When Jax fired up the sleigh, a whirring sound reverberated around us and the floor of the sled hummed. I sat on the tiny bench next to Leven in the back, then lifted myself to glance over my shoulder toward the front, curious how this whole thing worked. The dashboard in front of Jax lit up from Christmas lights with so many gadgets, including a navigational tracker I’d only see used in movies on submarines. Farther ahead, Tatum was in reindeer form, his white and gray pelt blending in with the snow coating the landscape. Harnessed, he faced away from us, wisps of hot hair floating from his nostrils as he swung his head up and down.

My stomach did somersaults. I was inside a sleigh about to fly! If Britta were here, she’d have been squealing with joy, and I wasn’t far from that reaction myself. My chest bubbled with adrenaline, and every inch of me buzzed.

“Hold on,” Jax said. “Let me put on the heat on in the back.” He pressed a few buttons when Tatum grunted and lifted his head high, his front legs following. An explosion of fairy dust sparkled and fizzled out from his antlers. The next thing I knew, he’d lifted off the ground with such swiftness, the whole carriage lurched after him, the nose of the unit going up first.

“Whoa.” Jax fell back into his seat, his hand flying across the dashboard, hitting a bunch of buttons in unison. I stumbled backward out of my seat, my heart soaring to my throat. Leven’s steady arm snapped around my waist, drawing me toward him, the other holding on to the frame.

“I got you.”

A bang sounded, followed by a tiny panel to our right opening up. An explosion of glitter shot out right in our direction.

I shrieked, looking away, but it hit me everywhere, and it smelled like popcorn.

“What the hell, Jax?!” Leven snarled.

When I glanced over, he had a rainbow of shine on his cheek and brow, smatterings in his honey-blond hair, and more over his coat. I exploded with laughter to see such a strong man sparkling. I wiped my face and my hand came back covered in tiny shimmering speckles.

“Ah, shit,” Jax mumbled while I remained held tight in Leven’s arms, pressed against him with the whole sleigh ascending. If he let me go, I’d slide to the bottom of the compartment.

“Sorry, guys,” Jax called out over a shoulder. “I hit the Good Stuff button by accident.”

The higher we climbed, the more my stomach dropped, and if Leven hadn’t been holding me in place, I might have tumbled out of the carriage, making me feel I was going backward on a roller coaster.

Exhilaration flooded me. It was as if nothing in the world could trouble me, and I just yearned to giggle, sitting here in Leven’s arms. Or maybe get into his lap. I shook myself, convinced I was losing my mind in the moment.

We’d left behind the treetops, and beneath us the landscape spread out in an endless ocean of crystalline snow, sweeping up onto the surrounding mountains. They shadowed the location like giants. Everything seemed silent, pristine and clean, and we were oddly juxtaposed to the settings. A golden unit drawn by a magical reindeer and effortlessly gliding over nature.

The sky was mostly cloudy with steel-blue grays overhead, casting the ground in a muted shade, as if someone had cast the place in a black-and-white photo.

I gripped Leven’s arm, staring at the world below us. A fluttering of warm air folded around us from the carriage walls, and despite being outside, I hardly felt the cold.

“You’re so beautiful when you smile,” he said, and I glanced over at him, at the glitter on his chin. I reached over and wiped some of the sparkles away. I couldn’t stop smirking as the carriage started to level out and soon enough we no longer climbed, but rather flew through the skies right way up.

“This is incredible.” I pulled free from his arm and twisted in my seat, sitting on my calves to look out front. I tingled from my head to toes and loved how overwhelmingly calm I felt.

Tatum in reindeer form was running in the air as if we were on the ground, hauling us through the sky. Yet we weren’t moving super-fast.

“What do you think?” Jax twisted around to face me, holding on to the reins to guide Tatum. He sat so close, I could see the light flecks in his blue eyes, and the kind of long lashes I’d love to have without the use of mascara. Maybe it was the whole magical sensation I was experiencing, but I had the wildest urge, and with no doubts catapulting forward to stop me, I leaned closer.

Jax’s eyes widened slightly, but he moved toward me until our mouths met. As before, an electric surge zipped through me. He tasted of spiced chocolate, and I adored how he and Leven tasted like delicious treats. He licked my lips when the whole sleigh took a sudden dipped.

“Whoa!” My stomach fell through me.

Jax snatched the reins as Tatum glanced back our way, grunting, his eyes narrowing. I’d never seen a reindeer give us the evil glare, but Tatum managed it.

“Better sit down,” Jax said. “Try to focus. We’re on the lookout for Krampus.”

I stiffened. “I can focus.”

“Good. But you’ve just had a big dose of the Good Stuff, which was partly my mistake, so you’re not thinking straight.”

I scrunched up my nose and stuck my tongue out at him. “I feel amazing and could calculate a whole mathematical equation if needed.”

Jax chortled and kept staring down across the landscape.

I twisted and slid back down next to Leven, who stared at me with that look that screamed he wanted to devour me. I squeezed my thighs together, loving the tingles he caused.

“What’s the Good Stuff?” I asked, slouching against him.

“Something Santa added to the sleigh in case he carried anyone in the back and they freaked out. Mostly elves, as they hate heights. It calms them and puts them into a kind of high.” He tapped my nose. “A side effect is that it brings out someone’s desires. Recently, an elf traveling with Santa ended up leaping off the sleigh midflight, as he’d always wanted to fly, so now Santa wants the feature removed.”

“Well, no one told that to the mechanic of this sleigh.” I giggled and glanced over in Jax’s direction, eliciting a laugh from Leven, who collected me into his arms.

I straddled Leven’s lap and lifted myself up onto my calves, both of us facing each other. At this height, I could also easily see over the sides of the carriage and I scanned the landscape for anything that might resemble a blimp in the white. Something to help spot Krampus. My head told me this was my chance to focus and find my sister, yet I couldn’t stop the fuzziness in my brain, especially when Leven cupped my ass. I chewed on my cheek, loving how large his palms felt.

I shook my head, trying to clear my thoughts, and started to climb off Leven, but he held me in place. “Where are you going?”

“I want to get closer to the edge so I can search for Krampus.”

Leven embraced me and stood, my bent legs hugging his hips. Then he walked us over to the side of the seat.

“Thanks,” I said, then kissed his cheek, but he turned his head at the same time and our mouths clashed. He didn’t waste a moment and kissed me again as he’d done near the distillery, his hand moving to the back of my head, locking me in place. I floated on clouds, his mouth devouring mine, his tongue finding mine in a tangled match. I’d never wanted someone as much as I desired these men.

“You’re so beautiful,” he mumbled.

“Why do you taste like candy canes and Jax tastes like hot chocolate?” I giggled, unable to stop.

“All beings under Santa’s magic carry different flavors. It’s like the scent, and it’s everywhere!” Leven nodded and glanced down between us and back with a knowing look.

“Even down there?” I teased, blushing like mad.

His breath hitched and he shifted beneath me as I sat on his lap, positioning his growing hardness between the apex of my thighs.

Despite us flying over the snowy Austrian Alps, I was burning up from my head to toes and everywhere in between. What was I doing? Despite my speeding breaths, I leaned over the edge of the sleigh, letting the cooler air splash against my cheeks. Maybe it would help clear my thoughts.

A white blanket lay across the woodland, and we flew much lower for an easier look. Tatum careened to the left, and Leven’s hold tightened around my hips as we swayed with the movement.

So where exactly would Krampus hide Britta, Santa, and all those elite guards? A cave? Though below were only trees. It was as if they’d vanished into thin air, which got me thinking.

“Can Krampus use an invisibility cloak?” I asked, and Leven shook his head. Okay, that theory was out the window.

Up ahead, Jax was scanning the grounds as well, but when Leven’s fingers inched under my coat and layers of clothes, finding my lower back, a kindling of excitement awakened in the pit of my stomach.

“I know we’re being affected by the Good Stuff,” he began, “but I’ve wanted you since I first saw you fighting back against Krampus.”

I swallowed the thickness in my mouth. What was I meant to say to a handsome man admitting he desired me, and not just because we were sprayed by some glitter enchanting potion?

“You’re making me blush. And I’ve never kissed two guys on the same day before.” I slapped a hand over my mouth at what I’d blurted out. “I shouldn’t have said that last part, but I’m so attracted to all three of you and can’t stop picturing you all naked. I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I need to shut up.” Slumping down on Leven’s lap, I asked, “Does that glitter bomb have a truth serum in it?”

“A smidgen,” Jax interjected from the front, and glancing over his shoulder, smiling widely. “I could do with more of your lips, and my lap is getting cold.”

“Why would you add truth serum to a calming spritz?” I asked, purposely ignoring Jax’s invitation. It was clear the two men didn’t seem to mind if I was with both.

“Something Santa requested. When he thinks anyone is lying to him, he would take them on the ride and get them to open up. No torture required.” He chuckled and steered Tatum to the left, heading for the mountains, then returned to staring at the scenery, and I followed suit. I supposed even Santa got paranoid.

I searched across the forest, topped in snow. With its density, all the white made it impossible to see the ground. A cluster of birds exploded out of a tree we traveled over, fluttering around us, and I pulled my head back inside the compartment. The landscape seemed isolated and barren. Maybe the whole aerial search wasn’t going to work.

When Leven removed his gloves and his hand slipped under my clothes and across my back, I curved back around to face him.

He stared at me with hunger in his eyes. Was that really him feeling these emotions, or was the glitter influencing him? But the kiss back at the distillery had been real and deliciously wonderful. While still straddling his lap, I cupped one side of his face, the light stubble tickling my palm.

“I can see you fighting your desire,” he said, leaning his head into my hand before kissing my fingers.

“And shouldn’t I be?”

He shook his head. “My dad used to say if there’s anything I want, I’ll have to do things I’ve never done before to get it.”

“Oh,” was all I said, as I wasn’t too sure what things he’d never done before. “You’ve never been with someone who didn’t live in the Workshop?”

“He’s been with lots of girls from human towns,” Jax blurted out.

But I held Leven’s gaze, fighting the urge to picture him with others or that I might be another conquest.

“I want more from you.” His expression grew serious, his eyes darkening, his delicious lips parting.. “Not just a kiss or a fun time, though those will definitely happen. But to get to know each other, go hiking, wrap presents with the elves. See you smile all the time.”

Jax groaned, but Leven pulled me closer, our noses touching. “I don’t give a fuck if I sound soppy. I’d always sat back and let women come to me, but you’re something different. I’m going to make you mine.” His fingers gripped my hips, and he stared with such intensity.

While my initial reaction was to pull away from someone so forward and pushy, a part of me was so turned on by this dominance. Sure, I was also attracted to the other two men, and I didn’t know where I was going with any of them. But right now, I didn’t want to leave Leven’s side.

His mouth pressed to mine, and that time, our kiss was fast and divine. Leven’s hands moved everywhere, our bodies joined. I sensed Jax watching us, and it did something to me. Besides, hearing Leven say those words made me melt. Sure, I’d had guys ask me out before, like Dylan from back in California, but they hadn’t rocked my world. With Leven, my insides twisted into knots. I noticed his stolen stares, and damn, I blushed like crazy, not to mention I grew so wet each time he touched me. I was hopelessly losing control in his company. But Jax and Tatum affected me too. Each was so different, but similar in the way their presences called to me.

Leven stood, with me still wrapped around him, and he knelt on the floor of the sleigh with such strength that he never once wavered. The red plush velvet was cushioning my back. I was completely and utterly lost beneath him, all thoughts vanished, and I couldn’t for the life of me remember anything else. I breathed in Leven’s sexiness, drowned in his strength towering over me, and I lost myself in his kiss.

He pushed a hand under the layers of my shirts to my breasts, peeling the bra down and squeezing me so hard, I was moaning for more. I arched to feel his body pressed against mine. He pinched my pebbled nipple as his tongue pushed into my mouth, and I needed this. He reached down and undid my jeans and my long undergarment because it was freaking freezing in Austria.

I should have protested, stopped him, but I didn’t want to. My world centered on the attention he showered on me. He broke our kiss and knelt between my legs as his fingers curled under the top of my pants. “I want to see that pink cherry pussy.”

I gnawed on my lower lip, conflicted with too many emotions, but I pushed those aside as I floated on ecstasy. When I glanced up, I met Jax’s burning eyes, and I wanted him to come and join us.

Leven slid my pants down my legs in one go. “Focus on me,” Leven said. “Now lift those gorgeous legs up.”

I abided so he could strip me. The pants caught on my boots, and he yanked them off one at a time, leaving my socks on. I was naked from the waist down, but the warmth from the sleigh heaters kept me toasty. He spread my legs and lowered them on either side of his hips. I followed his gaze lower as he grinned, and only then did I realize I wore my red thong with a reindeer on the front. God, I’d changed so fast before we’d gone out that I hadn’t paid attention to what underwear I’d grabbed. Now I looked like a hardcore groupie. Why had I even bought these in the first place?

“Please tell me that’s a reindeer,” Jax called out, and Leven nodded.

“I love it,” he said, running a finger down the reindeer’s nose, right across my crease.

My whole body trembled from his feathery caress, and as insane as it sounded, having Jax hanging half over in the compartment turned me on.

“Who’s driving this thing?” I managed to breathe.

“I got it,” Jax said, one hand behind him holding the reins, the other down in front of him as if he were stroking himself. His eyes fixed on me, and something about being stared at like a lollipop shouldn’t have turned me on so much. But a shudder of euphoria raced through me, shaking me at the core. Fuck, I loved every moment.

“Just so you know,” Leven said, “Tatum, Jax, and I share everything.”

It wasn’t a question, but a statement, and a thrill gripped me. I met Jax’s gaze and a smile crept over his face. The air grew thick with arousal, and I couldn’t help but breathe slower, deeper, cheerier. Yep, spray me with glitter, and I morphed into a horndog who desired three men.

Leven held open my legs. “Let Jax see how sexy the reindeer can be.” He ran his finger once more over my underwear. I was so wet, the sheer fabric clung to me. And I groaned from his touch, unable to get enough, lifting my hips, craving him as much I needed oxygen.

Jax was climbing over into the back, and my head ran on sex fumes. He reached over and his cold hand held the inside of my knee.

I shuddered with enjoyment and stared up at the two men, watching me like hawks.

Kneeling alongside my leg, Jax removed a glove and traced an icy finger along my inner thigh and the slick line before he delved under the edge of the fabric and pushed into my core.

I exhaled loudly, my hands splayed on the plush flooring, my head tilted back, unable to get enough.

Leven pulled aside the ties of my underwear farther and wriggled his finger into me as well, widening me. Both fingered me at the same time, and I writhed, my cries growing louder.

“So fucking sexy and wet,” Leven groaned.

Together they pumped into me harder and faster. I rocked with the rhythm, losing myself to the ecstasy that two men pleasured me at once.

I bit my lips to stop from cumming. But the tsunami was crashing through me so quick, I stood no chance. Not when my excitement had been building for so long. At once, my orgasm broke through my defenses. I rocked on the spot, convulsing, moaning from the explosion within my body.

“Squeeze tighter, sweetheart,” Jax urged me on, licking his lips.

I screamed as the orgasm ripped through me, and I clenched my thighs, but the guys held them open.

“Look what you’ve done,” Leven teased as my adrenaline settled down. “You’re practically dripping, and you’ve come all over the plush velvet.” Both men slid out their fingers, and I lay there smiling, not giving a fuck about any mess. Jax tasted his fingers and his eyes rolled back with desire.

The sleigh dipped all of a sudden, and I flinched as Jax jumped to his feet, his cock tenting his pants. He scrambled back over to the front, steadying us, while Leven untied his belt and popped open the buttons on his jeans.

I glanced down, well aware of what to expect and I couldn’t wait. His cock bounced out, thick and so erect.

“You’ve been such a naughty girl.” He smirked and leaned over me, his hands on either side of my shoulders as he pushed his hips toward me. I lifted my hips to meet him. He found my entrance with the head of his dick without even trying.

When he slid into me, splitting my body in two, my head spun, dragging me into a sexual need I had never known before. He pounded into me without pause, and I let him ride me, take me, have his way. I wanted nothing less.

His hand pawed at my jacket, unzipping me, and pulled up my tops before peeling down on the fabric of my sports bra. My breast bounced as they came out, and his mouth latched around a stiff nipple. I arched, adoring everything about him. Everything fell away but the raw lust that was growing between us, threatening to drown us.

I cried out, scorching hot and wrapping my legs around his hips.

As he drew his cock out and pushed it back into me, I forgot about everything, lost in the fiery friction. I heaved for each breath, and held on to his shoulders as he gnawed on my nipples and kept fucking me. The delicious slapping sounds drove me insane. He slid a hand between us and rubbed my nub in circular motions, but I was already so close to the edge that I convulsed almost at once.

The orgasm tore through me that time, my body at the mercy of Leven’s cock, my muscles constricting around his dick.

“Suck my cock with your tight pussy,” he grunted. He hissed as his eyes rolled upward while he released inside me.

“Fuck, Nickie!” He stayed buried deep inside me for a long pause, his eyes finally opening and his mouth curling into a smile. “Incredible.” He glanced outside, and his smile faded. “I wish I could hold you in my arms until you fell asleep, but we’ve got to find Krampus.”

“Agree.” I started to shift when he found my mouth, his candy taste flooding me.

“Let me help you.” He pulled out and fixed up my underwear before collecting my jeans and dressing me.

I spotted Jax watching us, his eyes rolling back and trembling in the front seat, clear he was enjoying his own happy ending.

Dressed, Leven lifted me to my feet and drew me onto his lap back on the seat. He held me so close, I could barely take in air, but something about his affection touched me. I didn’t feel used or left behind.

“I’m going to make you mine,” he said, and he kissed my head as I cradled against his chest, mesmerized by his affection and promise. And for the first time in too long, I prayed he’d keep his word and not let me down like so many in the past had.