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to Zack before Kayla joined their little group. She wrapped her arm

through Jade’s, effectively holding her in the conversation. Mitchell seemed to calm a little now that their Taydelaan wasn’t about to walk away, but he was still on edge, still struggling for control.

“Why don’t the five of us find somewhere more private to talk?”

“Private?” Jade squawked, looking terrified.

“Jade,” Kayla said, calling her sister’s attention, “Zack and

Mitchell traveled a long way to find you. The least you can do is give them a few minutes to explain.”

“Traveled?” Jade asked, sounding confused. But then it was like a

lightbulb switching on. Her eyes narrowed, her jaw firmed, her lips drew into a thin line. Zack struggled to hold his lover back. The type of challenge their Taydelaan was throwing at them was the exact

opposite of what Mitchell needed right now.

“Get her out of here,” Zack whispered urgently, hoping, praying

that David heard him clearly enough. He must’ve relayed the

information to Kayla because she quickly turned her sister around and practically dragged her from the room. Jade looked confused and

terrified and everything in between, but Zack could only concentrate

on one lover at a time. Mitchell needed him. Needed to mate with his

lover. Now that the enzyme was producing, his instincts were taking

over, and he could no longer think clearly.

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Zack very nearly had to carry Mitchell into a side room. He

nodded a quick acknowledgement when he saw David take up a

protective stance in front of the door. Zack turned to lock the door and found himself pressed hard against the wood, his lover’s cock jammed

between his ass cheeks, their clothes the only thing separating them.

“Need to fuck you,” Mitchell growled brokenly as he scraped his

fangs over Zack’s neck and shoulder. Zack nodded, trying to soothe

his lover with their telepathic connection. Shaking hands wrapped

around him, cursing the belt buckle, the snap, and the zipper on his dress pants. Zack tried to help him, worried that Mitchell might resort to ripping the damn things just to get them off.

He managed to snag the small tube of lube from his pocket before

Mitchell pushed the offending material to the ground. Thank the

goddess that they’d been lovers for years. If this had been their first time together, the rough claiming might’ve shocked him. He managed

to slick lube onto his hand and grab his lover’s cock for the briefest of moments before the hard rod rammed into his back passage.

He nearly howled at the rough entry but could barely breathe as

his lover pulled him far enough away from the door to bend him over

and thrust deeper. Over and again, slam in, pull back, slam in again. A tight fist wrapped around Zack’s cock, and he panted heavily as his

lover reamed his ass. Trapped in his lover’s suddenly superior

strength, Zack grunted, trying to hold himself against the door, hoping it was solid enough to handle their incredible fucking.

And it was incredible. He’d never been taken this thoroughly

before. He felt possessed and surrounded and owned but also

completely and thoroughly loved. “Love you,” Mitchell managed to

breathe just a moment before his fangs sank into Zack’s neck and

pumped the enzyme into his blood.

Mitchell’s movements turned explosive, and Zack moaned his

release even as Mitchell held his cock tight, refusing to let him blow.

Again Mitchell’s speed increased, but Zack’s knees gave out and he

half collapsed against the door. With strength likely linked to the

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enzyme’s production, Mitchell held him up, dragging Zack back onto

his cock again and again.

Mitchell finally withdrew his fangs as his own orgasm started. He

grunted and held Zack hard against him. Zack moaned just before

unconsciousness claimed him.

* * * *

Mitchell collapsed to his knees, remorse and fear for his lover

warring with the relief that they’d finally mated properly. He pulled his cock gently from Zack’s ass, relieved to see that there wasn’t any blood. Zack looked red and sore and swollen, but at least Mitchell

hadn’t caused any serious injury. Thank the goddess his lover had

retained the foresight to get some lube onto his cock. Mitchell knew

without a doubt that he would’ve taken his lover without it if none

had been available. He shuddered at the implications. Zack had loved

him and protected him since the moment they met. Mitchell hated the

idea that he would’ve let his man down if he’d been given the chance.

He shuddered as he lowered himself to the floor and pulled his

lover into his arms, cradling him protectively as he tried to wake him.

Fear nearly choked him before Zack opened his eyes, but when he did

it was to smile seductively and pull Mitchell’s head down for a slow, lingering kiss.

“Love you,” he said as he caressed the side of Mitchell’s face.

Tears of relief filmed Mitchell’s vision, but he refused to let them fall.

Zack closed his eyes tiredly and slumped back against Mitchell’s

chest.
“Next time,”
he whispered into Mitchell’s mind,
“we’ll find
somewhere more comfortable
.
”

* * * *

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“What the hell?” Jade grouched as her sister drove the car like a

maniac. “First you want me to talk to them, and then you drag me out

of there like the place is on fire.”

Kayla didn’t seem to be listening, and Jade growled in frustration.

The woman was probably having one of her delusional, fictitious

conversations with her so-called partners. Jade had always considered her younger sister quite intelligent, so how the hell had she let herself imagine voices in her head?

“Do you have any idea how delusional you are?” she yelled at her

sister.

“Do you have any idea how much trouble you caused back there?”

Kayla countered.

“Trouble? What the hell did I do?” She shook her head, trying to

clear the strange emotions flying through her brain. She was

completely pissed at her sister, so why the hell were her nipples

tingling? She crossed and uncrossed her legs as heat swam through

her veins and lust curled low in her belly. What the fuck?

Kayla finally slowed the car to reasonable speeds and took a

moment to smirk at her sister.

“That’s them you can feel.”

“Them who? And what the hell do you know about what I’m

feeling?” She was tired of this bullshit. None of it was real. Fuck, somebody probably dropped a date rape drug into her drink. “Take

me to the hospital,” she demanded as she suddenly felt the walls

closing in on her. She gulped in a great lungful of air, trying to calm the rising panic. Usually she got this feeling from being trapped in an elevator or pressed into a crowd of people, not just sitting in a car.

“Kayla,” she practically begged. “Please take me to a hospital. I

think I’ve been drugged.”

Kayla glanced at her in concern, but instead of turning the car

back toward the hospital, she pulled off the highway and stopped on a side street.

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“Jade, listen to me,” she said in a kind and calm voice. “You need

to trust me, okay?” Jade managed to nod her head. She did trust her

sister, despite her current circumstances and circle of friends. “You haven’t been drugged. What you’re feeling is the mating heat.”

“The what?” Jade yelled, feeling like she wanted to crawl out of

her skin. “Enough of the space aliens bullshit, Kayla.”

“Those two men back there,” she said quietly as if Jade hadn’t just

yelled at her, “are your Sesturian mates. You are their Taydelaan.

You’re the one who completes their triad.”

“Fuck off,” she yelled, trying to understand how she could yell at

her sister and still feel the urge to grab her vibrator. “If I’m their mate then how come you pulled me away? If I’m so fucking special to

them—” She gasped as orgasm rolled through her. Shit, even with her

sister beside her she couldn’t squash the incredible sensations. She

moaned low in the back of her throat as her pussy convulsed, fisting

against nothing.

Jade closed her eyes as complete mortification rose to bite her in

the ass. She really didn’t want an explanation for that. She was pretty sure there wasn’t a drug capable of making a woman orgasm without

some type of physical stimulation as well.

She laid her head back against the seat and silently prayed for her

sanity. First the dreams with delicious strangers, then the actual face-to-face meeting with said strangers, and now an orgasm in the middle

of nowhere with no stimulation—could things get any weirder?

Maybe she was the delusional one and Kayla was actually sane.

“Don’t cry,” Kayla said quietly. “It’s not as bad as it seems. The

mating link is quite pleasant once you get used to it.” Jade wiped at her face, surprised to find she actually was crying.

“I don’t understand any of this,” she said on a breathless whisper.

“Why is this happening to me?”

“Simple,” Kayla answered with a shrug. “You’re a Taydelaan, and

there are two Sesturian males who will spend the rest of their lives

proving it to you.”

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Chapter Five

Zack woke as a soft knock sounded through the solid wood door.

Thank the goddess for solid wood. It would’ve been quite

embarrassing if Mitchell’s rough claiming had managed to push Zack

through the door and into the party area. Hell, the way Mitchell had

been under the enzyme’s influence it wouldn’t have been enough to

stop him.

“Come in,” Zack called when it seemed Mitchell wouldn’t, or

couldn’t, talk. Zack glanced down at the last moment, remembering his state of undress, but was grateful to realize that Mitchell had

managed to pull most of his clothes back into place. He looked ragged and thoroughly fucked, but at least he didn’t have his ass hanging out.

David poked his head around the door without opening it all the

way. “Everything okay?” he asked with a concerned frown.

“Of course,” Zack said, still sitting in Mitchell’s lap.

“Everything’s under control now.”

David nodded and stepped into the small room, closing the door

firmly behind him. He held something out and offered it to Mitchell.

“Take it,” he said. “It’ll help suppress the enzyme for a short while.”

Mitchell reached up to take the small rod, and Zack could sense

his intense relief and gratitude. “Is Jade okay?” He looked really

worried, and Zack stroked his hand down his lover’s stomach, trying

to soothe the man physically as he whispered mental reassurances that everything would be okay.

“She’s confused and angry and really, really embarrassed but

otherwise fine.”

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“Embarrassed?” Zack asked, not really understanding why Jade

would feel embarrassment. It’s not like Zack or Mitchell had gotten

close enough to say or do anything.

“Yes, embarrassed that she just had an orgasm in the car five

miles away.” David laughed at the shock on their faces but then

turned somber once more. “You’re already linked to her, aren’t you?”

When they both nodded, he asked the inevitable question, “How?”

“She bumped into me at the hospital the day Emily was born, but

she left before I could stop her. We’ve been dreaming about her ever

since. Usually when she wakes up that’s the end of it, but last night it felt like she was closer, like even when she did wake up the three of us were still connected.” Zack felt Mitchell nod against the top of his head, confirming his explanation. “We traveled all over town trying to find her—”

“Which explains why you missed Emily’s naming ceremony,”

David said with a quirked eyebrow.

“Yeah, sorry about that,” Zack said, apologizing for the timing

rather than the actual nonattendance. “Anyway, as soon as we pulled

into the parking lot, we felt her. By the time we got into the room, Mitchell was already producing the enzyme, and, well, you were there

for the rest.”

David nodded, seeming to choose his words carefully. “Kayla is

trying to explain everything to Jade as we speak. We’ve already told

her most of it, but she doesn’t believe anything. The words

‘delusional,’ ‘cult,’ and ‘ridiculous bullshit’ have made quite a few appearances in our conversations.”

“I need to see her,” Mitchell said, sounding completely miserable.

David nodded. “I know, and I understand. When I couldn’t claim

Kayla, I almost went insane. Hell, if Jed hadn’t been able to supply me with some of the suppressant, we might’ve lost Kayla before we

could determine if she was truly our Taydelaan.”

Zack knew the story. Jessica, Kayla, and David’s mating had been

just as unusual as Mitchell, Jade, and Zack’s was turning out to be.

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Goddess, if only things had gone the way they were supposed to,

Mitchell wouldn’t be producing the enzyme yet, Zack wouldn’t be

worrying for both his lovers, and Jade wouldn’t be scared half out of her mind.

“It’ll work out,” David said sincerely. Zack felt Mitchell’s rise in

hope, but David quickly burst the bubble by suggesting they go home