with her lips.
“I’m going to come, babe. You’re fucking me so good.” Mark didn’t know how much longer he could hold out. He flicked her nipples and then took them in his fingers and squeezed firmly.
She gave a long, low-pitched moan that signaled him she was going to climax. She never let go of the grip on his cock at the base. Her body arched with her orgasm.
Tom gave a guttural growl, his head leaning back as his hips bucked with his orgasm. The force of his pumping cock inside her pussy pushed Brenda forward against Mark.
“Oh God, that’s so good, Tom,” she said, her voice faint with her arousal.
The nerves at the base of Mark’s spine told him he was coming. He felt it just before his orgasm took him. His body bowed and hard contractions jerked his cock as Brenda held it tight in her fist. His cum spurted through her fingers as she curled them over the bulbous head. A growl rose from deep in his chest with the hot pleasure of his climax.
His cock slowly relaxed. Mark caressed Brenda’s body, smoothing his hands up and down her arms and sides as she recovered from her orgasm. Finally, they all three eased and breathed evenly as their orgasms calmed.
“Wait right there, hon,” Tom said. “I’ll go get washcloths for both of you.”
Mark smiled at her, meeting her gaze as he cupped her cheek in his hand. “You’re beautiful, babe. That was amazing the way you took my cock. I’ve never felt anything so good before.”
She smiled at him, her beautiful eyes sparkling, her wavy hair framing her face. “I haven’t either. I loved it.”
Tom returned with a couple of damp washcloths, and Mark and Brenda both took one and wiped themselves, removing his cum that covered her hand as well as his cock. Tom used another cloth to wipe along Brenda’s folds and slit and finally between her cheeks over her tight hole.
“That feels so good, Tom. Thank you,” she said.
“Thank you, hon,” Tom said.
“Join me up here?” Mark asked her as he moved up to the head of the bed.
“I’d love to,” she said as she grinned at him and crawled after him.
Tom joined them after taking the washcloths back to the bathroom.
Mark wrapped an arm around Brenda below her lovely breasts. Tom did the same, his arm across her waist. Brenda rested her folded arms across theirs.
Tomorrow Mark expected to have a call from headquarters to deal with. Before the day was over, though, he wanted to talk to Tom about the three of them getting married. He figured Tom loved her as much as Mark did and would agree wholeheartedly.
Mark hoped Brenda would accept their proposal.
* * * *
They had just finished their breakfast when Mark’s cell phone rang. “Hello…yeah, this is Mark…I guess you heard about yesterday.” Mark gave Brenda and Tom a look. “We’re all okay, but it was outrageous for those thugs to try to kidnap Tom and Brenda. We were all lucky to get out of that with our lives. Tom was hit on the back of his head with a gun by one of them. … He’s fine, just a bruise. … We have no idea who they work for, whether it’s someone new in this area or Wra. They could be working for the prospector who has told us to stay off his hill. … We doubt he owns the hill. … Does he own any land around here? … I have no idea. Would you check on that for us? … Thanks. … We don’t know who he is yet. … Yeah, we’ll work on that. There’s too many bad things happening around that hill and in the caverns inside. We need to find out who is behind that shit and take him and his cohorts into custody. … Jeff is recovering, but Ry is doing good. We’ll need more agents to help on this job. … Thanks, I’ll be in touch.”
Mark looked at Brenda to gauge her reaction to the call. She looked interested but not upset. Her matter-of-fact attitude toward this situation affecting everyone in the towns of Wolf’s Crossing and Heat Springs impressed him. It was encouraging for the future of the three of them together. “That was the guy I usually talk to at headquarters about the investigations we do. I’ve been waiting for him to call about what happened last night.”
“What will you do next?” Brenda asked him. “I realize how dangerous the situation is for you and Tom and the other agents, and it’s also dangerous for the people who live in this area.”
“I’ll talk again with headquarters, but as of right now, we’ll need to continue our investigation to find and take custody of the men causing the trouble,” Mark said. “We know how far they’re willing to go to take control of the folks in this part of Texas, and we’ll deal with them accordingly.”
“We don’t want anything like what happened to us, or to Jeff and Ry, to happen again. Our job is to keep folks safe from that sort of thing. Mark will contact everyone who can help in this case.”
Brenda nodded her understanding. “Are you two careful about staying safe in all of your investigative cases?”
“Yeah,” Mark said. “Sometimes, though, things happen that we aren’t expecting. We do our best to control those situations and protect innocent people who happen to become involved. We’ll be even more careful after what happened to you last night and to Jeff and Ry.”
She looked at Tom, and he nodded in agreement.
“Good,” she said. “I don’t want to lose you two guys. You’re too important to me.”
Mark saw the serious look in her eyes. He needed to talk to Tom about asking her to marry them. He just needed a little time alone with Tom. Maybe when she changed into her clothes for today.
The house phone rang. He picked up the receiver, which was near him on the kitchen counter. “Hello? Yeah, Lacy. Brenda is right here.” He handed the phone to Brenda. “It’s Lacy,” he said, smiling at her.
She took the phone. “Hi, Lacy! Yes, we’re all right. Word gets around fast here. Austin told you? Yes, he came to our rescue with Mark and Rex and Ry.”
Mark signaled to Tom that he wanted to talk to him in the other room. Tom followed him into the living room while Brenda continued to talk with Lacy.
Mark turned to him when they were far enough away that she wouldn’t hear them talking. “I’ve been wanting to run this by you,” he said quietly. Tom waited for him to continue. “What do you think about asking Brenda to marry us for a threesome marriage? I think she loves us, and I love her enough to stay with her for as long as she wants me.”
“I’m just as crazy about her,” Tom said. “Let’s ask her today.”
“We should ask her as soon as we have a good opportunity today,” Mark said. “Maybe this morning before anything else is going on.”
“That works for me,” Tom agreed.
“Good,” Mark said. “Let’s join her in the kitchen. We can let her pick out the rings, if she’s agreeable to marrying us. I just hope she is.”
“So do I,” Tom said.
They headed back to the kitchen. Brenda was still talking with Lacy.
“Wait a minute,” Brenda said to Lacy. “Let me check with them right now.” She looked at Mark and Tom. “Can you go with me to have lunch with Lacy at her brother’s place today?”
Mark nodded yes, and so did Tom. Mark didn’t plan to let Brenda out of his sight today after what happened to her last night at the hot springs area.
Brenda ended the call. “Lacy invited us all to come for lunch today at her brother’s place.” She gave them both a big smile. “I think it will be a nice break after all the scary stuff that’s happened.”
Mark smiled at her. She was amazing. “What time?” Mark asked her.
“She said to come about eleven-thirty, before the big part of the lunch crowd got there,” Brenda said.
“That’s a good idea,”
Tom said, nodding to her and Mark.
“I need to get a shower and get ready,” Brenda said. “It’s already the middle of the morning.”
“I guess we’d better get ready, as well,” Mark said, looking at Tom. “Let us know when you’re ready. If we’re not in here, we’ll be out by the pool.”
“It won’t take me long,” Brenda said as she slid off her stool at the island and hurried toward the hall to the bedrooms.
Mark gave Tom a look. He smiled, and so did Tom. “How about we tell her right before we leave for lunch?” Mark suggested quietly.
“Good idea,” Tom agreed. He turned toward the hall, and Mark followed him.
They headed to their own bedrooms and showers to get ready for lunch. Brenda continued to amaze him. She seemed to have become more animated and at home while she’d been in this area visiting Lacy, as well as spending time with him and Tom.
He showered quickly and dressed in blue jeans and a casual shirt, and slipped into his comfortable boots. Swiping his comb through his hair, he was ready. He left his bedroom and headed down the hall to the kitchen. He could hear Brenda moving around her bedroom. He headed outside to relax and wait for her by the pool.
Chapter Fourteen
After a quick shower, Brenda slipped into some blue jeans and a knit top. Her flats should be fine for lunch. She didn’t plan to go rock climbing today. She swiped her brush through her hair, and she was ready. She headed out of her bedroom and down the hall to the kitchen. The guys weren’t there. She looked out the French doors to the patio and saw them both relaxing on loungers by the pool. She was so looking forward to having lunch with Lacy today.
She opened the door and crossed the patio to join Mark and Tom. “I’m ready,” she said. They both sat up and smiled at her. She wasn’t sure why, but their responses seemed different. They both stood and waited as she walked over to them. “What’s up?” She smiled at them, waiting for them to clue her in.
Mark indicated she should sit down. “We want to discuss something with you.”
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