PRESENT…

Bolox and Narix are still in the Lake Ang camp, so after Lud sends the message, we fly back there for what might be our last time.

“It feels bittersweet, doesn’t it?” I ask. “To know that this could be our last night here.” I look around the house that Xan and Lud built for me, the sunny bedroom, the perfectly designed kitchen, the ladder to the roof. “I’m going to miss this place.”

Lud’s been kind of quiet all evening. Arax has banned the use of the comm for a good reason, but I can guess how hard it must be for my mate. He’s never going to know if his daughter got his message. He’s never going to know if she was cured.

I still haven’t told them I’m pregnant. I’m not sure what Lud’s reaction is going to be, or even Xan’s. We’ve kept secrets from each other, and it nearly caused our relationship to fail.

We’re slowly recovering. Slowly moving past the misunderstandings, past the secrets, past the hurts to come out somewhere stronger. Better than before.

But are they ready to hear that they’re going to be parents?

We prepare a meal together. Just as we’re about to start eating, Xan frowns. “I’ve been wondering about something,” he says slowly. “If you really believed that we were going to go away from here without you, what made you give us a second chance?”

Because I found out I was pregnant. And I had to try to make things right. For our baby.

I take a deep breath. No more lies. If our wounds are ever going to heal, I need to be honest with them. And if they’re not thrilled about the baby, then we’ll deal with it together.

“I learned something,” I reply, wiping my palms on my pants. I swallow hard. “I’m going to have a baby. Our baby.”

Their faces go blank. “You’re with youngling?” Xan’s voice sounds strangled.

I nod, unable to speak. Are they happy or is the news too much of a shock? Too much to absorb, given everything that’s going on in our lives?

“How long have you known?” Xan asks.

“Um, for a while now.” This isn’t the reaction I hoped for. “I realized right before we left to find Dariux.” I take a deep, nervous breath. “Are you mad at me?”

“Mad?” Lud finally speaks. “Why would we be mad? This is the happiest day of my life.”

He lifts his head up. His eyes are swimming with tears. Putting his arms around me, he pulls me into an embrace. “A second chance,” he whispers into my ear. “Felicity, my love. Right now, I’m the happiest man in the world.”

* * *

His lips curved into a joyous smile, Xan insists on carrying me back to the bedroom. “I can walk, you know,” I tease as he carries me across the threshold. “I’m pregnant, not an invalid.”

“You are so precious to us, little one. We cannot care for you enough.” He places me on the bed and kneels, removing my shoes. He and Luddux both undress me like I’m a doll. One kisses my forehead, the other my belly. “You should rest,” they murmur.

“Later,” I tug them closer. “I need my mates.”

They strip so fast they almost tear their clothes, but when they come back to me, they’re nothing but gentle. Lud works between my legs, lapping at my pussy until I cry out. Xan lies beside me and gently strokes my face, my breasts. He puts a protective hand on my belly and kisses me deeply.

I pant my climax into his mouth, but it’s not enough. “More,” I gasp. “I want more.”

“We will give it to you.” Lud nuzzles the inside of my thigh, his stubbled jaw scraping my sensitive skin, making my insides clench. “We will always give you what you need.”

“My turn.” Xan rises from my side, and the two of them switch places. I grasp Lud’s cock as Xan starts to lick.

“Little one,” Lud breathes. He reaches down and traces my lips with his fingers, then they stray lower, to brush against my nipples, and then still lower to rest against my belly.

Little sighs escape me as Xan’s tongue explores me, swiping lazily up and down my slit. I shiver with pleasure and concentrate hard on jacking Lud’s cock. My mates are obviously reluctant to take me in my current state, but I won’t be satisfied until they’re both inside me. Viola said that Harper was having plenty of sex, and given that Vulrux is a healer, that’s not happening if he has any reason to believe it’s not safe. I’d be damned if I’m going to go without. I’ll just have to make them as hungry for it as I am.

Craning my neck, I lap at the tip of Luddux’s thick rod, moaning at the taste of his precum. He kneels closer so I can suckle the head, and I swirl my tongue around him as Xan does the same between my legs.

My insides tighten, and my muscles clench. My mates know exactly how to please me. I can’t resist Xan’s clever mouth and skillful tongue. My climax crests gently, soft waves of pleasure washing over me.

I pull my mouth off Lud’s cock and meet his bright blue eyes. “Truth or dare,” I tell him.

He arches a brow. “Dare.”

I come to all fours. “I dare you to make love to me.”

“Felicity…”

“I want you inside me. Please...” I lay my hand on his cheek when he hesitates. “Harper is pregnant too, and she’s doing it. You know Vulrux would never risk it if it wasn’t perfectly safe. It’ll be fine.”

Desire wars with caution. “If this is what you truly want—”

“I do.”

“Then we cannot deny you.” He lies down on his back, his cock jutting out, hard and ready.  Before I straddle him, I reach for Xan.

“You too. I need both of you.”

He hesitates only a moment. “All right, beautiful.”

I crawl up over Lud, marveling at the size and beauty of his body, all muscles, bronze skin, and gloriously hard cock. Mine, all mine. Lowering my hips over his cock, I guide him inside. I’m so wet that he slides right in.

Lud echoes my sigh as I sink all the way down. “Ahh, little one,” he grinds out. “So good.”

My inner muscles ripple as I adjust to his size. I arch my body and toss my hair back, looking over my shoulder at Xan. “You too.”

He kneels behind me, fingers finding my cleft, slickening my hole to take him.

“Not yet. I have a dare for you.”

“Oh?”

“Ride him,” Xan orders. “I want to see you move.”

Bracing myself on my arms, I grind down on Lud, biting my lip against crying out as his massive rod hits a pleasure spot deep inside me. With each drag, the pressure builds and builds until I’m begging. Xan keeps his fingers at my backside, fucking my ass in time to my rocking rhythm.

“That’s it, Felicity. Take him hard.”

I rock my body, canting my ass up and down, giving both men a show.

With a wicked grin, Lud snaps his hips up, thrusting deep into me. My whole body shudders as I come apart. My arms give out, but Lud is there, holding me tight, grounding me, his lips caressing my face.

“So beautiful,” he whispers. “I will never get used to the sight of you falling apart for me.”

Xan still has his fingers in my ass. He keeps probing, stretching and stimulating me until my pussy clenches at the naughty sensation.

“She likes that,” Lud says with a grin. “She’s squeezing my cock.”

“You didn’t cum,” I realize, lifting myself up a little.

“Not yet.”

“Ready, Felicity?” Xan’s fingers leave me, and his cock probes my back hole.

So ready. I can’t get enough of them. “Please...”

“What’s that?” His lips curl into a grin.

He wants me to beg. At this moment, there’s nothing I’d rather do. “Please take me, Xan. I need you. Please fuck my ass.” I push back, sucking in a breath as the large head of his cock presses in.

“Breathe, beautiful,” Lud reminds me. Xan inches in slowly until I’m ready to beg him to go faster. Little shockwaves of pleasure pulse through me, making my insides clench. My whole world centers on the two cocks stretching me.

“Fuck me,” I chant over and over. “Fuck me please.”

“As you wish.” Xan lightly tugs on my hair as he starts to move. Sparks fly through me. My feet kick a little, and I shudder, overcome with the wild heat that fills my body.

“It feels so good,” I sigh.

Xan nips my shoulder. “And we’re just getting started.”

Somebody’s cocky. “Well, get on with it,” I tell him. I push my ass against Xan and gasp as he obliges, sliding in and out with firm strokes that send my body into orbit. When the two of them climax, pulsing deep inside my body, I shudder my own release and slump back into their arms, sated, satisfied, and content. Happy.

They take turns kissing and cleaning me. I snuggle in their arms, savoring this moment. “I never thought I’d be this lucky,” I whisper.

“Nor did I,” Lud murmurs. He kisses me and rests his hand on my belly. “A youngling,” he says, sounding awed.

Xan laces his fingers in mine. “You’ve given us the greatest gift we could ever hope for, Felicity,” he says.

I blink back the tears in my eyes. It’s been a hard road getting here, but this moment makes it all worthwhile. “Our child will have the best fathers he or she can ask for. Two of them. I’m so glad I found you.”

“As are we. It is a second chance.” Lud stretches out beside me. “One we will not take for granted.”

“It is destiny.”