Tempting Tamera

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Tempting Tamera ISBN # 978-1-906590-14-7 ©Copyright Brynn Paulin 2008 Cover Art by Anne Cain ©Copyright February 2008 Edited by Claire Siemaszkiewicz Total-e-bound books This is a work of fiction. All characters, places and events are from the author’s imagination and should not be confused with fact. Any resemblance to persons, living or dead, events or places is purely coincidental. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any material form, whether by printing, photocopying, scanning or otherwise without the written permission of the publisher, Total-e-bound eBooks. Applications should be addressed in the first instance, in writing, to Total-e-bound eBooks. Unauthorised or restricted acts in relation to this publication may result in civil proceedings and/or criminal prosecution. The author and illustrator have asserted their respective rights under the Copyright Designs and Patents Acts 1988 (as amended) to be identified as the author of this book and illustrator of the artwork. Published in 2008 by Total-e-bound eBooks 1 The Corner, Faldingworth Road, Spridlington, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, LN8 2DE, UK.

Warning: This book contains sexually explicit content which is only suitable for mature readers. This story has been rated Total-e-burning.

TEMPTING TAMERA Brynn Paulin

Dedication To Bee and Toad.

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Chapter One

“Annie, do I need to call your mom and dads?” Tamera Gentry asked the third grader standing on the other side of her desk. Three months ago, she’d never thought such a phrase would pass her lips. She’d barely imagined such a situation existed. That was until she’d come to Cranston to teach. The little girl shook her head and Tam softened her gaze. “Then you need to stop talking in class and do your assignments. Understood? The other students can’t do their work if you’re distracting them and it’s affecting your work, too. Let’s try a little harder tomorrow, okay?” “Yes, Ms. Gentry,” Annie muttered, shuffling her feet. “Sorry.” “Okay. Now go on and catch the bus. I had Ms. Thompson make sure they wouldn’t leave without you.” Tam leaned back and shook her head as her student scurried away. No doubt she’d be bursting with whispers again tomorrow. The adorable little angel was full of charm and the devil. Which of her fathers she’d gotten that from anyone knew. Fathers… Tam stared off into space. She didn’t particularly want kids—teaching made great birth control—but the thought of having four strong arms holding her made her stomach wobble in ways she’d never experienced before. What would it be like to belong to two men? She supposed she could ask. Cranston was a gated community built on lifestyle not wealth. This was no Stepford, but life here had an idyllic quality she’d never experienced elsewhere. That didn’t stop her from occasionally feeling like an outsider. She was a single woman in a group of triads. You could have someone. You only have to say yes. Not a prayer. “Earth to Tam…” Startled, she looked up to find her co-worker, Brian, standing in the doorway to her classroom. Okay, she wasn’t the only single in the community. There were several others and one was junior high writing teacher, Brian Goodson. She bit back a sigh worthy of his most

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besotted student and smiled. She could get lost in his blue eyes. They really shouldn’t let men who looked as hot as he did be in the classroom with teenage girls. Brian could be trusted completely, but Tam doubted any of his female students got a lot of work done in class. “Hi, what’s up?” she asked. Besides my heart rate. She swallowed and forced her gaze to remain on his face rather than to drop to his fly. She flexed her fingers in her lap, wanting to go to him and brush his dark brown curls back from his forehead…then kiss him…then slide her hands down his chest and— My God, she was one impure thought away from sexual harassment. Hastily, she looked away and grabbed a pen, shoving it into one of the holes in her pen holder. The action reminded her of a cock slamming home. Her cleft contracted, her thoughts immediately segueing to Brian’s cock to spreading her wide while another man held her, cupping her breasts and kissing her neck. What was wrong with her? “Busy?” he asked without answering her question. She stole a glance back at him, noticing the way his long fingers curled around the coffee cup he held. Her throat constricted and she started shuffling papers together. “Got to get home,” she choked. “Lots of papers to grade.” “Oh, well, it’s a good thing I caught you, then. I wanted to remind you about the planning session for the Arts Fair. Tonight, remember?” Arts Fair…she stared at him, her mind blank. Lust could do that to a person. Mirth sparked in his eyes as he grinned. “You forgot.” “Um…” “Planning meeting,” he prompted, his head tilting towards her. “My house. You. Me. Kai.” Kai? No… The universe was trying to kill her. Before the end of the night, she’d be a mess. Hours alone with Kai and Brian while she tried to fight her attraction would be torture. Though not related to Brian, Kai was almost his mirror image. Same dark hair. Same blue eyes. Same fantastic build. Their faces were different but Tam wanted Kai just as much as she wanted Brian.

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“Um…” Why couldn’t she speak around this man? “What time?” she managed. She absolutely did not remember scheduling a meeting. She didn’t have a thing written in her planner. Of course anything was possible when she was mesmerised by the dark and handsome duo. “Five. At my place. Do you need directions?” His place. Private. Obviously there was a bed—or two—in his home. Or a couch. Or a table. Or a— Crap. She shook her head. Someone had pointed out his house during a field trip to the fire station that was located around the corner from his home. He lived two minutes from school. And unfortunately over a half hour from her apartment in Marywood, the nearest sizable town. Tam glanced at the clock and frowned. It was almost four now. That didn’t leave enough time for her to make it home and get back. “Don’t worry about eating,” Brian went on, misinterpreting her frown. “I’ll get take-out from Positively Pizza.” She nodded. Eating was the least of her worries. She couldn’t even speak more than a few syllables this afternoon. At this rate the two men would think she’d become a vacuous deaf-mute. “So you’ll be at the meeting, right?” Swallowing, Tam scraped up her voice. “Yes. At five.” “Great, see you then.” She let her eyes drag over his backside as he turned and headed down the hall. Perfect. Mentally, she kicked herself. She’d been in Cranston for three months and now her hormones decided to kick into overdrive. She had enough problems without adding intimacy with two men—co-workers—into the mix. Andy couldn’t begin to compare to Kai and Brian. Andy… She grimaced at the thought of the man who her parents had chosen for her to marry. The man had taken it to heart and couldn’t understand why she hadn’t come home to handfast with him yet. He really needed to get a life.

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Growing up in a hippie-cum-new-age household, she’d met a lot of brilliant people who embraced the lifestyle. Andy wasn’t one of them. Well, that wasn’t true. He was smart. He just completely lacked common sense. And the ability to understand “no” as an answer. Her phone rang, startling her from her thoughts. Quickly she scooped it up from her desk and glanced at the ID. Damn. Think of the devil. “What?” she answered. “Nice greeting, sweetness. How’s my intended today?” “If I was nice to you, you’d think I wanted you to keep calling me. I don’t. C’mon Andy, get a clue. I don’t want to marry you.” When had her life become a sitcom or, worse, a horror flick. She’d been reciting the same script for months, ever since her parents—and Andy’s—had presented this terrible idea to unite their families and Andy had latched onto the concept. The pressure had increased daily until she’d been forced to find a new job and move several hundred miles from her home. “Sweetness—” “Don’t sweetness me,” she interrupted angrily. Being rude grated against her nature, but nice only acerbated the situation. “Andy, I’m sure there’s some nice girl just waiting for you to notice her. Why don’t you stop calling me,” you stalker, “and start looking around for someone who’s interested? I’m not.” Dear lord, please let this be the last time I have this conversation. “Tamera…” “I’m hanging up now. Please don’t call me back.” With a sigh, she snapped shut her cell phone and dropped it in her purse. Resting her elbows on her desk, she leaned her head into her hands and rubbed her temples. At least Andy didn’t know where she lived or worked now. He’d made a nuisance of himself at her last job. He’d loved to wait for her outside of school with flowers and things. The other teachers had thought it was so romantic. Tam had not. At least he couldn’t come and bother her here. Access to Cranston was restricted. Too bad she lived outside the town limits. “He just can’t find out where you live,” she said to herself as she gathered a stack of science tests and miscellaneous homework assignments. She hadn’t lied about having lots of papers to grade. She’d get in and out of this meeting tonight, as quickly and as unscathed as

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she could, then go home to cuddle with a pen and her grade book. She’d dodge the call she was sure to get from Andy tonight and try not to obsess about the two men who did heat her blood.

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“So is she coming to the meeting?” Kai asked as Brian entered the teacher’s lounge. Taking his time, Brian filled his mug with sludge-like coffee then turned to his best friend who leaned against the chipped Formica counter beside the coffeemaker. After months of waiting, he felt a bit triumphant. Tonight, Tamera would finally be alone with them away from school. They’d be able to do some recon regarding her attitude towards entering a ménage relationship and more importantly about the two of them. Hopefully, he and Kai wouldn’t crash and burn tonight. His middle churned with excitement he hadn’t felt since he and Kai had been on ops together during their SEAL days. If Tamera was at all willing, they’d make their move tonight. If the looks he’d intercepted as of late were any indication, this evening might be what he’d been hoping for since he and Kai had chosen her from the pile of applicants Kai’s uncle had had for the third grade position. About time. He bit back and impatient growl. Of the two of them, he was the more impatient. Sometimes he wished he could be more intense and patient like Kai. They evened out each other. That’s what their instructors had always said when they’d gone through BUD/S training together in preparation for becoming SEALs. It was how they’d ended up assigned together as dive buddies as well. He’d never imagined back then that they’d have this lifelong bond. He’d always have Kai’s back… How could he not when the two of them were so close they knew what the other was thinking from the slightest eye movement or tensed muscle? Right now, he knew Kai was anticipating tonight far more than he was letting on. “She seemed a bit flustered,” Brian told him. “But she’ll be there.” “Flustered?” Kai remarked drily. “That would be your overwhelming charm at work, Poet Boy.” “You’re one to talk, Captain Calculus. How many secret love notes did you get today? Or breathless requests for tutoring?”

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“Math is difficult.” “Right. I’ve seen you teach. You could get the least mathematical person on the planet to understand quantum physics.” It was an old argument in which they’d good-naturedly indulged for years. He took a sip of his coffee then poured it down the sink, deciding it was too vile to digest. After rinsing out his Rebel With a Clause cup, he set it on the counter and grabbed a Coke from the fridge. “Anyway, yes, she’ll be there. Any idea what we should talk about at this meeting?” “A little pre-mission planning?” Kai jibed. “This was your idea. I just can’t believe she believed you. After all, why would a mathematics teacher be helping to plan an Arts Fair?” “Someone has to do logistics. Besides, you’re the liaison to the community board.” Kai’s uncles had founded Cranston, making him perfect to take this idea to them…if it got that far. Kai raised an eyebrow and crossed his arms over his chest. “You’ve certainly thought this through. I probably would have gone with honesty and being straight forward.” Brian frowned. What Kai was really saying was that they should have planned this more thoroughly, but instead Brian had gone off half-cocked with his own plan. Halfcocked? He’d been more along the lines of full-cocked for the last three months. Enough was enough. “Telling her that we chose her to be our partner before she ever set foot in Cranston would scare her half to death. She isn’t used to the idea of being with two men. And I doubt knowing she was screened for more than teaching would settle well with her either.” “She passed all my uncle’s tests to determine her attitude towards ménage. When we decided we’d waited long enough for her to settle in, I didn’t expect you to fabricate a meeting for a festival that doesn’t exist.” “Then why didn’t you stop me?” Kai shrugged. “Your plans usually work.” “Glad to know you have a smidgen of faith in me.” It was more than he’d ever gotten from anyone in his family… His parents would have had a cow if they’d been around to witness their son’s decision to enter a ménage relationship. His siblings had already made their feelings clear. Of course his family had accused him of joining a cult, too. He didn’t blame them. His choice was difficult to understand from the outside looking in. And he couldn’t fully explain it to them either. They didn’t want to understand.

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He needed to share his life with Kai. And that didn’t mean he was gay—his family had accused him of that, as well. He had no desire to relate sexually to Kai or any other man. How could he explain to his close-minded siblings that sex in a threesome was amplified beyond anything he’d ever dreamed? How could he explain the bond developed during his days in the SEALs? The unity satisfied the part of him that needed to give and share. He had a soul-deep connection with Kai, partners striving towards the same goal. His family would never understand. Now the people of Cranston were his family. Kai was his family and soon, Tamera would be too. He swigged back a gulp of the Coke then raised an eyebrow at his friend. “I hear we’re supposed to get quite the snow storm tonight.” “Perfect.” Since Cranston relied on the county plough service, yet was a private community, it was usually last on the road commission’s roster to get cleared. Tam would be stranded with them until morning. Bummer, he thought gleefully. His cock stirred as he envisioned the night to come. If Tam was willing, he’d finally taste her full lips and bury himself between her lush thighs. “Did you see the jeans she’s wearing today?” he asked. Kai finished his coffee and headed for the sink. “You have a one-track mind,” he said as he rinsed out his cup. “Like you don’t? Pretend all you want. Those pants are enough to drop you to your knees.” And he’d hold her hips and worship her firm ass with his lips. He’d slowly snake the denim down, kissing the exposed flesh as he went. “They’re perfectly respectable,” Kai replied.

God, he wanted Tamera. While Kai talked, he fought to control his reaction to his thoughts of this evening. The idea of Tam between the two of them was the fulfilment of years of waiting and random encounters with other women. None of those liaisons were more than learning experiences on the path to his woman…the woman he’d share with Brian. The three-way union seemed right inside him, yet if she rejected them— Everything inside him rebelled when he envisioned her with any other man. “In those jeans, the question of snow might be moot.” They’d convince her to stay, snow or not.

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“I knew you were just playing it cool,” Brian crowed. “Of course. You know I want her just as much as you do. Waiting for her to acclimate herself hasn’t been easy.” Torture was more like it. Truthfully, he supposed it was akin to being an addict and having his drug of choice right in front of him day in and day out. Keeping his hands to himself had been next to impossible. But he had. He’d had enough rejection in his life. He wouldn’t jeopardise their possible future with Tamera because he was over-eager. Until college, he’d been ridiculed for having three parents. But he’d never considered anything different for himself. When his aunt and uncles had founded Cranston eleven years ago, it had seemed a God-send for him and for others like him. He glanced out the window and saw the snow swirling down onto the cars in the teachers’ parking lot. Already it was coming down heavily. “She’s going to want to go home,” he commented. “Stop being so pessimistic.” Kai shook his head. “Realistic. She’s smart. It doesn’t take a genius to see we’re already getting serious accumulation.” Disappoint weighed heavily in his middle. This would mean they’d have to wait. How many more days would he have to hide the way his cock strained against his fly whenever she was close enough that he could smell her delicate flowery scent. Heck, he was tempted to jump her whenever he saw the wild riot of brown hair cascading down to her ass. He wondered what it would look like sweeping across her creamy backside. Explicit visions of burying his fingers in her hair while he rode her flashed through his mind with disturbing frequency. Not cool for a high school teacher. “Look, why don’t—” Brian’s words cut off and Kai glanced towards the doorway just as Tam glided through, her pristine Keds silent on the green carpet. Good Lord, forget the jeans…her white oxford was enough to have him salivating. Did she wear lacy underwear beneath her no-nonsense work clothes? This was bad. If he didn’t get control, he’d come in his pants before they got home. When had he been possessed by a teenage boy? He was supposed to be an ex-soldier for God’s sake. Her effect on him crumbled his war-hardened composure. Her hair was pulled back into a single tail but a few strands had worked their way loose. She pushed one wispy tendril behind her ear with dainty, ring-less fingers before she

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froze, realising she wasn’t alone in the room and she held the occupants’ undivided attention. “Um, hi…” she said before she bit her bottom lip, her gaze flittering between Brian and him. His fingers flexed, as he considered gently removing the tormented flesh from between her teeth with his thumb, then swooping in to take her mouth… Blood rushed to his cock—again—and he diverted his thoughts—again. Nephew of the founder or not, he’d be dead meat if anyone from administration came into the teachers’ lounge and found him fucking the daylights out of Tam. The three of them had to get out of here. Though he doubted the strength of Bri’s plan, he went with it. In for a dime, in for a dollar, right? “Hi,” he replied. “Ready to go? Brian and I were just thinking, maybe we could all ride together. Our place isn’t far and we’ll drive you back to your car afterwards.” “Right,” Brian burst in. “There’s a light out on our street. It gets pretty dark.” She looked between the two of them again. There was no mistaking the interest in her eyes nor the reservation. “I’d prefer to drive,” she said. “I’m familiar enough with town to make it to and from your house, even with a light out. I have a lot of stuff to tote home today and I—” She broke off and Kai worried about what she’d been about to say. I don’t trust you guys? I want to be able to make a fast get-away? He gave a quick nod. He hadn’t mistaken the interest and desire in her glance. “We’ll meet you there then.”

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Chapter Two

Tam tapped her fingers on her steering wheel as she drove down Lake Street towards Brian’s. Through the trees lining the back edge of the yards she passed, she could glimpse Lake Michigan, its waves frozen in a deep winter imitation of its summer glory. Brian was lucky to have such a view out his back windows. He could cut through his yard to the beach beyond and enjoy a late-night rendezvous beside the crashing waves. Her middle flipped when she imagined her cries muffled by the roar of the waves while Kai and Brian loved her. “Stop it,” she ordered sternly as she turned into the driveway. She absolutely didn’t need thoughts like that when she was on her way to a meeting with the men consuming hers. She couldn’t afford them, or a relationship, until Andy was firmly in her past. Until he stopped his constant pursuit, she couldn’t entertain any possibility of a different relationship. Not many men would understand why she didn’t obtain a restraining order against his near-stalker behaviour. She couldn’t. Not with Andy’s parents being her parent’s best friends and investors in their business. Pulling behind Kai’s SUV, she turned off her car then grabbed her purse and planner from the seat beside her. Snow pelted her windshield, running down the glass in watery streaks as it hit the heated surface. It was a lot like her insides felt whenever she was around the guys. Their heat melted her whenever they were in her sight. Where had this snow come from? Hopefully, they could slog through the fair details quickly and she could be on her way home before they got too much accumulation. Growing up in Michigan, she was skilled in driving through snow, but that didn’t mean she liked it. Brian opened the door almost as soon as she knocked. “Hi, come in, come in. It’s awful out isn’t it?” She nodded, speechless again as he skimmed her coat off her shoulders. “Kai will be down in a minute,” he continued, leading the way into a sparsely decorated living room dominated by a plush couch and love seat. “Down?” she asked. “Yeah. He had some things to take care of before we meet—you know he lives here, right?”

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She shook her head, disappointment and relief filling her. They were gay. She should have known they were too pretty to be straight. She hid a small smile. Settling on one end of the couch, she opened her planner. This meeting should be far easier now. And it was. The three of them discussed the first annual arts fair while they ate the veggie pizza Brian had brought home. While Tam occasionally regretted her new discovery, she was able to easily keep her rampant desire at bay. Once they’d gotten through the fair’s prelim details, she gathered up their plates and stood. “Sorry. Habit,” she said, turning back towards them. “Where’s the—” Her words dropped off as she saw the snow through the picture window that had been out of sight where she’d been on the couch. The snow fell so heavily she could barely see her car in the driveway, and from what she could see, it was buried beneath the downfall. Damn. That would take forever to clear. Kai gently took the plates from her hands and set them on the coffee table. “I’ll call and see what they’re saying about travel conditions. Last time it snowed like this, the Cranston PD ordered everyone to stay off the roads.” “But…” She looked out the window again. Great, now they’d be polite and offer to let her use the couch while they went upstairs together. She should have suspected it would snow like this when it was coming down the way it had on the way here. Stupid, stupid, stupid. She’d been so distracted she hadn’t even thought about a possibility of a snow storm. “Looks like we might have a snow day tomorrow,” Brian commented. That would be a nice way to start the weekend…except for the stranded part. “I’m so sorry,” she sighed. “I should have been paying more attention to the weather so I could leave before it got bad.” “I’m glad you didn’t.” Her head snapped around towards Kai. “What?” “Come here,” he said, leading her to the couch and gently pushing her down to sit. He crouched in front of her while Brian scooted to sit beside her. Suddenly, she had the overwhelming sensation that she’d gotten things completely wrong. How could she have forgotten where the men lived and worked? This was Cranston. The men’s close relationship…living together… They weren’t gay. Not in this town. Butterflies kamikazed about her stomach. The arousal she’d temporarily doused flared back to life, flooding her cleft with moist tingles. Hadn’t her new-age parents taught her the

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advantages and dangers of visualisation? And she’d visualised this like hell. Be careful what you wish for, Tam. “We knew it was going to snow,” Kai continued, placing his hands on her knees and confirming her suspicion. “Please don’t be angry with us. We wanted you here.” Brian took her ice cold hand. “You’re perfectly safe.” “We don’t want anything you won’t offer freely.” “I really should be angry.” Was that breathy voice hers? “We work together every day. What if things don’t work out?” There was no question of whether she wanted this or not. Surely her heart beating out of her chest was a dead giveaway. “What if it does?” Kai’s hands inched up her legs. “We’ve spent months getting to know each other. We’re not strangers…” Her phone trilled, breaking between them. “I better get that,” she said while Kai sat back on his heels and Brian let go of her hand. Brian reached over her for her purse, handing it to her then standing. “We’ll be in the kitchen.” He pointed to a doorway opposite the picture window. “Through there.” In unison, the men gathered the pizza box and plates and headed from the room while she dug for her phone in the cluttered recesses of her purse. She wasn’t surprised at how well they worked together. Kai was right. She did know them. She knew their ease with each other came from their years together in the military. The two were closer than most brothers. When she’d occasionally had lunch with them, it had always been disconcerting how they almost read each other’s minds. The phone stopped ringing before she found it, only to start again. That in itself signalled who was calling even before her fingers closed around the cell and the ID display confirmed the caller’s identity. Andy. Wonderful. Glancing towards the kitchen she flipped open the unit. “Call me again today and I’ll file a restraining order. I don’t care who your parents are,” she threatened by way of greeting, though she knew she wouldn’t do it. So did Andy it seemed. “You wouldn’t do that, sweetness. Where are you?” “None of your business.” “It’s very much my business,” he replied, with a chuckle that struck her as threatening. “I think you’ve had enough time to play hard to get. It’s time for you to come home.”

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Suddenly, she was very glad to be stranded with Brian and Kai. “I am home. Goodbye Andy.” Disconnecting, she shut off her phone. It wouldn’t stop him from leaving messages, likely one every hour until midnight, but at least she wouldn’t hear the phone ringing and have to explain why she was avoiding the caller. She dropped the cell in her purse then went to the window. It was really a window seat with inviting cushions and on another day she might have sat there and watched the snow swirling past the double-paned glass. Instead, she crossed her arms over her chest and stared outside. What did she want? The more often Andy called, the more unsafe she started to feel. For the most part he was annoying, but the last few days, his calls had become more disturbing. The man took obsession to a new level. Sighing, she clenched her hands on her elbows. What she was feeling now really had nothing to do with Andy. The men in the kitchen disturbed her more than he did. In an entirely different way. She liked them as friends. They stimulated her intellectually. They excited her sexually. What was she waiting for? It wasn’t as if she was a cringing virgin contemplating her first sexual experience. Hell, that status had ended unremarkably when she was seventeen and bored one summer. She wanted them. She wanted to know what it was like to be with two men. Again, what was she waiting for? A better opportunity wouldn’t be offered. Two better men didn’t exist. Go for it Tam. Running her fingers over her hair, she took a deep breath. Her pussy flooded as the reality of what she was planning settled in her pelvis. Her entire sex reacted, priming for the night she’d only dreamed about. Her fingers shaking, she unbuttoned her shirt as she walked towards the kitchen. “She’s going to run for the hills,” Brian was saying as he tossed the paper plates in the garbage as she got to the doorway. “You shouldn’t have been so straight forward about the snow.” “I’m not going to lie to her. We both know that’s not how to start a relationship.” Kai had a phone receiver pressed to his ear. No doubt he was listening to a recorded road advisory on the answering machine at the town hall.

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“You’re right.” Blowing out a breath, Brian peered out the window over the sink. “Residents are advised to stay off the streets. Ploughs aren’t expected until early morning,” Kai reported. “She’s stuck here until morning.” “Good,” Tam said from the doorway. Startled, both men turned towards her just in time to see her shrug her oxford shirt from her shoulders. She trembled as the fabric tickled its way down her arms, leaving her in only a sheer peach-coloured bra that cupped her full breasts. She knew it accentuated her pink nipples and pale flesh. Her hands skimmed over her midriff to her concave belly, landing on the button at her waistband. She toyed with it while she watched the men, their gazes full of naked lust. Power thrilled through her. She’d never thought she could hold a man, let alone two, in such a thrall. They wanted her as much as she wanted them. Brian took a step towards her first, but Kai was right behind. They both stopped a step away. “Are you sure?” Brian asked. “Yes,” she replied. Sort of. Nerves still twisted her insides into knots, but she didn’t have a doubt she wanted to know exactly what it felt like to be held and loved by these two. She hoped she wouldn’t be overwhelmed. Who was she kidding? Of course she would be…but in a good way. Brian reached for her, driving his fingers through her hair as he took her lips, parting them and pushing his tongue inside to slide along hers. She moaned, arching into his kiss, the sound cut off when she felt Kai’s hands on her. They slid along her sides and stroked her waist on the way to her back. A moment later, he’d freed her breasts and her bra dropped away. His hands were there instantly, holding the weight of the mounds while he worked his fingers over her nipples. She gasped into Brian’s mouth as her flesh was tormented, the thread between nipples and clit drawing tight. Hard arousals were pressed to each of her sides. Two. Oh God, she’d have both of them in her soon. Two. The kiss ended and Brian explored her neck with his hot mouth. She grasped one of each man’s shoulders while they caressed her. Illicit excitement filled her, sending a flood of cream to her panties. A large, callused hand slid over her belly to the closure of her jeans. Her head fell back as those fingers jerked down her zipper and pushed inside her panties. Whose? She didn’t know. She didn’t care. It felt as if she was being touched everywhere.

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“Yes,” she whispered, as her pussy was parted and the fingers slipped inside, circling her clit and sliding through her slippery folds. “You feel so good, baby,” Brian whispered in her ear. “I can’t wait to fuck you until you scream.” “Then me,” Kai growled in her other ear. “Until you don’t think you can move. Then we’ll both take you. Together. You want that, don’t you?” “Yes,” she replied, her voice nearly a whimper. “I want you both to fuck me.” Suddenly both sets of hands left her and she was lifted. Her eyes went wide as she found herself hanging over Kai’s shoulder, his hand firmly on her ass while his thumb explored the crease there. Brian smiled at her from behind him. Lifting her chin with his fingers, he dropped a kiss on her lips. “Kai’s the caveman. I’m the sensitive one.” “Don’t let him fool you,” Kai retorted as he started down the hall then up the stairs. “He might write poetry but he’s not as sensitive as he’d have you believe. He can’t wait to tie you to the bed—and not to read you poetry, either.” Oh lord…she hadn’t considered being tied up while the two of them had their way, but oh, it sure sounded wonderful. Her inner muscles spasmed at the thought, and she wondered if Kai could smell her arousal—or feel it. His hand had slipped between her legs and rubbed her pussy through the thick denim. The fabric had to be wet as much as she was responding. Their talk alone was enough to bring her to the edge of orgasm. Kai laid her in the centre of a plush, king-sized bed and each man crawled up beside her. Brian drew a nipple into his mouth while Kai kissed her this time. Their kisses were distinctly different. While both were firm, Kai’s was harder and more demanding. The raw intensity of it made her arch towards him and pushed her breast deeper into Brian’s mouth. Blindly she reached out, threading a hand through Kai’s hair before searching out Brian’s. Kai pulled back, looking down into her eyes. “Is this your first time?” “No. I—” “With two men?” he interrupted. “Yes.” Kai slipped from the bed and Brian pulled back too, cuddling to her side and kissing the side of her neck. The other man returned a moment later. She blinked in surprise at the blindfold dangling from his fingers.

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Chapter Three

With her vision blocked, Tam had no way of knowing who was touching her and where she’d be stroked next. There seemed to be hands everywhere. Her breathing accelerated as excitement built inside her. Invisible fingers curled into the waistband of her pants and slid them down her hips. She took a shuddering breath then bit her lip as her sex was revealed. Would she measure up in their eyes? Would she be a disappointment? She wished she could see their faces and see the thoughts written there. Reflexively, she reached to cover herself. Firm hands moved hers aside. “Tam, you’re so…perfect,” Kai gasped. Her pants hit the floor with a soft thunk. Then she heard the unmistakable sound of zippers lowering. Then of clothes being removed. Suddenly, she couldn’t believe she was lying naked on a bed about to be fucked by two men. Not just any men…Kai and Brian. A hot man crawled up on either side of her. Neither said a word as they each cupped her breasts and each took a nipple between their lips. Twin strands of pleasure threaded through her. Soon a pair of hands travelled over her torso to her pussy. A small, needy sound escaped her as the folds hiding her entrance were parted. One set of fingers stroked over her slick sex while the other tormented her clit. Tamera lifted her hips into them, stunned by how right this felt. Yet she needed more. She needed to be filled. As if sensing her need, the man stroking her folds plunged two fingers inside her, working them in and out. “Yes,” she cried. “Oh yes.” “Honey, you feel so good.” Brian. He had his fingers inside her. Her breath caught as Kai slowly inserted in two of his as well. Together, they filled her. Tamera pushed her legs further apart, taking the digits as deep as possible. Her bottom lifted from the mattress as her cream dripped from her heat-flushed folds. She flooded their hands as a climax unexpectedly rushed over her. “Yeah, squeeze us baby. I can’t wait until you milk my cock with those tight muscles.” Who had said it, she didn’t know anymore. Sensuality turned her brain mushy and all she perceived was sensation. Everywhere. Touching, kissing, filling…

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The hands left her. Boneless with release, she didn’t protest the desertion, though she wanted more, nor did she question being lifted. A groan escaped her as she was settled over one of the men, her back to his chest. His fiery heat burned into her. She couldn’t escape the wanton feeling that took her when her legs draped over his splayed legs, which moved further apart to spread her wide. She wouldn’t change it for anything. The heady sensuality surrounding them muted all misgivings. Blindfolded, being touched all over, she could almost imagine they’d joined an orgy. But the only men she wanted were the two holding her. A rigid cock was nestled against her buttocks, while she felt the other man kneel between their parted legs. He tilted up her hips, positioning the tip of his cock at her slick entrance. The man beneath her arranged her hair to the side and angled her head to rest on his shoulder so he could feast on her neck. Sliding his hands along her arms, he grasped her wrists and pulled her arms wide. Tam felt helpless, totally out of control. “You’re ours, Tamera,” the ragged voice beneath her said. Kai. It was Kai who cradled her body while Brian prepared to fuck her. Who was she kidding? Brian might be the one sliding inside her pussy, but they were both fucking her, body and soul. Brian kneaded her breasts, rolling the nipples as his cock inched inside her. “Fuck Tamera. You’re so tight,” he groaned. She squirmed as the wide head stretched the walls of her sex. Bit by bit, he claimed her until finally he drove home. Beneath her, Kai grunted as Brian’s balls slapped against his cock and Tam felt it pushed deeper between her buttocks. Her ass rubbed against him as she met each of Brian’s thrusts. The impact of each drive shoved her higher and closer to release while she cried out mindlessly in pleasure. Her body slid against Kai’s chest even as Brian held her hips. While Kai’s hands continued to manacle her wrists, the sensation of being bound and at their mercy thrilled through her. It excited her to be helpless to them, open to whatever they desired. She knew her cream was dripping from her, thoroughly coating Brian as he easily pistoned in and out of her. She felt it on her ass and knew it was coating Kai as well. He bit her neck behind her ear and she cried out, arching up at the same time Brian clamped his lips around one of her nipples. Pressed between the two men, she screamed as she was thrown over the edge. She clenched around Brian, pulling him into the abyss as well.

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To her surprise, Kai let out a hoarse groan, his cum bathing her pussy as her ass squeezed around his shaft. As she tried to catch her breath and Brian fell to the side, Kai slipped from beneath her. Hungrily, he kissed her, his tongue darting ravenously between her lips. “My turn,” he said a moment later and she felt his cock press against her thigh. Hard. Pulsing. Was this why he’d let Brian go first? Because he was ready to go again after just moments? While she was barely returned from her orgasm, he surged into her trembling folds. Desire and pleasure twisted in her middle as he easily moved through her passage made slick by her excitement and Brian’s release. The sheer naughtiness of it brought her back to the edge. She was so bad. Fucking two men. Loving it while they dominated her. Kai knelt upright and suddenly, hands were on her head, turning it. Brian’s cock prodded at her lips. The salty flavour of their sex hit her as he pushed inside. Cupping the back of her head, he fucked her mouth with gentle strokes. Greedily, she sucked at him, swirling her tongue along his shaft and over his head as he moved. The taste of him, the taste of herself on him, turned her on and she clenched around Kai in response. Her hips jerked and she tried to get as much of his powerful cock as she could. Grasping her hips, he guided her. Kept her in place. She twisted her upper half towards Brian and curved her fingers around his ass. He stilled as she took over. Taking him deep, she sucked hard then pulled back and pressed her tongue over his head. “Tam,” he grunted. His fingers tightened in her hair. “Please…” Momentarily, she released him then took him deep again. Brian took over and she let him. She couldn’t concentrate with Kai sending spirals of pleasure tearing through her. She’d never imagined it would be like this, the two men loving her in perfect unison without any worry of getting in each other’s way or breaking rhythm. Brian stiffened. His body arched forward as he came, his essence spurting into her throat. She swallowed convulsively, taking him all. She wished she could see his face. Pulling from her, Brian leaned down and kissed her lips, then cuddled to her side. His hand pressed to her belly while his lips pressed to her ear. She jumped as the sensation in her pelvis intensified, the pressure of his palm and the momentum of Kai’s thrusts working together. Everything was too tight…too much… The tension built inside her, growing like a slow boil and threatening to overflow at any moment.

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“You’re so beautiful,” Brian whispered. His lips brushed her ear. “Open for us. Taking us. Wanting us. You like it don’t you?” “Yes…” she cried. His fingers slid down into the curling hair over her mound, his palm pressing just above. His fingertip dipped inside her folds to rub her clit and Tam knew if she wasn’t blindfolded, her vision would have dimmed from the overwhelming pleasure. “You should see yourself,” he continued while he slowly rubbed. “All flushed pink, your pretty folds spread open while Kai fucks you.” “Oh!” she gasped at his words. The tingles of release expanded and Kai tightened his grip on her. “Yes! Come now,” he demanded. Come now…Come now! her brain screamed. Her breath caught in her throat as her body complied. Over and over spasms raced through her, freezing her in the image of ecstasy. Above her Kai cried out, shoving deep as he came. “Oh my God,” she murmured. “Oh my God.” They laughed, one settling on either side of her. “And you are our Goddess,” Kai said. Tam let out a long, satisfied breath. “I like that.”

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Perfection. Kai smiled when he came awake, his breaths filled with the scent of Tamera. That’s what she was. Perfection. It was how she made him feel. She and Brian both. He and Bri made good friends, complimenting each other in their differences and similarities, but Tamera completed their circle. He only prayed she’d stay with them, that trying a ménage hadn’t just been a lark. Could she accept a full relationship with them, essentially being the wife to two husbands? He believed she could. Slipping from bed, he padded naked through the house. They’d never locked up and he might as well check the road report. Minutes later, he started back up the stairs. At least six more inches of snow had fallen and the road conditions hadn’t changed. The recording at the city hall also reported that classes were cancelled at the school for Friday.

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He smiled. That meant they could sleep in, though he doubted there’d be much sleeping. Having Tamera in bed was too new. They’d hold her…and talk…and fuck. Yeah, probably a lot of that. Apparently, Brian had the same idea. Kai paused in the doorway of the bedroom, watching as Brian mounted Tamera. They looked so beautiful together. Worry hit him from out of the blue. Would they be happy together? Without him? Did they want to be a pair with an occasional fun third? After all, he was the one who’d grown up in a ménage setting. It was natural to him but not to Brian. Despite his worry, his cock hardened. Unconsciously, he smoothed his hand over it while he watched the pair on the bed. Tam clenched the sheets beside her head while his friend slowly moved in and out of her beautiful passage. In the dim illumination from the street light outside, he saw Tamera’s moisture glistening on Brian’s cock and he longed to taste her. Her erect nipples called to him. Swallowing, he continued to stroke himself. Suddenly, Tam turned her head, her passion glazed eyes meeting his. She reached out her hand beckoning for him to join them. Brian turned his way too. “Come on. We need you. I need you both,” Tam said. Fingers of relief slowly worked through him creating a roadmap of belonging within him. Brian grabbed his arm and tugged him forward. “Don’t do that,” Brian said. “Stop analysing.” “Kai…kiss me,” Tam begged. With a groan, he leaned forward. Her mouth tasted like sweet mint and he suspected she must have raided the mouthwash in the bathroom while he was downstairs. He sucked it from her tongue, then slid his into her mouth. He felt the vibrations of Brian’s claiming. It rumbled through him, heightening his arousal. He needed to be inside her too. He could wait. He was patient. But he needed— Tam pulled her mouth from his. “Can you…” she trailed off and he sensed her embarrassment. “You can say anything to me Tam.” “I want you both,” she whispered, her voice thready with the tension building inside her. Her eyes squeezed shut and her back arched. “Together…” “Have you ever…?”

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She shook her head. “Please. I want you.” “You have me baby.” Cupping her breast, he leaned over and drew the firm tip into his mouth. The peak rolled against his tongue. He sucked hard, knowing it would heighten her pleasure with Brian, heighten Bri’s pleasure as well. “Bri, lay on the bed so she can ride you,” he said. Immediately, the couple changed position and Kai almost lost it, watching her move up and down his friend’s cock. God, she was beautiful. Her long curling hair brushing her ass as she rode Brian was everything Kai had imagined. Turning away from the sight before he came, he grabbed lube and a condom from the bedside table. Moving behind Tamera, he rolled on the protection and smeared on the lubricant. He pushed aside her hair and kissed the line of her spine while he splayed his hands over her ass. Gently, he massaged the globes, slowly working his fingers between until he found the tight hole awaiting him. Go slow, he reminded himself as he circled the puckered flesh then worked his well-lubricated fingertip inside. Tamera gasped. Her gaze hazy with pleasure, she looked over her shoulder at him. “More,” she told him. He pushed his finger in deeper. After a few strokes he added a second finger. Then another. Unable to wait, he pressed the tip of his cock to her. “Ready?” Brian asked. He pulled all the way out of Tam, pulling her forward until she was on hands and knees over him, her ass in the air, inviting Kai to take her. Slowly, Kai pushed past the initial ring of muscles. She was unbelievably tight. He knew she would be. Carefully, he moved forward until he was seated fully. “In,” he gasped. Taking Kai’s signal, Brian pushed Tam back down his cock. Tam screamed. She dropped her head to Brian’s chest, breathing raggedly with gasping cries. Her muscles contracted around him. “Easy baby,” Kai murmured. “You want me out?” She shook her head. “More,” she rasped. Carefully, Brian and Kai began a tandem in and out motion so that Tam was filled with one or the other of them at all times. She jerked beneath them, her cries merging together. God he couldn’t take much more of the perfect friction.

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Reaching around her, he cupped her breasts. Brian’s hands joined his. As they both squeezed and tweaked, uniting as one to pleasure Tam with hands as well as cocks, Kai understood… He belonged. The three of them were one.

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Chapter Four

Tamera ached in the best places. As she came awake, she realised first that she wasn’t at home and second that she wasn’t alone. She smiled as she remembered the night’s activities. Love with Kai and Brian was better than she’d imagined it could be. The feel of two arms across her middle while they slept sent warm tingles tripping through her. They’d talked late into the night and she’d discovered that they’d chosen her from all the applicants for the teaching position because they were sure she’d be the perfect one to be their mate…before they’d ever seen her picture. In fact due to the machinations of Kai’s uncle, they’d never seen what she looked like until she’d arrived for her first day at the school. She wasn’t sure how she felt about them choosing her, but the sex they’d had intensified the feelings of friendship which had developed between them since the day they’d met. She loved them. Did she? As much as it felt good to lay there between them, she needed to think. Kai’s arm tightened as she started to ease from between the two men. His lips caressed her shoulder. “Stay,” he whispered. She stretched like a cat beneath his touch, turning to meet his kiss. She was nearly tempted to cuddle into him and stay in bed. “I need to…” she murmured. “Okay,” he sighed, kissing her again. Groaning he clasped her to him and rolled, bringing her to the outside of the bed. “Thanks.” Before he thought of a reason to keep her there—and it wouldn’t take the most airtight of reasons either—she slipped away. Smiling as he drowsily watched her, she scooped up his shirt and pulled it on, fastening the button over her breasts. His scent enveloped her and she breathed deeply. Warmth filled her. She studied the two men. This warmth was a sensation she associated with home. And belonging. And security. Yet she was feeling it with them…

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She looked around for her pants. The tails of the shirt brushed the middle of her thighs as she moved. “So hot…” Kai muttered. Then he buried his nose in the pillow, closing his eyes. Well, it had been a late night. Her pants had been tossed on the floor at the end of the bed. She picked them up, but decided to put them on after she’d cleaned up a bit. Tossing them onto her shoulder, she padded from the room. She spied her Keds on the steps on the way downstairs. How had that happened? She didn’t even remember losing them. Taking them with her as well, she continued down the steps. She yawned. What would it be like to be with Kai and Brian all the time? Would she get enough sleep to do her job? She grinned behind another yawn. She’d adjust. Sleep wasn’t that important. She visited the bathroom and freshened up a bit. Deciding she liked the sensual feel of wearing Kai’s shirt and nothing else, she left off her jeans and wandered into the kitchen. After a short search, she managed to find the coffee implements and start the machine brewing. Coffee. The Nectar of Gods. And something she’d no doubt be needing a lot of in the near future. Her huge grin returned. Having a lot of Brian and Kai would be great. While the coffee brewed, she went into the living room. She might as well check—well, delete, actually—her messages. There were three from Andy and two from her parents. She suspected those from her parents were because Andy had upset them. Jerk. Curling up on the window seat, she listened to the voicemails just in case. As she suspected, they were all Andy related. She’d have to call her parents later. And say what? Call off your groom, I don’t want him? Ticked off, she slammed shut the cell phone without deleting her messages. She’d take care of them later. Pulling her knees to her chest and pushing down the shirt to cover herself, Tamera watched the snow continue to fall. She could easily imagine living here and claiming this as her special spot in the house to veg. Truly, she didn’t care where she lived as long as she was with Kai and Brian. She dropped her chin to her knees. She shook herself. This was not the clear-headed thinking she’d wanted when she came downstairs. Truth be told, she couldn’t just say yes to the ménage and go on with her life. Not with Andy practically stalking her. He’d make their lives difficult.

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Tears pricked her eyes. This could be so good. Damn Andy! And how would she explain him to Kai and Brian? Would they even understand? It was time to take care of this once and for all. But how? She’d tried all the obvious venues before. Andy wouldn’t listen nor would either set of parents. As much as she didn’t want to go to the police, she doubted they’d be much help anyway. It was time to go to them now no matter what she thought or the family reasons which had forestalled her before. What to do…? She’d stay the weekend with her new lovers…explain her situation. Surely they’d have new ideas she hadn’t thought of. She could almost see the way Kai’s jaw would clench when she told the two of them about Andy. A rumble broke through her thoughts, alerting her that the plough had arrived. She smiled sadly as it cleared the snow. There was nothing to stop her from leaving now. Except herself. The house was so warm. Besides, she didn’t want to leave the two sleeping upstairs. She took a deep shuddering breath. She should. She could run home, get clothes and things she might need and come back before they woke. Would they want her to come back or was this one of those things where she should go slinking off into the night and pretend none of this had happened? You’re ours, Tamera, Kai’s words echoed through her thoughts. Yeah okay. She was just being stupid. Of course, she was supposed to come back. They’d picked her from among the masses, for God’s sake.

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The drive home to her apartment took longer than Tamera expected. As the sun crept up the horizon, she expected her cell phone to ring, not with Andy this time but with two other irate men. So much for getting back before they woke. She sighed and the scent of Kai filled her senses. She hadn’t changed out of his shirt when she’d left, instead simply pulling on her jeans and Keds. She shifted, feeling the thick denim move against her sensitive folds. It felt funky going commando and, yes, a bit naughty too. She hadn’t dared go upstairs searching for her panties for fear she’d wake the guys.

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A grin tickled the edges of her lips. They might be upset she’d left, but her clothes would be an unmistakable calling card… She’d be back. The drive to her apartment complex hadn’t been ploughed when she pulled in and she crept slowly towards her building. Pulling into her regular spot, she turned off the car and stared at the sun-pinked sky. With the heavy snowfall, the nearby trees appeared part of a Christmas card. She actually loved winter and the peace of an early pristine morning with a few flakes drifting from the sky. The snow was smooth and untouched, waiting for life to make its mark. It didn’t appear as if anyone had ventured out yet this morning. As she contemplated the dash across the parking lot, she almost wished she hadn’t. Her door being wrenched open startled her and Tamera looked up at the irate man who appeared to be breathing fire as frosty breath escaped his scowling lips. “Where the hell have you been?” he demanded as she shrank away. “Andy…” She pulled away as he reached for her. “What the hell are you doing here? Let go of me!” “Getting what’s mine. I told you I would.” Ignoring her protests, he yanked her from the car and pulled her towards the truck he’d parked nearby. Tamera screeched while she twisted and fought, trying to get away from him. “Let go of me! Andy, for God’s sake, I’m not yours. Leave me be before you do something we’ll both regret.” Pulling her tight against his chest, Andy pressed his nose to hers, staring into her eyes. “All I regret is allowing you to go this far. Where’ve you been, Moonflower?” he asked using her parents’ silly nickname for her. She fought back the bile burning up her throat. Without waiting for an answer, he shoved her into the truck and shut the door. Frantically, she tried to open it, only to find, he’d unscrewed the lock lever, making it impossible for her to unlock the door and get out. As she scooted towards the other door, he jumped inside the vehicle and forced her back against the seat. “Don’t touch me,” she told him. “I wouldn’t worry about that,” he replied in disgust. “I can smell him on you, you know. Is this what you wanted, you little whore? To fuck around with other guys while I waited for you at home?”

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Anger rose in her chest, vibrating her with its intensity. She was anything but. She wanted to rail at him. Scream. Taking a deep, calming breath, she crossed her arms over her chest. “Right,” she agreed. “Leave me here. You don’t want me.” He snorted. “You’re right. I don’t. I have to handfast with you to inherit the company though. It should have been so easy, marrying a spinster like you, but no, you had to go screwing around and play hard to get. I hope you enjoyed your time with him. You won’t see him again.” How outraged would he be if he discovered there was not one but two men she loved? Tamera stared out the window as Andy sped over the snowy roads. She’d be lucky if they didn’t end up dead in a ditch. Actually, that might be better. No one back home would help her. She’d be stranded. Her purse was still back in her car, along with her money and cell phone. She might be stuck with Andy and pregnant by the time Kai and Brian discovered where she was. She couldn’t let that happen. She wouldn’t. Somehow, she’d get it through her parents’ hippie heads that all was not love and daisies between her and Andy. And hopefully, this wouldn’t be a month when they’d decided to protest against the phone company’s ‘bureaucracy’ and they’d have service. Tucking her hands beneath the opposite arms, she hugged her arms around her and huddled against the window. There was little she could do until she got home—no not home. Home was in Cranston. There was little she could do until she got to her parents’ house. Brian. Kai. Don’t give up on me…

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“Fuck, Kai…” Brian stared at the snow beside Tamera’s car where the door hung open and snow began to form on the seat. When they’d woken to find her gone this morning, they’d decided to come after her, not wanting her to drive in this weather and also wanting to calm her if she was spooked. Brian had never expected to find this. His stomach churned with fear as instincts honed in war kicked into play. The struggle clearly displayed in the otherwise pristine snow told a tale which filled him with dread. It was obvious. It didn’t take a SEAL to see what had happened, either.

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Tamera had been forcibly dragged from her car and put in another vehicle. Fear raced through him, followed by anger and an adrenaline he hadn’t felt since his op days. “Yeah. Fuck!” Kai echoed, his knuckles white on the steering wheel. In a burst of rapidfire action, he shoved open the door and leapt out of the SUV. Brian shot out of his seat too, rounding the front of the vehicle and grabbed Kai’s arms before he trampled the snowy evidence. “We should call the police,” he said. “You’re kidding right,” Kai scoffed. “You know how the cops here treat boys from Cranston…” Like social deviants who should be jailed. Right. Okay, no cops. “We have to do something. We can’t just let whoever this is take her. If they hurt her…” She was theirs to love and protect. Knowing she’d been…kidnapped…scared Brian to death. Kai ground his teeth and yanked his arms free. “Let’s check her car.” Reluctantly, Brian agreed. There was no use preserving evidence if they weren’t calling the cops. Carefully, they moved towards the Ford. Tam’s purse lay on the seat, along with her cell phone. Covering his hand with his sleeve, Kai reached inside and retrieved them, then slammed the door shut with his hip. “Let’s see who’s been calling her so much.” “You really think this has to do with whoever she was ignoring last night?” “I’m willing to entertain it as a possibility.” Kai’s face turned stony as he listened to the voicemail messages stored on Tamera’s phone. “It’s some guy…Andy. Her… Did she ever mention a fiancé?” “No,” Brian grated. She couldn’t have a fiancé. Just last night they’d talked of the future. Ambiguously, but a future none-the-less. Another man had never been mentioned. Kai spun on his heel and headed back for the SUV, shoving her purse inside and pulling out his own cell phone. “I think he’s the one who came here. Fiancé or not, it’s obvious she didn’t go willingly. We need to go get her. My uncle can give us her next of kin information. I bet if we find the parents, we find her…and this supposed fiancé.” “God help him if he hurt her.” Kai growled. “I’ll kill him.”

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Brian thought he might too. Taking Tamera’s phone, he listened to the messages Kai had found. Lord, the guy sounded like a psycho. Then he heard the messages from Tam’s parents. They’d totally bought into this Andy’s claim on her and urged her to come home and take her proper place. A sick feeling came over him. Hadn’t he wished for years for his family to plead with him to be part of the clan again? Tamera’s parents were pleading for her to do exactly that, yet his heart protested. She couldn’t. She didn’t belong with them. Suddenly, he realised, he didn’t belong with his family anymore either. Their cruelty and their determination to push his supposedly aberrant ways away from their upstanding middle class lives had driven him to find a new life. It didn’t include them anymore. What he’d wanted all along no longer interested him. They weren’t his family. Kai was. Tamera was. Someday, their children would be. “Let’s go find her,” he said as Kai entered their destination into the vehicle’s GPS according to the information he’d just gotten from his uncle. Thank goodness Kai’s uncle could tap into records using his home computer or they would have had to wait. As Kai turned onto the street, Brian was filled with an almost incontrollable urge to tell Kai about his epiphany and how he felt. “What?” Kai asked, glancing towards him. “Nothing. Well… Don’t think I’ve gone all weird on you and all… I—” Kai grinned. “Love you too, man. Let’s go get Tam, before we both get all sentimental and girly. Our ex-captain would kick our asses.” Damn. A partner who could practically read his mind was useful. “Let’s go kick someone’s ass instead.” “Excellent idea.” The drive to Tamera’s parents’ home took a little over three hours. Kai and Brian circled the block then parked two houses away. No need to announce their presence. Stealth born of years of experience guided them now. This might be the most important mission of their lives. As they approached, their eyes were drawn to the glass-enclosed porch. Kai stopped Brian before they got too close and attracted the attention of those gathered there. Tamera stood in the centre of the group, dressed in a white dress. A man in a black suit stood across from her. “Andy,” Kai whispered.

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Brian nodded. A woman in a flowing white robe stood nearby, while several others stood nearby watching. Everyone was smiling—except Tamera who looked ready to kill someone. That’s our girl, Brian thought, even as he fought the urge to burst into the scene and drag her out of there. Desperation filled him as he viewed what was obviously meant to be a wedding, but he knew flying in there half-cocked would get him nowhere. Tamera yanked her hands away, giving the man a shove then turning to those watching and spouting something acrid. Her hair flew wildly behind her as she stormed away, slamming the door to the house loud enough to echo across the yard. “Ready for a rescue mission,” Kai laughed. “I think she’s ready to rescue herself,” Brian said. “Let’s go get her.” The door on the opposite side of the house from the porch was unlocked and they stole inside, vigilant for anyone re-entering the house. Brian jerked his head. Upstairs. And Kai nodded, heading for the steps. They’d just reached the top, when they heard voices on the floor below. “We’ll go up and talk to her. This shouldn’t take long to sort out,” a female voice said. A lot longer than you think, lady, Brian thought. He pulled Kai into the first doorway, closing the door three-quarters of the way. Peering through the crack between the door and the frame, he saw an older man and woman pass on the way to the room one door down, across the hall. Judging from their looks, he supposed they were Tam’s parents. “Moonflower…” the man called. “Don’t call me that!” came Tamera’s outraged voice. “I’m so angry with you right now—” “Sweetness,” the woman protested. “Go away. I’m not marrying Andy or handfasting or whatever the hell else you’re calling it now. I love someone else.” “But he’s your fiancé—” “No, he’s the man you chose for me. I never wanted him. Go away!” The man patted the woman’s hand before she spoke again. “We’ll come back later, Moonflower. Burn the lavender-vanilla candles I left in your room. They’ll make you feel better.”

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Ignoring Tam’s virulent response, he guided his wife back down the steps. As soon as they were out of sight, Brian and Kai stole across the hallway.

Tam glared at the door as she heard the scratching of the lock opening. So like her parents to pretend to leave then try to catch her unprepared. She swiped away a frustrated tear and waited. “I told you to go away,” she griped as the door swung open. “But baby, I thought you wanted us.” She squealed, running across the room and jumping into their arms. Her legs wrapped around Kai while she hugged both their necks, kissing anywhere she could. “Miss us?” Brian laughed. “I was so afraid you’d think I deserted you. All I wanted to do was get some clothes, then Andy—” “Shh, we know,” Brian interrupted. His hand stole beneath her skirt, cupping her cotton-clad bottom. Instant arousal sent cream flowing to her folds. How soon could she have them? Her bed lay an enticing six feet away. Kai set her on her feet, moving her out of Brian’s reach. “We should get you outta here before your father shoots the two men in his daughter’s bedroom.” “Stephen? He doesn’t have a gun. He’s a pacifist. Believe it or not I want you to meet my parents. If they see I’m happy, maybe they’ll get a clue. But I can’t deal with them and Andy’s parents right now. I certainly don’t want to even see that jerk Andy. I just want you.” When she’d thrown a fit when she’d arrived earlier, she’d discovered Andy had lied about the company inheritance and needing to marry her. Not that it mattered. She wouldn’t have him either way. Kai and Brian had lied to her to get her to their home yesterday, but at least they’d come clean to her right away and been contrite. Andy had just shrugged off his deception and his childlike temper tantrum. The contrast between the three shone overwhelmingly in her lovers’ favour. Tamera pulled them to the bed, loving the way the two of them fell on her, their hands pulling at her clothes. The old bed creaked as they moved, the rusty squeaks a counterpoint to their frantic movements. Kai pressed his hand over her mouth while Brian shoved up her skirt and tugged her panties to her knees, trapping her legs. She whimpered as he moved her

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folds apart and licked the juices flowing there. Over and over he lapped until she was crazy with need. Fire flickered in her middle. “You taste like heaven…” Brian said. This was heaven, she wanted to answer, but couldn’t for the hand over her mouth. Wantonly, she darted her tongue against Kai’s fingers. She traced each digit until he yanked away and dove onto her mouth, his tongue driving inside to reclaim her. She writhed beneath their ministrations, peace filling her. With them, she knew everything would be all right. Brian stood and pulled off his clothes while he stared down at her, his heated gaze on the apex of her wantonly parted thighs. His erection strained at the fly of his jeans and popped free as soon as he lowered the zipper. She licked her lips as she gazed at the play of muscles in his abdomen and legs. He laid on the bed and pulled her over him. Holding her skirt out of the way with one hand, she guided herself down his thick shaft, groaning as it stretched her. “Yes,” she hissed, closing her eyes in pleasure. Kai straddled Brian’s legs behind her and reached around to pull down the neckline of her dress. Murmuring to her, he kneaded her breasts pulling the nipples outward until she jerked uncontrollably on Brian’s cock. Opening her eyes, she stared down at Brian, turned on by the way her virginal white dress pooled around them. She grinned at the contrast between what the dress portrayed and the woman inside it who brazenly gave herself to her two men. Kai slipped his hands beneath the skirt, grasping handfuls of fabric and lifting. She raised her arms as he pulled it from her body and tossed it to the floor. Her bra followed. His clever hands returned and captured her nipples, resuming his plucking until she covered his fingers unable to take more without falling from her mount. Already, tiny spasms worked through her, making it difficult to move on Brian. “Man, too perfect,” Brian muttered, pulling from her. She thought he’d lay her on the bed and fuck her, but instead he turned sideways across the bed so his legs hung off the side of the mattress. Kai moved her to stand bent over the edge. Oh God yes. This was new and she liked it. Brian’s cock bobbed before her mouth. Immediately, she took him between her lips, sucking her essence from him and drawing her tongue along the bottom of his staff. She pressed the place just below the head, making small circles until he trembled. His head lolled back and forth and satisfaction filled her. She’d pleased him. She could make him replete.

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She didn’t have long to bask in that pleasure. Kai had stripped off his clothes. Now he grasped her hips and drove into her from behind as Brian’s hips lurched into the air and he spewed down her throat. He collapsed momentarily, sucking in deep breaths before he sat. Gently, he pressed her shoulders into the mattress while Kai continued to fuck her. The sensation of being trapped exploded within her, combining with the security that these two would never hurt her. Her pussy convulsed around Kai’s cock. His balls slapped her clit and she moaned loudly, her release rolling through her. Over and over he plunged forward, tapping her cervix with the head of his erection as he pushed deep. Her fingers dug into the bed. Higher and higher her climax went, clawing up the mountain of pleasure presented to her until her vision blurred and she forgot everything but the men loving her. “I’m coming,” she cried. “Oh please…oh yes…” “Yeah, baby, come,” Kai rasped as she trembled, her knees wobbling and her torso sinking into the blankets. Her mind blanked as she tumbled over the precipice, followed by Kai moments later. He fell to the side and Brian took his place. He drove inside her quivering sheath, giving her no rest as he pushed her once more to the heavens. Boneless she lay draped over the side of the bed until Kai lifted her and placed her against pillows. Each of the men crawled onto the bed beside her, hugging her close. She wasn’t going anywhere without them this time. As if she’d want to. Tamera snuggled close, happy to be back where she should have stayed that morning—safe in the embrace of her two men. Kai nuzzled her neck. “So…are you opposed to weddings or just that one downstairs?” he asked. Surprised, she pushed up on an elbow. “Why?” Excitement bubbled inside her. He couldn’t mean— Brian urged her back to the mattress. “We want you to be our partner.” Kai swallowed. “Both of ours.” “Ours…” Brian repeated, nuzzling his nose against her neck and nipping the juncture of her neck and shoulder. “Our wife.” “Both of yours? I’ll have two husbands?” Was that possible? Certainly not legally. But wasn’t she raised to believe in spiritual marriage? Their spirits had united last night. And reunited today. She’d never felt more complete than in their arms.

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Brian gently stroked the hair from her forehead and away from her face. “Two men who’ll love you to their death. Two men who would protect you from everything and come after you if need be,” he said. “Two men who already worship you,” Kai continued. “And who want nothing more than your happiness as long as it includes you staying at their sides.” He gently squeezed her breast. “You see…we are a needy lot. We need our woman.” “In our life.” “In our bed.” “Hmm…” she teased. “Two men to give me pleasure?” “As often as you want,” Kai agreed solemnly while Brian nodded. The two of them…exactly what she wanted. Forever. “Yes. Of course yes,” she answered, tears leaking down the side of her face. Brian leaned forward and caught them with his tongue, Kai following suit, until they were both fighting for her kisses and they all ended up laughing over the mock battle. Exhausted from the day’s trials and pleasures, they fell asleep in a tumble of arms and legs.

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Tamera jerked awake to the sound of crashing glass. Terrified that Andy had broken into her room, she bolted upright, ready to fight. Brian and Kai pushed her behind them as they surveyed the scene, tense and instantly alert. They hadn’t been asleep long. And…oh God, it was her parents. She could only imagine their shock when they’d entered their daughter’s room to find her in a naked tangle with two men. “My parents,” she murmured. “Fantastic,” Brian replied under his breath. Behind her parents stood Andy. She glared at him while his face turned white with shock. “I’m sorry,” he stammered. “I didn’t know.” “Andy?” Kai asked her. She nodded and he seemed to grow to double his size. His steely gaze levelled on Andy who visibly trembled at the menacing man. “If you dare touch her again, I promise you there won’t be enough of your kidnapping ass for the police to throw in jail.”

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The smaller man gulped, backing away. Wuss. “I’m sorry…” he mumbled before tearing from the room. “Oh my,” her mother exclaimed, fanning herself. Wait! He’d been an asshole and now all he could say was he was sorry? What about kidnapping her? What about the names? “Sorry?” she screeched, starting to get out of the bed. Kai and Brian wrapped their arms around her, Kai tugging a blanket over her. “We’ll have a thorough talk with him before we leave. He’ll leave you alone,” Kai murmured. A talk? She suspected, he meant something bordering on threats, but she didn’t care. A “talk” from two ex-SEALs might send him straight into celibacy. Whatever. She just wanted Andy to leave her alone so she could live her life with Kai and Brian in Cranston. “I thought you might like some chamomile tea,” her mother said weakly, her eyes darting between the men. Suddenly, Tam realised it was the crash of a china cup which had dragged her from sleep. She’d replace it. It was the least she could do. Their matchmaking had sent her into the arms of her ideal men. “Breeze. Stephen,” Tam greeted, in a far better mood than when she’d yelled at them earlier. “These are my fiancés, Kai and Brian.” “Fiancés? Will you handfast?” her father asked, without missing a beat. Tam raised an eyebrow wondering for the millionth time in her life just how many drugs he’d done in the sixties. Nothing fazed him. Nothing. Still, this certainly wasn’t the response she’d expected. “Will it make you happy?” she replied. “Yes. Melody is still here, you know. And your mother made a gluten-free cake. You can have the ceremony, then we’ll celebrate.” Tam blinked. The celebrant was still here? And her parents wanted her to unite with Kai and Brian now? She could be joined with her two men within the next few minutes. Well after they dressed, anyway. She looked at the men who nodded without any doubts showing in their faces. “Definitely,” Kai said. Brian grinned. “We’ll honeymoon tonight. On Monday we’ll go back to teaching as Misters and Missus Gentry.”

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She smiled, having forgotten that for ease of family name, the men took their wife’s name in Cranston. She turned to her parents. “Tell Melody to get ready for her first threeway ceremony.” “Oh Moonflower,” her mother protested. “It’s hardly her first…” “That’s it?” Kai asked as Stephen and Breeze departed. “They’re not going to freak out over finding us here? I expected at least a brief interrogation.” “Get used to it. They’re very…um…free-spirited. And I think they finally understand what I want.” Tamera flopped back on the bed, her stomach doing little flips when she realised a snowstorm had brought her more than she’d ever expected. Arms splayed wide in happiness, she looked up at the two men who gazed down at her. “I love you,” she said quietly, reverence filling her voice. These were her mates, the three of them forming a perfect triangle of love. The men glanced at each other and she could see the wheels turning in their heads. This pair would be trouble for her. Welcome trouble. They grinned. “We love you too…Moonflower.”

About the Author When it comes to books and movies, Brynn Paulin has one rule: there must be a happy ending. After that one requirement, anything else goes. And it just might in any of her books. Brynn lives in Michigan with her husband and two children, who love her despite her occasional threats to smite them. They humour her and let her think she's a goddess...as long as she provides homemade chocolate chip cookies on a regular basis. Brynn is president of her local chapter of Romance Writers of America and also hosts a weekly writing critique group. She’s conducted workshops at several writers’ conferences around the country as she enjoys mentoring and meeting new people. According to Brynn, her writing success can be attributed to 70's music, her local road construction crews, a trusty notebook, and of course, her husband (and willing research subject), AKA Mr. Inspiration.

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