When I was done marking Penn, I laid my head against his shoulder, and we waited for my knot to go down. Finally, I was able to slip out of him and roll to the side. Immediately, Freid was there making soothing sounds and cleaning us with a towel.
I sank into the warmth of the bed with my mates as darkness enveloped me.
***
I woke in a warm tangle of arms and legs. My mates slept beside me, and everything was right with the world. It was still night. We’d all passed out from the intensity of our union and the markings.
I carefully untangled myself to keep from waking them and escaped to the bathroom. After washing, I found my underwear, put them on, and padded to the kitchen for water.
After finding fresh fruit, I made a platter, got three bottles of water, and set everything on a tray. I loved Freid’s kitchen. Large and open. Easy to navigate.
Back in the bedroom, my mates were still asleep, bodies entwined. I stared for a long moment, reveling in their beauty.They looked like they belonged together, beautifully matched. Forever mine.
I set the tray on the nightstand, eager to rejoin the warm safety they projected. I climbed in behind Freid, lay against his back, and wrapped my arms around him. He smelled so good, I couldn’t resist licking the skin at the base of his neck, leaving little kisses there. My front teeth grazed the surface.
“Go ahead,” said a sleepy voice. “Do it.”
“Do what?”
“You want to mark me. Do it.”
I didn’t need to be told a third time. I bit him, alpha to alpha, hard enough to make my mark but not hard enough to draw blood. A rush went through me like a cyclone caught in my blood.
“Ah, that’s nice. So nice,” Freid murmured.
Slowly, Freid turned to face me. He put his arms around me and bit the side of my neck.
Turnabout was fair play. “Harder, please.” The rush returned a second time.
Soon, we were thrusting against each other. He kissed me, speaking with his lips still on mine. “When did you put on underwear?”
“Oh, that. I went to the kitchen and got us all water and fruit.”
“You’re the perfect mate, did you know that?” He tore my underwear off, and we rutted against each other until we came. It was an act I’d dreamed a hundred times over the past three years. Now, it became reality.
When we lay back to catch our breaths, I saw Penn sitting up and watching us. The light from the en suite bathroom bathed the room in silver.
“I can’t believe how hot you both are,” Penn said. Without any hesitation, he leaned over both of us. We reached for him, but he dodged our arms and said, “Is that water for all of us?”
“Yeah. I brought in the tray a little while ago,” I replied.
Penn nearly fell over us and grabbed the tray, setting it on Freid’s chest. “Fruit! That looks so delicious. I’m starved.”
He gobbled up strawberries, grapes, and orange slices.
I sat up, scooting toward the pillows at the head of the bed, and grabbed a water. Freid lay unmoving, letting us use his chest as a mini-table.
“Poor Freid.” I stroked his pretty golden hair.
“Yes,” Penn agreed. “He’s being so good not to move so we can enjoy the tray of fruit.”
I took pity on my alpha love and lifted a strawberry to his mouth. He nibbled on it then took it into his mouth.
“Don’t choke,” I warned.
Eventually, I lifted the tray so he could sit up and join us. All the fruit quickly disappeared, and the water bottles were drained.
Setting the tray aside, we all three exchanged more kisses before wrapping our arms and legs around each other and falling back to sleep.
