“I’ve learned nothing about caution. You’ve all trained me so fucking well, but I failed when put to a real test in our home.” I glanced up at them.
Aziel warm palm cupped my cheek as he turned me to face him. “Nobody blames you. Everyone’s guard was down, not just yours.”
A hazy fog settled over my eyes as I stared at him.
Why do I feel so much for this demon?
Blaise cleared his throat.
I shot him an apologetic glance. “I didn’t just put my life in danger. I put all of you in danger too.”
The guys gripped my leg tighter where they were touching me, and I snapped out of the love-induced trance.
Putting my hand over Aziel’s, I lowered it to the bed and looked toward the guys. “I’m not sure what we’re supposed to do from here.”
“How about we start with kicking the bloody demon out?” Thaddeus suggested, to which Aziel snorted a laugh.
“That’s not a rubbish idea, mate,” Blaise said. “I think killing him should be up on the table too.”
“Sharing you with my brothers is easy,” Kai said. “But with a demon we don’t know anything about, it’s different. That being said, I’ll accept whatever you decide.”
“Aziel.” I turned back toward him. “Could you give us all a minute? Maybe go take a shower.”
He shrugged, leaning forward and pressing a kiss to the corner of my lips. “I’d love a shower. Feel free to come to join me when you can.”
Heat snaked through me, coiling around my core and squeezing.
The bed rustled around as he got up, shooting a wink my way. He went to the bathroom and left the door open as the shower turned on.
Sighing, I faced my jealous vampires. “Can we all just take a breath?”
Thaddeus growled, and in an instant, he was behind me, and I was settled in between his legs with his erection digging into my lower back.
“I don’t fancy sharing you even with my brothers, if I’m honest.” His hands started running through my hair, and I tilted my head back, the blanket I’d managed to keep myself covered with forgotten. “But I trust them. They care for you like I do, and I don’t doubt that a bit.”
Kai slid onto the left side of the bed and laced his fingers through mine, while Blaise moved to my right side and wrapped a strong hand around my thigh.
An overwhelming sense of safety and comfort flooded through me being cuddled up with all three of them like this. “Words can’t explain how much I fucking care about you three. I’m not sappy or romantic, I’ll be the first to admit that, but you three hold a special place in my heart.” I placed a hand over my chest.
“I’ve been alive over three hundred years, and I’ve never once felt the way I do about you,” Thaddeus said, breath hitting the back of my neck as he spoke.
“I’m definitely a romantic when it comes to the right person.” Kai rubbed his thumb in circles on my inner thigh, inches away from my throbbing core. “And that’s you.”
“Bloody right it is,” Blaise growled. “I hate that the demon told you he loved you before we could.”
My skin tingled as if a current of magic was linking us three together.
Love.
A couple of months ago, I would’ve never thought it was possible to fall in love with more than one person. But here I was, somehow head over fucking sneakers in love with three vampires and feeling an intense, deep connection with a demon.
“I can’t lie to guys and tell you I feel nothing for Aziel…” I drew in a frustrated breath. “BecauseI do, and I know it doesn’t make any fucking sense. I get that it’s probably frustrating the hell out of you—”
“Bloody right it is,” Thaddeus grumbled.
“In all honesty, we haven’t even known each other that long.” My mouth tightened into a grimace. “We haven’t had the time to build a solid foundation of trust, our romantic feelings aside.”
“We trust you, Poppy.” Blaise rubbed his eyes with the base of his palms. “It’s that demon we don’t trust.”
