Silence stretched for a long moment, broken only by her quiet sniffs. Nadya released her breasts to wipe her eyes with the backs of her hands, and when she opened them again, she saw Rem standing near her, uncertainty visible in his posture. Jalen looked similarly lost as he hovered on her other side. They seemed to want to reach out to her, but couldn’t. Their hesitation hurt, but she understood it. Somehow, she mustered the courage to extend a hand to each of them once more, knowing if they rejected her this time, there would be no more chances.
Her gaze alternated between the two men as her arms began to shake with the strain of keeping them extended. Another tear rolled down her cheek as she gave up, letting her hands fall.
Before they reached her sides, both men stepped forward and took her hands, their movements eerily synchronized. At that moment, they seemed to move as one. The illusion shattered when each man tugged her in his direction. Impatience tempered her happiness that they had accepted her hands. Reminding herself that it would take time, she dug in her heels and pulled the men toward her. Rem offered resistance for a second longer than Jalen, but they both ended up standing on either side of her.
Nadya breathed deeply, enjoying their pure male scents and the proximity to their solid frames. “I love you,” she said.
“I love you, but this…” Rem trailed off, casting a glance at his brother.
Jalen captured her chin, turning her face in his direction. “I never said it, but you must know that I love you, Nadya.”
“Yes.” She’d known the moment she heard his horse’s hooves as he raced to “save” her.
“Why can’t that be enough for you?” Jalen shook his head, clearly confused. “You don’t need him.”
“She doesn’t need you.” Rem lunged toward Jalen, only stopping when Nadya stepped between them.
“I need both of you, and you need me.”
“Don’t try to manipulate me,” said Jalen softly.
Nadya looked at him, shaking her head. “I’m not. It’s the truth. You two have as many differences as you have similarities. I enjoy your domination, but I also need Rem’s tenderness.”
“But why do we need you?” Jalen’s cold expression almost hid the uncertainty and longing in his eyes. “I want you, but why do you think I need you?”
She tried not to let his words hurt. “You need me because you love me, and because you need someone to keep you from turning into your father. I’m the touch of humanity that will keep you humble.”
Nadya squeezed Rem’s hand, turning back to him. “You already know why you need me. It’s the same reason I need you.” At Rem’s nod of confirmation, she continued, “What I meant, actually, was the two of you need me to bind you together. You need a common element to help you find your other commonalities.” With a wry smile, she said, “I’m your insurance. Neither of you will betray the other or go back on your word if you know doing so will cause you to lose me.”
“You’re awfully confident, love.” Rem sounded amused, but also a tad annoyed.
“This is insane,” said Jalen. “I can’t have a truce with that man. He’s completely against our way of life.”
“Your ways need to change.” Nadya brought his hand to her lips, kissing the back of his fingers. “You are a good man, Jalen, and it’s time you allowed yourself to rule the right way, rather than the way of your ancestors. Humans and vampires can co-exist without one race being oppressed, or the other forced to live in hiding.” Another brush of her lips over his fingers made him tremble just enough to be visible. “I’m proof of that.”
Once again, she swung her gaze back to Rem. “So are Rem and his group. Vampires and humans live side-by-side at his complex, both equal. It can be the same for the N’work province.”
Jalen shook his head. “No, it can’t. The other families will not accept this.”
“They will,” countered Rem unexpectedly. “With my army and your bloodlines, they’ll have no choice. If we can do this, and make it work, the other families will have to tolerate our changes. Eventually, they’ll have to follow suit. It’s inevitable.”
Nadya’s heart warmed, knowing Rem was onboard with the idea. His support gave her hope that Jalen would embrace the union.
“I don’t know.”
“Let’s worry about politics later,” said Nadya, bringing his hand to her breast. “Right now, let’s make love.”
She didn’t need to guide Rem’s hand to her other breast. When both hands were upon her, she looked down, reveling in the visual contrast of their paler hands on her darker skin. Rem’s hands were rough and a bit darker than Jalen’s. Jalen circled her nipple with his smooth thumb, and Rem did the same. She threw back her head, enjoying their caresses. Their ragged breathing indicated they were equally excited. Blindly, she reached out to stroke each of their chests. Her nails caught in Rem’s hair peeking out above his neckline, causing him to wince. She tugged lightly, making him groan. It was Jalen’s turn to groan when she raked her nails lightly over one of his nipples through the soft linen shirt he wore.
They stroked her breasts faster, and she trailed her hands lower, finding the hem of Rem’s shirt, and the lowest button of Jalen’s. In her arousal, the button refused to yield to her one-handed attempts. Impatiently, she tugged, and the button popped off.
“Let me,” said Jalen, dropping his hand from her breast to unbutton his shirt. “I need this shirt for the journey home, my love.”
Nadya nodded and turned to Rem as Jalen stripped. She peeled the shirt from her other lover and pressed herself against his chest. The fur on his chest tickled her nipples and she squirmed at the sensation. She tugged at his pants, anxious to have Rem as bare as she was. He assisted her with the process by stepping out of his boots. She pushed down his pants, and Rem kicked them aside.
Once he was naked, she started to turn back to Jalen, but he was suddenly behind her, molding his front to her back. His cock pressed into her lower back, telling her how much he wanted her. Rem’s cock was just as hard, pressing into her belly. Being pinned between them, their cocks ready and waiting, had her dripping wet with need. She wriggled, and they stepped closer, keeping her from moving. Their combined strength was overwhelming, but she wasn’t frightened. Instead, they made her feel secure and protected.
As if by unspoken agreement, the men lifted Nadya—Jalen taking her arms, and Rem lifting her legs. She surrendered to them, closing her eyes as they carried her to the bedroll and laid her on her back. Once settled, she opened her eyes to the beautiful sight of each of her men kneeling beside her. Nadya reached for them, burying her fingers in each man’s hair. She guided Jalen and Rem’s mouths to hers, kissing first one and then the other.
Rem’s kiss was as gentle and coaxing as ever. When her lips met Jalen’s, he demanded entry with his tongue, and she yielded. Her tongue stroked his when he thrust it deeply into her mouth, and she moaned. Rem moved his lips over her cheek and down to her neck. She cried out when he nipped her, and Jalen absorbed the sound with his mouth. She imagined them both feeding from her, and the thought had her arching her hips rapidly, seeking something to fill her pussy. As Jalen’s mouth drifted from hers, exploring lower, she said, “Bite me.”
“Who?” asked Jalen against her chin, his lips tickling her skin.
“Both of you.”
“No.” Rem sounded alarmed. “That’s too risky, love.”
“He’s right.”
Nadya didn’t argue, but the idea hadn’t died. She would wait until they were even more aroused before broaching the subject again.
A shiver coursed through her when Jalen and Rem simultaneously reached her nipples, drawing each one into their mouths. Nadya clenched her hands, drawing tighter on their hair. She pulled Jalen and Rem tighter against her. Jalen laved her nipple firmly, applying enough pressure to almost hurt. Occasionally, his fangs raked the gentle skin of her breasts, making her thighs tighten in response. Rem gently licked her nipple, circling the appendage around the taut bud in slow, torturous strokes.
Nadya trembled as Rem strayed lower, licking a damp trail from her breast to her navel. He circled his tongue around her belly button, teasing her with the motions she wanted his tongue to perform, just farther south. “Rem,” she said, her voice so thick with passion that it didn’t sound like her.
“Easy, love.” The soft words, spoken against her mound, had her arching against his face. Rem denied her the pleasure of his tongue as he continued to breathe against her slit.
Jalen moved north, his mouth returning to hers for a long, deep kiss. Nadya had lost her grip on Rem’s hair, so she now dug that hand into Jalen’s shoulder, continuing to clutch his blond hair with her other hand. She pulled him as close as she could, moaning when he nibbled her lower lip before licking the spot to soothe the tiny sting. He deliberately raked open her lip and lapped up the drops of blood that dribbled from the wound. Nadya recoiled at the pain, even as she ground her mouth against his, finally succeeding in pushing her tongue inside. Jalen chuckled, apparently amused by her aggression. His indulgence didn’t last long. Soon enough, he pinned her tongue below his, stroking her.
Nadya gasped when Rem chose that moment to plunge his tongue inside her pussy. He licked her from clit to opening, swirling his tongue around the hole before pressing inside her. She arched against him as moisture flooded her, surely soaking his mouth. He seemed to enjoy her additional arousal and lapped eagerly. She cried out against Jalen’s mouth when Rem suckled her clit.
Jalen released her tongue to slide down her again. Nadya let her hands fall at her sides, grasping handfuls of the bedroll to maintain some semblance of control. Jalen seemed intent on devouring her breasts. He pushed them together to pay equal attention to her hardened nipples. He sucked and licked in a motion eerily similar to the pace Rem maintained between her thighs. In the back of her mind, she wondered if they had coordinated the maneuvers through some vampiric communication, or if they were just that much alike.
All thought fled as Rem’s mouth brought her to orgasm. Her body shook with the force of release, automatically her eyes closed, and she cried out, her sound of pleasure echoing in the skeletal remains of the hangar. While waves of climax overwhelmed her, she was vaguely aware of Rem and Jalen whispering, and then they moved her.
Heart pounding, she opened her eyes to assess the new arrangement. She now lay on Rem, her legs over his shoulders. His mouth was too low to line up with her pussy, but when he blew air against her anus, she realized his intent. The idea was startling and delicious at the same time, making her squirm for him to begin.
Rem held off, and she soon realized why. He was waiting for his new partner in crime to assume his position in the tableau. Nadya moaned when Jalen knelt behind Rem, bending her legs so that her thighs were on his shoulders. Her feet almost reached his buttocks when he knelt forward, putting his head between her thighs. “You are going to kill me with this,” she managed to say through clenched teeth.
“This is what you wanted, love,” Rem reminded her.
“What you need.” Jalen lifted his head to meet her gaze, his holding a challenge. He seemed to be saying that if she didn’t accept it their way, she wouldn’t have both of them. Knowing Jalen, that was exactly what his eyes were telling her. Her small nod of consent was all he needed, apparently, because he returned his mouth to her pussy.
Jalen licked her thighs and outer labia for several seconds, as if to prolong the torture. Rem, impatient as ever, dived right in to his self-appointed task. Nadya jumped when he licked her anus, wetting her back passage to allow his tongue inside. His tongue probing her darkest area made her flinch, but she pressed against him, wanting more.
Jalen followed her motion, finally covering her mound with his mouth. He licked her clit with firm strokes meant to incite arousal and release. Nadya tried to arch against him, but he refused to let her move. Rem also kept her in place by virtue of her position and his tongue sweeping inside her. Trapped between them, she had no respite from their probing tongues. No amount of squirming or wriggling could free her even long enough to take a breath and slow the sensations overwhelming her.
The experience was a bit frightening, to know she had no control and was at their mercy, but was more exciting than anything she’d fantasized. Their mouths fucked her intently, ravaging her. Jalen and Rem seemed determined to expose every last one of her vulnerabilities and secrets, to exploit them in the most pleasurable ways.
Screams punctuated the interlude, and Nadya struggled to focus on the sound, wondering who was disturbing them. After a moment, she realized the screams were primal sounds of ecstasy originating from her. Satisfied no one would be interrupting, she relaxed completely, surrendering herself to the pending orgasm.
Her heart raced, and she cried out once more, a long, low groan as release rendered her limp. Convulsions emanated from the epicenter of her womb, causing her entire body to tremble. “Thank you,” she whispered, spent.
Neither man acknowledged her thanks as they continued exploring her with their tongues. Nadya became convinced their movements were orchestrated when Jalen and Rem each plunged two fingers into her openings in synch. Each thrust of Rem’s fingers in her ass pushed her against Jalen’s hand. His hand allowed no escape or retreat as he thrust it against her. Still limp with the release that had yet to fade away completely, Nadya offered no resistance. With the same kind of precision that made each man a formidable general and leader of his people, Jalen and Rem drove her to another orgasm. Without even the voice to moan, she came silently. Her body shuddered with the intensity of the orgasm as it built on the remnants of the previous release. Each one was stronger than the last, and each one, while physically exhausting, was mentally rejuvenating.
It was with mingled relief and disappointment that she greeted their withdrawal. Nadya reached down to caress Jalen’s thigh with one hand while stroking Rem’s navel and chest with her other. “That was amazing.” She wanted to ask: Now what? Uncertainty kept her quiet. How far would the men be willing to go, and how quickly? Would Jalen and Rem both make love to her at the same time, or would they want to separate for such an intimate act? Her heart yearned for both of them to take her together, but she warned herself not to push them. In their passion and release, they would be completely vulnerable, and it was likely neither man was ready to allow the other to see him in such a delicate state.
She had underestimated them.
“The pussy is mine,” said Jalen as he sat back, and Rem lifted Nadya, seemingly without effort.
Suspended above him as he turned her around, their gazes locked. The desire and love in Rem’s hazel eyes stole her breath. She’d expected him to have the most difficulty with sharing her, simply because he was the protective sort and had thought she was Jalen’s prisoner all that time. Yet, here he was, accepting what she needed, and even embracing it to make her happy. “I love you,” she mouthed, and he repeated the words without sound.
Nadya’s sheath tightened around Jalen’s fingers when one slipped inside her. She glanced over her shoulder, taking a moment to study his expression. His tight features suggested he was barely maintaining control. As if feeling her gaze on him, his green eyes met hers. Desire blazed, but she saw the desperation beneath. Her heart ached to think of how painful it must have been for Jalen the past two months. She’d yearned for him, but Rem had been there for her, showing her a different side of love from what she had with Jalen. Meanwhile, Jalen had suffered alone, not sure of her fate and unable to come after her. “I love you,” she whispered. His firm nod made her smile. Jalen was not a man who would speak of his feelings very often. She was unsurprised, knowing the childhood he’d endured.
“I’ve missed your sweet pussy, Nadya.” Jalen tweaked her clit. “It’s only fair I get it this time, since I’ve been deprived longer than Rem.” He said his brother’s name with no obvious animosity or spite, which she found encouraging.
“That’s fine. I like her hot little ass too.” Rem slapped one of her cheeks lightly before grasping the flesh to knead firmly.
Jalen quirked a brow. “I haven’t had the pleasure…yet.”
“Hold on before you enter.” Rem grasped Nadya’s hips, lining up his cock with her pussy. She threw back her head, hair spilling down her back, as he penetrated her opening. When she started to ride him, Rem held her still. “Not yet, love. I’m just preparing.”
A glimmer of what they planned came to her as Rem withdrew from her pussy. The realization that she hadn’t brought lube dawned upon her as Rem licked his forefinger and thumb before using them to open her anal bud. She relaxed as the head of his cock penetrated her back passage, reveling in the accustomed stretching sensation.
Only with Rem buried to the hilt did Jalen bring his cock to her pussy. A stirring of unease made Nadya tense as she wondered, for the first time, how both men could fit inside her openings. In fantasies, the union was blissful, but she worried the reality would be painful, or even prove impossible.
“Relax, my love.” Jalen stroked her hips before grasping them. “All will be well.”
Nadya took a deep breath, relaxing as the head of Jalen’s cock breached her pussy. Rem cupped her breasts, and the stimulation to her nipples was both soothing and arousing. Discomfort made her grimace as Jalen pushed deeper, but it passed in an instant, and the three of them fused into one. Nadya joined them together, and the culmination of her dreams and planning was even better than she’d imagined.
Jalen knelt awkwardly over her as she lay flat atop Rem. Once again, Nadya let the men take over. Rem thrust into her, pushing her pelvis upward to fully encompass Jalen’s cock. When he thrust back, Rem yielded. The motions of the men’s hips moved her, lulling her into a passionate trance. It was akin to floating on the ocean, or something equally soothing, but with an intensity of arousal and delight that was unparalleled. “Jalen, oh, deeper. Yes, Rem, more, baby. Give me all your cock.”
Jalen and Rem increased their pace, pushing deeper and faster inside her. Nadya came several times, each orgasm coming atop the one before it, until she lost track of how many times she’d climaxed. Both men seemed capable of going all night, and she also lost track of the time as they fucked her.
Nadya could sense an air of competition between Jalen and Rem. They were trying to please her, and clearly, they were enjoying the fruits of her proposal, but she could tell they were also determined to outlast each other. Neither Jalen nor Rem wanted to be the first to come. Their stubbornness was both annoying and exhausting, because she was the one pinned between them, constantly subject to climaxes that were physically draining.
Determined to end the stalemate, she whispered her fondest desire again. “Bite me. Now.”
Made vulnerable by their stimulation without release, driven to a frenzied state, neither man protested this time. Nadya sighed as Rem’s teeth penetrated the left side of her throat. A long second later, and Jalen had adjust his position to lie on top of Nadya so that he could reach her throat. When his teeth penetrated her flesh, she shivered, beset by so many sensations that she couldn’t process it all. Instantly, another orgasm burned through her.
Somehow, she retained her determination to make the men come even as the fog of ecstasy threatened to engulf her once more. Nadya pressed firmly against Rem’s cock, feeling the head of him buried deep inside her. At the same time, she tightened her pussy around Jalen, milking him with her muscles. Their cocks convulsed, and she found it impossible to tell which man had started coming first as their hot spurts of release filled both her openings. Smiling, she allowed herself one more climax, pleased that the competition was a draw, and that the men had come together with her, just as she’d hoped. At that moment, they were three merged into one, a complete unit.
She didn’t try to pretend that it would be so easy in all facets of their lives, but Nadya had no concerns about the three of them making a relationship work in the bedroom. That was enough. For now. They would deal with other issues as they arose, together—because she wouldn’t allow the men to divide their union. The fighting, at least between Rem and Jalen, was over. Nadya hoped that in settling the battle, she hadn’t ignited an entirely new war for Rem and Jalen against the other vampire families.