“What’s wrong?” Jaryn asked. “Was it something I said?”
Viktor shook his head. “No, Jaryn,” he said. “When Gregory and Ryland were first together, before they found me, there was an unfortunate incident, and their mating bond was severed. They’ve never been able to communicate the way that most mates do.”
Jaryn’s eyes widened. His heart ached for Ryland. He couldn’t imagine not being able to talk to Daniel or Brom in his mind. He always knew where they were, how they felt, if they were safe. It was all part of the mating bond, and it was wonderful.
“Can you do anything for them, baby?” Daniel asked through their bond.
“I don’t know,” Jaryn replied. “I can try, but I don’t make any promises. I’m still trying to figure out how this whole thing works.”
“Please, try, Jaryn,” Daniel said. “This has always been very painful for Ryland and Gregory. If there’s anything you can do…”
Jaryn nodded. He handed Iain to him and then scooted across the blankets to sit in front of Ryland and Gregory. He held out his hands to the two men. “Please, would you let me try?”
Jaryn could see the tears in Ryland’s eyes when he lifted his head. Matching ones clung to Gregory’s eyelashes. “Do you think—I don’t expect miracles, Jaryn, but if I could just feel Gregory for a moment, that’s all I ask for.”
Jaryn nodded. “I can’t promise miracles, either,” he said. “I still don’t know exactly how this works, but I’ll do what I can.”
“Anything,” Ryland said.
He took the hand Jaryn held out to him. After a moment, Gregory grabbed the other one. Jaryn smiled at both men and then closed his eyes. He instantly found himself surrounded by the thick grey fog from before.
The bonding links tied around his waist and leading out to Brom and Daniel shined brightly. Jaryn smiled to himself, satisfied that his mates were tightly connected to him, before looking around for Gregory and Ryland’s threads.
He could distantly feel their hands touching his, but their links were hard to locate. Jaryn walked farther into the grey fog, then farther still. Just as Jaryn was about to give up, he spotted three small glowing lights in the distance.
He walked closer, hesitant to approach too fast in case they weren’t the links he looked for. At first, Jaryn was confused. All of the links glowed brightly the closer he got, but two of them were connected to the third one and not to each other.
Jaryn knew from his own mating bond that there should have been a triad of links. Gregory connected to both Viktor and Ryland, Ryland connected to both Gregory and Viktor, and Viktor connected to both Ryland and Gregory.
Only Viktor seemed to be connected to both of his mates. The links that should have connected Gregory and Ryland seemed to almost flap in the wind like scarves, the ends torn and ripped.
Not knowing what else to do, Jaryn grabbed the flailing ends of the glowing links and tied them together. Jaryn heard a loud cry and the hands that held his jerked away. He opened his eyes to see Ryland crying in Gregory’s arms, tears falling down both their faces.
He turned to look desperately at Daniel, his heart aching. He’d messed up somehow, he just knew it. He hadn’t been able to do anything for his two new friends. The way Ryland cried, Jaryn was afraid he might have actually made it worse.
“Oh God, Ryland,” Jaryn whispered as he turned back towards the two men. “I’m so sorry.”
Ryland waved a hand at him but didn’t raise his head from where it was buried in Gregory’s chest.
“You have nothing to be sorry for, Jaryn,” Viktor said.
Jaryn glanced over at him, shocked to see tears in his eyes. He didn’t understand. If there was nothing for him to be sorry about, why did everyone have tears on their faces?
“I don’t know what you did, Jaryn,” Viktor said, “but you fixed it, the bond link. Gregory and Ryland have their link back. They can feel each other and talk.” Viktor leaned across the space between them and stroked the side of Jaryn’s face. “Thank you.”
“But I—I didn’t do anything, not really,” Jaryn insisted. “The link was there. I just tied it together. I don’t even know if it will hold.”
“It’s enough, Jaryn,” Viktor said. “If all they have is a moment, then it’s enough.”
Jaryn nodded. He wasn’t quite sure he believed Viktor, but the truth sat right in front of him. Ryland and Gregory stared deeply into each other’s eyes. Jaryn could tell from their intent looks that a world of words passed silently between them.
“Wow, Jaryn,” Leyland whispered. “You did it.”
Jaryn grinned. “Yeah, I guess I did.”
“That is so cool,” Leyland said.
It was. For the first time since he knew what his ability was, Jaryn was able to it in use. Tying Brom and Daniel to him hadn’t been that hard. They were already connected. Using his ability to reconnect two mates seemed to be worth all of the confusion he felt about it.
Jaryn scooted back to sit between Brom and Daniel. Iain was set back in his lap before his two mates crowded around him. Jaryn snuggled in between them, feeling happier than he could ever remember being.
“You did good, baby,” Brom whispered to him.
“I didn’t know I could do that,” Jaryn replied, waving his hand at Ryland and Gregory.
“Well, apparently you can,” Daniel said, “and I’ll bet that we’ll find a lot of other uses for your particular ability. The bond between mates is one of the fundamental foundations of our beliefs, remember? If you can fix the bond between mates, tie them together, or whatever it is that you did, you can make a lot of people happy.”
Jaryn smiled. He leaned his head back to gaze up into Daniel’s eyes. “I don’t suppose we could find someone to watch the cubs?” he asked through their link. “Maybe we can go back to the house and make me happy?”
“And just how could I make you happy, Jaryn?” Daniel asked. “Can you be more specific?”
Jaryn felt his face flush. “I’m sure if you and Brom put your heads together you’ll figure it out.”
Daniel grinned. “Brom, it seems our little mate has some desires he’d like us to fulfill.” Jaryn detected a slight twinkle in Daniel’s green eyes as he glanced up at Brom. “What do you say, baby?”
Jaryn laughed as Iain was suddenly plucked from his arms and lifted into a set of strong arms. He waved to Sasha and the cubs as Brom carried him back towards the house.
“Just what desires did he mention?” Brom asked as if Jaryn wasn’t right there. Jaryn rolled his eyes before leaning his head against Brom’s chest.
Daniel shrugged. “He’s not talking. He says we can figure it out if we put our heads together.”
Brom chuckled. “I’m sure we can fulfill any desires Jaryn has, unspoken or not.”
“Of that I have no doubt,” Daniel said. “But I think we should torture it out of him. So much more fun that way.”
“Do tell?”
Jaryn’s eyes widened. Torture? Just how did his two mates, who he knew loved him beyond their very lives, intend to torture him to get him to talk?
“Well, how long do you think it would take him to talk if we tied him down to the bed and licked his entire body? Of course, he wouldn’t be allowed to come until he talked.”
“Ah yes, the torture part.” Brom laughed.
Jaryn squirmed a bit in Brom’s arms. He could feel his cock start to harden just at the thought of what his mates might have planned for his torture. His hands tightened around Brom’s neck as his breathing increased.
Maybe unspoken desires weren’t such a bad thing.
THE END
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