Frowning, I try to feel it again before I spot a full-length mirror hanging near the closet in this room. When I turn to check my back in it, I see that the phoenix on my back—the mark of Arati's blessing—is now intertwined with multiple symbols. The circle of the House of Shifting, the triangle for a siphon, a square made of some kind of chain-like pattern…and a strange collection of runes, each inside its own circle.
Glancing at the charm bracelet on Heidi's wrist, I realize she's right. The runes match.
I'm sure the complex markings on my back have a meaning, but we'll have to figure it out later. Because when Ian toys with Heidi's breasts and playfully bites one of her nipples, more of her hot need—which is the most arousing fucking thing I've ever experienced in my life—makes Zak, Kaenon, and me moan before we join them on the bed.
Just as I get there, I freeze. "Shit. Protection."
That makes Ian pause, too.
Heidi opens her eyes and looks at all of us, the lust still thick in this room, before she blurts, "Fuck it."
Zak and Ian both let out surprised laughs, and Kaenon's brows go up.
"Fuck it?" I repeat, fighting my own smile.
"Unless you guys want protection," Heidi adds quickly. "It's just, we're bonded now, and I've always…"
"Always what?" I press, hope and need making my heart burn.
Her brown eyes are sparkling as she lifts a shoulder, one of her hands absentmindedly going to rub one of the nipples Ian was just licking and sucking. I'm positive my flirtatious little empath knowsexactlywhat she's doing to us with that as she takes a deep breath.
"I want babies. I always have. And I definitely wouldn't mind starting now, unless you guys are opposed."
Both Kaenon and I groan as her words sink in.
"Opposed?" Ian practically chokes.
"Hells. I'm gonna die from being too fucking hard," Zak groans, adjusting himself.
"If anyone here is against it—" Heidi begins.
"We'renot," I assure her thickly, gripping her chin to kiss her hard. "Let's just hope you're ready for the consequences of telling us that while you're sitting here being so damn fuckable."
44
IAN
We didn’t planon crashing at Everbound Castle tonight.
But since we’ve been in this room for over an hour already, and Asher’s already put up a noise-canceling spell and another one to keep out any voyeuristic ghosts, so fucking be it. We’re here for the night.
Because at this point, there’s no way this whirlwind of desperate need is going to calm down anytime soon.
Kaenon is pounding into Heidi from behind, moaning and swearing as he takes her like a fucking animal. The sound of his hips slapping off her ass fills the room. Our girl is loving every second of it, and I can’t take my eyes off the way she’s sucking Zak’s cock. He’s sitting in front of her as Kaenon fucks her from the back, the half-demon’s back against the headrest with Heidi’s head in his lap as he moans and swears.
“Give us another sweet little moan, sweetheart,” Asher orders raggedly, watching from where he sits nearby.
He fucked her earlier, but I know exactly how much he’s enjoying watching her take it now, because again—I’m feelingeverythingin here.
Heidi moans at the dominant, hungry praise he’s lavishing her with, and Zak swears again.
“Fuck, Candy, that feelsamazing.”
I’m lying beside them, basking in all the sensations swirling through our bond as I stroke myself slowly. Some quintets get telepathy—but this? Feeling every bit of sharp, hot, intense pleasure inside this room as Heidi moans around Zak’s cock again?
This is better than telepathy. It’ll be a miracle if we ever make it out of bed.
Especially because she just needs it so fucking bad. Every touch. Every merciless thrust.
