Second Chance (11 page)

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“All the pairs that I know of have only one female mate that they share, yes.”

“All right, now you can tell me how that oh-so-wise man paired you with a vicious witch like Satira,” Laci demanded. If the man knew so much, he had to know that that woman would have made anyone she was with miserable.

Alek burst out laughing. “A little angry on our behalf, are you?”

“There you are. I’ve been looking for you.” Darion strode over and slid into the seat on the other side of Laci. “What are you doing here?”

“Laci has some questions and we came here to talk. It seems she has some problems concentrating when we touch her.”

“What questions does she have?” Darion plucked a crunchy breadstick from the tray.

“Well, I’ve covered how you and I met and now we’re on to how Satira came to be our mate.” Alek lifted his mug and took a long drink.

“Get on with it and stop chatting,” Laci ordered. “Now that both of you are here, time is a factor.”

“Are you implying that we would try to distract you?” Alek trailed a finger across her cheek.

“No, no, Alek, you promised no touching.” Laci’s fingers grasped his wrist. “And I know you would distract me.”

“She’s enjoying this power,” Darion laughed.

“We first met Satira at one of the gatherings used to bring unbonded young people together.” Alek leaned back against the cushions and ran his eyes over her face.

“Did you know what she was like then?” Laci asked.

“We’d heard a few things about her, but even if we knew the full story it wouldn’t have mattered.” Darion shrugged.

“The mating wasn’t about the happiness of the people matched together, although most of the people matched by the Botisars were very happy,” Alek explained when he caught the confused look she shot Darion.

“A Darsati marriage was meant to strengthen the psychic and physical characteristics of any children the union produced.” Darion reached out and curled a strand of her hair around his finger.

“I don’t see how you could have agreed to be with her. You had to know that the marriage would be a disaster.” Laci shook her head. She couldn’t understand how they could have knowingly walked into the hell of that marriage.

“We knew that it could be bad, but it could also have been wonderful.” Alek smiled down at her. “We were determined to make the best of it.”

“Satira wasn’t interested in making the best of it,” Laci argued.

“She didn’t want to marry two men.” Darion closed his eyes for a moment. “She didn’t want to marry at all.”

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Laci walked down the hallway, so distracted she was almost unaware of where of where she was going. She could feel the warmth of Alek’s arm curved around her waist and knew he wouldn’t let her just wander into one of the walls. She turned the facts she’d learned over in her mind. They’d answered a lot of her questions, but there were a few that she still wanted answered. As they stepped out of the lift, she became aware of the two men at her side. They were both smiling. She could see the carnal anticipation building in them. Their bodies were taut, hard. She drew in a deep breath. Their scent had deepened. Only one question nagged at her. Why did they hide the extent of their relationship with each other from her?

She had no idea what had made them so close, but when they were together the bond was obvious. When something had to be done, most of the time no words passed between them. They just acted. She’d seen it again and again from mundane tasks to the way they made love to her. Laci followed Alek into the room and watched as he pulled off his shirt. She savored the sight of his corded chest and arms and lowered her eyes to the rippling muscles of his tight abdomen. Did he have to be so gorgeous?

A large hand landed lightly on her shoulder and Laci stopped. She looked back at Darion. His white teeth flashed against his deep brown skin as he smiled at her. His fingers moved to the clasp at her neck. She felt the material loosen and then it fell down to her waist. She felt the slight scrape of his fingernail as he traced a path down her spine to the clasp at the top of the skirt. He flicked the catch open and the black silky material fell in a pool at her feet.

Laci stepped out of her shoes and turned, circling her arms around Darion’s waist. “You’re eager. Did you miss me?”

“Tease. You know I ache for you.” Darion’s hand swept down to her buttocks and lifted her against him.

He carried her to the bed, putting her on the silky green sheets. She looked up at him and watched as he stripped off his clothing. Alek sprawled onto the mattress and rolled toward her. His hand rested on her stomach.

She never knew what came over her, but she lifted Alek’s hand and placed it on Darion’s thigh. Laci watched Darion’s mouth drop open in shock. She smiled and let Alek’s hand fall back across her stomach.

“I’m not blind or naïve.” Laci stretched lazily as she waited for their reaction. Right now they just appeared stunned. “I know there is a bond between the two of you and you shared the same bed even before I arrived.” She smiled. “It didn’t take too many clues for me to be sure that you were lovers.”

Alek hooked his arm around her and hauled her onto his chest. “You don’t sound offended or disgusted.”

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Laci levered up so that she could look down at him. She could see the worry in his eyes. “I’m not. It’s sexy. I don’t want either of you to deny what you have or hide it just because I’m here. You two have something special. I don’t want to come between you.”

Darion laughed as his chest pressed against her back. “You are between us and we like you there.” He ran his fingers across her ribs, drawing a giggle and a delicious wiggle from her. “I know that that’s not what you mean.”

“We weren’t denying what we had. We just missed you. You’re part of us.” Alek’s mouth brushed across hers.

Darion lifted himself off her. “Why don’t we let her watch since she thinks we’re so sexy?”

They moved across the bed and Laci turned on her side. She propped her head on her hand and settled in for the show.

Darion reclined on the far side of the bed on his side and Alek sprawled on his back beside him. Winking at her, Darion lowered his mouth to Alek’s, his mouth moving over the other man’s with firm intent. Alek’s hand curled into Darion’s hair as he returned the kiss. He nipped at Darion’s lips when he drew back and then pulled his dark-haired lover back for more.

Laci saw Alek’s hand slide down Darion’s flat abdomen. He grasped Darion’s cock and stroked. Darion’s groan rolled through the room as Alek’s hand moved in slow smooth motions. She drew in a shaky breath and slid her free hand across her stomach. Slowly, she bent her left leg at the knee and slid her fingers down to the slick lips of her pussy. She could feel her pulse pounding as excitement flowed through her.

They might have boasted about giving her a show, but she knew that once they’d touched each other, all of their attention had centered on each other. Darion tore his mouth from Alek’s. He grasped Alek’s wrist and removed it from his cock and then he trailed nipping kisses down Alek’s golden chest and abdomen. They weren’t even trying to arouse her, but she burned just from watching them.

Darion licked the length of Alek’s cock as his hand came up to cup his balls. Laci swallowed heavily as Alek groaned and arched into Darion’s touch. She swirled her fingers in her slick juices and stroked her fingers over her clit. Her tongue slid across her lips as Darion took Alek’s cock into his mouth. She wanted to be over there with them—to kiss, to touch, to be touched, but she couldn’t seem to tear her eyes away from them long enough to move. She moved her fingers lower, slipping two of them into her pussy.

“Harder,” Alek ordered, his hand fisting in Darion’s long black hair.

Alek’s hips arched, pumping his cock into Darion’s mouth. His hands urged a faster rhythm and let out frustrated growl when Darion kept his own pace. Alek thrust into his mouth, his large body shaking as his climax tore through him, his seed filling Darion’s mouth.

Darion turned to look over at her and his eyes widened. He pushed on Alek’s thigh. “Alek, look.”

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“Ah fuck, that’s a pretty sight.” Alek’s eyes swept over her.

Laci knew they were talking about her, but didn’t care. Orgasm hovered just out of her reach. She rolled onto her back and pinched and twisted at her nipples while she thrust her fingers into her pussy.

When large dark fingers circled her wrist and pulled her hand away from her pussy, she moaned her frustration. She needed to come.

“Please…” Laci looked up and found Darion kneeling between her legs.

“
Be’rai
, I’m not going to leave you wanting,” Darion vowed. “I’m just as hungry as you are.”

Laci reached for him. She trailed her fingers over the flat disks of his nipples. Trailing her fingers up to his shoulders, she laced her fingers into his hair and pulled him down for a hard kiss. She thrust her tongue into his mouth and was met with equal fervor. Darion soon took control of the kiss.

Laci lifted her legs and wrapped them around his waist. He reached down and positioned his cock and then slowly pushed into her. Laci arched, desperate. Watching them had been one long visual tease and so exciting that she hadn’t been able to resist touching herself. She sighed as he filled her. This was what she needed—his thick shaft deep in her pussy.

Darion smiled down at her as he rocked against her. He drew back just as slowly as he’d entered her. Her hips rose to meet him. With every stroke, his pelvis ground against hers, grazing her clit. The sensation built, tightening within her. She strained toward the awaiting pleasure, but his controlled thrusts kept her release just out of her reach. She sunk her nails into his shoulders, pulling at him. He grunted and jerked against her. His hips slammed against her pelvis. A shiver tore through her body as a burst of raw fire accompanied the pressure against her clit.

“Darion… I need you,” Laci panted as she shivered, arching to take more of him.

He pulled slowly out of her, seemingly intent on driving her insane with lust. Laci slid her hands down to his hips and grasped the taut muscles of his buttocks. She pulled him to her, using her nails as added impetus. She wanted only to satisfy the need blazing inside her.

Darion’s breath hissed between his teeth as she tightened her legs around him. She could see the intensity in his eyes and the tight line of his mouth. This time, he wouldn’t be torturing her.

He withdrew but then returned, stroking deep and hard inside of just as she wanted. His hips pounded against her, driving them both toward the release they craved. His lips slashed down over hers, his tongue tangling with hers.

Laci screamed as she exploded. Shuddering sensation ripped through her in wave after wave of bliss. She shivered beneath him, unable to do more than hold onto him. Each thrust of his shaft into her seemed to trigger a mini-orgasm.

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Darion tensed over her, pushing his cock as deep into her pussy as he could go. He came, roaring her name as his seed pulsed into her. He collapsed onto her, his face buried against her neck as tremors washed over his body.

Laci tried to get her ragged breathing under control. She stroked her hand over Darion’s back, waiting for him to surface from the pleasure. Soft kisses against her neck heralded his return to awareness. He lifted his head and dropped a kiss onto her chin.

Laci threaded her fingers into Darion’s hair and looked from him to Alek, who lounged beside them, lightly stroking his cock. “How long have you two been together?”

“A long time.” Alek smiled and ran his finger over her lips. “Before the imprisonment and experiments, including our training, we were together for a hundred fifty years.”

“They kept us together for the most part during our time in the labs. That was almost twenty years.” Darion rolled off her and relaxed beside her.

“And you’ve been free for over fifty years.” Laci’s lips twisted as she thought about what they must have gone through in all that time. “You two are much too old for me.”

“Those years just give us the knowledge to handle anything you might try,” Alek laughed, tracing a pattern on her stomach. Laci caught his wandering hand with hers and frowned at him. Did you become so close because of your capture? Sometimes the way one of you anticipates what the other is going to do is scary.”

“Well, our training as warriors was designed to instill a deep trust in the other part of our link. And then we were captured. We learned to rely on each other more in there than we had before. In a way, that solidified our link.” Alek dropped a kiss on her cheek.

“We’d been lovers even during our training,” Darion confided as he kissed her other cheek. “After we escaped, learning that everything we knew had been destroyed united us even more. In a way, there was only revenge and Alek for me. Until we learned of you.”

Laci couldn’t think of anything to say. She simply stared at him.

Alek’s hand on her arm drew her attention. “We learned a lot from that time.” His wicked smile flashed. In that moment, she knew he was going to try to lighten the intensity of the moment. “Even Darion, as hardheaded as he can be, learned some things. After about fifteen years of persuasion, for instance, he learned that he doesn’t have to always be the top. Just don’t count on him letting you top him. I only finally convinced him by pinning him to the floor.”

Darion growled and Laci giggled.