Untamed Hawaiian Heat (Rift Hunters) (32 page)

Tiaki inhaled sharply when Mateo swirled a finger closer to his cock. Lust blazed inside him, tempered heavily with love. Gods, he wanted to be with his mates now. He swallowed hard, trying to ignore the teasing patterns Mateo continued to trace over his thigh. His touch kept inching closer to where he most wanted to feel it, then would move away before making contact. Clearing his throat, he whispered, “The public part of the soul bonding ceremony is the exchanging of blood as we speak the troth and the combining of our magic.”

Kiana caressed his chest, boldly tracing the lines of the tattoo on his chest. “And the intimate portion?” She leaned down and flicked her tongue over one of his nipples.

Tiaki groaned. His magic hummed gently beneath the surface, eager to begin the process that would bind them together forever. “The intimate portion is the sharing of our bodies to complete the ritual.”

Mateo bent down and drew the wickedly curved dagger he’d once threatened to use for a much different purpose. “Exchanging of blood, so we’ll need this.” The corner of his mouth tipped up in a half smile, no doubt meant to seduce the receiver.

Tiaki didn’t need further invitation. He threw the sheets off and rose to his feet. He stumbled, and Mateo reached out to steady him. The contact of Mateo’s hand on his bare shoulder sent a wave of desire rushing though him. Mateo ran his hand down Tiaki’s arm to link their fingers together.

“Maybe we should wait until you’ve regained your strength, Tiaki,” Kiana said as she scooted to the edge of the bed. She reached over and grasped a towel beside the bed, then stood and brushed the cloth over his face. Tiaki laid his hand over hers and held her hand to his face.

“There’s really no need, tōku wairua. Already I feel Earth offering her power to assist in the return of my strength.”

Mateo handed the blade to Tiaki.

Tiaki met each of their gazes and held up his left arm. He made a deep cut along the inside of his forearm.

Kiana and Mateo held up their left arms and allowed him to make the same cut on them.

Kiana hissed at the stinging pain. She glanced up at Tiaki.

Tiaki held out his arm, his cut oozing dark red blood. “My flesh to your flesh.” He motioned for them to press their cuts to his. He met Kiana’s gaze.

Kiana repeated the words he whispered through their linked magic. “My essence to your essence.”

Mateo met his gaze. “Water of life, mingle here and join us as one.”

Their magic rippled through the wounds…gold, silver, and sapphire…spiraling out like wisps of smoke. Their blood pooled where they pressed their arms together.

“Repeat with me,”
Tiaki whispered through their connection.

Their voices joined, strengthening with each word of the bond. “With this bond we weave between us that, though we are separated in mind or in body, there will be a call in the core of us, one to the other, that nothing and no one else will answer to.”

Tendrils of energy swirled together, twining around their arms in an intricate pattern. “By the secrets of the universe and the stars, this bond is woven—unbreakable, irrevocable; by the laws that created fire and wind, this call binds us, in life and beyond.”

Their magic spiked, increasing in brightness as it singed their skin, knitting the wounds together. Sealing them closed with a part of the others inside.

* * * *

Kiana grabbed the towel she’d used earlier off the bedside table and wiped the smears of blood off their arms. A long pink scar could be seen on each of their arms. When she looked up, Tiaki cupped her cheek and reached out to Mateo with his other hand.

Kiana leaned into him and turned her head to kiss his palm. Glancing up, she held his gaze and darted her tongue out to taste his skin.

Mateo stepped closer and pressed against Tiaki’s side.

Desire flared through her, hot and urgent as she watched Mateo slip a hand around the nape of Tiaki’s neck and pull him in for a kiss. She gasped in surprise at the increased intensity of the sensations filtering through the connection of their magic. It was so intense she could almost taste the sweetness of her mates’ kiss.

Tiaki angled his head to allow Mateo better access and thrust his tongue inside.

Kiana felt her knees turn to jelly at the explosion of piercing hunger overflowing from them. The thought of adding what she would feel into the mix sent anticipation and trepidation storming along her senses.

Deciding she’d played the spectator long enough, Kiana extended a shaky hand and slipped it into the waistband of the loose-fitting shorts Tiaki wore. She cupped his firm ass in her hand and squeezed. She smiled when he moaned against Mateo’s lips.

Tiaki broke the kiss and pulled her into his arms.

Before Kiana could comprehend what had happened, Tiaki claimed her lips, devouring them like a man starved. She feverishly pushed the shorts down, wanting to feel his bare skin while he ravished her mouth. She struggled to breathe when Mateo moved in behind Tiaki and pressed his hard cock against his ass.

Tiaki released her lips on a groan and skimmed his lips along the column of her throat as Mateo reached around and pushed her pants over her hips.

Kiana shuddered. Experiencing so much stimuli crashing through her was a heady drug. She felt each stroke Tiaki lavished upon her body as well as the silky texture of her skin beneath his hands and the scrape of the hair on Mateo’s thighs as he pressed into Tiaki.

Needing to feel their bodies against her, she wrapped her arms around Tiaki and pulled him close. She groaned when his hardened shaft made contact with her sensitive clit. Reaching behind him, she grasped Mateo’s hip to draw him closer to Tiaki. A shockwave of heat rushed through her when she realized Mateo had shed his clothes. The collective moan escaping her men sent a rush of feminine power through her.

Tiaki lifted her shirt over her head, revealing her breasts to the cool breeze drifting through the room. “So beautiful.” He traced a finger along the curve of her collarbone, sending a delicious fluttering across her skin.

Mateo skimmed his hand around her hip, grazing her tattoo.

Kiana inhaled sharply at the contact as a million tiny lightning bolts struck her nerve endings at the same time. When she was finally able to catch her breath, her eyes lit on Tiaki’s chest.

The tattoo of his home planet shimmered with a golden light. The red stars twinkled as though they were alive. Mesmerized by the anomaly, Kiana jumped when Mateo pinched her nipple between two fingers as he brushed his lips along Tiaki’s shoulder, nipping lightly with his teeth.

Kiana arched into Tiaki’s arms as pleasure-pain rushed through her. Tiaki grazed her other nipple with his fingers. Mateo turned his head and captured Tiaki’s mouth. The pleasure flowing through their magic was so intense, she couldn’t tell where hers ended and theirs began.

Mateo glanced at her with passion-dazed eyes. He threaded his hand through her hair and silently urged her toward Tiaki’s tattoo-covered chest. Heat coursed through her veins as she watched Mateo kiss Tiaki with such abandon.

She leaned in and licked the tattered edges of Tiaki’s tattoo. Their combined magic pulsed gently beneath her tongue; the taste of it was wild and untamed. She caught his nipple between her lips and sucked. God, he tasted good.

Kiana gasped in surprise when Tiaki cupped her mound. He parted the sensitive flesh with a fingertip, then slowly slid it deep into her dripping pussy. She released his nipple and cried out when he withdrew it only to return, adding a second finger. Her knees started to buckle, but Mateo braced her with his strong hands beneath her arms.

They moaned as their magic curled around their bodies while they stroked, kissed, and licked each other.

AN ACUTE AWARENESS blazed to life in Tiaki. Mateo’s and Kiana’s magic caressed his senses, beckoning his to deepen the connection. For the first time since he’d realized they were his soul mates, he set his magic free from the bonds he’d placed on it.

Something shifted inside each of his mates as they released the last of their doubts. The puzzle pieces missing from each of their hearts locked into place.

Tiaki gasped when he began to process everything Kiana and Mateo were experiencing. While he’d had brief brushes with this phenomenon on and off since finding them, those were nothing compared to what flowed between the three of them now. It was as if he had a direct connection with their nerves. Not only did he feel each kiss, each lick as if he were receiving them, it felt like he was giving them as well.

It was intoxicating and heightened his pleasure. A carnal hunger flared to life inside him. He shuddered at the eroticism of it.

Kneeling in front of Kiana, Tiaki began a tender assault on her senses with his mouth. Licking, sucking, and stroking her clit while he stroked her pussy with his fingers, stretching her.

Kiana cried out, and the full force of Mateo’s and her emotions hit him. Their love and desire crashed over him, igniting an insatiable longing to drown in it.

It was too much…and not enough.

Tiaki savored the thrill that raced down his neck when Mateo grazed his fingers along Kiana’s neck and the sharp, pleasurable pain when he cupped her breast, tweaking her nipple. She moaned. How was he supposed to survive this intensity? He resisted when she pulled him to his feet and pushed him and Mateo toward the bed with a hand on their bare chests. Once there she pushed them down on the mattress and trailed a hand up each of their legs, grazing their cocks as she went.

Tiaki and Mateo moaned. Both arched their hips when she didn’t wrap her hand around their hardened flesh.

Kiana smiled wickedly; the power she wielded over them rushed heatedly through their connection. “I want to watch you touch each other.” The words came out as a throaty whisper, sending the temperature in the room soaring.

Tiaki looked over and met Mateo’s gaze. He saw anticipation glowing in Mateo’s eyes. Tiaki turned on his side and closed the distance between them.

KIANA SHUDDERED WITH pleasure at the sight of Mateo pressing his body firmly against Tiaki.

Tiaki grasped Mateo’s neck and captured his mouth in a passionate kiss, their chests and cocks rubbing together.

Kiana fondled her breast with one hand, pinching and twisting the nipple. She skimmed her other hand down her body until she found her clit and started stroking it as she watched.

Mateo pushed Tiaki onto his back and pressed him into the mattress. Holding Tiaki captive by his wrists with a few whispered words, Mateo kissed his way down the taut muscles of Tiaki’s body. He licked and bit a fiery trail across his abdomen.

Tiaki moaned, struggling for breath when Mateo stroked his cock from base to tip.

Kiana didn’t think she’d ever seen anything so erotic in her life. Until Mateo replaced his hand on Tiaki’s shaft with his mouth.

Tiaki arched his hips off the bed, driving his cock deeper down Mateo’s throat. The feel of it blazing through their link felt like heaven to Kiana. When Tiaki glanced up to find her touching herself, she sensed the ravenous hunger he had to taste her burst along their magic. He tried to reach for her, but the spell Mateo had placed on Tiaki’s wrists held fast.

Mateo opened his eyes and glanced up the length of Tiaki’s body, a mischievous glint shining in them.
“I’ve learned a few things since last time.”

Kiana gasped when images of them fucking in the training room flooded her mind.
“Oh God. Mmm… I…”

Tiaki glanced up.
“You already knew what happened that day. I thought you might like to see for yourself.”
He grinned and whispered the words to dispel the magical shackles Mateo had placed on him. Tiaki grasped her arm and pulled her down onto the bed. He captured her lips, thrusting his tongue into the recesses of her mouth while his hand disappeared between her thighs.

Kiana screamed into Tiaki’s mouth when the phantom sensation of fingers pressed into her rear. God, she didn’t think she could take much more of this. Her magic had intensified the depth she was used to feeling from her cybernetic link with Mateo. Add Tiaki to the mix, and she shook from the turbulent hungers tearing through her. She realized she must have conveyed this through the rapidly deepening bond, because they both retreated from what they were doing. When she met their gazes in turn, she trembled at the look of undisguised hunger in their eyes.

Tiaki pressed her into the mattress and settled between her thighs. He leaned down and brushed his lips across hers as he guided his cock into her pussy. He groaned as her hot flesh closed around him. In one swift thrust, he filled her completely.

Mateo pushed Tiaki forward. The sensation of teeth nipping her side and an extra set of hands caressing her sent an sharp longing crashing in her veins. Tiaki shifted his hips, pulling out of Kiana to arch into Mateo’s touch. “Please, Mateo.” Mateo started to move toward the nearby table.

“You don’t need that,”
Tiaki whispered through their link when he realized what Mateo was going to grab. When Mateo arched an eyebrow, he added,
“You can use your magic as a lubricant. That’s what I did when we made love to Kiana.”
He held Mateo’s gaze.
“It’s also what I used when I fucked you.”

Mateo’s eyes darkened at the mention of their last encounter. He returned to his position behind Tiaki.

Kiana met Mateo’s gaze over Tiaki’s shoulder, then grasped Tiaki’s ass. “Please, Mateo.” She shuddered when Mateo traced his fingers lazily over the curve of one butt cheek before moving toward his rear entrance.

MATEO LEANED DOWN and ran his tongue over the tight ring of tissue. He gathered his magic as he continued licking Tiaki.

Tiaki groaned and bucked upward.
“That’s it, tōku wairua. Now guide your magic to coat your fingers.”

Mateo did as Tiaki instructed making it coat his fingers, then pressed against Tiaki’s ass. His magic tingled against his skin as he pushed his finger inside his lover. The collective moan that came from Tiaki and Kiana sent a fresh wave of hunger raging through him. He needed to take him. To feel the tight grip of Tiaki’s ass around his shaft.