Chapter Forty-One
The first one to speak was Merrick. “You're really ours.”
“I am. And you're mine.” I grinned and pulled him into a kiss.
With a growl, Braxen pulled me away from Merrick and into his arms. That amazing lightness in my chest spread, becoming delicious tingles. I pressed myself against him and moaned. It was hard to believe that it was all over. An ending to a fucked up relationship that had lasted centuries, and a beginning to one that would last far longer. Or do I count it as three relationships?
“Hey now, don't hog our mate,” Rune said in a teasing tone.
I turned to Rune with a soft smile, and he gathered me in his arms, picked me up, and walked away with me.
“What were you saying about hogging her?” Merrick asked as he chased after us.
“I'm only moving this to the bedroom,” Rune said. “Unless you wanted our first time with our mate to be on the floor.”
“The fuck it will,” Brax said.
I looked over Rune's broad shoulder to see the other two men stripping. It should have made me nervous. Three men at once. But our bond was a brightness inside me that couldn't be dimmed. I felt their love through it and that love told me that nothing we did together would be awkward or painful or shameful. Excitement shimmered through me, drenching my sex.
Merrick breathed in deeply, his head lifting and eyes closing. “Fuck, she's in heat.”
“We're the hounds, not her,” Rune said. “Women don't go into heat.”
“I don't know.” I nuzzled Rune's cheek. “I'm feeling pretty hot right now.”
Rune chuckled as we entered the master bedroom—a huge room done in the same style as the others, just with bolder, darker furniture. The bed was big enough for five, making me wonder what Hades and Persephone got up to in it. I guess you could never have enough space.
An ocean breeze came in through the open window but the sunlight was fading so Merrick turned on the bedside lamp. It gave the perfect golden glow that poured a molten metal hue over his naked body. Rune laid me down on the bed, then stood back to undress. Braxen and Merrick moved in to either side of him.
Mouth watering, I climbed to my knees and slowly pulled up the hem of my dress. Rune was already onto his pants, but he paused when I reached the apex of my thighs. I teased him, pausing as well, then went up an inch. All three of them gasped to see that I wasn't wearing panties. The garter belt and stockings frame my sex. Three stares locked on my dark curls and hungry growls erupted from masculine throats. Brax and Merrick crawled onto the bed, their cocks bobbing below them.
I took my time lifting my dress, partially because I was enjoying the view of Merrick and Braxen. I loved having a full spectrum of physiques before me. Merrick's sleekness was just as appealing as Braxen's thickness. And his cock was the opposite of Braxen's too—the longest of the three while Braxen's was the thickest, leaving Rune as my Goldilocks. The thought made me grin. Instead of three bears, I had three men with golden locks.
At last, I pulled my dress off and tossed it aside, revealing my red lace bra. It was too much for Braxen. Like waving a red flag in front of a bull. He pounced, taking me down to the bed beneath him. I cried out in delight, my legs automatically parting around his solid waist. With a growl, he took my mouth, his tongue conquering first, then teasing.
Our sexes aligned, his parting mine to rub up and down, slicking himself in my desire. But other hands touched me too, and I found myself reaching for Rune and Merrick. They closed in around us, kissing my throat and breasts. I cried out into Braxen's mouth when Merrick latched onto my right breast and tongued my nipple. It seemed to have a direct line to my core, shooting tingles down to meet the magic Braxen was making. I arched up into Merrick's mouth and broke free from Brax to kiss Rune.
The men moved harmoniously, and I knew why. I could feel their intentions and pleasure. I knew Braxen was going to enter me seconds before he gripped his cock and angled it into position. Feeling an urgent need to look at him as we joined, I pulled away from Rune. Braxen's stare met mine, and he gently slid in.
All four of us moaned as Braxen's flesh merged with mine. I opened my eyes to see Rune and Merrick writhing, and they weren't even touching themselves.
“Can you feel what he feels?” I asked.
“Yes,” Merrick said.
“He's letting us in,” Rune added.
“Well, I still want you to feel more.” I grabbed Merrick's cock and started pumping it while I turned my head toward Rune.
Rune was already getting to his knees, a wicked grin on his face. His eyes flashed pale green in the low light, just as the sun made its farewell. One of his hands swept back my hair as the other held his cock out to me. A lick of my lips and then he was mine.
Again, the three men cried out together. Braxen slammed as deep as he could get, his grip on my hips lifting me off the bed as he too got to his knees. Merrick joined them so that the three of them surrounded me at that raised level. This proved useful when I switched from Rune's cock to Merrick's.
The taste of Merrick's cock sent thrills racing down my spine. I'd been craving it since our first time together. He hit the back of my throat and eased back so he wouldn't choke me. I loved him for that, but once he was comfortably in me, I grabbed his hip and pulled, urging him to thrust. A look down at me, and then Merrick gently pumped. Yeah, this was a man who knew his size and what it could do to a woman. Bigger isn't always better.
But I wanted all of him. I loosened my throat and moved forward to meet his thrusts, taking him as deep as possible.
“Oh, fuck,” Merrick moaned. “She's taking all of me.”
“Fuck, Lo,” Rune said as he massaged my breast. “You look beautiful sucking his cock. Keep going, sweetheart.”
I sucked my way off Merrick and tried to go back to Rune. But he was already sliding beneath me while Braxen and Merrick lifted me. Working together, they got me positioned on Rune's muscular body, his arms anchoring me to his chest, all while Braxen continued to slowly thrust. The feel of Rune's pebbled nipples against my back sent another round of shivers through me. I knew what was coming and couldn't wait to experience what it would be like to have three men inside me at once.
“Hold on.” Merrick left the bed and went into the bathroom. He made a triumphant sound and returned with a bottle of lube. “I knew Hades wouldn't let us down.”
He poured a little into his hand, and Braxen pulled out so that Merrick could reach between Rune and me. I gasped as Merrick trailed his thumb through my sex on the way down, then he rubbed the cool liquid over my rear entrance, circling me there before he slipped a finger into me.
“Hurry up,” Rune growled.
“I need to prepare her,” Merrick growled back.
“No fighting,” I said with a chuckle. “We have forever to love each other.”
“Yes, Ma'am,” Rune drawled and kissed my neck. “I'm just eager to get into you.”
I sighed as Merrick pumped deeper, then hooked his finger to stretch my muscles. “Oh, Merrick. That's perfect.”
“You see?” Merrick said to Rune. “I know what she needs.”
“So do I,” Rune said. “And she needs me inside her.”
“Fine.” Merrick removed his hand to wipe the residue on the sheets.
I snorted to see that, but then Rune was pushing at my back entrance, and the delicious feeling of his flesh stretching me brought on another moan. I pushed back, helping him enter, and then he was pumping, getting deeper and deeper with every thrust, filling my channel. Meanwhile, Braxen took the opportunity to rub my clit, his stare roaming my charms, out on full display. Merrick moved back into place beside my head, and as I turned to him and opened my mouth, Braxen lowered his head to my sex. I cried out just as Merrick slipped over my tongue, bliss hitting me from all directions. I was enveloped in pleasure.
The sensations of Rune pumping into my back channel and Merrick taking my mouth melded with Braxen frantically licking my rosebud to cause an explosion that rippled through me. Body writhing and twitching, I screamed, the sound only partially muffled by Merrick's thrusts. Before the climax faded, Braxen rose to his knees and entered me, taking me right back to the top.
My thighs went into spasm and my orgasm magnified tenfold. But even as I came, I wanted more. So, I tightened my lips around Merrick, urging him to keep pumping, willing all of them to not stop. Please, don't stop.
They didn't.
Through my climax, my mates kept thrusting, Braxen's big thumb circling my clit as Merrick's hand massaged my breasts, going back and forth between the two. Rune kept his arms locked tightly around my waist, using his grip to pull himself up and into me, over and over while he nuzzled and nibbled my neck.
Rolling pleasure eased back enough for me to take a breath, my orgasm finally receding. But then it was rising again. Ecstasy said fuck you to taking a break, only bitches did that, and brought me right back into wild lust. The feeling of being filled by all three of them was more blissful than expected, turning me into a wanton madwoman. I clawed at them. Growled. Demanded more around Merrick's pumping flesh.
“I can't last much longer,” Braxen grunted.
“She's nearly there,” Merrick panted. “Just a little . . . longer.”
He was right. A few seconds later, I went into ridiculous twitches again, flopping on Rune as I grabbed anything I could hold onto to steady myself. The blasts of pleasure sent my eyes rolling back and my hips moving like the pistons of a car going a hundred miles an hour. I sped down that rapturous road and over the edge, down into a ravine where I hit bottom and went up in flames.
But I didn't stop sucking at Merrick. I couldn't. I knew he would follow me, and I wanted to taste him. So I focused on his flesh even as I fell, and sure enough, Merrick locked up, hips forward but a hand clenched around his base so he wouldn't choke me. His free hand gripped my hair to hold me to him as he filled my mouth. With glee, I drank him down.
As I gulped, Rune gave a shout, and Braxen roared. They forgot their sexy seesawing to slam into me together. So full. I had never felt this complete. Strong hands gripped me as flesh pulsed inside me, releasing over and over again. I took all they had to offer, then lay back in a breathless puddle, panting as I stared up at Braxen. He grinned and eased out of me, then rolled to the side. Merrick pulled free next, then helped me off Rune, who turned to the side to ease me onto the bed between him and Brax.
We lay there, panting and blissful. Then Rune started to laugh. His laughter spread to Braxen and Merrick. I looked left and right, frowning.
“Sorry, Lo,” Rune said. “I just didn't expect it to be this fucking mind-blowing. I knew it would be good, but there was no way I could have prepared for this.”
“Me either,” Merrick said. “To be honest, I wasn't sure if I'd enjoy sharing a woman.”
“She's our mate,” Braxen said simply as he nuzzled my neck. His hand wandered to my breast to idly play with my nipple. Then his mouth followed.
“I don't know if I'm ready for round two yet,” I said.
Braxen lifted his head to say, “I want to suck your tits while I wait.”
The crude words sent a fresh wave of delight through me. “Okay, now I'm ready.”
The men chuckled in low, sexy rumbles as they closed in.