Capturing Our Lady's Heart [Commando Cowboys and Renegade Texans Unite 1] (Siren Publishing Everlasting Polyromance) (10 page)

“You will let go completely one day for me and Bern, when you trust us enough.”

Lann got out of the shower for a moment and sheathed his cock. When he stepped back in, his fingers brushed across her sensitive nipples. A shiver of delight ran across her body.

“Hold on to my neck.” He pulled her legs up around his waist and pushed her against the shower’s tile wall. Then he positioned his cock at her opening. “I’m going to take this slow and easy.” He put the head of his cock just inside of her pussy opening.

She wiggled trying to take more of him in. But he held her tight.

“I’m large. I don’t want to hurt you.” Gradually, he stretched her walls until he slid in all the way. His heart beat fast and hard against her chest. Perspiration broke out on his brow from restraining himself.

“I won’t break. Take me harder,” she whispered in his ear.

Slowly, he started to move in and out. She moved with him and sank down on his shaft more, taking him deeper inside her. She kissed his mouth and sucked on his lower lip.

Lann pressed harder against her womb with each thrust. Bliss clenched his cock hard when he slid forward completely in her pussy. She ran her hands down his back and cupped his ass, pushing him tighter against her.

“You’re asking for more.”

“Yes, all of you.”

“Baby, you aren’t ready yet. When you trust us, then we’ll bond.”

Bliss moved her hips around on his cock. He stroked her pussy walls with slow, strong movements and reached between them to press on her tiny, sensitive bud. Her skin flushed, and she was aware of being flooded with heat. She had a fluttering in her chest, and a shiver of pleasure shot up her spine.

He kissed her deeply, twining his tongue around hers as his cock thrust harder and faster, throwing them both up and out of themselves. She shook in his arms and noticed him shift his legs and tighten his hold on her. Slowly, he lowered her legs, but held on to her until she was steady.

“Are you all right?” he asked.

“Wow. I think so.”

Bern stepped in the shower behind her. “You two have been having a lot of fun without me.” He turned her to him. His lips gently touched hers. “They’re swollen from all our lovin’.” He licked across, and when she opened her mouth, his tongue darted in to caress the inside, all the nooks and crannies.

Bliss raised up on her tiptoes and put her arms around his neck. She rubbed her tongue against his. Then afterward, she stepped back and asked, “Were you lonely in the bed?”

“Yes.”

“Let me see if I can’t make you feel better.”

“Honey, every time you touch my body, I’m great.” Bern looked into her eyes. “I love the purple color of your eyes. They remind me of irises blooming in the spring. But they look tired. We’ll rinse off and take you back to your apartment, unless you want to spend the night here?”

“I’d better go back. We still need to take this slow for now.”

“I’ll drive you. I’m going back to my ranch. Lann, I gather you’re staying here.”

Lann grabbed a towel and got out to dry off. “I am.”

He reached in and pulled Bliss out. Then he took a towel and rubbed her down. “It’s best you go home tonight, or I’d be making love to you most of the time. I don’t think you’re quite ready for that much loving yet. You were tight. It’s been a while since you’ve had sex.”

Bliss knew her face had gone beet red. “You are so outspoken. It’s none of your business when I had sex.”

“You told me it wasn’t good.”

“I did not. I said I thought it was all overrated or something like that.”

“And I offered to prove you wrong. Will you agree you were mistaken?”

Bliss wrapped the towel around her and started to walk into the bedroom. “I’m not sure. We’ll see after a few more times. This might have been an aberration and not something you two can keep up.” She grinned and ran out of the bathroom.

She heard Lann speak to Bern. “She’s challenging us. Wait ’til she sees the wildcats she’s aroused.” They both laughed. A shiver of fear and excitement made her wonder if her remark had been wise.

* * * *

Bern drove her home and saw her safely in her apartment. He checked all the rooms before leaving. “See you tomorrow.” He waved on his way down the stairs. “Go inside and lock your door.”

“Yes, oh master,” she yelled at him, and then she did as he said. Bliss watched out the window until his truck lights disappeared in the night. The clock showed 2:00 a.m., and she didn’t feel sleepy. Her body felt wound up, and desire for Lann and Bern had not gone out but simmered inside her.

Bliss sat in the lounge chair and put her hands to her face. What happened tonight? She’d never let herself behave so freely before. Most of the people who knew her saw her as reserved. And her few experiences with the opposite sex had left her feeling cold and not interested.

She’d decided her closest friends who’d described much better experiences were exaggerating, or she was frigid as her last boyfriend had accused. She thought of the years in between. It had been four years since she’d had sex.

Bliss went into her room and put on her nightgown. She stood in front of the floor-length mirror some previous resident had placed on the back of the bedroom door.

Her breasts looked fuller and her nipples peaked against the gown’s thin material. Below, her pussy lips clenched. Feeling daring, she pulled her gown off. It was a relief. The material irritated her oversensitive nipples. Her fingers brushed across them and moisture wet her lower lips. She ran her hand down her throat across her breasts, her flat abdomen, and ventured close to her lower lips.

Did she dare touch herself?
Her mother had stressed modesty. It was not decent to look at yourself naked in the mirror, her mother had said. The one time Bliss had done it, her mom had caught her and scolded her.

When Bliss found herself becoming interested in boys, she had started watching the interactions between her mother and father more closely. Her father was a gruff man. He seldom showed affection. Most of time, he appeared constantly annoyed.

Although Bliss didn’t believe he’d ever hit her mother, he had cowed her with his rough tone and demanding orders. Bliss did not understand her girlfriends wanting to get married. She got a scholarship to college and left home.

Still, she’d missed Saddlespurs and decided to return and open a lingerie shop. The timing had not been good. It coincided with her brother’s turbulent divorce, and unable to say no, she moved in with him and her life changed. This time Bliss was going to open her shop and be independent.

But Lann and Bern had shown her a different side of herself, and a different way of loving. She blushed looking at her naked body. She yanked her gown back on. Her mother’s words were too clear in her mind.

Why did she have to meet these two men right now? Her feelings for them and her desire to be totally independent warred within her. Whatever happened she couldn’t let them talk her into losing her hard-won autonomy.

* * * *

Bern’s body had relaxed in a way it hadn’t in years. He drove through the dark night remembering the feel of Bliss’s soft skin, her sweet scent, and her delicious flavor. When he’d slid into her hot pussy, his body had been inflamed with heat and a passion he’d longed to quench for years.

For a while she’d changed so much that he’d feared scaring her with his advances. He hadn’t mentioned her to Lann. There wasn’t any point unless Lann moved to Saddlespurs.

They liked the idea of a threesome relationship for many reasons. For one, if he or Lann went on assignment, then the other one would be at home watching over the ranches, and more importantly, the family.

He turned into his drive. He’d sleep well tonight. Sometimes the nightmare of his last mission with the Rangers haunted him until the early hours, but making love to Bliss had pushed any negative thoughts far off.

His phone rang as he got in. “Hello.”

“Hope I didn’t wake you,” Lann said.

“I just got in the door and was heading to my bedroom.”

“What did you think about tonight?”

“She’s wonderful. I want to marry her.”

“If she’ll let us. She may have been receptive to our attention tonight, but she’s going to take a lot of convincing.”

“We’ll work on her.”

“She suspects I’m different. If we get to the marrying stage, I’ll have to take her to Wyoming. She can meet the family, and learn our true history. Not the one I made up.”

“We haven’t told her about what our other business is either.”

“Do you think either information will make her pull away?” Lann asked.

“Not if she loves us. She may get pissed, but we can get her over that.”

“Talk to you tomorrow.” Lann clicked his phone off.

Bern started stripping at the door and fell into his bed naked. He went to sleep dreaming of hair as black as night caressing his skin, and iris eyes smiling at him.

Lann drove to Alan Meades’s ranch early the next morning. At his knock, Alan came to the screen door.

He had dressed in old jeans and a white T-shirt that looked more gray than white. He walked to the table and sat.

“Come on in. If you want coffee, pour it yourself.”

“Don’t mind if I do.” Lann found a cup in the cupboard and filled it with the strong, black liquid. He settled in a chair across from Alan. “I thought it might be time to renegotiate my buying your ranch.”

“What’s your offer?” Alan raise his chin in a belligerent manner. “I’m not giving it away.”

“You just about did to the bank.”

“If Bliss had loaned me her money, I wouldn’t have had to borrow from the bank.”

“Yes, you would have, and her money would be gone, too. What kind of man are you to do that to your sister?”

Alan blushed at Lann’s words. “Tell me your deal.”

“I’ll pay off your bank loans and give you what I originally offered with one condition.”

“I don’t like conditions.”

“Tough. Mine is I’ll write two checks, both evenly divided. One will be for you, and one for your sister. That’s the only fair way, and you know it.”

“The will says…”

Lann leaned over the table at him. “Fuck the will. Take my offer, or live here until the bank takes the ranch and makes you move out with nothing. I can buy it a lot cheaper then.”

“You’re doing this because you want to play around with Bliss, and then you’ll dump her. She’ll get what she deserves.”

“You haven’t learned a thing from the last few days.” Lann grabbed him by the collar and glared at him, then let him go. He walked to the door and looked back at the poor excuse of a man.

“Let me know if you accept my offer by five today. Otherwise, I’ll wait to buy it from the bank. This is your last chance.”

Lann drove to his ranch and strode into the barn. He saddled his black stallion and rode off across his new land. In the distance he saw the men herding the cattle that had just arrived.

He’d work with them and wear off the adrenaline that flooded him when he’d been in his warrior mode. He couldn’t recall ever hitting a man like he’d hit Bliss’s brother, and he had almost hit him again. But he restrained himself.

At home, he’d had to be the peacemaker. But he was discovering he was a warrior, too, like so many of the men in his tribe.

Some of the men were not fighters like the others. They’d go to battle when the whole tribe was threatened, but they weren’t the true warriors. Lann thought he fell into that category, but he was wrong. He’d pushed down his real identity, denied it for years, until Alan Meades’s caustic behavior had brought out Lann’s real persona. He’d have to learn to have more control of his warrior side. It was hell coming down from the adrenaline rush, and he didn't want to punch someone unless they really deserved it.

“Hi, boss. You going to ride with us today?” Josh asked.

“I’ve been neglecting the ranch and you guys. It’s time I helped with the real work.”

“We’re glad to have you.” Josh rode alongside of Lann. “We’re going to need to hire a few more men as we get more horses and cattle.”

“Josh, let the people in town know about any openings we have. You’ll interview the men and make the final decision on who to hire since you have to manage them.”

“Thanks for trusting me with the hiring. Still, I’ll bring the men I’m considering by to meet you, before I make them an offer.”

“Sounds good. Let’s get going.” He rode across and around to the other side of the herd and soon found himself enjoying the work, the fresh air, and the sense of freedom.

* * * *

Bliss met Harrison Birch, the contractor, at noon. She recognized him when he walked in the door. “Harrison, I didn’t know you had your own contracting business. Last I heard from Alan you were working with Mr. Seals.”

Harrison strode across the store and gave Bliss a hug. “It’s good to see you. Mr. Seals retired two years ago, and I and a friend bought his company, ‘Construction Done Right.’ The business had a good reputation so we didn’t see any need to change the name.”