chapter Twenty-Seven
Cami came slowly awake. She felt warm, almost too warm. Solid, muscled bodies pressed against hers. She’d gotten used to that in the last few days. Today, the arms around her felt a little tighter. She nuzzled her cheek against the chest beneath her head. Relishing the skin to skin contact, it took her a moment to realize that she was naked. She stiffened. The last thing she remembered was falling onto the bed, not taking off her clothes. Opening her eyes, she found herself staring into brilliant green eyes. She blinked at the intense emotion burning there.
Raising her hand, she brushed her fingers over his cheek. She frowned and tried to remember what caused that depth of feeling. It took her groggy mind a moment to remember what had happened before she’d gone to sleep. The kitchen, Laed and the magic that resulted in her deep, dreamless sleep.
“About time you decided to wake up.” Linc’s arms tightened around her, pulling her closer. “I didn’t get much sleep last night.”
“And since you’re glaring at me, I’d guess that’s my fault.” She licked her lips as she remembered Tyson and Lana’s words about them being furious.
Linc’s eyebrows lowered ominously over the hardening green gems of his eyes. “Yes.”
“Not the best time to wake up in a provoking mood, i’ma.” Colm’s arms tugged her back against him as Linc released her.
Colm nuzzled her hair away from her neck. His mouth moved along her neck, brushing soft kisses along the column before making his way down. Licking her lips, she tilted her head a bit to give him room. His teeth grazed over her shoulder. She shivered and pressed back against him. A sharp nip followed the stinging carress. She yelped and tried to draw away, but he held her right where he wanted her. She had a feeling if the herbal drug had faded a little more, he might be holding on with his teeth as well as arms.
“It was just a question, not actually meant to provoke.” She turned her head a little to glare at the man as her hand rubbed at the abused skin.
His lips brushed her fingertips. “Well, you succeeded in doing that anyway. We’re very tense right now, so perhaps it would be a good time to practice a little restraint or we might just try it.”
“Try what?” Maybe it was because she’d just woken up, but she’d obviously missed something. That last part confused her.
Linc chuckled drawing her attention to him. “Restraint, rah’ki. Specifically, restraining you.”
“It would at least keep you where you’d probably be safe.” Colm’s voice roughened to a growl.
“This is the part where you yell at me for—whatever you feel I did wrong.” She wasn’t going to give them any ideas. From the things Tyson and Lana had said, they didn’t need help. She’d ask them about that “haven” later.
“Whatever we feel you did wrong?” Linc raised an eyebrow. “You know why we’re angry, at least part of it. I know Tyson talked to you about it.”
“Yeah, he talked to me a little bit before the tiredness really took away the ability to concentrate.” She shrugged, but then gave what she hoped was a confident smile. “He said you’d be angry because using my magic in that way left me vulnerable afterward. I’ll admit that I wouldn’t have been able to stand against a light breeze. The other women took care of Laed, so I didn’t need to.”
Colm growled and urged her into a sitting position. He put his hands on her shoulders and turned her to face him. “The fact that the only one hurt was Laed does not diminish the fact that you put yourself in danger.”
“I wasn’t going to hide in some room and let him kill another woman.” She poked her finger against his chest. “Laed would have slit her throat open without a thought. At least I could delay him long enough to think of something to do or for help to get there. Which happened at about the same time as what I did.”
“The results and reasons don’t matter. You shouldn’t have left the room. You shouldn’t have confronted him. The chatar should have tied you to the chair instead of giving you advice on what to do.” Linc’s voice drew her attention. The mattress shifted and she turned her head to look at him. He stalked around the end of the bed and stood to the right of where Colm sat.
“Do you think I did that because I thought I’d be able to take him down and save everyone and be the hero?” She pushed at Colm’s arms, trying to get him to release her, but his hands didn’t budge. She growled in frustration and shook her head. “It was the only way to keep them safe long enough for someone to do something. At that point, I didn’t care if he got away or not. Do you think I wanted to be the cause of a massacre in your Thent?”
“Do you think we want to chance losing you?” Colm pulled her close in an almost suffocating hug. “You kept everyone alive. We’re thankful that you did. We’re even proud of what you managed to do. Not everyone can do that. But we’re still furious. If we hadn’t had to wait, your butt would be red and stinging.”
Her eyes ran over his face. He seemed serious about that last part. There was a time when that threat might have sent her running. Now, arousal stirred low in her belly. She wondered if they could be distracted from their anger if they did plan to do that.
“And could I persuade you not to spank me?” She grinned up at Colm, a little relieved that they weren’t as angry as she’d thought they would be.
“This time, but next time…” His voice trailed off and he released her, but she barely registered it as he pulled her over his legs. “If there’s a next, you’re going over my knees and I’m going to make that ass blush.”
She tried to hold back the chuckle. She really did, but it escaped. They might be threatening to spank her, but she didn’t feel threatened by them. Even when they were angry, she didn’t feel any menace from them.
“You weren’t going to spank me anyway.” She trailed her hand over his muscled chest. “I think I should get a chance to persuade you next time.”
“I think you’re lucky you managed to get off so lightly this time.” Linc raised an eyebrow. “How about you show us how grateful you are instead of trying to tease and sass?”
“I’m supposed to be so relieved that you’re not furious with me that I’ll kiss you and do wonderful, but thought-destroying things to your bodies.” She cocked her head to the side and blinked up at him. She planned to do those things, but not out of gratitude that they hadn’t yelled at her or been angrier.
“It might help us get into a better mood. Then we might not think you were taking this too lightly. If we have time to think, we might think you need a reminder of how seriously we take your health and well-being.” Linc’s hand tapped against his thigh as if he was considering using it on her backside.
She laughed, but sobered. She hated to break the lighter mood developing, but she hadn’t done that because she thought she was invincible. “I know you were scared for me. I was almost frozen with fear standing across from him. Not of him, but that I wasn’t going to be able to figure out how to get her away from him before he decided to kill her to keep everyone in that room scared enough to do as he said.”
Colm groaned. “See? She doesn’t know when to give up. We should have just started with her right over my knee and explained as we went along.”
“I know that was a real mood-killer, but I had to say it. Now let me show you how good I can listen at times.” She grinned. “You just tell me how you want me.”
“And what if I want to feel your ass beneath my hand.” Colm’s eyebrows lowered over his brilliant eyes.
“As I ride you hard and fast? Sounds delicious.” She slid her hands up to his shoulders and tried to climb into his lap. His hands slid to her ribs and held her where she was. She shivered at the pressure on the sensitive markings.
“I don’t believe I added that last part.” Colm’s lips twitched, but he held her body away from his. “What do you think, Linc? Should we give her a chance to show us she can listen?”
Colm looked over at Linc and raised his brow. They were silent for so long that she just knew they were having one of those silent conversations. She wriggled in Colm’s hold, but he didn’t loosen his grip, much less look back at her. Nervousness fluttered through her belly. Both of them conspiring wasn’t a good thing.
“So if we tell you we want to prepare you so that tonight you can take both of us, you would do it?” Colm’s eyes sharpened on hers.
“Yes, but I thought you wanted me to show you how appreciative I am.” She frowned. She’d thought they’d wanted sex. Had looked forward to it, in fact.
“If you really want that, you’ve more than made us happy.” Linc’s palm cupped her cheek and turned her head so that he could see her expression.
“I’ve wanted to be with both of you for a while, but I’m not sure how it’s going to work.”
“We’ll make sure you enjoy it. By tonight, you won’t have any doubts.” His thumb brushed softly back and forth before he slowly drew away. “I’ll get the things we’ll need. You get her nice and ready.”
“My pleasure.” Colm smiled at Cami and eased back on the bed. “Just let me get into position.”
She watched as he sprawled on the right side of the bed. He scooted around a bit as if getting comfortable and then held his hand out to her. She crawled over to him and swung her leg over his hips, but he stopped her.
“Not that way. I want that sweet p-ssy right above my mouth.” He gave a tug on her hand and then released it. “We’ll switch up after I’ve had a taste of you and started to heat you up a little.”
“You’re worried about me not being aroused? You two make me burn every time you touch me.” She let Colm guide her until she knelt over his head. Her hands braced on the bed near his thighs. She looked down at his cock. The dark head bobbed just out of reach. She licked her lips “How about I give you something to hurry you along?”
He grabbed the sheet and pulled it over his hips and legs. “No, this is all about you.”
“What if I want to make you groan and roar and taste you as you find pleasure in what I do to you?” She glanced back to find him glaring at her.
“I thought you said you could do what we told you to do?” Linc raised an eyebrow.
She sighed and pouted a little knowing that Linc could see her even if Colm couldn’t. “All right, but I didn’t know you weren’t going to let me play too.”
Linc laughed. “We’ll all play later tonight. Now we want to focus on you and your pleasure as we start readying you to take both of us. We don’t want you to be scared or hurt when we take you together for the first time.”
Colm’s hand smoothed up the outside of her leg as his tongue swirled along her inner thigh. His palm cupped over her buttocks for a moment before he drew his fingers along the crevice between the cheeks.
“Let us make sure your body knows only pleasure when we touch you here.” His finger trailed over the tight rosette lightly before drifting back up.
“All right, but I know this is going to be torture. Probably some twisted form of punishment. Both of you are going to enjoy it way too much.” She took a deep breath. Keeping her hands off them wasn’t going to be easy. She always wanted to touch them.
Colm’s tongue traced circles on her inner leg, stealing her ability to think. It swirled up her leg, close to the lips of her p-ssy and then trailed his back down again. Shivers ran up her spine.
Taking a deep breath, she tried to control the excitement rushing through her. It was an impossible task. She craved the feel of his mouth and tongue moving over her flesh. With each throbbing pulse of her blood through her veins, an echoing beat thrummed in her *.
Hunger writhed and twisted inside her. She wanted to kiss and touch, to give and push for more. Positioned on her hands and knees, it was almost impossible. She could touch them, but she knew she wouldn’t be able to nudge them into hurrying. The building desire left her torn. She didn’t know if she wanted them to rush.
One of Colm’s hands held her hips and the fingers of his other parted her folds. He leaned closer. A hot puff of air feathered across the lips of her p-ssy. Her mind focused on his tongue so close to her aching *. A hand trailed across her buttocks. She jumped, the touch pulling her attention away from Colm.
“Such a beautiful ass. I love holding these as I f*ck you.” Both of Linc’s hands fastened over the curves and squeezed. “The thought of f*cking you here while Colm drives into that tight p-ssy makes my cock so hard. Waiting until tonight is going to be torture.”
She shivered and bit her lower lip. She wanted that too, so badly that she almost told him they should do it right now. They wanted to prepare her and she needed to show them that she did trust them to know what they were doing as well as not to hurt her. She wished she knew what they planned to do. She’d help or try to relax enough to let it happen.
“Well, show me how you’re going to make me feel tonight. If I can’t have both of you now, you can at least make me come as you prepare me.” She glanced back over her shoulder at him and smiled.
“Oh, you’ll come, i’ma, maybe twice or three times.” Linc’s smile turned predatory. “What do you think, Colm?”
“Twice at least.” Colm’s teeth scraped across her inner thigh just before he turned his head and swiped his tongue right across her *.
She stiffened and groaned. The need built and writhed already. They’d take her over the edge soon. She wriggled a bit and tilted her hips down, trying to get Colm’s tongue to swipe her * again. At least, she hoped they would.
One of the large palms left her buttock, but the other continued to massage and wander. Colm’s tongue swirled over her * and tracked down to her entrance, teasingly poking the slit. Her hips rocked down against his tongue. She ached for a firmer touch.
Linc’s fingers tightened on her butt cheek. Slick fingers trailed over the crease before circling the rosette. She tensed a little. Anticipation curled through her as well as a little bit of trepidation. She didn’t know if it was going to hurt or how it was going to feel.
“Don’t tense and don’t clench, Cami. Not yet. Relax.” Linc’s hand smoothed up and down her back in slow, soothing strokes. “Colm, give her a little something to distract her while I get a little more of this oil on her and my fingers.”
Colm’s mouth fastened on her *. He began sucking. His tongue flicked over it. She groaned and shivered. The heat began to tighten even more and her hips pushed into his mouth, instinctively seeking more of the torment. All thought and doubt swept out of her head. Her hands clenched on the cover. Gasping pants tore from her.
When the slick fingers once again pressed at the tight ring, she was too focused on Colm’s mouth on her p-ssy to give it much notice. His tongue swirled and his teeth scraped. Her breasts ached, the nipples tight and hard and needing a firm touch.
“Your taste and smell is almost there, rah’ki. Almost right.” A purr rolled through his body and she felt the vibration against her p-ssy. A shudder ripped up her body. “Soon, we’ll be able to claim you as we’ve wanted.”
Linc’s fingers lifted, but returned, slick with whatever oil he was using. A single digit pressed for entrance. Her breath hitched and she stiffened a little. She didn’t have time to worry. Two fingers slipped into her p-ssy, shuttling slowly back and forth. Her hips rocked. The motion sent the tip of the finger at her ass inside the tight ring of muscles. She gasped and froze at the unexpected entrance.
“Relax. Let it happen. Does it hurt or is it just a little strange?” Linc’s finger pressed a little deeper before withdrawing.
“It feels different.” She struggled to find the right word. It didn’t hurt, but there wasn’t the same pleasure as the glide of the fingers into her p-ssy.
“You’ll enjoy it. Give her more, Colm. I want to feel her squeezing my fingers as I push two into her.” Linc’s fingers withdrew and she felt more of the slick substance brush against her ass before his fingers went to the tightened pucker.
Colm’s tongue flicked at her * as two of Linc’s fingers pushed into her ass. Her muscles clenched down on the thick intrusion. The stinging tingle burned, but it only increased the need roaring through her. Especially with the feel of Colm’s fingers thrusting into her p-ssy. She couldn’t stand it. Her body trembled. She whimpered, nearly to the point of begging for release.
When Colm’s fingers drove hard into her, she came. Every muscle in her body clenched and quivered. Her arms trembled. She collapsed to her elbows. A strong hand clamped at her hip, holding her in place.
Colm kept pumping his fingers into her and his tongue flicked over her * in a wicked, dancing rhythm. Linc’s thick fingers slowly mimicked Colm’s advancing and retreating. Her muscles clenched on those fingers. She liked that small stinging sensation. It intensified every other touch and that little edge drew her back for more.
Colm’s teeth scraped over her * and his tongue dragged over the sensitive flesh. The heat rose inside her fast and hard. She couldn’t believe she already wanted more. Her head rested against Colm’s thigh and she rocked back into the fingers thrusting deep into her p-ssy and ass.
“Let it go, i’ma. It feels good, doesn’t it? You’ll see how right it feels when you’re between us.” Linc’s lips touched her back. She felt the vibration of the words through her entire body. “Tell us how it feels.”
“Tight, it stings, but good.” She forced the words out, but closed her eyes and rocked back into their touch.
“It’s going to be tighter when our cocks are both deep inside you, but you’re going to come so hard.” Linc kept pushing his fingers deep into her. “Give me your pleasure again.”
Colm purred against her as if in agreement. The rumble against her p-ssy set tremors rolling up her spine. When his tongue slowly raked upward, dragging over her *, her fists clenched and her body quaked. She muffled her scream against the sheet as she rocked, riding and prolonging the pleasure as much as she could.
“Wonderful and so beautiful, but next time, I want to hear that scream.” Colm lapped at her one more time before relaxing back onto the bed.
She clenched her fists as another aftershock ripped up her spine. Gods, they did like to torment her. Linc’s hands stroked over her back and Colm’s ran up and down her outer thighs. The caress soothed at the same time as it stimulated. She slowly relaxed and rolled over onto the bed. She’d just woken up and already she wanted to go back to sleep for at least a quick nap.
“Time to get started. The day is passing us by and some of us have extra energy and frustration to burn.” Colm patted her thigh as he sat up. He grabbed her hand and tugged her into a sitting postion.
She groaned. That hadn’t been her idea. “You can go on without me. I’ll be down soon enough.”
“No, you’re getting in a bath, cleaning up and going down with us. Move it or I can give you a little encouragement.”
“Your bad mood isn’t my fault. I’m tired now. That’s your fault.” She scowled at them, but moved toward the opposite side of the bed.
“We enjoyed it, but now move it. You’re coming with us.” Linc nodded toward the door leading to the bathroom. “We’ll clean up a little ourselves in another room. When we get back, we’ll be waiting for you.”