The Three (17 page)

Kael cleared her throat and rubbed her hand over her head. All of the emotion of the evening still hung around them, but the air felt charged in an entirely different way. “Anna?”

“Yeah?”

“Let’s go make love to Elin.”

For a moment the only sound was the thunderstorm that raged on around them.

“Both of us?” Anna asked when she could speak again.

Nodding, Kael held her gaze with intense indigo eyes. “Together.”

Without hesitation, Anna took her hand. “Let’s go.”

Elin was on her feet the instant they returned to their sleeping room. Still dressed in her tank top and panties, her auburn hair was mussed and her hazel eyes red-rimmed and watery. She was utter misery tinged with fearful hope, searching out Kael’s face as soon as they walked through the door.

“I’m sorry,” she said immediately, and took a cautious step forward. “Kael, baby, I’m so—”

“No, I’m sorry.” Kael released Anna’s hand and strode across the room to meet Elin halfway and wrap her in a crushing embrace. “I was a complete jerk. You have nothing to be sorry about.”

Anna walked across the room in silence, leaving Kael and Elin to their apologies. She pulled off her wet Tshirt, shivering, then stripped off her damp blue jeans. Clad in only a bra and panties, she climbed into a sleeping bag and sat cross-legged beneath the warm material. She never considered leaving the room.

She finally felt enough a part of the family to bear witness to these emotional apologies.

Kael rubbed her hands up and down Elin’s back. “I was scared. I should have just told you how I was feeling.”

“Scared of what?” Elin asked. “Caring for a child?”

“And losing you if I can’t do it.”

Elin leaned back to see Kael’s face. “I don’t need to raise a child, Kael. I do need you. You’re not going to lose me, promise. I’m here to stay.”

Kael looked solemn. “I’m just not ready to raise a child right now, but I promise to keep an open mind about it, okay?”

Elin gave Kael a careful smile. “Okay. I’m not ready, either.”

“You still love me?”

Elin leaned forward and took Kael’s mouth in a long, passionate kiss that left Anna breathless where she sat. She knew a million words were spoken in that kiss: apologies, endearments, and promises of forever.

Her heart thumped, and she felt her soul lighten.

Elin broke away from their kiss and giggled, squirming within the circle of Kael’s arms. “God, Kael…you’re soaking wet!”

Kael gave her a broad, mischievous grin. “You know your kisses always do that to me, sweet girl.”

Elin slapped the wet T-shirt that left no part of Kael’s chest to the imagination. “Stop.”

Anna chuckled. “Fair’s fair. He got me all wet out on the porch after he was done apologizing.”

Elin laughed, then insisted, “Come here to us. You look cold.”

Anna hesitated, then stood and crossed to them, taking the hand Kael extended. When their eyes met, she was transfixed by the vulnerability she saw in those indigo depths. Kael was truly letting her inside as never before. The thought flooded Anna with fierce emotion, and she leaned up to press a gentle kiss to Kael’s lips. She heard Elin’s soft intake of air beside them and felt Kael’s large hand settle on her hip. In a moment of amused panic, she remembered that she was only wearing her bra and panties. Even that thought was lost when Kael’s tongue caressed her lips apart and moved inside of her mouth. Anna sucked on it deliberately, provoking a soft moan.

“Okay, well now I’m soaking wet,” Elin said.

Instantly, they stepped apart, silly grins plastered on their faces.

Kael tipped her head back and laughed. “Me, too.”

Anna smiled shyly. “I’m glad I’m not the only one.”

“Was that your first kiss?” Elin asked. “I was right. It was the hottest thing ever.”

Anna flushed. “The third.”

Kael’s low chuckle caused her to blush harder. “Is she always this sweet?” Kael asked Elin with a loving half-smile.

“Always.” Elin ran hungry eyes down Anna’s barely clad body. “Sweeter, even.”

Kael cleared her throat. “Well, now that I’ve gotten both of you girls nice and wet, maybe you should get out of those clothes.”

“You think so?” Elin asked, giving Kael a playful smile.

Anna cast her gaze to the floor. She was painfully turned on, but now that the moment was here, she felt all the shyness of her first time with Elin return. I thought I was over this timid virgin bullshit. She could feel Kael’s eyes on her, and she folded bare arms over her goose-pimpled flesh, uncertain whether it was the cold or Kael’s candid stare that was making her shiver.

She raised her eyes to the erect nipples that were visible through Elin’s damp tank top and desire hollowed her stomach. As if reading an unspoken invitation, Elin closed the distance between them, and wrapped her arms around Anna’s body.

Staring past her to Kael, she said, “Kael’s just a horny boy who wants to see us naked and making out.”

“Maybe I’m just a horny girl who thinks that sounds like a pretty good idea, too,” Anna whispered against Elin’s lips.

She moaned when Elin pressed her tongue into her mouth. Warm fingers covered her skin, pressing into her and sending shock waves rolling through her body at the friction against her rock-hard nipple. Gasping, Anna broke away from the kiss. Her heart accelerated even more when she saw that Kael had removed her T-shirt, exposing small breasts, the nipples erect and dusky pink.

“Take off Anna’s bra, Elin,” Kael instructed.

Elin reached around to Anna’s back and found the clasp of her damp bra. “This okay?”

“Yes, very okay.” Anna glanced back to Kael, who removed soggy blue jeans and hung them over the back of the armchair. Kael’s eyes sought out her bare breasts as Elin removed the bra.

“Now take off Elin’s tank top,” Kael murmured. She stood a few feet away from them, wearing only dark boxer shorts. “Please, Anna.”

Anna grinned and reached down to grasp the hem of Elin’s tank top. Tugging it over Elin’s head, she immediately stepped in and pulled her lover into an embrace, crushing their naked breasts together. Her mouth found Elin’s in a hard, hungry kiss. Knowing that Kael was watching enflamed her, and soon she was struggling to remain standing on trembling legs.

“I need to lie down,” she gasped out. “I’m going to fall over if I don’t.”

Elin beamed. “I’ll take that as a compliment.” She slowly stepped back as Kael crossed to them.

Kael gave Elin a quick kiss, then dropped to her knees and slid Elin’s panties down over pale thighs and shapely legs. She placed a reverent kiss on the curly hair between Elin’s legs before rising to her feet. “Get on the sleeping bags, baby,” she whispered to Elin.

Elin obeyed the command, and Kael joined Anna in gazing down at her bare, creamy skin. “You want to get her ready?”

“More than anything.”

Kael smirked, then leaned close to whisper in Anna’s ear, “Get her nice and wet for us, okay?”

Anna almost forgot to keep breathing, aware of the slick wetness that already painted her inner thighs. “No problem.” She gave Elin a sheepish smile as she got to her knees. “Hi.”

“Hi.” Elin’s smile spread slowly, creeping across her face as if she wanted to enjoy every second of its unfolding. “Are you sure you’re okay with this, honey? You feel comfortable? One word from you is all it’ll take to stop things if you don’t feel good about what’s happening. Understand?”

Anna trailed a hand over the gentle roundness of Elin’s belly. “I understand. I do want this. It just feels…right.”

“It is.” Elin stroked the side of Anna’s face. “I love you both so much.”

“I love you, too,” Anna said.

She moved on top of Elin, settling her hips between Elin’s thighs when she spread them to accommodate her. She cradled Elin’s face in both hands, lowering her face to lick at her full bottom lip. Elin raised her head to deepen the kiss, and soon Anna was thrusting desperate hips into Elin’s wetness, driven by a mindless intensity, her only desire to taste and touch and feel her lover. Every time she touched Elin, she savored it like it might be her only chance. Impatiently, she rid herself of her panties, groaning at the feel of Elin’s soft skin against hers, at the way the thatch of wiry hair between Elin’s legs tangled with her own wet curls. Reluctantly, she lifted her mouth from Elin’s and moved down to settle on her stomach again with her head between Elin’s thighs.

“May I?” She pulled her lover’s legs over her shoulders to gain better access.

Elin giggled and tangled a hand in Anna’s hair. “You’d better. You know you don’t have to ask, sweetheart.

If you want to put your mouth on me, anytime, anywhere, just say the word. I’ll drop what I’m doing and come running. Or just come.”

Anna bent and planted a wet kiss on the tender skin of Elin’s inner thigh. “I don’t know if that’s such a good idea.” She moved over to nibble at Elin’s other thigh, then sank gentle teeth into the skin until Elin gasped.

Swiping her tongue across the captured flesh, she pulled back with a low groan. “You’d never get anything done. We’d never go anywhere. We’d both starve to death.”

“But what a way to go.” The hand in Anna’s hair tightened and tried to pull her into wet, swollen flesh. “God, Anna. Who taught you to tease this well?”

Anna held strong. She parted her lips and blew warm air on the pink flesh Elin presented without shame.

Elin’s hips bucked, and Anna pulled back, drawing out her torture.

“I have a great teacher,” Anna said. “She’s taught me everything I know.”

“Show me,” Elin pleaded, and pushed her hips into Anna’s face. This time Anna didn’t move away, and Elin managed to brush the damp curls against Anna’s chin.

Anna’s ability to draw this out fractured at the painful need in hooded hazel eyes. She met Elin’s stare and lowered her face, dragging the flat of her tongue up the length of Elin’s sex. She moaned into Elin’s flesh at the familiar taste. Elin tightened her hand in her hair.

“God, I love licking you.” She buried her face between Elin’s legs to do just that. Eyes closed, she savored the taste and smell of Elin, the way she rolled her hips in shameless need.

“Fuck, Elin.” Kael’s voice came from somewhere above Anna. She continued to lick and suck at Elin even as her heartbeat picked up at Kael’s return. “Does that feel good, baby?”

“Incredible,” Elin murmured. “God, Kael, she’s so good at this.”

Anna sucked swollen flesh into her mouth, laving Elin with her tongue. Her heart swelled with pride at Elin’s words, and she felt some of her lingering shyness ease. Emboldened, she slid her hand up over Elin’s stomach to cup her firm breast and tug at her nipple, drawing a breathless cry.

“Anna…you’re gonna make me—” Elin’s words were lost as she arched her back and cried out in pleasure.

Anna pulled away before she could release Elin, gazing up at her with a crooked smile. I’m not sure I’m supposed to make her come so fast. She raised a questioning eyebrow at Kael.

Elin whimpered in disappointment. “What? You’re just going to…you can’t just…just do that and—”

Kael turned stern eyes on Elin. “Oh, don’t worry, baby. We’re going to take care of you.”

“But I—”

“I mean it,” Kael murmured in a low voice. “I hope you’re ready for us, Elin. Between Anna and me, I have a feeling that you’re going to be exhausted tomorrow. Sore, too.”

Kael turned intense indigo eyes to Anna, smiling wide. “Come here,” she murmured and threaded strong fingers through Anna’s dark hair. She pulled Anna’s face to hers and captured her lips in a hungry kiss.

Anna moaned at the realization that her mouth was still covered with Elin’s juices, and that Kael’s tongue sampled the sweetness in lazy pleasure. Kael licked at the sides of her mouth and her chin, then parted her own lips in silent invitation. Anna slipped inside, groaning when Kael sucked on her tongue to draw Elin’s flavor into an eager mouth.

Kael pulled back with her fingers still tangled in Anna’s hair. “Elin,” she murmured, never taking her eyes from Anna’s face. “You taste amazing on Anna’s lips.”

Elin released a long-suffering whimper. “You guys, this is so unfair.” She bucked her hips into the air, exposing flushed, pink flesh shiny with arousal. “Please, I was so fucking close.”

“What do you want?” Kael asked.

“I want to come in Anna’s mouth.”

Anna swallowed, exhaling as she tried to contend with deep, aching desire that left her weak in the knees.

Kael’s hand caressed the back of Anna’s head, blunt fingernails scraping over her scalp in a soothing rhythm.

“I’d like to watch you come in Anna’s mouth,” Kael said. “You two…I never thought I would see something so beautiful as the two of you giving pleasure to one another.” She guided Anna’s head down between Elin’s thighs once again. “Lick her, then. Slowly at first.”

Anna turned her face to nibble on Elin’s inner thigh. “I get to start the teasing part over again?”

Elin groaned in frustration, bringing her arm up to cover her eyes. “Please, no. Please. I need to come.”

Powerless to resist the quiet pleading, Anna traced the tip of her tongue around Elin’s opening, then pressed inside, penetrating Elin with her stiff tongue. Kael’s hand stayed tangled in her hair, providing silent encouragement as Anna slid her tongue up to play with Elin’s clit. It was hard and swollen, literally throbbing beneath Anna’s touch. Elin’s quiet moaning grew louder and more demanding, until finally she chanted one word over and over again in a mindless incantation.

“Anna,” she whispered. “Anna.” She lifted her hips, rolling them to force contact with the flat of Anna’s tongue. “Anna.” She rubbed her wetness over Anna’s nose, lips, and chin. “Fuck, Anna, please.”