Chapter 34 Raven
Raven
When we stepped into another cavern, this one bigger than the last, my jaw dropped for a second time. The bioluminescence combined with my magic lights revealed a stunning pool. Steam rose gently over the water’s surface, creating a warm, humid environment.
Zane immediately stripped, tossing his clothes aside and jumping into the water with a splash. I tried not to ogle his butt before he disappeared beneath the surface.
“The goddess must have listened to me when I said I needed a hot bath,” I mused.
Maverick chuckled. “Wait a few minutes first, little mate. If there are any nasty predators in that water, I’d rather they ate the incubus than you.”
“I heard that!” Zane yelled as he popped up like a seal. “There’s nothing in the water, pet. Come join me so I can wash every delicious inch of that sexy body.”
My bear growled and tugged me closer, but I shoved him back.
“Play nice with the incubus!”
“Yes, care bear, share your toys!” Zane taunted.
I cast an annoyed look in his direction. “I am not a toy!”
But as irritating as the smart-ass incubus was, the thought of dipping my body in hot water was too good to resist. Only…I couldn’t swim.
My face fell. I’d drown if I jumped in the water, and Kai wasn’t here to save me again.
“Don’t worry, little mate. I won’t let you drown.” My bear smiled, having read my thoughts. Before I could argue, he stripped my clothes from my cold, aching body and tossed them aside.
Once upon a time, being naked in front of a male would have been unthinkable, but I wasn’t the same witch anymore.
Meeting my mates had given me confidence.
I knew my worth, and I also knew they wanted me.
Even if I didn’t smell as fresh as I would have liked, and my hair looked like rats had nested in it.
Unable to resist the lure of my bear shifter’s deliciously furry chest, I snuggled closer. He wrapped his muscular arms around me, bridal style, and carried me into the water. Focusing on Maverick’s steady breathing calmed my anxious brain. Nothing would harm me while my bear held me in his arms.
“There’s an underwater shelf over here where you can stand, pet,” Zane called.
“Climb onto my back, little mate, and I’ll swim us over.” I slithered around and wrapped my arms around his neck. The way my skin rubbed against his was doing all kinds of bad things to my body, but I ignored my urges.
There wasn’t time for fun. We needed to wash, eat, and rest for a few hours before pushing on. My vampire was close. I could sense him in my chest. While we didn’t have as strong a bond as I did with my bear and the incubus, my soul had connected to his.
The faint tether between us hummed with anticipation, and I’d noticed that the closer we got to where he lay hidden, the more my jaw ached. Almost as if like him, I had fangs waiting to drop from my gums. Which was ridiculous. I wasn’t a vampire. Or even a shifter with sharp teeth.
I shook my head. Perhaps the lack of sleep and hot food was messing with my brain.
Maverick sliced through the water, my weight not impeding him in the slightest.
“You weigh next to nothing,” he rumbled, having read my mind again.
“I dispute that statement,” I shot back. After stuffing my face with pancakes for the last three months, I’d gained weight. Mostly on my ass, it had to be said.
“Your ass is perfect.”
“Will you stop reading my thoughts!” I really needed to get a handle on my mental shield, or I’d have no privacy ever again.
Kenji scoffed something derogatory in my head, but I ignored him. He must have returned from wherever he’d disappeared to. My familiar was a law unto himself.
Maverick gently placed me down in the water. I gripped his shoulders tightly until my feet hit smooth rock. This section was shallow enough that my head and shoulders were out of the water but deep enough I wasn’t flashing my boobs to the guys.
“I wish we had soap.” My hair desperately needed a good wash, and even though the water was doing a great job of washing away the sweat and grime that clung to my skin after our trek through the snow, I wouldn’t feel clean without a good scrub.
“Good job I found some snow moss growing in here.” Zane swam over with a handful of gray-green moss in his hand.
“How does that survive with so little light?” While there was plenty of water here, plants still needed light to thrive.
“No clue, pet. I’m not a botanist.” He rubbed the moss against his hand and grinned when it produced a gel-like secretion. “Not as good as actual soap, but it smells nice and has cleaning properties.”
“How do you know this?” He winked.
“I’ve stayed in caves before when my grandmother dropped me off in the mountains for what she lovingly called ‘survival training.’”
“But you aren’t a shifter.”
“No, but it didn’t stop my grandmother from treating me like one. Survival of the fittest, she called it.”
He scowled for a moment before his customary grin returned.
“Let’s forget about my unresolved childhood trauma. Come closer, pet, so I can clean you.” I had no intention of forgetting about his childhood trauma, but I resolved to shelve that discussion for another day.
“I will wash our mate.” Maverick yanked me back against his chest with a possessive growl. Ugh. Could these two not share me for one stupid minute?
“You know what?” I snatched the moss from Zane’s outstretched hand. “I can wash myself to save all the stupid arguments.” With an eye roll, I lathered up the sweet-smelling moss and began scrubbing my arms and shoulders.
Zane shifted closer, his eyes glued to the swell of my tits just below the water.
“Care bear and I are more than capable of sharing, pet.” The atmosphere heated, and I hoped it wasn’t because of an imminent volcanic eruption.
“Are you? It sure doesn’t seem that way.” I stuck my tongue out before rinsing away the lather from my arms and neck.
To my surprise, Maverick didn’t protest when Zane placed his hands on my hips. Being sandwiched between two hard male bodies did things to me. Bad things. But I wasn’t complaining.
“I think our mate needs to see how well we share.” Zane looked over my shoulder, and something I couldn’t read passed between him and Maverick.
Before I could ask what they had planned, Maverick hooked his hands over my thighs and lifted me from the water, exposing my entire upper body, including my core.
Water dripped down my chest and belly as steam rose from my overheated skin. Despite the humid air, my nipples pebbled, drawing Zane’s attention.
“Such pretty tits,” he said in a low, husky voice. “So fucking suckable.” I gasped when he bent his head and licked first one nipple, and then the other, but before I could beg for more, he lowered himself until he was staring right at my pussy.
Embarrassment turned my face bright red. “Um, I haven’t finished washing.”
“You smell delicious, little mate,” Maverick reassured me. His lips brushed my neck as Zane licked my clit.
“Oh!” I struggled hard as Zane dove in with his tongue, exploring and tasting me.
In this position, I couldn’t move. Not with Maverick holding me so tight. The thought of being edged for hours made me whimper in desperation. I needed one of them to relieve the pressure building inside me.
Thank the goddess water surrounded us. If my magic exploded, nobody would burn to death. Silver linings and all that.
“Fuck, pet, you’re all the food I need.”
“I better be,” I growled, much to his amusement. “No more feeding from ho-bag wolf shifters!”
“Oh, pet, I won’t be feeding from anyone but you. And our mates,” he added, sliding a smirk at Maverick, who muttered something about not jacking off just to satisfy the fucking incubus.
I squeaked when Zane opened me with his fingers while sucking my clit. Pressure built fast, and the harder he sucked and licked, the more I struggled against Maverick’s arms holding me in a vise-like grip.
“Please,” I moaned, almost incoherent with lust. Zane’s eyes glowed silver as he siphoned off my lust to recharge his magic reserves. If it had been another incubus leeching off me, I’d have roasted them with fire magic, but Zane was my mate and also responsible for my uncontrollable lust.
“You want our cocks, little mate?” Maverick’s heavy erection pulsed against my ass. If I dropped lower, he’d end up between my butt cheeks, which made me wonder how it would feel if he…
No, that wasn’t happening.
“Not yet, little mate,” my bear purred in my ear. “Not here, where I can’t give you the aftercare you’d need.”
“But soon,” Zane said when he sat back on his haunches, his face wet with my arousal. Water obscured his erection, but the two silver nipple piercings gleamed in the muted light.
I licked my lips, eager to rub my tongue across them. Then I remembered his cock piercing, and a fresh flood of arousal trickled down my thighs as Maverick lowered me.
The guys had a silent conversation I wasn’t privy to before Zane moved back and sat on the edge of the pool.
His cock looked huge in this light, each metal bar a reminder of how good he’d felt when inside me. I’d thought it was a dream, but somehow, it had been real.
The gold mating mark on his pectoral glowed as I stepped forward, while the tether in my chest flared with heat.
Zane’s gaze dropped to the amulet hanging between my breasts, and when I looked down, the tiny hairline crack in the stone had widened again. I mentally shook myself. That was a problem for tomorrow’s Raven.
“Come sit on my cock, pet.”
I hesitated as my confidence deserted me. What if I disappointed him?
Maverick picked me up and deposited me on the incubus’ lap. He cupped my jaw and tilted my head up as Zane grasped my hips. Maverick’s lips found mine and soothed my anxious thoughts.
I could feel his love and desire through the bond. Feel how much he wanted me. How much they both wanted me. And from the faint twinges down the tether that led to Kai, how painfully he wanted me also, even if he wasn’t ready to take that step.
“You have nothing to worry about, little mate,” Maverick said when he broke our kiss. “Let the incubus make you feel good with his pretty cock.”
“Aww, care bear, you think my cock’s pretty?”
“It has metal. I suppose it looks alright.”
“Damn right it looks good.” He gripped his shaft with one hand as Maverick lifted me up. “Feels good too, pet,” he added as his tip slipped inside me. We both groaned as he stretched me wide. “Fuck, you’re so tight!”
“Be careful with her,” Maverick warned. “You hurt her, and I’ll hurt you!”
“I’ll try not to hurt her with my huge pretty cock.” Maverick’s low growl told me he didn’t appreciate Zane’s taunts, but since we were all trying to get along and make the group sex thing work, he didn’t lash out.
I closed my eyes and ignored their silly posturing. Zane was right. His cock felt huge in this position.
Too big.
Too thick.
Too everything.
I was small, and he was massive.
Maverick was big too, but he didn’t have additional metal accessories, and those hit me in places I never knew existed before meeting my mates.
Each time I moved, the bar at the base of his cock rubbed my clit, making stars explode behind my eyes. I tried hard to focus. As Alaric kept reminding me, this would stop my magic from exploding.
An image of the mage popped into my mind. He sat in front of a roaring fire, nursing a drink and scowling. The image faded when Maverick’s hands cupped my breasts and his beard scratched the soft skin beneath my ear.
“When we get back, I’ll take you here at the same time as the incubus fucks your sweet cunt, little mate.” His cock pushed against my puckered rear entrance, and I moaned. The thought of him fucking me there sent a fresh wave of lust through me.
My pussy clenched around Zane as I hovered on the edge of an orgasm that had been building ever since Maverick stripped me bare.
“Please,” I begged. Zane gripped my hips and fucked me from below, taking what he needed and giving me what I needed in return.
Desire overtook us all, each of us fueling the others’ lust in a sexy feedback loop.
Maverick’s breathing grew ragged in my ear as he rubbed against me from behind, sliding between my wet cheeks.
“Fuck!” Zane’s yell echoed around the cavern, bouncing off the walls as I fell apart, taking him with me.
I struggled to contain my magic, but despite my best efforts, it exploded from my chest, raging above our heads in a violent firestorm.
Embers rained down and sizzled when they hit the water, but like always, we remained untouched.
I didn’t understand why. One day, I would ask Alaric why this always happened. He knew way more about magic than I did, so perhaps he could explain the phenomenon.
Maverick grunted, and a flood of heat burst across my back. He uttered a long, low groan and then sank down into the water.
For a few long moments, nobody said a word. I ignored the raging firestorm. It seemed better to pretend it had nothing to do with me. Besides, the heat warmed my cooling skin.
“Reel your magic back in, pet,” Zane said in an amused voice. He lifted me, and I winced at the discomfort when his cock slid out.
I sighed while focusing on drawing each tangled strand back into the box in my chest. To my surprise, it seemed easier this time. Maybe Alaric’s lessons had finally sunk in? Not that I was giving him any credit. He didn’t deserve it.
Another glimpse of him at the inn popped into my mind. This time, he stood at the bar talking to a hulking male with a tangled beard and a pissed-off expression. I wondered why the mage remained on the island when he’d been so desperate to leave.
Then I shook my head. This was just my feverish imagination pining for the one male who didn’t want me, not an actual vision of the mage. I was an idiot.
“Zane, go check on Kai while I clean our mate up. He’ll need some swim time.”
Zane rolled his eyes as he stretched luxuriously, apparently sated and bursting with magic now that we’d had sex. The mating mark glowed brightly, and he grinned when he saw me staring at it.
“That tells everyone I’m yours, pet. So while I will still siphon lust from other magicals if they feel horny around me, which for the record is something I can’t avoid, my heart belongs to you.
” He preened for a moment. “Inspiring lust is my cross to bear. I mean, look at me! Hot or what?” Maverick muttered something about vain assholes, but I rolled my eyes before insecurity struck.
“What if I’m not enough for you?” It wasn’t like we’d be having sex all the time. And besides, he graduated in the summer, so what would happen then?
My happiness faded fast as my thoughts spiraled. Zane shot forward and cupped my jaw.
“I will never leave you, pet.” His pale blue eyes darkened until they were almost black. “You’re mine, and if anyone tries to steal you from me, I’ll kill them.”