Not that I could—the guy’s size alone would make it difficult for us to do anything to him he doesn’t consent to.
Not that Gael ever has trouble getting consent. People want to participate when he suggests an activity.
Gael reaches out and draws the giant man’s face toward him. “I share everything I like with Sin. I really like you. Can I please share you, too?” Gael has the face of an angel and the charisma of a movie star. He can, with a single crook of his finger, pull anyone he wants. It comes as no surprise that even though Phin blushes, he also nods.
Gael’s smile shines so brightly it feels like we’ve both gone blind. “Sin, come here and kiss him. His lips are amazing.”
I walk up beside Gael, who is still standing between Phin’s legs, and Phin looks up at me with uncertainty in his watery gray eyes. He’s a giant, and he could definitely hurt me, but those eyes reveal how incredibly shy he actually is. I bend at my waist and press a quick kiss to his lips.
I still don’t know how I feel about kissing a guy. It isn’t bad, just different. The mustache is strange. I’ve never felt hair on my face that wasn’t on a woman’s kitty.
“Very soft,” I tell Gael as I stand back up, watching the red in Phin’s face deepen.
“He’s so cute!” Gael exclaims, ruffling the man’s curly ginger hair. “I want to keep him forever.”
Something inside my chest tightens and throbs at those words from Gael’s lips. He’s never said he wanted to keep anything, not since we were five years old. He’s always shared, always given generously, and he’sneverwanted to keep anything he’s ever claimed.
When They Were Ten Years Old
Sin
“My dad bought me a puppy. I love it so much!” Gael holds up the cute little floppy-eared pup to show me.
“What’s his name?”
“I just call him Puppy,” Gael laughs, as he shoves the dog into my arms. “I love him so much! I want you to have him too, so you can name him.”
“Ok. Let’s call him Floppy because his ears don’t stand up,” I agree as my heart grows big enough to hold this puppy in it too.
“Floppy is the best name for the best dog in the world!” Gael shouts into the air.
Present Day
Phineas
I don’t understand what is happening here. I thought Gael was my fated mate, but him wanting to share me goes against everything I’ve been taught about how fated mates are with each other. My people don’t share their hearts with anyone except their mates. Why would Gael want to share me? More importantly,why do Sin’s lips taste so good?
Guilt makes me hypervigilant, so I don’t miss the way Gael’s announcement that he wants to keep me causes Sin to react. There’s something dark in the depths of those nearly black eyes when his gaze cuts to Gael. The twitch of his arm toward my fated mate sends me into alert mode, but not because I don’t think he should be touching Gael. My instincts are going haywire, wanting to pull Sin on top of me and hold him until he calms down, and at the same time I’m desperate to leave because I’m confused by their relationship and how I’m supposed to fit in. And why I think I need to fit intotheirrelationship when Gael ismyfated mate.
“C’mon Phin, I want to watch Sin fuck the cum out of you,” Gael says, interrupting my spiral with a hand held out to help me up.
I automatically give him my hand, but then his words penetrate my thoughts. I blink up at him, stunned and frozen. “What?”
Gael smiles like he loves me and kisses my knuckles like I’m the only person in the world he can see right now. “You’re going to love it, I promise. We’re going to make you see stars.”
I don’t know how I could ever say no to this man. I’m not sure how it’s possible for my fated mate to share me with his friend, but some part of me wants to know what it’s like to be under Sin, too. I hope he doesn’t mind the way I am when I’m getting fucked. I’m never going to be the guy who takes charge, and I hope Sin doesn’t expect me to do that.
“You know I don’t top,” I whisper, barely able to get the words out, flushing bright red in embarrassment that I’m having to have this conversation again so soon after thinking the last time would be the last time. I was so grateful Gael laughed and said he would never make me top him if I didn’t want that, and now I have to bare my soul again to a stranger.
Gael draws me forward and hugs my head to his solid chest. “You never have to worry about that,” he coos softly, stroking his fingers through my hair and relaxing me into his embrace. “I’ll make sure your body is never violated and your heart is protected.”
This is exactly what I would expect from my fated mate. Understanding, comfort, and protection. I don’t know why he wants to share me, but if it’s what he wants, then I want to give him that.
“Alright,” I consent.
Chapter 3
Present Day
