Prologue
Cassandra
Power comes in many forms, but I’d learned the immense power that simple words held.
It had only been a few months ago that two words had almost cost me the love of my life. Words I’d thrown out in anger, words I’d not even meant and yet they’d set things into motion that had changed my life.
Now, kneeling before these two men, I knew my very reality was changing yet again.
“We vow to guide you, to discipline you, to protect you, to love and cherish you until our very last breath.” The men spoke as one, the sincerity in their voices, the love in their eyes causing my heart to feel as if it would burst. Each of them held one of my hands, fingers softly stroking across my palms as they asked the question that would begin our lives anew.
“Cassandra, do you vow to give yourself to us in all ways? Do you accept us as your mates?”
With only one word, I knew I would never be alone, never wonder if I was wanted, needed—loved. Three letters, one syllable, and yet it was the most important word I’d ever utter. A vow I knew I would rather die than to break.
One little word.
“Yes.”
Both of my men, my mates smiled, the love in their eyes filling my heart, but the ceremony was not yet done.
Their free hands moved to caress my cheeks, as, in unison, they softly spoke the words that filled my very soul.
“Do you vow that you are no longer one, we are no longer two? That from this moment forward, until the day we die, the three of us become one… a sacred trinity?”
Okay, it was one little word, but I said it again and again as tears slid down my cheeks. “Yes, yes, yes, God, yes!” I just couldn’t help it, I was laughing and crying, repeating the word again and again until the men gave my hands a tug, pulling me to my feet to sandwich me between them. Deo, my king, the leader of our pack bent down, murmuring, “I will love you for eternity,” a moment before his lips met mine.
Draco, my dragon protector, pressed against me from behind, his lips finding the shell of my ear, his softly uttered, “I will love you forever,” warming my skin a moment before his lips closed on my earlobe, giving it a soft nip.
I’d felt their lips on me before, felt their hands on me in love as well as in discipline, and yet this was the first time I’d felt them at the same time. I couldn’t stifle the soft moan that the nip of my earlobe dragged from me.
“Our mate is so beautiful,” Draco said, his lips moving to nibble on my shoulder, his tongue leaving a path that caused goosebumps to raise when he blew a breath across the trail.
I felt my heart skipping a beat and the white lace panties I’d chosen to wear becoming damp. Evidently, the matching bra didn’t offer much concealment as I could feel my nipples tightening, pulsing, pressing against the silk of my dress.
“And naughty,” Deo said, his teeth grazing along the hollow of my throat as I threw my head back the moment he cupped my breast. “We have yet to open the champagne to toast our vow and yet her nipples are already rock hard.”
“And I can smell her sweet honey,” Draco said, his hand moving beneath the hem of my dress and easily sliding between my thighs. A smile tugged at his lips as his fingers skimmed across the gusset of my panties. “Shit, Deo, she’s soaking wet!”
Their words were causing my knees to threaten to buckle, my hands reaching to grab onto them.
“Oh, God,” I moaned, “Please…”
“Please what?” Deo asked.
“Please take me,” I gasped.
“Oh, Cassandra, we aren’t going to take you,” Deo said, a thick thumb strumming across my nipple.
“That’s right,” Draco confirmed, showing us the fingers he’d pulled from beneath my clothing—the fingers that were now glistening with my arousal. “No, Cassie, we aren’t going to take you—we are going to claim you.”
My pussy spasmed as he inhaled deeply, taking in my scent as if imprinting it on his brain.
“Both of us,” Deo said, his fingers closing around my nipple, giving it a squeeze.
“At the same time,” Draco said, moving his fingers to my lips. “Open,” he ordered and without hesitation, I obeyed. He slipped his fingers into my mouth.
“That’s it, suck his fingers clean,” Deo said, continuing to play with my nipples, first one, then the other, each twist, pull, tug, and pinch driving me further toward the edge.
“Yes,” Draco said, slowly pushing his fingers a bit deeper, my tongue swirling over them, between them as he spread them apart, filling my mouth. “First you’ll suck my fingers, then you’ll suck our cocks.” With a grin, he pulled his fingers free. “Won’t you, little one?”
“Yes.”
“And while Deo fucks your sweet pussy, I’ll sink into your ass,” Draco continued.
“But not yet,” Deo said, bending to me again, a grin turning up the corner of his mouth. “Do you remember what I told you would happen this night, babygirl?”
If I hadn’t, the fact that both men’s hands moved to each take a globe of my ass, squeezing, fondling, stroking across it had that promise return in an instant.
“Yes… I remember,” I managed, my body threatening to self-combust from just the thought of what was to come.
“That’s right, little one,” Draco said. “Before we claim you, we must mark you.”
“Pain before pleasure,” Deo murmured, his fingers closing around my nipple as Draco took hold of its twin, both men squeezing the taut buds. “Are you ready? Are you ready to submit to your mates?”
“Yes, oh, God, yes,” I moaned, not caring how very needy I sounded. These were my mates; the men I’d been blessed to have as my own. I had learned that silence about what I wanted, desired, only caused heartache. I had no intention of playing the shy virgin. I’d given them my vow, my heart, my very soul. Now it was time to give them my body.