Tapestries 04 - Threads of Destiny (17 page)

Fingers gently brushed a strand of hair from her forehead. “Kathryn?” Logan waited patiently as she turned to face him. He offered her a smile tinged with sadness even as he leaned toward her. Her breath hitched as he covered her mouth with his.

Heat exploded as he leisurely explored every crevice of her mouth. He stroked her teeth, her tongue and the top of her mouth, taking the time to make certain that not one tiny place was forgotten. His mouth was hot, his lips soft. Groaning, she surrendered to the embrace.

She felt Marc’s hand on her hip as her legs shifted restlessly. His hand slid down the back of her thigh. Lifting her leg, he draped it over Logan’s hip. Logan moaned and captured her leg, pulling it even higher.

Her breasts pressed against Logan’s broad chest and she arched her back, rubbing her nipples against the hard muscles. She gasped and Logan captured the sound in his mouth as he continued to consume her with his kiss.

“Enough,” Tienan growled.

Logan reluctantly released her, nuzzling his nose against hers before he pressed her onto her back. With Logan and Marc on either side of her, Tienan sat at her feet. He pushed her legs apart and made a space for himself between them. Bracing his hands by her shoulders, he crouched over her like some large beast ready to devour her.

And that’s exactly what he did.

While Marc’s kiss was passionate and loving and Logan’s was hot and thorough, Tienan consumed her. There was no soft, tentative exploration. Tienan captured her mouth and boldly laid claim to her. When he pulled away, he was panting heavily, a strand of his dark hair plastered against his forehead. Possessiveness was etched on every inch of his face. He sat back slowly, glancing at the other two men as he did so.

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A low rumble came from Marc’s chest as he lowered his head and captured the tip of her breast between his lips and sucked. His large hand cupped her, holding her in place as his tongue lapped at the puckered nub.

Kathryn pressed her head back against the pillows, her hips arching upward as Logan captured her other breast in his large hand and began to lick the plump flesh. His tongue was slightly rough and very arousing.

Her entire body was flooded with sensation. Then she felt hot breath against her core. She cried out as Tienan licked at her sensitive folds. “I knew your pussy would taste sweet,” he muttered as he licked and sucked his way up one side and down the other, all the while avoiding her clitoris.

She bucked her hips toward him, needing that contact. Her breasts and pussy were alive with sensation and she knew she was close to coming. Her body screamed for release as the three men continued to practice their sensual torture on her. “Please,” she panted, planting her feet on the bed and pushing her core toward Tienan’s waiting mouth. “Please,” she managed to gasp again.

She was so close it was almost unbearable.

Tienan captured her clit and sucked at the same moment that the other two men did the same at her breasts. Kathryn screamed. Like a jolt of electricity had been shot into her body, she jerked and shook.

Reaching out, she grabbed Marc’s hand, needing something to ground her. He released her breast and she rolled into his arms. Gradually the aftershocks diminished and she became aware of being surrounded by masculine heat. A hard cock pressed against her belly, another against her back. She could feel the dampness against her as both erections leaked from the tip, proclaiming their readiness to take her.

A spark began to heat her core once again and her pussy clenched, reminding her that she hadn’t been filled, hadn’t been taken by any of them yet.

“How do you feel?” Marc eased her away from him and she smiled.

“I feel wonderful.”

Marc smiled at her, making the corners of his eyes crinkle slightly. “Good. Because we’ve only just begun.

Tienan parted her thighs and shifted closer. Kathryn panicked and pulled her knees upward. He froze and slowly released her. She shook her head. “I’m sorry.”

“Don’t ever be sorry.” He placed a kiss on her hip. “If you’re not ready or don’t want this, then that is your decision.”

She pushed away from the mattress and came up on her knees. “I’m not sure what I want.” She shoved her fingers through her hair, pushing it out of her eyes. “I want all of you but I’m not sure that I can actually go through with it.” Marc wrapped his arms around her from behind, cupping her breasts in his hands.

“All we want is your pleasure.”

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“But that’s not fair to all of you. I feel like a tease.” She was frustrated and angry with herself. She wanted to do this, yet when Tienan had made to enter her, she felt as if she were cheating on Marc.

“You are not a tease.” Logan slid up beside her. Like the other two men, his cock was fully erect and ready. “I’ll take whatever you can give me and count myself lucky.” Kathryn had often wondered how Christina could take two men to her bed and then pick one. Now she understood. She had deep feelings for all three men. If she’d never met Marc, she might very well have had a relationship with either Tienan or Logan, or both. But she had met Marc and everything had changed.

“It is all right for them to pleasure you, Kathryn,” Marc whispered in her ear, his hot breath almost making her moan.

“I don’t want to hurt any of you.” There, her greatest fear was out in the open. She didn’t want Tienan or Logan to feel as Marc had with Christina. Second best. Left out.

And there really was no way around it. She wasn’t emotionally capable of loving all three men in the same way.

She hadn’t realized she’d said the last aloud until Tienan captured her chin between his thumb and forefinger and raised her gaze to his. “Then love us all differently.” Surrounded by such love and acceptance, her heart swelled. She wanted to give to all of them, to please them, to share her body with them.

She looked at Marc and he nodded. Logan did the same.

Taking a deep breath, Kathryn scooted forward, rising up on her knees as she positioned herself in front of Tienan. “Take me.” 91

Marc watched as Tienan’s hands wrapped around Kathryn’s hips, lifting her and positioning the head of his cock against her opening. Tienan’s hard length slid into her supple body. Marc could practically feel it around his own erection. He knew what the other man was feeling, knew how Kathryn’s slick sheath would tighten and caress his cock.

He shifted as his shaft jerked in anticipation. A part of him wanted to rip Kathryn from Tienan’s grasp and ram his cock into her hot core. Another part of him was aroused by the sheer erotic picture she made as Tienan raised and lowered her over his cock. The heavy sac between Marc’s thighs tightened, a reminder of how much he wanted to be the one fucking her. He gripped the base of his cock in his hand and squeezed tightly.

Kathryn’s hair flowed like a curtain of fire down her back. Reaching out, he wrapped a strand around his hand, needing to touch her even as she rode another man to completion. A log in the fireplace snapped and light flared briefly before settling back to a slow, steady burn. That’s what he felt like—a slow, steady burn that could flare at any moment.

He wanted to warm himself against Kathryn’s fire, to absorb her heat into his body and share his with her. Her breathy moans and gasps mingled with the masculine sounds that Tienan made.

He wasn’t the only one enthralled. Logan was slowly pumping his hand up and down his cock, his eyes never leaving the couple in the throes of passion.

Marc shifted closer, slipping his hands around Kathryn and cupping her breasts.

She cried out as he lightly teased her nipples with his thumbs and forefingers. “Yes,” she moaned as Tienan worked her harder and faster.

Her back bowed as her climax hit her. Her slender neck arched back. With her eyes closed and her moist lips parted on a cry of ecstasy, she was the picture of erotic beauty.

He released her and simply watched. Marc knew that he’d never forget the way she looked at this moment. It was etched in his mind forever.

Tienan yelled his release, pumping a few more times before gathering Kathryn into his arms and hugging her tightly. A few moments later, he lifted her from him and laid her back on the mattress. Her legs splayed apart and Marc could see cum glistening on her thighs and pussy. Her eyes were still closed, her chest rising and falling rapidly as she sucked in one breath after another.

Tienan fell back against one of the thick bedposts and rested there, head bowed, lungs pumping.

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Logan wasted no time and positioned himself between Kathryn’s spread legs.

Hooking his arms under her thighs, he lifted them toward him. Her eyes popped open and she moaned as Logan easily slid his cock into her.

Marc closed his eyes and concentrated on gaining control. He was close to coming but didn’t want to spill on the sheets. It was worse with his eyes shut. The sound of the furs and sheets swishing and crinkling with each thrust, the harsh breathing and the soft gasps and the cries of pleasure all combined to create an erotic song that just about drove him mad.

And the smells. Damn, the smell of sex—a deep, heavy musk—permeated the air around him. The scents of leather and sweat mingled with a lighter, flowery fragrance that beckoned and enticed.

Opening his eyes, he watched the couple beside him. Logan had planted his hands flat on the bed. The position opened Kathryn wide and allowed Logan all the control as he thrust into her, slowly at first, then faster, then slow once again. He varied the depth and speed of his thrusts, pushing Kathryn’s need higher and higher.

Her eyes were open but they appeared almost blind as her gaze seemed fixed on the passion building inside her. A low keening sound broke from her throat as Logan pumped his hips faster and harder, driving deep with each trust. Kathryn wrapped her hands around Logan’s arms, her fingernails pressing deep into his flesh.

Marc knew they were both close to coming.

Logan roared, hammering his hips against Kathryn. She screamed, tears seeping from the corners of her eyes. Marc wanted to comfort her but knew this was Logan’s time. Rolling from the bed, he hurried to the bathing room, all the while trying to ignore the heavy ache in his balls and the throbbing of his cock. One wrong move and he knew he’d explode.

But Kathryn needed tending after what she’d been through. Her body wasn’t used to such an erotic workout. Thankfully, there was some fairly warm water in a basin and he dipped a soft cloth into it, wringing most of the water from it as a low feminine moan drifted into the room.

Every muscle in his body jerked and tightened, demanding he do something, demanding he claim her. Grabbing a soft towel as well, he carried both items back into the bedroom.

Kathryn was sprawled across his bed, the only movement the rise and fall of her chest. Logan was flat on his back beside her, his forearm flung over his face. Tienan continued to watch from his post as the end of the bed, absently rubbing his bandaged shoulder.

The fire was starting to burn low but with the candles lit there was more than enough light for him to see her. Her slender limbs glistened with perspiration and a bead of sweat rolled down her forehead.

Starting between her thighs, he gently washed her swollen flesh. Her eyes flashed open at the first touch of the cloth. She watched as he washed her sex and thighs.

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Folding the cloth, he used a clean side to wipe her arms and legs. He should have brought a basin of water with him instead of only a cloth but he wasn’t about to leave her to go get it.

The towel was clean, so he used that to wipe her face and neck. She sniffed and that was when he realized that she was crying. It wasn’t beads of sweat rolling down her temples but tears.

Tossing the towel and cloth to the floor, he gathered her in his arms and leaned against the massive headboard. Kathryn curled into him, wrapping her arms around his waist. He was struck by just how delicate and fragile she felt. For all her courage, she was a woman, and as such, she was to be cherished and protected at all costs.

“Rest, little one,” he murmured, wiping away a tear with the pad of his thumb.

“I’m not crying,” she insisted.

“I know,” he assured her, biting back a smile. His woman didn’t like to appear weak at all. He could have told her that all the tears in the world wouldn’t diminish her courage in his eyes.

She sniffed and wiped her face with the back of her hand before tilting her head to look at him. “What about you?”

Her words were slurred and he frowned as he noticed the dark circles under her eyes. “Don’t worry about me.” He brushed her temple with his hand, admiring the reddish glint of her fiery locks. “I’m fine.” Which was only partially true. His cock was a throbbing ache the likes of which he’d never felt before. But he would take care of that as soon as Kathryn fell asleep.

“No.” She pushed away from his chest. “I want you.”

“Kathryn,” he began but she cut him off.

“No.” She said again as she straddled his lap, bringing her hot pussy in contact with his straining cock. The heat burned him to his very core. He needed her but not at the expense of her health and wellbeing.

“You need to rest first.”

She arched against him, stroking his entire length with her sex. Breathing was almost impossible as heat raged through his body. His cock burned for her. Her breasts pressed against his chest, the tight nubs caressing him. He clenched his jaw, grasping for control. Sweat rolled down his back. His balls tightened.

“Take me,” her lips whispered against his. “I need to feel you inside me.” He saw the sincerity in her eyes and knew that she was telling him the truth. She needed him.

His control snapped.

Exhaustion swamped Kathryn. All she wanted to do was sleep. But she couldn’t.

Not yet. She’d reached sexual fulfillment with Tienan and Logan. Both experiences were incredible but there was still an emptiness inside her.

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She loved Tienan and Logan but she wasn’t in love with them. She’d never known the difference until now. She loved Marc and she was in love with him. She couldn’t separate the emotions filling her with the sexual release she had found with Marc.