She might as well have been living in the dark ages.
Cain had been right. Theywerebarbarians!
Chapter Twenty Three
By the time Amaryllis woke the following morning, she’d concluded protest was useless. Reese, Dante, and Cain had made up their minds and it wasn’t likely she was going to change them, given the situation. As scary as the thought was of having to deal with all three, she wasn’t even certain she would’ve wanted to if it hadn’t been for her fears that she could make them happy by giving them the children they wanted and deserved. She was in love with Reese, but she cared very much for all three of them—it was impossible not to when they loved her—and if she’d had to choose, she wouldn’t have been able to, not and be completely happy.
It was still nerve wracking to be escorted to the municipal building by all three. She might even have been embarrassed except that when they arrived, there were already several other groups waiting. Others arrived behind them.
The signing and ceremony were short once they were allowed to enter the chambers held by the council president.
A sense of unreality descended over Amaryllis as they left the building and paused at the main street to decide what to do next as it began to sink into her that she was contracted—with all of them. After a little discussion, they followed Reese’s suggestion to celebrate their contract by dining at the city’s finest, and only, restaurant. Amaryllis didn’t know whether to be relieved or not that their celebration dragged on through the remainder of the afternoon. On the one hand, it had been a very long, very nerve wracking day.
On the other, it was traditional to seal the family contractual agreement by devoting a full week to sharing their physical affection for one another and she wondered if they knew that. Reese had mentioned before that he wanted to follow her customs.
And did that mean a full week with all three? Or a full week devoted to each one? And, if each was to have a full week to himself, who was going to decide the order? And how was she going to survive it either way?
The prospect was almost as terrifying as it was exciting.
Twilight had settled over the land by the time they arrived back at the plantation that now, by contract, belonged to the four of them as a family unit.
Amaryllis’ knees felt weak with nerves as they entered the house. She glanced from Reese to Dante, who were standing on either side of her, wondering how they would take a suggestion that they all simply while away the evening with a game of chance because she suddenly felt very shy about having sex with any of them.
She never managed to unglue her tongue from the roof of her mouth long enough to voice it, though. Dante and Reese each took one of her hands and led her up the stairs and down the long corridor to her room at the end.
She didn’t know whether to be relieved or worried when Cain didn’t follow, but she wasn’t given a lot of time to consider that or anything else. As soon as they’d entered the room, Dante and Reese set about removing her garments and then removed their own.
They were almost frighteningly magnificent, their bodies sculpted perfection. Her doubts surfaced and she wavered briefly between a deep sense of her own imperfection and the sense of being feminine and desirable as she saw the way they looked at her.
Reese scooped her into his arms, carrying her to the bed and settling her in the center of it. Without hesitation, as if the two had discussed it and decided before hand, Dante settled beside her, as well. Like mismatched bookends, they rolled on their side, facing her, their heads propped in their hands.
Amaryllis glanced from one to the other, trying to decide whether she was more excited or unnerved by the prospect of making love to both—at the same time—in the same bed. The situation had a bizarre sense of unreality to it, but neither Dante nor Reese seemed the least uncomfortable.
“I love you, Amy,” Reese murmured. Leaning down, he brushed his lips lightly over hers, evoking a tingle of sensation that warmed her to her depths. Her uneasiness vanished and she parted her lips on a sigh of pleasure, opening her mouth to his possession. He covered her mouth with his then, thrusting past her parted lips and possessing the exquisitely sensitive inner surfaces of her mouth with the rough caress of his tongue in a kiss of such hunger that her belly clenched painfully, desire literally exploding throughout her body. She felt the stroke of his large hands along her body. Sparking jolts of tingling awareness followed his touch, warming her, elevating sensation along her breasts and the flesh of her belly and hips and thighs.
A bolt of surprised pleasure went through her when warm lips that could only belong to Dante were pressed against her belly and nibbled a trail upwards, finally settling on the tender peak of one breast and suckling. She gasped into Reese’s mouth as the flesh of her entire body leapt and prickled in a heated rush of dizzying sensation.
After that, she lost all ability to think, her mind clouding with the drugging euphoria of pleasure. Her body was under such enthralling assault that her mind couldn’t focus beyond the sensations of warm hands and heated mouths.
She was gasping for breath when their lips at last parted and Reese wove a tortuous path with his mouth to her other breast, nipping at the engorged nipple before he covered it, sucking hard, nudging it with his tongue and sending tentacles of delight searing through her that seemed to draw at her sex. She dragged in a sobbing breath, writhing beneath Dante and Reese in nearly unbearable pleasure.
Heated desire coiled tightly within her. Within moments, her body was hovering near ultimate rapture and she began to struggle to hold onto the wondrous sensations just a few moments longer.
As if sensing her internal battle, Dante shifted his assault upward, claiming her lips as Reese released her other nipple and moved downward, sucking a heated trail of kisses along her belly.
When he reached her mound, he pushed her thighs wide, parted her nether lips, and ran his tongue along her cleft. Amaryllis shuddered and moaned into Dante’s mouth at the exquisite delight Reese’s tongue imparted as he stroked her clit. She arched upward, seeking more, kissing Dante feverishly as she lost the battle to contain the pleasure and felt it expanding rapidly toward an explosive peak as Reese tormented her clit with the heat of his mouth and tongue.
She began to tremble as the first waves of ecstasy broke the dam of her resistance. Releasing her lips, Dante leaned down to capture a taut nipple in his mouth, sucking it hard. The jolt that went through her sent her over the edge into explosive culmination that dragged little whimpering cries of rapture from her.
When the last echoes of her climax faded, Reese slid up the bed. Giving each of her nipples a final, plucking caress with his lips, Dante pulled away, leaning back as Reese gathered her onto her side against his length, kissing her deeply and stroking her back in a slow caress.
Reluctantly, Reese lifted his head after only a moment and Dante slipped a hand around her waist. Dragging her back against his belly, he fitted her snugly against his body and slipped his hand from her waist to her breasts, nuzzling her neck, sucking at her ear lobe and then tracing the swirls with his tongue. A shiver of reaction skated through Amaryllis as she felt the heat of his breath against her ear. The fire that had only just been quenched, stirred to life once more. Heat curled in her belly.
She twisted her head around, seeking his lips as he nibbled a trail of kisses along her jaw. Releasing a heavy sigh, Dante settled his palm along her cheek, plucking at her lips with his and finally covering her lips and thrusting his tongue between them, exploring her mouth. After a moment, his hand skated from her cheek to her breasts, lingered for several moments teasing her nipples and then moved on. Gripping her thigh, he urged her to lift it and when she did, he slid his cock along her cleft, gathering her body’s moisture on the head of his cock.
Her eyes flew open when she felt him pushing his cock against her rectum. “What are you doing?” she whispered breathlessly.
He placed his palm on her cheek. “I would never hurt you. Trust me? Only tell me if I am hurting you and I will stop.”
