I moaned as he sped up, clinging to his shoulders. “I want it all. Give me every inch.”
“Always,” he mimicked me, then slammed deep. “Is this what you want? You want my big cock sheathed balls-deep inside your tight channel?”
“Yes!” I shuddered as he pumped, the slick sounds of his claiming sending thrills down my spine. “Yes!”
An eternity may have passed with Xae's incredible body above mine, holding me as he entered me, making us one. I can't say for sure how long it was. I was lost in him even as he got lost in me. Nothing mattered but the joining of our flesh and our pounding hearts. Xae's wild stare. His glistening skin. The feel of his hard flesh beneath my hands and inside my channel. The rest of the world could fuck off when Xae was fucking me.
But then Xae pulled out and let down my legs. He helped me sit up, then kissed me wildly, both of us on our knees, his big body hunched over. This wasn't unusual; we often shifted positions during sex. Doesn't everyone? So I wasn't surprised when Xae urged me onto my hands and knees across the width of the bed. This would be his second favorite position, and mine as well. I loved how fast he could slam into me from behind. It was worth not seeing his face when I climaxed.
“Oh, fuck,” Xae groaned as he speared into me again. Once he was fully sheathed, he gripped my hip with one hand and pulled my right cheek out to the side with the other. “I love watching my cock go into you. Your tiny pink hole stretched around me.”
He slowed down, and I knew he did it for the visuals. I looked over my shoulder and, sure enough, his stare was locked on where we were joined.
“I wish I could see it,” I said.
Xae looked up and met my gaze. “It's beautiful. You're beautiful.” He let my cheek go and bent over my back to give me an awkward but wonderful kiss. “I love you.”
Oh, twice in one morning. That's a good sign.
But I knew he wouldn't like me pointing it out, so I just said, “I love you too.” Then I added, “Now, fuck me like a beast!”
Xaedren snarled and slammed forward. I braced myself as my lover went primal, grunting and growling as he rapidly drove himself into my channel. His powerful hands gripped my hips, but even with him securing me, I jerked with every thrust, my cock banging my belly.
“Xae!” I cried and came over the bed.
Xae just grunted and kept going, his cock like a warm glass rod, so slick and hard, mercilessly stroking all those wonderful places in me. Taking what he needed without reservation now that I'd given my permission. No, not just permission. I demanded it. And Xae always gave me what I wanted. We took care of each other.
“Ember, I've been waiting half an . . .” Rath trailed off.
My head spun to the door where Rath stood in the frame, his eyes wide and jaw falling. His stare skimmed my body and settled on my ass, where Xae was still thrusting despite our audience. In fact, Rath's presence seemed to be exactly what he needed to reach completion.
With a roar, Xaedren threw back his head and locked his hips against me. I felt the heat of his release inside me, and my eyes went wide. He never did that without asking. Looking back at him, I knew it was instinctual, the wolf in him seeking to embed his scent as deeply in its mate as possible. I knew because he'd explained it to me the first time he asked to come inside me. But this time, I knew it was more than scent-marking his lover. It was marking me in front of a rival.
With one last groan, Xaedren slid out of me, his hands massaging my ass possessively as he looked at Rath. “He'll need a shower. Give him a few minutes.” Then he climbed off my bed and walked out of my room naked, shouldering the shocked Ratharin out of his way. He didn't even take his clothes.
As soon as Xaedren was gone, reason smacked me in the face, and I realized I was still on all-fours, sideways across my bed, giving Rath the perfect view ofeverything. I dove for the sheet and pulled it over me as I sat down. Then we just stared at each other.
“I . . . I'm sorry. I thought you might be avoiding me after yesterday,” Rath said. “I didn't think you'd have company.”
“I should have locked the door,” I said. “But we were distracted.”
“Yes, I saw.”
I grimaced and got out of bed, pulling the sheet with me to wrap around my hips. “I didn't mean by that. I meant that last night when we got back to my room, we were busy talking about the shit you two pulled yesterday.”
“Oh. Yes. I'm sorry about that too.” He glanced down the hallway, then stepped into the room and closed the door. “You were right to stop us.”
“No shit,” I muttered and went to the trunk at the foot of the bed. With one hand on the sheet, I pulled out some fresh clothes, then headed to the bathroom. “You're lucky it was me. A few minutes longer and it would have been the General breaking it up. I don't think he would have been as nice.”
Rath followed me to the bathroom but stayed outside, keeping to the left of the door to give me privacy as we continued our conversation. “But you must concede that Xaedren pushed me into it.”
“What?!” I nearly screeched. I was so annoyed that I stepped out of the bathroom in only my undershorts. “All Xae did was ask what you were going to train me for. You were the one who launched right into insulting him, calling his ass fat, then saying that you were the better man for me. You know damn well that he couldn't back down from that. Yesterday is on you, Rath!” I shoved my finger into his chest. “You're the dick.”
Rath stepped back, his expression wounded. “I'm sorry. I . . . you're right. I was just so angry about you choosing him.” He waved his hand limply in the direction of the door. “He's so . . . unworthy of you.”
“Oh, and you're so much better than him?” I crossed my arms over my chest. “I told you, Rath. Xae is a better man than you think. You told me that yourself once.”
“And I was wrong!” Rath suddenly shifted into ferocity. “Because what I just saw was a man who had no problem putting his lover on display to benefit his pride. He didn't try to cover your body or even pause in fucking you when I walked in. Xaedrenwantedme to see him taking you. He wanted me to see all of you. Covet you. It made him feel superior. As if he won. He didn't give a shit about how it would make you feel. But I know that you were embarrassed by that. I know you, Ember. I would never have shared something so intimate just to bolster my ego.”
