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Claira

“L ick her?” Kai whispered, echoing Leander’s command. A mix of anticipation and nervousness flooded my senses as Kai’s normally innocent gaze fixated on the spot where Leander held me spread. There was nothing innocent about his gaze now, though.

My throat went dry as I mustered the courage to speak. “Kai, really. You don’t… You don’t have to just because he told you to.” Each word came out raspier than the last, betraying the desperation I hoped to keep hidden. Inside, every thought was a silent plea, begging him to go ahead.

The picture Leander had painted with his words had been so tempting. How could I not yearn for it?

I wanted to whimper, to urge Kai to sink between my legs and put his mouth exactly on the place Leander had instructed. But deep down, I knew it wouldn’t be right. Kai was new to this experience. And honestly, so was I.

Yet here was my golden prince again, seducing me with calculated words smoothly muttered in my ear. “Don’t you want to feel his mouth on you, beautiful?”

Uh, yes, please. I whimpered, even more frustrated.

He knew how much I wanted it. How much I ached for it now that he’d put the thought into my head. But only if Kai truly wanted it, too. And right now, I wasn’t sure he did.

However, I had no doubt that Leander was eager for this. His hips shifted, ensuring I felt his presence beneath me. Damn that sea cucumber . He must have been enjoying this domineering, power play thing, because his body was taut with arousal. Even though I was still frustrated he’d pulled me away from Kai, it was insane how much I wanted him—how much I wanted both of them. The three of us, here, together.

Leander’s hard length pressed into my backside, making me crave to feel it elsewhere.

“Or perhaps you’d prefer me instead?” His voice was a warm, cocky whisper that washed over the back of my neck. “Well?” His touch as he adjusted himself beneath me only served to heighten my arousal. I almost hated how easily he could read my desire.

I wet my lips. “You’d like that, wouldn’t you?” I challenged, my voice sounding tighter than I liked. “Me choosing your cock over Kai’s mouth? Yeah… Not going to happen.”

With a single smooth jutting of his hips, Leander’s thick cockhead slipped high, teasing against my slit. “Oh, beautiful,” he murmured, his lips searing a path, skirting the edge of my ear as he pressed into my back. “I won’t make you choose.”

With a grunt, he pushed against me, sliding inside with minimal resistance.

Shit .

I hadn’t expected it, and the moment he slipped inside, a moan escaped. Despite my desire to push back, to challenge him more, I rocked into him, relishing the delicious stretch.

“That’s it.” Powerful arms encircled me, pinning me on his lap. His hum of satisfaction when he seated himself in me all the way had goose bumps forming where his breath skated over my neck. “Look at that, beautiful. We’ve barely touched you, and you’re already so open, so needy for us.”

“Shit, Lee…” Now that I was filled completely, I groaned for more. The thought of Kai’s mouth on me was a wonderful fantasy, but he’d hesitated and Leander had taken action. Only, instead of giving me what I wanted, Leander held himself still inside me, not moving an inch. I tried to take control, but he held my hips in place.

Oh, now I was really frustrated.

Prince or not, if Leander didn’t stop dangling delicious carrots in front of me only to snatch them away with a smirk and an infuriating chuckle, I… I wasn’t sure what I would do. Pull a knife and start chopping carrots sounded like a good plan. Barren was a chef. I was sure he kept knives handy, so I wouldn’t even have to look that hard.

Ugh—what the heck was he waiting for?

Desire strained Leander’s voice as he pried my legs open again. “On your knees, Kaius.”

My heartbeat shot into overdrive as Kai obediently sank, his knees spreading as he settled on the floor at our feet. His gaze fixed on the spot where Leander and I were linked, and inside me, Leander’s cock swelled. It was the most tantalizing sensation—a sure giveaway that he was enjoying watching Kai give in to his commands.

I squirmed impatiently, needing to feel that delicious hardness sinking in and out of me. One smooth thrust. Something, anything. But Leander held strong to my thighs, denying me that pleasure. “Not yet,” he said, and his smooth laugh kicked up more rebellion in me, igniting a stronger urge to move.

Maybe Kai was quick to comply, but I wouldn’t mindlessly follow every one of Leander’s commands.

“You want to experience both of us, don’t you?” Leander rasped, and I froze on his lap.

Both of them? So, he hadn’t just ordered Kai on his knees to make him watch?

On the floor before us, Kai repositioned himself on his knees, leaning closer. “You really like my mouth?” he whispered, vulnerability etched across his face. Between his legs, his dick stood proud, looking even more engorged than it had when I’d ground myself against it while demonstrating foreplay for Leander.

Kai must have caught me looking, because color seemed to flare all over him. Goodness, was there a single part of him that didn’t turn pink?

I nodded, feeling his bashfulness resonate within me. “A lot.”

A hint of that smile I loved so much swept over the corners of Kai’s mouth. His head tilted as he brought his jaw to the side of my knee, and time seemed to slow as the corner of his mouth brushed over my skin. When he wet his lips, his tongue finished with a sweep over the edges of his teeth. A fluid movement that had me shivering.

“I promise I’ll be gentle,” he said, not quite a whisper, his hot breath blanketing my skin at his cautious approach. He placed a light kiss on the inside of my thigh, then another, working his way down, each brush of his lips much too delicate to fully satisfy.

Gentle? No, I didn’t want gentle. Thanks to Leander and his damn dangling carrots, my body burned with a heat far beyond wanting to take things slow.

Another kiss, and I let out an involuntary whine. Kai’s mouth was so close to me. His lips, his teeth, that delicious prickling pain I could only get from him. “Kai… Please . ”

Leander’s cock twitched inside me, intensifying my frustration, yet that jerk still refused to move. I squirmed, hating that one arm was all it took to restrain me. “ Please .”

“Right here,” Leander instructed, and my stomach flipped when he spread me, exposing the desired spot again. “This is where she enjoys it the most.”

This time, Kai complied without hesitation. He licked the area between Leander’s fingers, one quick swipe, causing my body to jolt and the world to shudder around me. “Holy…” I groaned, every muscle tensing as his warm mouth brushed against me. Kai tested another leisurely lap over and around that delicate spot, causing my spine to contort while two golden arms held me down and kept me open.

“Mmm…” Leander moaned against my neck as I writhed, struggling half-heartedly, testing his hold. I didn’t want to get away, no, but Kai was an eager learner, and it wasn’t long before he turned me into a just as eager, panting mess. “See, I knew all the teasing would be worth it.”

Leander was right. It had been worth it.

Every time Kai’s tongue curled, my insides clenched, squeezing around Leander’s cock in the most perfect way.

I couldn’t resist—I reached for Kai’s hair, gripping the soft, lavender spikes, urging him to continue. Hunger flickered in his clear, gemstone gaze as he looked up at me. His tongue swirled, and the room spun again.

Leander’s grip on me loosened, allowing me the privilege to squirm over his lap. “Is he making you feel good, beautiful?”

My response was a breathless, “Yes,” as I rocked against Kai’s mouth. “It feels… so good.” The words slurred, but I didn’t care. Although it had been embarrassing at first, having both of them here with me, against me, felt undeniably right.

Leander chuckled softly as his hand moved to the other side of Kai’s head. He gripped his hair, and I let out a whine as Kai’s mouth tore from me. Leander tilted Kai’s neck back until his lips, glistening with moisture, parted.

“Good boy,” Leander praised, holding him there by the short spikes of his hair.

Kai’s chest rose and fell rapidly, sweat forming over his brow. There was no smile on his face, no indication he’d even heard Leander’s praise. Kai fixated on me with an intense hunger, like a shark interrupted during a feeding frenzy.

“Kaius,” Leander uttered with a low hum, demanding his attention. “Do you enjoy pleasing our mate?”

Kai’s pupils seemed to darken. His tongue slashed across his bottom lip. “Yes.”

Beneath me, Leander relaxed his posture. As soon as he released Kai, that lavender head dipped, preparing to resume, until Leander intervened with a blunt, “Wait.”

Kai’s hesitation was clear as he pulled back, shifting uncomfortably on his knees. His nostrils flared, and for a moment, I wasn’t sure if he would accept Leander’s order, but he waited.

Leander pressed a kiss on my neck and started slow, shallow movements of his hips. Oh shit, yes —this was what I wanted. To feel him sinking in and out of me. I groaned in appreciation, savoring the feeling. “Your mate is waiting to please you,” Leander murmured against my ear. “Tell him what you want, beautiful.”

My throat constricted. Me, tell him? My lips parted as my body swayed, moving along with Leander’s slow pace, enjoyable but too languid to fully satisfy.

Kai’s knees bore the bulk of his weight as he leaned forward. His throat bobbed. “Tell me,” he said, eager but clearly abashed. Gemstone eyes dropped to where Leander’s hardness stretched me wide, steadily rocking in and out. “My mouth is yours.”

“I want…” I began, and Kai’s chin snapped up like he was ready to listen to my request. “I want your mouth on me.” My voice trailed off, tinged with nerves. “Y-you don’t have to be gentle.”

“You don’t have to be gentle?” Leander nuzzled my neck, his hand sweeping through the top of my braid. “I think what you actually meant to say was, I want it rough . Is that right, beautiful?”

I whimpered, his words making my insides pulse. “Fine, yes. Rough,” I pushed out through gnashed teeth while Leander’s deep laugh vibrated against my ear.

“I think we can do rough,” Leander murmured, and a second later, Kai’s breath was beating against my slit. After taking a moment to watch Leander’s hips in motion, he joined in. But instead of his tongue swiping, he nipped the inside of my thigh, just as Leander drove into me again.

The prick of Kai’s teeth immediately had me panting, twisting, clawing at whoever’s body my hands could find first.

My muscles clenched around Leander’s length, clamping and refusing to release as Kai moved to my other thigh. His teeth connected, and I cried out.

The licking was incredible, but this—I adored this. The danger, the sparks of heat, those confusing signals in my brain where pleasure and pain mixed and became something more, something better.

I focused solely on that sensation until Kai had his fill of my thighs and moved to my center. His lips closed around my sensitive bud, and the danger of his teeth being so close to such a defenseless place had molten heat coursing through me. His teeth grazed it, and if it weren’t for Leander’s sturdy chest behind me, my spine might have cracked in half. “Oh, fuck,” I all but screamed, not even caring if the neighboring bungalows could hear it.

“Good girl,” Leander rasped, rewarding me with a deeper thrust. “I love it when you curse while riding my cock.”

“Fuck, fuck, fuck,” I repeated, nearly in hysterics, my body constricting, yearning for more. Leander obliged, and his hand found its way to my breast. He tweaked my nipple as Kai’s tongue flicked high over my slit, his lips enveloping me. The sharp sting of his teeth followed, and the next time Leander bottomed out inside me, I came apart, throwing my head back against his shoulder.

Kai must not have known what had happened, because his mouth was relentless, and it took shutting my legs on the sides of his face for him to pull away.

Poseidon help me —I’d come so hard that the lights flickered, and I briefly wondered if I was experiencing some sort of hallucination.

My breath came in quick gasps as Leander’s growl vibrated against my scalp. “Fuck.” His body was still tense underneath me, and I was sure he was close to finding his own release. Pleasure rippled through me, delightful aftershocks, as he worked in and out, but his thrusts were getting faster, more erratic.

The lights flickered again— wait . When had it gotten so dark out?

My eyes snapped to the window where the once-beautiful purple sunrise had all but vanished. Instead, black clouds loomed in the distance, and angry ocean waves were lapping up the side of Barren’s house. “Shit, Lee! The water.” I struggled to get off him, but my legs were like limp seaweed.

Behind me, Leander’s chest rose and fell with deep, concentrated breaths. “It’s okay,” he said, every muscle, even his neck, straining. His face reddened, his eyebrows furrowing in concentration. “I can—I can control it.”

My eyes slid back to the window, where seawater sprayed against the glass. If this continued, there was a good chance Barren’s place would end up as an underwater bungalow rather than an overwater one.

Leander’s cock pulsed inside me, and for a horrifying second, I thought he might risk the entire neighborhood. But with a mighty inhale, he lifted me from his body, growling as if it caused him physical discomfort to separate from me. “FUCK!”

He cast me on the couch beside him, flipping me onto my back and cradling my head down to the cushion. His hand went right to his cock, still slick from our combined arousal, and the back of the couch creaked from where his other fist closed in on it. He pumped two more times, a dangerous desire contorting his face into something feral, before he ripped his hand away, leaving his cock unspent.

Leander spun around to face Kai, snarling like a rabid animal. “Fuck it. You take her.”

“What?” Kai said, popping up off his knees. I caught his eye, and his face twisted in shock, seemingly oblivious to the chaos unfolding out the window behind him. “ Me? ”

Leander growled—apparently, animal noises were his only way of communicating now. But how could I blame him? Every part of him was red with frustration, overly strained with arousal. He ran the back of his hand across his chin, his dangerous eyes glinting down at me. Deep breaths only seemed to work him up more. “One of us needs to fuck her.”

“I better figure this trident whaleshit out,” he spat, his voice tightening. His hand clenched into another fist. “Because, fuck. ”

“You will,” I said, emphasizing each word. He had to—because, well, the alternative was unthinkable.

With a forceful grip on Kai’s shoulder, Leander pushed him down onto the couch. Kai’s stiff and jutting dick loomed over me as he fell, his hands bracing on either side of my shoulders. A blush crept over my face as he stared down at me, his shock evident.

On top of me, Kai was… wow .

His portions were surprising, considering his compact frame. And although slender, his length might have surpassed even Leander’s. The tip was the same pink as his nipples and made me want to draw my mouth around it to find out if he would taste different from Leander as well.

“Do I need to tell you how to fuck her, too?” Leander snapped, impatient. “I assume spike-tails do fuck, don’t they?” His hand cradled the underside of his cock as he spoke, moving in slow strokes. His thumb swiped over the tip like he was trying to do whatever he could to take the edge off. It must have been working, because outside, the sky was clearing, the dark clouds dissipating as if carried away by the ocean breeze.

Churning up the ocean and controlling the weather? Damn, I had to admit that Leander’s new powers were frighteningly amazing, even if his actions were involuntary.

Hovering over me, Kai cleared his throat. “No, we—we fuck.” His knees sank down, and I spread my legs, giving him room to land between them. His blush seemed like a mirror of my own. “Well, not me, but I can . I think.” He was stuttering, his eyes skimming over my bare body in a panic, as if not sure where to land. Then they settled on my lips. “That is, if Claira wants me to.”

Leander came up to the side of the couch, brushing the thumb that was just running over the head of his cock across my lip. I licked at it, tasting the both of us, as he leaned over the couch. “Oh, she wants it. Don’t you, beautiful?”

I nodded, first to Leander and then to Kai. “Yes. But maybe… maybe I should be on top? If you don’t mind me having some of the control.”

After earlier, I wanted to straddle Kai again. To make him whimper and moan underneath me even more.

Above me, I could practically see Kai’s heart beating against the wall of his chest. He brought his hand under his dick as he fell back, easing down to sit on the couch. “Like this?” he asked, his voice a broken whisper.

“Yes,” I said, scooting over to meet him. “Just like that.” But before I swung my leg over him, I paused, feeling the urge to do something daring instead. “You don’t mind if I take some control?” I asked, mimicking Leander’s smooth, lilting voice.

“Take it,” he whispered without hesitation. “Take whatever you want from me.” Whatever I wanted? My lips curled as I dipped down, meeting his dick with a kiss. “ Whoa .” The couch cushions shifted as Kai’s hands dug into them, his body tensing beneath me.

“So you wouldn’t mind if I tasted you?”

His answer was more of a whine than anything else, but I took it as a yes and wrapped my lips around him.

“ Oh— ” One of his hands jumped, and I could feel his hesitation as it hovered over the back of my head. I sank down, testing how far I could take him. Not far enough. Switching tactics, I focused on the fleshy area just under the head of his length, delighting in the breathy sound of his reaction. Goodness, I loved making Kai whimper.

When I let go, he looked at me with wide eyes, his mind seemingly in disarray. Had that little bit of teasing literally blown his mind?

“How was that?” I asked through gasps for air, hoping I sounded sexier to him than I did to me. “Better than a water jet?”

Kai made a choked noise like he didn’t quite have control of his tongue. Leander scoffed, yet his hand still moved slow strokes over his own cock.

Grinning, I got up and threw a leg over Kai so that we were face to face. Sure, reclining on Leander’s chest had been nice, but there was no way I was giving up access to Kai’s mouth. Kai’s smooth chest served as my anchor as I used my other hand to grip his slick, saliva-coated dick.

“You ready?” I asked, hovering over him on one knee as I positioned myself over his length. His sharp inhale when his hardness skimmed my wetness was a delicious sound.

Gosh, my heart was pounding fast.

“Almost,” he mumbled, and as soon as I glanced up to question what he meant, his lips were on mine, claiming mine with a hungry kiss.

Kai’s arms came around me, easing me down on top of him, and the moment he entered me, he used my gasp to deepen his attention on my lips. His tongue stroked mine, and I could taste the groan building in the back of his throat as we slid against each other, uniting.

As soon as we came apart for a breath, a hand came under my chin, diverting my attention away. Tilting my head up, Leander pressed into my back. “Does he feel good?”

“So good,” I said immediately, and Kai stiffened inside of me.

Leander’s smirk stretched as he leaned in, and when he gave my soaked lips a kiss, I wondered if he could taste Kai’s mouth on me, too. “I bet you feel fucking amazing,” he said, voice husky as he pulled away. “Doesn’t she, Kaius?”

“She does,” Kai breathed out with a nod as Leander’s hand dipped, sliding down my stomach. When he boldly cupped my sex, I jolted. His fingers strummed, easily finding the spot that made my insides clamp around Kai.

“She likes this spot here,” Leander confided as I leaned into him, my body going weak. As I reclined against Leander, the angle between Kai and me shifted, eliciting a simultaneous groan.

“ Whoa.” Kai’s hands clenched my thighs. His voice was strained when he said, “I—I see why you made me do that now.”

Leander chuckled as he worked another round of tight circles around me. Then he gave me one last teasing tap and eased me forward, giving my weight back over to Kai.

His voice lingered as he retreated, brushing against my ear. “Okay, beautiful. You said you wanted control.” Stepping away from us, he moved beside the couch. Although his erection had started to soften, he still seemed eager to watch. “Let’s see how long a spike-tail can last.”

I scoffed, perching my hands on Kai’s chest as I recovered my balance. “Longer than you, I bet,” I said as I started moving my hips. Though the way Kai’s thighs shuddered beneath me had me wondering if he would last long at all.

“Yeah, okay,” Leander said, chuckling and crossing his arms. “Whatever you say.”

I smiled and turned to Kai, speaking just loud enough for him to hear. “Let’s show him.”

The answering snap of Kai’s teeth against my lips sent a wave of hunger through me. “Oh, really?” I said before seizing his bottom lip, tugging it between my teeth as I moved my hips in a smooth rhythm. Kai hissed, I wasn’t sure which sensation caused it, so I increased both until I was drawing out even more heated groans from him. When my teeth finally snapped off of him, I gave a sheepish smile. “Too hard?” I asked, and his eyes darkened.

“Never,” he spoke the word as if it burned him, tongue lashing over his teeth as he brought me in for another kiss. His hands found their way up my hips, grasping there, holding me steady as we moved in sync. What started as a simple rhythm quickly spiraled into a frenzy, urgency propelling each subsequent move of our hips.

When I was bouncing too much for our lips to stay together, Kai pulled me in closer, moving to my neck. With each movement, his teeth roamed over every inch of that sensitive skin, leaving a trail of marks behind them. But I didn’t care. I’d happily wear his marks for the rest of my life.

“If we were in the water,” he choked out, his teeth scraping over my neck between words. “My claspers would fight over which one got to open up inside you, locking us together.”

“Oh, yeah?” was my eloquent response to that. I… wasn’t sure how to process that information, but color me curious, because it definitely sounded like something was open to figuring out. Preferably soon. “Lee, get the window,” I begged, throwing a desperate glance his way as I bounced over Kai’s lap. “Splash some saltwater in. Please.”

“Fucking spike-tails,” Leander mumbled. He did not move.

My lips pulled together in annoyance until Kai’s ragged breath brought me back over to him. “And after my first clasper mates you, I’ll take you with the next,” he whispered, a heated promise, his face flushing even pinker. “If—if you wanted.”

“Want, yes,” I panted out, picking up the pace. Gosh, if his claspers were anything like his dick, I would enjoy taking them twice, though I wasn’t too sure what he meant by locking together.

“I—I think—” Kai groaned, and I felt his legs strain, tightening underneath me. His fingers gripped, sinking into my hips. The next thing I knew, Leander was behind me, his hands coming up, cupping my breasts.

Oh, so now he moved.

“You want to come for him again, beautiful?” Despite the energy of our movements, Leander’s fingers worked lazy circles, plucking and edging my nipples until both were taut. “Feel him come inside you?”

“Yes,” I moaned, letting them take over my weight as I leaned back into Leander. Hands were everywhere. Lips toyed with my neck, soothing the marks Kai’s teeth had made in a tender way that made my eyes roll back, fluttering shut.

Leander’s wicked hand ventured down, playing a smooth circle, and that was all it took to set me off again. My body clenched, coiling so tight I thought I might actually erupt, when Kai hit high with one final thrust, pulsing his release inside me with a strangled groan.

By the time my vision returned, my spine had completely disintegrated. I was a boneless mess that Leander had to drag off of Kai. I grunted a round of breathless “ thank yous” and flashed Kai a weak smile as Leander settled down on the other side of the couch, bringing half of me with him. As he reclined, he pulled me close, placing my head in his lap and leaving Kai to take hold of my legs.

“Enjoying the sunrise?” Leander asked, and I would have laughed if I still had any breath or energy in me.

It took a minute of lying there before I recovered enough to say, “Would have — if you — came too.” I gestured up at him vaguely.

Leander’s lips tilted, though there was a darkness there, too. “No need to worry about me, beautiful.”

As his hands played through my hair, I felt the strands cascading around my face, unbound from their braid. Oh well . I’d have to ask Kai to redo it after he recovered. For now, he was still catching his breath, reclined back on the couch, his body flushed all the way to the tips of his ears. Gosh, he was adorable.

I let myself relax, too, relishing the feel of their bare skin against mine. For once, my heart seemed so full that nothing could possibly?—

Across the living room, the door lock jingled, and my heart raced.

“Barren’s back?” Kai asked, finally finding his breath. He looked back, and, forget racing, my heart definitely stopped .

Because Barren was back. And here I was, on his couch. Naked. Surrounded by both of my mates that he possibly didn’t want to share with.