“What the hell is wrong with you?” Laura asked, throwing her hands up in the air as she paced across Holly’s living room floor.

If she’d expected sympathy from her BFF, she’d been wrong. Laura had charged in like a lion and started to roar.

“He lied to me,” Holly explained, though she’d mentioned that fact more than once.

“About his name,” Laura shot back.

“Yes.”

Laura pointed at her. “I lied to you about my name.”

“That was different.”

“I lied about mine, too.” Rachel Harper came to stand beside Laura.

Holly turned to Nell, who held Rachel’s baby, Paige, on her lap. Nell looked completely innocent even though she was the one who had instigated this horror show. “Why would you do this to me?”

“I didn’t lie about my name,” Nell said with those wide eyes of hers.

“That is not what I am talking about, and you know it.” She wasn’t going to let Nell be obtuse about this.

“I did what any friend would do when she sees her friend jumping off a cliff. She calls in her stronger friends to pull you back.” Nell bounced the baby on her knee. “If it were left up to me, I would jump off with you. I’m not the best person to handle this sort of thing. But Laura is really good.”

“So is Rachel,” Callie added with a bright smile. “Rachel is excellent at telling me when I’m doing something silly.”

Callie sat on the recliner with her hand over her huge belly and her feet up.

“Well, why don’t you join in, Callie? You want to let me know how stupid I am?” Holly was getting frustrated with her houseguests.

She shook her head. “Oh, no. I’m just happy to be out of my house. I thought Zane was going to have to roll me over in a wheelbarrow, though. If I don’t have this baby soon, I think I’m going to pop. But if you’re asking me, then I do think you’re making a mistake.”

“Caleb lied to me.” She would say it over and over again until someone understood.

Callie looked at her sympathetically but shook her head. “So did Rachel and Laura.”

“That was different.” Apparently everyone was planning on acting obtuse today. The situations were completely different.

“How?” Callie asked.

“They were trying to hide from something.” Laura had been on the run from a serial killer and Rachel from a stalker. It made total sense that they would change their names for protection.

“So is Caleb.” Laura sighed and sat down. “I’m sorry. I’m coming on way too strong. Holly, I love you, but I think you’re wrong. I changed my name because I was running from my past. I didn’t want Rafe and Cam to find me. I also didn’t want the serial killer to find me, but it was about Rafe and Cam, too.”

“And I was on the run.” Rachel’s mouth became tight as she obviously thought about her life before Max and Rye. “I still don’t go by my old name. I changed it because I’m not that woman anymore. I’m Rachel. I’m the person I found here in Bliss. I think Caleb is the same. He smiled at me yesterday. Do you know how little that man smiles?”

“Did you ask him why he didn’t tell you about his name?” Laura sat back.

“He said he couldn’t be sure I wasn’t a gold digger.” She could still feel the humiliation that had flared.

Rachel snorted. “Idiot.”

Laura’s eyes narrowed. “Is that what he said? Or what you heard?”

“No,” Micky called out from the kitchen where he was making coffee. “He said he’d had a lot of women who were more interested in his family than him.” He walked in carrying mugs of coffee. “And I understand that. I get him, Mom. When you’re a member of an incredibly wealthy family, you have to wonder why people are around you. I don’t think he thought you were a gold digger for a second. I think you scared the crap out of him.”

No one understood. She felt frustrated tears pricking at her eyes. “I seriously doubt that. I know you think you know how he feels, but I want you to think about how I feel. I was married to your father for years. It was a huge mistake. The Langs ripped me apart. I can’t do that again. I don’t even want to try.”

“It’s not like his family is here all the time,” Rachel pointed out. “I didn’t even know he had a family. I knew his wife died, but that’s about it. If Jen weren’t on her honeymoon, I would put her on this. Trust me, Stef Talbot knows something about Caleb and his past. No one comes into his town without a file. I wonder. I bet he has an actual file.”

“Rachel, you can’t break into the Talbot Estate,” Callie said.

Rachel’s strawberry blonde hair shook, and her eyes lit up the way they always did when she was planning something nefarious. “I wasn’t going to break in. I was going to walk in and then, whoops, I didn’t mean to go into Stef’s office. I got lost. And I certainly didn’t mean to have that file folder fall open.”

“Or you could ask me.” Micky sat down in front of her. “You must be very isolated if you didn’t hear his story. Dr. Caleb Sommerville was working with a charity group providing medical attention and surgeries in some of the world’s worst places. He walked away from his wealth. Does that sound like Dad? I bet that the Sommerville family wasn’t thrilled that he chose to practice in Africa.”

“He went through something bad, didn’t he?” Laura asked.

Micky nodded.

“I thought so. I recognize the look on his face from time to time. I see it in the mirror.” Laura’s voice had taken on that far-off quality she used when thinking about her former life.

“I see it on Zane’s face.” Callie’s hand smoothed over her belly. “It’s hard for him to talk about what happened while he was undercover. Can’t you give Caleb a chance?”

When had she become the bad guy? “I thought you guys were supposed to support me.”

Nell leaned toward her. “We are, sweetie. But we wouldn’t be very supportive if we let you make the biggest mistake of your life.”

Was it a mistake? How could she trust him again? And what else hadn’t he told her?

And did any of it matter? Or was she letting her past ruin her chances for a future?

“I can’t live that life again.” She said it more to herself than anyone else.

“I don’t want you to. I don’t want that life. That’s why I’m here.” Caleb stood in the doorway, his hands in the pockets of his jeans. His face was lined with care, as though the last moments had aged him.

Alexei stood beside him.

How much had they both changed for her? What had it cost these possessive men to decide to share her?

“I’d like to know your story.” She said it simply, though it meant the world to her. If he wouldn’t talk to her, she wasn’t sure there was a chance.

He nodded, but no words came out.

“Could we be doing this in private? Ladies, I appreciate your love for Holly, but we need time alone.” Alexei opened the door.

Laura stared him down, never one to let a little thing like a six-foot-five-inch, slab-of-muscle renowned-for-his-former-violent-tendencies man intimidate her. “You better take care of her.”

“Laura, they will. That’s why they’re here.” Nell stood, looking perfectly happy with the outcome of the afternoon. She settled Paige on her hip. “Come on, guys. Let’s get Callie home. She’s going to bring another beautiful soul into the world any day now. We should make sure her house is ready. I want to bless the baby’s room and invite the goddess in.”

Rachel held a hand out to Callie. “Ugh, I hope you don’t mind some smelly herbs, Cal.”

She shook her head. “I don’t mind. But I’m pretty sure I’m never having this baby. I know it’s Zane’s because it’s so big. I think this baby weighs thirty pounds. He planted a giant inside me. And I swear this sucker has more than four limbs.”

“Uhm, I can do another ultrasound.” Caleb put his hands on Callie’s belly. “How about tomorrow morning? You’re not due for another two weeks, but if the baby is big, we might need to schedule a C-section.”

“Oh, no, Callie,” Nell said, her eyes wide. “Maybe we should call the shaman back in.”

“Nope,” Callie said. “If the doc wants to split me open right now, I’m up for it. I’m done with being pregnant. And I will happily let you take another look at my boy.”

Rachel snorted as she lifted her baby from Nell. “Doc is a good man, but he’s not the greatest at reading a sonogram. Is he, baby girl? He thought you had a penis. You don’t have a penis. No, sir. Callie’s baby won’t have a penis, either. She’s going to be your best friend.”

“Now, we need to talk about this,” Nell said, her skirt fluttering around her ankles as she ran after the other women.

Laura gave Holly a long hug. “You just holler if they give you trouble. I think I’m going to have to save Nell. Rachel can get touchy about drugs and childbirth. We’re going to be over at Callie’s making casseroles to freeze so Zane doesn’t have to cook after the baby comes. Why don’t you come with us, Micky? You can get to know your new aunts, and I think Rafe and Cam are going to be doing some yard work. We can pull up lawn chairs and whistle until they take off their shirts.”

“I think I’m going to love my new uncles,” Micky said with a smile. He stopped in front of Caleb. “Talk fast, man. I’m pulling for you.”

The door closed behind them, and they were alone.

“Cheap lay?” Caleb asked, obviously ready to get to the fight. His face was tight.

She wasn’t about to let him make her the bad guy by throwing her words back in her face. “You’re the one who lied, Caleb.”

“I didn’t lie.” Caleb’s words were clipped, short, revealing his frustration. “I’ve gone by my mother’s maiden name for years. I didn’t like everything that came along with being a Sommerville, including the money. I like living simply. The only time my money has come in handy is when you needed things, like a roof. Which wasn’t cheap.”

She put a hand on her hip. “Oh, so now you’re owning up to that? I asked you before and you wouldn’t answer.”

Caleb scrubbed a hand through his short hair. “I didn’t want you to feel beholden. You think I didn’t look into your past? I knew who your ex-husband was. I knew what he did to you. I might not have known all the details, but I could make some great guesses. You obviously didn’t want to leave your son behind when you got divorced.”

“Of course I didn’t.”

“Your husband used his money and power to separate you from your son.” It wasn’t a question. Caleb said it with a familiar disgust, as though he’d seen it before.

She took a long breath. “Yes, he did. Actually he managed to come up with some damning photographs of me with his head security guard.”

“Bastard,” Caleb cursed. “What did he do? Hire someone who looked like you?”

She stilled. She hadn’t told him she wasn’t guilty. So why did he assume she was innocent? “Maybe he simply followed me, Caleb.”

“Bullshit. You wouldn’t cheat. I know you. You wouldn’t cheat on him no matter how big an asshole he was. He was the father of your son. You took vows. You wouldn’t cheat.”

Tears pooled in her eyes. “How can you know that?”

“Dushka, he knows for same reason I know. He sees your soul. Why can you not see his?” Alexei stood by the door, his face grim. He watched the argument with dark eyes and a flat mouth.

It struck her that Alexei had as much to lose as either of them. Though he wasn’t a part of this argument, he was involved. He was part of this. She could yell at Caleb all she liked, but it wouldn’t help the three of them.

“Explain why you wouldn’t tell me your name.”

Now it was Caleb’s turn to calm down. He paced a little. “Because after I found out about your ex-husband, I was afraid you wouldn’t like me. And I wanted you to like me.”

“Why?” Holly asked.

The words burst from his mouth like a cork popping from a champagne bottle. “Because I loved you from the minute I saw you. I walked into the café and you smiled at me and I felt like the sun had come out after years of rain, and that scared the shit out of me. It still scares the shit out of me. But I’ve figured out that something else scares me more. Losing you.”

She stood there in her tiny cabin—the very place where she’d been exiled—and realized that she could believe him or not. She could pull the mantle of past pain around her and be safe. She could go on as she had before. She could even keep Alexei. She didn’t need Caleb. Caleb would always have ties to a world she hated, a world that could come back to hurt her. Alexei would stay with her.

And they would all be living a half life because this weird thing between them worked. It was beautiful and odd and worth fighting for. And it was far past time to put her fear aside.

She didn’t speak. Words had always failed Caleb, but his actions spoke volumes. He’d taken care of her when she’d needed it. He was damaged, and she didn’t exactly know why. It didn’t matter. It didn’t matter if he never healed. She would take him damaged and broken. She would try to heal his hurt.

She put her hands on his face. “I love you, Caleb Burke.”

Not Sommerville. Micky was right. This was who Caleb wanted to be.

His green eyes were solemn as he looked at her. “I love you, too. I just don’t know that it means much.”

Holly put a finger to his lips. “You don’t have to tell me anything. I don’t need to know. I love the man you are now.”

“And you would love the man he was,” Alexei said quietly. “He is very stubborn. He always has good heart.”

“I want to tell you. You need to know.” Caleb looked so miserable standing there, as though he was sure she would reject him.

She’d put that fear in his eyes by walking out. She should have yelled, fought with him. She should have stayed. She was well aware that if Alexei hadn’t been there, there was a great chance that Caleb wouldn’t have come to her.

They needed Alexei. She held out her hand.

Alexei hesitated. “Dushka, perhaps you two should be alone.”

Caleb shook his head. “No, I want you to hear, too. You should understand. I know I said I would be happy to just be around for the sex, but that was bullshit. I want this thing to work, and you’re a part of it, Alexei.”

Caleb stepped away. He started to pace again, and Holly could see how this would go. He would tell her in his clinical way, detached and outside himself. She didn’t want that. She wanted him to know that he was safe with her. She’d taken that from him when she’d walked away. He should know she wouldn’t do that again.

Holly pulled off her shirt and let it drop to the ground. Without hesitation she pulled off her bra.

“What are you doing?” Caleb asked, his eyes going straight to her breasts.

“She is getting ready to talk.” Alexei smiled warmly at her. He could read her mind. He worked the buttons on his shirt, exposing his chest.

Caleb turned between the two. “We’re going to talk naked?”

She pulled her hair out of the ponytail holder she wore. “Yes, consider it our first family tradition. When we have terrible things to talk about, we do it in bed, naked. I want to hold you, Caleb. Will you let me?”

He stilled. “I can’t do this if you’re going to walk away every time I upset you, because I’ll probably upset you a lot. I know that maybe isn’t fair, but I can’t handle not knowing where I stand. I can’t play games. I’m not any good at them.”

He wasn’t. He was horrible at hiding his feelings. Alexei was good at it, but she didn’t want to play games with either of them.

There was only one way she could think of to prove that she was in. Without bothering to cover her breasts, she went to the phone. “What’s your brother’s number?”

Caleb’s head came up. “What?”

“Eli? What’s his number?” The only way to prove she could handle him was to throw herself into the fire.

“Holly,” Caleb started.

“Give her number.” Alexei had gotten down to his underwear. She was never going to get used to that body. It was beautiful. It matched his soul.

“Do your clothes just fall off you?” Caleb asked, shaking his head.

Alexei shrugged. “It is skill. Now give Holly number. I am intrigued to see what she will do.”

Caleb rattled off a number, and within seconds the line was being answered.

“This is Sommerville. Who is this? I don’t recognize this number. This is a private line for family only.”

He sounded gruff, a man who knew his place in the world and wouldn’t appreciate it being questioned. Holly had no desire to question Eli’s place in the world, but he was going to understand hers as well.

“Eli. I’m going to call you Eli because I think we’ll be family soon enough. My name is Holly Lang. I live in Bliss, Colorado.”

There was a brief pause, and then he sounded almost amused. “I know your name, Ms. Lang. I keep tabs on my brother.”

Well, of course he did. “Then you know we’re seeing each other.”

“I know he’s interested. My brother likes to move slowly. He’s the tortoise of the dating world.”

He really was. Luckily Alexei was the hare who had pushed Caleb forward. “Well, his slow ass finally crossed the finish line. I’m going to be honest with you, Eli. I’m in love with your brother. And I’m keeping him. You can send in your spin doctors or image consultants, but it won’t make a difference. You can’t turn me into some perfect political wife.”

“Well then, it’s a good thing you’re planning on marrying a doctor.” There was zero question of his amusement now. She could practically hear him smiling.

But she hadn’t told him the whole truth yet. “I don’t have a college degree. I’m divorced with a son who recently came out. I live in a town known for its unconventional relationships.”

“And apparently its aliens,” Eli interrupted her.

Holly continued. “And you can’t run me off. I will have you know that my son is accomplished at blackmail. And Caleb and I have a friend who knows a thing or two about getting what he wants. A very good friend. A partner.”

There was a long pause. “Oh, fuck. Seriously? Caleb’s gone native?”

Finally she’d managed to get a rise out of him. “Yes. It’s perfectly acceptable here in Bliss. And our partner used to be involved in a crime syndicate, but he’s gone straight now. So if you want this relationship of ours to remain private, you better keep the press off us. But you can’t get rid of me. I love your brother, and I won’t be bought off or scared off or blackmailed off. Do you understand?”

Eli’s voice was warm as he spoke. “I think I do, Holly. I’m going to call you Holly since we’re going to be family soon enough. Consider me properly intimidated. Now that I know who the boss is, perhaps you can get my brother to call his family more often. We miss him. And Josh wants to come see him soon.”

“I think we can arrange that. Your brother says hello. He’ll call you later, but for now he has some things to do.” Before he could reply, she hung up. She turned to Caleb, her heart racing. It had gone far better than she could have imagined. It still could all go to hell, but she’d made her stand. “There, now we’ve started on the proper footing.”

Alexei smiled at her, his cock already straining at his boxers. “That was very sexy, dushka.”

Caleb’s hands came out in supplication. “He won’t try to break us up. Eli isn’t your ex. Are you sure about this? Eli can try to keep us off the radar, but I can’t guarantee that we won’t have nosy reporters sniffing around. I can promise that I’ll protect you as best I can. I can promise that no matter what anyone says, I’ll be here.”

She couldn’t ask for more. “Then take off your clothes and meet me in bed. You can tell me your story, and I can apologize for walking out. But Caleb, no more secrets.”

“I don’t have any more.” He followed her into the bedroom, Alexei on his heels.

Holly shed her jeans and underwear. She was painfully aware of the plug that still resided in her ass. Alexei’s hand caressed her there, reminding her that he was the one who had worked it in.

“You are still wearing plug?” Alexei asked, his voice deep and dark.

She nodded. “I didn’t take it out.”

She’d found it oddly comforting. Even as she’d walked away, she’d kept the toy deep inside. Every time she’d felt it, she’d pretended it was a caress. How could she think to walk away from them? She needed them.

Alexei put his hands on her hips, drawing her close. “You are never allowed to walk out again, my dushka. You can get mad, yell all you like, but this is a family. We can’t to be walking away. Family is too important. This is too important.”

She wrapped her arms around his waist, loving the feel of his muscles playing against her. He was a gorgeous monster, and his heart was as big as his body. “I love you.”

“I love you, too.” He tilted her head up and took her lips in a soft, sweet kiss.

Caleb was suddenly at her back, his hands on her skin. She felt so good surrounded by them.

Caleb swept her hair to the side and kissed her neck, a tender touch of lips to skin. “I’m sorry I didn’t say it before. I can only tell you I was scared. I love you, Holly.”

She turned to him, knowing how hard a confession that was. “Oh, babe, you won’t regret it.”

His hands came up, brushing her nipples. His mouth was against her ear, the warmth of his breath soft on her skin. “I’ll tell you everything you want to know, but after. I want to make love. I want to be inside you.”

“Yes.” She didn’t want to wait. She wanted them, needed them now. “Please, Caleb. I want you both.”

“I think we can handle that.” Caleb’s cock was thick against her backside.

“You are ready for this?” Alexei asked.

“Yes,” she and Caleb said at the same time. She laughed. She wasn’t sure who Alexei had been talking to, but he’d gotten the answer he wanted. He dropped his boxers, tossing them aside. His big cock bounced free, jutting up.

“I’m ready,” Caleb said, squeezing her. “I want to make love to our woman.”

Caleb let go of her, and she could hear him rustling behind her, his clothes coming off.

Alexei put a hand on her head and pushed with a gentle pressure. “On knees, Holly. I want to feel your mouth.”

Holly got to her knees, clenching her ass to keep the plug in. His dominant commands made her feel ridiculously sexy. When Alexei’s voice went deep and he got bossy, her pussy responded as though it knew who its master was. She took Alexei’s cock in hand and ran her tongue across the head. He hissed slightly and sank his hands into her hair. He leaned back, giving her full access to his dick.

“God, that’s pretty.” Caleb stood beside Alexei, looking down at the place where his cock disappeared into her mouth. “I think I want some of that.”

His thick cock pointed her way. Caleb pumped himself a couple of times.

She never would have imagined that Caleb Burke would stand right next to a man he’d once considered a criminal waiting for his turn at a little oral. They were her men. A deep feeling of possession settled in her chest. These men were hers, and she was never going to let them get away. They had given themselves to her, and she intended to keep them.

She turned her head, allowing Alexei’s cock to pop out of her mouth, and licked at Caleb. She took both her men in hand and licked them in turn. Her tongue flicked back and forth, teasing them. She curled her tongue around Alexei while her hand tightened on Caleb. She sucked Caleb into her mouth, playing with Alexei’s balls with her free hand. They stood together, their hips touching, and she’d never felt sexier. Two hands played in her hair. Two voices groaned and told her how hot she was.

She licked the ridge of Caleb’s cock, carefully sucking at the V on the underside. She worried it with her tongue, glorying in the cream that seeped from the head. It drenched her tongue with the taste of him. She switched to Alexei, mingling their flavors. She lapped at them, not able to get enough.

She sucked Alexei deep. One, two, and three passes before switching. Caleb groaned as she pulled him in. He pumped his hips toward her. She ran her tongue up and down his length. He pulsed in her mouth. He was close.

“Don’t you come,” Alexei growled.

Caleb pulled out with a moan. “Bastard.”

“We take our woman together.”

Caleb’s eyes darkened. “Yes. I want that. Holly, get on the bed. Hands and knees. I want your ass in the air.”

And he called Alexei bossy.

Alexei helped her to her feet as Caleb opened the nightstand and pulled out condoms and lube. He tossed them on the bed and then winked at her. “Stay here, baby. I have a trick I want to try.”

“And I have some discipline to administer.” Alexei directed her to the bed. “Did you think I would let you walk away with no punishment? You have been bad girl.”

She felt like a bad girl, and it felt good. She didn’t hesitate to get on her knees, lifting her ass in the air. Alexei’s discipline always seemed to end with her crying out in pleasure. She intended to be bad more often.

Alexei’s hand came down instantly, the smack ringing through the air. Holly cried out. The smack made the plug shift, lighting up every nerve in her ass. It was a jangled, oddly erotic sensation that made her fists clench around the comforter under her hands. She held on because Alexei seemed damn serious about punishment. His hand rained down on her ass, leaving not an inch untouched. Over and over he smacked her in short, unrelenting arcs. Each time she winced and ground her teeth and let the pain turn into heat blooming across her skin.

He stopped suddenly, and she groaned as he ran his hand across her ass.

“So pink and pretty. And I love the way this looks.” He pressed lightly on the plug, playing with the base. Holly couldn’t help her whimper. She could feel her pussy pulse with every touch.

He pulled on the plug with one hand while his other hand played in her pussy, light, teasing touches that made her crazy for more.

“You like this, dushka. You love my discipline. You will love it even more when I tie you up. You’ll be helpless. I’ll tie your hands and feet to the bed. You’ll be open to us, our pretty love slave. We’ll take care of you. We’ll clamp your pretty nipples and torture you with our tongues. You’ll beg, my darling. You’ll beg for a cock, but we’ll hold back. You’ll get nothing until we decide it. We’ll play with you to our hearts’ content.”

It sounded like torture. It sounded like heaven.

He smacked her again, making her cry out. This time he left his hand over the site as though imprinting himself on her.

“I will try many things with you. You are my pretty slave in bedroom. I am your slave everywhere else.” He kissed the small of her back, wrapping his arms around her waist. “Mine.”

“Bastard, you told me you would share.” Caleb emerged from the bathroom. He winked at her as he joined them on the bed.

“I share. But she is ours. She will not to be looking at other men.” Alexei smacked her ass again—a definite warning of things to come.

Holly piped up. “It’s going to be hard, boys. My dating life has been so active up to this point.”

Another smack, this one hard. He wasn’t playing around with that smack. Holly groaned and forced herself to breathe.

“No joking,” Alexei barked. “I need to know that you are mine. Ours. I need to know that we will be together.”

“Always, babe. Always.”

She felt Caleb’s hand tracing the curves of her ass. “And it’s going to be hard for her to keep her eyes off other dudes. We have a lot of naked dudes running around Bliss. She might have to go around blindfolded.”

Alexei’s face came into view. He gave her the sweetest smile. “As long as she is ours, then perhaps she can look all she likes. We will have to make sure we are most sexy of men.”

They wouldn’t have to work hard. They were the sexiest men she’d ever met. It went beyond their perfect abs or handsome faces. It was bone deep. “No one can hold a candle to you two.”

“That’s good to hear because I think Alexei here is going to need a lot of praise. He seems very vain,” Caleb said.

“I merely wish to be lovely for my dushka. She deserve most beautiful of mens.” Alexei pointed to Caleb. “You could use a haircut.”

Caleb’s laugh filled the room. “Don’t even go there, buddy. How about you be the beauty and I’ll be the creative one. Damn, she’s so wet.”

“She like her spanking. I think her ass will be spanked often.”

She felt Caleb’s lips on her skin. “Poor baby. He did a number on you. Your skin is all pretty and hot and pink. So lovely. I think after taking a spanking like that, you deserve a treat. Spread your legs, sweetheart. He’s the stick. Let me be the carrot.”

He was so much better than a carrot. She widened her stance, pushing her knees out for Caleb to slide underneath. She shuddered as she felt his hands on her thighs. They were big and warm, and she knew what was coming.

“Holly, I’m a doctor and that means I’ve made a thorough study of female anatomy. I can say with great confidence that this is the prettiest pussy ever made. It’s perfectly formed. Plump and juicy and ripe.”

“And she smell so sweet,” Alexei added. He got on the bed next to Caleb. She felt his hands on her ass, his finger tracing the valley between the globes.

“Yes, she does.”

She shuddered as she felt Caleb’s nose run along her pussy.

“I’ve also studied a little chemistry, and I happen to know the effect of menthol on a woman’s pink parts.” He licked at her, a long, slow stroke of his tongue.

Something wicked and crisp made her pussy swell. “Oh my god, Caleb, what did you do?”

He chuckled. “It’s a fun little trick. I brushed my teeth. I spit, but I didn’t rinse. The menthol from the toothpaste creates a tingly feeling. Do you like it?”

She couldn’t breathe. Her pussy felt like it was swelling but in a delicious way. It was like her skin was open to all sensation. As though she’d been plunged into freezing water and emerged with every pore open and ready for pleasure. Her pussy felt alive.

Alexei began to torture her ass with the plug. He pulled it out a little ways and then fucked it back in.

“Hold still,” Alexei commanded, putting a hand on the small of her back.

“I can’t.” She felt too much. It was too much pleasure. Caleb was eating at her pussy, lighting it up. Alexei filled her ass with the plug, making the nerves there flare to life.

“You will hold still or we will to be stopping,” Alexei promised.

“Holly, be still. He really will make me stop. I don’t want to. You taste so good, sweetheart.” Caleb swiped at her clit. She felt her eyes go wide. “And this will work on us. You can suck our dicks like this, and we’ll go crazy.”

She could imagine it. There didn’t have to be boundaries with these men. She could explore to her heart’s content. She could try every wild thing she’d ever dreamed of and a few things she hadn’t even thought she wanted. She wouldn’t have said she could ever submit in the bedroom. She’d thought Jen was crazy for wearing Stef’s collar, but she got it now. She could submit to Alexei, and he would take care of her. Alexei was the dominant one in the bedroom. Caleb was the softie. She could have the best of both worlds. She could have it all. She only had to be brave enough to reach for it.

“Besides, our dushka needs to learn to be quiet. We have an impressionable boy in house now.” Alexei pulled the plug out almost to the tip before driving it slowly back in. “We must try to set example.”

She knew some people would tar and feather her for having a relationship like this around her son, but he’d been so deprived of true love, she couldn’t see how this hurt him. He wasn’t the norm. He would have a whole world that told him he was wrong. Maybe by seeing his mother refusing to accept someone else’s morals in exchange for her own happiness, he would know that love was love no matter what guise it came in. It was real and precious and so rare that it would be wrong to turn it away. Love didn’t always come in the conventional way. It didn’t always mean a white picket fence, but this love was worth fighting for.

She was worth fighting for. If her men had taught her one thing, it was that she was worthy.

“I think we set a fine example.” She was proud of her men. She wouldn’t hide them. Caleb made her cry out, lashing her clit with his tongue. The cool tingle of the menthol spread all around. “But I will be quieter.”

She bit her lip. She wanted to scream. They were killing her. Caleb speared his tongue high into her. He pressed his mouth over her mound, surrounding her with his heat.

Alexei fucked her ass with the plug, never letting up on the sensation. “My friend, I believe she is ready. Perhaps you can make her come. I want her soft and willing when we take her together.”

“My pleasure,” Caleb said against her lips. She felt him tighten his hands on her thighs right before he sucked her clit into his mouth.

The sensation washed over her like an icy wave. She’d never felt anything like it before. Her pussy seemed to have taken over her body, becoming the center of her being, and Caleb and Alexei commanded it.

Her whole body shook. The only reason she could stay on her knees was their hands holding her in place.

Caleb let go of her clit but continued to tease her, sending shocks through her system. She sagged against Alexei’s supporting arm.

“Yes, that is what I wanted. I wanted a perfectly satisfied woman who we can please all over again.” Alexei pulled the plug from her ass. She sighed and felt oddly empty without it.

Caleb pushed his body up the bed through her splayed legs until she straddled him. His cock strained against her pussy. “Get me a condom, buddy.”

Before Alexei could pass it to him, he pulled her down. She was grateful to let her body sink onto his. He kissed her, letting her taste her own juices on his tongue. He ate hungrily at her mouth. She could feel his desire. His hands roamed across her body as his tongue dominated.

Holly let him take over. She felt like she was floating, tethered only by his strong hands and the silky glide of his tongue against hers.

“I love you, Holly,” Caleb whispered against her lips. “I love you so much. I feel so lucky to have found you.”

Tears pricked at her eyes. “I love you, too, Caleb.”

He needed to hear it. She could see it in his eyes. For all his wealth and privilege, he needed what every person needed—to know he was loved and accepted for himself.

She pressed her lips to the line between his eyes, the one he got when he concentrated on a problem. It would get deeper with age, and she would always love it. It was a part of him. His oddness and lack of social grace were endearing because they came with such an open, caring heart.

“Don’t forget me, dushka.” Alexei’s weight caused the bed to dip. He passed Caleb a condom. His big cock was already sheathed. He pulled her up, freeing Caleb to work the condom over his dick. Alexei kissed her, cupping her head in his hands.

Caleb gripped her hips. “Come on, baby. I need you.”

She needed him, too. She leaned down, letting her breasts rub against his chest. She loved the differences between them. He was so hard, making her feel soft and feminine. Alexei got in behind her, placing a hand on her back.

“Are you in?” Alexei asked.

Caleb thrust up, joining them in a single move. She groaned and let her head find Caleb’s shoulder. He felt so good. His dick was thick inside her pussy.

“Oh, yeah. I’m in. She feels perfect. Tight and hot around me.”

“She will be tighter in moment. Hold her for me.” Alexei moved behind her. His hand stroked down her back. “Dushka, my little love, you will tell me if I hurt you. We can go slow. I want you, but I want it to be right.”

So dominant, and yet her big Russian was a teddy bear. He could talk all he wanted, but he melted for her, and she was grateful for it. She reached around to touch him. “Take me, Alexei. I want to be with my men.”

“As your wishes go,” Alexei replied.

Caleb laughed, shaking his head. “I’m going to make a list of all the ways he screws up sayings. Really, we could do a whole website.”

“Hush, Caleb. Make the funs later.” Alexei parted her cheeks. “This is serious business.”

Caleb held her, his hands tightening around her waist. His eyes went hot. “Yes, it is. Very serious. Holly, let Alexei get in your ass, sweetheart.”

She wasn’t sure she had a choice about it. She needed to know how this felt. She needed to be between them.

She buried her head against Caleb’s chest as Alexei worked the lube in. She listened to the strong beat of Caleb’s heart as he worked a finger in.

“Let him in, sweetheart. We want to fill you up.” Caleb’s words caressed her.

She relaxed against him, giving over to Alexei. Before she knew it, something far larger than a finger was seeking entry.

“Yes, ti nuzhnA mne.” Alexei’s Russian was thick, rolling out of his mouth like the sexiest of songs. Holly had no idea what he was saying, but every word out of his mouth sounded like sweet seduction. “Ne magU zhIt’ bes tebyA.”

“I’ll translate for him,” Caleb offered. “He needs you. Or rather he be needing you. He needing you so bad.”

“I will not forget, my friend,” Alexei said, but she could hear his amusement. “But you speak Russian fairly well.”

Caleb shook his head. “No, I speak Holly well. I know what a man in your position would say. I feel the same way.”

Holly took a deep breath as Alexei pressed in. Pressure built. She closed her eyes.

“It’s all right, baby,” Caleb whispered. “It only feels like it’s going to tear. It won’t really. The sphincter ani external muscle is an amazing thing. It’s called a voluntary sphincter. It opens when you let it. It’s sensitive, like the perineum. Anytime you want to lick my perineum, feel free.”

“Alexei, make him stop the anatomy lesson.” He would go on forever if they let him.

“This I cannot do, dushka. Our partner gets turning on when he talk about body parts. We must be getting used to this.”

“Hurry up,” Caleb said. “I’m dying here. The sphincter might be a patient muscle, but my cock is dying. She’s so fucking tight.”

“A little more. Just a little more.” Alexei’s voice sounded strangled.

He thrust in and around her asshole, forcing his cock inside in gentle pushes. Every move made her burn in amazing contrast with the cool sensation of her pussy. In and out, Alexei worked her ass, opening her and making her ready.

She heard him groan and felt him slide deep inside her ass, the walls finally broached. She was open to them, completely vulnerable.

Alexei flexed inside her. “Oh, dushka, this is what I wanted. This is what I need. I can feel everything.”

It took her a second, but she realized what he was saying. He could feel Caleb. He could feel Caleb’s cock sliding along his and he could feel her. The three of them together. It was so intimate, more than she could have imagined. It was more than the physical. It was sharing.

They began to thrust in earnest. Caleb pushed up while Alexei dragged his dick out. Every nerve in her backside lit up.

She pushed toward Alexei, trying to get that dick back in her ass. Caleb pulled on her hips, filling her pussy. Any way she went was another intimacy, another pleasure. She rode the wave. She rocked back and forth, forcing her pussy onto Caleb’s cock. She shoved back and got an ass full of hard dick. She moaned and wailed her pleasure, feeling every inch of them, glorying in the fact they were deep inside her. They belonged to her. She, Holly Lang, had two men, and they were magnificent.

“Please. Please.” She was so close. The need grew like a wave about to crash. Caleb pumped up and Alexei thrust in, the seesaw effect jostling her back and forth between them. She rode it, letting her body find the rhythm. In and out, back and forth, every inch of her felt on fire. Alexei’s hands gripped her hips and Caleb’s her thighs. She could feel them brushing against each other, working together to keep her in place. She felt possessed, beloved, wanted.

“I am close. Her ass is so tight, so good.” Alexei flexed inside her.

“I’ve never felt anything like this.” Caleb looked up at her, his eyes clouded with emotion.

“Please, I can’t stand it anymore. I need to come.” It was driving her wild. She was so close to something powerful.

And then she felt a hard pinch to her clit, and she went over the edge. She felt her men go wild, pumping into her, grinding as they came.

She slumped forward, letting her body rest against Caleb’s. Alexei’s cock came out of her ass as he kissed her back and let his head find her shoulders. He pulled them all to the side, but kept them close, the heat of their bodies surrounding her.

Caleb’s eyes opened. She could still feel his cock nestled against her pussy. His arms went around her.

This was what she’d wanted. To have him wrapped in her arms. “Tell me what you need to tell me.”