26. Chapter Twenty-Seven #5
“What still has to go back to the station?” Luca asked me as he glanced toward the equipment beneath the other end of the worktable, already thinking about tomorrow without beginning to pack anything for me.
“The laptop, primary drive, everything in my work pack, and probably that charger.” I answered Luca as I pointed toward the equipment while mentally going through the list. “The sealed box can stay until tomorrow evening. I'll empty it then.”
“Tell me when you're ready and I'll help carry what you want carried.” Luca offered as he took another bite, leaving the rest entirely to me.
“I will.” I told Luca, appreciating the wording. Malek had been quiet through most of that exchange.
“You're sleeping here tonight?” Malek asked me as he rested one forearm against the table, the question simple rather than assuming.
“Yes.” I answered Malek as I looked toward him. “Mara already has the overnight logged. I'm going back early after the morning route.”
“Good.” Malek replied with one short nod, and nothing else followed.
Not stay longer.
Not you should spend the last nights here.
Just good.
Later, when I went into the sleeping room, my Omega instincts were still reacting to everything I'd said at the table.
The room was cooler than the courtyard, though humidity still clung to my skin, and the clean bedding smelled strongly of all four of us.
The blankets already carried a deliberate mixture of the men's scents, while my own had worked deeply enough into the pillows and clothing that the nest smelled unmistakably like mine too.
I rearranged one pillow, moved Luca's blanket several inches, then put it back because I'd apparently placed it correctly the first time. Tavian watched from the doorway but kept his opinion to himself until I caught him looking.
“You've moved that twice.” Tavian observed as he leaned one shoulder against the stone frame, mild amusement touching his face.
“It was wrong the first time.” I told Tavian as I adjusted Malek's shirt near my pillow and smoothed one fold from the blanket.
“And now?” Tavian asked as his attention dropped toward the blanket I'd returned to its original position.
“Now it's right.” I answered Tavian as I sat back on my heels, refusing to explain the logic my instincts clearly considered self-evident.
“I understand absolutely nothing.” Tavian admitted as he nodded solemnly, making me laugh once under my breath just as Luca and Malek appeared behind him.
All three men stopped outside the nest. They still waited, even after everything we'd done together.
One invitation had never become permanent access to the space my instincts considered mine.
I looked at them for several seconds while insects hummed beyond the shutters and water continued dripping from leaves somewhere outside.
Malek stood behind Tavian, broad enough to fill most of the doorway.
Luca's dark hair hung loose around his shoulders, and Tavian had gone quiet now that my attention was fully on all three of them.
My body already wanted them. Slick had started gathering between my thighs before I'd finished rearranging the bedding, my glands were warm beneath my jaw, and their combined scents filled every breath.
The confession hadn't created the desire, but knowing that every man outside the nest had heard me say I love you and had said it back made my skin feel more sensitive everywhere they would eventually touch.
I'd wanted all three of them before tonight, but now they knew exactly how I felt, and that made inviting them into the nest feel different.
“Come in. I want all of you tonight.” I told the three men as I shifted farther into the nest and looked at each of them in turn.
Tavian came in first but stopped near my knees instead of immediately climbing over me.
He caught my ankle and pressed his mouth against the inside of it before lifting his head.
“You're sure?” Tavian asked me as his fingers traveled slowly along my calf, the question serious despite the heat already building in his amber eyes.
“Yes.” I told Tavian as I leaned back on my hands and let my knees open farther. “All three of you.”
Tavian nodded once before moving between my legs.
Luca entered carefully and settled along my right side, planting one hand against the blanket so he didn't disturb anything I'd arranged.
Malek joined us last and settled behind me, one broad thigh pressed against my hip.
He waited until I leaned back into him before his hands moved onto my body, then pressed his mouth against my shoulder rather than anywhere near my gland.
Luca kissed me first, slow and warm, one hand cupping my jaw while Tavian pushed my shirt upward.
Malek's palms moved along my sides beneath the rising fabric, rough fingertips brushing over my skin.
When the shirt cleared my ribs, Tavian pressed his mouth against my stomach and worked lower until I caught a handful of his hair.
“Not yet.” I told Tavian as I tugged lightly, wanting the clothes between us dealt with before he distracted me completely.
“Bossy.” Tavian murmured as a smile touched his mouth, though he immediately reached for the waistband of my pants.
“Very.” I confirmed to Tavian as Luca pulled my shirt over my head and dropped it toward the edge of the nest. I turned in Malek's arms and kissed him, pushing one hand into his black hair while Luca's mouth moved down the other side of my neck.
Tavian opened my pants and worked them down my thighs with enough patience not to catch them on my boots, stopping long enough to remove those first before pulling the rest of my clothes away.
By the time I was naked, all three men still had far too much fabric between their bodies and mine.
“Your turn.” I told them as I reached for Malek's shirt first, bunching the material in both hands until he leaned enough for me to pull it over his head.
I removed Tavian's next when he moved close, then reached for Luca.
This time he waited instead of doing it himself, letting me pull his shirt away before I opened his pants and wrapped my hand around his cock.
His breath caught as Malek's hand moved between my thighs at the same time.
The first slow pass of Malek's fingers through my slick ended any remaining conversation.
He wasn't tentative, but he paid attention to every shift of my hips.
His middle finger slipped inside while his thumb worked my clit in steady circles, and Tavian lowered his mouth over one nipple when I arched against Malek's chest. A soft croon escaped before I could stop it.
Luca kissed me while I stroked him, swallowing the sound I made when Malek added a second finger.
I was wet enough that my body took the extra stretch easily, but the fullness still pulled a shaky gasp from me.
Tavian joined Malek between my thighs, spreading me wider and gathering the slick running lower before circling his fingers against the sensitive skin behind me.
I was surrounded by hands and mouths. Malek's fingers filled me and curled against the place that made my hips jerk, Tavian moved from one breast to the other, and Luca's cock grew harder in my hand while his tongue moved against mine.
I knew who I wanted first.
“Luca, I want you inside me.” I told him as I broke the kiss and tightened my fingers around his cock, keeping my attention on his face.
“Come here.” Luca told me as he shifted onto his back and guided me toward him with both hands, the calm in his expression slipping when I moved over his hips.
I straddled him and positioned his cock myself. The head pressed slowly into me, stretching me open while Malek settled against my back and Tavian moved close enough to kiss my chest. Luca kept his hands on my hips but didn't push, letting me lower myself until I'd taken all of him.
The fullness made me stay still for several breaths while my body adjusted. Malek kissed across my shoulder, Tavian rubbed my clit with his thumb, and my croon continued quietly as I pressed both hands against Luca's chest.
“You feel good.” I told Luca as I started rocking my hips, feeling the muscles beneath my palms tighten.
“So do you.” Luca replied as his fingers closed more firmly around my waist, watching my face while I found the pace I wanted.
He let me control it at first. I lifted and sank slowly onto him, feeling his cock drag through my slick heat while Tavian worked my clit and Malek reached around me to cup one breast. When my movements became faster, Luca began meeting me, his hips rising beneath mine with firm thrusts that reached deeper without losing the controlled rhythm that was so completely him.
Tavian kissed me, and I wrapped one hand around his cock. Malek remained hard against my back, so I reached behind me with my other hand until I could stroke him too.
Luca's breathing became rougher when he looked down and saw both of my hands occupied.
“Evie.” Luca groaned my name as his hips drove upward harder and his fingers dug more firmly into my waist.
“I want all three of you.” I told Luca as Tavian's fingers returned to my clit and Malek pressed his mouth against my shoulder, my voice breaking around another croon.
Luca's knot began swelling against me several thrusts later.
The added thickness became more obvious each time he pushed forward, and instead of pulling away, I lowered myself harder.
“Luca, I want your knot.” I told him as the broadest part pressed against my entrance again, keeping my eyes on his so there was no question about the choice.
“Then take it.” Luca told me as his hands guided my next movement without forcing it, his voice rougher now.
I sank down.