It lit Tanner’s insides like a match to dry kindling and his body responded with a surge of arousal.
He caught himself just before he reached for her hand to pull her against him. “Hey, Nica.”
“Hello, Tanner. Jensen.”
She didn’t move, just stared at them, as if trying to see what they were thinking.
Tanner’s brain rioted with questions, none of which he wanted to blurt out in the bar.
So now what? He flashed a look at Jensen and knew he wasn’t going to get any help there. Jensen’s expression was purposely blank. If she was there only to tell them she’d never see them again, Jensen wanted to be prepared. He understood his brother’s reaction. But Tanner was just so damn glad to see her.
“How are you?” She moved a little closer but still didn’t touch them.
“We’re fine. How are you?”
Tanner thought he might have detected a smile trying to lift the corners of her mouth but her gaze kept flicking to Jensen. And Tanner was going to punch him if he didn’t lighten the hell up.
“I’m… Well, I’m not quite sure what I am.” She started to bite her lip again then forced herself to stop. “I know…I miss you both.”
“And we’ve missed you.”
“What about your situation?” Jensen’s voice held no inflection but Tanner knew his brother. If he opened his mouth, he had hope she wasn’t going to ditch them again.
Tanner’s heart started to pound, so loud he figured everyone close to him had to be able to hear it. And he didn’t care.
“My situation…has hopefully changed for the better. And I hope to be making even more of a change. See, there’re these two guys…” She flashed another look at Jensen and held his gaze even as she reached for Tanner’s hand. “And I’m hoping they might want to—”
Jensen stood and covered her mouth with his, kissing her until she nearly bent under his passion. But then she started to give back as good as she got and, for the first time, Tanner felt left out.
Not that he wanted to embarrass her in the bar by flaunting what others would consider an alternative arrangement. But when Jensen stepped back, nearly panting with arousal, Tanner pulled her forward and kissed her just as hard. He didn’t give a shit what the fifteen or so people in the bar thought. He only knew she was theirs. And the rest of the world could deal or go fuck themselves.
When he released her, she stared up into his eyes, smiling that beautiful, slow, sexy grin he’d fallen so damn hard for the first time he’d seen it.
“Can we go now?” She nodded as if answering her own question. “I’ll explain everything in the car but… I’d like to have you alone—”
“Jensen, get the bill.” Tanner grabbed her hand and started leading her toward the door. “And hurry up.”
He didn’t look back as he hustled her out to the car a block up the street. Nica hurried along beside him, the click of her tiny heels barely audible. He unlocked the car with the remote, opened the front passenger door and lifted her onto the seat sideways. Then he couldn’t help himself. He slid his hands up under the skirt of her short, strappy brown dress and let his palms soak in the heat of her silky thighs.
With a sigh, she leaned forward to rest her forehead against his. “Tanner…”
“Yeah, babe?”
“I’m sorry I couldn’t come to you sooner.”
“I’m just glad you’re here now.”
“Get the damn truck started and get us the hell out of here, Tanner.” Jensen gave him a shove from the side, knocking Tanner away from Nica, who transferred her smile to Jensen.
Jensen cupped her face in his hands and just stared into her eyes. “I want to go home,” he said. “Now.”
Then Jensen slid her around so she was sitting in the seat properly and fastened her seat belt before getting in the back of the SUV.
Tanner slid into the driver’s seat with a grin on his face and started for home.
“So tell us what happened, babe,” Jensen said, “because once we get home, we won’t be talking.”
Nica smiled, anticipating a night not filled with sleep.
Blessed Goddess, she’d missed these two men.
She’d spent literally the entire past five days making her case to each member of the boschetta, both separately and together, about how to make the group viable in this century.
“I convinced my mother and the rest of the boschetta that to be meaningful members of our community, we need to live in the community, not hidden away, hoarding our gifts. They’ve been so entrenched in a way of life that may have worked five hundred years ago that they’ve lost sight of their true purpose.”
“And that is?” Tanner asked.
“To make lives better. Not just for those few people who continue to seek us out but to make ourselves known to those who don’t. Our people have been losing the connection to the old ways for centuries. Many no longer go to worship. They don’t practice magic. They don’t tend their Gifts. And every year, we lose a little bit more of our culture and our power.
“The women of our boschetta have held on that much harder to everything but we don’t live in the community to help those who may need it. I convinced them it’s in our best interest to change our strategy.”
“And if you hadn’t been able to change their minds?” Jensen’s low voice hit all her buttons, making her go wet between her legs.
“Then I would have left. Because my concentration would never have been completely on work because half of my soul would be with you two.”
Neither man spoke for several seconds then Jensen’s arm encircled her from the backseat and Tanner’s hand gripped her thigh.
“Nica.” Jensen’s voice whispered into her ear, electrifying nerve endings and making her sex clench. “We’ve been miserable without you.”
“I can personally vouch for his miserable, babe.”
“You weren’t exactly Mr. Happy either,” Jensen shot back.
“Yeah but I don’t mope.”
Nica’s face began to ache from her smile but she didn’t want to stop.
She’d missed them both so badly.
“Neither do I,” Jensen said.
Tanner snorted and Nica started to laugh. She couldn’t help it.
“Can’t you go any faster, Tanner—” Her breath caught as Jensen’s hand cupped her breast through the tight bodice of her dress. His fingers plucked at the tight nipple, sending bolts of pleasure straight to her womb.
She moaned, her eyes closing as Tanner’s hand tunneled beneath her skirt and made a short but seductive trip up her thigh to the wet heat of her pussy.
Panties soaked already, she tilted her hips, trying to get Tanner’s hand to slip beneath the wet lace and finger her clit. But he only brushed his fingers over it and retreated. And repeated.
Jensen had a firm grip on her breast, alternately caressing the tip and kneading the aching mound.
Only the sound of their panting breaths could be heard. Keeping her eyes closed, she let herself fall into a state of pure arousal. She felt only their hands on her body, their scent surrounding her.
She barely registered the car stopping but moaned her disappointment when Tanner removed his hand. A rush of air filled the car as he got out but Jensen plucked harder at her nipple and she bit down on her lip to stop from crying out. Still, a strangled sound escaped.
“Shh, baby,” Jensen crooned in her ear. “Hang tight. We’ll be inside soon.”
Her door opened and another rush of warm air filled the car. She looked up as Tanner released the seat belt and Jensen released her. She practically fell in her haste to get out of the car but Tanner lifted her into his arms and turned for the house.
Jensen had the door open for Tanner to walk through and he didn’t stop until he reached the back bedroom on the first floor. The one with the huge bed. Which Tanner threw her on.
Bouncing, she started to laugh but her breath caught in her throat as her men started to shed clothing like ducks s
hed water. Easily and fast.
Neither of them made a sound but the boiling hot look in their eyes made her lungs ache to draw in air. Mesmerized by the perfection of their naked bodies, she could only stare as Jensen flipped her skirt up and ripped off her panties while Tanner pulled her dress over her head. She hadn’t needed a bra with the dress so she was naked in seconds.
And in the next second, Tanner crawled onto the bed next to her and pulled one taut nipple into his mouth to suckle. The suddenness of the action caused her body to shoot higher into arousal. Her fingers threaded into Tanner’s hair, gripping the short strands and tugging, though not to pull him away.
And when Jensen pulled her legs apart and settled between them, she reached for the slatted headboard to hold on.
She did cry out when he slid his hands under her ass and put his mouth over her pussy. His tongue pressed into her slit, lapping at her. Sensations zipped through her body as the men dedicated themselves to giving her pleasure.
Their mouths devoured while their hands caressed. Jensen held her thighs apart, his fingers kneading. Tanner had his hands on her breasts, one plumping, one teasing her nipple.
She let herself sink a little deeper into bliss, knowing she would have been a fool to let these men get away.
As if Tanner had heard her thoughts, he lifted his head and she looked up into his eyes. The expression there made her reach up and pull him down to kiss her. She only ever wanted these two men, only—
She gasped into Tanner’s mouth as Jensen moved, rolling her onto her side, plastering her against Tanner’s front.
Tanner’s erection ground against her mound and she raised her leg to place it on top of his. She needed to be filled, needed to come. Anticipation and the past week’s worth of angst rose up like a storm inside her. She had to claim these men, her men.
She shifted her pelvis higher, rubbing the tip of Tanner’s cock against her clit, the sizzle of impending orgasm making her feel wild, untamed.
With her hand on his shoulder, she forced Tanner onto his back, straddled his lap and impaled herself on his cock mindlessly. Tanner groaned as she sank to his root, her back arching. She started to ride him, setting a fast pace that brought her almost to the edge.
She felt Tanner’s restraint in the tightly bunched muscles of his arms as she ran her hands over them, saw it in the clench of his jaw.
He looked into her eyes, the blue of his almost navy with arousal.
Then his gaze flicked over her shoulder and she felt Jensen move behind her, his mouth biting into the sensitive lobe of her ear before he whispered, “Lean down.”
She barely understood what his words meant, she felt almost disconnected from everything but the pleasure.
But when Jensen put his hands on her shoulders and started pushing her forward, she followed his lead without complaint. And gasped when silky liquid cooled the tight pucker of her anus. Jensen spread the lubricant liberally, the warmth of his body heating the liquid until she panted.
“Jensen, oh Gods.”
She knew what was coming. She wanted it, wanted to be possessed by both of her men.
Tanner wrapped his arms around her shoulders as her breasts met his chest then they both lay still as Jensen positioned himself behind her.
Nica forced herself to relax. She wasn’t prepared for the sense of fullness or the utter destruction of her sanity that followed when they began to move in wicked synchronization.
She cried out, something incoherent, and heard Tanner soothe her in a low voice as Jensen groaned behind her.
“You’re so tight, baby,” Tanner crooned. “So hot and smooth. Come, Nica. I want to feel you come all over my cock.”
“Fuck, she’s like a glove,” Jensen growled as he pushed his way back into her ass. “I’m not gonna last. Come on, Nica. Come on. Come.”
She didn’t want to come. Not yet. She wanted to hang there between them, suspended between blistering orgasm and blissful unconsciousness.
Reaching for her arus to help her, she let the magic rise up, let it mingle with her desire and open her to the brothers’ feelings.
Their desire consumed her in a rush of heat so devastating, she nearly lost consciousness. She cried out at the sensation, wanting more, dying for more.
Her arus extended to encompass the men, heightening their excitement. She felt their heat increase as it mingled with hers, the whole of it creating a supernova climax that exploded through her entire body. Her sex convulsed, clamping around Tanner’s cock, making him groan as Jensen let loose with a string of profanity that only made her burn hotter.
Tanner’s release mixed with her own and Jensen pumped into her ass, filling her with warmth.
Boneless, she lay between them, unable to move, unwilling to move.
After a few seconds, Jensen slipped his cock free, causing her muscles to contract, setting off mini orgasms again and making Tanner tense beneath her as she squeezed around his cock.
Jensen flopped onto the bed as Tanner turned them, slipping out of her but not releasing his hold on her. With Jensen curled around her back, his breath hot on her nape, and Tanner kissing her with a lazy intensity, Nica smiled.
Reaching behind her, she laced her fingers through Jensen’s hair, making sure she had his attention, then leaned back so she could look from Tanner to Jensen.
“Are you sure this is what you want?”
Jensen leaned forward and nipped her neck. “We’ve never been more sure. We love you, Nica.”
“And if you’re willing to put up with us,” Tanner said, “we’re more than willing to make this work, whatever it takes.”
“I love you both. We’ll make it work. All of it. Because I’m not willing to fail. Or lose either of you. Ever.”
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Stephanie Julian is an avid reader who used to have a book-a-day habit. Then she realized she not only wanted to read books but write them too. Romance has always been her first love, the sexier the better. Hot men, strong women and a heaping helping of magic dominate (and she does mean dominate) her blazing hot stories.
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