"You're both fools," Vellum said softly.
Mariel began to smile hopefully when a hand seized her by the skirts and yanked her off Vellum's back to throw her in front of the vampire. She staggered against Clay's side. Vellum regarded them with his chilly obsidian gaze.
"Fools," he repeated.
He pulled them both against him.
Mariel gasped into his ungentle kiss, but she didn't resist it, especially with Clay's mouth crushed up against hers, too. Their ungainly three-way meeting of the lips wasn't sexy but it was passionate because of Vellum, who sucked at their mouths and scraped his teeth against their lips as though he needed to reacquire the taste of them.
"Damn vampire," Clay panted into the kiss. "So dramatic."
The other male growled, "Open your mouth wider and let me put it to good use."
Clay emitted a choked sound while Mariel moaned from the command. Vellum's hand swept up her back and tugged her tight against his body.
"You like that?" he breathed against her damp, bruised lips. She whimpered her assent. "Mariel, you shouldn't have come back. But I'm pleased that you're here with me."
"We couldn't go on without you, Vellum. We want to make this work."
"It can't work," he argued.
She clutched at his shoulder. "We'll make it work." She stroked her fingers along the side of his neck. "Will you…will you feed from us?"
Clay shivered against her side. Vellum grew very, very still.
"Is that what you want?" he asked.
"Yes," she said at once.
"Yeah," Clay murmured. "Do it, vampire."
Vellum's sinful laughter tripped across Mariel's lips. "Is my bite required at this point?"
Warmth pooled between her legs. The ache was already there and growing more intense by the second. "Your bite isn't necessary," she breathed, "but we want to make you feel good and we want you to be strong."
"I don't need your blood to feel good." He cupped her right buttock. "But I'll gladly drink while I take my pleasure from your body. These trousers need to go, first."
Thank goodness for his strength, for she would have collapsed without it.
His preternatural speed worked in their favor, for he'd soon bullied Clay into lying on his back on the ground, as naked as the day he was born, while Mariel slowly impaled herself upon his rigid cock. She tossed her head back in abandon when she felt Vellum kneel behind her, straddling Clay's thighs.
"I’m going to take you like this," the vampire warned as he nipped at her earlobe. "Both of us will be inside you at once. Would you like that, Mariel? Can you take us both?"
He cupped her bared breasts and played with her nipples. Beneath them, Clay groaned his appreciation of the sight and reached between her legs to finger her spread lips. Mariel clutched a wrist of each male as she writhed between them.
"Do it," she pleaded. "I want you both together inside me. Want you to fill me so full…"
Vellum groaned softly against her ear. "You'll have us, beautiful Mariel. Everything you desire."
His spit slick fingers delved between her buttocks and found her opening. He was careful with her and it made her sigh to think that such a "monster" could be so gentle and patient with her. He took his time, all the while kissing the side of her throat and along her shoulders. He teased her nipples as he eased the first finger inside her. Below, Clay held still, practically vibrating inside her, as Vellum carefully worked her open.
"Don't hurt her," he warned the vampire.
Vellum kissed the top of Mariel's spine, practically melting her. "I would sooner tear out my own throat, Clay. I'd advise you to concentrate on your own efforts to please Mariel 'lest you come up short."
"I'm not coming up short," Clay growled back.
Mariel had to smile at the irritation in his voice but then she could only gasp and clench around him as he swiveled his hips and rolled himself deeper inside her.
"Oh, Clay," she moaned.
"I hear you, beautiful. Doing everything I can to make you feel good. We both are."
"I need you," she panted. She reached back and dragged her nails across Vellum's muscular buttock. "I need you now."
"Patience," the vampire murmured, but she felt him move into place. "Relax for us. Breathe."
She concentrated, but the initial invasion still stole her breathe. Clay stroked and caressed her and Vellum moved with excruciating slowness but it was still a shock. When a pair of fangs sank into her, she groaned with relief as the familiar thrill of lust rushed through her. As her body sang with ecstasy, the vampire pushed all the way into her. Mariel cried out, overwhelmed. Overjoyed.
The feeling of fullness was like nothing she'd ever experienced before, but it was more than the physical sensation that plugged her head with stars. It was the knowledge that she had these two powerful men inside her at once, that she had connected them with her body. It brought tears to her eyes and she was unashamed as they spilled down her cheeks.
"Mariel—are you hurting?" Clay asked, eyes wide.