Authors: Lynnette Bernard
Adrian stood and gently pulled Julia to her feet, kissing her cheek lightly as he tenderly covered her growing baby bump. Turning to Laurie, Colin reached forward and lifted his sleeping daughter into his arms.
“It was nice meeting you, Laurie,” he told her quietly, touching his daughter’s face gently as he spoke. “See you in the morning.”
Laurie nodded and smiled at them as they walked away, their arms around each other. She sighed sadly, wishing it had been that way for her. But it hadn’t been. Standing slowly, she turned away from the three of them to find both Jace and Jackson watching her silently.
“Do the majority of the people here end up in relationships of three people?” Laurie asked them curiously, not one hint of judgment in her voice.
“Yes, Laurie,” Jace answered her instantly, his voice strong. “Does that bother you?”
“Bother me?” Laurie asked, her brows furrowed in confusion. She hesitated briefly, wanting to choose the right words as she worked out exactly what she felt about these uncommon relationships. “No, it doesn’t bother me,” she answered slowly. “It’s just so different. But it seems to be right for them.”
“Yes, it is,” Jace agreed, the sureness in his voice never wavering. “It’s the way it should be.”
“I think so, too,” she agreed, looking back at the doorway that the happy family had just exited through. “I’m glad for them,” she admitted softly.
She turned toward Jace and Jackson and smiled sadly.
“How’s your shoulder?” she asked Jace, suddenly remembering his injury. The surprise on Jace’s face made her smile. She couldn’t help but laugh as she stepped closer to him. “I never forget anything,” she explained to him quietly, turning to Jackson to smile at him.
Jackson stood and walked toward her, unable to stop himself from being as close to her as he could. Jace turned in his chair and watched as Laurie made her way toward him. He couldn’t have spoken if his life had depended on it. Just the fact that she was looking at him and smiling as she came closer to him made his heart race. Her scent encompassed him, and he wanted nothing more than to pull her into his arms and kiss her senseless.
When her hand gently touched his shoulder, he closed his eyes and turned his face into her arm and breathed in deeply. When she laughed, he opened his eyes and looked up at her, embarrassed at having been caught.
“I know. I smell it, too. What is that smell? It smells so good.”
Laurie looked at Jackson and smiled as she caught him taking in a deep breath as well. “We’re all crazy!” Laurie laughed and reached up to wipe the tears from her cheeks. Taking another breath, she turned to walk away. “I’ll go get the liniment for you,” she told him as she left the room.
Jackson turned to Jace and was happy to see the look of contentment on his triad partner’s face. “She’s perfect for us, Jace,” he told him quietly. “She makes me smile all the time.”
Jace nodded and leaned back in his chair. “She’s already made the members of the pack feel comfortable with her. I would have never believed it if I hadn’t seen it.” He turned to Jackson and sighed. “They seek her out. It’s as if they know she’ll comfort them and accept them.”
“It’s amazing,” Jackson agreed. “Every moment we spend with her makes me calmer and more centered. My wolf is so calm, I can’t believe it. He actually purrs when she touches us.”
Jace stood up and began to unbutton his shirt. Pulling it from his body, he threw it on the chair behind him and reached down to grab the hem of his T-shirt, pulling it up and over his head to throw it on the chair as well.
“What are you doing?” Jackson asked him, smiling.
“Getting ready for Laurie to rub the liniment into my shoulder,” Jace told him, winking at him quickly and schooling his features as Laurie came back into the room.
She stumbled slightly as she walked through the doorway and saw Jace with no shirt on. The muscles upon muscles that graced his body made her mouth drop open in awe. Placing the tube of liniment on the side table near the couch, she stepped back and looked at both men before quickly lowering her eyes. “Use as much as you need,” she told Jace quietly, her face blushing hotly as she forced herself to look up at him. “Good night.”
With that, she turned and left the room as quickly as her legs could take her. She fought the urge to turn around and gaze at the stunning loveliness of his body. She wanted to touch him, kiss him, and lick every inch of his body. Once she made it to the stairway, she took the steps two at a time and quickly ran to her bedroom, closing the door behind her and locking it quickly. She leaned her back against the door and struggled to control her breathing.
Jackson turned to Jace and shook his head.
“Too much?” Jace teased, grinning devilishly.
Jackson burst out laughing, holding his side as he struggled to contain his laughter so Laurie wouldn’t hear him. He had never, in all the years he had known Jace, seen him so carefree and happy.
Yup. Laurie was just what they needed to bring joy into their lives.
Chapter 5
Jace leaned in and kissed the side of Laurie’s neck, opening his mouth and scraping his canines against her body where her neck met her shoulder. Laurie moaned and reached out to clasp her hands around his neck to pull him closer to her. He reached up and covered her mouth with his, coaxing her lips open to accept him, gently thrusting his tongue into her mouth and sweeping its sweetness, moaning his approval as she responded shyly with her own tongue.
One of his large hands was holding the back of her head as he leaned in to claim her mouth once again while the other swept her body to feel the silkiness of her skin and settle gently against her breast, circling her already taut nipple.
“
Laurie,” he moaned as his mouth left hers, and he trailed kisses down her body to her full breast before taking the rosy nipple into his mouth and sucking hard before laving it gently with his tongue.
“
Jace,” she gasped, her body arching up toward his touch. Wanting. Needing. “Please don’t stop,” she pleaded. “I need you.”
“
Oh, baby,” he groaned, laughing, his voice gruff with passion, “I have no intentions of stopping until you scream my name as you come.”
Laurie moaned and reached out to grip his head, threading her fingers through the silkiness of his black hair and pulling him back toward her breast. She lost herself in the sensations of his mouth suckling at her breast and his hands petting her body. She was floating in sensations as her body received such total gentleness and love.
Her legs were slowly parted, and she felt Jace kiss his way down to her inner thigh. She reached down and touched his head lovingly as he leaned back to look up at her.
“
I’ve been needing to taste you since the moment I saw you,” he whispered, gently spreading her lower lips to reveal the shiny pinkness that awaited him. She was already wet and ready for them, and he wanted to make her know the ecstasy that they would give her.
The moan that escaped her made him smile as his tongue took one long swipe from her delicate opening to her clit, humming in satisfaction at the glorious taste of her juices. His tongue speared deep inside her, and he pulled out to latch onto her clit and suck gently before biting down on it carefully.
Laurie’s hips lifted off the bed, and he smiled as she cried out his name. Jace chuckled and reached forward with his large hand to gently rub the swollen bud as Jackson inserted two fingers into her tight opening and curled them slightly to rub against the elusive spot inside her, his body pressing against her hip as he settled comfortably beside her. Laurie nearly shot off the bed at the explosion that shot through her body.
They slowed their movements to gently coax her down from her orgasm, kissing her face, her breasts, her stomach, as they soothed her. Moving as one, Jace settled between her legs and placed his cock at the entrance to her body, leaning in slightly so she could feel the pressure of the tip of his erection.
“
Do you want this, Laurie?” he asked her quietly, stilling all movement until she gave him permission to enter her body. “If you say yes, there’s no going back.” His voice was deep and serious. She looked up at him and saw the need in his face, but her eyes filled with tears at the love she also saw there. “If you say yes, you’ll be ours.”
She looked over at Jackson. He waited beside her on his knees as he watched them, his heavy cock hard and dripping with pre-cum. His eyes held a longing that stole her heart, and she saw the love he had for her shining back at her. Tears filled her eyes as she looked from Jackson to Jace, and she reached out to gently touch Jace’s face with her right hand and Jackson’s face with her left.
“
I love you both,” she whispered, her heart nearly breaking at the love she felt for both men. “Please make love to me. Make me yours.”
Jace covered her body with his, moaning against her neck as she took hold of his shaft and brought it to her waiting channel. He rocked into her in small increments, groaning at her tightness. It took every bit of effort to work his way into her body with careful thrusts, easing himself into her with a gentleness that would ensure he didn’t hurt her. She was so tight, so exquisite, he feared he would spill his seed before he even seated himself deep within her. Hearing her moan with pleasure as he pushed the last inch of his rock-hard cock into her, he had to stop and gather his control as he felt the tip of his shaft touch her womb. Pulling out gently, he surged back into her waiting warmth, making her moan in pleasure at the feel of him deep inside her.
He stilled, searching her face for any fear or pain, allowing her body the needed reprieve to relax and open to accommodate his size. Only when he felt her body grow pliant beneath him, did he start to move again. Each pull of his cock within her silky channel made the most erotic sounds escape her mouth. She canted her hips to take him deeper into her body. He leaned down to kiss her gently, picked himself up on his arms to get a better angle, then slowly rocked in and out of her body, groaning in ecstasy as her internal muscles gripped him as if she never wanted him to leave the warmth of her body.
Laurie moaned and turned to Jackson, reaching out to grab his cock and gently pull him toward her mouth. His length and girth were impressive, but Laurie was determined to take every inch of him. When he hit the back of her throat, she swallowed, and he moaned her name as he pet her hair and rocked slowly back and forth within the warm depths of her mouth.
Jace picked up speed and was thrusting harder with each inward stroke, wanting all of them to reach their fulfillment at the same time. Knowing he was about to come, he reached down between their bodies and stroked her clit quickly, putting pressure on it and pinching it lightly. She pulled Jackson’s cock from her mouth and screamed her climax, squeezing down on his cock and sending Jace over the abyss, pulling his orgasm from him. His cock pulsed repeatedly, sending surge after surge of his seed deep into her body to her waiting womb.
Jace collapsed against her, his breath coming in hard gasps as he held her against his chest, rubbing his face in the crook of her neck before kissing her pulse point and biting down gently. Her moan made him smile.
“
I love you, Mate,” he whispered in her ear, his voice heavy with emotion.
Laurie held him tightly, rubbing her hands up and down his back, her nails scoring him lightly as small tremors still shook her body. The rhythmic pulsing of his cock deep inside her made her smile as she felt the repeated release of his warm seed surge from him into her welcoming body.
“
I love you, Jace,” she whispered against his neck as she leaned in to kiss it tenderly.
He pulled back to look down at her with eyes sparkling with emotion that made her own eyes instantly fill with tears. He reached up and slowly brushed her hair from her eyes, leaning forward to kiss her forehead with exquisite care before leaning back to look down at her.
“
You are my heart and soul,” he whispered, his eyes shimmering with tears. “I thank the Fates that you have come into our lives.” He kissed her lips tenderly then moved slowly to gently pull from her body, smiling at the moan that escaped her at the loss of him. Laurie held him against her chest and turned to Jackson, smiling weakly up at him.