Panthers' Pleasure [Impulse 1] (Siren Publishing Ménage Everlasting) (23 page)

“Which we didn’t because we promised not to read your mind,” Vilas added with a significant stare.

“Yes, that’s what I figured. Anyway, I thought if I could get to the hospital before dark and get Max out of there, I’d be gone before the lions could organize themselves and you two would be safe.”

“Oh, darlin’!” Rafe ran a hand softly down the side of her face. “You misguided little fool.”

“What do you mean?”

“What he means,” Vilas said, his attitude softening, “is that you were never going to outwit the lions. Their powers are phenomenal.”

“I know that now,” she said with a wry grin. “I got lost, which cost me hours.”

“They made you go wrong,” Rafe said, clutching her hand.

“Yes, I figured they probably had.”

“You shouldn’t have tried to walk out, even if you thought you were helping us,” Vilas said. “We told you that mating was for life.”

“I didn’t sign anything.”

“What do signatures count for in the human world?” Rafe asked.

“Check out the divorce courts if you have any doubts,” Vilas added.

“We had our ceremony, and when we put our hands on your head and our collar round your neck, those actions bound you to us in a way that a mere signature never could.”

“Besides, fucking us once isn’t enough to restore our powers,” Vilas said. “It’s a work in progress.”

“Oh, I didn’t know that.”

“We love you for what you tried to do for us, babe,” Rafe said softly.

Tears leaked from Chantal’s eyes. “But I nearly got you killed.”

“The confrontation with Boscombe would have come sooner or later, anyway.”

“But you could have been better prepared.” She rested her head on Rafe’s knee, careful to avoid touching his stomach. “I’m so sorry. I love you both so much. I wanted to make you safe. It didn’t matter what happened to me.”

Muscular arms lifted her from Rafe’s lap. She looked up into Vilas’s handsome face. All the antagonism had gone from his expression and he smiled tenderly at her.

“I hated you for a while there,” he said. “Until I came here, one foster family after another made me promises they didn’t keep.” He scowled at the memory. “I can still remember how disappointed I felt when promised treats didn’t materialize. That’s why disloyalty is the one thing that I can’t tolerate, but I shouldn’t have been so quick to judge you.” He rubbed his face down her cheek. “Forgive me, babe?”

“It’s me that needs to ask your forgiveness.”

“It’s all behind us now,” Rafe said. “You’ll stay, of course.”

She kissed each of them on the lips. “Try getting rid of me.”

“Come on,” Vilas said, swinging Chantal off the floor and into his arms. “Rafe needs to rest and we’ll keep him company.”

“Oh no, I know what you two’ll end up doing. It ain’t fair.” He pulled a hard-done-by face. “I killed a lion for you, darlin’. Where’s my reward?”

“And there was me thinking that men slayed dragons for the women they loved.”

“Out of fashion,” Vilas quipped. “Anyway, lions are much fiercer.”

They made it to their bedroom. Rafe pulled the shirt over his head and lay down, grinning at them both.

“I don’t believe it,” Chantal said, pointing at his enormous erection.

“Fighting makes him randy as hell,” Vilas explained.

“Everything seems to.”

“But he absolutely can’t fuck,” Vilas said. “Mikael gave strict orders.”

“Doesn’t mean we can’t play with him,” Chantal said, taking her place in the middle of the bed. She lay on her side facing Rafe, drinking in the sight of him because she’d thought she’d never get to do so again.

Vilas’s hands smoothed her ass as she bent her head and sucked Rafe’s cock into her mouth. She knew Vilas would soon be inside her, exactly where she most wanted him to be. She also knew that even if she’d just been granted that most elusive gift of a vastly lengthened lifespan by mating with these two, there still wouldn’t be enough days left to her to express how much she loved them both.

THE END

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