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torments their mate might be suffering had lent them such mindless purpose and

unparalleled strength that their fury had known no bounds. Though they had been

outnumbered, the Malucons had been no match for them.

It had been more than a week since he’d found Natalie, naked and helpless under

the weight of the heinous Malucon intent on raping her.

Andros’ heart wrenched inside his chest, as it did every time he thought of that

moment. Would that they could have saved Natalie from that torment.

They had let the Malucons catch them unaware. Never again would they repeat

that mistake. Not with their mate’s life on the line.

Even though Natalie had assured them that no harm had come to her while in the

Malucons’ grasp, Andros was still hesitant to lie with her again. He knew she would

carry the psychological wounds of her torment and attempted rape for the rest of her

life. The least they could do was stave off their lust for her until she was truly ready to lie with them once again.

“By her own account, she is ready, Andros,” Leikos said, reading the unspoken

thoughts on Andros’ face.

“You cannot deny that, Andros,” Zafron said.

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It was true that she wanted them too. Her hints over the past several days had

become less and less subtle. Just yesterday she had emerged from her quarters wearing the short Spygian tunic, the one that practically bared her breasts while showing a hint of the delicate round curves of her luscious behind. It had taken all his energy not to pounce on her immediately, and from the looks on his brothers’ faces and the large

bulges in their loincloths, they had felt exactly the same way.

“She did say she would be picnicking in the greenhouse, did she not?” he asked

Leikos, unconsciously rubbing the bulge in his loincloth.

“Yes, she did,” Leikos replied with a hopeful look on his face.

“The new security shield is in place and has been tested several times,” Zafron

threw in eagerly. “We will no longer be caught unaware.”

“Spygia is close by,” Leikos added. “We will be home very soon.”

And therefore none of them needed to be here in the control room right now.

Andros hesitated for another fraction of a second. Was it too soon for their mate?

But then he recalled the seductive smile on her face last night when she’d sat across from him in the library, curled on an overstuffed chair as they’d each read a book. The way she’d crossed and uncrossed her legs, giving him a tempting view of what she

wore underneath her sparse tunic—nothing.

“Let’s go.” Decision made, he rose and strode toward the door.

* * * * *

Natalie rolled onto her back, stretching lazily under the warm light of the

greenhouse sunlamps. She’d discovered that the light they gave off was very similar to sunlight, giving her skin a nice, warm glow. With any luck, her earlier mention of

sunning out here would draw her men to her. Just in case, she’d shed her ridiculous

excuse for a tunic the moment she’d lain down.

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She smiled, thinking of her men and how they’d been pampering her over the last

week. If she’d had any doubts before, she didn’t now. They loved her, wholly and

completely. Not just because she was their mate, but because she was her—Natalie.

As wonderful and secure as she felt in the knowledge of their love for her, it was

frustrating that none of them had touched her since the incident with the Malucons. She knew they were being sweet, that they wanted to give her time to recover from her

ordeal. What she’d tried to tell them but they didn’t seem to understand was that by

making love to her, they would be helping her drive those horrible memories away. She wanted the memory of their hands on her, not the Malucons’.

Just thinking about making love with her men again made her all hot. If they didn’t

join her out here soon, she was going to go straight to the control room and jump them.

The sound of soft footsteps padding through the grass interrupted her reverie. Her

heart started thumping in anticipation. Smiling, she lifted her knees, placing her feet flat on the ground, and parted her legs ever so slightly. In the next moment, three

breathtakingly muscular bodies came into view, as usual clothed only in loincloths. Her men.

Natalie could hear their collective gasps of breath as they noticed her lying nude on the blanket. “Natalie?” Andros said, his voice sounding choked.

“So you boys have decided to join me, huh?” she said. She’d been going for breezy,

but her voice came out husky instead, leaving no doubt as to her intentions.

“Are you sure?” Leikos said in the same choked voice as Andros.

Rising on her elbows, she spread her legs farther apart. “Oh, I’m sure.”

She rose to her knees, eagerly watching as her men approached her. Zafron reached

down to impatiently untie his loincloth. “No.” She reached up a hand to stop him,

throwing him a saucy smile. “Let me.”

They uttered heated groans as she removed each of their loincloths, leaving them

gloriously naked and unmistakably hard. Her body warmed in response.

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“Lords, but we’ve missed you, Natalie,” Andros said with a groan.

“I’ve missed you too,” she replied with a laugh. Boy, had she ever. They were all

she could think about. “Here, let me show you.”

She took Zafron’s swollen cock in her mouth, reveling in the silk-on-steel feel of

him against her tongue, as her hands encircled Andros’ and Leikos’ engorged staffs.

Keeping her hands moving in time with her mouth, she pumped up and down,

savoring the salty taste of Zafron on her tongue.

“By severn, that feels incredible,” Zafron groaned, his hand fisting in her hair.

Releasing him with a slight pop, she smiled up at her men. “God, I’ve missed that.”

“Show me how much,” Andros replied hoarsely, guiding his cock to her mouth.

Natalie smiled as she took turns pleasuring each of them. Each flip of her tongue or

wiggle of her bottom elicited a new round of groans, spurring her to continue enticing them with her mouth and with her body’s movements, until she was high on lust and

the power she held over them.

“Mate, it’s our turn,” Leikos whispered hoarsely, guiding her onto her back. “We

must taste you now.”

“Yes, please.” She didn’t have time to say any more before Andros’ mouth was on

hers, his tongue tangling erotically with hers. Leikos’ hands spread her open to his

view, and a mere moment later his mouth was upon her, his tongue flicking out to tease her sensitive bud before sweeping along her crease. One, two agonizingly delicious

licks, and then his tongue flicked inside.

“Oh god,” she cried out, tearing her mouth away from Andros. “Don’t stop.”

Leikos laughed softly. “So sweet. Like the purest of honey.”

“Let me have a taste, brother,” Zafron said. He switched places with Leikos,

bringing his mouth down to her slick core. A few teasing licks, then he slid his tongue deep inside her, holding her hips down as her back arched off the ground, ecstasy

pouring from her in waves.

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“Oh, that’s so good.” The pleasure of his tongue inside her was almost unbearable,

made her want to do naughty things. “I need a cock in my mouth, right now.”

Andros uttered a tight laugh. “I aim to please.” He guided his stiff erection between her lips, sliding in as deeply as he could before pulling out and repeating the motion.

Natalie felt a soft tug on her head and turned it. Leikos gently guided his cock

between her lips. “Take us all, my love.” She sucked in furiously, relishing Leikos’

harsh groans as Zafron’s tongue worked its magic deep inside her cunt. Already she

was wild with need.

“Please fuck me!”

Andros chuckled, grabbing Natalie’s head and turning her his way so that he could

piston his cock in and out of her mouth. Grabbing the leg closest to him, he lifted it up by the knee, so that her body was spread open wide. “You heard her, brother,” he said to Zafron. “Fuck her.”

“Yes,” Zafron hissed, rising to his knees as Leikos grabbed her other leg and held it high. Natalie turned her head to watch as he guided his stiff arousal to her entrance, slowly pushing inside her slick core.

“Oh yes,” she moaned. It had been long enough since their last time together that

her body had to stretch to reaccustom itself to his size. The exquisite pressure of him entering her, inch by inch, was slowly driving her insane. “More.”

“Slowly, mate,” Leikos whispered, running his fingers through her hair. “You will

have to take us all, and it has been some time.”

She shook her head. “Slow later. Fuck me now!”

Zafron uttered a gravelly laugh. “She asked for it, brothers.” In one smooth

movement, he thrust in to the hilt. Andros’ mouth swooped down to absorb her loud

cry as her back arched off the ground. The feel of Zafron’s long, hard cock buried to the hilt inside her was unbelievable.

How did I ever live without this?

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In the next moment, all rational thought fled as Zafron pulled out almost entirely,

then thrust back in, again and again, forming a steady rhythm. “Harder. More!”

With one last hard thrust, Zafron withdrew, leaving Natalie to cry out harshly at

the loss. He moved to the side and Leikos slid into his place. “Please, more,” Natalie panted, spreading her legs wider apart.

“Our mate seems to love our cocks,” Zafron said to Andros.

“As it should be,” said Andros.

“She cannot get enough.”

“Yes, more,” Natalie moaned, lifting her hips off the ground in a movement meant

to entice Leikos, as she turned and eagerly sucked Andros’ cock into her mouth once

again.

Leikos stared down at her swollen opening, breathing harshly. “You’ve a beautiful

pussy, my love.”

“She does,” Andros groaned in agreement.

“Yes,” Leikos agreed. He pushed down, thrusting deep inside her. He easily slid in

to the hilt, his wide cock pulsing in tune to her spasms as she came apart underneath him. How easily they could ride her to the highest peaks of passion.

“Yes, love,” said Leikos, “that’s it. Come for me.”

Without waiting for Natalie to recover from her mind-blowing orgasm, he

withdrew his cock, then plunged back in, sending her soaring to new heights of ecstasy.

“Go deeper inside her, brother,” Zafron said eagerly, turning her head so that he

could slide his cock into her mouth. “Give her every last inch.”

“Mmm…” Andros said, leaning down to whisper in her ear. “I can feel the slick

heat of your lips on Zafron’s rod. The tightness of your pussy clenched around Leikos’

tool. Can you imagine how arousing you are to us, mate? How our bond only serves to

increase our pleasure, and your own?”

“Yes,” Natalie moaned. “I need you. All of you.”

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“You have us. Forevermore.” Andros rose to his haunches, scooting back so that he

sat directly next to Leikos. “Hoist her onto my cock, brother.”

Grunting in acknowledgment, Leikos gave her several more hard thrusts before

withdrawing from her sweat-slickened body. Natalie cried out in disappointment as

Zafron too moved away, but her frustration only lasted a moment before Zafron and

Leikos helped her sit up, guiding her onto Andros’ stiff arousal. She lowered herself slowly, reveling in the feel of Andros’ hard cock sliding into her body, in the way he stretched her. Based on all the rough groans her men were uttering, her movements felt as good to them as it did to her.

Andros held her close to him, supporting her weight as she adjusted to the new

position and began to build a steady rhythm. Featherlight kisses trailed down her back, silky long hair teasing her flesh and making her gasp in pleasure. “Please,” she said, looking behind her to see Zafron at her back.

Zafron grinned lazily. “What do you want, mate?”

“You,” she panted, her head falling back as Andros increased the tempo of his

thrusts. “Please, fill me.”

With an exultant laugh, Zafron said, “As you wish, mate.” He spread her cheeks,

coating the ring of her backside with her own liquid before slowly impaling her on his staff. She gasped at the initial twinge of pain, then moaned as that gave way to an

exquisite sensation of fullness. Zafron withdrew a fraction, then inched in again,

establishing a friction that had her gasping for breath, making her legs twitch

uncontrollably.

“Harder,” she gasped, crying out when they obeyed, Andros pumping his hips

heavily as Zafron plunged in and out of her backside. “God, yes!”

“Natalie,” Andros said with a harsh groan. He brought his lips to hers, his tongue

tangling with hers. Breaking away, he said, “I love you, mate.”

“We all do,” Leikos whispered, moving to her side and kissing her as well.

“I know you do,” she replied. “I love you too. All of you.”
You’re mine.

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With a satisfied grunt, Leikos rose to his feet, guiding Natalie’s mouth to his stiff arousal. “Yes, mate. Just like that.” He pumped his hips in time to Andros’ and Zafron’s thrusts, the three of them working her body in unison, stuffing her to the brim. She felt waves of ecstasy rise within her once more and let herself go. Muscles clenching tightly around Andros’ and Zafron’s staffs, she rode them until she crested, sliding Leikos’

cock out of her mouth so that she could scream her pleasure into the air.

She felt herself go boneless, her head collapsing forward. She dimly realized that