Authors: Lynnette Bernard
When he pulled back, her breath was coming hard and fast. There was no doubt of the passion he felt for her. She looked up at him in total shock. When she turned to look at Jackson, his brown eyes flashed the same golden color and held the same feral look of desire. Before she could speak, his mouth descended over hers, and he kissed her with such passion, she barely had time to breathe.
“Laurie, you’re our triad mate.” Jace spoke finally, looking to Jackson briefly before turning to pin her with his stare. “You are more than a friend, more than a lover. You are the heart of our joining. You are the keeper of our souls. Never doubt that we desire you. There hasn’t been a moment since we first set eyes on you that we haven’t wanted to wrap our arms around you and protect you and bury ourselves deep within your body until you scream out our names. It just is, honey.”
Laurie’s eyes went wide at Jace’s words.
He wanted her? They wanted her? They wanted her as a lover, and not just a friend? Was that possible?
The vision he painted in her mind of him buried deep inside her made her womb clench and her sex gush with arousal.
Jackson growled and leaned in to kiss her just as passionately as Jace had. “We can smell how your body readies itself for us, Laurie.” He leaned against her and allowed her to feel the steel hardness of his cock as it rubbed against her hip. “Are you going to tell me you aren’t wet for us?”
Laurie blushed and looked away from his intense gaze, unable to look at either man. “I can’t help it,” she whispered finally. “I don’t understand it, but I can’t deny that I want to be with you both. There are so many things that I want to do to you.”
Jace laughed and leaned his body against hers, allowing her to feel his own hard cock against her right hip. “Baby, we want to do so many things to you, too. You were destined to be ours. We will never want another woman. We will never desire another woman, Laurie. Just you.” Jace’s voice was deep with sincerity.
Jace, tell her our secret.
Jace nodded and reached out to brush the soft lock of hair that rested against Laurie’s cheek. “There’s something else you need to know, honey.”
Laurie looked at him silently, knowing that he was preparing to tell her something important. She could feel the tension radiating from him. Without thought, she reached up and rubbed her hand across his cheek, her thumb rubbing below his ear as she reached behind his neck to massage the tension from him gently.
“Jace, I can feel your worry,” she told him quietly. “Please don’t worry.”
Jace smiled down at her, looking at Jackson briefly before leaning forward to kiss her lips lightly.
She’s able to sense my emotions, Jackson. When we claim her, she’ll be able to share our ability to communicate with each other telepathically even though she’s human. I just know it.
I agree, Jace. The way she can share her dreams with us has to be a part of the abilities we’ll share. There’s no other explanation. She’s definitely our alpha female. Now we just have to convince her without scaring her.
“Laurie, Jackson and I have an ability to talk to each other in our minds,” he told her finally. “We’ve been able to do this since we were teenagers. We’ll be able to do the same with you once we claim you.”
Laurie looked from one man to the other. The ability that they said they shared didn’t scare her. She truly believed that such things were possible. She had a close bond with her father before he died. They were able to know when the other was upset, and she often found herself calling him when she thought he needed her. He did the same, often calling her when she was suffering through the abuse of her marriage.
“Why do you think that I’ll share that ability?” she asked finally.
She accepts what we say without question.
The happiness that filled Jace at Laurie’s belief in his statement was palpable. He felt Jackson’s hand on his back as his beta reached out to center him. He knew that Jackson felt it, too.
She’s not going to be happy when she hears why we think that, Jace.
I know.
“Laurie, when you were sleeping yesterday, you had a dream about the three of us,” Jace told her quietly. “We both experienced your dream while we were sleeping.”
The horror that crossed Laurie’s face was immediate. She couldn’t stop the whimper that escaped her as she tried to pull out of their embrace. When they both tightened their arms around her, she began to fight in earnest.
“Please, honey,” Jace whispered against the side of her face. “Don’t get upset.”
“Sharing that dream with you was unbelievable,” Jackson tried to soothe her.
“Oh my God!” Laurie sobbed, covering her face with her hands. Embarrassment didn’t even begin to cover the utter humiliation she was experiencing.
“Laurie, seeing you making love to us in your dream was the most erotic thing I have ever experienced,” Jace told her, his voice deep with desire. “What you dreamed is exactly what Jackson and I want with you every day for the rest of our lives.” He reached up and gently pulled her hands away from her face, revealing the anguish in her tear-filled eyes.
She looked at him in such total humiliation that his heart ached for her. When she turned to look at Jackson with fear, he knew they had to do something to prove to her that she was exactly what they wanted and needed.
“We’ve never heard of any triad mates being able to share dreams before, but then again, we’ve never heard of any triad partners being able to communicate mentally before a mating bond had been made. Since Jackson and I have been able to do that since we were fourteen, it only makes sense that our abilities with you would begin once we met you.” Jace looked down at her and smiled gently. “And we loved every minute of your dream.”
Laurie looked from one man to the next, unsure what to do or say. “You don’t think there’s something wrong with me for wanting you both?” she barely whispered. “Isn’t that wrong of me to fantasize about that?”
“Baby, if that’s your fantasy, we can only thank the Fates that we’re a part of it,” Jackson told her, smiling. “If you could have seen what your dream did to us both, you wouldn’t be questioning the rightness of what you want with us. We want the same with you.”
At Jace’s deep laughter, Laurie looked at him and couldn’t help but smile at him. “What happened to you both?” she asked, trying to remain serious.
“We were sleeping when you had your dream,” he told her quietly, his blue eyes twinkling. “When we all came in your dream, Jackson and I did the same in our sleep.”
Laurie’s eyes got huge. “You did?”
Jackson laughed and leaned in to kiss her lips gently. “Oh, honey, we came so hard, we were soaked in our seed, and our hearts were racing. We barely held ourselves back from breaking into your bedroom and making your dream a reality.”
“See, honey,” Jace told her, his voice comforting, “your dream being projected to us was just another clue that you were our destined mate. We wouldn’t be able to share your dreams with you unless you were the third in our triad.”
“The fact that we’re able to do that before we’ve actually claimed you makes us know that our bond is stronger than any other triad mating has ever been. And what we share will only get better and stronger.” Jackson reached up to take her hand in his and bring it to his mouth, palm up, to kiss her lightly before nuzzling his cheek into the softness of her caress.
Jace pulled her into his arms and kissed her neck gently, opening his mouth to bite down carefully, using every bit of his control to hold back his wolf from claiming her. “Please say you’ll stay with us and be our mate,” he whispered.
Jackson leaned in and kissed her temple gently, pulling back to look at her with such open desire and want, it took her breath away. “We’ll be good mates for you, honey. And we’ll make sure you know you’re loved and wanted every day of your life.”
That was it for Laurie. To have them offer her exactly what she wanted and needed in her life. To know that they would soothe her deepest secret sorrows. And to know that they desired her as much as she desired them was more than she could have ever hoped for. Could she take the chance?
“Laurie.” Jace pulled her attention back to him. “You’re exactly what we want and need. You call to our minds and our hearts. Please accept us.”
Laurie looked at both men, fear and indecision warring within her. She didn’t want to walk away from them and the life of love and happiness that they were offering her.
“I want to,” she whispered, looking at both men with open longing in her eyes. She wanted to belong to them. She wanted it so badly, she felt a pain deep in her chest.
Jace closed his eyes and said a prayer of thanks to the Fates that she was at least willing to entertain the idea of mating with them. He leaned in and rested his head against Laurie’s cheek. He could feel Jackson move in beside her to do the same.
“We need to mark you with our scents so no one will mistake just who you belong to.” Jace’s voice had a growl to it that made Laurie’s heart race with longing.
Her brow furrowed in confusion. “What do you mean?” Her voice was soft and gentle, stroking against him, causing Jace’s cock to pulse with need.
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, inhaling her sweet scent deep inside himself. That was it. He was lost to her. Leaning forward he kissed her gently one last time then removed himself from the bed to stand beside it. He began to unbutton his shirt, his gaze never leaving hers.
Laurie’s eyes widened as Jace pulled the black flannel shirt from his body, reaching down for the hem of his white T-shirt and pulling it over his head to throw it carelessly on the floor somewhere behind him. His body was glorious. His chest was broad and muscled, a scattering of black hair dusted his firm and muscled torso, causing her body to clench with arousal. When he began to unbuckle his belt and slowly unbuttoned and unzipped the fly of his jeans, she felt her sex gush with fluid at her immediate need of him.
She felt the bed move and turned her head to watch Jackson remove himself from the bed to stand next to Jace, unbuttoning his shirt and pulling it from his body. Laurie crawled to a kneeling position, sitting back on her heels as she watched the two gorgeous men before her. Their movements seemed to flow together. Neither one hurried, but she could tell they were holding themselves under control with great determination.
“Baby, take off your clothes,” Jace told her, his voice deep with need.
“You mean our clothes.” Jackson laughed gently, reaching out to lift the hem of the flannel shirt that belonged to Jace and tug at the T-shirt that belonged to him.
Laurie blushed lightly. Jace and Jackson both growled at her shyness, wanting to hold her against them until she wasn’t afraid anymore.
“I don’t know why, but I feel safe when I have your smell surrounding me,” Laurie explained, unable to stop herself. “Stupid, huh?”
Jackson leaned forward and caressed her cheek lightly, tipping her face gently until she looked up at him. “No, darlin’,” he assured her. “It’s the way of mates.”
Laurie smiled as happiness stole its way through her chest. She stopped speaking as she saw them both kick off their boots then bend to push their jeans and boxer briefs down their legs and step out of their clothing. They stood facing her without an ounce of embarrassment. Their bodies screamed power, and she appreciated the beauty of them. Lowering her gaze, her breath caught in her throat as she looked at their fully aroused and weeping cocks.
Unable to stop herself, she moved toward them, reaching out and gently caressing their heavy sacs, closing her eyes as desire overcame her at the feel of the delicate orbs inside them. At the sound of their moans, she opened her eyes and smiled up at them, removing her hands from their balls to take hold of each of their impressive lengths to stroke them gently. Her grip tightened as she pulled up on their shafts, wetness gushing from between her legs at the erotic feeling of touching them both. Her hand couldn’t quite close around their girths, and despite the worry that they could never fit inside of her, she sighed with desire. She couldn’t wait to feel them deep inside of her.