Hunter shrugged his shoulders and stared at her with the same stupid, self-satisfied smile plastered on his face, and then he kissed her, taking her breath away. “Not bad. What do you think Bryan, can she handle both of us?”
“Oh, you two think you were that good—”
Hunter opened his eyes wide. “You did compare us to deities—”
“It was a figure of speech, something one screams in the throes of passion. You can’t hold me to anything I said in the heat of the moment.”
Okay, so maybe she promised to do anything for them if they just didn’t stop touching her. Maybe she had sobbed out their names, along with a few expletives, several vows…and yes…she had compared them to a couple of virile gods.
“All right!” she admitted. “You were good.” They cocked their heads at her. “Great. You were excellent,” she sighed.
Too late. She wondered how to keep their heads from swelling. Both men were pretty self-confident as it was. When she saw the expressions on their faces change, she understood how much her approval meant to them, and her heart melted. They’d brought her so much satisfaction. Their response put a different twist to her plans.
“I see you’re pretty proud of yourselves. Now it’s my turn.” She rubbed her hands together like she was ready to take on a challenge. “I’m going to make you boys scream with pleasure until you come harder and longer than you ever have.”
She wished she had a camera to document the looks on their faces. Bryan’s eyes went all heavy lidded and seductive. But, beneath the surprise on Hunter’s face, she detected a slight challenge. His lips curled in a questionable smirk. “Bring it on, babe. I’ll bet fifty you’re screaming first. Right, Bryan?”
“Sucker bet, Hunter. Don’t make it,” Bryan warned with his hands raised in surrender. “Been there. Done that. Can’t wait to go there again. I know she can make good on her threat. She’s made me shout out more than a few times,” Bryan admitted with a laugh.
“How hard did she make you come?”
“Don’t ask!”
“You were younger then.”
“Not really. It was just yesterday she had me hollering like a teenage boy. Besides, she has the advantage now because I can’t live without her. Forget it, Hunter. I’m not taking your bet. I’ve been aching for her for five fucking years. Instead of whacking off into my right hand when I come, I’m looking forward to being buried inside her tight, hot pussy for the rest of my life.”
“Well, we’ll see,” Lacey mumbled and started to turn aside.
Bryan cupped her face in both his hands, forcing her to look up at him. Rubbing a thumb across her lower lip, he lowered his head to her lips. The kiss was soft and tender and his words sounded worried when he asked, “What’s the matter, sweetheart?”
No matter how much she wanted this, there was something painful about believing he only wanted her because of their past promises and the bond.
“If you hadn’t bound me to you five years ago, you’d have been having sex with other women all this while. Do you think you’d still want me as much?”
“It was never just about the sex. I asked you to marry me before I knew.” Bryan leaned his head against her forehead and closed his eyes for a moment before he opened them and stared straight at her. “Lacey, I love you. Always have. Don’t make this sound like we don’t have other choices. We chose each other then, and I’d choose you again.”
“Just checking.” She tried to smile back at him in a non-committal way, but the anticipation of pleasure soared straight into both their minds and she winked at him instead.
She turned to his brother and taunted him. “Hmm, so, Hunter, you don’t think I can bring you to your knees, begging for release?”
“You’ll have to prove it.”
The challenge in his grin said she’d have to prove herself to him. The sparkle in his eyes told her he’d enjoy her efforts.
“Here’s my final warning. I may not have had a relationship with anyone since Bryan, but the studies I’ve done with the biological sexual practices of Southwestern mammals has been excellent research. All was applicable to humans.”
Hunter had the nerve to laugh. Maybe that was his most engaging characteristic—his lightheartedness. There was definitely something uniquely appealing about him. What she felt towards him was completely different from what she felt for Bryan—not less—just different. Perhaps later she’d examine those differences in greater detail.
She spent years studying Southwestern mammals. After learning everything there was to know about them, she refocused her studies, comparing their reproductive methods with humans. Part of those studies included comparing sexual pleasure. There were many ways to hold off or induce an orgasm. Hunter was going to force her hand to make her point.
“Ready, Hunter? I’m very good at my job.”
“Bring it on. Even if I lose, I win.”
“We all win,” Bryan said, as she pointedly walked toward the bed.
“Three can play this game.”
After their shower, Lacey said, “Let me make love to you both, again.”
She’d sworn not to let emotions wreck great sex but she was happy to admit her feelings for Hunter were more than sex—more than the bond.
Hunter ran a finger across her bottom lip. “Don’t think about that or anything. Just this.” His lids lowered sensually as he took her lips with his. Bryan joined them, wrapping his arms around her, and kissed her neck.
That’s when the bond clicked like a lock around her heart. She felt it and gasped.
“What?” Hunter tilted her chin up and gazed deep into her eyes.
“Yes, making love is exactly what this is,” she said and kissed them. First Bryan, then Hunter. “I love you both. I need you both. I can’t live without either of you.” She squeezed them tightly and released them. “And everything feels right when I’m in your embrace.”
Hunter took her hand. “Then let’s always make love,” he suggested as he picked Lacey up and headed to the bed. Bryan was already there waiting with the sheets pulled down.
“Thanks, Bryan, for being able to accept this.” When Hunter put Lacey down beside his brother, he stared at her for a long moment before he spoke. “I can’t believe I’m so lucky. I swear I fell in love with you the first day I saw you.”
“I think Bryan suspected that. You knew then we were meant to be together, didn’t you, Hunter?
He nodded. “I tried to fight it, but how would I have lived without you, Lacey?”
“You don’t have to.” She took his hand and pulled him toward her. He laughed as he toppled onto the bed on top of her. She ran her hands over his chest and kissed her way up his neck.
“Mmm. After we make love together, can we shift? Will you show me how to hunt jaguar?” Lacey asked.
“Yes, you vindictive female. We guarantee you’ll find closure for your father’s death.”
Hunter said, “There’s one more thing we should do to complete the bond.”
He gave Bryan a telling look, leaving Lacey looking confused. “More?”
“Our lions want to claim our lioness,” Bryan explained. His voice went low and gravelly, the lion already affecting him.
Her eyes opened wide with surprise. “You mean we’ll… You want to…?”
“We’ll mate with you after our shift. My lion is aching to cover you.”
Hunter warned her, “It won’t be making love, Lacey.”
“It will be a claiming,” Bryan said. “Are you ready for that?”
A stirring within her told her yes. Her lioness was intrigued by the idea of the dominant males taking her and claiming her. “As long as you admit I claimed you both first.”
“Then let the lovemaking begin,” Hunter shouted, pulling Lacey into an embrace.
“Wait, Hunter. I have something to ask Bryan first.” She moved over and cupped Bryan’s face in her hands. “Bryan? Tell me you’re okay sharing my love with Hunter. I have to be sure.”
“No, Lacey. Love can’t be shared. It’s given completely. By loving Hunter you won’t be loving me any less. You’ll be loving Hunter. He’s my brother and I love him, too. I can’t watch him go through what I’ve been going through living without you for these past five years.” A low growl made his words sound almost mournful.
“That’s a beautiful way to look at it, Bryan,” she said, as she crawled up his legs. “Sorry I doubted your motives.” She scooted down his body and licked her lips. When she reached his groin, she bent to kiss him between his thighs, bringing his balls to her lips, one at a time. “Forgive me?”
Bryan flipped her on her back and straddled her with his stiff cock poking into her belly before she knew what hit her. “Not yet.” His growl sounded more playful than threatening. “You can make it up to me later.”
“Promise?” she asked.
“Promise!” Bryan laughed then he kissed down Lacey’s neck to her shoulders, and lower. He took turns flicking the tips of both of her nipples with his tongue while Hunter moved higher and kissed her lips with a newfound passion.
“Mmm, decadent. Your lips taste like honey.”
“You know what’s really delicious?” Bryan asked. “Try her sweet cream filling. Since she transformed, she tastes like dessert all the time. Can’t decide which I like more, her mouth or her pussy.”
“Hmm, that may be a challenging dilemma. Spread your thighs so I can make my own decision,” Hunter said.
“Now, boys,” she said. “There’s no rush.” Lacey giggled. “We have the rest of our lives to argue over my tastiest assets.” After she rumbled a purr, she added, “And yours.”
As Bryan and Hunter switched positions, Hunter suckled at her breast before moving to her navel and then on to her short, clipped mound, making her gasp at his first touch. He grinned. “I’m undecided. Her tummy tastes good, too. Might have to taste this.” Burying his face at her entrance, his tongue whipped across her clit before he lapped at her pussy lips.
Lacey groaned and arched into his mouth. Tremors of pleasure wracked her torso.
“And this.” He licked her clit with a long thorough swipe, sending ripples of ecstasy through her body.
“Mmm…and this.” His voice grew deeper with his desire and vibrated across Lacey’s last nerve. She trembled beneath him as he separated her folds with his fingers before he drove into her with his rough tongue.
She whimpered against Bryan’s lips as she pressed her center against Hunter’s mouth while she gripped his hair in one hand. Spreading her legs wider, she angled her hips higher to give Hunter better access. Any more and she’d explode.
She cupped her breast as an offering to Bryan when he released her lips. Holding his head to her breast, she watched as he suckled and teased her nipple, turning fingers of desire into heat that spread rapidly through her and melted her insides.
Hunter worked her pussy with his mouth and his fingers, licking and sucking her clit until her orgasm threatened. The pressure inside her built like a smoldering volcano. With a gentle tug at her nipple, Bryan helped Hunter send her over that pleasurable cliff, and Lacey collapsed beneath them, boneless.
She refused to allow her old standards to influence this moment. If Bryan was okay sharing her with his brother, who was she to object? Especially on the heels of the best orgasm she’d ever experienced. A blanket of comfort enveloped her in the form of two male bodies, two men she loved and cared for, and Lacey sighed, content for the first time in a long time. The years of loneliness would have been worth every minute if she could have these two attentive men loving her for a lifetime.
Two men. Thomas would smile with glee when he discovered she’d gone over to the dark side and was in a committed ménage relationship. And the girls? They would be proud to discover she could do some kink after all. Friends like hers were always supportive, and knowing they wouldn’t care if they found out she was a part-time mountain lioness set Lacey’s mind at ease.
Bryan smiled at Lacey. “Ready?” he asked.
“For what?”
“This.” He crawled on top of her and shifted.
When she looked up into the incredible rare smile of the powerful mountain lion, she wasn’t afraid. His pale golden eyes lined with ebony looked down at her. Bryan was breathtakingly beautiful in any form. And Hunter lightened her heart as no one ever could.
And sexy. Don’t forget how sexy I am.
Lacey’s shift took a little more effort.
I love you.
Me, too.
Hunter joined them.
Me, three.
Lacey followed Bryan and Hunter out the back door into the cool night air, and when the full moon lit up the western sky, the three unusually large mountain lions raced into the hills.
THE END
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Eliza March writes erotic romance, both contemporary and paranormal with an emphasis on plot and character. Encouraged by her husband of over forty-five years and their children and grandchildren, in the past few years, she has developed a loyal fan base for her series, characters, and stories.
An average day includes a little exercise, some social media, then writing, and editing. Writing groups, mentoring, and critique groups play an important part in Ms. March’s commitment to writing. She is a member of RWA and is active in her local Florida chapter, TARA.