Finn’s lips were soft against her cheek. His arms hadn’t left her since the minute Julian had walked out. Dani took a deep breath and relaxed against him, his strength and the warmth of his body a comfort to her. He sat on the bed, cradling her gently. She closed her eyes, but she could still see the horrors of the day.

Finn’s arms tightened as she shivered. “You still scared, baby? It’s okay. Nobody’s going to blame you. You need to know that I won’t let anything happen to you. I swear, I’m going to watch you like a hawk from now on.”

She nodded because she was going to watch him, too. She would worry about Julian because he wouldn’t let her watch him. She wondered how far down the road Julian had gotten. How many miles separated them?

“You’ll see. It’s going to be better when we get home. My condo is nice, but if you don’t like it, we’ll move. We’ll find someplace that suits us.” He seemed willing to talk about anything but the fact that Julian was currently driving away from them. “And if you need to talk to someone, I can find a good shrink. I’ll go with you.”

She shook her head. She didn’t need a shrink. She needed Julian, but that wasn’t going to happen. The whole time she’d been in the hospital all she could think about was the blank expression on his face. It didn’t fool her at all. He hadn’t been unaffected. He’d been a ball of emotion, but he would never show it.

“I don’t want to see someone,” she said, measuring her words. The last thing she wanted was for Finn to feel slighted. “I promise I’ll talk about it if I get scared or have bad dreams. But there is something I want to do once we get settled down.”

“Anything. We can do anything.” Finn’s voice was breathless, as though he was excited she was asking for something.

“I want to go to The Club.”

Finn stiffened. “I don’t think that’s a good idea.”

She sat up. She was sure she looked a mess, but it didn’t matter with Finn. He wouldn’t care that she had a red nose or that her makeup was long gone. She pushed her hair out of her eyes. “Tell me you don’t want to experiment. Tell me you don’t want to play anymore.”

His handsome face fell. “I told you, I’ll top you. I can do it.”

He would try, and she didn’t doubt he would do it. But it wouldn’t fulfill him. Julian had taught them so much. For so long they had been cut off from whole sides of themselves. She doubted Finn could be happy without D/s playing some role in their lives. “I don’t think either of us is going to be content until we explore this part of ourselves. I’m okay with playing around at home, but I think we should try The Club or, if Julian refuses to let us in, maybe some other club. I heard the bodyguards talking. They have one called Sanctum. We could try going there.”

Finn’s voice was low, defeated. “I don’t think he’ll care either way, Dani. I think once he makes up his mind he’s done. Hell, if you want to play, I bet Lucas can get us in. Julian probably won’t even notice we’re there.”

Dani sniffled. She couldn’t seem to help it. Maybe one day the ache of losing him would lessen, but it was still a raw, gaping wound in her chest. “Probably not. He’ll probably have other subs by the time we’re ready. He’ll have some pretty, thin thing under one of those contracts.”

“No, I won’t.”

Dani spun around, gasping at that deep, dark voice she had been sure she wouldn’t hear again. “Julian.”

He stood in the doorway. His tall, muscled frame took up most of the space, making everything seem small in comparison. His hair was loose, making him look younger than his forty-plus years. His silvery eyes were hesitant, though. Still, he held her with his gaze. “I’ll never sign another contract. Not another BDSM contract.”

Finn’s hand was suddenly in hers. He squeezed her fingers. “I thought that was important to you. I thought you never took a lover without one.”

“I didn’t. Until I met the two of you.”

Dani felt a surge of hope. He was here. He hadn’t left. But she had to know. She couldn’t go through this ping-pong of emotion. “Why? Because we were a fling and those don’t count? Because I’m not up to your standards?”

His face went a scarlet red, and his fists clenched. “Damn it. I won’t listen to anyone talk that way about you.” He took a deep breath. He visibly got himself under control. “Please, little one, don’t test me. I’m at the end of my control. I won’t allow anyone to put you down, least of all yourself. You and Finn mean more to me than I can say.”

“Try.” Finn scooted beside her. His voice had a slightly hard edge, but his arm curled around her reassuringly. He wouldn’t simply let Julian back in. Finn would make him work for it. She’d known Finn all her life. He could hold a grudge. She would have to make sure he didn’t in this case.

She watched as Julian swallowed. She waited for him to tell Finn to fuck himself and walk off. A thousand scenarios played through her mind. Julian could simply leave, deciding they were too much trouble. He could start his Dom routine and bark orders at them. He could have come back simply because he wanted to explain why he had to leave. He wasn’t a monster. Maybe he wanted to soothe them. He might promise to find them a new Dom. That scenario hurt most of all.

“I think I love you.”

His hoarse words sent her reeling. Of everything he could have said or done, she hadn’t expected it would be that.

“Okay,” Finn said.

She turned her face up. Finn had a smile that caused Dani’s heart to clench. Finn understood that there was no place for grudges now. She looked back at Julian. “Okay.”

He stared for a moment, seemingly dumbstruck. “Okay? That’s all you have to say?”

It wasn’t. Not for Dani. “I love you, too, Julian, but I have a few conditions.”

Every muscle in his body tightened. His jaw clenched. “All right. I’ll listen to conditions.”

She contained the smile that threatened to burst over her. Moments before she’d been dead tired, but now a new energy rolled through her system. “I don’t want to be your slave, though I do want the sex part. I know I’m submissive, and I’m willing to be sexually submissive, but I want to take charge of my life. I want you to help me do that.”

His red-rimmed eyes suddenly held a wealth of warmth. “Yes, Danielle. I will help you do that.”

One hurdle gone. The worst was yet to come, though. She took a long gulp of air. “I won’t sign a contract with you. I know that’s important to you, but I need you to trust me. That contract won’t hold me to you. My love will hold me.”

“I told you no contract, Danielle. But I want you and Finn to live with me. I want you with me always. I want to try. I want to give you the things you need.”

Finn got to his feet. “You can’t run again.”

“I won’t.” Julian met his eyes. Something passed between the men. “I promise you. Whatever problems we have, we’ll talk it over or fight it out. I won’t ever leave again. But you should know something. I don’t think I’m good at the love thing. I haven’t really tried it before, never wanted to. You might have to be patient with me.”

Patience was Dani’s middle name. She got to her feet. She could be more than patient with him on an emotional level, but on the physical plane she wanted more, and she wanted it now. She walked straight up to him and planted her body close to his. He was stiff for a moment, as if he wasn’t sure what to do, but then he sighed, and his arms curled around her body. She sank into his heat, nuzzling his neck, listening to the firm beat of his heart. She felt his left arm open, and Finn snuggled in. Finn’s arm wrapped around her waist, and she was complete.

“Forgive me.” The words from Julian’s mouth were hoarse and unnecessary.

She’d forgiven him even as he’d walked out on her.

“I love you.” She and Finn whispered it at the same time, a benediction for their soul mate, for the man who made them whole.

“I love you. I love you so much. I’ll never stop.” Julian leaned down and kissed her. His lips grazed against hers softly before his tongue came out, requesting entry. She opened beneath him and was rewarded with the strong surge of his tongue rubbing against hers, dancing in a slow grind she felt in her pussy.

He released her mouth and pressed his lips against Finn’s. Dani watched as they kissed for the first time. It was tender. Emotion and promise played along their lips. They were so beautiful together. Dani wanted to step back and watch them, but they held her close.

“I want to make love,” Julian whispered against Finn’s mouth. “I want us to share Danielle, to make her understand that she can rely on both of us.”

Their heads turned together, both gorgeous men watching her with undisguised lust in their eyes. One pair of gray eyes and one pair of green caught her. Their skin touched, and their hair mingled. It seemed to Danielle they had a single purpose. Her.

Her heart rate sped up. The air in the room suddenly seemed too heavy to breathe.

Julian suddenly pulled away as though something had just occurred to him. His hands were on her clothes, pulling her shirt up. “What did the doctors say, Finn? Perhaps she should be in bed.”

Hell, no. She was not getting put to bed and treated like an invalid. She didn’t need to be coddled. She needed them. She wanted everything their eyes had promised her. She allowed Julian to tug the T-shirt over her head. “I’m fine. Surprisingly the doctors say they see the cattle prod thing more than you would think. No permanent damage and no need to rest.”

Finn slid around to her back, his chest a solid warmth on her skin. “I don’t know about that. I think some rest is definitely in order. I think you should lay back and let your men take care of you.”

Julian stared at her skin. His fingers came out to trace the bruises left on her flesh. “He hurt you.”

His voice was haunted. Dani reached down and tugged his shirt from his pants. She quickly undid the buttons, and his magnificent chest was revealed. She wasn’t the only one with bruises, but Julian’s went deep. She leaned over and brushed her lips against the angry red marks where the Taser probes had bitten viscously into his chest.

“I’m not the only one he hurt.” She kissed the skin on and around his wounds. She let her hands skim his tapered waist.

Julian’s fingers came up to frame her face while Finn’s cupped her hips. She sighed as Julian’s forehead touched hers. She could feel Finn’s erection pressing into the seam of her ass.

“I deserved it. You did not,” Julian said gravely. She started to argue, but his finger came up to cover her lips. “Don’t deny it, little one. Karma finds us all, and Jeremy was my karma. Of course, karma works in mysterious ways. Had he not done what he did, this would not end this way.”

“How would it have gone?” She thought she knew, but it would be good to hear it from him. It would make the agony seem worthwhile. Finn’s hands moved from her hips to her breasts, molding the nipples and tugging them, shooting fire down into her belly.

A smile played on Julian’s lips as he watched Finn play with her breasts. He brought a fingertip down to touch the nipple. “I would have taken you both home with me. I would have made you my sweet slaves. I would have bound you in a contract that dictated every aspect of your lives. For Finn, I would have taken charge of his career, telling him when and where he could work. Most likely, I would have become his only client. For you, I would have selected your clothes and given you a schedule each day.”

She smiled back at him. “I know I’m submissive, but you should know that I would have shoved that schedule right up your ass.”

He threw back his head and laughed. “Which is why karma is our friend.” He got serious again, his face lined with concern. “I might take a while to adjust, you know. I’ve lived my life this way for a long time.”

He needed a certain amount of control, and he always would.

“We can be patient.” One of Finn’s hands reached out to grasp Julian’s shoulder. “And I don’t think either one of us wants you to change completely. Just bend a bit from time to time.”

“I promise to try. I believe I would like to bend a bit now.” He bent his head over and pulled her nipple into his mouth.

Heat raced through her system. She let her head fall back against Finn’s neck.

“I love you.” Finn’s tongue licked along the shell of her ear. “I want to spend the rest of my life with you, beside you, inside you.”

She wanted that, too. God, she had never wanted anything more.

“Take off her pants, Finn.” That hard edge was back in Julian’s voice, and she felt Finn’s cock twitch behind her. Her own pussy already felt moist and ready.

Finn’s fingers did a sensuous slide down her hips, slipping under the band of her pants and lowering them down along with her panties.

Julian got to his knees. His mouth pressed a line of kisses down her stomach all the way to her pussy. Her legs were caught in her jeans. Finn pressed his erection against her ass, forcing her pelvis to bow out toward Julian. He growled before burying his nose in her labia.

“Oh, god!” Her whole body shook, but Finn held her upright.

“Does he feel good, baby? Do you like him feasting on your pussy?”

And he was. She groaned as Julian’s tongue laved her tender flesh. His tongue slid over every inch of her pussy. She looked down at his dark hair. It was silky and smooth and all the more perfect for being mussed. He sucked at her, kissing, nibbling until she thought she was going to scream. He was torturing her with soft passes and long strokes.

“Oh, please, please.” She couldn’t stop the cry that came out of her mouth. It was maddening. He was leisurely eating at her pussy as though he could stay there all day, teasing and tantalizing.

His face turned up. She could see her cream on his lips. “Please, what? Tell your Dom what you need.”

“I need to come.”

His lips turned up. “Is that all you need?”

Not even close. “I need you and Finn inside me.”

Julian stood. There was no mistaking the erection in his slacks. He quickly moved to unsheathe himself. He tossed his slacks aside and shrugged off his shirt. His glorious body was uncovered, and Dani grinned as she felt Finn sigh behind her. She knew exactly what he was thinking. That gorgeous hunk of man was all smooth skin and muscle, and he was all theirs.

Her breath caught. He was hers and Finn’s, and she belonged to them. She belonged. It had been so long, maybe never, since she truly belonged somewhere, but she belonged between these two men. Tears caught in her eyes. For so long home had been a place. It had been walls and floors, ceilings and furniture. But now home was two men and their hearts. Home was their arms around her, their voices whispering to her.

“Danielle.” Julian reached out for her.

She threw herself into his arms. When she’d been alone in that terrible place Jeremy had taken her, they had come. They hadn’t left her. She mattered to them. “I love you so much. You came for me.” She put an arm out to draw in Finn. “You both came for me.”

“Always. I will always come for you.” Julian held her so tightly, as though he would never let her go.

“You’re my world,” Finn said, his lips in her hair. “You always have been. You always will be. We’ll never leave you alone.”

Warmth coated her heart. They would stand beside her, a bulwark to the world when it was cruel, partners to enjoy it when life was wondrous. She wouldn’t be alone. Not ever again.

“On the bed, little one. We need you.” Julian’s rasp filled her with desire.

She shimmied out of her jeans and practically threw herself on the bed. Her muscles ached, but it was nothing compared to how much she needed them. She scooted back to give them plenty of room, but when she looked up, Julian had his hands on Finn. She watched, completely transfixed, as Julian pulled Finn’s clothes off. His hands ran down Finn’s muscular chest toward his straining cock.

“Let me kiss you, Sir.” Finn was still under his hands. “I want to taste her on your lips.”

“She’s on more than my lips, Finn.” Julian’s mouth hovered above Finn’s. “I can still taste her on my tongue.”

He devoured Finn. Their heads slanted as they kissed, and she caught a glimpse of their tongues playing, exchanging the juice of her arousal between them. Their hard cocks rubbed against each other. Julian held Finn’s head still as he plundered his mouth. Though dominant, the hold was gentle. She felt the growing love and trust between the two men. After a moment’s sweet play, they broke away and turned to her. Two hard, enormous cocks pointed her way. Dani felt a pulse deep in her pussy. If they didn’t fuck her soon, she was going to die. Her muscles ached. Her skin was bruised, and none of that mattered because she wanted them inside her. She needed the reassurance that came with making love. She would know she was alive and wanted and loved.

“Finn, you take her pussy,” Julian said.

Finn leapt onto the bed. He covered her with his body, spreading her legs. His fingers parted her, playing in her juices. “You’re so wet for us, baby. Do you know how crazy that makes me?”

If the size of his erection was any indication, she could guess that it made him really crazy. Dani sighed as he pushed his fingers into her cunt. It felt so good, so right, to have him inside, and it would feel even better when Julian joined him.

Julian chuckled at the end of the bed. He held a tube of lubricant in his hands as he watched them play. “Finn, I think you’ll find I need you in a different position. Let Danielle be the sweet cowgirl she is. Let her ride you.”

Finn growled as he flipped her around. He reached to the nightstand and picked up a condom. “Put it on me.”

A thrill went through her at Finn’s dark command. He sounded rough and demanding. It did all kinds of things to her pussy. She took the packet out of his hands but wanted him in her mouth before she did anything else. She leaned over and licked at the head of Finn’s weeping cock. She sucked, drawing the salty pre-cum into her mouth, and was rewarded with Finn’s deep groan.

“Lift your ass in the air,” Julian commanded. “I’ll prepare you while you prepare our Finn.”

She felt Finn’s fingers tangle in her hair as she moved her ass up, wiggling it invitingly. Finn grunted as he spread his legs and thrust up into her mouth. He didn’t seem to need the same things from her that he needed from Julian. From her, Finn seemed to need softness and submission. Perhaps he was closer to being a switch than he thought he was.

“God, Dani, suck me. Take my cock all the way in. I want to feel the back of your throat.” Finn gently guided her head down, helping her swallow his cock inch by inch.

Dani whirled her tongue around his dick, enjoying the salty taste of him. She sucked him in deep, long passes, taking him in until her chin bumped his balls.

“You two are beautiful, you know,” Julian said. She felt him get on the bed with them. His big hands cupped the curves of her rear. “I enjoy watching you. I never liked that before, but I believe one of the things I’ll have you do regularly is put on a show for me.”

She shivered at the thought, and her mind took it one or two steps further. She could see herself at The Club, making love with Finn for their Master’s pleasure while everyone watched. It was inconceivable, but she felt beautiful enough to do it. Julian chuckled as he slipped two fingers into her pussy.

“You like that thought. There’s an exhibitionist in there.”

Dani felt his hands worshipping her curves. Julian’s lips kissed the skin at the small of her back. She could feel the soft sweep of his hair on her hips as she licked and nibbled on Finn’s cock.

She groaned when Julian parted the cheeks of her ass.

“No one’s taken you here before?”

“No, Sir.” Oh, he was going to do it. She shuddered in anticipation. He was going to shove that huge cock up her ass while she rode Finn.

She felt a dribble of lube just before his finger rimmed her.

“Not Sir. Never again. If you want to play, you may call me Master, but I am Julian. I think I see what Jackson means now. There are many Masters, but only one Julian for you and Finn.”

Dani groaned around Finn’s dick. Julian’s finger felt huge in her anus. How was she ever going to take his monster cock? It would ache, but she looked forward to it. It meant he was with her.

“Put the condom on me, Dani. Damn it, if you suck me any more, I’m going to come,” Finn said.

An amazingly happy sense of power surged through her. She put a kiss on the head of his cock. “Don’t do it, Finn. Julian might spank you.”

That sent a shiver through Finn’s body. His cock surged, and arousal glistened on the head as she slid the condom on. Yup, that just did it for Finn. And it worked for her, too. She loved to watch Julian work Finn over. She loved the fact that both her men got what they needed.

“Do not come, Finn,” Julian commanded. “You don’t go until we’re both deep inside her. Danielle, take our lover inside that pussy of yours.”

She swung a leg over Finn’s hips. His hands came up to her waist. She slid onto his cock, pleasure spiking through her. He felt so good inside her.

“God, I love you, Dani. I love you so much.”

“I love you, too.” She sighed as she felt Julian gently pressing down on her back. She twisted her head around to look at her other lover. His hair was around his broad shoulders, and his face was a mask of desire. “And you, Julian.”

He leaned over and pressed his lips against hers. “I love you, too. And Finn. Now hold on to him and let me in. Press against me. Don’t fight my cock.”

Dani gasped as she felt the pressure of Julian’s big dick beginning to breach her asshole.

“It’s all right, baby,” Finn whispered in her ear. “I know. He’s so fucking big, but you can take him. You can take him all the way.”

Julian was advancing in increments. It burned, and the pressure was immense. She whimpered and felt Julian’s breath hitch. It gave her comfort. He had changed, but not too much. He was still her gloriously, slightly sadistic Master. She wouldn’t have him any other way. Now that he’d introduced her to play, she couldn’t imagine her life without it. She didn’t try to hide her discomfort. It would add to Julian’s pleasure. She trusted him to never hurt her. All she had to do was say her safe word, but she wanted this. She wanted to take him deep.

“A little more. Can you take more, Danielle?”

“Yes.” She curled her hands around Finn’s shoulders. The burning increased. Tears leaked from her eyes as she bit her lip. Julian pushed in as he pulled back on her hips. With a low groan, she felt him slide all the way in. His pelvis was flush against her backside.

“You feel so amazing.”

She could feel them stretching and filling her. It seemed like there wasn’t an inch of her they weren’t touching. It was the most intimate moment of her life.

Finn stared up at her, his green eyes hooded. “I can feel him, Dani. I can feel both of you. Julian, please, I need to fuck.”

He chuckled behind her. His hands tightened on her hips. “Yes, Finn. I need her, too.” He began to draw out gently. “I need you both.”

She prepared for pain, but was shocked at the jangled, jittery pleasure that came with the long slow drag of Julian’s dick. It was a brutal pleasure, but it lit her every nerve and caused her to gasp. She moved with him, trying to keep that big cock inside her, wanting more of the sensation. Finn pulled down, shoving his cock and grinding his pelvis against her clit. Now she wanted more of that, but Julian was the aggressor again. He tunneled into her ass with ruthless precision as Finn pulled back. She was a precious toy between them, pulled this way and that for their pleasure. She gave up control. She rode them, allowing her men to take over, trusting them to give her everything she desired. She felt the pleasure build until it detonated like a bomb in her womb. Dani shook from the powerful orgasm that flooded her system. She felt Julian lose control behind her. His cock plunged inside her, and she felt the warmth of his release fill her ass. Finn bucked up and held himself tightly against her. He reached in between their bodies and circled her clit with his finger, sending her over the edge again.

She fell forward onto Finn. His arms came up around her. Julian slipped out of her ass. He pulled her down with him, spooning her. He tangled their legs together, and his hands wound around her and found their way to Finn’s skin. They were bound together.

“Dani,” Finn whispered, pushing hair from her eyes. There was a smile playing on his face, and his lips were inches from hers. “He’s asleep.”

Tears filled her eyes as she felt Julian’s steady, deep breaths. He was asleep, pressed against her. Dani settled down, warm and happy between them.