by Carol Lynne
Because Enapay knew it had been a long time since Takoda had been entered, he waited for Gray to ease his way inside the smaller man.
Takoda moaned in pain for several moments before his body became accustomed to Gray’s thick cock. Once Gray rocked his way into the base, Enapay placed the crown of his shaft to Gray’s waiting hole.
Having made love only hours before, Gray’s body accepted Enapay’s cock willingly as it pushed in to the hilt.
“Gods you feel good.” Enapay leaned in and nipped at Gray’s neck. “I love you.”
Enapay had never experienced a three-way and wasn’t sure who should move first. Gray took the lead and began moving his hips back and forth. Once again, the room was filled with the sounds of pleasure as the three of them finally established a rhythm.
The squeeze of his lover’s body as Gray continued to fuck himself on Enapay’s cock was indescribable. He felt truly connected to both men. Although he was buried deep inside Gray, Enapay would swear he could also feel the pull of Takoda wrapped around his cock.
“Love you, Takoda,” he whispered, thrusting his hips even faster.
Takoda reached back over Gray to put his hand on Enapay’s hip. “Love you.”
The sound of Enapay’s balls slapping back and forth between his leg and Gray’s ass became an erotic song filling Enapay’s head. He pictured years spent in bed with these two men, years of loving and living as a family. The one thing he’d always dreamt of having was finally within his grasp and he wasn’t about to give it up.
Gray’s body jerked as he came, squeezing Enapay’s cock in a vise-like grip. Takoda’s cry of release drowned out all noises in the room as he shouted Enapay and Gray’s names.
At the moment of climax, Enapay closed his eyes and prayed to Father Sky to bless their union. With each burst of cum, Enapay’s bond with his two mates increased. By the time he released Gray’s leg and collapsed back onto the pillow, he felt complete peace invade his soul.
It was several moments before Enapay’s breathing returned to normal. Whatever happened from this point forward, he knew in his heart he wouldn’t face it alone.
Chapter Seven
The ringing telephone woke Gray several hours later. He untangled himself and stumbled to the kitchen, barely reaching it before the caller hung up. “Hello.”
“Gray?”
“Yeah, Jack, it’s me.”
“Can I get you to come down to my place? We’ve got an issue and Hakan thinks you can help us with it.”
Gray glanced at the clock. It was nearly noon. How the hell had they slept so long? “I’ll get dressed and be down.”
A noise behind him alerted Gray he was no longer alone. He turned to find a sleeping-looking Enapay standing just inside the room. Gray hung up the phone. He wondered if things would get weird between them after he’d spent the morning making love to Takoda.
“Who was on the phone?” Enapay asked.
Gray’s fears were quickly put at ease when his mate pulled him into an embrace. “Jack needs me down at his house for some reason.”
“He didn’t tell you?”
Gray shook his head. “He just said they had an issue and Hakan thought I could help.”
“You want me to go with you?” Enapay asked as he peppered kisses along Gray’s neck.
Gray loved the feel of Enapay’s naked body pressed against his, but he knew if he didn’t get dressed, it would be a while before he got out of the house. “Why don’t you go back to bed with Takoda? I shouldn’t be long.”
“We’ll wait for you.” Enapay ran his hands down Gray’s back to land on his ass.
As good as that sounded, Gray knew they still hadn’t completely convinced Takoda to accept his man skin. “Make love to him while I’m gone. After all the years you’ve loved him, you both deserve some time alone.”
Enapay released his hold on Gray’s ass and cupped Gray’s face. “You know how much I love you, right?”
Gray smiled. He knew his mate was trying to reassure him, but after the things he’d felt in the bedroom earlier that morning, there was no need. “I know you love me.” He bit his lip. “I’m starting to fall for Takoda. Is that part of the mating process?”
Enapay nodded. “It has something to do with it. The rest is all you and Takoda.”
Never had Gray felt so lucky. Not only did one incredible man love him, but hopefully soon, Takoda would also learn to love him.
* * * *
Gray climbed the porch steps and knocked on Jack’s door. Toby answered almost immediately.
“Hi.”
Gray nodded. “Sorry it took so long.”
Toby jerked his head to the side. “We’ve got visitors, big wigs from Washington.”
Gray wondered if it had something to do with Dr. Sparrol. “Did they already pick-up Sam?”
Toby shook his head. “They’ll take him with them when they leave.”
Gray peeked around the corner. Four men sat at the dining table with Jack, Hakan, Ryker and Daniel. Toby started to go in, but Gray grabbed the back of his shirt. “What do they want?”
Toby grinned, the same mischievous smile Gray had seen upon their first meeting. “And ruin Jack’s big moment? No way. The couch is no fun to sleep on.”
Gray chuckled. He seriously doubted Jack would ever kick Toby out of his bed. He’d seen the two of them together and their affection for each other was almost sickening. Gray released Toby and followed him into the dining room. “Gentleman.”
Jack stood and walked around the table to shake Gray’s hand. “Thanks for coming.”
“What’s going on?” Gray glanced from Jack to the four men in suits. Two of them he recognized. One from The Department of the Interior and one was a popular and powerful senator.
Jack started with the man on the left and introduced the men one by one as Gray shook their hands. It turned out there were two senators, the guy from the Department of the Interior, and someone from Homeland Security.
The visitor list was quite impressive, but Gray still wasn’t sure what it had to do with him. He assumed it was in regards to the poisonous gas let loose on the avian population.
“Have a seat,” Jack offered as he gestured to the only available chair.
Gray accepted the offered chair and rested his forearms on the table. Instead of jumping in, he waited them out. It was Jack who finally cleared his throat first.
“The United States government wants to hire you,” Jack stated.
* * * *
Enapay sat on the front porch, Takoda between his spread legs on the next step down. He’d just finished braiding Takoda’s hair when Gray drove up. What he’d presumed was going to be a short meeting had turned into one lasting almost four hours.
Gray looked tired, but satisfied when he got out of the car and walked toward them. Enapay held out his hand and pulled Gray down on the step beside him. “How’d it go?”
Before answering, Gray leaned down to capture Takoda’s mouth in a deep kiss. Enapay could feel his cock taking notice, and with nothing on, he knew Takoda felt it pressing against his back.
Enapay couldn’t help but moan as he watched Gray’s hand wander down to fondle Takoda’s cock as their kiss continued. By the time the two men came up for air, Enapay was rock hard and wanting. He tried to keep his lust in check, needing to know what the big meeting had entailed.
It wasn’t easy when Gray’s mouth settled against his, the sexy doctor’s tongue exploring the depths of Enapay’s throat. He felt a shift between his legs as Takoda began to touch his aroused cock.
Takoda quickly replaced his hand with his mouth, and Enapay was lost. Forget the meeting. He leaned back until his head rested on the porch, pulling Gray down with him. Enapay wasn’t sure how much experience Takoda had in giving blowjobs, but the man was fucking fantastic at it.
Enapay spread his legs and lifted them up a step as Takoda’s tongue swirled and pressed against Enapay’s most sensitive areas. He began pulling at Gray’s
cloths, needing his mate naked and accessible. The way he felt, Enapay wanted to bury his cock deep inside both men.
His climax took him by surprise when Takoda entered Enapay’s seldom-breeched hole with his finger. One moment he was enjoying the expert mouth working his cock, and the next he lurched into a sitting position, as his cock seemed to explode with long bursts of seed.
Enapay was left speechless as he sucked air into his lungs. Never had he shown so little control over his own body. He stared down at a chuckling Takoda.
“Damn. Have you been practicing?” he joked.
Takoda shook his head and crawled up to lie on the porch beside Enapay. “I did good?”
Enapay rolled his eyes. “If you’d done any better, I think my dick would’ve been blown off.”
Takoda settled his cheek on Enapay’s chest as Gray helped lick away the cum that had escaped Takoda’s mouth. After cleaning Takoda, Gray gave him another deep kiss, taking the time to lick and tease the smaller man.
It really did seem as if the two men were falling for each other. Enapay wondered if it was time they visited the spring. He knew his friends had all been there, at least once, to make love to their mates. Maybe it would help cement their new relationship.
“Let’s have supper beside the spring,” he suggested.
Gray and Takoda broke their kiss and stared at Enapay.
“Like a picnic?” Gray asked.
Enapay shrugged. “Is that what you call it?”
Gray nodded.
“Then, yes a picnic.” Enapay ran his hand down Gray’s back, dipping a finger into the delectable crevice of Gray’s ass. “Don’t put your clothes back on. I like you like this, besides, your ass needs some sun.”
Gray chuckled and looked behind himself. “You don’t like my white ass?”
“I love your ass, but I’d also like to see it in the sunlight.”
Gray bit his bottom lip. “I don’t think I’d be comfortable traipsing around naked.”
Enapay knew humans tended to be more modest than shifters. “You can wear pants up there then as long as you promise to remove them for our picnic.”
Enapay couldn’t help but smile when he said the word. Picnic. It was such a strange word. Lying with his two mates in his arms, Enapay, once again, began to think of Gray’s meeting. “So what did Jack want?”
Gray shifted slightly and looked up at Enapay. “There were men from the United States government at his house.”
Enapay tensed. His people had never trusted the government. “And?”
Gray shrugged. “They offered me a job.”
“And?” Enapay once again prompted his mate when it didn’t seem Gray was going to continue.
Gray kissed Enapay’s chest. “I turned them down. I’ve spent the majority of my life working because I had nothing more fulfilling than my job, but things are different now. Besides, I’m not the kind of guy who can play the bureaucratic games required to work for the government.”
Enapay remembered the visions he’d shared with Gray. “So you won’t be traveling and speaking to large groups of people?”
Gray smiled. “Yeah, I’ll probably do some of that. I told them no on the job offer, but I agreed to help educate the worlds’ population on shifters. I was quite specific in my demands though. I don’t necessarily need a lot of money to do the job, but there are certain accommodations I’ve already outlined for them.”
“Such as?” Enapay wondered if he was going to really play a part in Gray’s future.
“I’ll travel wherever in the world they need me, but I’ll only work six months out of the year.” Gray reached over and cupped Takoda’s cheek. “I’ll never travel in the winter. Those will be our months together.”
Takoda grinned but said nothing.
“I also requested a private plane and housing outside of the city.” Gray crawled up Enapay’s body and kissed him. “I know how uncomfortable you were in D.C. I wouldn’t put you through that again.”
Some of Enapay’s fears dissipated. “So you do want me along?”
“Want you?” Gray shook his head. “I need you along. If it’s something you don’t think you can do, just tell me, and I’ll say no to the whole thing.”
The idea of traveling from place to place didn’t appeal to Enapay at all, but he knew it was Gray’s destiny. Unless the humans were taught about the shifters, there would always be a large amount of fear and distrust. If Gray refused to do it without Enapay, he knew he couldn’t voice his concerns.
Enapay realized none of them had talked about their fears that Takoda may never again be able to shift. He wondered if they should address the possibility. He reached down and ran his fingertips over Takoda’s spine. “What do you think?”
Takoda’s black eyebrows drew together. “Me?” Takoda shook his head. “I don’t know.”
Enapay knew his visions hadn’t involved Takoda traveling with them, but the last thing he wanted was for his second mate to feel left out. “Would you be more comfortable sticking around home or going with us?”
Enapay felt Gray’s body stiffen as they both waited for Takoda’s answer. It took several moments, but eventually Takoda sat up and looked around.
“Here, I think. Although I love you both, this feels like my home. It’s where I should be,” Takoda said in a voice so soft Enapay could barely hear it.
In the blink of an eye, Takoda transformed into a crow. Enapay gasped as he stared at his greatest joy and most frightening outcome all in one small black package. With Gray clutching at his chest, Enapay reached out and ran his hand down the shiny, black-feathered back of the crow.
He knew it was the moment of truth. Now that he had the power to shift again, would Takoda take to the sky for good, or would his crow remember the love they’d shared only moments earlier?
“I love you,” Gray whispered to Takoda.
“We both love you,” Enapay added.
With a loud caw, Takoda took off. Enapay was left still wondering. He felt moisture on his chest and glanced down as Gray began wiping the tears from his eyes.
“Will he come back?” Gray asked.
Although Enapay wanted to reassure his mate, he knew he couldn’t mislead him. “I hope so.”
* * * *
Gray spread out the quilt they’d brought and took off his pants. He still couldn’t believe he’d agreed to a naked picnic. What would they do if Daniel, Ryker or Hakan decided to take a walk? The spring was close enough to the Guardians’ home that it was a very real possibility they could be discovered.
Enapay unpacked the basket of food and handed Gray the selection of cubed cheeses. “I don’t know how you eat that stuff.”
Gray smiled although his heart still felt like it was breaking. “Man cannot live on meat alone.”
“This man can,” Enapay countered.
Gray popped a square of pepper jack into his mouth and moaned. “It’s sooo good. You don’t know what you’re missing.”
A noise above them caught their attention. Gray looked up just as a crow descended onto them. It landed on their blanket and shifted into one of the most gorgeous men Gray had ever known. “You came back.”
From his standing position, Takoda acted surprised by the statement. “Of course I came back. Enapay promised me a picnic.”
Gray and Enapay launched themselves toward Takoda, tackling the smaller man to the blanket. Gray concentrated on kissing Takoda’s neck while Enapay thrust his tongue into Takoda’s mouth.
Gray’s lips eventually found their way to Takoda’s mouth and shared a three-way kiss with his two lovers. He knew in his heart Takoda wouldn’t always be as accessible, but at least, even in crow form, Takoda knew where his home was.
* * * *
Three weeks later, Takoda entered the house through the backdoor and followed the voices to his mates. Gray and Enapay were snuggled together on the couch, watching Enapay’s newest obsession, westerns. Takoda admitted he couldn’t see the appeal, especially the one
s depicting Native American’s in a negative light, but Enapay loved them.
According to his mate, white men had made the movies. Enapay thought it was the perfect way to understand why so many people’s opinions were jaded when it came to the real American history. Enapay often analyzed historical events depicted in the movies with laughter in his voice. Having been alive at the time, most shifters had a much better sense of true history than books could ever hope to capture.
“See, this drives me crazy. Who does the research for these movies? The Cherokee didn’t live in Tepees,” Enapay commented with a shake of his head.
He couldn’t wipe the smile off his face as Gray nodded and soothed Enapay with a kiss on the cheek. “I know, sweetheart.”
Takoda wondered, not for the first time, if he was doing the right thing. In his heart, Takoda knew it was time for him to go, at least for a while. He would miss his men, but a few hours flight per day just wasn’t enough at the moment, and with Enapay and Gray leaving on their first trip in the morning, Takoda didn’t see any reason why he should put it off.
Since he’d regained his ability to shift, Takoda hadn’t spent more than a few hours away from his mates. He knew he wouldn’t be forgotten, and he knew his lovers understood, but the thought of leaving them bothered him.
Takoda wondered how long he would stay away before the overwhelming desire to see his mates brought him home. He’d struggled for weeks with the decision to leave. Living his life as a crow was what he’d always wanted, but now he had reasons to embrace his man skin.
He walked further into the room and made room for himself on the couch beside Enapay. “Are you packed?”
Enapay wrapped his free arm around Takoda and gave him a quick kiss. “Yes. Gray made me pack, what he calls, real clothes.”
Takoda wrinkled his nose. He had yet to put on the type of clothes Gray wore on a daily basis because he knew he’d hate them.
“I’m sorry, but there’ll be times when we need to go out in public. Naked is fine when we’re at the house they’ve rented for us, but you’re not even allowed into a gas station without a shirt on.”
