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Feel each other, too.
“Not happy you lied to me, but yeah, I would’ve been pis sed,” I admitted reluctantly.
Lanie nodded. “And I wasn’t sure exactly what it meant.”
“It means,” Xander barked, “that you’re my Luna!”
The way her chin went up and she fixed him with a solid, unblinking stare showed she was a Luna, all right. I couldn’t help the chuckle that rumbled out of me. My wolf even chuffed with amusement, something that had Xander’s wolf growling a low warning that quickly subsided with another glare from Lanie.
We’d made a truce, but I suspected we were always going to be at least a little bit on edge with each other.
“And that’s not a bad thing.” Zane said aloud, turning all of us toward him.
S hit. I really needed to remember they could hear me and learn how to block them.
“It means that she’s the Luna,” Zane continued. “But, just like both of you are the Alphas, and from the same bloodline, no less, and Lanie loves you both-”
“And you,” she murmured.
They shared a look before he went on.
“I don’t think any of this has ever been documented before. Brand new territory. But if a woman can be mated to two men, why not three? Why not be Luna to two Alphas?” Zane finished.
Xander and I glared at each other across the bed, Lanie between us. He nodded first, and I could see the reluctance in his gaze.
I felt it, too, and I could tell he sensed mine.
But in the end, we both wanted what was best for her and those pups, and that meant putting aside selfishness, at least for me.
“So where does that leave us?” I asked.
“I don’t want to have a bunch of rules,” Lanie said. “Rules will only get broken, and so will hearts.”
Zane sat on the foot of the bed, his body angled toward her. After a moment, Xander did the same on his side, so I did, too. She reached for both of us, linking our fingers.
The second she did, an electric zap traveled through me. I swore I heard it sizzle up my spine to snap at “What the f uck was that?” Xander thought at me.
“No f ucking clue.”
It was weird as all hell to have him in my head that way, but even weirder was the sensation zipping back and forth between us.
Our wolves even perked up, mine yipping and prancing like he wanted to….play?
My wolf wanted to f ucking play with Xander’s.
I shook my head and tried to tug my fingers loose from Lanie’s gentle grip, but she tightened it and shook her head.
“Whatever this is, we are going to figure it out. And we can’t do that if we aren’t all together on it,” she sai firmly. “I love you all, and I trust you all. I know you all love me. and Xander and Zane, you love each other.”
They glanced at each other, and although I still felt a little left out, the feeling wasn’t as strong as it had been before. I was never going to share with Xander whatever he and Zane had going on.
We were brothers, after all.
“And that’s a different kind of love,” Lanie said, her voice rich with emotion, kindness, and compassion.
“I really need to learn how to shield myself,” I muttered.
“What did he say?” Xander asked suspiciously.
Interesting. So there were times when we could communicate without everyone tuning in like it was an old-fashioned party line.
This would take some time to get used to, but I was glad to know I had at least some access to Lanie that was still all to myself.
fire.”
“You said you wanted all of us,” Zane said quietly. “You want to make love with all of us?”
Lanie gathered a deep, shuddering breath. “Yes. Oh, yes, by the Goddess, I want all of you so much it’s like “All at the same time?” Xander barked.
She laughed with a glance at me. The idea of that had my lip curling. The other two men were okay with sharing her that way, but I didn’t know if I’d be able to. It would be hard enough not to freak out knowing she was with them. Seeing it would probably send me over the edge.
“I don’t know,” Lanie said finally and squeezed my hand. “Mason?”
Lanie–
“That wasn’t the deal-” Mason started, but then he cut himself off so abruptly his teeth clicked together.
His canines had dropped. His eyes flashed. His wolf was really close to the surface. I sent out another slow, rolling wave of calm to him and the other two as well. We all needed it.
Mason’s wolf retreated.
I already knew what he’d stopped himself from saying. I could feel his thoughts and feelings pouring out of him in waves. I could hear him in my mind, even the thoughts he hadn’t been able to fully articulate.
My love for him grew as I watched his struggle. He could’ve run out of here, but he stayed because he loved me. I would never have to doubt that.
“Mason, my love,” I was aware of Xander’s burning gaze, but kept talking without looking at him. Xander was going to have to get used to this. “I know it wasn’t the deal, and I hope you know I would never deliberately try to get around a promise we made to each other. But I don’t want to, and I can’t keep lying to myself…or any of you.”
Zane shook his head, and his voice was fierce. “I never want you to lie to me.”
Mason–
Xander let out a gruff noise from low in his throat. The link between us sent a feeling, more than words. He didn’t want her to lie, either, but he also wasn’t sure he wanted to hear the truth.
“I feel you, brother,” I sent him.
He looked at me with narrowed eyes. Then nodded sharply. We understood each other.
“I’d rather be honest and risk losing any of you than continue to hide how I feel. It’s been eating me up inside.” Her voice cracked.
The thought that she was in pain sent an equal agony all through me. I ran my thumb gently over the back of her hand. “I know. I can feel what’s in your heart, more now even than I could before. I don’t know how all of this works, but you’re inside me, Lanie. I love you too much to risk losing you. If that means I have to make nice with Xander, then that’s what I’ll do. Whatever It takes.”
“Xander?” She turned to him.
At first, I thought he was going to refuse. This was so much bigger than simply agreeing to a truce. But after a moment, Xander–
nodded.
“I’ve held grudges against you for a long time, brother,” I said. “Hell, I held grudges against you before I knew who you were, before I even knew you existed. I feel like I was born with a chip on my shoulder and a grudge against you.
But that’s not your fault, and I’m done hanging onto the past.”
His eyes had flashed at the start of my little speech, but now his wolf retreated. His expression remained grim and distant, but that didn’t matter. Our connection meant he’d have to actively be shielding his emotions from me, and he wasn’t.
We weren’t best friends by any means, but it was a start.
“You didn’t actually do any of the things I hated you for, and I’m done holding you accountable for things you didn’t have any control over,” I told him, determined to get it all out in the open, no matter how hard it felt.
The only way to heal these old wounds was to rip off all those scabs. Yeah, there’d be some scars left behind, but they’d only be reminders of everything we’d gone to in order to end up where we were.
“I also had no idea you existed,” Xander said. “Me and my old man had our issues, but believe me, if I’d known I had a brother, I would have done my best to find you, Mason. I’m ashamed of what my father did to your mother and to mine. To you. To our family.”
her.
We reached across the bed and clasped each others forearms, our fingers circling our wrists.
“When I met Lanie, it was like having a door that had been locked inside me swing wide open.” I looked at She shook with so bs I could feel were a mix of relief and joy. I kissed the back of her hand. She cupped my face.
“I can’t ever give that up. But this isn’t a game, and I’m not going to look at this as losing. I’m choosing to think of this as me gaining something. Lanie.” I turned my face to kiss the palm cupping my cheek. I looked at Xander. “A brother.” At Zane. “A friend.”
“Kiss me,” Lanie ordered. “All of you. One at a time, and then start over and do it all again.”
Lanie–
Xander kissed me first.
I half-expected him to ravish my mouth, to take out his frustrations and passion on me with a stabbing tongue and rough hands, but my enormous Alpha knew how to be gentle, too.
He slid across the bed and cupped my face in his hands to tip me toward him. When I parted my lips, a faint smile tilted his. He brushed mine so softly it made me shudder.
I moaned his name. “I need you, Xander. Please.”
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