Chapter 26 – Cerberus
CERBERUS
Six months later…
I’m standing outside the door of my little house. It’s a wooden cabin on twenty acres of property just outside of Darkwood, built next to a startlingly clear lake.
Everything about it is perfect. Just like this moment.
“I had a nice time.”
The three gargoyles standing before me are wearing suits, looking uncomfortable in their clothes, but happy otherwise.
“We had a nice time too,” Draven says.
Soren pulls out a book filled with marked pages from his coat, then turns to the back.
“Not the book again!” Kage groans.
Soren glares at Kage and Draven. “It’s not like any of you know what to do on a human date!”
He obviously read the book on human dating many times before taking me on this date. But still, he seemed to trying his best not to miss anything or get anything wrong. And his nervousness… it was kind of endearing.
I smile, trying to encourage him. “What does the book say to do now?”
Kage and Draven exchange a look as Soren reads slowly through the chapter, but I don’t feel rushed in the least. Even though all of us were nervous, this was the only date I had ever been on, and I’d thought it’d gone pretty well.
But then, the gargoyles still seemed desperate to win back my trust, even though I had reassured them that they had.
I mean, they’d spent months working tirelessly to be near me, even though I’d told them that all we could ever be was friends.
Then they’d surprised me by buying these lands and building a home for me on them.
There wasn’t much more I needed to have them do to show that they truly had never meant to betray me or hurt me.
“The book says to compliment her, wish her goodnight, and kiss her,” Soren says, running his finger along a line in the book.
Suddenly, the air changes between us.
Soren slowly looks up to meet my gaze. We hadn’t been intimate since they hurt me. Were they wondering if I was ready for it?
It takes me a second to find my voice. “That sounds… like a good idea.”
Kage steps closer, drawing himself up taller. “You look beautiful, Cerce. Goodnight.” Then he leans forward and brushes the softest of kisses against my lips and stands back.
Draven moves closer next. “You are the most amazing woman in the world. Oh, and goodnight.” Then, he leans in and kisses me a little longer before pulling back.
At last it’s just Soren and I.
He clears his throat, puts the book back in his coat, and meets my gaze. “You’re our everything.” Then after a minute he adds, “Goodnight.”
But he doesn’t come closer.
I try to hide my disappointment. “I’m not fragile.”
“You spent a very long time healing…”he says.
“And now we know why.”
His face goes pale. “You should be treated with care.”
“You can kiss me and treat me with care,” I press.
After a second, he inches closer. Glancing down at my lips, he leans down.
“Ugh!” I gasp, then barrel forward.
“Fuck!” Soren shouts. “I knew we should have carried her! I knew she wasn’t ready for this!”
I lean slowly up, panting. Putting a hand on my big belly, I take a deep breath. “It’s fine. One of the babies just kicked. Stacy says it’s normal when I’m this far along.”
But Soren looks panicked. “You should go lie down.”
I look at him, then at Draven and Kage, who look just as worried. And, I realize, this is the perfect time to implement my plan.
“Actually, this happens sometimes. Even at night. It makes me a little… worried.”
The color drains from Soren’s face. “You can always call us. Any time. We’ll be here in an instant.”
“Well, I was thinking. Perhaps it’s time you move in.”
My words hang over us.
“Are you serious?” Draven asks.
“Because we can be loud, messy, annoying—“
Draven cuts of Kage. “Are you trying to discourage her?”
But it’s Soren who takes my hand gently in his. “Cerce, do you want us here to take care of you and the babies? Because we’d be glad to do it. We’d do it in a heartbeat. Or, do you… do you want us here with you?”
My mouth goes dry. “I want you here for me and our babies and here with me. I think I’m ready for us to… resume our relationship.”
The guys go quiet.
“Okay,” Soren says, but he still looks uncertain.
At least he didn’t say no.
I unlock the door and lead them through the house that was built with such care.
I hear them follow me as we go up the stairs and right to my master bedroom.
It wasn’t lost on me that they made this room so big, with its double-king beds carved with expert hands.
Nor was it lost on me the bassinet they placed beside the bed.
This room was a room of hope, with wide windows looking out onto a sparkling lake and love in every inch of the structure. This place was built as an apology to me. As a sign of their love.
And I knew it. Felt it so deeply.
It was time for us to take the next step. To be together. To enjoy this new chapter in our lives.
Turning, I look at them.
“You really are the most beautiful woman we’ve ever seen,” Kage says.
I smile. “I’m as big as this house.”
“You are carrying twins,” Draven says, and his voice is filled with awe.
Even though I’m a different woman than I was when I first met them, in my heart I’m still that broken hellhound, and the woman they worship, and the mother of the children growing inside of me. And I’ve decided it’s okay for me to be all those things and whatever else I want.
Grasping my dress, I pull it off and stand before them.
“I want you.” I tell them simply.
Draven is the first to move closer. He crosses the room, pulls me in his arms, and kisses me like there’s nothing more he wants to do in this world. His touch is gentle and yet so familiar it makes me want to cling to him, to surrender to this moment and this man.
When Draven breaks our kiss and moves to my neck, Kage captures my mouth instead. Two of my men are touching me, claiming me, and it feels right. Almost perfect.
But it’s Soren who pulls me away from them, sweeping me into his arms. He stares down at me, memorizing my face, then brings me to the bed. He settles me there, and my sexy men remove their clothes, then mine.
In seconds, I’m lying with Soren beneath me, hoping that this time is as good as the last.
He’s gentle when he eases inside of me, his lips sucking lightly on my breasts as he does so. Draven moves to one side of my bed and turns my face so that we can continue to kiss, and I feel myself wet and ready as Soren sinks inch by inch deeper inside of me.
When he comes to his hilt, he swears, and I break away from Draven’s kiss, breathing deeply. Soren holds my gaze as he begins to move inside me, then pauses, and I feel Kage behind me. He leans me as far forward as I can bend, then slips into me from behind.
The power of their glorious friction is just the way I remember. So good that it seems impossible that I went this long without it. And when they begin to move as one, I feel crazed.
Draven stands beside me. His cock sinks into my mouth. A groan tears from his throat, and he wraps his hand in my hair to hold me in place as he drills in and out of me.
All of it is overwhelming. My men. Claiming me. Finally touching me the way I’ve needed to be touched for so long.
I knew I missed it. I knew I missed having them like this.
I just never knew how much.
When at last I feel my orgasm building, my inner muscles squeeze the two cocks inside of me with a vengeance. Goosebumps erupt on my flesh, and I’d be shouting in pleasure if not for the cock in my mouth.
And then I orgasm, slamming over the edge like a Fury unleashing a storm. I bounce on the two dicks inside of me, satisfied as hell as their hot cum fills me. Even while I still ride the waves of my orgasm, I feel Draven come into my mouth with a groan of pleasure.
At last, only our breathing fills the air. Draven pulls free from my mouth, and Kage’s cock slips from my ass. The two men lay on both sides of me, and Soren stays buried within me.
I look down at them.
They look up at me.
“I love you,” I say.
Soren looks startled. “I love you too.”
“So do I,” Kage rushes out.
“I love you more than they do,” Draven says.
And then I laugh.
I never thought when I started on this road that this is how it would end. And even though it had its rough moments, I wouldn’t change it for a thing.
“So,” I say, “we all agree on that. Now we need to just agree on names for our son and daughter.”
I can’t hold back a grin as they launch into their arguments for their selected names. Because as much noise and chaos as these men bring into my life, I’m looking forward to a house filled with it.
Whoever said a hellhound couldn’t find love?
The End