Anthology - Threefold

by Desiree Holt

  “Where is the sculpture?” Zed repeated, enunciating each word.

  She pointed to Adam sprawled on the couch, his eyes heavy-lidded with sleep and the after effects of their love making.

  “This is the model you copied?” Zed asked.

  She shook her head.

  “Then who is this?”

  “Adam,” she said.

  “You’re telling me this is the clay man you created?”

  She nodded.

  “Bullshit.” Zed stared at Adam and took a step closer to the couch. “That’s not possible.”

  “I don’t know whether it’s possible, but it’s true,” she said. “I saw him change from a clay sculpture into a flesh-and-blood man.”

  He spun and glared at her. “That’s an unique story to try to explain your existing boyfriend to your new one.”

  “It’s not a lie.” She grabbed his arm and tugged him towards the empty work area.

  “Look for yourself. The sculpture is gone.” She waved her hands through the air where the clay man had stood.

  “Maybe you put it somewhere else.”

  “Where? There’s no place to hide something that big in this studio. Do you want to check the bathroom?” she asked, trying to keep her voice from rising. If she stayed calm, maybe she could defuse some of Zed’s anger and get him to understand. She cared for him, and she wasn’t ready to end their budding relationship this way.

  She glanced at Adam still laying on the couch. But how was she going to manage having two men in her life at one time? There was no way they would agree to that, would they?

  Zed actually took her suggestion and checked the bathroom. Shaking his head, he walked back to her. “This is unbelievable. How could it have happened? What made him change?”

  Mia tried to remember the sequence of events leading to Adam’s awakening. “I kissed him.”

  Zed walked to the couch and pressed a finger into Adam’s shoulder.

  Without saying anything, Adam glanced at the finger on his shoulder, then up at Zed’s face.

  “You kissed him and he became a man?” Zed said, staring at the other man.

  “Yes,” she said.

  Dropping his hand to his side, Zed continued staring at Adam with what looked like a similar heat in his eyes that she’d seen when she’s stripped for him in his kitchen.

  But she had to be mistaken about the look. It had to be the heat of anger, not desire.

  Zed stepped back from the couch and faced her. “But I saw you kiss him before we went to breakfast. He didn’t look any different then. Was he human when you came back to the studio?”

  “No, he was still clay.” She hesitated, hating to hurt Zed with her next words. “Then I kissed him again.”

  “So it was the second kiss that changed him?”

  “I don’t know. Maybe.”

  “And she told me she loves me,” Adam contributed from the couch.

  “Oh, God.” Mia closed her eyes for a moment, not wanting to see the pain in Zed’s face.

  “You love him?” Zed asked.

  “Yes,” she said softly, opening her eyes.

  Zed looked hard at her, then back at Adam lying exposed on the couch. His jaw muscles tightened. “Within a day of us getting together, you fell in love with another man…and you had sex with him?”

  “But you and I just met, and I’ve known Adam a lot longer.”

  “Because you crafted him out of clay over the past few months?”

  “No, there’s more to it than that.”

  “I’m truly afraid to hear more, but tell me anyway,” Zed said.

  “I have been with her since she was three,” Adam said, finally sitting up.

  “I’m supposed to feel better about this because you’re into children? That’s disgusting.”

  “No! That’s not what he means,” Mia said. “Are you willing to listen to his explanation? Or would you rather walk out right now?” She pointed to the door.

  Zed looked at her. “What do you want me to choose? Would you rather I leave you alone with your clay man?”

  “No.” She dropped her arm. “I want you to stay and help me understand what’s going on here. I care for you, Zed. I like what we started. I don’t want you to walk out of my life.”

  His shoulders visibly drooped. “I like what we started, too.”

  “Good, let’s talk,” she said.

  “Could he cover up while we have this chat?” Zed jerked his thumb in Adam’s direction.

  “Does my nakedness offend you?” Adam asked.

  “No, it’s just a little intimidating. I’ve never seen a man so wide.”

  Adam locked eyes with Zed. “Have you been with many men?”

  “A few.”

  Mia’s breath caught in her throat, and she coughed. Then she couldn’t stop coughing.

  Zed broke his eye contact with Adam and patted her on the back. “Are you okay?” he asked.

  “Yeah, just a little surprised,” she said, swallowing hard to unstick her throat.

  “Did I ruin my chance with you with that bit of information?” he asked.

  “Um…not even close. The thought of watching you and Adam together makes me really hot.” She looked at Adam. “Do you like men?”

  “Never tried, but then I had never tried women before you. I can imagine I would like men, as well. After all, my mother was Aphrodite, the goddess of love and sexuality.”

  “What are you talking about?” Zed asked.

  “Long story, let me get you a chair,” Mia said.

  She tossed a towel at Adam on her way back from her utility closet with a folding chair for Zed. Having the three of them sitting on the couch while they tried to have this conversation didn’t seem like it would be productive. Though being sandwiched between the two men definitely put some productive ideas into her head and sent heat coursing through her bloodstream.

  She set the chair within conversational distance to the couch. “Here. Take a seat,” she said to Zed. Then she plopped on the couch, leaving a respectable distance between her and Adam’s naked chest. She didn’t need any temptations during this talk with the two men.

  “So what are we supposed to be talking about?” Zed asked.

  “I thought you might like to hear Adam’s story,” she said.

  Adam adjusted the towel covering his lap.

  “The one about him being a statue come to life and the son of Aphrodite?” Zed asked.

  Adam tilted his head. “What part are you having the most trouble with?”

  “All of it. Who the hell are you, and where did you come from?”

  Mia thought it must be her imagination, but she swore she saw Zed’s eyes travel down Adam’s chest to his abs and rest for a moment on the bulge under the towel. A look of anticipation seemed to linger in his eyes.

  Hot damn. Could she really arrange to get these two men together with her in attendance?

  “As I said, my mother is Aphrodite,” Adam said. “My father is Hephaestus, the god of artisans, sculptors and other things. Since Mia was three, I have been the voice in her head, which she called her muse. And to answer your earlier question, I was five at the time she was gifted to me.”

  “Gifted to you?” Zed asked.

  “My grandfather gave me the ability to communicate with her as a gift.”

  “And your grandfather would be?”

  “Zeus.”

  “Right, king of the gods.” The scepticism in Zed’s voice was thick. “So, how did you get to earth?”

  “My grandfather granted me humanity because my mother could see how I had fallen in love with Mia through the years.”

  “Are you here to stay?” Zed asked.

  Mia held her breath as she waited for Adam’s answer.

  “Well, only as long as any human can stay on earth. I am mortal, just like you,” Adam said.

  Zed shook his head. “This is too bizarre. Do you really believe all this, Mia?”

  Mia held out her hand to him. �
��Come here.”

  He glanced at Adam before moving to sit next to her on the couch. Her temperature rose as she sat between the two men.

  She placed her palms on Zed’s cheeks and looked into his eyes. “I want to keep seeing you.”

  Zed tossed his head in Adam’s direction. “And him?”

  She nodded. “He’s been a part of me for as long as I can remember. He’s always going to be with me, I hope.”

  “You want us both?” Zed asked.

  She glanced over her shoulder at Adam who watched intently. She looked back into Zed’s eyes. “Would you take us both?” she asked him.

  He shifted on the couch, and Mia noticed his growing erection under his black slacks.

  Leaning around Mia, he spoke to Adam. “Do you want this?” He made a circular motion with his finger to indicate the three of them together.

  Adam’s sky blue eyes deepened to cobalt. “I want to make Mia happy, and I imagine this arrangement could make all of us happy.”

  “God, Mia. This is crazy, but I can’t let you go,” Zed said, before grabbing her behind the head and pulling her lips hard against his.

  The kiss was urgent and demanding and bordering on desperate. With his free hand, he skimmed down her chest and squeezed her nipple through her t-shirt. Then he plunged his hand under the waistband of her shorts, slipping a long finger into her cleft.

  She clung to his shoulders and lifted her hips to give him better access, but Adam helped even more by unbuttoning her shorts and pulling them off. Her clit throbbed at the addition of Adam’s hands on her skin. She’d never been with two men at once. She was dizzy with anticipation.

  She tugged at Zed’s polo shirt. Breaking contact with his lips for a brief moment, she pulled his shirt over his head as he worked to get hers over her head. Then they held each other—naked chest to naked chest.

  She kept kissing him as she fumbled with the belt on his slacks until Adam’s hands shooed hers away. With Adam’s help, Zed was quickly as naked as Mia and Adam.

  Adam moved closer to Mia on the couch and wrapped his arms around her from behind. He massaged her breasts while dragging his tongue up the side of her neck.

  Delicious shivers ran across her skin.

  Zed’s left arm held her body close to him as he continued to plunder her mouth with his tongue. He used the middle finger of his right hand to circle her clit, increasing her need.

  As her hips thrust towards his hand, her head fell back onto Adam’s shoulder.

  Adam held her breasts aloft while Zed stopped kissing her to bend his head and suck one of her nipples. Adam twirled the other nipple between his fingers. Her back arched as jolts of pleasure shot between her nipples and her clit.

  The multiple sensations drove Mia hard and fast to an orgasm. She came with a scream and shattered as her lovers held her between them on the couch. Her body convulsed with muscle tremors.

  Finally, she collapsed against Adam’s chest and tried to catch her breath, oblivious to her surroundings. When she opened her eyes, she found Zed and Adam kissing with her pressed between them. She shifted to the side so she could watch better.

  Their kiss was a clashing of lips and teeth and duelling tongues. They seemed to be fighting for domination over the other. Her pussy pulsed at the erotic play before her.

  Suddenly Zed grabbed Adam’s head and held him immobile as he devoured Adam’s mouth. Adam responded by releasing Mia’s breasts and grabbing Zed’s cock with a pumping fist.

  Zed growled low in his throat, and Mia slipped out from between the two men. She didn’t want to be in the middle of this collision. Their joining looked like it was definitely going to make quite an impact.

  She sat in the corner of the couch, watching the men with one of her hands stroking her clit as her other hand played with her nipples. The men’s erotic love making was shooting sparks through her veins, and she hoped they would have something left for her when they were done because she was going to need another orgasm or two…or three.

  Zed forced Adam onto his back on the other end of the couch. Zed wasn’t as muscular as Adam, but he had the advantage of being a few inches taller. He used his height to leverage himself over the other man. Between their bodies they each used a fist to jerk the other’s cock.

  Zed lifted his head from his harsh kissing to glance at Mia. “I hate to interrupt you, baby,” he rumbled. “But can you get a condom out of my wallet?”

  Mia grabbed his slacks off the floor and dug in the pocket for his wallet. “Got it,” she said, waving it in front of their faces. “But who do I put it on?”

  “Me,” Zed growled.

  Kneeling on the floor next to the couch, she looked at the growing smile on Adam’s face and knew this was going to work just fine between the three of them.

  Adam released his hold on Zed’s cock so Mia could roll the condom over his long shaft. His hips jerked when she gave him an extra few strokes.

  Zed shoved Adam’s thighs back to his chest and poised above his back entrance.

  “Shit!” Zed shouted.

  “Lube,” Mia said. “Not a problem.” She slipped her fingers deep into her pussy and let out a moan as she gathered her personal lubricant.

  “Gods, Mia. That is hot,” Adam groaned, watching her.

  “Just be sure to save some of yourself for me,” she said while she worked her slippery fingers around and in Adam’s puckered hole, helping to stretch him open.

  With moans of pleasure, Adam writhed on his back under Mia’s touch.

  “Enough,” Zed barked.

  Mia removed her hand and wiped her fingers on the discarded towel. Then she sat back on her heels to enjoy the show.

  Zed clutched Adam’s thighs as he placed the tip of his cock at Adam’s hole. The men’s eyes met in the stillness before Zed pushed his hard, dark flesh little by little into Adam.

  Mia’s pussy clenched as she relived the slow slide of Zed inside her.

  Once fully seated, Zed thrust in and out slowly several times before suddenly plunging hard into Adam’s ass.

  “Gods!” Adam shouted.

  Mia worried Zed had hurt Adam, but with Zed’s continuing thrusts, Adam’s moans grew.

  “Mia, stroke him,” Zed ordered.

  She reached her arm between their bodies and wrapped her hand as far as she could around Adam’s thick shaft. She matched her strokes to Zed’s ramming.

  “Harder. Mia,” Adam gasped.

  She tightened her grip and squeezed him as she worked her hand up and down.

  Adam threw his head back against the arm of the couch. “Oh, Gods,” he ground out before jetting his come over his chest and Zed’s.

  Zed’s stomach muscles bunched as he climaxed with a grunt. His breath came out in huffs.

  Mia slipped her arm out from between them before Zed collapsed onto Adam’s chest.

  Adam wrapped his legs around Zed’s hips and held him with his arms around Zed’s back.

  They looked like a couple glowing with new love.

  Mia sat on the floor and pulled her t-shirt over her head as her skin cooled. She would give the men this moment together. They needed this time to establish a solid foundation for this new relationship. She would not feel left out, she told herself firmly.

  Adam’s hand reached out to her. “Come here, Mia. I have not forgotten you.”

  Zed rolled onto his side next to Adam and yanked the back cushions off the couch to make more space while Mia climbed on top of Adam. The men wrapped her up in their arms as she rested her cheek on Adam’s chest. Heat radiated off their bodies, and her t-shirt became redundant.

  She could see the lure of sleep creep over the men as their muscles loosened and their breathing slowed, but she couldn’t relax. Her eyes remained open as her body hummed with need.

  Zed caught her stare. “Adam, we can’t neglect our woman.”

  “Never,” Adam said, stroking his hand over Mia’s naked butt.

  “Give me a second.” Zed climbe
d over them and got off the couch. He walked to the bathroom at the back of the studio.

  Mia heard water running as Zed washed up. He returned with a fully erect cock.

  “I hope that one is for me,” she said.

  “You bet, baby,” he said, reaching into his wallet. “Damn, I only have one more condom. I guess you’re going to have to choose between us.”

  “Not a problem. Adam was a virgin until a few hours ago.” She giggled. “So I know he’s healthy. And I’m on the pill. We’re all good.”

  Zed’s face split into a grin. “Then let’s get that t-shirt off you and get back to business,” he said, setting the condom on the floor within reach of the couch.

  Adam sat up and yanked Mia’s shirt over her head. “Step one is complete,” he said.

  Then he lowered his head to Mia’s breasts and drew one into his mouth.

  Mia’s hands rested on Adam’s broad shoulders, and her head dropped back as she savoured the feel of his tongue swirling around her nipple and his teeth lightly scraping her skin.

  Zed sat behind Mia on the couch and wrapped his arms around her waist. “We’re going to need more of your lovely cream, baby,” he whispered in her ear as his hands caressed her inner thighs.

  She shivered at the feel of his thumbs sliding up and down her folds, keeping to the outer edges. She thrust her hips towards his touch to get him to enter her. He kept his hands on her outer folds and chuckled softly into her ear. “Not yet, baby,” he said.

  Adam’s sucking on her breasts grew more demanding as he tugged her nipple harder into his mouth. A sexual current shot from her nipple to her clit. She arched her back, seeking more contact with Adam’s hot skin. He slid one hand under her butt and squeezed.

  Her breathing turned to gasps as her clit ached for attention.

  Finally, Zed gave in to her need and rubbed circles over her clit with his thumb. He shoved his fingers deep into her channel and found her sweet spot. He thrust in and out against her sensitive spot just as Adam bit hard on her nipple. The combination sent her careening towards her climax.

  “Oh, yes!” Her orgasm exploded out from her centre, creaming Zed’s hand with her juices.