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“Me too. And for each and every one of you,” I added.
“That’s what makes a family” Xander said roughly, and I was shocked to see the glint of tears in his eyes.
Mason coughed into his fist. “P ussy.”
I braced myself for Xander to explode, but to my surprise and relief, he simply rolled his eyes and grinned.
“Sphincter,” he shot back and slapped a steak onto Mason’s plate.
“Boys,” Gabriela murmured, but with a smile.
Zane scoffed, helping himself to a steak. “Watch out. With d icks that big, there won’t be room in the bed for all four of us.”
Every head turned his way.
Lanie–
I couldn’t look any of them in the face, especially Gabriela, as my cheeks flooded with heat so intense I swear it sizzled. I focused on the baby in my lap instead, and to my relief, everyone else at the table dug into the meal and took turns feeding the pups.
The conversation stayed light, but a little strained, which was better than Mason and Xander going for each other’s throats. I couldn’t recall the last time I’d actually eaten, so I quickly cut into the massive slab of beef Xander had prepared. The moment I took that first bite of my steak, my hunger roared to life so fiercely that I moaned. The clatter of forks on the plates stopped, and I felt the weight of every male eye on me.
I could hardly swallow my steak with the three of them staring. But there was power in the feeling, too. Of being wanted, craved, and desired by three of the se xiest strongest men I’d ever met. My men, I thought, a little dazed.
My mates.
Aglow rose up inside me at the thought of it, and it wasn’t until I saw Zane staring at me with wide eyes.
that I realized with embarrassment that it wasn’t an imaginary light, but a literal one. The faint golden aura surrounded me.
Xander saw it next, followed by Mason.
Their jaws all dropped.
“The Luna Light,” Gabriela murmured with a small shake of her head and a smile. “I think it’s time these little ones were all tucked up into bed, and this old lady went off to sleep herself.”
“But-“Xander began, and she shushed him with a stern look.
“I’ll help you,” I offered quickly. “Too much for one set of hands. And besides, it’s going to be a long time before I won’t want to make sure they’re all oka “Boys, you take care of the kitchen,” Gabriela ordered.
Together, Xander’s mother and I took the pups into the living room. We cleaned them off with wipes, making sure their adorable baby rolls were wiped clean, then changed their diapers and dressed them in clean sleepers.
“I can’t wait until we can give them real, proper baths,” I said softly as Gabriela hummed a lullaby. “When we can just be at home, all of us together.”
“Home,” Gabriela agreed. “Soon enough, if the Goddess permits.”
One by one, we tucked the yawning pups into their bassinets. I knew it had to be my imagination, but Stella seemed to have grown even since the last I’d seen her. I could see the shape of Xander’s smile in her lips as she fell asleep.
Alaina was already sleeping, and Isaac’s eyes drooped. I kissed them both on the foreheads, feeling my heart twist with this unexpected love…one I was immensely grateful to have.
could hear the mutter and rumble of male voices and clatter of plates. “You’ll have your work cut out for you, my dear, wrangling those three.”
“I don’t know what to do about them,” I whispered h o ar sely. I didn’t really want to discuss my sex life with Xander’s mother any more than I would’ve wanted to with my own mom, but it wasn’t like she didn’t know I’d slept with all the men now trading louder and louder insults.
“If you wake these babies, you’ll have to face me,” I called out, and they fell silent.
She grinned at me. “Seems like you know exactly how to handle them all, Lanie. But if you’re not sure, open yourself up to that light. You’ll find your way. I’d tell you to get some rest, but something says that’s a tall order tonight.”
She touched my hand, then drew me close for a hug that surprised me. She patted my back. When she pulled away, she held me by both shoulders.
“You’ll find your way,” she said again. “Go on, now.”
Nervously, I left her in the small living room with the sleeping pups and went to the kitchen. They’d done a fine job of clearing everything away and washing the dishes. The three of them were lined up at the sink, Xander washing, Zane rinsing, and Mason drying.
Stunned, I couldn’t help myself from staring at the picture of domesticity. For a few seconds, this was the entire world. No enemies, no fear or pain, no danger. Just this picture of three men I couldn’t imagine being parted from.
“It’s late,” Zane said after a few seconds, over his shoulder, like he’d known I was there all along. “We’re almost finished up in here.”
My voice sounded throaty and full of longing when I answered “I guess we’d all better get to bed, then.”
Mason–
F uck, I wanted this woman. I wanted her as much I wanted to breathe, wanted her so much it was like a knife to the gut to think about her walking into that bedroom with Zane and Xander, leaving me behind.
Family? Right. That counted for something, but when it came down to all three of us sharing her body, there was no way that could fly. Not to mention her heart.
“Come on.” Lanie gestured at all three of us, crooking her finger over her shoulder.
She went into the bedroom, while we three schmucks stood around the kitchen, staring at each other with our mouths open like we were trying to catch flies.
I needed to get the f uck out of here. I needed to shift, give my wolf control, run out into the night and wear myself out until morning. Anything so I didn’t have to think about her being with them.
“You’re not going anywhere,” Xander said sharply, taking a step toward me. “Not until we get this s hit sorted out.”
Zane pitched his voice low with a glance toward the living room. “Yeah, man. Don’t run off like that. We need to find out what Lanie wants. Cool? Don’t make it weird.”
loud.”
“Weird?” I said aloud. “What’s f ucking weird is that you both heard me when I didn’t say a da mn thing out They shared a look. Once again, I felt the sting of jealousy. I hated to admit it, but I’d always wanted a brother to be as close to as Xander and Zane so clearly were. We made the points of a triangle, but the two of them would always be a circle. One big enough to enclose Lanie Xander held up a hand. “The f uck you are you saying?”
“He didn’t talk out loud,” Zane put in. “You were just thinking it, right?”
I nodded.
Again, we all stared at each other, this time without saying or thinking anything.
After a few seconds, I felt rather than heard a tentative nudge in my mind. When I opened to it, I heard Xander’s voice, distinctive but also kind of echoey and distant.
“You can hear me. Can’t you?”
“Sh it,” I said aloud.
“Can you hear me?” Zane’s voice came next.
“I can hear both of you.” I looked back and forth between them. “You’re in my f ucking head. What is this, how are we…?”
“Mind linked” Yander harked. nut my mind “When Orion died, you gained your Alpha powers,” Zane said. “Looks like that connected you to Xander, as the other Alpha of your father. And because you’re connected to him…”
“You’re connected to Zane,” Xander said and raked a hand through his thick mane of hair. He paced and then tossed both hands up in the air. Out loud, he said, “What the f uck?”
“And I can hear all three of you.” Lanie’s voice filtered through the others. “Come to bed. Now.”
Lanie–
There was no way all four of us were going to be able to sleep in this small bed, but somehow, I doubted. sleeping was on anybody’s mind. It sure wasn’t on mine, especially not as each man came through the door and filled the room with their pulsing male energy. Two Alphas and a Beta.
I wasn’t sure I’d survive.
Zane closed the door behind him as Xander and Mason each moved to opposite sides of the bed. Zane stayed at the foot.
My desire for all of them was as different as the men themselves. With Xander, I could let myself get swept up in the idea of being Luna to his Alpha. His mate, mother to his pups, Zane at our side and in our b bed With Zane, I knew I had a strong ally in keeping Xander as humble as he could ever get. Our shared experience at the hybrid testing facility had brought us closer together, and we would always share something special nobody else could understand. I trusted him with my life and knew I could always count on him to protect me.
Mason was the man who’d stolen my heart completely. He’d been there when I couldn’t remember who I really was, and he’d loved me as Katie, mother to Stella, the baby he’d accepted as his own without second thought. Mason had never wanted someone else instead of me the way Xander and Zane had, and even though I’d forgiven them for that, there would always be the memory of when, for them, I’d been second choice.
I loved all three of them in different ways, my body craving each. I sat propped up against the headboard and looked at each one of them, drinking their handsome faces, their strong, hard bodies. All of them were getting hard, I could smell their arousal, and my wolf wanted to submit to them, one by one.
“You’re mind linked to Xander and Zane,” Mason muttered.
“Yes. I didn’t want to tell you because I didn’t want you to think my connection to them was stronger.”
He scowled, and I could feel his anger. Xander and Zane both tensed. I sent out a wave of soothing calmness.
“We’re all mind linked,” Zane said, the voice of reason. “All four of us.”
“I love all three of you,” I said boldly. “And I want all three of you.”
Mason–
My anger swelled up for one heartbeat. Then another And then….it faded.
I knew the calm flowing through me came from Lanie, and I could see it centering in Xander and Zane, too. Zane was right. All of us were able to hear each other through the link.
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