“We haven’t seen any sign of him,” Chris agreed as he sat up where he rested with Valerie between him and Joe.
“We definitely gave him time to join the party,” Joe said.
Roger pulled on his jeans. “We’re calling it quits for today. We were hoping he’d show up.” He stepped in front of Jen and provided some privacy for her while she dressed. When she was ready, he put his arm around her waist and waved toward the others. “Catch you all later. Keep in touch and let us know if you see anything we should know about.”
“Sure thing,” Joe said. “We’ll be waiting to hear any news from you, as well.”
They gathered their things, waved, and headed for their truck.
Jen looked back as they neared their vehicle. “It looks like they’re heading home, as well.”
“If that shape-shifter wants to stay hidden, we’re going to have to increase the area of our search,” Trav said.
“Maybe he didn’t like the odds today,” Roger said. He held the door for Jen to take her seat.
She was just as glad the bad dude hadn’t shown up today. She’d enjoyed herself in the warm water with Roger and Trav.
When they returned to their house, Roger drove the truck into the garage. The garage door closed when he pressed the button for the mechanism.
Trav gave Jen a hand down from the truck and closed the door behind her. The three of them walked inside together.
“How about a fruit drink before we make dinner?” Jen suggested
“Sounds good.” Roger met her gaze and smiled warmly at her.
Trav agreed, and they walked to the kitchen. Roger and Trav sat down on the stools at the bar, an L-shaped extension of the dark granite kitchen counter. Jen went about making their fruit drinks.
“Do you want to take these outside and sit by the pool?” She smiled and raised her eyebrows at them, hoping they’d agree.
“Sounds perfect.” Trav smiled back at her as she handed him his drink. “After you, babe.”
His tone of voice gave her that warm, fuzzy feeling. Lately, she’d realized she enjoyed that feeling with Trav and Roger more and more. It had been a long enough time evidently since her college boyfriend dumped her for her to relax with Trav and Roger and experience a hotter relationship with them.
They headed for the French doors that provided access to the long patio and pool in the well-kept backyard. They each took their drinks outside and sat in the loungers on the side of the big swimming pool.
Stretched out on the loungers, they sipped their drinks and relaxed. A warm breeze caressed her face and lifted strands of her hair. She brushed them away from her face. The silence of Roger and Trav told her they both thought about the current assignment. She might as well bring it up.
“What do you guys think? How hard is it going to be to catch this nasty gang leader and bring him in?”
“He seems to be fairly careful about making an appearance,” Roger commented.
“We’re going to have to take some chances to catch and bring him in,” Trav said. “I have a feeling this is going to be more dangerous than any job we’ve worked on before.”
“How are we going to get his attention so he’ll come out of hiding?” she asked.
Suddenly, the sound of powerful rifles popping in front of the house startled her.
“Get down,” Roger shouted.
Roger and Trav rolled toward her and covered her with their bodies in seconds as she rolled from her lounger to drop to the patio floor. She heard the distant sound of breaking glass. The motor of a truck roared as the truck sped away down the street.
“Let’s get inside.” Roger’s voice sounded tight with anger.
They all got to their feet and hurried inside the house.
“Stay away from the windows until we make sure no one is outside.” Trav started slowly toward the living room at the front of the house, keeping low as he entered that part the house.
Roger joined him and they surveyed the street from the broken windows, looking up and down the road for any sign of the miscreants.
Jen noticed the shards of glass that had dropped inside the front windows onto the carpeting below as well as all the way across the room.
“It looks clear,” Trav said.
“I think they’ve left. Obviously, they did what they wanted to do,” Roger said, sounding disgusted.
Jen peered out the windows and noticed pieces of glass on the ground. “We’ll need to call someone to replace these windows as soon as possible.”
“I’ll give Mike Adams a call right now.” Roger took his cell from his pocket. “He probably has connections and can help us take care of this quickly.”
Trav met Jen’s gaze as Roger made the call. “I guess we just heard from the man we’re supposed to bring in.”
“I guess so,” Jen agreed.
Roger ended his call. “Mike will send someone over right now to take care of this mess and put in new window panes.”
“Wow, that’s fast,” Jen said.
“It helps to have local friends,” Trav said.
“Definitely.” Roger met Jen’s gaze.
She had a feeling he was going to say something she wouldn’t like.
“I’d rather you weren’t involved this time,” Roger said, his expression serious.
“I’ve been trained for such situations,” she protested. “Don’t worry. I can handle this one. Let’s discuss how we’re going to go after this bastard.”
She could plainly tell from the disapproving expression on Roger’s face that he didn’t agree with her. She didn’t want to give Roger a chance to insist she sit this one out and looked at Trav for his reaction. He seemed uncertain, but she suspected he’d agree with Roger. Too bad. This was her job, as well. “We can sit in here and discuss how we’re going to bring this guy to justice while we wait for the repairman to arrive.” She crossed to one of the armchairs that didn’t have glass shards shining on the fabric.
Taking a seat, she waited for Roger and Trav to join her in nearby chairs and met their dominant male expressions with her own determined gaze.
She needed to protect Roger and Trav. Their relationship had grown to the point that she felt a strong loving concern for them. But that was as far as she would let herself become involved with Roger and Trav. After the heartbreak she struggled through when her college boyfriend dropped her, she would never allow herself to fall in love again. Even so, the need to protect these two guys had become so strong that she couldn’t bear the thought of them being hurt, or worse. She’d do whatever she must to protect them. No matter what, she would continue this case with them so she could make sure they were safe. She wasn’t quitting. She swept a long lock of her hair away from her face. No way would she be kept from being part of this job.
Chapter Three
“I don’t want you endangered by this job.” Roger met her serious gaze, determined to keep her out of it. “This guy is deadly serious about chasing us from his territory. He’s been attacking folks in this area for years. He’s a scheming shape-shifter with no scruples. From what members of C.P.O and people around here have told us, he’ll stop at nothing to get what he wants. He wants to be the boss over everyone in Wolf’s Crossing and Heat Springs. We know that he has attacked both men and women who live in this area. I don’t want you threatened by him.”
Roger couldn’t help remembering how their friend, Valerie, had been attacked by that man at the country club they belonged to. Roger knew Trav would back him on their need to keep Jen from becoming involved with the C.P.O job this time.
Roger would feel like tearing apart anyone who assaulted Jen. He knew that Trav felt the same. Neither of them could stomach the threat of that happening to her or of her being hurt while they went after Wra. He was proving to be both devious and deadly, sending his gang to their rented house to shoot out the front windows.
Jen had been so strong and brave when faced by the criminals they’d been assigned to find on previous case
s. Her bravery made him fearful for her. She’d taken dangerous chances on some jobs, and he couldn’t bear to lose her.
Jen gave Roger a determined look, and then she glanced at Trav. “I plan to do my job to the best of my ability. This is my responsibility as well as yours.” She left her seat and stepped close to Roger, her expression softened, and she slipped her arms gently around him, hugging him. She smiled at him and turned to Trav and hugged him tight. “I appreciate your care for me, but I’ll be fine.”
Roger met Trav’s gaze. Obviously, Trav felt the same as he did in spite of her assurances. Roger worried she was too sure of herself for her own good. He and Trav must keep a close watch on her during this dangerous assignment. Wra could even try to control him and Trav by threatening Jen. That prospect didn’t bear thinking about, but yet he wouldn’t put it past that demon.
* * * *
Jen felt a fierce determination to continue this job. When she took on the offer of working for C.P.O. after her previous boyfriend broke off with her, she’d decided to give this job everything. That bastard had broken her heart and almost destroyed her self-confidence. Working for C.P.O. with Roger and Trav had restored her confidence in herself and her ability to get things done. She could handle this case. She refused to give it up or walk away from it.
“Don’t do anything unnecessarily daring,” Trav said, his serious-looking, golden-brown eyes meeting hers. He shot a glance at Roger and met her gaze again. “You’re both so important to me. I feel closer to you than anyone I’ve known before besides family. I’m so infuriated by Wra’s treachery that I want to tear him apart.” He paused, looking from her to Roger. “This threat to all three of us tonight has made me realize that the relationship we have is more than a working friendship. I don’t want to lose either of you.” He met Jen’s gaze. “Jen, I need to keep you safe and protect you. The fury I feel from the mortal danger that has threatened you this evening is churning inside me, ready to explode.”
“I feel the same for you and Roger.” Jen would destroy Wra if he hurt either of her dear friends. “I won’t stand for anyone threatening you guys. Wra has threatened our lives this evening by shooting out the windows of this house. You both are so important to me. I feel close to you, not only because we work great as a team but you also mean so much to me. I’m furious at this evil Wra for threatening us with mortal danger tonight. I want to catch him as much as you do.” She looked at Roger and Trav, determination filling her.
At the sound of a truck’s motor, she turned toward the front window. “Is that the man to fix the windows?”
“Looks like it.” Roger headed to the front door and opened it. After greeting the repairman, Roger indicated the window that was broken.
As the repairman worked, Jen fixed dinner for them. By the time dinner was ready, the window had been replaced and the repairman headed home. Roger and Trav joined Jen in the kitchen to have their dinner.
“I guess we’ll get a bill for the repairs,” Roger said. He smiled at Jen. “The repairman said I didn’t owe him anything.”
“Probably, we’ll be billed when we pay our rent,” Trav said.
“Come help yourselves.” Jen indicated to the platters of food she’d warmed. She watched Trav and Roger fill their plates with big hamburgers and leftover potatoes.
They all enjoyed their dinner and afterward put the dishes in the dishwasher.
Roger held out a hand to her. “What do you say we get some sleep now and all share the bed in my room tonight?”
“Sounds good to me,” she agreed and took Roger’s hand. She held out her hand to Trav. When he moved closer to her, she slipped her arm around him and hugged him. He hugged her back as they headed down the hall to Roger’s bedroom, which had convenient French doors to the patio and pool outside.
His king-sized bed was perfect for having hot sex. All the beds in the bedrooms of this house could accommodate most any kind of sex they wanted to indulge in. The mattresses were high and made it easy for a threesome.
She slipped off her clothes as Roger and Trav did the same. Roger finished undressing first and positioned himself in the middle of the lower half of the mattress. He pulled a big pillow under his head. She couldn’t help but see that he was already aroused, his cock high and hard, a bead of pre-cum dripping from the head. He spread his legs apart, and she noticed that his balls were full beneath the base of his dark rose, satiny cock.
“I want you from behind, babe,” Trav said as he rested his hands on her hips. “Is that all right with you?”
“Yes, that sounds good,” she said softly, her voice almost a whisper, her body already aroused by her two sexual lovers. His hands left her, and she heard the crinkle of packaging as he prepared himself with a condom. She climbed onto the bed and settled on her knees between Roger’s long, muscular thighs. Bending down, she took Roger’s cock in her fingers, lowered more to close her lips over the head, and licked the bead of cum from the little slit. She heard Roger’s swift, deep breath in reaction. As she lowered her mouth over his big cock, taking him as deep into her mouth as she could, she heard Trav open a tube of lubricant. She gasped as he coated the sensitive flesh along her slit and around her rim. He slid his fingers along her folds and circled her clit. She could feel little pulses in her pussy with the building sensations.
“Trav, that’s incredible.”
“We’re just gettin’ started, hon,” Trav said.
He lifted her hips a little higher. Now her pussy was positioned for him to do as he desired. As she moved her mouth up and down Roger’s cock, Trav caressed her labia and slid a finger inside her opening. She moaned in pleasure as he moved his finger in and out. He removed his finger and held her hips steady. Then she felt his warm, soft tongue lick her slit from her clit to her hole and delve inside.
“Oh, my God, that feels amazing, Trav.” She heard his soft growl deep in his chest as he continued to tease her sensitive flesh. He moved to her clit again, and she felt him slide one finger slowly inside her rim. The sensation made her hot, her flesh swelling more, aching, making her want him inside her. “Trav, I need more.”
“That’s so hot, babe, watching you enjoy Trav’s caresses,” Roger said, his voice almost a deep growl.
She grasped Roger’s thick, hard shaft tighter, curling her fingers snuggly around him, and slid her hand down to the base and back up to the head. She lowered her lips to him and licked another drop of pre-cum from the bulbous head. Sliding her mouth as far down his shaft as she could, she caressed him and heard his deep groan of pleasure.
The gentle touch of Trav’s fingers circling her tight hole drew her attention. Then he was sliding another finger inside her tight opening. He must be using two fingers to stretch her. He lapped at the opening to her pussy, but she wanted his shaft deep inside. “Trav, come inside me. I need your cock deep in me, now.”
“Hold still, babe.” He kept his fingers inside her tight hole and held her steady with his other hand on her hip. The head of his condom-covered shaft slid along her slit, and he pushed it inside her needy channel. “Does that feel okay, babe?”
“Yes, that feels perfect. I want you all the way inside. Please, Trav.” She bent down over Roger’s tight cock again and took him deeper into her mouth as she grasped the base tight with her hand, the curly hair of his groin tickling her fingers. She moved her hand to cup his velvet soft balls and rolled them with her fingertips. A moan escaped her with the extreme pleasure they gave her as Roger cupped her breasts in his hands.
Another moan rose in her throat as the heat increased. The sweet, hot aches they created in her tightened her flesh deep in her belly. Roger squeezed her nipples between his fingers. Suddenly, she felt the zing of hot pleasure race through her body to her lower abdomen. Contractions slammed through her with the hot release. She heard deep growls from Roger and Trav as they climaxed, their cocks pumping over and over. Together they all three enjoyed the extreme pleasure. Their bodies slowly relaxed.
Sh
e released Roger’s cock, now flaccid. Trav’s shaft slipped from her channel, giving her more wonderful teasing contractions. She moaned softly. Trav gently pulled his fingers from her tight hole.
“You’re so beautiful, babe,” Trav said softly. “That was incredible. Thank you.”
He helped her ease off the bed. “I’ll be right back,” she said and headed to the bathroom to clean up.
When she returned to the bedroom, Trav headed inside, and she joined Roger on the bed. He’d already moved to one side of the bed. He left the bed and indicated she should join him there.
“That was amazing, hon,” he said. “Thank you.”
“You’re welcome,” she said and grinned at him. She climbed onto the bed, stopping in the middle. Trav returned and joined them on the other side. “Thank you, guys. That was wonderful, and just what I needed. I’ll sleep soundly tonight.”
“Sounds good to me,” Trav said.
“Me, too,” Roger agreed. “Morning will come soon enough.”
They put their arms around her, and Jen enjoyed the safe feeling of having their strong bodies on each side of her. She realized they were becoming ever more important to her. She didn’t want anything bad to happen to them. She wanted to work with them and be their partner in C.P.O. for as long as possible. She hoped the tender and desperately hot way they had sex with her meant that they felt the same. When they’d whispered things to her that night while they’d had such hot sex, she’d dared to believe they felt the same way toward her as she did toward them and that they felt she was becoming more important to them. She cared more and more for them every day.
* * * *
Morning came too soon. They showered, had breakfast, and decided they needed to discuss their next move to find and bring in Wra.
“I think we should go back to the hot springs area to look for Wra.” Roger looked at Jen and then Trav for their opinion. “We know he’s been seen there before, and he’s caused problems there for people who go to hike and swim.”
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