Sex Me Down (22 page)

Tianna Xander and Bonnie Rose Leigh

The strange voice in her head gave her pause.
Who are you?

You know who I am. Your sister told you I would
come to you. The universe needs your unique talents to
defeat the Banarts. Without you and your mates, all is
for naught. I must have you all.
Laynee nearly cried out with her frustration.
I
don’t think I can. I don’t know how to love. Not like
that.
I’m not who you want, who you need.
She paced across the room, her hands wrapped around her middle, trying to sort out the myriad feelings zinging through her.

Never fear, you know how to love these two men just
the way they each need to be loved. You are the only one
capable of it. Only you have the power to see deep into
these men’s souls. Only you can see their true worth.
This is your one chance at love, Laynee. At life. Do not
pass this up for fear or your need for safety. Remember,
the truly courageous are those who are frightened of the
unknown, yet do not allow that fear to stop them from
doing what they most want to do. You know you want
those two men. Your mind may lie to you but your
body and your heart never learned how to lie. Listen to
them.

Laynee stopped pacing and sighed. She wasn’t sure, but she suspected the voice was that of the Lady Goddess. Who would know more about what she was capable of than the Great Mother herself? She knew Laynee’s every strength, every weakness and still the Lady insisted that this was 40

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the one thing she was meant to do.

She turned back to the men sitting on her sofa and suppressed a smile. She knew one thing. She really needed to get Fane some clothes. He couldn’t seem to keep himself covered. She blushed and looked away when she remembered they could read her mind. Fane covered himself and they both held out their hands, inviting her to join them. Should she join them, or should she run for the relative safety of her bedroom? She looked from them to her bedroom door and gauged the distance. She was sure she could make it. Turning back to the two drop dead gorgeous men sitting in her living room, she sighed and turned her back on her room. She wanted this. She wanted
them
and the only way to have them was to agree to the claiming. Swallowing around the lump in her throat she gathered her courage around her like a blanket, lifted her chin and approached her mates.

* * * *

Sayre swallowed thickly.
Do you see that, Fane? She
wears her courage like a badge. It shimmers around her,
keeping her warm in its embrace.
Fane’s eyes widened.
Is that what that is? I see the
magic surrounding her. I’m not sure she’s aware she
does that. It makes her even more beautiful than before
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