He kissed one corner of my lips, then the other, his touch so light it felt like a whisper. When he pulled back slightly, his gaze searched mine, silently coaxing me to meet him halfway.
I tentatively pressed my lips to his, and he responded with a quiet hum of approval, his hand moving to cradle the back of my neck as if to anchor me there. His lips were soft, but insistent, moving slowly in a way that left me breathless. The world narrowed to the sensation of his mouth on mine, the gentle pressure, the way his hair fell in soft strands against my fingers when I reached up to touch it. As heat built low in my belly, his hand at my nape tightened, angling my face as his mouth moved against mine.
“Enough, Ko,” Cas growled. “Going too far too fast.”
Koa pulled back abruptly, leaving me panting.
“Serafina,” he rasped as he dropped his forehead against mine, his chest heaving.
I dug my hot face into his throat, feeling the warmth of his bare skin against my flushed cheek as his fingers fumbled through my curls.
“Is this normal?” I whispered. “To feel this way with your mates?”
“How wouldweknow?” Zane snickered. “You’re our first and only beloved. Feels perfect enough to me.”
“Perfect?Really?” My heart swelled.
“Absolutely,” Koa purred.
“And Simmy?” I didn’t raise my head, but I tensed as I waited for his answer even as I chided myself for being so worried about his approval.
But when he murmured, “Beyond all expectations,” a delighted smile tugged up my lips.
Zane’s palm splayed across my stomach then, pulling my back flush against him until I felt every defined ridge of his abdomen through my nightie.
“You’re crushing her,” Casimir’s huff sounded irritated.
“Am not. It’s called cuddling.” Zane’s chuckle faded into a contented sigh as he tucked my head under his chin. “Just wanna feel her heartbeat against mine.”
As he snuggled closer, something long and hard jabbed me in my lower back. I squirmed around, not because I was uncomfortable, but because whatever it was made my thighs clench together and my core tighten almost painfully.
“Cruor, Seri!” Zane grunted and took his arm from my waist to grab my hip and hold it still. “Stop moving before I bust a nut!”
“Before youwhat?”
“That, my little honey butter biscuit, is what Amabel meant about making your husband hard,” Zane growled in my ear. “Cas wouldn’t let me show you earlier, but now you canfeelI’m telling the truth.”
“Youwantme?” I swallowed hard as I stared into Koa’s glittering eyes. “In amateway?”
“You arouse us more than you know, beloved.” Koa’s slow grin made butterflies explode in my tummy.
“We fight to keep our hands off of you all damn day.” Wiggling a bit, Zane bent his knees into mine so his hard length nestled into my backside, making me gasp.
“Simmy? Is that true?” I whispered.
“Painfully so,” he murmured.
“Painfully?” My face wrinkled up in confusion.
“Let’s talk about it later,” Koa suggested, laying his palm on my neck and stroking my jaw with his thumb. “You need to sleep now. The wedding’s tomorrow, and I’m sure Zane will make it a long day for all of us.”
“Hey!”
“Ifhedoesn’t scare off the officiant,Brumouswill,” Casimir muttered.
“Hey!” I echoed Zane’s protest.
“I know you said you had no family, but are yousurethere isn’t anyone you would like to attend?” Koa asked me for the third time now.
