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Colm dropped a kiss on her forehead and let her rest between
Linc and him. He was surprised she’d managed to stay on her feet for as long as
she did. Now, she didn’t stir even when he tugged her close in a hug. He wanted
to hear her voice or see her move. Something to reassure the beast clawing
inside him.

The delay in talking to her frustrated him, but was probably
a good thing. The first burn of anger had faded and logic allowed him to
control his emotions. He understood why she’d done it. Not that he wasn’t still
angry. She had risked her life. That was unacceptable. He didn’t care if it
took days, she would understand that.

He curled his arm around her and rested his hand on her
stomach. Relaxing on his side, he closed his eyes. Sleep refused to come for
him. Making sure she understood how badly she’d scared them would have to wait
until she finally woke up. She wouldn’t remember a word they said if they tried
now, even if they could manage to wake her enough to get her to open her eyes.

Colm wanted to wipe away the thoughts of her in the same
room as one of the false Ardin when he was holding a knife, but couldn’t. The
scene played over and over in Colm’s mind. While he was out chasing shadows,
she’d walked blithely into danger. He wouldn’t have been close enough to help
her. She’d be lucky if they let her out of their sight to bathe in the next few
days.

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 pussy 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 pussy 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 clit.

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 pussy. Her mind focused on his tongue so close to her aching
clit. 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 fuck you.”
Both of Linc’s hands fastened over the curves and squeezed. “The thought of
fucking you here while Colm drives into that tight pussy 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
clit.

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 clit 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 clit and
tracked down to her entrance, teasingly poking the slit. Her hips rocked down
against his tongue. She ached for a firmer touch.