“Yeah?”
Adrian nodded. Corin had a weird way of predicting when a mare would foal. Like he could feel it by just stroking her belly, or leaning his cheek against her. He was so sensitive and intuitive, which was why my twin was perfect around the animals. “Corin gets to name this one.”
Corin smiled softly as he looked up, and his gaze found mine. “I think it’s a girl,” my brother spoke in his hushed voice.
“He’s right!” Adrian laughed. “Corin’s always right.” Corin blushed even harder, then steered toward where Hal was still pulling a giggling Lumi around on Grace.
“All right, Little One.” I winked at Ember. “Let’s finish up this owl and then go find your daddy.”
“No!” Ember balled his little fists in his lap, where he was sitting on the ground.Nowas the only word he ever spoke, and he did it with such fierce determination he could make a grown man break a sweat. Uncle Hal could testify to that.
“Look, buddy, I know you hate baths, but your daddy is a clean freak if I ever saw one. I’ll have to take one too.” I sighed as I reached for my son, but he just shook his head. “Don’t be cross with me, My Heart. It’ll just be a quick one, and then you can go play with Lumi in your room.”
Ember perked up slightly at that. He loved his twin as much as I loved mine, and I’d be eternally grateful that they’d never have to be apart. Grateful to my king for changing the world for me and our sons.
Ember pointed his small index finger at me, an unusually tender look in his eyes.
“What is it, My Heart?”
He continued to point at me as he seemed to contemplate something. Then, with a sigh, he spoke. “Da-Da.”
His small voice lingered in the space between us, and I wasn’t sure I’d heard him correctly at first. Ember frowned at me impatiently as he dug his finger through the air, as if he were trying to stab me with it.
“What was that, Little One?” I placed the owl on the ground between us.
“Da-Da,” Ember repeated. “Da-Da Gu-Gu.” Oh gods. My heart nearly imploded in my chest with unspeakable joy. Tears burned in my eyes. Ember tilted his head, then smiled with surprise at his own words.
I patted my chest and repeated my son’s words. “Daddy Gus? I’m Daddy Gus?”
“No!”
“No?” I grinned at him.
“Da-Da Gu-Gu!” He stabbed his little finger into my sternum.
“All right, all right,” I laughed. “Da-Da Gu-Gu.”
Ember offered me a toothy grin, then laughed too. The sound of Ember’s laughter was such a rare gift. He usually only did it when I tickled him or when he played with Lumi in their room. I had no idea why my little guy was so serious, but I think it only made me love him more. Because when he then gave you a smile or laughed with you, it was like sunshine on the grayest of days.
“Da-Da Gu-Gu,” I repeated, and then, without another word, Ember threw himself at me, wrapping his chubby little arms around my neck. Gods, could life get any better than this? How could one man experience such overwhelming happiness?
I breathed Ember in, and his sugary honey breath wafted along my chin. I stroked his hair, and he sighed against me. “I love you, My Heart,” I whispered, just as he started breaking free from my hold. “I love you more than anything.”
“Emmer!” Lumi called out from the round pen. “Emmer!” he waved, and Ember got to his feet and took off as he ran toward his brother, his dark hair bouncing like a halo around him.
I sighed, tilting my head back toward the sun. Closing my eyes, I breathed in the early spring air, filled with promises of honey and purple roses. The smell of fresh grass and the woods flooded my senses before another, more overwhelming and alluring scent permeated the air.My mate.My mouth watered as the small hairs at the back of my neck rose to attention. My heart started racing in my chest, and my nostrils flared with desire. My cock filled with blood as it strained against the fabric of my pants.Seb.It was time. There was no question about it. This was the smell of heat, of passion, of love. I would breed him again.
“Look after the children, Hal!” I blurted as I cupped my now painful hard-on and stormed toward the palace on wobbly legs. “For the rest of the day!”
“Only the rest of the day?!” He laughed after me.
“Whatever! You know what I mean,” I groaned, then started running in earnest.
“Did you want something, my love?” Seb blinked at me innocently as I nearly crashed through the door to his study. His heady arousal hung in the air like a thick carpet of lust and heat. I narrowed my gaze on him as I stood panting in the doorway like a wild beast. “Did Lumi get another tooth?” he smirked, going for indifference, but my little omega couldn’t fool me. I could smell his slick a mile away, and the beads of sweat poolingon his forehead were a subtle reminder that he, too, was burning up with want.
Prowling toward him with determined strides, I licked my lips as more saliva pooled in my mouth. I inhaled deeply, and my balls swelled with seed that I longed to pump into Seb’s slick hole. As I tore at my shirt, Seb gasped with ill-disguised delight, but he continued to play his game called “I’mnotsoaking my chair with horny-ass slick this very minute.”
“It’s hot outside,” I growled as I threw my shirt over my shoulder. Seb’s hungry eyes danced over my chest, zeroing in on my nipples, while he squirmed in his chair. “I see it’s hot in here as well,my love.”
