Embrace the Wild (The Great Outdoors Book 5)

by Shayne McClendon

  The floor to ceiling windows across the room showed the mountain at dawn. The trees were a canvas of green with the first rays of sun shimmering through as fluffy clouds passed overhead.

  A hawk circled in the distance, for pleasure or prey. A soft breeze worked over the treetops, making them ripple.

  She’d happily wake up to such a view for the rest of her life.

  She thought about the confrontation with her mother and how Wade and Knox defended her, fought for her.

  For a moment, she wondered how long her mother’s change of heart would last then realized it didn’t matter. No one was ever going to control her life again.

  A human being with plans and dreams of her own didn’t bow to someone else’s whims out of fear or obligation.

  She slept hard after Svetlana left the mountain. A glance at the clock beside the bed told her it was almost fourteen hours.

  Getting out of the incredibly comfortable cocoon, she walked to the bathroom to take care of necessities.

  The room was enchanting. A large plate-glass window filled the room with natural light and the huge tub positioned under it was inviting.

  As she washed her hands and rinsed her face, she smiled at bottles of her favorite lotion and perfume.

  In the drawer was a new toothbrush, fresh tube of toothpaste, and a hairbrush identical to the one at her cabin.

  “Thank god.”

  Feeling slightly more human, she stared at her reflection. The t-shirt she wore wasn’t hers. Based on the leanness, she figured it was one of Knox’s.

  She smoothed her hands over the soft material. For a moment, she contemplated dressing in her own clothes and changed her mind. It was strangely comforting to wear something that belonged to one of the friends.

  Opening the door, she peered shyly into the living room. Knox stood in the kitchen wearing sleep pants. She watched him pour a cup of coffee.

  He was sleep ruffled and it made her smile as he turned to her. “There you are,” he said happily. “Good morning.”

  “I slept a long time. I’m sorry.”

  Knox laughed. “You needed it.”

  She was distracted by her first sight of his sculpted upper body. “Knox, you’re…in great shape.”

  He looked pleased but said nothing. “Let me get you coffee. Have a seat on the couch.”

  Lowering to the cushion, she watched Wade walk out of their office, also in sleep pants, holding the Wall Street Journal in his hand. He wore reading glasses and looked up with a huge grin.

  He sat on the coffee table and Knox sat beside him, offering the cup holding her favorite thing.

  Wade was built thicker, bigger overall, but was beautifully defined. “Good morning, pretty girl.”

  “Hi.” She started to speak but changed her mind and sipped her coffee instead. Finally, she murmured, “I didn’t know you wore glasses.”

  “Just for the microscopic stock columns. They do it on purpose to piss me off, I think.”

  She nodded, astounded at the sight of their bare upper bodies side by side. Drinking coffee bought her time.

  “It’s too early to tease you about being speechless,” Knox said with a laugh.

  Wade leaned forward. “We reserve the right to revisit the comedic factor later.”

  “I-I had no idea.” Her eyes closed. “Smooth.”

  They kissed her cheeks and their proximity assailed her senses. She felt them inhale deeply and her breasts tightened in immediate response.

  Sitting back, Knox asked, ““Did you find everything in the bathroom?” She nodded. “You get relaxed watching movies. We wanted to make sure you had what you needed anytime you slept over.”

  “Thank you.”

  They touched her, smoothed back her hair, and held the hand that didn’t have a cup of coffee in it. She wanted to curl up between them and never leave.

  “You didn’t eat dinner. Come have breakfast.” Wade stood and pulled her up. “Keep us company while we make French toast and bacon.”

  “You always think of me.”

  “It’s impossible not to think of you, Galina.”

  “Where’s Ana?” She hadn’t even noticed her aunt’s absence.

  “She’s at the cabin. She wanted to give you privacy.”

  “I can’t believe I slept like that,” she admitted.

  “Twenty years of stress whooshed out of your system at the same time,” Wade replied and shook his head. “I’m surprised you didn’t sleep a lot longer.”

  “You needed it, Galina. It’s good you slept.”

  Their eyes remained on her as they made her a plate. At the table, they sat on either side while she sighed around bites of French toast, fresh fruit, and bacon done to perfection.

  She ate slowly, enjoying the food. All the while, they touched her casually.

  It was much more impactful when they wore few clothes.

  The atmosphere was relaxed and sensual. The loving touches she received put her at peace in a way that nothing else could.

  She needed these men like water, like air. She never wanted to live without them again.

  “Galina, how do you feel?”

  “I’m good…amazing actually. I never believed she couldn’t force me to go with her. Thank you for…everything.”

  She didn’t know what to say about their relationship. Rather, their potential for one. She was also freshly embarrassed about her conversations with Ana in Russian.

  “You’re over-thinking. I can practically see the tension forming,” Wade said softly.

  “I think you just remembered that we speak and understand Russian. It’s one of many languages we learned as part of our training.” Knox brushed a strand of hair over her shoulder.

  She sat back and looked back and forth between them. “I-I struggled with the thought I’d have to choose between you. Your reactions tell me I don’t have to do that. In these things, I know so little. Explain how you…came to this place where sh-sharing me doesn’t freak you out.”

  “Now you’re asking the right questions.” Wade smiled. “Many years ago, we were stationed in Paris for several months on a special assignment. It was a test for future jobs but we didn’t know it at the time. A female agent wanted both of us. She insisted we were close enough, strong enough, to handle a different type of relationship.”

  “She didn’t feel bad about…wanting you both?”

  Knox asked, “Do you feel bad about it, Galina?”

  “I think it’s selfish, greedy.”

  “No. You’re not selfish. Even when you should be.”

  Wade ran his finger over her arm. “We thought we needed to make certain things clear before agreeing to what she wanted and she explained it had nothing to do with Knox and I being together. Thank god.”

  Knox leaned forward and kissed her neck. “What she wanted was to be the center of attention. Ménage is all about the woman, Galina. For four days, she educated us and we discovered pleasure we never knew existed.”

  Tracing circles on her bare thigh, Wade clarified, “She wasn’t in love with us and we weren’t in love with her. After our brief affair, we fell out of touch. A month after she left Paris, she was killed.”

  Their hands moved over her skin and she tried to focus.

  “We’ve had casual relationships separately and together since then. Nothing gives us or our partners the intensity ménage provides.” Knox’s teeth clamped on her shoulder through the thin material of his t-shirt and she shivered.

  “Intensity…?” Galina whispered.

  “We wanted you when you were Gail. We wanted to show you what you could find with us. We moved too slow and when the disguise was gone, we had to start over. We didn’t want you to think it was your Lina persona that made us want you.” Wade’s fingers rested on her skin, his thumb stroking back and forth along the line of her panties.

  “How we’ve longed to simply touch you.” Knox’s palm slid under the shirt and over the skin of her back. She whimpered in response. “Heari
ng how you felt was like opening a gift we didn’t know we had. You were waiting for us to get our shit together.”

  Breathlessly, she confessed, “I didn’t know how to show you.”

  Wade’s hand skimmed her ribs and she tugged her lower lip between her teeth. “You’ve kept an iron control over your own desires. The world believes you to be this wanton creature when in fact it’s the part of yourself most denied.”

  Their arms circled her midsection, warm palms cupping the sides of her breasts simultaneously and her hands dropped to their legs.

  Knox whispered at her ear, “We won’t hurt you. There’s nothing we want more than to love you.”

  Wade kissed her jaw. “We need your love as badly as you need to give it to us, Galina.”

  “Yes…”

  It was the word they’d waited to hear.

  Chapter Twenty-Two

  Galina’s entire body heated as Wade cupped the back of her head and claimed her mouth in a kiss. It was more, deeper, than he’d shown her before.

  Knox’s face nuzzled her neck, his thumb gently stroking over her nipple under the shirt.

  The contact ricocheted off every nerve in her body.

  Then he was gone and Wade seized her attention. He lifted her out of her seat and into his lap. She contemplated the scent and taste of him for the first time as he kissed her destructively.

  Damp heat made her press her legs together but his hand moved there to prevent it. “Embrace every sensation.”

  Her hands went into his black hair to pull him closer. His groan spilled into her mouth and she drank it down for several minutes.

  Knox returned to sit in her chair and took her gently from Wade’s arms. He settled her on his lap and she felt the heat of his skin beneath her as she registered his nakedness with a small moan of need.

  He turned her head to deliver a kiss that made her want his mouth all over her. His lips were sensually firm as his tongue slipped between hers.

  A long time later, Wade bent to lift her from Knox’s lap. Her legs wrapped around his waist and she rubbed her foot over the back of his naked thigh.

  Carrying her into the guest bedroom, he set her on her feet and held her between them beside the bed.

  Knox pressed against her back, evidence of his heavy arousal obvious through the panties she still wore. Wade’s erection was hot and hard on her belly.

  All she understood was want.

  Their cocks throbbed steady and hot. Wade’s hands glided up her sides, taking the t-shirt, and she raised her hands so he could pull it over her head.

  His mouth devoured her lips, his hands fisted in her hair. They held her hard and she felt anchored amidst the storm of sensations she’d never experienced.

  Knox’s palms slid over her belly and up to cup her breasts. His thumbs stroked over her nipples until they were so tight they ached. Her breasts firmed as he played with them.

  They turned her in their arms, never taking their touch away, so Knox could eat at her lips. Their hands were everywhere and her senses struggled to identify which touches belonged to which man.

  Reaching up, she buried her hands in Knox’s dark blonde hair and raked her short nails over his scalp. He lifted from her mouth and their eyes met.

  “You look relaxed.”

  “I’m far from relaxed, Knox. I think I’m shaking apart on the inside.” Pausing, she added in a whisper, “More.”

  He reclaimed her mouth.

  Wade kissed her shoulder and she could feel his smile against her skin. She reached back to cup his head, her fingers tugging at his hair. He slid a palm across her stomach and she moved her hand down to stroke his arm.

  When Knox released her and bent to take a nipple in his mouth, her head fell against Wade’s shoulder with a gasp.

  He stroked her face, turning it slightly and sucking her lower lip between his. “I’m so grateful to touch you at last, Galina.”

  Keeping up with the incredible things they were doing to her was almost impossible.

  “We were already in love with you the day you hit your head.”

  “Really?” Her voice was hoarse.

  Knox released her taut nipple and stared down into her face. “Really. Starting over was hard. We never knew what was going on in your mind.” He lowered his mouth to her breasts again and she held him to her.

  Wade’s hands on her belly moved over her hips. He followed the lines of her panties and stroked over her mound. Her body arched in response. His palm slipped beneath the fabric and he stroked over her folds.

  “Smooth and silky. Are you wet for us, Galina?”

  She nodded, unable to speak. Knox lowered to his knees, kissing his way down her torso. His friend took over playing with her breasts. Turning her face, she stared up into his face and he kissed her.

  Rational thought was impossible as Knox lowered her panties. He lifted her feet to remove them.

  “You have the prettiest pussy I’ve ever seen.” She moaned loudly as he leaned forward and sucked her outer lips while his hand glided up her thigh. “Delicious. I need to sample all of you, pretty girl.”

  His tongue licked through her folds and she started to shake.

  At her ear, Wade murmured, “Do you like the way that feels?” She tried to nod but didn’t know if she succeeded. “Let me open you for him.”

  His arm firmed around her torso as he bent and lifted one leg behind the knee. She was glad because there was no way she could have held herself up without him.

  “That’s it. Let me support you. Keep you nice and open so he can eat you just the way you deserve.”

  “It’s…no one has ever done this…”

  Knox stared up the length of her. She tried to focus on him. His chin was slick with fluids from her body. “No one has ever gone down on you?” She shook her head once. “That’s a goddamn crime against humanity.”

  His bright blue eyes held hers as his tongue raked through her folds. “We’ll eat you well and often.”

  Breathing rapidly, she asked, “Do you like to do it?”

  Knox planted an open-mouthed kiss at the top of her mound. “Oh yes. Just seeing the look on your face right now pretty much makes it my favorite thing to do ever.”

  Her laugh trembled. “I-I read men don’t like it.”

  Sliding his hand up her inner thigh, he stroked his fingertips through her lips and sucked her slickness from them. “Only stupid men don’t like it. Smart men know taking the time to enjoy such a delicacy pays off in spades.”

  She reached down and raked her fingers through his hair. He closed his eyes and leaned into her touch.

  “Let me show you, Galina.” His mouth returned to torturing her and she reflexively rocked her hips against him. One strong finger stroked inside her and she almost buckled.

  Wade kissed his way over her neck and shoulder as he supported her weight easily. His hand moved enough to cup her breast and she tightened her fingers in his hair.

  “Watching you accept pleasure is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. We want you to drown in it.”

  Quietly, she admitted, “I don’t know what to do. I’m not participating. Tell me what to do.”

  “You’re doing exactly what you need to do. Let me hold you while Knox worships your pussy. Don’t think. Giving you pleasure is pleasure.”

  “F-feels too good to be real.” She moved her hips in rhythm to Knox’s mouth on her. It pressed her ass against the hard ridge of Wade’s cock at her ass. “I want everything.”

  “We’re going to give you anything, everything you need.” He groaned against her neck. “Your ass rubbing on me is making it real hard to maintain control.”

  Knox added a second finger inside her and sucked her clit between his lips. Suddenly, her body took over and she exhaled sharply as an orgasm exploded without warning.

  “Yes, yes, Galina.”

  “There…oh god, there.” Her upper body arched and she turned her face so Wade could kiss her. She couldn’t stop moaning
as he gave her what she wanted.

  The climax held her for a long time and Knox continued to lick and suck her until she went limp between them.

  Keeping his hands on her, he stood and stared down in her face. She could barely open her eyes as she murmured, “Thank you.”

  “Absolutely my pleasure, Galina.” He cupped her skull in his hands. “Taste yourself.”

  She’d never tasted the result of her own passion and moaned into his mouth as he mimicked the movements with his tongue that he’d used to make her come.

  Lifting his head, he whispered, “Can we lay you down?”

  She nodded, feeling drunk, as he scooped her into his arms. Wade pulled back the blankets and waited as Knox put her down. The cool sheets against her heated skin made her arch her breasts into the air. Knox laid beside her and licked over her unintentional offering.

  Stretching out on her other side, Wade kissed her deeply. Rolling above her, he kissed his way to her nipples and suckled them in turns. The feel of his body on hers made her skin feel too tight.

  Settling his wide shoulders between her thighs, he lowered his mouth to her pussy with a low groan. Already slick and hot, he licked and sucked her as if he was starved for her. Two thick fingers entered her with a firm stroke and she cried out, holding the back of his head to her.

  Knox claimed her mouth and went back and forth between her breasts, plumping and massaging.

  She wanted to touch them everywhere but she settled for touching what she could reach. Their hair, their backs, their shoulders were lightly scratched and rubbed.

  “Yes. Please more,” she begged softly.

  Was it possible to overdose on pleasure?

  Against her skin, Wade told her, “As much as you can take, pretty girl. All the pleasure you can handle.”

  “All of it,” she confessed.

  He sucked her clit firmly as he pushed his fingers into her harder and faster. “Take it then.”

  Her body moved without her command, pushing her pussy closer to him. It was a silent plea he didn’t ignore. Increasing his efforts, he devoured her.

  Moving back to her mouth, Knox said, “Let him swallow you down. He needs it.”