I sat on the ground in front of the steps and my brothers sat next to me. I didn’t want to be standing taller than my mate as we spoke. He needed to feel like the one in control because he was. All of this was up to him to decide and it was terrifying.
“Explain why I want you all so badly I can’t think straight.”
I looked to my brothers and then back to Candrin. I could do this. I sucked in a deep breath, “We are shifters—bears. That means we are both man and beast.”
“I know. I have seen it with my eyes, but even your beasts are not dangerous, not even to me. I believe that.”
My heart swelled. He might not have all the facts, but he was already accepting us regardless. Thank fate.
“You are safer with us than anywhere else,” Huston said. “We are your mates. Your needs and happiness come before our own.”
“Mate. I need you to explain that to me like I’m… human.” He forced a chuckle. I wasn’t sure if it was from nerves or if he was attempting a joke.
“A mate is like a partner— a husband only more,” I said and he wrinkled his nose and tilted his head. Great, I was confusing him more than clearing things up.
“A mate is someone we recognize immediately as our always and forever. You sensed it too even though you aren’t a shifter. The way you were drawn to us, kept thinking about us, missed us while we were gone.”
“How did you know? I mean me throwing myself at you and sporting a hard on all the time was a give away, but about the rest of it?” He pulled his bottom lip in with his teeth.
“Fate tells us you are ours and the same happened to you.”
Candrin nodded. “That’s the thing though, let’s pretend the bears are not a barrier, because I don’t think they are…”
He was so nervous. All I wanted to do was hug him and reassure him, to let him know everything was okay. Little did I know his concerns weren’t at allwhat I’d been worried about.
“How does this work? Like I’ll be honest… I can’t think of a scenario where I would want to see you three… you know…together.”
“Same.” The three of us said at once and our mate let out a long sigh and for the first time I believed that everything would work out the way fate intended. If his only concern was triple-cest then the rest was smooth sailing.
Or at least doable.
25
CANDRIN
How will this work?
My thoughts were scrambled but despite my world turning upside down—that had been happening a lot lately but losing my home, my possessions and my money was nothing compared to falling for three brothers who were part man part animal—my gaze went to their cocks and I imagined having one in my ass, another in my mouth and pumping the third. I was cock obsessed.
“Would you prefer we went inside,” Tanner suggested. Even though the garden was shielded from any prying eyes, it made sense to go into the house.
“On one condition,” I told them. “You all stay naked.”
Their dicks stiffened, all three of them, and I licked my lips as I gazed from one to the other. While I was familiar with Tanner’s and Huston’s, I hadn’t yet been fucked by Oberon but I so wanted to.
Tanner grabbed Oberon as he attempted to charge toward me.
“What the fuck, big bro?” Oberon roared, giving me another glimpse of the bear hidden beneath his skin. “He wants to mate.”
“He didn’t say that,” Tanner hissed. “Slow your roll. We do this on Candrin’s schedule.
Ignoring the three of them but hoping they’d follow, I strolled into the house. The brothers charged into the living room while I sat on the sofa and they stood awkwardly in front of me.
“So mating?”
“We each mark you, which is a sign not just to us but to the shifter world that you are our mate,” Huston said.
“But it’s not fair,” Oberon stamped his foot and I smirked as his length jiggled. “Candrin and I haven’t fucked and you two have.”
