Pieces of Three (10 page)

“She is ready, and you are her first.” Julian moved back up, took her in his arms and kissed her.

Her eyes widened at her taste on Julian’s mouth, different but enticing, especially when mixed with him.

“And you wonder why we want you.” He tangled his tongue with hers.

Porter positioned himself between her legs.

She might be ready, but no doubt Porter was as well, the evidence pressed against her inner thigh and she froze.

“Look at me.” Julian took hold of her chin and turned her face toward him. “We will never hurt you. Do you still want us?”

Again, he used the word ‘us.’ “Yes.”

“Then it will be less than a second and more than worth it.”

Before giving her a chance to answer, he crushed his lips to her. His hard kiss took over everything.

Without further warning, Porter entered her.

At first her body resisted the assault, but his strong plunge broke the barrier between them.

Julian captured her cry with another kiss. His hands wandered over her breasts, both calming and distracting her.

Her muscles relaxed, she stretched to accommodate Porter’s invasion, and his slow strokes worked to reclaim the desire that overpowered her since meeting these males. The fruit had only helped her to act.

“My Lord.” Porter’s voice came out jagged and disjointed. His eyes half-closed, he lowered his body down upon her and continued to make love to her, or mate with her. “Incredible.”

The last remnants of pain dissipated and shifted back into the fervent, desperate need. With every thrust the tension throughout her increased, building up and begging to be released. She bit her lip and grabbed both Julian’s arm and Porter’s shoulder.

“Move with him.” Julian purred in her ear. “Like this.” He put his hand on her hip and helped guide her.

The action only served to coax her arousal and make it worse. “Oh, I need…” She couldn’t get the words out, her whole existence centered on the three of them and achieving her relief.

“I can’t hold back.” Porter practically roared and sped up.

“Porter.” She squeezed her eyes shut. “Julian.”

“Let go.” Julian’s breath danced across her ear. “You’re right there.”

“Damn.” Porter lowered his head. “Alyssa, now.”

Her body wanted to let go and she teetered right on the edge of the ultimate gratification. Nothing mattered but reaching her end. She shook her head. “God, help.”

“Alyssa.” Porter’s voice came out strained, his strokes irregular and erratic. “Please.”

“She’s there. Hold on.” Julian ran his hand down her side.

“I can’t.” Porter huffed. “I have to.”

She concentrated on what both males demanded of her and squirmed beneath Porter, wanting or needing something out of her reach.

“Just wait.” Julian lifted her leg up and away from her body.

The moment he moved her, Porter slipped deeper inside her, he hit her in precisely the right spot and her body gave out. “Oh!” Her world became awash in the haze of pure pulsing pleasure, her body flooded with liquid heat.

“Yes.” Porter ground into her. “Like that.”

She found the strength to put her hand around his neck. His skin now damp with sweat and exertion.

Porter found her lips and treated her to a series of kisses. Still embedded inside her, he rolled off to his side taking her with him. “Are you all right?” He moved her hair off her face.

“Yes.” She continued to move against him, riding out the every last wave. Though satisfied, she wanted to keep going.

“Something tells me you are.” He kissed her again.

Until these males she had never really been kissed, let alone made love, so she took her opportunity to simply feel him, rubbing her hands over him.

“Very good.” Porter let out a laugh.

Julian came up behind her, spooning her and pulling her closer. His mouth traveled across her neck, his hand massaged her bottom.

She shuddered against the sensations and took the initiative to deepen Porter’s kiss.

“I need her right now. I’m the one who can’t wait anymore.” Julian’s erection grazed across her back while his hand snaked over to her breast. “Pull her toward you. I want her just like this.”

Wait. She opened her eyes. Julian. “Porter?” A fresh round of arousal radiated through her, in the anticipation of experiencing one of these magnificent males again. Was it possible?

“Shhh.” Porter silenced her with a kiss and draped one of her legs over his own hip.

Porter’s body left hers. “How…” She sucked in her breath and received the answer to her unfinished question as Julian slid inside her. No pain, only the sensation of being filled. Her body wanted to take him all in. “Ah.”

“Help me.” Julian growled. “She’s tight.”

His thrust caused her to hold onto Porter for support.

“I know.” Porter stared into her eyes. “Remember, we’re her first.”

“I’m too far gone.” Julian wrapped his arm around her waist, buried his face in her neck and drove into her.

“Oh.” Yes, a little rougher than Porter, but not unwanted, or unwelcome.

“Do you like that?” Porter outlined her bottom lip with his finger.

With a bit of confidence on her side, she responded by taking his finger in her mouth and pushing back against Julian.

“Yes, Alyssa, do it again.” Julian groaned. “Harder.”

She did as he requested, bucking her bottom back until she slapped against him.

He hissed.

Wait. In a flash she realized that even with these two huge males, she held a little power. She continued to repeat her action and they found their rhythm with her moving in opposition to him. The sound of their skin colliding took over the room in a perfect beat.

“Alyssa.” He panted. “You’re going to make me explode.”

She held on to Porter and didn’t let up, smiling at the way he lost control.

“That’s what she wants.” Porter kissed her. “Make him climax.”

“Lord!” Julian yelled. “I’m going to.”

Once more her passion swelled, growing in magnitude, one could almost call it a primal or animalistic need. She arched into Julian, trying to intensify the sensation. “Yes.”

“I think you need another one as well, but you need a little help.” Porter snaked his hand down, pressing the heel of his hand to her and giving her something to move against, create the necessary friction in the necessary place.

“Don’t stop.” She dug her nails into Porter’s shoulder.

“Come on.” Porter cooed. “Let Julian feel you let go.”

“Alyssa.” Julian lunged into her. “I’m there. Damn it, I’m there.”

In a rush, her body was wracked with yet another round of extreme euphoria. Her second orgasm rendered her lightheaded and the room seemed to spin. “Julian.” She reached back for him.

“Yes.” Julian stiffened and gave her one more hard, possessive thrust, his body throbbing inside hers. “Yes.”

Julian took her hand and the three of them lay together as their breathing calmed and returned to normal.

They lay there for quite a while, no speaking necessary.

“Alyssa?” At last, Porter whispered her name.

With no words coming to mind, she stayed silent, needing a second to collect her thoughts.

“I think she may have fallen asleep.” Julian ran his fingers through her hair.

Porter pulled the covers up over them. “Well that was a lot, especially for her first time.”

“She did amazing, better than Lykan females. I wish I could have lasted longer, I couldn’t hold back.”

She fought a smile at Julian’s admission and made sure to keep her breathing even, wanting them to continue without knowing she listened.

“Yeah.” Porter moved closer to her. “It’s been a long time, I never thought it could be like this again. I think it was better.”

Though unsure at what Porter was referring too, tears heated her eyes.

“I hope we didn’t hurt her. I may have to wake her up and have her again.” Julian kissed the back of her head.

“I could right now, but we should probably let her rest awhile,” Porter whispered. “Who’s the alpha now? I had her first, you practically handed her to me.”

“Yes, but I told you to do it, and you obeyed.”

Interesting. She’d noticed their power plays since she met them.

“Yeah, well we better both take the lead when we get her back to Lykos.” Julian’s voice lost its playful slant.

She bit the inside of her mouth and remained perfectly still.

“I know. We need to watch her. The distrust and hate between the species isn’t only on the human side.”

“Noah says sometimes hate fuels other things.”

“Please, I finally feel like I’m not going to blow up, stop quoting the old quack.”

Julian exhaled. “Before we do anything else we have to figure out how to get back to Lykos.”

Well, at least she finally knew what their plans were. Beyond her control, her heart sped up.

“Alyssa?” Porter leaned down.

In an attempt to keep up her ruse she moaned and turned over.

“I hope she’s warm enough, maybe she needs some fur tonight.” He patted her.

“I think she’s pretty hot.”

They both laughed and settled down. She did notice the instant change in conversation. Maybe she would be too much trouble to take with them, but she had nowhere else to go.

In the quiet her mind wandered. She had made love or mated or had sex with two shifters. Two. If Porter licking her wounds wasn’t enough to exchange body fluids and expose herself to a deadly disease, mating with two Lykan males would do the trick a different way. Still, she wouldn’t trade the way their arms encompassed her for anything. No wonder humans were warned about them, they were irresistible. Of course no human ever survived being with a Lykan.

What happened next?

She always made snap decisions.

Chapter Six

Under the water the world changed. Submerged in liquid everything was distorted and different, a whole other world. As a youngster Julian used to wish he were part of the Ichthusians, the fish shifters who could live both on land and in the sea. Alas, Lykans and even humans could only visit that world on a temporary basis.

His hand grazed the bottom of the lake and he found what he searched for. He scooped up what he could and returned to the surface taking a deep, needed breath. “Look.” He held out his hand.

Porter kept his focus on the shore where Alyssa remained perched simply dangling her toes at the edge of the water. He glanced over. “Dinner?”

“There are a bunch of mussels down there. The water is fresh, they’ll be delicious.” He joined Porter in staring at their female. Over the last day her beauty only grew. She leaned back on the shore, her bare legs stretched out in front of her, her breasts barely contained in her t-shirt, her hair down and moving with the light breeze. He swallowed as his body reacted accordingly to the bounty Alyssa offered them. “Do you think we’re wearing her out?”

“Probably.” Porter cleared his throat. “She can rest in a couple of days.”

“Yeah, like that’s going to stop us.” Yes, the lunar cycle made things more intense, but he didn’t foresee his need for Alyssa waning with the moon. With Porter there, mating with her, helping her reach her climax, watching him, everything seemed heightened.

“We’re going to need to take another break.” Porter licked his lips. “Get your dinner and let’s go. We’ll do it right there and then we can jump back in the water to clean off.”

“All we do is take breaks, we need to finish fixing the ship.” His erection lengthened. Their work was sparse at best, unless it counted work on Alyssa. However, they had tasks they needed to complete, and one of them involved the woman on the shore. “We should take her to that little alcove under the waterfall.”

“She can’t swim and is terrified of the water.” Porter shook his head.

The lunar cycle and mating for the first time in a long time must have messed with Mr. Medicine’s mind. “So we should take her back on a questionably sea-worthy vessel where it may take us some time to figure out precisely where we are and then more time to get to Lykos.”

Porter turned to him. “We need to take her to mate under the waterfall. That will be her reward for learning to swim.”

“And our reward for teaching her.” He rubbed his chin. “Plus she seems off, sad or quiet, I can’t quite pick up on what’s troubling her. Maybe it’s our need?”

“Make sure you don’t tell her about the cycle, she won’t understand. We need to let her in on our plans. Females like stability. We have to get home and we have to get medicine.” Porter ran his hand through his hair and motioned toward the shore. “How should we do this?”

“Stay here, I’ll get her and then we’ll take her to the waterfall.” He closed the mussels in his fist.

“Stop telling me what to do.” Porter growled.

“That’s not what you said earlier.” They had both taken to directing each other during their mating.

Porter crossed his arms.

“I’m going to get her. We have to teach her.” He trudged through the water trying to remember how to he learned to swim, with nothing but a flash of being thrown in the water he decided to make up his own method.

She sat up the second she spied him coming toward her.

“Look what I found.” Water dripped down on her as he sat down next to her and opened his hand.

“Oh.” She put her finger on one of the cream-colored striated shells.

“I thought we would collect some and make them tonight.” He put one of the mussels in her hand. “Would you like that?”

“That sounds amazing.” She peeked up at him through her lashes and smiled, her pink lips beckoning to him.

“There’s only one problem.” Unable to stop himself, he leaned down and brushed his lips over hers. Yes, Lyknonian’s kissed, but not to the degree humans did, and he found he quite enjoyed it.

She shifted her focus to between his legs. “That’s funny I usually have two problems.”

With her acknowledgement his erection twitched. “Well, those will definitely be problems you will have to deal with later.”

“What’s your other problem?” She let out a little laugh.

“We need your help collecting them.” If he gave her a task maybe she would forget about the water part.