Zehn answered, not winded at all. “We are now in Vyctore territory.”
Mandy stopped running, plunked down on her butt, then splayed herself on the ground and groaned. “Finally.”
Lore, she saw, gave a rare grin.
Zehn laughed. “Do you not care for the barbarian way of travel?”
“No offense, but I’d rather walk on my own for the rest of my life.”
Lore drew her to her feet and kept an arm around her shoulders as he pointed out native plants and animals. They continued on to a small pond with clear blue water and a sandy base. The temperature, in addition to her never-ending run, had given her a good sweat, and she would have liked nothing more than a bath.
Lore let down their packs and turned Mandy to face him. “Ah, you are tired.”
They’d been running forever. Of course she was tired. She frowned at him.
Zehn sighed. “Yes, Lore has a way of stating the obvious.” He stood next to his partner and stared down at her. “Would a bath be to your liking,nueshka?”
“Well, yeah.” She felt funny about stripping down in front of them, especially considering the intimacies they’d shared.
Lore gave her a tender look, and Zehn leaned in to him and kissed him. Affectionate and not afraid to show it. She liked that about them. A lot. Yet it left her feeling a bit left out. She turned away, feeling awkward, and had decided to step into the water in her clothes when large hands turned her back around.
Zehn and Lore had stripped to nothing, their bodies works of art. She did her best not to sigh, but the swirling markers on their chests captivated all the same.
“Our ma—Mandy is tired,” Lore said, his cheeks flushed. It sounded suspiciously as if he’d been about to saymate. “Come, sweetling. The water will soothe you.”
Zehn nodded. “The minerals are healing. We would all do with a soak.”
She ignored her sudden shyness, not sure why she felt weird, and tried to take off her clothes, but they wouldn’t let her. With care, they disrobed her, then led her into the water.
She groaned at the soothing liquid, not too cold or too hot. She had to tread water a few steps in, because the pool had deepened. Yet Zehn and Lore stood with their shoulders above water.
“Hold onto me,” Zehn said, his voice low, and reached out to her.
Mandy knew being naked this close to the sexy man wasn’t smart, but she needed to clean up and cool off, and no one could blame her for leaning on him for support.
She took his hand, not expecting him to pull her in close. He hugged her to him, and unfortunately, that put her body right up against his. Zehn wasveryexcited to hold her.
“Mandy. So sweet.”
Lore came up behind her, pressing against her and leaving no question as to what he wanted either. His arms came around her to rest on Zehn’s waist. “Tonan…”
“What’s that?” she rasped, her gaze locked on Zehn’s.
“Shh. Not what you need right now,” Zehn murmured.
She didn’t know if she pulled him closer or if he moved of his own accord, but before Mandy knew it, she’d fallen under Zehn’s spell. Rough hands stroked her hips, circled to her belly and moved lower. Lore, that devious warrior, played with her body like an expert, owning her reactions as Zehn continued to draw forth a passion she hadn’t known she’d had.
He trailed kisses down her neck, sucking at her throat, and moaned. Then he lifted his head, and she knew he’d shared a kiss with Lore, because Lore’s fingers grew faster, swirling past her folds to her clit, plucking the taut bud before thrusting one thick finger, then another, inside her.
Mandy couldn’t think. She rocked into his touch. “More.”
Zehn kissed her again, and she felt him pressing against her stomach, his erection long and thick. The hunger to have him inside her overwhelmed.
“In me,” she whispered when he left her mouth to catch a breath.
“Yes, need you,” he growled.
“Yes,” Lore agreed.
