“I love you”, I whispered as we came together; after we got our breath back, Darby slowly pulled out of me and then ducked down my body, licking my release from my chest before kissing me deeply.
“I love you, my vampire. Not even fated mates will come between us.”He’d husked into my ear in his native tongue as he curled around me, his cum still dripping from my ass; we slept wrapped in each other’s arms that night and any other night since I needed to feed. Our birthdays are a week apart, and when I got my mark and realised it didn’t match his, I cried myself to sleep, shutting my emotions down, fearing the worst. Then, when I saw both of our marks on Ember's back, I tried not to hope that she would allow us to be together, but I still feared rejection from her and him.
“You would accept a rejection so he could be with another, even if you had to see it?” I ask, so shocked. She doesn't flinch, so she must have heard me.
“As I said to Darby, I expected all ten to reject me; I have been told all my life that I am broken, worthless, not even what’s between my legs is useful”, she states all this in a cold voice, looking directly into my eyes, she shrugs, then goes back to sorting her paperwork into piles.
“What if both of us want the bond with you, but to have each other still?”
My voice is nearly a snarl, receiving a 'what the hell ' look from Darby; she chuckles at what she is reading, handing it to Darby, who also laughs, then she grabs a book from next to her and throws it at my feet.
“If you both want to bond with me and still have your current relationship, I don’t have a problem with that”, she points to the book.
“And from what I’ve read, there are a lot of fun things that can happen from a trio that is with each other, not just two with one”, she sips her drink.
“As my bonded mate, would you have a problem if you walked in on me being fucked by Ren or Creed?” I shake my head at thequestion.
“What about both of them at the same time?” Again, I shake my head, my cock twitching at the thought,
“What about those two with Darby fucking my mouth?” She has a smirk as I think about it.
“I’m okay with him and you, but I’m not comfortable with him touching another male, but you in the middle doesn't bother me”, I state, trying not to look at Darby.
“What about you?” she asks Darby.
“No problem with any of that. I agree with Devin that I only want him and you. Still, I don’t mind participating – I would, however, ask where my invite was if I found you two together, and who wants punishing first for leaving me out?” he smirks, his dragon playing in his eyes; Darby is a pure softy, but his Dragon is all Dom.
“I will have individual time and probably group time with all my mates; if you two want to have sexy time together, without me or with me as a filling in your sandwich, I have no problems with that; all I ask is it is kept within those ten, I’m sure Creed will occasionally ask if he can feed but just watch if that’s what you want.” Creed has fed from us before, but only the residual energy. He’s never touched us.
“Okay,” is all I say before moving to one of the laptops.
“I will say this, though: I won’t jump blindly into matings; I’ve known Ren and J since we were four, I met Creed when I was eight, and I met Saint when I was 13, but I need to know more than you’re a vampire or dragon and your name before I seal any bond,” she says all this while sorting through her piles as Miles appears with another box. Miles cracks into the third laptop as Ember continues to sort.
“Okay, makes sense, friends first”, I smile at her.
“Friends first, but I do like cuddles, so don’t hold back on those”, she smiles cheekily.
“What do you want me to do?” I ask, Darby explains to me.
Miles sits and sorts out the photos to go with the scan, and Darby scans while Ember sorts, occasionally reading out some ofthem. A few hours later, everything is done, and Darby has the PowerPoint done; we agree to do a little every night to update as Nic gets the scans; it's a shame we are at school tomorrow and won’t see the reactions.
“Don't worry, I will set up a camera.” Darby smiles, kissing Ember's cheek beforetaking my hand.
Ember
Darby asked me about a personal laptop. I gave him an overview of what I wanted/needed, and he decided on a basic tablet, a computer for my writing and a basic laptop to run my book blog and emails. Devin recommended doing the blog with Jace, so I had a male perspective and didn't get trolled by men, claiming that it was a book aimed at men, so I shouldn’t have an opinion. I texted Ren and Creed and told them I wanted to sleep alone; after reading most of the mate requests, I needed to think. As it was, I woke to be kicked in the back by a dreaming Kitsune, who wasn't impressed when I blew raspberries on his snout to wake him up.
Over breakfast, I asked Uncle Nic if there was somewhere I could potentially set up a painting space that was low traffic once I had got a job to pay for supplies. That was the wrong thing to say in front of Grumps; apparently.
He scolded Uncle Nic and my dad, then handed me his credit card and told me to order anything I wanted.
Except for a private jet, as we already had one. We are not snobs, so we don't need a second one. I just stared open-mouthed at him, not knowing if he was serious; he was. Apparently, they do have one, but it's only used when Uncle Nic takes everyone on holiday, as he has too many looks with loads of boys with him and no females in sight. Dad and Nic looked like they were being scolded like wayward teens for not telling me I had a bank account that was topped up regularly, like Brayden's.
Now they know I had graduated, had seen my grades and college work, so I had money to burn, they both apologised and said with everything else they’d forgotten.
“Glowbug, I want to give you a full check up and do some blood tests, to see if I can work out a way to give you medication if you need it, especially when you have kids, I don’t like the idea of not having anything that helps you” Xander says as be breezes through grabbing food and coffee to go, heading to the hospital, It was lucky he was covering at the one I was taken to when Igot hurt as normally he is at one closer to home, but a virus had spread and he was called in to cover.
Before Ren leaves, he tells me he has some canvases and paints in a trunk in his closet that are mine, and to help myself, he also has all my stuff from BloodWolf in a smaller trunk. Bas offers to move one trunk to my bedroom and the other downstairs, but I will need to be quick as they set off for work soon.
