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Men of Kinsey 2

For Tia's Pleasure The Kinsey triplets own and operate a very successful BDSM club in town. Having their pick of submissives on a nightly basis is starting to wear thin. They’d always dreamed of finding that one woman to share their lives with, the one woman strong enough to handle their dominance in the bedroom and submit to them, body, heart, and soul. Tia is that woman—strong, independent, and submissive as hell in the bedroom. But taking on three alpha males wasn’t what she wanted. She’s left a marriage to a man who would do anything to get ahead in business. She has a daughter to worry about, and adding one man, let alone three, just isn’t in the cards for her. But the more time she spends with Ryder, Sam, and Dan, the deeper she falls for them. With a crazy ex determined to get what he wants, will the triplets be able to show Tia just how much they really care for her? Genre: Contemporary, Ménage a Trois/Quatre Length: 55,286 words

FOR TIA’S PLEASURE Men of Kinsey 2

Debbie Bailey

MENAGE AMOUR

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DEDICATION To my readers: Thank you for all the encouraging e-mails you’ve sent me. They make writing all the more worthwhile. To my best bud JJ: You still rock, big guy!!! To my late sister-in-law Lynn: You were always loving and nonjudgmental. May you walk hand in hand with God for eternity!! You are truly missed by all of us.

FOR TIA’S PLEASURE Men of Kinsey 2 DEBBIE BAILEY Copyright © 2012

Prologue Walking out of the courthouse, the only thought going through Tia’s head was I’m finally free. Free from the marriage that, over the past five years, had turned into nothing more than the occasional try at bad sex. She and James had been married for almost fifteen years. They’d produced a beautiful little girl who was smart, precocious, and wild. But slowly, year after year, James had started pulling away from them. At first, it just seemed like he was always busy with work. He had received a small promotion and now was one of the head techs of a pharmaceutical company, so Tia realized that he would be spending longer hours at work. But then he started bringing more and more work home with him and still he worked long hours. Maybe she just didn’t want to see it. After all, she had been busy growing her online virtual assistant’s business and raising Shay. So it was a real eyeopener when she went onto his computer to get some information and found all the naked pictures and sexy e-mails from Lacey. Three years…three fucking years he’d been seeing his assistant, and I didn’t have a clue. Lacey was always sweet and kind when I visited the office. Bitch. No wonder, she was sleeping with my husband. After she had found out about them, James swore it was

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over, and they went to counseling and tried to get past it, but Tia knew it wasn’t over. This wasn’t the first time, and she knew it wouldn’t be the last. Tia was uncomfortable any time she went to see James at his office but he refused to have Lacey transferred to another division, and his late nights at the office continued until finally she had had enough and surprised them at the office late one night. Tia had learned a lot from the previous affair that he had had. She already had the proof she needed after hiring the private investigator, but she wanted to make sure James knew he’d been caught once again. They were naked and screwing like a couple of teenagers when she walked in. James had all kind of excuses, and for the first time in a very long time Tia felt liberated. With a smile on her face she walked out and the next day filed for divorce. James tried to fight her on it with every trick he could think of. He even fought her for custody of Shay, which really surprised her because he had paid little attention to her since her birth. He had no idea how to take care of a child, let alone one like Shay. He would do everything to stifle all that wild, creative spirit that she had, and that was something that Tia just wouldn’t allow. James had denied having continued the affair and even had the balls to have Lacey come and testify for him. She said how much James loved Tia and Shay and that they had stopped seeing each other socially because he wanted to make his marriage work. Lacey cried out her apology to Tia, saying how bad she felt for hurting her and that James loved her so much. Her attorney smiled when he stood to cross examine her, and after a few mundane questions asked the judge if he could introduce some rebuttal evidence. Well, that let the cat out of the bag. After showing the defense and the judge all the pictures and recordings that the private investigators had gathered, James reacted. “You bitch,” he screamed at her across the courtroom. “You had me followed?”

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Tia didn’t say a word. Her lawyer had told her not to react to anything he may say. James’s violent outbursts during their marriage had left her battered and bruised enough to know that his reaction to her in the courtroom was just a small showing of what he was capable of. The judge slammed the gavel on the bench. “Mr. Jameson,” she yelled repeatedly. “Sit down right now or I will have the bailiff escort you from the courtroom.” James continued to glare at Tia but sat down and shut his mouth. “Now,” the judge said, “Mr. Kelly, please continue with your cross of Ms. Douglas.” Tia looked at Lacey, who sat in the witness chair, her beautiful face now ashen in color. **** “All right then, Ms. Douglas…” And after that Tia was free. Free from James, free from the feelings of being trapped, just free. The judge had ordered full custody of Shay to Tia and also a generous amount of spousal and child support. “Your honor,” Justin Kelly, her lawyer, stood and said, “Ms. Reynolds, formerly Mrs. Jackson, would like to address the court if possible.” The judge looked at Tia and nodded her head, “Please, Ms. Reynolds, this has been an odd case from the beginning. Why stop now?” She smiled. Tia stood, her legs shaking but her resolve solid. “Your honor, I am in no need of any support from my ex-husband. I would, however, like any money he is ordered to pay me put directly into a trust account for our daughter. As you are aware, I make a very good living on my own, and I also have the trust that my parents set up for me before their deaths. I want nothing nor do I need anything from Mr. Jackson.”


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That said she sat down again and waited for the judge to speak. For the first time since their deaths Tia was glad that her parents had been wealthy. They’d set a trust fund up for her on the day of her birth so that she would never have to worry financially about anything. She had loved her parents but they’d tried to raise her in the same strict environment they both had been raised in. Having had her later in life their views on marriage and sex had never wavered. Sex was between a husband and wife and only as a necessity to produce children. Tia knew that they loved her but by the time they had decided to have a child they were both set in their careers and neither wanted to spend any time with her. This left her in the care of a number of nannies over the years, something she was determined would never happen with her daughter. Tia didn’t have to wait long, and it definitely wasn’t what she expected. “Ms. Reynolds, I understand and agree that all monies awarded to you will go to a trust for your daughter. I will also order that you are the trustee of said account. I will also order that Mr. Jackson have limited visitation with your daughter until such time as he completes an anger-management course and begins to fulfill his financial obligations to her.” Turning to James, the judge smiled in a very peculiar way and said, “Mr. Jackson, having witnessed your behavior in my courtroom and having listened to the testimony of all parties, as well as having read all the psychological reports submitted to this court, I hereby order you to pay, into a trust that will be set up by this court and Ms. Reynolds, the amount I set forth. And honestly, Mr. Jackson, I hope that you don’t comply with the order.” James and his lawyer looked at each other, and his lawyer stood and said, “Your honor, Mr. Jackson will comply with any order given by this court.” James’s face grew angrier at that comment. “Whose side are you on?” he yelled at his lawyer. “I want full custody of my daughter, and I want it now!” he screamed at the judge.

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Again the judge banged her gavel. “Mr. Jackson, after having spoken with your daughter and the court therapist, I am of the opinion that you, sir, are a complete ass. You have no idea about raising a child, let alone one as incredibly bright as Shay is. You only want custody because it would hurt your ex-wife. Not because you want your child. Since the day she was born, you yourself have admitted that you have spent little or no time with her because you were so busy building your career. Well, Mr. Jackson, we all now know just exactly what you were doing instead of spending time with your wife and child. You’re selfish and arrogant and somehow seem to think that because of the wealth and privilege that you have been afforded you deserve to get whatever it is you want in life. I’m here to let you know that’s not the case. Since you have never been interested in your child’s life why would I give you custody? Your ex-wife has shown that she has been the steady influence on your daughter, and furthermore, she even started working from home so that she could be there for her all the time. You on the other hand, did everything in your power to be elsewhere.” “But, your honor”—James stood and tried to look contrite—“I have had to build my career over the past several years and haven’t had the luxury of being able to stay at home with Shay!” “Let me just say this, Mr. Jackson, and I’m sure that I will get censured for this, but…what you just said to me is bullshit…” The courtroom erupted in laughter. Pounding on her bench, the judge ordered quiet. “As the photographs and recordings indicate, you have not been working late to ‘build your career.’ You have been working late having an affair with your assistant. All the late nights and working weekends were spent with her, not your wife and child. I suggest that you attend the anger management classes and with the visitation I do allow you, try to build a relationship with your daughter before it’s too late.”


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With a sputter from James, the judge rose and spoke to the lawyers. “I’ll have the support and custody order drawn up and sent to your offices in the next few days, gentlemen.” To James she said, “Heed my warning, Mr. Jackson. If you don’t comply with my order there will be significant consequences. I won’t feel one iota of remorse throwing your sorry butt in jail for contempt, so if you want to push me I’ll be more than happy to oblige.”

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Chapter 1 That had been six months ago, and things seemed to have gone downhill from there. For the first few weeks James attended his classes and kept to his court-ordered visitation but by the sixth week everything changed. “I just can’t do it today, Tia. I can’t take Shay today,” he yelled at her. “Lacey’s parents have invited us up to their home for the weekend. It’s a big family gathering.” “Well isn’t Shay part of your family, James?” Tia responded, trying to keep as calm as possible so that Shay didn’t come into the room to see why Mommy was yelling. “Lacey’s parents are very particular about family, Tia. They’re old school and won’t accept her that easily,” he whined. “I’m doing this for her. The connections that Mr. Reynolds has will spring my career forward.” “It’s your loss, James. But when you get back there are a few things that we need to discuss.” “Yeah, yeah, when I get back I’ll sit down with you whenever you want.” And that was the last time she or her daughter had heard from him for some time. Calls to his office were blocked by Lacey, calls and messages left on his cell went unanswered until finally she got the message when he completely changed his cell number. James stopped attending his anger-management classes and stopped putting money into Shay’s trust.


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The final straw came when she had her lawyer contact his lawyer and was told that James wanted to sign over all parental rights to Tia. God, what a bastard! **** Tia tried talking to him by going to his office and speaking with him, but the only reason that he would give her was that Shay just didn’t fit into his lifestyle at this time in his life. His lifestyle! Hearing that, Tia finally lost it. “Your lifestyle!” she screamed at him. “Don’t you mean Lacey’s parents’ lifestyle doesn’t fit? If you do this, James, you’ll regret it for the rest of your life. You’ll be giving up the one good thing that you’ve ever done with your life.” “You see, that’s where Lacey and her parents understand me. They realize how much I want to focus on my career and that having to tear myself away from work to babysit Shay would cramp things right now. Maybe in a few years things will be different.” “Fuck you, James. You don’t get to walk in and out of her life. So if this is what you want, sign these papers that your lawyers had drawn up and all your ‘problems’ will be solved.” Lacey had come into the office then to stand beside James, and looking up at him, she motioned with her head for him to sign the papers. He did. Tia picked up the papers, turned and walked out, went straight to the courthouse, filed the papers, and left to pick up Shay from her friend Rena’s house. Sitting in the car outside the courthouse the dam finally broke, and she burst into tears. Tears for her daughter and the pain that she would have to face knowing that her father had signed his rights away. After about ten minutes of a complete meltdown, there was a knock on her passenger window. Quickly, Tia grabbed some tissue and tried to fix her face.

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**** Judge Simone Kinsey stood outside the door looking in at the woman who she believed to be one of the strongest women to have come through her courtroom in decades. The judge opened Tia’s car door and leaned in. “Are you all right, Ms. Reynolds? Do you mind if I sit with you for a minute and talk?” Tia was astounded that the judge wanted to sit and talk with her. “Isn’t that against some sort of law or something? Since you were the judge in my divorce case.” “That’s over and done with, and from the paperwork that I received from the court clerk a few minutes ago, any legal ties I had to the case are now moot. I understand that your ex-husband has signed his parental rights for Shay away. I’m sorry to hear that. Every child should know both parents even if they are not together. But there are cases, and I believe that this is one of them, that a child, such as Shay, needs only one parent. One who cares for her, loves her, protects her, and would give her life for her. “ Tears flowed again, and Tia wiped them away quickly. “Judge Kinsey…” she started. “You can call me Simone now, Tia. I’d like to help you if I could. I know that financially and emotionally that you are more than capable of taking care of Shay, but I saw something in your ex’s eyes that scares the crap out of me. I don’t think, even though he has signed the papers, that he will let this go that easily. I’m unsure of what he will do if things don’t go his way with his new life.” As Simone sat down beside Tia in the car, she pulled a card from the leather binder she had rested on her lap and wrote her name, address, and number on it. “I want you to meet me on Saturday at my home. There are some people that I’d like you and Shay to meet, and I want you to listen to them. Can you do that for me?”


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Tia looked confused but Simone knew her stuff with regards to abusers, and patiently waited until Tia finally agreed to meet with her on Saturday. Simone hadn’t realized that she had been holding her breath until she exhaled sharply. “Good girl.” She smiled and opened the door to leave. Before she could swing her legs out to leave the car, Tia stopped her. “Ah, Simone…I’m a little curious as to why you are helping me.” Simone smiled sadly and placed her hand on Tia’s. “You remind me of someone that was very close to me. She was in a very similar situation and didn’t think she had anything to worry about. Her exhusband is spending the rest of his life in prison for her and their sons’ murders. I won’t let that happen to you, and I know how to prevent it now. We’ll talk more on Saturday.” **** Watching the judge walk back to the courthouse, Tia started feel a little better about the things that had been nagging at her regarding James’s behavior. She didn’t trust him as far as she could throw him, and he scared the shit out of her. She was smart enough to know that if his relationship with Lacey didn’t go exactly as he planned, then he would do to her what he did to Tia. The social status of Lacey’s parents may afford him the ability to avoid any police charges, but if he hurt Lacey her father would crucify him financially and socially. Then he’d come back for Tia and Shay. She needed to find a way to protect both her daughter and herself. Hopefully, meeting with Simone’s friends would give her some knowledge as to what she had to do to at least hide from James for awhile. ****

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Saturday morning, Shay was up with the sun, as usual, and watching her favorite SpongeBob video. As much as Tia hated to admit it, she loved the cartoon just about as much as her daughter. As silly as it was, it always made them laugh. Shay laughed so hard one time that milk squirted out her nose, and that only made Tia laugh harder. Around nine, Tia called Simone to make sure that everything was set for the meeting. Scooting Shay off to get dressed and heading up to the shower, Tia found herself somewhat excited about what Simone could help her with. Maybe she could suggest the name of an agency that could help her hide herself and Shay. “Mom…” Shay quietly said as they got into the car. “This is the same judge that I spoke to when you and James got divorced, right?” Shay had taken to calling her father by his given name when having to refer to him. “Yes it is, honey.” “Good, I liked her. She told me, just like you always do, that I could do anything or be anything I wanted as long as I studied hard and kept my ‘ass’ out of her courtroom.” Shay giggled and looked at her mom out of the corner of her eye. “Shay Reynolds, that just cost you, girl. No ice cream after lunch” “That is exactly what the judge said to me, Mom. Word for word and you’ve told me that if I’m going to repeat something that someone said to me that I should always do it word for word.” Tia smiled at her smart-mouthed daughter. “Judge Simone did not say the word ass.” “She did too, Mom. You wait, and I’ll ask her to tell you what she said, and then I want my ice cream.” “We’ll see, little girl.” Tia tried to hide the smile on her face, so proud of the way her daughter’s confidence had not been diminished by her screwup of a father. They pulled up in front of the address on the card and both of their mouths dropped open.


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“That’s a flipping mansion, Mom.” Shay was the first to speak. “Well the lady is a judge, so she probably has invested her money well.” Tia stared just as hard as her daughter. Tia pulled up to the gate, and it opened without her having to press any buttons. They must have had it monitored by video up at the house. She pulled the car up to the garage, turned it off, took a deep breath, and opened her door. Shay was out the other side almost two steps ahead of her when the front door opened and the largest man that Tia had ever seen stepped through it. Walking toward Tia, he stretched his hand out. “Hi, you must be Tia and Shay.” The giant smiled down at her daughter. Shay’s mouth just hung open. Smiling and trying not to embarrass her daughter, Tia leaned over and gently closed her daughter’s mouth. “Don’t gape, Shay, it’s not polite.” She giggled. “But, Mom, look at the size of him. He’s huge!” She gasped. The giant burst out laughing. “Yeah, well, you should see my brothers.” His smile was warm as he looked at Shay. “I’m Ryder, and Simone is my much older sister.” “I heard that, smart-ass.” Simone laughed as she came outside. “See, Mom, I told you she said the word.” Shay smirked. Simone looked between the two. “Did you get me in trouble, Shay?” Tia interrupted, smiling as she realized that Ryder was still holding her hand. “She’ll tell you about it later, Simone. She has ice cream on the line.” “Ice cream?” A voice boomed from behind Simone. “Who’s getting ice cream, and why wasn’t I invited!” ****

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The sound of a woman’s laughter other than his sister’s brought Daniel to the doorway. Standing there holding his brother’s hand was the sexiest, most drool-worthy female he’d seen in a long time. His sister had been right when she had told them how beautiful she was. She was also right when she told them that she was frightened. “I’m Daniel, and if my brother can let go of your hand long enough to let you into the house we can go in and meet the others.” “Good lord, Mom, there’s two of them. They’re twins.” Shay gasped. “Actually, there are three of us, Shay,” Ryder said, still holding onto Tia’s hand. Tia quickly tried to pull her hand back. “Not so fast, little one, I kinda like holding your hand.” She swallowed and tried again to pull her hand away. Ryder laughed quietly but dropped her hand. “Triplets?” Tia swallowed hard. Why did she suddenly feel so warm? Shay bounded up the steps as if she wasn’t afraid of anything. **** Simone just smiled and looked at her brothers and then at Tia, her grin widening further. As they entered the front foyer of the house, the first thing they noticed was the beautiful marble staircase just across the room from where they stood. Tia assumed it must lead to the bedrooms. Ryder motioned for them to follow Simone into the study. Once inside, Tia was introduced to the others. “This is our other brother Sam, Tia.” After striding across the room, Sam took her hand and brought it to his lips and said, “It is such a pleasure to finally meet you, baby girl.” Simone cuffed him on the back of the head, and he actually blushed.


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Continuing on, Ryder introduced her and Shay to Trent, Jon, and Ben…Simone’s husbands. Tia whirled and looked at Simone. “Husbands?” She gulped. “But isn’t that illegal?” Simone laughed, moving toward the men and hugging all of them. “I’m legally married to Trent, but I also consider Ben and Jon my husbands as well. It’s called a polyamorous relationship, Tia. Since I was a little girl I knew that this would be the type of relationship I wanted. The triplets and I were raised by our mom and two dads.” Tia sat down on the nearest chair. “You’re a judge, though. How…I mean, oh, damn, I’m confused.” “Mom, you’re so behind things,” Shay piped up. “Just because she’s a judge doesn’t mean she can’t have three husbands. Sheesh, she’s only married to one, and besides, I think it would be cool to have three dads. Heck, it would be great to have just one dad.” Tia could see the hurt in her little girl’s eyes. Sam was the first one to say something. “You know, Shay, even though you don’t have a dad, you have the best mom in the world. I bet she takes real good care of you.” Shay hugged her mom, bringing tears to her eyes. “She’s the best on the planet!” She smiled. “And besides, you can now count me, Ryder, and Dan as your official adopted uncles.” He smiled and lifted Shay into his arms. “All three of you, really?” Shay sounded so excited that Tia didn’t want to burst her bubble just yet by telling her that they probably wouldn’t be around much. Simone stepped behind the desk, saying, “Since all the excitement is done with now, we should get down to the business at hand.” Everyone found a place to sit and waited for Simone to start. Thinking that Shay would want to sit on her lap, Tia gestured to her daughter but Shay just smiled and snuggled up on Sam’s lap. Huh…the kid’s got taste at least. She smiled to herself.

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“Okay, since this is the first meeting of the Daphne’s House board, I’d like to make sure that it is in some way official. Tia, I asked you here to offer you the position of House coordinator for Daphne’s House, a home that will be opening up in Kinsey, Alberta, Canada in the next few months. It is a home for woman with children who need a place to stay that is safe before, during, and after trials for crimes against them such as spousal abuse, child abuse, and rape. We, my family and I, would like very much for you to take over the running of the whole operation.” Tia was stunned. “Me, but, your honor…I mean, Simone, I don’t have any experience in running that type of operation.” “Tia, since the moment you walked into my courtroom and stood up to that”—looking over at Shay, she chose her words more carefully—“stood up to your husband, I knew that I wanted you for this position. What you may lack in business skills you more than make up in kindness, strength, and just plain optimism. And you aren’t such a slouch in the business end either, are you?” Simone smiled and handed Tia a file. Opening it, she found that Simone had had her background checked. Not sure whether to feel insulted or complimented, Tia gave the file back to her, saying, “I really don’t think that I’m the right person for the job, Simone.” Glancing over at Shay, Simone pressed a button and twin girls about Shay’s age came into the room and smiled at her. “Hey, Shay, you want to come up to our room and hang out for awhile? I’m sure the grown-up stuff is getting pretty boring, and we can lend you a bathing suit so we can go swimming in the indoor pool.” Shay quickly jumped off Sam’s lap, looked over at her Mom for confirmation that it was okay, and took off with the girls. “Are they yours, Simone?” Tia asked. “They sure are. Those two little hellions may look all sweet and innocent, but they could drive a whore to a nunnery.” Tia laughed at all the expressions that came out of Simone.


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She was the embodiment of the modern woman. Wife, mother, and career woman all rolled into one. Tia just didn’t know how she did it. Trent smiled, kissed his wife, and left to go and make sure that the girls had an adult to watch them while they swam. “Listen, Tia.” Ryder kneeled down in front of her. “My sister thinks that your ex isn’t through with you, and from what we’ve heard and read about the guy, neither do any of us.” Taking her hands, he stood and pulled her up to stand in front of him. Looking up into his beautiful green eyes, Tia had a hard time focusing on what he was saying. “My brothers and I live in Kinsey. It’s a wonderful place to live and raise kids. Simone and her men will be moving up there just after the opening of Daphne’s House, so you’ll already have lots of new friends there. We all think it would be for the best if you and Shay moved up there so that we can keep an eye on you.” Sam had come to stand behind her, and Daniel was by her side, both men looking at her as if she was their last meal. “I don’t understand why this is so important to you all,” she said in a voice that she didn’t even recognize as her own. Ryder lifted his hand to her cheek, swiping his thumb across her lower lip as he went. “Baby, you are more important to our family than you know.” “Say you’ll come and at least spend a few weeks up there with us to see how you like it.” Sam exhaled against the side of her neck. Daniel took one of her hands and brought in to his lips. “Let us show you how good it could be to be with us, Tia.” Tia’s mind was racing as fast as her heart, “I need a little time to think about it. I’ll have to talk with Shay as well. She has all her friends here, so she probably won’t want to leave them. I don’t want to bring any more upset to her than I have to.” Simone stepped between her brothers. “That seems fair to me, sweetheart, but I want you to remember that even if you don’t take the

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position, our family will always be there to help you whenever you need us.” She kissed her cheek and smiled down at her. Tia could see the tears in her eyes and wanted, for some strange reason, to make sure that this generous woman never cried because of her. “Give me two days and then I will let you know, all right?” She wiped at Simone’s tears and went to get Shay. **** “She’ll take the job, sis, don’t worry about it. She knows that it’s the best way to keep Shay safe and she also feels the connection with the three of us,” Ryder said, smiling down at his sister. “Don’t screw this up, boys.” Simone looked at her brothers. “If you only want a quick fuck, then leave her the hell alone. She’s been through enough.” Sam hugged his sister. “She’s the one, sis. You were right all along.” Daniel also hugged his sister. “We should have listened to you when you first told us about her. You haven’t been wrong so far.” “Damn straight, big boys.” She hugged her brothers as tears ran down her face remembering the one and only time that she had ever been wrong in her matchmaking, and it had cost her friend her life. Trent chose that moment to come back into the room. “Brothers or not, get your hands off my woman and tell me what you did to upset her.” “They didn’t do anything, love.” She giggled and kissed him. “I was just thinking about Daphne, that’s all.” “Sweetheart.” Ben came and hugged her. “You know that Daphne would never blame you for what happened. She’d want you to go on with your life.” “I know, Ben, I just want to make sure that it doesn’t happen to her baby sister, that’s all. Tia didn’t even know about Daphne. Even


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her father didn’t know about her before he died. Daphne’s mother didn’t tell anyone until her deathbed. Maybe if that old crone had said something earlier, things would have turned out differently.” **** Watching Shay from the doorway, Tia smiled at how well the girls played together. Shay always got on well with other kids, but usually became bored with friends because she was so far advanced mentally. But with the twins it seemed different. They weren’t playing dolls or something so “mundane” as Shay would put it. They were piecing together a rather intricate 3-D world puzzle. They all seemed so engrossed in the process that none of them even noticed that she was there. “Excuse me, ladies, but, Shay, it’s time for us to head home.” Tia grinned at her daughter. “Aw, Mom, we’re in the middle of this puzzle. Can’t we stay a little longer? Uncle Ryder said he’d take us all out to see the horses in the back pasture.” “Nope, kiddo, not today. There’s some things we need to discuss, and I thought that maybe we could do it over dinner at Chino’s. We’ll be back, sweetheart, don’t worry.” Shay said her good-byes to the twins, exchanged e-mail addresses, and they headed off back toward the city. Tia was having difficulty focusing on what Shay was saying when all she seemed to be able to think about were the triplets. Why did they affect her the way they did? Just being in the same room with them made her heart race and her panties wet. “Mom…Mom…” Shay giggled as she shook her by the arm. “You were off in Never Never Land. I bet I know who you were thinking about.”

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“I don’t know what you’re talking about, Shay.” Tia could feel her face heated from her blush. Sometimes Tia wished her daughter wasn’t quite as perceptive as she was. **** They pulled into Shay’s favorite restaurant a few minutes later. Shay smiled as she watched her mom’s face out of the corner of her eye. The twins had been right. Her mom and the triplets would be perfect for each other. She’d just have to figure out a way to make it happen. “Hey, Tia, Shay…” Chino, the owner of the restaurant, greeted them with a big smile and a hug. “Haven’t seen you two here for awhile. Just give me a second, and I’ll get your table ready.” He seated them at their special table in the back. Tia knew how much Shay loved sitting so close to the kitchen. James used to hate sitting here, so that Shay could wander in to see what Elaine and Chino were cooking. James pretty much hated even coming to the restaurant. Chino had been Tia’s dad’s best friend since they were kids, so anytime Tia needed advice she would go to him. With Shay in the kitchen with Elaine, Chino came and sat with her. “So, little chica, what is the problem?” “There’s no problem, Chino. Can’t I just come and eat at your restaurant anymore?” Tia tried to act offended at the thought that she only came to see him when she had a problem. “You know you can come to eat here anytime you want, Tia, but you’ve deliberately stayed away for the last few months and I want to know why.” He reached across and took her hand, “You know you can talk to me about anything. We’re always here for you and Shay.” Suddenly, the events of the last few days just spewed out of her. She told him everything, about James, about Simone, about the job offer, and even about her confusion over the triplets.


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Chino sat and listened closely and just smiled. Then he patted her hand and got up, saying, “Wait here.” It was odd behavior, even for Chino, and he was known for some really odd behavior at times Tia saw him coming back carrying a big photo album. Placing it in front of her, he opened it and started to point to different pictures of him and her dad as boys. One in particular caught her attention because it wasn’t just him and her dad but there were two others as well. Twin boys, boys that, if she didn’t know the age of the photo, she could have sworn they were Ryder and Sam. “Who are the twins, Chino? They look exactly like a set of triplets that I just met.” She smiled thinking about them. “Those two troublemakers are Jordon and Heath Kinsey.” Chino smiled at her recognition. “Kinsey? As in Kinsey Alberta? As in Simone, Ryder, Sam, and Daniel Kinsey?” Her hands were shaking as she continued to turn the pages. More and more were filled with pictures of the four of them. “Yup, Jordon and Heath were hellions back in the day, and they continue to be just about as rambunctious to this day according to Jillian, their wife. Their daughter contacted me a few days ago about her idea for you to head up this new shelter. I think it’s a great idea. It will be a fresh start for both you and Shay.” “So you are aware of the lifestyle that they and their family live.” “Sure we were, and both your dad and I were jealous as hell, too.” He smiled fondly. “Remember, your dad and I had lousy fathers, but the twin’s dads were just great. They taught us how to fish and swim, they made sure we kept our grades up, and one of them was always there to talk to. No matter what the subject, one of them always took the time to spend with us. So it made having drunks for fathers a little more bearable.” Tia’s head was spinning from all the revelations of the day. Shay came trotting out of the kitchen, Elaine in tow.

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“Mom, guess what Tia Elaine just gave me?” Shay opened her hand to show her mom the pearl that she held. “She said when they were in Mexico the last time, her and Tio Chino found this and thought of me.” “It’s beautiful, sweetie. Do you want me to hold it for you so it doesn’t get lost?” She knew that if Shay lost it it would devastate her. “That’s the beauty of it, Tia.” Elaine stepped forward, kissing Tia’s cheek. “Chino found this necklace that will hold the pearl so that she can wear it all the time if she wants.” Tia watched as Chino placed the pearl inside the holder on the necklace and then arranged it around Shay’s neck. “It’s perfect on you, little one.” He smiled and hugged Shay close. Tia didn’t know how she was going to be able to leave these wonderful people, but she knew now that the best place for their protection was in Kinsey. Just the thought of being closer to the triplets made her panties wetter. “Okay, ladies, dinner is about to be served, so sit back and enjoy.” Chino never let them order from the menu. He always cooked something special for them, and it was always spectacular. After bringing their meals, Chino and Elaine headed back into the kitchen, leaving Shay and Tia alone. “Shay…we need to talk.” Tia didn’t know how she was going to broach the subject of moving to Canada when Shay piped up, “So when are we headed to Kinsey?” “Who told you about that?” Tia enquired. “The twins, when we were upstairs. They had overheard their mom and dads…that is so cool to have three dads. Anyway, they were saying something about us moving to Kinsey and that they would be moving there just after us.” It didn’t seem to bother Shay in the least that they would be moving to another country. “How do you feel about moving to Canada?


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“Good lord, Mom, Canada isn’t the Middle East!” She giggled. “It’s our neighbor to the north don’t ya’ know. I’ve heard the people up there are the best. Real friendly, and the twins said that the last time they visited their grandma and grandpas that the kids in the area were real cool. It sounds like a great place to live.” Tia just smiled and stared across the table at her ten-year-old daughter. “When the heck did you become so grown up, young lady?” Shay sat up straight and looked her mom right in the eye and said without a smile, “The day you finally divorced James. It was the best day of my life.” Tia felt like someone had just kicked her in the stomach. She’d always thought that she had been able to hide the anger and violence from Shay. “I’m sorry, honey, I should have gotten you out of there a lot sooner,” Tia said, fighting back the tears. “You were the one that needed protection, Mom, not me. James is a mean man, and I’m glad he’s not my father anymore. Besides now I have a whole new, big family to get to know, and the triplets said they would be spending a lot of time with us so it all works out, right?” I’m going to have to have a serious discussion with the triplets it seems, Tia thought to herself. She couldn’t have them telling Shay things like that and building up her expectations. “When do we leave?” The question brought her out of her musings. “As soon as we pack up the house and put it on the market to sell.” Reaching across the table she took her little girl’s hand. “Are you sure you’re okay with this? It means leaving your school friends and Tia Elaine and Tio Chino. We’ll come back and visit, but it won’t be for a while.” “I’m so cool with this, Mom, and besides if we get them a webcam, then I can talk to them whenever I want.” ****

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Two weeks later, with the movers on their way and the house on the market, Tia and Shay climbed into the new SUV she had purchased and were on their way. “This is the coolest car, Mom.” Shay squirmed in her seat in the back. “I can watch DVDs, listen to the radio, and I can even put my seat back to have a sleep. This just rocks.” “Yeah, I thought it was pretty cool myself.” Tia smiled proudly. “How long does it take to get to Kinsey?” “Well depending on traffic we should be there by tomorrow evening. That’s taking into account the overnight stop I have planned in Kamloops.” Tia looked at her daughter in the rearview mirror and smiled. “You anxious to get there, sweetie?” Shay couldn’t seem to be able to look her in the eye. “Shay? What’s up? Are worried about making new friends? You shouldn’t be. You’ve never had a problem making lots of friends, and the twins will be in town just a couple of weeks after us, so you’ll already have two.” “It’s not that, it’s just that I want to get as far away from James as we can. The faster the better.” Shay gazed out the window, watching all the traffic fly but not really seeing it. Her quietness worried Tia, and she vowed that when they arrived at their new home in Kinsey she would sit her daughter down and get whatever it was about James that was bothering her out. **** Crossing the border hadn’t been the hassle that she had been led to believe it would be. Mind you, Tia had been prepared. Everything that the border guards could have asked for she had at the ready. Passports, custody papers, work visa, which was something that she still didn’t quite understand. Simone had gotten her work visa


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Shay shoveled it in while she watched some cartoon movie, glancing her way every once in a while. Tia tried to hide the grin, but she just couldn’t do it. “Yes, it’s better than mine,” she wailed with a laugh. Shay let out the breath she’d be holding, “Sorry, Mom, but this stuff is awesome.” “I know, sweetheart. Maybe if I talk real nice to the chef he’ll give me the recipe.” She winked. By the time they had finished dinner they were exhausted. Shay grabbed a quick shower first, and then Tia jumped in afterwards. Toweling her long, curly hair dry, she walked into the room to see Shay spread out on top of the covers asleep. Smiling, she walked over, lifted her daughter, and placed her in the bed properly. Kissing her on the forehead, Tia sat beside her and stroked the dark blonde hair back from her daughter’s young face. She’d been through so much this past year, and she taken everything in stride. The divorce, her father’s betrayal and now the move, were all really big things to be piled on top of this beautiful little girl. “Mom?” Shay looked at her through sleep-filled eyes. “Make sure to lock the door so James can’t get in.” Stunned by Shay’s comment, she wanted to ask why she was so worried about James getting in, but she had fallen back to sleep right away. Tia locked the door and turned back to stare at her sleeping daughter once again. She wasn’t going to wake her to ask what she meant by that, but that was another point to add to the conversation they would have once they reached their destination. They checked out of the hotel and were on the road again by 7:00 a.m. Hopefully, they would make it to their destination by that night. Tia had looked at the map before they left and saw that they still had quite a way to go yet, but she was pretty sure that they’d be able to do it.


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She was anxious to get started on her new life and to see how much help she could be to other abused women like herself. It was odd to think of herself that way. She’d been raised to be a strong and independent person but when she met James he charmed her into believing that together they could do anything. But as the years went by she became the part of the they that stood behind her man as he advanced in his career. What she wanted to do became secondary to what he wanted and expected of her. When he didn’t think she gave it to him he belittled and abused her every time. Over the years it got worse. The only time he stopped hitting her was during her pregnancy. For that she was grateful. As they came closer to their destination, Shay moved to sit up front with her Mom and started chattering away about all the things that the twins had told her they could do. There were dance classes, karate classes, and they even had a local famous artist that helped the kids in the area learn how to paint. Apparently, Kinsey was the place to be for a kid growing up. Tia loved her daughter with everything she was and wanted her to have the same kind of loving, creative environment that she’d had growing up. Hopefully, this new position would enable her to help both of them to heal.

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Chapter 2 Pulling up in front of the address that Simone had given her, Tia was stunned by the size of it. She had expected to find an apartment waiting for them, not the beautiful house that stood before her. Double checking the address to make sure she’d read it right, she turned off the truck and stared. Shay was out of the truck in a flash and doing cartwheels on the grass. Finally climbing out of the SUV, Tia headed for the front door. She didn’t have a key yet so they’d only be able to look from the outside. As soon as they stepped onto the wide wraparound veranda, however, the door flew open and they were greeted by the three Kinsey brothers. “Well it’s about time you ladies got here.” Sam smiled. “We were just about to send out a search party for you, “Mom drives like a granny sometimes.” Shay laughed, ducked, and ran from the swat that her mom tried to give her. “You are such a brat sometimes.” Tia laughed. Heading into the house Tia noticed how much space the three brothers took up. The house was huge but they still made their presence known. Sam was the tallest of the three, at six feet six inches tall. Solid muscle held his frame together. Not that Ryder and Dan weren’t huge as well. All three of the Kinsey brothers were built like brick shithouses. They all looked great in faded button-fly jeans and T-shirts. Ryder’s black tee stretched over his solid chest and showed his incredible biceps. Tia noticed that it looked like they all had some sort


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of tattoo on their right shoulders, and it ended just below the arm of the shirt. **** Oh this could be really bad. Tia’s heart started racing. She loved tall, well-built men with tattoos. Didn’t know what it was about them, but something about the alpha male in them called to her. Tia watched them as they goofed around with Shay and showed her the big backyard. All three men looked identical, but Tia noticed certain subtleties in both their appearances and they ways they moved that set them apart from each other. Sam’s hair was a little shorter than his brothers and he had a tiny scar that framed the outside of his right eye. When he smiled it almost completely disappeared in his laugh line. He also seemed to be very even tempered. Ryder’s hair was the longest, coming just past his shoulders, and he was the more dominant of the brothers. Tia noticed a very slight limp in his long gait as well. Dan seemed to be the quiet, devilish one. The way he was teasing not only Shay but his brothers as well showed her that he could be very playful. His laughter was open and honest, and it made you want to laugh right along with him. “All right, gentlemen, I think my daughter has been spoiled enough by you three for today. We need to unpack the car and settle things in here, so if you could show us around a little I would really appreciate it.” Walking back into the house, Tia let out an audible gasp at the glorious kitchen spread out before her. It looked like it was built to feed an army, but it also had a very cozy feel to it. Ryder, Sam, and Dan appeared immediately, worried that something had happened after hearing the little noise she made.

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“What’s wrong, baby? Don’t you like the kitchen?” Ryder asked as he rested his hands on her shoulders. Sam came around to the front of her and took her hands in his. “If you want to change anything just say the word and we can do it for you.” “We want you to feel at home here, love, so any changes you want made just let us know.” Tia looked at the three men that now surrounded her, her mouth opening and closing, trying to get the right words out. “Are you crazy?” She laughed and gently pushed by Sam. She walked to the center of the room and spun around, trying to take in every corner of the kitchen. “This is the most beautiful kitchen I have ever seen.” A collective sigh was heard from the triplets. Ryder stepped forward, taking her hand and pulling her out into the backyard. Again Tia stood awestruck at the beauty of the landscape. “Mom, did you see that ginormous pool and hot tub?” Shay squealed and ran back toward it. Tears started to flow down Tia’s cheek as she watched her daughter flit from the pool to the trampoline and back again. The men looked at each other then looked at Tia with big grins on their faces, not quite sure what to do. “Honey, don’t cry please. We only wanted to make sure that you’d have everything you and Shay need to be comfortable at home.” Turning to the men, Tia sniffed and grabbed a tissue from her pocket. Wiping away the tears she smiled at them, saying, “I really appreciate all this, guys, but it’s just too much. This house is way too big for just the two of us and with that kitchen in there you could be renting out for a pretty penny.”


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Dan was the first to step forward and look at her with open desire on his handsome face. “Oh, baby, this house is just perfect for all of us.” “This is our home, Tia. You and Shay are going to live here with us,” Ryder said. Tia backed away from them with a look of absolute panic on her face. She continued until she smacked into a hard body, Sam. As she bent her head back to see him he brought his mouth down over hers. Awkward as the kiss was, it felt wonderful. He quickly turned her in his arms and continued kissing her, his tongue demanding entrance into the warm recesses of her mouth as he enveloped her in his arms. Pushing against Sam’s chest, Tia tried to break the away from the lips that were turning her bones to jelly. She felt Sam let her go, because there was no way that she would have been able to break the almost bear-like hold that he had on her. “What the hell is going on here?” she squeaked, actually surprised that she could get anything out at all. “We can’t live here with the three of you! That’s insane. I’ve come here to start a new job and Simone told me that accommodations would be taken care of. She can’t have meant for me to live with her three brothers!” Oh god, what had she gotten them into? She knew it was too good to be true. What the hell was she going to do now? Panic started to set in as she shoved away from Sam and headed toward Shay. “Shay honey, come on, let’s go. It seems there’s been some kind of mistake.” Grabbing her daughter’s hand she looked at the three handsome men standing on the veranda with smiles on their faces. “But, Mom, this is a great place. You love to swim and look at the size of the pool.” Her daughter was tugging on her hand, trying to get her to slow her pace. Just as they got to the veranda, Ryder stepped in front of Tia while Dan took Shay’s hand and said with a smile and wink toward her

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out she had only been after him and his brothers because of their wealth and status. Camille was a gold digger and nothing more. Had she not gone to the bank to try a get a huge line of credit in his name he might have settled for her and even offered marriage. When the bank manager had called him to ask him to come and sign the paperwork he had felt betrayed. How could he have been so wrong? When he confronted her about it she laughed and said that she wasn’t really into his lifestyle at all and that she figured if she had to put up with his bullshit then she should at least be well compensated for it. She was packed and gone in an hour. Tia was the first woman since then that had really brought out that dominant side of him again. He wanted to wrap her and Shay in cotton and hide them away where they would never be hurt by anything ever again. He knew she was nothing like Camille. In fact, she seemed just the opposite. She was self-reliant, confident, and even after everything that bastard of a husband had put her through she still was able to trust Simone enough to give this job a chance. “Baby girl, since the moment we laid eyes on you we have wanted you. Simone knew there was something about you that would call to us.” Sam gently moved Ryder out from between her legs and took his place. Cupping both hands on her cheeks, he gently leaned in to kiss her. His lips tender and sweet yet just as arousing. “Ryder, Dan, and I have always known that someday we’d find that one woman to share our lives with. It’s the way we were raised. All of us are dominant men both in and out of the bedroom, but we’re not looking for a wimpy pushover who will do our bidding. It will take an exceptionally strong woman to handle three alpha males.” He smiled as his thumbs caressed along her jawline. “We think that you’re that woman. Simone saw the strength in you right away.”


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Tia’s heart was racing. With Sam and Ryder this close she was having a very hard time focusing on the things that had made her so angry to begin with. All she could think about was that Sam’s lips looked so damn kissable and that Ryder’s were as well. Ryder caressed her back as he said, “All of us think that you and Shay will be safer here with us than on your own. At least for a while. Simone doesn’t think that your ex-husband is going to be as easy to get rid of as you think. Even though he signed his legal rights to Shay over to you, she only thinks he did it because his girlfriend pressured him to. If things don’t work out for him the way he wants them to then she thinks he’ll come looking for both of you. He’s the type of man that thinks that you are his property, and he won’t let go that easily.” Sam kissed her cheek, sliding his mouth down her neck as he pushed her T-shirt aside to expose the skin at her shoulder. He continued kissing across the top of her shoulder and then back up her neck until finally resting on her lips. Tia moaned into his mouth as his tongue stroked hers. Sam’s kiss was devastating to her senses. It threw her body into complete overload very quickly. She brought her arms up so she could spear her fingers through his soft, golden hair and hold him closer to her. She felt Ryder start to pull her T-shirt completely from her jeans, and she gasped when his hand touched her skin. **** Lifting his lips from hers, Sam was more shaken than he’d ever been by a woman. Her body responded so well to their touches, their kisses. It was like she had been made for them alone. Yet, at the same time she pushed his control to the limits. They were Doms, for god’s sake, and not just Doms, but ones that owned a BDSM club and that prided themselves on their self-control. So much so that gave biannual seminars and classes on the lifestyle. How could

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this little slip of a woman almost bring him to his knees with just a kiss? “Tia, baby, there is nothing I want more right now than to sink my cock into your tight little body but we aren’t going to rush you on this.” Sam’s breathing was heavy and labored. “We need to get you settled in upstairs and then we can talk some more, okay?” **** Just as he said that, Dan came back outside. “Shay’s upstairs playing on the Wii, so she’s all safe and sound.” He walked right over to Tia and pulled her into an embrace and kissed her deeply. Dan’s kiss wasn’t meant to be gentle like Ryder’s and Sam’s had been. His was demanding and overpowering. He wanted her body to feel in complete chaos. Stepping back, he looked into her eyes but spoke to his brothers. “So how’s our woman doing? She gonna be a good girl and do as she’s told?” The moment the words were out of his mouth he regretted them because both his brothers groaned and Tia’s face went from relaxed to furious. “I don’t do what anyone else tells me to do, mister.” She smiled sweetly at all of them, yet the men knew that underneath that adorable grin she was trying to figure a way out of this. “I had years of a bad marriage and have no plans on getting involved with one man, let alone three. If Simone thinks that staying here with you for a while is a good thing, then I trust her enough to go along with it. But only until I can find a secure apartment to move into. Once I do, then Shay and I will move there and be just fine on our own.” Pushing hard against all three men, she walked into the house, “Now if someone would please show me to the way to my daughter or do I have to roam through the place calling out her name until I find her?” ****


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They all looked at her with smirks on their gorgeous faces. She would have a hell of a fight on her hands if she thought that they would allow her to live anywhere but with them until they could check more into her ex-husband. And even then she wasn’t going to be going anywhere. They had found her, after years of hoping and waiting, they had finally found her, and she was not going to get away from them now. “Sure, honey,” Ryder took her arm and started leading her toward the stairs. “Sam and Dan will go and finish getting the rest of your stuff from the truck and I’ll show you where you’ll be sleeping.” When they got about halfway up the staircase, he turned her toward him and with a quick, hard kiss on her lips that left her stunned he whispered, “At least where you’ll be sleeping for the time being anyway.” Leaving her to mull that thought over he walked up the stairs ahead of her with a smile that could light up the town on his face. Tia turned to look at the two other men as they, too, walked away with shit-eating grins on their faces. Damn, these men were going to be a lot harder to ignore than she had hoped. All three of them were incredibly arrogant, pig-headed, and downright bossy but they were also sexy, kind, and could make her panties wet just by looking at her. Shit, she just hoped her job would keep her busy enough so that she wouldn’t see them around the house too much. **** Ryder took her down to the end of the long hallway. Tia was amazed at the size of the place. There had to be at least ten bedrooms. She hoped they didn’t expect her to clean the house for them. She inwardly laughed. Opening the door at the very end he gestured for her to enter. She could hear her daughter laughing and calling someone a doofus as she

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Watching Tia’s eyes blink repeatedly, all three brothers couldn’t help but smile at as she stood, mouth agape, staring at what was probably the largest bed she’d ever seen. “Oh, no way, guys,” she said. “This is way too much. The bed alone could sleep all of us.” Stopping suddenly when she realized what she had just said, she tried to ignore it knowing that, from the feel of her face, she was blushing like a schoolgirl. “See guys I knew she was a very smart lady!” Sam smiled, walking toward her slowly. “Yes, baby, the bed is meant for all of us when you’re ready, you, me, Ryder, and Dan. We knew the first time we met you that you would be perfect for us. We can wait for as long as you need…I hope!” “I told you all I can’t do that. I have Shay to think about, and I don’t want her getting attached to all three of you and then when you get tired of us she gets hurt. I just can’t do that to her. She’s been through way too much already. She’s already starting to get attached to you and we’ve only just arrived.” **** They all came to stand around her, close but not touching. They looked down at her as if she was the most precious thing in the world to them and that both frightened and excited her. “Baby, when you’re ready to trust us we’ll be here. A child like Shay instinctually knows who to trust and who not to. That’s why she is so relaxed with us.” Ryder turned to see Dan nodding his head in agreement. “Shay knows that we would all die before seeing either of you hurt. And she can feel how much we adore you and want to protect you both.” Dan seemed to be a man of few words, but when he spoke he said a mouthful. Sam was the first of the three to touch her when he spoke. Taking her hand, he placed it over his heart, “My brothers and I want to give


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“And don’t think you’re out of the woods, judge.” Tia smiled as she also hugged her. “I haven’t figured it all out yet, but if this doesn’t work out, then it’s entirely your fault.” Simone burst out laughing and grabbed Tia and hugged her again. **** Simone knew she had been right in making the connection for her brothers. Tia was strong and would be able to handle anything her idiot siblings could throw at her. “So where’s my favorite niece to be?” She laughed. Tia groaned, and the Kinsey triplets smiled. “Don’t get her started, you three. If she keeps up with this she’ll have us married and me pregnant with triplets.” Simone just laughed because she knew that Tia would try to scare her brothers and get them to help her to deflect her match-making efforts. But Tia was in for a surprise when she looked back, expecting them to be following her, and they were just standing there smiling. “What?” they all asked simultaneously. “We were just imagining you all round and cute with our babes inside you,” Ryder piped up. “Oh, Lord have mercy,” Tia groaned. “I’ve fallen in with a bunch of lunatics.” She turned quickly and headed off to stop Simone before she started filling Shay’s head with all her notions. Too late she saw that Shay was already in Simone’s lap and the twins were talking about them becoming cousins and how great it will be… “Mom? Is it true?” Shay squealed running toward her. “Are you gonna marry Uncle Ryder, Uncle Sam, and Uncle Dan? Tia glared at Simone and the twins, and they all were smart enough to realize they were in deep trouble. “Not at the moment, honey. We barely know them. We’ll see what happens. Can we at least get settled into our new home and me into my new job before


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Chapter 3 Tia still wasn’t sure about the whole triplet relationship thing, but she wanted to give them all a chance. She didn’t understand how she could have such strong feelings for all three men so quickly. And they hadn’t even had sex yet. A buzzer sounded and a voice came over the intercom. “Dinner is ready in the dining room, boys. There’s more than enough for everyone. Don’t take too long or it will get cold.” “That’s Maria, our housekeeper and cook. Let’s go and meet her. She’s going to just love you two,” Sam said, going to get Shay. The dining room was large like everything else in the house. The table wasn’t your usual, seats-six kinda table. It was long and could probably seat twenty or more no problem, which in this family seemed like a good idea. Maria had set out a feast for them to welcome the girls to their new home. “I am so glad that you have come to make my boys happy, Miss Tia. They talked about you and Miss Shay so much that I feel like I know you already. These boys are special, and if they have chosen you to open their hearts to, then it makes me proud.” Tia could see the tears threatening to fall down Maria’s cheek. Quickly she grabbed a napkin and started to wipe under the older woman’s eyes. “Ah, she is a special one, boys, kind and thoughtful, and she doesn’t give a rat’s ass about your status or money, either, so she won’t be letting you get away with some of the crap those other bimbos let you. You’ve chosen well for yourselves.”


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Tia couldn’t help but burst out laughing at how Maria spoke to the triplets. She was definitely one of a kind. She seemed to know more about the family than anyone, so maybe, when she could get her alone, Tia would gently ask her some questions about the town of Kinsey. “Maria, maybe one day, when you have a little extra time, you could tell me about all those bimbos.” Tia smiled sweetly. “No!” came from all three of the men. “Hey,” Simone interjected. “Lady who introduced them needs some thanks, too, you know, Lady Maria!!” “Oh, Miss Simone.” She giggled. “You know how proud I am of your abilities. You do me proud every time a match is made.” Tia sat there and listened to the exchange between the two women. You could see the love between them and it made her sad that her parents weren’t around anymore. They had always had the kind of relationship that when one of them walked into the room where the other was they both lit up when their eyes met. Her parents had loved each other deeply and that was one of the reasons she married James. She thought that he could give her that. How wrong she was. **** Dan sat and watched the myriad of emotions that crossed Tia’s beautiful face. He knew that even though they had only known each other a short time she had strong feelings for all three of them. She just wasn’t ready to deal with them yet. He recognized that the feelings they brought out in her were something that she’d never had to deal with before. From some of her reactions to them, she’d probably never felt them, not even during her marriage to James. She was drawn to each one of them in a different way.

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Tia was to start her job on the following Monday morning. That gave her the rest of the week and weekend to unpack and get Shay settled. She laughed to herself at just how settled and well adjusted her little girl seemed to be already. Since the twins arrived early, Tia seemed to only see Shay at dinner and that was when everyone was around. The triplets, however seemed to be underfoot constantly. One of them was always around trying to help her with something or grab a quick kiss. Yesterday, all three had been at the house when she had tried to change a light bulb in Shay’s room. The ceilings were so high that she had to go and get a ladder. The minute she was at the top of the ladder she knew something was wrong. She heard a loud crack as the ladder gave way beneath her. Within seconds of landing on her ass and hip and crying out in pain, the door flew open and all three men were running into the room. Ryder was the first to get to her. “Are you all right, baby? Is anything broken?” Dan was his usual take-charge kinda guy. “Ryder! Get out of the way so that I can take a look at her,” he snapped. Dan had spent some time in Afghanistan with a medical team, so he would be able to tell if there was something serious. Gently, he looked her over, making sure not to move her around in case she had broken something. “I’m all right, guys, really. Just a blow to my pride, that’s all.” She laughed. Sam lifted her off the floor and into his arms as if she were light as a feather. The sheer strength of the three men amazed her. Striding through to her room, he deposited her on her bed. She could tell that they were all a little pissed with her because they stalked back and forth across her room like caged tigers. “What do you think you were doing up there, Tia?” Sam growled. “You could have been killed, little one, and then where would Shay be?”


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Tia hadn’t thought about it being dangerous when she decided to climb up the ladder. She had done all the home maintenance during her marriage so it seemed normal to her. Mind you, the ceilings in her old house weren’t nearly as high as the ones here, but the ladder looked in good shape so she went for it. Never taking their eyes off her, each man took up a position around the bed. **** Dan came and sat beside her, taking her hands in his, trying desperately to hide the fact that he was shaking. Leaning forward, she placed a hand on his cheek, hoping to ease his fears. Suddenly, he grabbed her in an embrace so tight she thought her ribs might break. “I never want to see you hurt, baby. Please, if you need something like that done again ask one of us and we’d be more than happy to do anything for you,” he whispered into her hair. “I didn’t want to bother you. You all have stuff to do. Jobs, I presume that you have to go to. You can’t be doing everything for me. I’ve always done all the home maintenance, so it didn’t seem to be such a big deal.” Ryder came around the other side of the bed and took one of her hands in his. “Sweetheart, if anything happened to you the three of us wouldn’t survive. You and Shay have come to mean so much to us in a very short time, and we’re very protective of what’s ours.” Dan didn’t want to think about either Tia or Shay being hurt. The images would be too much for him to handle, and he’d probably end up a basket case. **** Tia glanced and smiled at all the men and thought it was the sweetest thing for them to worry about her. Lord knows the only thing

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James worried about where she was concerned was how fast he could spend her money and what her family connections could do for his career. “Look, guys, I appreciate everything you’re doing for us, but you have your own lives to live. You do all have jobs, don’t you?” She quietly laughed to herself. “See, I don’t even know what any of you do for a living.” Tia thought about that for a minute. She really didn’t know a great deal about the three men. She knew they were gorgeous and sweet and that they loved their sister. She knew they loved to tease each other so bad sometimes that it ended in a scuffle. But they would die for one another. They all smiled and looked at each other. Tia could see that Ryder was trying hard not to let his amusement show. Maybe there was something that they had been holding back. Sam was the first one to attempt an explanation. “Well, honey, we don’t have your usual type of jobs. We own our own business here in Kinsey so we can come and go as we please. It’s actually quite popular and very exclusive.” They all knew an explanation was needed. They just weren’t sure how the hell they were going to explain to her that they were the owners of a very exclusive BDSM club. “Uh, yeah, baby, we want to take you there to play with you soon. We know that you’re going to just love it there.” Ryder smiled. “Very soon,” was all that Dan seemed to be able to get out. **** Not quite sure whether or not she really wanted the answer to her next question she decided to go for it anyway. “What kind of business do you have that you can play at? Is it a gym?” She looked between the three men and noticed that none of them were too eager to answer her. It couldn’t be that bad. Could it?


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“Did you notice when you came into town that big warehouselooking building on the outskirts?” Ryder asked, still smiling. “Well that’s our club, honey. We run a BDSM club and train Doms in the art of pleasuring their subs or slaves.” None of the men knew what to expect from her, but they certainly didn’t expect her to burst out laughing, she was sure of that. “So you’re all Doms. And you own a club where you train other Doms?” she asked, still giggling. “We also have classes to train subs and slaves, with their Doms of course, so that they can have happy and healthy relationships.” “Just what I need in my life, three alpha fucking males, who not only are Doms, but run a club, and train other, alpha fucking males.” She could not believe it. **** “It’s not all about dominance, Tia.” Sam wanted to try to explain to her so that she would understand the kind of lifestyle they lived and how they wanted her in their life to complete them. “If I agree to a relationship with the three of you, do you expect me to be your slave? If it is what you expect from me, we might as well not even try to start anything. I was married to a man for a number of years that treated me like that. I won’t go back to that for anyone. I’m not a punching bag for anyone!” Sam could see that Tia was struggling to hold back her angry tears, but one slipped down her cheek, and she quickly brushed it away. Dan could see that she was starting to panic. Her breathing was becoming faster, and she was starting to shake. He didn’t want to get her anymore worked up, so he continued with the explanation. “No, sweetling, we don’t want a slave. If fact, it will take an exceptionally strong woman to take on all three of us. But we do need to have control in the bedroom. We would never do anything to hurt

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you or cause you pain, but there will be times that you might feel uncomfortable in the beginning, with something that one of us is doing to you, and we won’t just let you give up. We will stretch your boundaries, baby.” “You’re talking as if we are going to have a relationship. What if I can’t be—what you want in the bedroom?” **** Tia was getting more and more aroused as the conversation continued. Dan walked over to the door and clicked the lock in place, and then he walked to the connecting door between Tia’s and Shay’s rooms and did the same thing, the sound of the last lock clicking into place made Tia’s heart start to race faster than it already was. Ryder climbed up farther on the bed and leaned against the headboard, pulling her back against him as he whispered in her ear, “Oh, baby, we think you are exactly what we need. You just haven’t found the right partners to bring that side to the forefront. You’ve always had to be the one in control in your relationship, but now we are going to show you how giving up control in the bedroom will bring you pleasure like you’ve never dreamed.” Sam had moved slowly onto the bed and had started to pull her socks off and kiss the instep of her right foot. Tia had never realized what an erogenous zone it was until he started do that. Dan stood at the side of the bed and looked down at her through hunger-filled eyes, slowly unbuttoning his shirt as he watched his brothers start to undress Tia. “You’ve never had three men make love to you before, have you, baby?” Ryder kissed down the side of her neck, nipping at her shoulder as he pulled her T-shirt over her head. “Just lay back and relax. Let us do all the work.”


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Tia watched as Dan removed his shirt. She knew they were all really well built, but damn his chest was gorgeous. Completely devoid of hair, it looked smooth and soft yet the muscles underneath she knew would be strong and solid. She had been so impressed by Dan’s chest that she barely noticed Sam undoing her jeans and slipping them off her legs. She was glad that she had decided, after her divorce, to start buying and wearing only sexy matching panties sets. She had always worn “practical” underwear during her marriage. Maybe in part because it made James lose interest in sex when he started to undress her. Today she had chosen her new red bra and thong panty set. It made her feel wicked and sexy. Sam sat, fully dressed, between her legs and just looked at her. “You are the sexiest woman I have ever laid my eyes on, baby girl. And wouldn’t you know it that red is my favorite color.” Ryder’s hands moved smoothly down over her shoulders and around the sides of her breasts to cup them in his hands as if offering them to his brothers. “Look at these breasts.” He smiled and moved to the front closure to snap it open. The bra was left on and it clung precariously to her overly sensitive nipples. All of the men were still partially dressed. They’d taken off their shirts but still had their jeans on. This left Tia feeling very vulnerable and small. She wanted to see all of them naked. She wanted to feel their skin against hers. As if reading her mind, Dan spoke to her in a low, seductive tone.“We aren’t going to make love to you yet, sweetheart. We just want you to get used to feeling our hands on you. When we take you to the club we are going to show you exactly how submissive you are. You may be in control in other aspects of your life, but in the bedroom and in our club you will be ours to play with. You are so responsive to our touch, baby. I can’t wait until we get you into our

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private room at the club. I want to see you beg for your orgasm. You are so beautiful in your passion.” **** Tia could only stare at them. She didn’t think that she’d be comfortable going to their club, but she was curious. Just the thought of having more than one of them take her at the same time made her pussy weep. “Hell, honey, you must be thinking about the club and what we are going to do to you.” Sam smirked up at her from between her legs. “Your beautiful pussy just made your panties all wet, so you must have been thinking something really good.” “Maybe she was thinking about how good it is going to feel when we all fuck her?” Daniel asked, smiling. She could feel their eyes devouring her like she was a piece of candy. Lying on the bed between them she felt strange yet exhilarating. She had never felt this way before. They had managed to strip her down to her bra and panties, but they hadn’t really touched her a great deal other than to stroke her arm or kiss the inside of her thigh. But they hadn’t tried to make love to her. Maybe they were into tantric sex as well as BDSM. They all seemed so eager when they brought her in here, but now they all were just looking at her and it was starting to make her uncomfortable. “Well guys this has been fun, but I need to get up and finish unpacking, and since none of you want me on that ladder again you’re going to need to change the bulb for me.” As if reading her mind, Ryder whispered in her ear, “Is being naked with us bothering you, baby? We want you to feel comfortable with us. We want you to feel at ease with us touching you because we will be touching you at every opportunity.” ****


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Dan wanted to take her to the club and enjoy a night of play with her and his brothers, but he was unsure of whether Tia would give them the chance to show her their world. “Tonight we have to go to the club. There is a bit of a party to celebrate the success of Club Kinsey and all the local members and a few out-of-towners are going to be there. We want you to come with us so we can show you off to everyone, but we’ll have to go over a few rules before we go there.” A lot of people thought that anyone involved in the BDSM scene were perverts, that they were sex maniacs or sadists. While the triplets had never been into the extremes of the lifestyle, there were those they knew who were. The club was a place for safe, consensual play between adults, and no matter what any prude said they had never had one complaint about the club. Taking Tia there was going to be any eye-opening experience for her. He didn’t think that it would scare her off. She’d already shown that she was willing to test the boundaries of life. Dan watched with anticipation as Tia decided whether or not to go to the club with them. He could tell that she wanted to go and at least experience it. But he also knew that it would be a really big leap of faith for her. Not having grown up in a ménage lifestyle, for her everything they would do together would be new. For him and his brothers, showing her the joys of not only a ménage lifestyle, but a Dom/sub one as well, would be the greatest joy. They’d waited for a long time to find that perfect fit for all three of them. They’d shared lovers in the past, but none of them held their hearts. None of them made all three of them complete the way Tia did. Tia was a once-in-a-lifetime gift for all of them, and they’d make sure she knew just how much she was appreciated. “I don’t know about coming to your club, guys. I still have so much to do and with everything being so new I’m not sure how Shay would react to me going out so soon.”

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**** Tia was hoping that the explanation would be enough for them to drop the subject but she doubted it. Moving to grab her clothes Tia let out a shriek of surprise when an arm came around her and stopped her in her tracks. “You need to take a break, baby. I’m sure Shay would be fine hanging out with our nieces,” Dan whispered into her ear. “That’s not fair to your sister and her husbands.” She laughed at the way the three men were looking at her. It was if she’d just said something completely foreign to them. “Why are you all looking at me as if I’ve grown another head?” She giggled. “Well, sweetheart, since it was Simone’s idea for Shay to come over and hang out with the girls I’m pretty sure she’s got a night of fun planned for them,” Ryder said, picking up her clothes and handing them to her. “You get dressed, unpack some more of your stuff, and then jump in the shower and dress in something pretty for us. We’ll come back for you in a couple of hours. There’s still a few details that we need to check into before the event tonight. Simone is going to come and get the girls in about an hour, so that should give you plenty of time to get ready. And remember this”—he leaned down, pulling her against him once again—“no panties underneath your dress. We want to be able to get to you whenever and wherever we want.” With a quick kiss from the three men, Tia was left standing in the middle of the bedroom, holding her clothes and her mouth agape. No underwear! He’s got to be kidding. She couldn’t go to an event without any underwear on. Could she? Tia giggled at the thought of being naked underneath her dress.


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She quickly dressed and headed downstairs to find the girls. I wonder how Shay is going to react to spending a night away from me so soon, she thought. The girly squeals of delight that came out of her daughter when Tia had finally found her and told her about the sleepover were enough to break her eardrums. “I guess you’re okay with it then, huh?” Tia yelled over the squealing, plugging her ears with her fingers to try and block out some of the noise. “This is so cool,” Shay said, jumping up and down. “The twins told me that Aunt Simone and the uncles are going to take us to the drive-in. Do you know what a drive-in is, Mom? It’s an outdoor theatre where you watch the movie from your car! How cool is that?” “Sounds like you’re going to have a really fun time. Are you sure you’re okay with this?” Tia half hoped that Shay would decide that she’d rather stay at home, but she knew it was only her own insecurities talking. Hearing a noise from the kitchen, Shay and Tia headed toward it. The twins Emma and Holly were in there, calmly sitting at the table as if they’d just arrived. All around them was the evidence of what the three girls had been up to before she found Shay in the bathroom. Chocolate syrup dripped down the front of the stainless-steel fridge and onto the beautiful marble floor. Ice cream overflowed in three bowls that sat on the counter, so far uneaten. As Tia stepped farther into the kitchen she noticed that there were berries of all kinds spattered about the kitchen. Some on the floor, some on the counter and if she wasn’t mistaken there were a couple on the chairs at the table. “What in blazes have you three been up to?” She laughed. Emma was the first to speak. “Uncle Ryder said that we could make sundaes, but when we started, Holly got her knickers in a twist ’cause she said I had more than she did.”

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“Well you did. But you didn’t have to try and squirt me with chocolate syrup.” Holly giggled. “You threw a strawberry at me first!” Emma chimed back. “Okay, okay. I get the gist of how the mess got here. Now it’s up to the three of you to clean the kitchen up.” Tia was trying so hard not to just break out in laughter. “We’re sorry, Tia,” both girls said in unison. “Yeah, Mom, sorry. I should have slapped them both upside the head.” Shay, too, was now giggling along with the girls. Not being able to hold it in any longer Tia burst out laughing and started to help the girls clean up. By the time Simone arrived the kitchen was, once again, a chef’s paradise. “Thanks for taking Shay tonight, Simone, your brothers want to show me their club, and I’m not sure what time I’ll be home, so this really helps a lot.” “Listen, honey, families help each other whenever they can and since you and Shay are now family, well maybe not officially yet, but you’re still family, all you have to do is ask.” Simone motioned to the girls to grab their things so they could leave. Shay grabbed her bag, hugged and kissed her mom, and headed out after the girls. “Have a great time tonight, honey, and relax a little. Give my brothers a chance to show you their club. They’ve done such a great job with it and I’m so proud of them. They’re already in love with you, you know.” She smiled when Tia’s face turned beet red. “Don’t be scared of anything they show you. They would never hurt you in any way. And anything you don’t like you just tell them. Always be honest with them. I know you’ve been through a hell of a ride with your ex, but my brothers are nothing like that son of a bitch you were married to. They would kill anyone who tried to hurt you.” Tia grabbed Simone in a big hug, silently thanking her for all the help and kindness that she had shown her and Shay.


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“Stop that now or you’ll make me cry, and then the husbands would see my red eyes and get all worried, and then they spoil me for the next week trying to make up for whatever bad they think they have done.” Placing her finger at the side of her chin and looking up wistfully, Simone smiled. “Hmm, that doesn’t sound like such a bad deal, does it?” Tia chuckled and saw Simone out the door. **** Simone had her husbands wrapped around her little finger. Tia giggled at the thought of trying something like that with the triplets. They’d probably tell her she was acting like a child and storm away. No! That was what James would have done. Ryder, Dan, and Sam were so different from any type of man that she had ever known. They were alpha males. Real, live, honest to goodness, alpha males and at least for tonight, they were hers. Noticing the time, she realized that the triplets would be there in just under an hour and she hadn’t even showered yet. Practically running up the stairs into her bedroom, she started digging through the closet where she had already hung up some dresses earlier in the day. She knew exactly which dress she wanted to wear tonight. It was one that she’d never worn before. She bought it right after leaving James, as sort of a celebration of freedom. She’d seen it in the window of a boutique she passed regularly, near her old house. When she saw it she couldn’t help but buy it. It looked like your typical little black dress when she first saw it. But when the girl who was putting it on the mannequin showed her the back she knew it was hers. The deep opening in the back dipped right to just about her butt. The neckline looked like a collar with open shoulders and a heart-shaped opening in the front. The length of the dress was perfect as well, resting midthigh. When she tried it on

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Angrier than she’d been in a long time, she hadn’t heard Ryder and his brothers come in. As she came into the kitchen she let out a screech when she saw the three handsome men sitting at the table. “Oh, my God, you guys scared the shit out of me.” She laughed. But her laughter died quickly when they all stood and she got a good look at all of them dressed for the club. All three men wore leather pants. Ryder and Sam in the softestlooking black leather she’d ever seen and Dan wore light brown suede pants. They were wearing nice T-shirts in varying colors. “Wow,” was all she could get out. “Damn right you’re wow.” Ryder smiled and pulled her into his arms, running his hands over her hips to her ass. “Good girl, no panties. That will get you a reward later on tonight.” He kissed her cheek chastely and handed her off to Sam. Tia knew the moment that Ryder got a look at the back of her dress because she heard his deep intake of breath. “Dear lord, woman, we’re going to be fighting off every fucking Dom in the place with you in that dress.” Pulling her back and turning her so his brothers could see, they both gasped at the same time. “Damn, Tia,” Sam said. “You’re a walking wet dream in that dress and those boots. Ryder’s right when he says you’ll have every Dom there drooling over you.” Dan, who was always the man of few words, walked up behind her, put his arms around her waist, and pulled her back against him, snuggling into the side of her neck. “You look incredible, sweetling,” he whispered in her ear before kissing the available skin on her shoulder. Tia couldn’t help but feel wonderful after all their compliments and attention. “Thank you, gentlemen, but I might say the same for you. I might have to fight off every little submissive that wants you to be their Dom.”

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“No worries in that department, baby, there isn’t any woman alive that could hold a candle to you.” Sam smiled at her as he took her by the hand and practically pried her out of Dan’s grip and gently kissed her forehead. Leaning his head down against hers, he looked in her eyes and she could see he was telling the truth. Clearing his throat, Ryder spoke with authority in his voice. “There are a few rules that we have to go over with you before we head out to the club, my adorable little kitten.” “I think I already know some of them but I would like to hear them from you guys.” She wanted them to lead her through this step by step. She didn’t want to embarrass them at their own club. “First one is, you belong to us. No one else will touch you without our express permission, and that’s just not going to happen,” Sam said half laughingly. “Second, you will address us as Sir. We have yet to collar you, so calling us Master at the club isn’t appropriate.” Dan smiled. “Collar me? What does that mean? I’m not a dog!” She suddenly wasn’t sure about this. “A collar is worn by a submissive to show others of the community that she has been claimed. That you have completely submitted to your Dom or in some cases Doms.” Ryder smiled and exchanged a look with his brothers. “As we’ve mentioned to you before, there are different levels of dominant relationships. There is the bedroom sub, which is what you are.” Sam kissed her blushing cheek. “Then there’s the lifestyle sub. They live the life of a submissive. They give over all control in their daily life to their Master. And in return he shelters and gives his or her sub everything that they need. The lifestyle sub not only submits their will at a club but also in everything else.” Her head was swimming with information. What would they expect from her at their club? Taking a deep breath, she let it out and went for it.


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“You’ve always told me to be completely honest with you, so here goes. I am afraid that if we go to the club that I will embarrass you in front of your friends. I don’t know how to act, other than what you’ve already told me and shown me.” She was on the verge of tears, not knowing how they would react. Ryder sat down on one of the chairs at the table and pulled her onto his lap. **** Ryder was so happy that she was able to voice her fears to them. That was the start of true honesty. “Little one, you can act exactly how you act with us here, with a couple of exceptions. You will address us as Sir until we officially claim you and you stand proud beside us as our submissive.” A single tear fell down her cheek and Ryder quickly caressed it away with his thumb. “Please don’t cry, kitten. We can handle anything you throw at us as long as you don’t cry. It breaks our hearts.” **** Not wanting her men to worry, Tia leaned forward, taking both Sam’s and Dan’s hands in hers, and asked in a quiet little voice, “Please, Sirs, can you take me to see your club now?”

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Chapter 4 The drive to the club seemed to take forever. When the triplets went to pick Tia up they had decided to take the club limo instead of driving themselves. This way they all would be free to play with their little sub. But none of them moved through the whole twenty-minute ride. Tia’s little sub voice had Ryder so hard that if he even touched her at this point he was going to fuck her brains out. He was pretty sure his brothers were in the same frame of mind. Arriving at the club, Sam helped Tia from the limo and they all entered the club together. The three men surrounded her, making everyone within viewing distance aware that she was theirs. **** The first thing that Tia noticed when she entered the club was the gigantic bear of a man that stood just inside the front door. He greeted Ryder, Sam, and Dan with and handshake and a man-hug. “Looks like a lot of people showed up for the celebration, Kane!” Ryder said to the mountain standing beside him. “Yeah, it looks like almost all the local members have come as well as quite a few of the out-of-towners.” Looking directly at Tia, Kane, as Ryder had called him, held out his hand as if he wanted her to take it. Not sure what to do, she looked to Ryder for guidance. “It’s okay, kitten, you can take his hand. Kane is part owner of the club as well.”


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“And what would your name be, little girl?” Kane asked as Tia placed her hand in his. He was a giant of a man, but his grip on her hand was gentle and soothing. “Tia, Tia Reynolds.” She gulped. “Well, Tia Reynolds, welcome to Club Kinsey. And welcome to the family. I can see now why Ryder, Sam, and Dan have been keeping you under wraps. You are absolutely exquisite, my dear.” He leaned over and brushed a kiss on the top of her hand, making her face heat. “That’ll be quite enough, Kane,” Sam said as he pushed Kane back a little. “Tia is ours so it’s hands off.” Kane laughed at the expression on Tia’s face at Sam’s declaration. “Do you see a collar on me, Sir?” she asked coyly. “You know that until our official claiming we won’t collar you,” he said, sounding a little shaken. “Well then you don’t really have the right to go all arrogant Dom on me then, do you?” She smiled and went to push past him into the club. Sam reached her before she had a chance to move more than three steps. He picked her up and placed her back against the wall by the cloak room. “Remember what we told you, Tia? You are ours. No other Dom will touch you. Do you hear me?” His mouth landed hard on hers and she willingly opened for him. Wrapping her legs around his hips to hold him closer, she felt two more set of hands on her legs. “You can kiss the reward you earned earlier good-bye, sweetling, because you just earned your first punishment with that little display of disrespect,” Dan whispered in her ear. Ryder leaned in from the opposite side. “We’re at the limit of our control with you, little one. So unless you want us to take you home

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right now and fuck you until you can’t see straight I suggest you not test our patience again.” Every one of them was breathing hard as Sam released her, and she lowered her legs to the floor. “Sorry, Sirs, I didn’t mean any disrespect.” She smiled up at them sweetly. Kane burst out laughing. “Man, you guys have a special lady here. She’s not afraid of you, and that’s exactly the kind of woman that the three of you need.” He patted Ryder hard on the back and headed into the main part of the club. Making sure that Tia’s clothing was in the proper place again, the four of them followed Kane into the club. Tia’s eyes widened at the sights and sounds that hit her the moment she entered the room. It was a full house, that was obvious, but instead of whips and chains, Tia found the environment warm and inviting. There were private booths in the two back corners, but other than that it was an open sitting area with a large dance floor in the center of the room. People of all shapes and sizes sat along the couches that lined the walls. Some were obvious in their Dom/sub relationship with one either wearing a collar or being led about on a chain. But most of the people were dressed a lot like you would see at any club. She felt a tug on her hand as Ryder indicated they would be moving upstairs. Walking in between the men, she felt protected, she felt safe. There were some men that looked at her as if she was a piece of meat and started to walk toward her, but one look from one of the men and they all slightly bowed and slinked away. As they walked up the stairs, she felt like she was being watched. Turning her head to look over the crowd, her eyes connected with an older man’s. He tried to mask the rage on his face, but he didn’t do a very good job of it. Chills ran down her spine as he nodded and smiled at her.


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“Ryder, who’s that older man standing over by the bar?” She had pulled him to a stop just as they reached the top of the staircase. Ryder looked in the direction she had indicated, but there was no one but a group of younger men standing about. “I don’t see who you’re talking about, baby. Why? Did he say something to you?” he asked. “No, he just looked at me as if he hated me, and I have never seen him before,” she said, loud enough for him to hear her over the music. “I wouldn’t worry too much about it sweetling. He’s probably just pissed off that we got to you before he had a chance.” Leaning down he gently kissed the top of her head. As they continued on to the offices upstairs, Tia scanned the room below again trying to find the man she had seen earlier. He had really given her the creeps, and she wanted to know why. **** Well now I know how to get to them. Those three Kinsey brothers think they are better than everyone else. I’ll show them that you don’t mess with a man’s family and not expect to pay the consequences. That little girl that they are with must mean an awful lot to them for them to surround her so protectively. I’ll bet she’s fucking all three of them. The little slut deserves what she going to get. Once I’m finished with her, those high-and-mighty Kinsey brothers won’t even be able to tell it’s their woman. Jack Peters watched Ryder, Sam, and Dan Kinsey as they entered the club and headed toward the stairs leading to the offices and private rooms. If they saw him they’d kick him out of the club right away. He’d had to have one of his friends let him in the back door so that they wouldn’t see him. He couldn’t believe how gullible people could be sometimes. All it had taken was for Jack to tell his friend that he was trying to surprise the Kinsey men with a special gift, and

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Opening the office door, Sam led Tia in and over to one of the long couches that lined two of the office walls. In one of the corners sat a beautiful antique desk complete with a blotter. “This is wonderful.” She sighed, running her hand along the edge of the desk. **** Tia loved antique desks. They were built with real craftsmanship. Not at all like the paperboard shit that was mass produced today. “That desk has been in our family for centuries. It’s actually one of three that has been handed down every time a set of triplets is born into our family,” Dan explained. “How many sets of triplets are there?” Tia asked. “Besides us there are two other sets. Adam, Ethan, and Jordan are our cousins and they live on a ranch just outside of town. They didn’t want the desks when they were asked about them. You’ll probably meet them tonight some time. And the other set is Ashley, Rebecca, and Joy. They are kinda hard to explain. They’re our cousins and we love them to death, but all three of them are hell on wheels. It has to be a woman thing, but they are wilder than any man I have ever met.” Tia had to smile as she remembered the incident in the kitchen with the girls before the men had arrived. They were still preteens and they were getting into stuff. She could only imagine what they would be like as adults. Tia pitied any boy who dared to ask either of those girls out on a date. With six alpha male relatives breathing down their necks she doubted any boy would even have the guts. Tia watched Ryder walk over to a bank of monitors and turn them on. In total there were eight. Six gave a different view of the inside of the club and two gave views of the front and back entrances. “Looks like Kane has everything under control for now. I think we can spend some quality time in one of the playrooms with our little sub,” Ryder said, turning to look at Tia.

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“What’s a playroom?” she asked, gulping. “It a room where we can take you and show you exactly what it means to be our submissive,” he said in a very sexy, low tone as he strolled across the room to where she sat on the couch with Sam. Sam moved closer to her and started to run his hand up and down her thigh. “We want you to be comfortable with all of us, baby. So we’ll take you into the playroom and give you the greatest pleasure of your life,” Sam whispered in her ear. Tia shivered and leaned in toward Sam. turning her head toward him. What started out to be a gentle meeting of lips, within seconds became carnal and raw. Sam’s kiss left her breathless. Dan moved to sit on the other side of Tia and ran his hand up the inside of her thigh, not quite touching her aching pussy. “Do you want to play with us, sweetling?” he gently asked, continuing the onslaught of teasing her. “Yes, but I don’t know what to do, Sir,” she said breaking away from Sam’s kiss. “You just do what feel right, sugar, and let us take care of the rest.” He smiled. Ryder leaned in and without further conversation picked her up and strode across the room to a door that lead into a huge bedroom! That was the only way she could describe it. The room was centered around an enormous bed. It was probably the biggest one besides the one at the house that she’d ever seen. Along the back wall were built-in wooden cabinets. A trapeze-like bar hung down from the ceiling in one of the corners, and underneath it she could see what looked like rings built into the floor. “This is incredible, guys. You built all this yourselves?” she asked, amazed at the intricate detail that went into some of the designs she saw on the cabinets. ****


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Placing her in the center of the bed, Ryder smiled and looked to both his brothers to see if they had caught it as well. Their little sub wasn’t at all afraid of the hanging bar in the corner or even the St. Andrew’s cross that was strategically placed against the far wall. No, she was more interested in the designs that they had made on the cabinets. Chuckling, Ryder moved onto the bed beside her and said, “Enough of the commentary on our skills as craftsmen. It’s time to play, little sub.” Tia had been sitting on the bed with her knees curled under her. Suddenly, she lay flat on her back with her arms over her head and Dan was at her feet removing her boots. He looked up at her from the bottom of the bed and winked. “We’re not going to fuck you tonight, little one.” His voice sounded deep and rumbling from his chest. “Tonight we are going to test some of your limits, though,” he said as her boots fell to the floor with a resounding thump. “Have you ever had a cock in your ass, baby?” Dan asked so sweetly. Ryder and Sam had been busy exploring her neck and shoulders with their mouths but stopped to listen when they heard Dan’s question to her. Shaking a little already, Tia answered, “No, I’ve never had anything there before. I always thought it hurt to have anything there.” The fact that she couldn’t let herself say “ass” showed them that it would take some time to get her relax enough to take their cocks up her ass. Patience had never been a triplet trait, but for Tia they would wait. “We’ll start you off very slow, baby. First we’re going to lube your little hole up, and then I’m going to put a small butt plug in to stretch you. It will feel different, but it won’t hurt, I promise. Then

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**** Dan walked around the side of the bed, turning her to face Ryder. He lifted her arms as he started to unzip her dress, continuing, “The second one you’ve earned tonight is for not addressing us properly. You’ve used it a few times, but only when you’ve wanted something.” Ryder reached for the neckline of her dress and started pulling it down revealing her body to them. “I do think, however, that because you did as we asked and didn’t wear any panties and because you are so new to all this that we will drop it back to two. What do you think, brothers?” She was looking at them all with hopeful eyes. “May I speak freely for one moment, Sirs?” she asked quietly. They nodded their heads in agreement. “I’m a little frightened.” Tia stood fidgeting with her hand unable to look any of the men in the eyes. “Not of you, but of the punishments. During my marriage it always meant a beating. So when you talk about punishing me I get nervous.” She didn’t want them to see the utter humiliation she felt at her confession. “Little one, lift you head and look me in the eyes,” Ryder softly said. When she hesitated his tone changed. “Now,” he ordered, lending little doubt in her mind that he would stand for no less than her obedience. She lifted her eyes to his and could see nothing but kindness and caring. If they’d known each other longer she might even say love. “What you just told us was the bravest thing I’ve ever heard. The only way this can work is if we have good communication, and by telling us your fear, you have gifted us with your trust. And that also is one of the strongest factors in this type of relationship.” ****

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Dan stepped forward and hugged her to him. “Sweetling, any punishment we give you is not to hurt you physically. They are only given to remind you of certain behaviors we want from you. A spanking is the only physical punishment you would ever receive from any of us. There are many forms of punishments we can give you, such as denying you an orgasm while one of us kisses and licks that gorgeous pussy. Never would we hurt you.” Sam drew her from his brothers’ arms and stood her in front of him. **** Gazing at her, Sam couldn’t believe how lucky they were to have found her. “Tia, you are the light in our lives. The moment we met you we all knew how incredibly special you are. And we will make sure that no one ever harms you again.” Ryder had taken a seat on one of the padded, straight-backed chairs, and gestured for her to come to him. Tia slowly walked across to stand between his legs. He ran his hands over her shoulders and down her arms to grip her hands in his. “Lay across my lap, little one, and I promise you that even though it is a punishment you will enjoy it.” Sam couldn’t help but see the shiver that ran through her body as Ryder gave her a wicked grin and a wink. As gracefully as possible she positioned herself across Ryder’s lap, strangely her heart wasn’t racing in fear but in anticipation. She couldn’t wait for her spanking. “God, what a stunning ass you have, kitten,” he said softly, struggling to get enough air into his lungs. Sam watched as Ryder ran his hand over her butt, squeezing and kneading, gently pushing his finger against her back hole until he heard her moan.


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“Ah, our little sub likes to have her ass filled it seems. Well, first the punishment and then the pleasure,” Ryder said with a grin. Smack…The first blow landed on her left cheek. Sam knew it wasn’t painful like she thought it would be. Instead, after the initial sting, it brought a beautiful heated blush to her bottom and, he was sure she could feel the heat between her legs as well. Sam could see her juices starting to flow. Smack, smack, smack. There were three in quick succession that had her writhing and moaning on Ryder’s lap. Turning her head to the side, she could see that Sam and Dan sat on two other chairs not far from them. They were both naked now and stroking their cocks as they watched their brother spank her. As Sam stood, his eyes didn’t leave hers until he had completely disappeared from her view. Tia felt her legs being parted, and she tried to close them again, knowing that they would see just how much she had enjoyed her spanking. Smack, smack. This time it was Sam’s hand that furnished the blows. She could feel the difference in the way their hands felt and the way their blows landed. Ryder’s were quick and fast. Sam’s were slower and he gently rubbed the heated skin afterwards. It was Dan’s voice she heard through the haze of her desire, “You better not close your legs again, sweetling, or my brothers will continue to torment you with more punishment.” He, too, walked toward her, and she could see, finally, what a magnificent body he had. His brown hair, streaked blond in some places, fell to rest on his shoulders. His arms were huge. His right one sported a dragon tattoo that ran from the top of his shoulder to his elbow. It almost seemed alive when he moved his arm. The rest of him was built to make a woman feel safe and secure. Large, muscular chest with just a spattering of hair in the center that continued down to where his cock lay. Like his brothers, he was huge, but Dan was thicker. She shivered at the thought of him entering her body.

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He smiled, kneeled down beside her head, and gently kissed her lips. “Sweetling, you have to learn to trust us. Know that we would never do anything the harm you and that at any time, if we do something that you absolutely do not like, just tell us and we’ll stop.” Tears welled up in her eyes at the sweetness in his voice. Whispering to him, she said, “I’m scared, Sir. Not of the punishments but of how they make me feel. I’ve never had this overwhelming need to submit to anyone before.” She lowered her eyes from his so that she wouldn’t have to see the rejection in his eyes. Slowly, still stroking her butt, Ryder pulled her up so that she had her back against his chest and she faced his brothers. Brushing her hair aside he kissed along the top of her shoulder and up to her ear where he whispered to her in a very soft voice, “Kitten, there is nothing to be afraid of, and there is nothing wrong in what you are feeling. For the first time your body is telling you to trust and that’s something your head and heart are fighting. Submitting to us in the bedroom is something that will only bring us all great pleasure.” He draped her legs on either side of his thighs facing his brothers and opened them wide. He ran his hand up to cup the underside of her breast so his thumb and forefinger could tug on her distended nipple. “Watch Sam’s and Dan’s eyes while I touch you. See how they darken with their desire. That’s never happened with anyone else. Only you can bring out our baser instincts. We are very dominant men, and you bring that out even more in all three of us. The need to love and protect you is strong in all of us, as is our need for your submission.” Ryder stroked along the inside of her thighs until he came to the apex. She was so wet from his words and caresses that it was surprising that her cream hadn’t dripped all over the floor. Sam moved to between her legs. Taking her head in his hands he kissed her as if his life depended on it. “I’m going to lick all that lovely cream from your pussy, and you are going to come for me like you never have before.” His lips trailed


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down over the peak of her breast, and she sucked in air when his teeth gently closed around one of the nipples Ryder offered to him, licking down over her stomach until his tongued slid through her slit from the top of her clit to her ass and back up again. Tia cried out at the warm feel of Sam’s tongue on her pussy, and having Ryder whispering in her ear what they wanted to do to her was only making her wetter. As he ran his tongue over her labia, making sure to swipe her clit once or twice to tease her, he murmured, stopping to look into her eyes. “You still owe us a punishment, kitten. I think we’ll keep you on the edge until we get home. By that time maybe you’ll remember to address us properly from now on.” **** A smile stretched across Sam’s face as he watched Tia almost bite her tongue in half trying not to swear like a trucker at him. He could tell by her body’s responsiveness just how close she was to an orgasm. She was learning very fast how to get what she wanted. Sam bent down between her legs again and sucked hard on her clit. Hearing her moan and feeling her try to pull his head in harder against her, he stopped and stood away from her. “Oh, God, don’t leave me like this,” Tia whimpered. Dan moved to where Sam had just been but didn’t kneel down. Instead he stood with his hand wrapped around his cock and asked, “Do you see this hard-on, little sub? I’ve had this since the moment I laid eyes on you. Just the thought of sinking my cock between your sweet lips is about enough to make me come. Ryder’s and Sam’s dicks have been just as hard and hungry as mine. But we are going to wait until we get you home to a nice, soft bed because, baby, once we

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get you there you’re going to understand once and for all what it means to submit to us.” Sam watched Tia as Dan stroked his hand down his shaft, knowing how much he wanted to slip it between her lips and allow himself to feel the warm sensation on his hard cock as her mouth close around him. “Please take me home, Sirs,” she cried out. Sam wanted nothing more than to fuck her with his brothers and feel all of them inside her. “We’ll leave after we make the house rounds, baby. Until then, you can put that gorgeous dress back on and think about what we’re going to do to you once we get you in our bed,” Dan said, stepping back and pulling on his leather pants again. Sam, having already dressed stepped forward and lifted her off of Ryder’s lap. “C’mon, baby, I’ll help you get dressed while Ryder tries to shove that monster dick of his back in his leathers.” He laughed as he held Tia against his chest and walked to the other side of the room. “Let me know how you did it, little brother. It might help.” Ryder laughed as he stood and grabbed up his pants. Sam sneered over his shoulder at the “little brother” reference. He was only two minutes younger, but Ryder loved to rub that fact in sometimes. “Well, ‘big brother,’ just remember to tuck it in real good ’cause the teeth on these leathers can be really unforgiving.” Ryder, all tucked and zipped, strode over and put his arms around Tia from behind. She’d already pulled the dress on, but her fingers were fumbling with the zipper at the side. “Here, little one, let me help. We don’t want you to get pinched from your zipper, either.” Ryder laughed and pulled the zipper up. Turning toward the men Tia asked, “What are house rounds?” Dan answered as he took her hand and looped it through his arm and walked toward the door.


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“House rounds, sweetling, are when the three of us walk through and make sure that everyone is happy and that the Dungeon Masters have everything under control.” “Dungeon Masters?” Tia stopped and looked at the three men, trying not to laugh. Ryder grabbed her other arm and looped it through his and smiled down at her. “Yup, that’s what we call the trusted Doms that make sure things run smoothly when we’re not around.” They guided her back into the main part of the club and the minute they entered all hell broke loose. Sam was the first one to notice the angry man headed their way and pulled Tia behind him. Dan stepped in beside Sam and Ryder stood in front of all of them. “What the hell are you doing here, Jack?” Ryder asked warily. **** Ryder noticed right away that Jack Peters was in a rage and had a gun in his hand. “I want the girl, you son of a bitch,” Jack sneered at Ryder. “I don’t think that’s possible, Jack. Now put the gun down, and let’s have a drink and talk about this. You’re scaring the clientele, and that’s just not good business.” Ryder knew his brothers would take care of Tia. He just wanted to make sure that he could get Jack out of the club in case he started shooting. He looked like a crazy man with his hair all tussled and his clothes all disheveled. “You’re not getting out of this one, Ryder.” Jack continued to wave the gun between the triplets. “You and your family have fucked up my life, so now I’m going to fuck up yours.” He laughed hysterically. “Your family and that bitch of an ex-daughter-in-law of mine are the ones that put my boy in prison. He was only doing what any good husband would do to keep his wife in line.”

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Dan stepped forward, his hands balled into fists and white with restrained anger. “Your son almost beat his ex-wife to death. That’s why he’s in prison. He put himself there, no one else.” “If you hadn’t pressured the Crown Counsel into prosecuting him, then he would have left her alone. I would have made sure of it.” Ryder was well aware that Jack had always been able to keep his boy in line. Jack was so crazed at the moment though that he probably believed he would’ve been able to get Eric to forget his ex and take him someplace where he could find a real woman. Which for Jack meant someone who wouldn’t call the police when they beat the shit out of her. “Crown Counsel Felton had been letting men like you get away with your abuse of your woman for too long, and he knew that if he didn’t prosecute Eric with the evidence that we had he’d be asked to step down. This is a small town, Jack, and since he’s the only Crown Counsel around, it was his responsibility to put your son away. As it stands, his job still isn’t safe.” Sam stepped around Ryder and brought his hands up in front of his body. “Jack, just give me the gun and we’ll forget all about this.” Jack raised the gun above his head and fired a shot at the ceiling. Everyone scattered, screaming and trying to get to the doors. In the frenzy, Sam jumped for the gun as it went off, striking him in the arm. Tia screamed and pushed her way through to Sam. “Isn’t that touching?” Ryder watched Tia’s head turn to the voice she heard from beside her. “The little submissive slut running to her man’s aid. You really haven’t trained her very well if she’s allowed to run around willy nilly.” Jack reached for Tia and grabbed a handful of her hair in his fist and yanked her hard toward him. “I’ll just take this little piece as payment for the shit you’ve caused me. Maybe once I’m through with her I’ll send her back to you all used up.” Jack started to move back, using Tia as a shield.


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“You’re not going anywhere with her, Jack.” Ryder moved right along with them. “Sure I am, Ryder. Me and this lovely piece are going to go on a long road trip and spend some quality time together.” Ryder could see out of the corner of his eye that Dan had moved and was coming around behind where Jack and Tia were. “Now, Jack, she isn’t anything special. She’s just a new submissive that we are trying to train. And trust me there’s nothing easy about her. She’s mouthy, doesn’t listen when you tell her to do something. She’s been nothing but a whole lot of trouble from the start,” Ryder said with a smirk, trying to keep Jack’s full attention on him. “That’s not what you told me when you watched your brother eat me alive in the playroom a few minutes ago, Ryder.” **** Tia was pissed right off at being talked about like a piece of meat. In the bedroom they could tell her what to do. At the club as well, but even though they were technically “at the club,” being held at gunpoint by some crazy fuck should give her a little leeway. “See what I mean, Jack? The girl doesn’t know when to shut her mouth.” Ryder said, gritting his teeth now. “But you love it when I open my mouth for you, Sir.” She purred back at him, struggling with her captor. She was trying to keep this crazy man’s attention directed at her so that her men could get her away from him. “Damn it, Tia, will you keep quiet so that Ryder can get you out of this!” Sam practically yelled as he came up with his arm bandaged to stand beside his brother. Tia kept struggling against Jack’s hold, trying to get to Ryder, hoping that her eyes told Ryder just how truly pissed off she was.

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“I’m not some piece of meat that you dogs can fight over. And I’m not some brainless twit, either,” she yelled at them. Tia was struggling so hard now she knew that Jack was finding it increasingly difficult to hold onto her, but she stilled as she felt the barrel of the gun pointing directly at her temple. “I see what you mean, Ryder, but don’t worry. I’ll beat that streak of independence right out of her.” Jack laughed. Jack wasn’t paying attention to anything but trying to keep her in his grasp, so he didn’t notice when Dan snuck up behind him. **** Ryder knew that Dan would have to move fast if he was going to get the gun away from Jack, and could only trust his brother would be able to reach around Jack’s neck and pull the barrel of the pistol away from Tia before the asshole got a chance to hurt anyone else. “You fucking bastard,” Jack screamed. “I’m going to kill you and your brothers for what you’ve done to my boy.” Dan’s grip around Jack’s fist made him drop the gun. The minute he did, Ryder erupted in a rage and jumped on him. The first punch knocked both him and Dan back and had Dan scrambling out from underneath him to pull his brother off. Blow after blow was landed by Ryder until he heard Tia screaming at him to stop. The red haze that had colored his vision dissipated, and he turned toward her voice. Their beautiful little sub was standing there shaking with fear, and he was not taking care of her. Ryder stood and shrugged the hands that held him off his shoulders and walked into her arms. Here was where he belonged. He ran his hands over Tia’s face and arms to make sure that she was all right. “I’m sorry, baby. I guess I lost it for a second. But he put his hands on you and hurt you and wanted to take you from us…” Ryder


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nuzzled into her neck, trying to hide the tears that were threatening to fall. “But he didn’t take me from you, Ryder.” She pushed him back to look in his face. “You and your brothers saved me from what would have been a nightmare. You protected your little sub just like I knew you would.” Sam walked over and Tia opened her arms to him as well. He snuggled into her neck as well and took a deep breath. “We would have died without you, baby girl,” he whispered into her ear. Pushing back from them, she glared at Sam, and with her hands on her hips she scowled at him, saying, “You could have been killed, you ass. How many brain cells do you have to think that jumping at a crazy man with a loaded gun is at any time a good idea?” “He’s okay, little one. It’s just a flesh wound.” Dan smiled at her and hugged her close to him. **** Dan could see the tears threatening to flow from Tia’s beautiful eyes. She was probably just as scared of losing one of them as they were of losing her. He gently pulled her close, needing to feel her against him, to know that she was safe and unharmed. After accepting the hug from him, Tia smacked his shoulder. “And you, do you realize that you could have been killed, too? He could have turned the gun on you and shot you...” Her voice trailed off as he watched her hands cover her mouth to keep her from screaming. “Shhh, baby, we’re all okay. After we talk to the police we’ll take you home and give you a nice hot bath before you go to sleep. We’ve all had a hell of a night.” Dan turned with her still in his arms and watched as the EMTs strapped Jack to the gurney, handcuffed, and took him away.

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A young detective came toward them and asked, “Who was all involved in this and what the hell happened here?” After spending the next two hours going over and over what happened Dan had had enough. “Detective, I know you are just trying to do your job, but it’s been a hell of a night and we want to take our girl home. We’ve all given you our statements and will be more than happy to come down to the station in a couple of days to talk more. But Tia is shaking, she’s exhausted, and we are going to take her home now.” With that said, he spoke with his brothers, who were sitting at one of the nearby tables and, after he picked Tia up off Dan’s lap, they all left the club. The drive home was quiet. Too quiet. Tia should have been raging at them or crying or doing something other than just sitting there staring out the window. Ryder had tried to get her to put her head on his lap and rest, but she just shook her head. Sam even tried to bring her out of it by reaching back and running his hand up her thigh. She just put her hand over his and pushed it away. Once they arrived at the house, they all got out and walked to the door. Punching in the security code, they walked in. The minute they entered, Tia started to head for her bedroom. **** Tia wanted to get away from them for awhile. Her temper was about to explode, and she was far too tired to get into it with them tonight. “Whoa there, sweetling.” Dan grabbed her around the waist from behind.


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“Where do you think you’re going in such a hurry? We need to give you a nice hot relaxing bath and then tuck you in.” Without turning around she unhooked herself from his arms and continued walking upstairs, saying, “I can give myself a bath, and I can tuck myself in, too.” Once inside her suite, she locked the door and headed for the bathroom, thanking whatever higher being there was Shay wasn’t around tonight. Her daughter would probably hear about what happened at the club but Tia needed tonight to get herself together. She was angry. Angrier than she’d ever been before not at the triplets really, but mostly at the crazy man who put a gun to her head and shot one of her men. After everything was over they had told her the story about their cousins’ wife, Sienna, and her ex, Eric, and what his family had put her through. But they never thought that Jack would want any sort of revenge on them. If anything they thought he’d go after their cousins. If she was honest with herself, she would admit that she was also angry at the triplets, she thought. How dare they stand in front of her and risk their lives? If something were to happen to one of them she would have been to blame, and she never would have been able to live with that. Stripping her clothes off, she started the shower and climbed in, letting the hot water soak into her tired and sore muscles. After only a few minutes she could feel the tears starting to fall down her cheeks. Within no time she was curled up on the floor with her back against the shower wall, bawling like a baby. All she could think about was what if one of her men had been seriously hurt tonight. They would never know how she felt about them. She couldn’t believe that after such a short time with them just how strong her feelings were for all three of them. She loved them. But how could she love three men who she’d only know for a few days? And what about Shay? She’d been through so much and then to

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“It’s just everything that happened tonight caught up with me and I was overwhelmed. I’ve never had a gun pointed at me before, and I guess it was just my adrenaline crash.” She was trying desperately to steer the conversation in any direction other than the one she feared the most, her feelings for them. Tia heard Ryder’s quiet laugh as he walked out of the bathroom, He knew that what she was telling them was utter bullshit. Looking around the room Tia couldn’t believe the size of it. She could almost fit her old bedroom, bathroom, and half the kitchen in it. “Whose room is this?” she asked curiously. “This is our room, Tia. It’s the master bedroom and had been left unoccupied until the day we found the woman that the three of us would love forever.” Dan smiled and climbed up beside her, taking her hand. Ryder moved to the other side and lay facing her. “This room has never had another woman in it. We have saved it for that special person that we would share our lives with. That’s who you are to us, Tia. As odd and as strange as it may seem, all three of us fell in love with you almost from the first moment. And Shay, she’s just the icing on the cake. That girl is gonna be a handful once the boys start sniffing around, and she’s gonna need us to weed out the duds for her. We can’t have her dating idiots now, can we?” Sam crawled up from the end of the bed and rested his head on her lap like it was the most natural thing to do. She started running her hands through his hair. He sighed, and said, “See, you know us already. You know what to do to calm me when I worry too much.” Lifting his head to look at her, he continued, “And you‘re the only one that can keep Ryder from bullying those poor boys, and, Dan, well you keep him from acting the idiot that he is sometimes, and you’re the only one that can get him to say more than a sentence or two at a time.” Tia laughed when Dan hit him in the head with a pillow.

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She looked at all of them and couldn’t believe how lucky she was that on her day of freedom she met a wonderful woman who had three gorgeous brothers. “I don’t understand it myself, guys, but I love you, too. Even though you are going to drive me crazy at times with your possessiveness I know that this is where Shay and I belong. This is home.” Tia leaned over and kissed each of them gently on the lips. Frowning, she slid back a little. She knew that the call that she had received from James earlier was something that she needed to tell them about. She just wasn’t sure that now was the time. “Out with it, kitten,” was all Ryder said. “Before you three arrived to pick me up tonight I got a call from James. He wants Shay back. He said that Lacey’s parents wanted to meet his daughter, and I know that he is going to do whatever he has to do to get his parental rights back. I’m afraid that with his money and the backing of Lacey’s parents he just might be able to do it and then he’d be able to apply for custody.” Tia couldn’t help it, but the tears just started to fall. “Oh no, little one, don’t you cry again. There is no way in hell we’re going to allow any man that can give up such a wonderful gift as Shay anywhere near her or you for that matter. You have to trust us on this one, sugar. We are going to have to talk to Simone about this, though. She’ll know if he has a leg to stand on and what to do if he does. Until then there are no tears allowed in this room. This room is for loving only. And soon, when you’re rested and feeling better, we are going to make good on the promise we made you at the club and show you what it means to submit to us.” Ryder smiled at her and lay down, pulling her to spoon against him. Dan snuggled up to her front and Sam crawled up and rested his head on her hip, wrapping his arm around her. “Now it’s time for sleep, little sub. You’ll need to rest up and eat lots over the next few days because you’re gonna need all your


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Chapter 5 The sun shone through the slats of the shades that had already been pulled down when they came into the room the night before. Tia stretched and realized that she was alone in this huge bed. Snuggling down under the quilt again, she couldn’t help but smile at how happy she felt. For the first time in her life she loved someone, not just one but three someones, and they loved her back. She didn’t have to question or worry about how they felt. She just knew from the deepest part of her that they loved her and that they already loved Shay, too. She was so wrapped up in her happy thoughts that she hadn’t noticed or heard Ryder come into the room. She squealed when she felt a warm tongue on her ankle and giggled as it slid up her calf to her thigh. “Ryder Kinsey”—she giggled—“will you get up here and give me a good morning kiss please, Sir?” Pulling his head back out from under the quilt, his light blond hair all mussed from being under the covers, he smiled and jumped at her. “Your wish is my command, my lady,” he said and then slowly lowered his mouth to hers. It was a sensual awakening of sorts. His tongue stroked along the seam of her lips as if asking for her to open for him. His teeth gently nipped her lower lip then soothed the little pain with a swipe of his tongue. Opening her lips completely for him, he groaned and rolled her on top of him, never breaking their kiss. The door burst open and Dan and Sam came waltzing into the room as if they didn’t have a care in the world. They pushed a cart ahead of them that was filled with wonderful-smelling food.


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“See I told you if we sent him up to wake her without us that he’d start snugglin’ with her before we got here,” Sam whined as Dan rolled his eyes. “You guys spoil all my fun. I was just waking kitten up with a good morning kiss. She asked me for it,” he said innocently. Placing his hand on his heart he sat up, laying Tia gently back on the bed and looked down at her. “Now how could I resist our little sub’s request?” Tia burst out laughing and threw a pillow at him. “Maybe if you had given me the kiss right away instead of starting at my ankles I wouldn’t have had to ask.” She giggled. “Oh sorry…Sir,” she quickly added. “Baby, you are the best thing that has happened to us in a long, long time,” Dan said leaning down for his morning kiss. “Mmm...You taste good, sweetling. I bet if I kissed you a little more I could have some of your cream.” He winked at her. “Oh quit trying to get between her legs and get out of the way. I want my morning lovin’, too.” Sam pushed Dan and Ryder out of the way and snuggled down beside her on the bed. He nuzzled her neck and kissed along her jaw until he reached her mouth. “Damn, baby, but you’re better than the strongest coffee first thing in the morning.” He rolled away and walked over to the cart. “We weren’t sure what you liked for breakfast so we made a little of everything. There’s scrambled eggs, poached eggs, bacon.” He smiled and winked at her. “It’s Canadian bacon of course. We have two types of breakfast sausages, beef, and pork. White toast, whole wheat toast, and if there’s something else you want and it’s not here, just name it and it’s yours.” Dan held a plate in his hand and waited to hear what she wanted. “I have never been served breakfast in bed before, and it feels very strange to me. How about you put some scrambled eggs, bacon, and white toast on a plate then grab one for yourselves and join me.”

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Dan quickly loaded up her plate with everything that she asked for and then some and put it on a tray so he could lay it across her lap. Hurrying back, he had to push his brother out of the way to get himself a plate, but by the time he had everything he wanted and turned to the bed Ryder and Sam had already climbed up on either side of her. Frowning he sat at the end of the bed and started eating. “Dan, honey.” Tia smiled and moved her plate over on the huge tray. “Bring your plate up and share the tray with me. You can sit between my legs while we eat.” Looking like a man who had just been given the greatest gift ever Dan placed his plate beside Tia’s and smugly smiled at his brothers while he settled in between her legs. Tia smiled coyly at him and continued to eat. **** They spent the morning telling her about growing up with two dads and living in a small town like Kinsey. They told her how no matter what they were doing if they needed a parent there was always one available. Janice Kinsey ran the community center where most of the local kids hung out either before or after school. And in some cases both. She was the backbone of the family, and Tia could see in their eyes when they spoke about her that they loved her dearly. Their fathers had both been in law enforcement before they moved and opened up the first sex shop years ago. Back then it was a really big deal and there was some opposition to it, but with their openness and great attitudes they won most of their detractors over and now they’re all regular customers. Their dads met their mom when she went into their shop one day and shyly asked them to show her to the vibrator section. Sam almost spewed coffee out when Dan started telling them how their dads took her to the vibrators and then, as she was wedged


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between the two of them, started showing her every vibrator and dildo in the place and giving a detailed explanation of how each worked. When they realized they’d been sitting in bed talking for almost three hours, the men got up and started to put everything back on the cart. “You have a shower and get dressed, no panties remember, and we’ll take you to the café in town for lunch. You can meet some of the locals so that when you start your job in a couple of weeks you’ll have a bit better feel for some of the place,” Ryder said, and then they headed out the door. Alone in bed, her stomach still feeling full from the enormous breakfast that she’d consumed, Tia slowly crawled out and headed for the shower, grabbing some clothes on her way there. Since Tia usually just jumped in and out of the shower, she decided that today would be a different and took a little longer than normal. Drying off, she pulled the sundress that she had grabbed over her head and was towel drying her hair when a knock came at the door. “Baby, are you okay in there? Shay’s home and wants to know if she can come with us to the diner for lunch, I told her if it’s okay with you it’s great with us. So hurry up in there, will ya? Dan’s stomach is starting to growl and it’s not a pretty sight when he’s denied food.” The last comment was delivered in a laughing tone, and Tia couldn’t help but smile at how much Ryder and Sam loved to tease Dan. **** Opening the door, Sam stepped back to let her past him. Tia felt his eyes on her as she walked over to the bed and started pulling and tucking the sheets and quilt back in so that the bed looked decent again. Facing Sam, her face heating from the thoughts that had gone through her head about them taking her together in that very bed, she

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smiled shyly and walked toward him, stood on the tip of her toes, and gently kissed his chin. “I’m ready when you guys are. Let’s go and make sure that Dan doesn’t chew a hole through the wall because of his hunger.” Shay was waiting in the kitchen with Ryder and Dan when she came in. She jumped up and ran to her mom for a big hug. She was shaking and on the verge of tears and held on to Tia as if her life depended on it. “Shay, honey, what’s the matter?” Tia asked kissing the top of her daughter’s head. Shay didn’t answer and just hugged her tighter and sniffled. Ryder stood and walked over to where she held her daughter and placed a gentle hand on the little girl’s head. “Shay was just telling us that James contacted her while she was at Simone’s and told her that she was going to be coming to live with him soon,” Ryder said, trying to keep as much of the anger from his tone as possible. “How the hell did he get Shay’s new cell number?” Tia asked herself out loud. Still sniffling a little, Shay leaned back and told her that the only persons that she had given the number to were Chino and her friend Darla. The minute she said Darla’s name, Tia realized where he got it from. Darla Drake’s father was good friends with James and would give it to him in a heartbeat if he asked. “I told her not to worry about anything. That Sam, Dan, and I wouldn’t let him take her anywhere,” Ryder said, smiling down at the little girl. “Uncle Ryder said that we could stay with them as long as we wanted and that ‘the biological’ wouldn’t be able to take me away from you.” Shay gave a small smile then and turned toward Dan and said, “At least not without a fight, right, Uncle Dan?”


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“That’s right, pumpkin. No one is taking either you or your momma anywhere without going through the three of us first. And even then they’d have to go through my two very energetic and tough little nieces, both of whom could probably talk any man to death.” Tia felt her daughter relax against her and mouthed a “thank you” to the men over her head. “So let’s head out and get some lunch, and then we’ll go over to Simone’s and see what she has to say about this. I’ve already called her, so she’ll be expecting us,” Sam said. They all put their shoes and light jackets on and headed out the door. The frown that marred Tia’s face worried Sam. James would have to be dealt with and quickly, Sam thought to himself. Their girls didn’t need to be hurt by that man any more than they already had been. Sam smiled at how easily he not only thought of Tia as his but also Shay. James was a fucking moron to give up the chance to raise this incredibly bright and articulate little girl. Arriving at the café, Shay jumped out of the truck and went in ahead of everyone. She was back to her old relaxed and playful self by the time they arrived. Thanks in great part to the triplets who not only reassured her but told her some of the new jokes they’d heard from their nieces to make her laugh. Before the men could follow Shay in, Tia stopped them just outside the door. “Thanks for making her feel so loved and welcome guys. She’s been through an awful lot in the last few years. Too much for a little girl her age, and you spending the time reassuring her means the world to both of us.” A grin lit up his face when she tried to hug them all at the same time then realized how futile that was and instead gave each one of them a big hug then entered the café to look for Shay. As they stood outside the café the triplets looked at each other. “We’ve got to make sure that there is no way in hell that that prick can get to Shay. That little kid is the sweetest thing,” Dan said.

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His brothers were surprised at how vehemently he had said the words. Dan had always been the quieter one, but with Tia he was more open and talkative. Shay brought out instincts in all of them that they didn’t know existed. Fatherly instincts, ones that brought them all to just short of killing James for putting her through this. When they entered the café, they found Tia and Shay in one of the booths closer to the back. **** Sliding in beside Tia, Sam could hear the growl that Dan emitted when he beat his brother to the seat. Ryder took the spot beside Shay, so Dan slid in beside Ryder. “Order whatever you want, Shay. Since I know my sister pretty well I don’t think she made a very big breakfast for you this morning,” Ryder said looking down at her. “She’s a lot like Mom in the morning.” She giggled back at him. “Toast is about the only thing hot that Mom makes. Except on weekends when she makes the best French toast around.” “French toast, huh? I love French toast. Maybe she’ll make it for us one morning.” Sam winked at her. “Only if you’re a real good boy, Sam.” Tia winked back at him. “I don’t make it for just any Tom, Dick, or Harry, you know.” Placing his arm along the back of the booth behind her, Sam leaned over and whispered into her ear so as to not let Shay hear. “I’m always a good boy, kitten. Even when I’m bad, I’m good,” Sam whispered, watching as Tia gulped and her body shivered from his sexy words. She was probably hoping that he hadn’t caught the little tell-tales signs of just how much he affected her, but he had. They all ordered, and Shay began regaling them all of her night with the twins and her first experience at a drive-in. “Mom, we have to go sometime. There were three huge screens set up and they all played different movies at the same time. And


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when you had finished watching the first movie you wanted to see you could then drive around and park the car and watch the next movie on another screen and the same with the third movie.” Their orders arrived and everyone watched as Shay dug in with gusto but between bites continued on with her story. **** Tia couldn’t help but smile at the changes she saw. Shay had always been easygoing, and making friends for her had never been difficult. But she had always seemed to hold back part of herself from people, just as her mom had. It became a habit when they lived with James. It seemed the only way that they could protect themselves from his verbal assaults. The chimes over the door tinkled announcing that more customers had just entered the café. Glancing up, Tia noticed the two men right away and how much they looked like older versions of the triplets. They must be their dads. Eyeing them, too, Dan raised an arm and gestured for the two men to come over. “Hey, boys, we were just talking about you with your mom. She wants you to come out to the house for dinner next Friday. She misses you,” the man with the silver hair cut in a military style said to them. “We’ll call and set up a time with her for us to bring Tia and little Shay here out to meet her,” Ryder smiled sheepishly. “So these two lovely ladies are the ones that have stolen our boys’ hearts,” the dark hair man stated. Leaning across the table and frowning at his sons, he extended his hand toward Tia. “I’m Michael Kinsey, and this here is my brother Mack. We’re ashamed to say it, but these three rude boys are our sons.” “Rude?” Sam practically choked on the word.

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“Yes rude, you little sh—” Mack was about to say a bad word but stopped himself because of Shay. “You three couldn’t stop shoveling food into your faces long enough to introduce us to your ladies,” Michael said. Smart enough to look chagrined, the men swallowed their mouthful of food and apologized. Mack and Michael burst out laughing at the blushes that crossed their sons’ faces. Speaking directly to Shay, Mack asked, “Did you have a good time with our granddaughters last night, Shay?” Not at all one to be shy, Shay quickly went on to tell them about her first experience at the drive-in. Both men pulled up chairs and sat intently listening as Shay went on and on. “It was the best,” were the last words out of her mouth before she paled in fear when she looked up as the chimes on the door went off. Everyone saw the change immediately and turned to see what had frightened her so badly. James, Lacey, and two older people whom Tia assumed were Lacey’s parents entered the café together. “What the hell are they doing here?” Tia asked aloud. James spotted them immediately and headed for their table. Lacey followed right behind him. “There you are, sweetheart.” His voice was dripping with fake sincerity. “We went to the house you’re staying at, but you weren’t there, so we decided to come and have some lunch before heading over there again and waiting for you.” Lacey’s parents had taken a booth at the front of the café, but their eyes were glued on their table. Lacey herself laced her fingers through James’s, smiled, and batted her eyelashes at all the men. “It seems you’ve made some very handsome friends, Tia.” She purred.


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Placing one hand on Sam’s as it lay on the table and snuggling into Ryder, Tia responded, “More than friends, Lacey.” Mack choked and coughed on the coffee he had been sipping quietly. “I came here to see if we could settle this amicably, Tia. I don’t want to have to pull Shay into our little disagreement,” James said, the sound of his voice like nails on a chalkboard to Tia. Shay surprised everyone when she sat up straight and said, “I don’t want to go anywhere with you, James.” Wrapping her little arm around Dan’s forearm as if to draw strength from him, she continued. “You are no longer my father by your own choice, and Uncle Ryder said I don’t have to go anywhere with you.” James’s face reddened in anger as he lashed out. “Shay, you are my daughter and you will listen to me. I want you to come with me so I can introduce you to some very important people. They’re going to be your new grandparents, sweetheart.” The last statement oozed with more of his false sincerity. “I already have new grandparents. Grandpa Mack, Grandpa Michael, and Grandma Janice are my new grandparents,” Shay told him. Tia spoke up then. “James, this is not the time or the place to discuss this. I’ll call you when I can get together with you, but until then I’d appreciate it if you’d just leave.” Ignoring Tia and her statement, James continued frowning down at the little girl. “Shay, these aren’t your grandparents, and these aren’t your fathers. They’re just your mommy’s little playthings.” James sneered. Pushing their chairs back, Michael and Mack moved quickly and stood in front of James. At six foot six they towered over his fivefoot-ten frame. “I suggest you leave before you insert your foot farther into your mouth, sir.” Michael scowled at him.

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“I don’t know how long I’d be able to keep my sons from thrashing you for such idiotic statements. Hell, I’m having a hard time not smacking you upside your head for being just plain ignorant,” Mack said. “And who are you to speak to my fiancé that way?” Lacey glared at him. Leaning down so that they were practically nose to nose, Mack smiled and said, “We’re the new granddads, lady, so please take your fiancé over to your table and do as Tia has asked and wait for her to contact you. Otherwise, you might not have too much of a man left to marry.” Pulling on James’s arm, Lacey said, “We need to see to my parents anyways, honey. You can deal with this later.” James looked at Tia before turning to leave and said, “This isn’t done between us, Tia. You know I always get what I want when I put my mind to it.” They walked over to the other couple without glancing back. Mack looked at Tia with a gaze of utter astonishment on his face. “Please tell me that you had just had brain surgery and weren’t of your right mind when you married him” Shay was the one to laugh out loud. Through all of the exchange, she had just sat quietly and listened as the adults talked. Tia observed a calmness and an acceptance about Shay, which showed that she wasn’t afraid of James anymore because she knew she had a family that would protect her. “He’s just a ray of sunshine, isn’t he?” Ryder asked through gritted teeth. **** Even though Shay had laughed at his dad’s comment, Ryder knew that all of this had to be taking a toll on her. She had been put through the ringer by that man, and they’d be damned if he would continued


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to do so. He just hoped that Simone would be able to give them some idea as to what to do about him because the next time he spoke about their girls in that tone of voice, not even his dads would be able to keep him from beating the shit out of him. The rest of their meal was eaten in relative silence. Tia only picked at her food, and Shay didn’t seem to want hers at all anymore. “C’mon, ladies,” Michael said, a grin spreading across his face. “You can’t let him bother you. We’ll figure this out. Haven’t my sons told you that as a family we are unstoppable?” Tia smiled back, but Ryder recognized just how difficult Tia was finding it to not pick Shay up and run to someplace far away where James couldn’t hurt Shay anymore. “Uncle Dan, can you move over so that I can get up and go to the washroom?” Shay asked quietly. “Sure, sweetie,” he said, sliding out of the booth to stand. “Did you want your mom to come with you?” **** He only asked because he was concerned, with James still in the restaurant. “No, Uncle Dan Worrywart.” Shay laughed. “I’m a big girl and can go pee all by myself now.” He watched as she walked to the washroom and closed the door behind her. Giving James a glare before turning back to his brothers, he said, “Something has to be done about that prick, and fast. Shay doesn’t need for him to keep playing with her like she’s a toy. It’s not fair to her, and I think she’s just about at her limit.” “I agree,” Sam said. “After we talk to Simone we’ll have a better idea of where we stand.” They were so busy talking amongst themselves and trying to figure out what to do that they didn’t notice Lacey stand and slip into the washroom.

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**** Shay was at the basin washing her hands when Lacey entered. “Hi, Shay, remember me? I work with your dad, and we met at your mom’s lawyer’s office.” “I know who you are,” Shay snapped. “Your dad really wants you to come and live with us. We have a nice house that’s not too far from a school, so you won’t have far to walk. You’ll be able to see your old friends and ride the horses at my parents’ stables. We also have a pool for you to swim in. Doesn’t that sound like a great place to live?” Lacey’s phony smile was plastered to her face. “I’ve got all that here and more. And I’ve got something that you could never give me, my mom.” Shay tried to push past her but the woman grabbed her arm so tight that it made her cry out in pain. “Listen, you smarmy little brat, as far as I’m concerned you can stay with your stupid mother. But strangely enough my parents have decided they want grandkids, and I certainly do not want to mess up my figure and risk the chance of stretch marks by getting pregnant. With you we can have it all. An instant family, and then my parents would loosen their grip on my trust fund, and then your father and I could travel the world while you’re in boarding school. So just go along with the program and everyone will be happy.” Shay yanked her arm out the grip that Lacey had on it and with tears rolling down her face left the washroom and headed back to the table. **** Tia noticed the instant Shay opened the door that something was wrong. She had gone to see what had been taking her so long and


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almost got run over by her when she all but sprinted from the room with Lacey not far behind. “What did you say to her, Lacey?” Tia snarled at the young woman. “All I told her was that she needed to weigh her options, that’s all.” And then she walked away. Once Shay was back at their table, Tia saw how she was wedged between the three men, her little body shaking from the tears she was shedding. Watching the men as they consoled her girl, her heart both soared at the way Shay clung to the triplets, and broke into a million pieces at her young daughter’s tears. But what would Lacey have said to upset her so? There was only one way to find out, and that was to ask Shay. As she approached the table, Shay lifted her tear-streaked face to her mom. Sam moved out of the booth and took Tia’s hand. “Sweetheart, you need to tell us what Lacey said to you in the washroom to upset you so.” Tia stroked her daughter’s hair, kissing the top of her head, anything to soothe Shay’s nerves. Shay started to relax but said she would only tell Ryder because she didn’t want Tia upset anymore. It felt good, but awful at the same time, to know that Shay trusted the men enough to share the story. Shay was trying to protect her from whatever garbage Lacey had spewed and that wasn’t her job. Tia was supposed to protect her, but knowing it could be something really important, Tia nodded and headed out to the truck with Dan and his dads beside her all the way. Stopping at the side door, Tia turned and knew that Dan could see the hurt showing in her eyes. Wrapping his arms around her he whispered, “She knows what James did to you before and she’s trying to protect you in her own special way. She’s not shutting you out, sweetling.” Tia stepped back and looked up at him and just smiled. How he knew exactly what was bothering her she’d never know, and right now she really didn’t care.

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**** “We need to get her out of here right now. Whatever that little bitch said to her terrified her so much she’s still shaking,” Sam said, sliding in beside Shay to take her hand while she relayed the story to Ryder. “C’mon, sweetie, let’s get you home and then we’ll tell your mom everything.” Shay nodded and walked out with Sam, noticing that he kept his arm around her, and when they came closer to Lacey he picked her up so she could hide her face in his shoulder. **** Ryder threw some bills onto the table and walked toward the door. Stopping, he headed back and over to the table where James and Lacey were. Staring down at Lacey with his arms crossed over his chest he asked, “Do you enjoy upsetting little girls, miss?” The older man stood and spoke first. “Now see here, young man. My Lacey is a sweetie pie and wouldn’t hurt any child’s feelings.” Still looking down at Lacey, he could tell that this woman had been pulling the wool over her parents’ eyes all her life. She was the type that would do anything to anyone to get what she wanted. “Are you going to tell them or shall I?” was all he asked her. “Lacey? What’s he talking about?” the older man asked. “All I told her was how much her father wanted her to come live with us and that she’d be able to see all her old friends again.” The blush that rose on her face told everyone that she wasn’t telling the whole truth. “That’s not all you said to her, was it?” Unlocking his arms, he placed his palms on the table and leaned forward so that he was almost nose to nose with Lacey.


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“You also called her a smarmy little brat and told her that as soon as your parents were happy they had a grandchild that they’d loosen the purse strings a little so that you and James could travel while Shay was shipped off to a boarding school. That way you wouldn’t have to ruin your figure by getting pregnant. Am I close, Lacey?” Both her parents gasped at the revelations. Her mother’s mouth gaped open and her eyes filled with tears. “Please, Lacey, tell me you didn’t say anything that cruel to that poor child?” she asked her daughter. “It wasn’t that bad, Mother. You know how kids tell tales.” She smiled sweetly and patted her mother’s hand. Ryder was surprised when he heard James say, “No, Lacey. Shay doesn’t tell tales. The one thing I know about my daughter is that she is brutally honest for one so young. So if that’s what she said you told her, then that’s what you said.” In that moment Ryder saw a little bit of humanity in an otherwise worthless human being. Even though James wanted Shay only to further his career, he knew that Tia had raised her to always be truthful. “James…honey.” She purred. “And is what you did any better, James?” Ryder asked. At least he had the decency to look embarrassed. “What do you mean by that, sir?” Lacey’s dad asked. “James signed his rights away when he and Tia divorced. That way it got him out of his support payments and it made him free to start a new family with your daughter and begin his climb up the social ladder using all your contacts to get him where he wanted to be.” **** The older couple glared at James and Lacey. Helping his wife to stand, he shook Ryder’s hand, thanking him for his honesty, then turned to the other couple and said, “We’ll be

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Chapter 6 They took the long way home so that everyone would have a chance to cool down, at least that’s what Ryder told himself. Actually, he needed to calm down before they all started discussing that asshole, James. What kind of man would do that to his own child? He was glad that he wasn’t able to comprehend the brain of that type of person. To him and his brothers, children were the greatest gift a woman could bestow on a man. Smiling at the thought of seeing Tia’s belly swell with their child calmed him enough to head for home. Pulling into the garage, right away Ryder noticed that the side door of the house was open. He looked at his brothers noting they saw it, too. “Stay in the truck until we come and get you. I’ll leave the keys with you, Tia, and if you hear anything you take off over to Simone’s.” Ryder’s body was tense as if he was going into battle. “You’re scaring me, guys,” she whispered as she leaned forward into the front so as not to let Shay know she was upset. “It’s probably nothing, baby girl. We just want to check the place out to be sure.” Sam patted her hand as it rested on the front console. Dan pulled her back into his arms and spoke softly into her ear. “We always lock the side door when we leave. It’s the only one that isn’t wired into the alarm system yet.” She tensed in his arms when he told her that. Not wanting to upset Shay, he gave them both a big smile and got out of the truck and headed toward his brothers. ****

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Looking over at Shay, Tia could see the questions in her daughter’s eyes. “The guys are just gonna go and check out a few things in the house while we wait here. There’s nothing to worry about, sweetheart,” she told her daughter, knowing that that wouldn’t be an adequate answer for long. Tia watched as the men entered the house. All three of them had gone to the gun cabinet in the garage to retrieve their weapons. Trying to break the tension, Shay whispered to her mom, “I thought Canada was a kinder, gentler nation. Those guns seemed pretty handy to me.” Tia looked stunned at her daughter and laughed. “Sometimes, Shay, the things that you pick from your brain and let roll out of your mouth amaze me.” Hugging her tight, they turned their attention back to the open doorway and waited for some sign from inside. After about ten minutes, Sam was the first to appear again through the doorway, casually placing his gun back in his shoulder holster. Next was Ryder, tucking his in the back of his jeans and then Dan, with his gun already shoved down the front of his cargo pants. Brave man, Tia thought and was happy when she saw them all go to the cabinet and place their weapons back inside and lock it. Climbing out, Shay started firing questions at them. “Was there anyone in there? Were we robbed? Oh, wait until I tell the twins about this.” Tia also exited the truck and was greeted partway by her men. “Someone had definitely been in the house, sweetling,” Dan said as he kissed her cheek and hugged her to him. Lifting his head from her neck, he continued walking into the house with her. Ryder piggybacked Shay, and Sam followed close behind.


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Putting Shay down in the living room, Ryder smiled at her and told her to go and call the twins and tell them all about the excitement. Without a backward glance she was off up to her room to call the girls. “Now that Shay is out of the room can one of you please tell me what the hell is going on?” Tia didn’t mean to sound so shrill, but after everything that had happened she didn’t need them to start keeping secrets from her. “As I told you, baby, someone has been in the house. Nothing was taken, but they went through the bedroom as if they were looking for something. Drawers were left open, and some of your clothes were on the floor,” Dan said. “Oh, my God, why did you send Shay up there then? I don’t want her to see that.” Tia started toward the door but was stopped by Sam. “We already put everything back, sweetheart. We wouldn’t send her up there otherwise.” “Shouldn’t we call the police?” she asked. “They won’t find any prints, and we’re pretty sure we know who it was.” Ryder took her hand and led her over to the couch. Sitting down, he pulled her onto his lap and cuddled her close. “They were after something specific, kitten. Something that they think you have and the only person who would want to do that would be James.” James had been really pissed off when she had seen him leaving the café earlier. Ryder must have said something that set him off big time. “Just what exactly did you say to him to get him worked up enough to break into your house?” she asked, looking directly into his eyes. ****

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Ryder sighed and decided that from the look in her eyes he’d better tell her everything now instead of her finding out from some other source later. “When we were at the café, Lacey said more to Shay in the washroom than she admitted to you, baby. She told Shay the only reason she and James wanted her to come live with them was so that Lacey’s parents would get off her back about grandkids and they would loosen the strings on her trust fund. It seems Lacey doesn’t want to ruin her figure by getting pregnant, so if Shay was around for awhile it would make her parents happy.” Ryder didn’t want to tell her everything, but the only way for them to build her trust was total honesty. Continuing on, he said, “Lacey has been playing the part of the darling daughter for a long time. Her parents had no idea exactly what kind of woman she’d turned into. Her mother was extremely hurt, and her father was livid. Lacey had told Shay that once her parents eased up on her finances that she and James would travel the world and leave Shay in a boarding school.” “That fucking little bitch, I’ll cut her heart out and serve it to her for breakfast.” Ryder was stunned by her venom, and by the look on the faces of her men, so were they. “Her parents also had no idea that James had signed his parental rights to Shay completely away and that he was more interested in using them to climb the social ladder than anything else. They’re on their way back home and told Lacey and James that they weren’t to show their faces for the next month, and then her father fired James.” “Jesus, Ryder, do you know how much that job meant to James? It was everything to him. He was so sure that it would help him elevate his social stature that he would do anything they asked him to do.” Tia leaned against his shoulder and sighed. “We think that James either broke in himself or had someone break in to see if they could find the document he signed regarding


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Shay.” Sam spoke, sitting in one of the large overstuffed chairs. “Do you still have it, sweetheart?” “It was in my purse, which was with me. I hadn’t had a chance to get a safety deposit box at the bank yet,” she said. Dan walked over, picked up her purse, and started riffling through it. Tia jumped up off of Ryder’s lap and snatched it away from him. “What the hell do you think you are doing?” she yelled at Dan. “We need to put that document in our safe,” he stated, looking at her as if she was an idiot for asking. “I know what you were looking for, Dan, but what gave you the right to go through my purse without my permission?” Digging her hand in her purse, she found and then handed over to him the document. **** Stammering and knowing that he was on thin ice, Dan was a little embarrassed by his quick actions. “Sorry sweetling, I didn’t even think about your privacy. I apologize. I just wanted to get that document away from you so that he wouldn’t have a reason to come after you. If he ever hurt you…” He turned away from her, not wanting her to see his pain. Tia placed her purse on the coffee table and put her arms around him from behind, resting her cheek against his broad back. “Dan, look at me.” She pulled on his arm trying to get him to face her. When he wouldn’t budge, she released him and walked around to his front. “Your apology is most definitely accepted, and I understand why you did it. Now look at me and tell me how you feel right now.” Her voice broke his resistance, and Dan raised his head to look at her. “I feel like I want to kill him, sweetling. The thought of him hurting you and Shay ever again makes me crazy. If I could, I would

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were asked to head this group to not only monitor the more major crime elements of the world but to take out as many as we could. So James is small time in comparison.” “Simone was also special ops for the US military for ten years, kitten,” Ryder added. “Our big sister is kick-ass when it comes to a one-on-one fight. I don’t know how many times she’s knocked one of us on our butts.” Dan laughed and said, “Yeah, I remember when we had just finished our first tour and had come home on leave. Simone was home at the same time, and we thought we’d all sneak up on her to surprise her. But she surprised us when I was flipped over her shoulder, Ryder was laid out on the ground by her back kick, and Sam couldn’t walk properly for two days.” Sam physically flinched at the memory. “I’ll have to get her to show me some of her moves so that I can keep you three alphas in line.” Tia chuckled. “No way, kitten, all you have to do to keep us in line is shake that gorgeous little ass of yours in our direction and we are your slaves,” Ryder said and leaned over to kiss her lips. **** Ryder wanted to keep it light and sweet, but the moment his lips touched hers all coherent thought left the building. He pulled her onto his lap, never breaking contact with her lips, his tongue delving into the recesses of her mouth. Sam moved closer and started stroking down her back, along her thigh until he came to the hem of her sundress. Slowly he started to work his way up under the dress, getting closer to her wet heat until she grabbed his hand through her dress and broke away from Ryder’s kiss. “I don’t want to have to stop, but since Shay is just upstairs and we still have to go to Simone’s, I think we should save this for later when we’re alone in our bedroom.”

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Dan walked over and lifted her off of Ryder’s lap, kissing her deeply. “You’re right, sweetling, we have to be more cautious with Shay in the house, but you’re just too hard to fucking resist sometimes. And when you start making all those wonderful little sounds it makes us all crazy to have you.” She smiled, and as he placed her feet on the floor she kissed his chin. “You know, Dan, when I first met you everyone told me that you didn’t talk much. It seems to me that you’ve done a hell of a lot of talking lately.” “I only speak to intelligent people. And since I find most people stupid”—he looked at his two brothers and smiled then glanced back down at the woman who had come to mean so much to them—“I don’t talk much.” His two brothers grumbled something under their breaths, but when she asked what they said they both told her it was nothing. Before she could get them to give her a proper answer, Shay came barreling into the room. “Mom, James is coming up the walkway and he’s got Lacey with him. He can’t take me with him can he?” she cried and wrapped her arms around her mom’s waist. Soothing her hair back from her face Tia lifted Shay’s head so that she could look directly into her eyes. “He’s not taking you anywhere, pumpkin. No one here is going to let him anywhere near you. Now I want you to go up to your room and stay there. We’re going to have Simone come over and bring the girls with her. You guys can go for a swim or something while we talk business with James.” **** Shay perked up at the thought of spending more time with the twins. They were becoming closer and closer, and it made Tia’s heart fill with joy to see her daughter happy. Shay did as she was asked even though she wanted to know why James was here, she trusted the


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triplets to take care of her and her mom and knew they would answer any question she asked them, truthfully, when it was all over. So she headed into her room to wait for the twins. Ryder had called Simone while Tia was talking to Shay, and when he came back into the room he told them that they would all be there within about ten minutes. A knock sounded at the door, and even before Dan went to answer it, Shay already knew who waited on the other side. “What can we do for you, Jackson?” he snarled, not opening the door all the way. “I need to speak with Tia regarding our daughter, so if you don’t mind tell her that I’m here and that either she gives me what I want or we can spend the next few years in court.” Tia grabbed the edge of the door and opened it wider to allow James entrance. “Come in, James, but don’t make threats that you can’t back up.” “Oh, I can back them up, Tia, believe me I can,” he said and walked past her straight into the living room **** Ryder growled when James walked into the room. Sam had to grab him by the arm to keep him from stepping forward and punching the arrogant little prick in the face. He had to remember what he told Shay earlier. That violence didn’t solve anything. It may make him feel a hell of a lot better, but it didn’t solve problems, and in most cases it only created more. He wanted to show Tia that they would be great dads for Shay and the six or seven other children they would have with her. “It looks like you’ve done well for yourself, Tia. This is a beautiful place.” Lacey threaded her arm through James’s and smiled at the triplets. Lacey frowned when she got no reaction from any of the men.

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**** Tia sat down in one of the chairs and gestured for James and Lacey to sit on the couch. She wasn’t going to let Lacey bait her. She just wanted to get them the hell out of there. Her men stood around her chair. Ryder and Dan sat on the arms, and Sam leaned a hip on the back. She smiled to herself, knowing that James was feeling uncomfortable, whether he showed it or not. He always pulled his ear when he was nervous, and from the way he was tugging on it now he was nervous as hell. “James, I don’t know what you’re up to or what you want, but you signed your rights to Shay over to me and that was your choice. So I’m not going to just roll over and allow you to pull her back into your nightmare of a life. You don’t have any rights with her anymore,” Tia said calmly. “I might have believed that you truly wanted to see her until Lacey opened her mouth and spoke cruelly to my daughter. Now I know exactly why you want to see her, and I won’t allow you to use her like that.” “Tia, I didn’t come here to ask you to let me see her. I came here to tell you that she is coming home with me today.” James leaned back and smiled that creepy smile he always had when he knew something that no one else did. He crossed his leg over his knee and glared at her. “I think that it’s time you left, Jackson.” Sam came around and pointed to where he wanted James and Lacey to depart. “You have no business demanding anything from Tia after what you put her through.” Moving quickly, he grabbed James by the scruff of the neck and started walking him to the door. Lacey was yelling at him to put James down and James just walked along silently. When they got to the door and Sam was about to throw the bastard out onto the front porch, James started laughing.


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“What the hell do you find so amusing about this, Jackson?” Sam asked. “Go ahead and throw me out but it doesn’t change the fact that Tia is living with my daughter in the home of her three lovers. What judge is going to not understand when I tell them, with tears running down my face, that I fear for the safety and morals of my daughter? That sister of yours should have removed herself from this case from the beginning. Now because she didn’t, she has given me the opening that I need to overturn that stupid document that I signed.” **** “Well, Mr. Jackson, I see you didn’t heed my advice.” Simone Kinsey walked up onto the porch and stood there glaring at the man in the grip of her brother. “Let him go, Sammy, he isn’t worth the trouble. Now let’s all head back into the house and sit down like civilized people.” Sam let go of James, and they followed Simone back into the living room. Kissing Ryder and Dan on the cheeks she hugged Tia and whispered in her ear, “Just you watch how the Kinsey family takes care of its own.” She turned back to see Lacey almost in tears as James helped her into the chair. “Oh, come now, Miss Lacey, the tears and swooning might work for Mommy and Daddy, but around here they’re useless.” Lacey gasped at being spoken to that way. Simone continued, knowing that all the tears and the show of weakness that Lacey portrayed was an act. “I’ve done my homework on both of you, and what I’ve come up with is very interesting.” Pulling the files that she had brought with her out of her briefcase, Simone opened one and then looked right at Lacey.

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“It would seem, Lacey dear, that you have spent well beyond what your trust found allows you to. The only way you’re going to be able to keep that little sports car you’re so fond of or any of the other toys that you have grown accustomed to is to have your parents loosen the purse strings. And, James...” She sighed and opened another folder. “You, sir, should have taken my advice and left your ex-wife and her daughter alone. What I have on you will put you in prison for a very long time. So before you go threatening my family, you better make sure you have a damned-good attorney because you are going to need it.” James jumped up from where he had been sitting on the arm of the chair, his face red with anger. “I don’t know what you are referring to, Judge, but I have nothing to hide. Besides, I wonder what the judiciary committee would feel about your conduct in this case. Shouldn’t you have removed yourself from this case once your brothers became involved with Tia?” he repeated, only to her face this time. “First off, little man, sit your ass down and speak to me in a civilized tone or the gloves come off and you’ll find yourself in handcuffs and on your way to jail in a blink of an eye.” Lacey was the next to speak. “James, come sit down and listen to what she has to say. It can’t be that bad otherwise she’d already have called the police.” “You’re right, sweetheart. I shouldn’t let these people get to me. With their morals I’m sure no judge in his right mind would allow Shay to stay here,” he said and sat down beside her again. “That’s where you’d lose, Mr. Jackson. Shay is in a loving and caring environment, any judge would care more about that than how many are sleeping in a bed. Besides, it won’t get that far anyway, will it?” And she tossed the file she had in her hand to him. James opened the file and started reading. The further along he read the paler his face became. Closing it, he looked at Lacey and


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then at Simone and asked, “What are you going to do with this information?” “You know I can’t let you get away with this,” Simone stated plainly. “As a former officer of the US courts I had to notify the proper authorities the moment I found this information. There is a unit waiting for you outside, and they will escort you back to the states to stand trial or you could fight extradition. The choice is yours of course.” Lacey took the file from James and started reading. Her eyes opened in astonishment and despair the more she read. “Please, James, tell me you didn’t do this,” she cried with tears streaming down her face. Simone actually felt bad for the younger woman now. She had no idea what type of man she’d allowed herself to become involved with. “What the hell is going on, Simone?” Tia asked as Simone handed her a copy of the file that she had given to James. Sitting down on the couch with her men around her they all started reading. **** Tia was surprised that Simone had been able to get proof of what James had done, but she wasn’t surprised by what she read. She knew James had had something to do with the death of his former boss, but she had no way to prove it. “Is this the same man that you told us about, Tia?” Ryder asked her. “Yes, it’s also Lacey’s uncle.” She looked at the young woman and could see the horror on her face at the realization that the man whom she had entrusted her love to was a murderer. Not only that, but his victim was her beloved Uncle Jason.

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the kitchen and sat her at the table. Simone grabbed a glass and poured some milk that she’d gotten out of the fridge. “James did a very bad thing, honey, so he needs to pay for it. He took the life of someone, so he needs to spend the rest of his life behind bars.” **** Trying to be as careful as possible but not wanting to hide the truth from her, Simone continued. “None of what he has done is any of your responsibility, honey.” Tia came into the kitchen and pulled a chair out, sitting beside her daughter. “I know it’s not my responsibility or my fault that he’s an ass.” Shay smiled at her mom. “Nice language, Shay. Didn’t your mother ever tell you she’d wash your mouth out with soap for such language?” Tia smiled back. “Nope, because when she’s mad…boy she has the mouth of a truck driver, let me tell you.” They both laughed then, and Shay stood and hugged her mom and then walked over to hug Simone. “Thanks for looking out for us, Auntie Simone, you’re the best,” and off she went with the twins again, who through the whole episode had been so busy playing on their new DS systems that they didn’t hear a word of any of it. Leaning across the table, Tia took Simone’s hands in hers and said, “Yeah, thanks for taking such good care of us.” “Family sticks together.” She smiled back “But we’re not family yet.” Tia giggled. “Well…” came a deep voice from the kitchen doorway, “that’s easy enough to fix. All we need is a preacher or a judge, a ring, and a bride. And I happen to know where I can find all three,” Ryder said and came to pick her up and carry her to the living room.

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Chapter 7 Tia was finally alone with the triplets, and she was scared shitless. Turning back toward the living room, she crossed the threshold to see all three men sitting comfortably on the furniture. Dan looked relaxed, leaning back on one of the arms of the couch with Ryder lounging against the other end. Sam sat in the overstuffed chair next to it, leaning forward with his arms resting on his thighs, his hands dangling loosely between his knees. When she walked in, the air suddenly felt electrified. Even though she’d only been here a week or so, much had happened to change her life. Rising from the chair, Sam came toward her and pulled her into his arms. He gently lifted her chin to raise her mouth to his. When their lips connected, she was lost, and all the fear that she had been feeling slowly dissipated as she reveled in Sam’s kiss. Tia could hear movement from beside her and then felt an arm encircle her waist from behind. Sam parted his lips from hers only to slide them down her neck. Dan worked his arms around from behind and slowly moved them to cup her breasts and pinch her already hardening nipples through her dress. He quickly lifted her up in his arms and carried her up to the master bedroom as both Sam and Ryder followed behind. Placing her down in the center of the room, Sam and Dan worked together to remove her dress, and Tia watched as Ryder walked over and sat on the edge of the bed and began taking off his shirt and boots. When she was standing completely naked, Sam and Dan quickly divested themselves of their T-shirts and boots, and as each took a hand they led her to Ryder. Standing between his legs, she was

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she told us that we would fall in love with you at first sight.” He gently kissed her lips. “We have looked for a long time for one woman for all three of us. One that was submissive in the bedroom, and the club but also had a mind of her own and could stand up to us and let us know when we’d crossed a line with her. We wanted a woman who would challenge all of us both in and out of bed, and in you we’ve found her,” Ryder said as he, too, kissed her lips softly. Reaching behind him under one of the pillows, he pulled out a small, dark box and opened it to show her the ring contained within it. “We want you to marry us, kitten. We want to spend the rest of our lives loving both you and Shay and all the other babies we’ll make.” He lifted her left hand and placed the ring on her finger. Raising her hand, she smiled as he placed it on her finger and she got a closer look at the ring. **** It was the most beautiful oval-shaped diamond she’d ever seen. It had three smaller sapphires that surrounded it as it rested on a wide gold band. Tears ran down her face as she grabbed each man’s face one at a time and kissed them. “Is that a yes?” Dan asked and smiled. “Yes, yes, yes…as long as Shay is okay with it, though. It may take her awhile to get used to the idea, but I’m sure she’ll come around. She loves all of you so much already.” Sam burst out laughing and kissed her nose. “Who do you think helped us pick out the ring, baby girl? Your little girl loves the idea. She’s a great kid, Tia, and she has asked us if we would adopt her once we were married.”

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Ryder’s deep, sexy voice stirred something deep inside her. Something that made her want to act out so that she could have them “punish” her. Tia had never thought about being spanked much before. She knew that people did it because she had read it in some of the erotic romance books that she’d picked up over the years. She knew a lot of things about the BDSM lifestyle through those books. She just never expected to experience any of it. No matter how much she wanted to. Dan kneeled on the bed beside her and ran his hand between her breasts and across her stomach. “Sweetling, you are in so much trouble.” He took her hands from Ryder, but as soon as he did Tia felt soft leather around them. He had cuffed her to the bed. “Sir, can I ask what you are doing?” Tia smiled sweetly. “You can ask, but that doesn’t mean that any of us will tell you.” Dan continued with the cuffs and actually heard a giggle as he hooked the cuffs to the bed. “You think this is funny, little one.” Ryder glared at her. Well she was sure that he hoped it was a glare, but from Tia’s viewpoint it seemed that he was having difficulty keeping a straight face around her. “You won’t think it’s so funny in an hour or so, when you’re screaming at us to let you come.” Tia’s smile faded instantly. “You wouldn’t do that to me, would you, Sir?” She gulped. Sam moved to the end of the bed and grabbed her ankles, pulling down so that her arms had to stretch out full length. Slowly, he opened her legs and crawled between them, his face only inches from her already wet pussy. “Oh, we would.” He smiled up at her as he lowered his head to swipe his tongue through her folds. Tia lifted herself toward Sam’s mouth, hoping that he would continue on using his tongue on her, but he just laughed and moved away.

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“We could keep you on edge for hours, baby. Not letting you come. Just letting you writhe and scream, begging us to let you orgasm.” Ryder moved down to stand beside Sam at the end of the bed where he had gone back to after leaving the bed. Dan also went to the end of the bed after making sure her cuffs were secure and that she wouldn’t feel any pain from them. All three just stood there and looked at her with the wickedest smiles she had ever seen. Suddenly, Ryder grabbed one ankle and Dan grabbed the other and they spread her legs wide. Each man bent down beside the bed and took a hold of something from underneath. Silently, as Tia watched, they brought out fur-lined shackles. The minute Tia saw them she started struggling trying to pull her legs together and away from the men. “Now, now, little sub, just relax and trust us,” Dan said. “You do trust us, don’t you, sweetling?” Watching them as they stopped and looked at her, she realized that if she told them to stop that they would. Without question. “Yes, Sir, I trust you. I’m just very nervous and very horny.” She smiled. After finishing shackling her ankles, all three men crawled up onto the bed. Dan moved on one side, Ryder on the other, and Sam lay back down between her legs. Ryder’s mouth latched onto one breast sucking hard as his hand tweaked the nipple on the other. Sam again ran his tongue over her folds, only this time he didn’t stop as he circled her clit again and again, bringing her closer to the edge but still denying her relief. Dan wasn’t idle either, and as his brother pleasured her body he turned her head toward him and took her mouth in a kiss that could only be described as carnal. He didn’t ask for her to open to him, he demanded it. Domination seemed to be what the men were


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demonstrating to her. They wanted her to know that they controlled her body in the bedroom. “God, baby, you taste so sweet. I could lay here for the rest of the day and feast on you,” Sam whispered against her pussy. Tia arched as he plunged two fingers inside her and pumped in and out slowly as he sucked on her clit. “Oh, please, Sirs,” she whimpered. “Please let me come.” “No way, little sub, we’ve only just started,” Ryder said, licking her distended nipple. Releasing her mouth from his almost savage-like kiss, Dan stood and opened a small cupboard built into the wall beside the bed. From Tia’s position on the bed she couldn’t see what was inside but whatever it was it brought a smile to her man’s face. When he came back to the bed Dan held condoms, a tube of lubrication, and a small pink item as well as an even smaller silver one. As he placed the items on the bed both Ryder and Sam stopped what they were doing and grinned. Shit, she was in trouble. He continued to grin and looked down at her. “I can’t wait to use these on you, sweetling. We won’t use them now though. We’ll wait until we’re at the club tonight.” She didn’t know whether to be relived or disappointed. Dan removed the toys from the bed and placed them on the nightstand and again lay beside her. “Fuck, baby, I’m loving watching my brother give you pleasure,” he said, his hand smoothing up over her stomach to cup a breast as Ryder and Sam returned to their pleasuring of her. Together they kept her on the edge but never let her go over. Sam moved up and over her as an almost growl-like sound came from his throat when he spoke. “I need to be inside you right now. I can’t wait any longer.” Leaning over her he grabbed a condom from the box and ripped it open with his teeth. The wild look in his eyes showed her that he was

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also on the edge. She watched as he slid the condom over his large cock and then rubbed it back and forth across her clit. Each pass brought her closer but never enough to allow her to come. “Please, Sam, fuck me. I can’t stand anymore,” she whimpered, her body shaking from unfulfilled desires. Grabbing the base of his cock Sam guided it to the opening of her pussy, he allowed only the head of his cock to enter her. “You feel so good, little one. I want this to last, but I’ve been hard since I first saw you so I don’t think it will be long for either one of us.” He pushed all the way inside in one long stroke. “Fucking beautiful.” Ryder hissed and continued to pinch and lick her nipples while watching his brother fuck their little sub. Tia’s eyes almost rolled back in her head at the sensation of finally having one of her men inside her. She could almost feel his desire for her as he pumped his cock in fast and hard. “Please, Sir, harder,” she cried, begging for relief. “Fuck, I’m gonna come,” Sam murmured. “Dan, help me send her over. Her cunt is milking me and I can’t hold out.” Reaching between them, Dan leaned over and whispered in her ear, “Come for us, baby. Come all over Sammy’s cock.” he pinched her clit, sending her into oblivion. **** Sam felt the moment she went over and finally let go, pumping one , two, three more times into her before the tingling in the base of his spine grew to a point he couldn’t stand it any longer and released his load into her. Immediately, Dan released her hands from the cuffs as Ryder released her ankles. Both men massaged her limbs to make sure she wouldn’t have any soreness. Tia lay there exhausted, but her body still felt electrified. She needed to have all of them. She needed to feel Ryder and Dan inside her as well.


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“On your knees, sweetling,” Dan rumbled. “Ryder wants to fuck your sweet pussy while he watches you suck my cock.” His rough words only brought more shivers to her. Smack…Ryder’s hand landed on her ass. “Now, little sub. When one of your Masters tells you to do something you do it quickly,” he snarled. Sam could see that his brothers were already breathing hard from just watching him fuck her. Sam knew she would be able to give them as much pleasure as they gave her. Their little sub was a firecracker. Tia moved to her hands and knees on the bed as Dan kneeled beside her and turned her face toward his long, hard cock. “Suck me, sweetling. Take me in that beautiful mouth of yours and make me come,” he demanded as she opened her mouth and took him in. “Yeah, baby. That’s it. God, Tia, your mouth is heavenly. If I’m not careful you’ll suck the life right out of me.” He smiled, looking down at her his eyes heavy with desire. Ryder moved in behind her and with no preamble, no indication of anything other than the need to fuck her, he entered her hard and fast. “Holy shit,” he yelled and stopped once he was completely embedded in her. “Baby, you’re so fucking tight and wet, and your pussy is rippling along my cock.” He started moving then, faster. Every time he pushed into her, her mouth moved along Dan’s cock. “Fuck, Ryder, I can’t hold out. Her mouth feels incredible.” Leaning over her, Ryder reached around and found her little button and started rubbing his finger over it as his cock stroked inside her. Momentarily releasing her hold on Dan’s cock Tia cried out, “Please don’t stop, Sirs, you feel so good inside me. I can’t take much more.” She took Dan in her mouth again, screaming out around his length as both men thrust into her. When Ryder increased the speed of his strokes inside her and pinched her clit it sent her over the edge

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Ryder stood and headed for the sink to rinse his cup out. “She is going to have to learn that when we are at the club she wears what we want and she does what we want.” Dan laughed out loud at Ryder’s rough Dom talk. Ryder blushed and sat back at the table, lowering his head to hide his smile. “I know, I know, she’s got me by the balls, too.” He laughed as well. Sam smiled at his two brothers. “As long as we stick together and show a united front at the club we should be okay.” Both his brothers stared back at him and almost fell out of their chairs laughing so hard.

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Chapter 8 Tia woke up alone in the big bed. She knew it was night outside because one of the men had come and turned on the small reading lamp on the table by the fireplace so that she wouldn’t awaken in complete darkness. She couldn’t believe how such a small thing as turning a light on could mean so much to her. They had told her that they loved her and Shay, but she’d heard that from James, too. And she knew he hadn’t loved her. He’d shown that enough times with his fists and feet. As she lay curled up, she thought of all that had occurred over the past few days and how much her life had changed in such a short time period. The triplets had said something about going to the club tonight. This would probably be the last time she would be able to go with them for awhile. Since she started her job next week, she wouldn’t be able to spend late nights with them there. She’d have to remember to thank Simone for extending her start date. With everything that had happened she never would have been able to handle starting a new job. Dragging herself out of the warm bed, she walked naked to the bathroom to grab a shower before going to find her men. After showering, shaving, and moisturizing she wrapped a towel around herself and started to untangle her hair. It always took a while because of the curls and length, but taking the time didn’t bother her in the least because she loved her hair. It was the one thing on her body that she was proud of.


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Standing in front of the full-length mirror in the bedroom she carefully ran her fingers through the length and thought how nice it would be to have one of the men do it for her sometime. She loved it when they ran their fingers through it, so maybe she could talk them into doing this for her. She was so caught up in her thoughts she didn’t hear the door open or the footsteps of the men behind her. Strong arms circled her waist and pulled her back against a hard body. “Mmm, you smell delicious, baby.” Smiling at Ryder in the mirror, she blushed. “We have something that we bought for you to wear tonight. But if you really don’t like it, then you can wear something else.” He looked at her like he expected her to get angry at them for wanting her to wear what they’d chosen. Dan took her hand and led her over to the chair by the fireplace and sat down pulling her onto his lap. “The three of us discussed it and even though we want you to wear what we chose for you to the club, we understand if you are still uncomfortable.” “This must be some outfit if you’re all so worried I won’t like it.” She smiled down at him. Sam walked over to the closet and removed a large box wrapped with a pink ribbon. He brought it over to her and laid it on her lap as if he was giving her a box of snakes. “Do I get to open it now or should I wait until later?” she asked. “Open it now, sweetling. We want to see if you like it,” Dan said and helped her to stand. Tia sat on the other chair beside Dan’s and started to undo the ribbon. Opening the box and removing the tissue paper that covered the outfit, she gasped.

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She couldn’t believe the beautiful dress that lay within. Placing the box on the table beside her chair, she lifted it out and stood before the mirror with tears in her eyes. Even though it was a little more risqué, okay maybe a lot more risqué than she’d ever worn, it was exquisite. It was a lovely pink dress that looked very similar to the first one that she had worn to the club only this one was almost completely see-through. Looking again in the box, she noticed a matching pink bra and panty set as well as two other boxes. She was thankful that she wouldn’t have to display her privates to whole club. She didn’t think she was ready for that quite yet. She picked up the jewelry boxes and looked at the men as she opened them and lifted out a beautiful gold choker from one and a gold chain and what looked like clamps from the other. “Everything is gorgeous. I would be proud to wear this to the club. Why would you think that I wouldn’t wear it?” she asked. “Tonight will be the official, sort of, coming out, for you, sweetling. We didn’t want you to feel like you were on display, but we want to show you off to our friends.” Dan smiled, standing and lifting his hand to caress her cheek. Tia leaned into the caress and then kissed the inside base of his thumb, watching as Dan’s eyes darkened with desire. “Thank you for thinking of my modesty, but as your submissive you don’t have to let me wear a bra and panties, do you?” Ryder sat down on the chair Dan had vacated and pulled Tia to stand in front of him. He smiled up at her as he took her hands in his, saying sweetly, “You’re right, little one. We don’t have to allow you to wear any covering at all, but—” Clearing his throat, showing he was having a hard time continuing, he said, “It’s for us not for you. We don’t want to show off all your pretty bits to anyone else. You are ours to look at not anyone else’s.”


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“I love you all so much, but I don’t want you to change because of me. I love that you’re all dominant alpha males. I didn’t think I would, but you all make me feel so safe and cherished that I’d be proud to stand with you however you’d like.” Sam almost knocked the wind out of her as he crushed her to him from behind. “You are so special, Tia, and we all love you. We are the ones not willing to share your pretty bits. I don’t think any of us would like it very much if any other Dom at the club saw what is ours. Now let me show you what the chain and clamps are for. I think you’re going to love them.” Sam led her over to the bed, but before she had a chance to sit down he tugged the towel from her body. “Sit down, baby, and let me put these on you,” he said. When Tia was sitting at the edge of the bed, Sam leaned in and started licking her breast. Instantly, her nipples hardened, and the moment they did Sam took one of the clamps and placed it on her nipple and tightened it. He listened for her gasp as he continued to tighten it. He repeated the same thing on the other nipple. Once both nipples were clamped, he attached the gold chain to one and brought it around behind her neck and attached it to the other and then tugged. Tia’s response was immediate. Her back arched and a moan escaped her lips. “Oh, my God, Sam, that feels wonderful. But what is the gold choker for?” she inquired. “You’ll have to wait until we get to the club to find that out, little sub.” Smiling, he moved back and pulled her to her feet. Dan stepped around the bed to the table by the wall and picked up the two small toys he had brought out earlier and walked back over to stand in front of her. “Sweetling, this is a butt plug.” He held up the pink plug to show her. “I’m going to insert this into that pretty little ass of yours, and then when we’re ready to go and play in the playroom at the club, you

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should be well on your way to being stretched enough to take one of us in your ass.” Tia gulped. She had forgotten all about the toys from earlier. “And the silver one is Ryder’s favorite toy for you. He’s going to place it into your pussy and then turn it on. It’s called a little Bullet, and he’s going to have the remote control for it.” Ryder came over and took the small silver vibrator from his brother. “I’ll be able to turn it on whenever I like so that your sweet pussy is always wet and ready for us. I won’t make you come in public, but you are going to explode at the end of the night.” Tia flushed, thinking about having both toys inserted in her. She wasn’t going to let them see how excited it made her, though. She had to have some secrets for at least a little while. “When are we going to be leaving for the club?” she asked. Each man quickly kissed her lips and headed for the door. Before they left, Ryder turned and said, “Give us about a half hour to shower and get ready, and then we’ll come and put your toys in.” As the door closed, Tia smiled and did a little dance in the middle of the room. She hadn’t been this happy in years. She would be starting a good job in a week, she had a wonderful daughter, and she had three of the most handsome, dominant alpha males she had ever laid eyes on. What more could a woman ask for? She stood in front of the mirror once again, only this time it was to inspect the new nipple clamps that Sam had placed on her. Reaching up, she tugged at the gold chain from behind her neck and almost gave herself an orgasm as the pain/pleasure shot right down to her clit. Damn, these could be fun. She giggled softly. **** Ryder smiled to himself when he, Dan, and Sam showered and dressed faster than they ever had before. They all wanted to get back to Tia to so they could put the other toys in place.


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As always when they went to the club, they dressed in their leathers. Ryder wore his black leather pants and boots with a gray Tshirt, Sam wore his black leather pants with the studding down the leg with a pale blue dress shirt, untucked of course, and Dan wore his dark brown suede pants and his cowboy boots with a white T-shirt. They all finished and met in the hallway outside the master bedroom. They stood in front of the cabinet and opened it. Ryder reached in to retrieve a long case that held three rings. These rings had only been worn by their fathers and grandfathers after they had found the woman they would spend the rest of their lives with. Once they were married and wore wedding bands, they replaced them in the cabinet to wait for the next Kinsey men to wear them. They each took one and placed it on their left ring finger. Looking at it, Dan smiled and said, “I honestly never thought I’d ever put this ring on.” They almost matched the engagement ring they had given to Tia, an oval diamond with three sapphires surrounding it, sitting on a gold band. The only difference was that the gold band on their rings matched the intricate design on the collar they had shown Tia. “Let’s go and play with our girl for a few minutes before we have to go,” Ryder said and opened the door to the bedroom. Ryder noticed Tia jump a little when they entered. She’d been looking closely at the butt plug and was probably getting curious about how she would be stretched enough by the time they went to the playroom to be able to take one of her men in her ass. “Are you ready for your toys, little sub?” Sam asked and sat down on the side of the bed. Ryder grabbed the lube and took Tia’s hand and led her to Sam. She had put a robe on while she waited for their return so he unbelted it and slid it off her shoulders. Taking her hand from Ryder, he tugged her forward and she fell over his lap. She giggled when Sam ran his warm hand across her naked butt cheek because he knew that she could feel how hard he was underneath her belly.

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“You won’t be laughing in a minute, sweetheart,” he said and lightly swatted her behind. “You have the most beautiful ass I’ve have had the pleasure to see, little sub. It’s so round, and it makes my hands itch to just want to squeeze it. Or maybe I’ll take a bite.” **** Sam laughed as Tia’s ass cheeks clenched together when he said he’d take a bite. Their little sub couldn’t hide the fact that she enjoyed that small bit of pain along with her pleasure. Taking the lubrication, Ryder spread her cheeks and inserted the nozzle and slowly pushed the cold lube into her little hole. Tia sudden intake of breath told him that the coldness had surprised her a little. She didn’t know just how big a surprise that really had in store for her once he pushed the plug into place. “Relax for me, baby girl. I’m going to play with you a little before we put the plug in so just lay there and behave.” Dan and Ryder sat across on the chairs by the fireplace. They watched in anticipation as Sam ran his hand down over Tia’s ass to the slit between her legs. “Open your legs for me, baby. I want to see if you’re wet from just the thought of me pushing something into your ass.” Tia spread her legs wide for his hand, and he couldn’t hold back a growl when he found her sopping wet. “Oh, little sub, I don’t think we should play too much. Otherwise I’m going to strip down right now and fuck you senseless.” Ryder walked over and kneeled down between her legs. “Damn, girl, you’re dripping wet. What the hell have you been doing in the last half hour?” When Tia didn’t answer, Dan came over and kneeled down beside her head, lifting her face up to him.


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“Answer Ryder, sweetling. Have you been thinking about what we’re going to do to your lovely body tonight?” Dan looked her straight in the eyes as he asked. “A little bit, but mostly I’ve been playing with my new chain and nipple clamps.” She smiled up at him coyly, groaning as a finger slowly entered her little back hole. “Good girl, honesty will always be rewarded.” Dan smiled and nodded toward Ryder. Taking the cue, Ryder leaned in and licked some of the cream that was dripping from her pussy. He continued his assault while Sam worked his finger farther into her ass. “That’s it, baby girl, push back against my finger. Show me how much you love having something in your ass.” They all watched in amazement as their little sub moaned and writhed, pushing back again and again. Sam pulled the one finger out and inserted a second as well. Her moans grew louder but she still pushed back to get more of his fingers deeper into her. “Don’t make me wait for it, Sam, put it in now. Please, I need to feel it inside me.” Tia couldn’t believe how wonderful it felt with Sam’s fingers inside her like this. Pulling out, Sam grabbed the plug and placed it against her back hole. “Breathe deeply, baby, and push out against the plug,” he told her. Slowly, he started to insert the plug, trying to make sure to cause her as little pain as possible. “More, Sir, please give me more,” was the chant that Tia said to him. “I don’t want to hurt you, little one. If I go too fast I might.” “It doesn’t hurt, Sir, it feels wonderful. The burn feels wonderful. Please.” She was almost begging. In one long, slow thrust he slid the plug all the way, with the base resting just outside her anus. “Oh, God, I feel so full it’s fantastic,” she cried out.

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The three men smiled and chuckled and Sam said, “You ain’t seen nothing yet, baby.” **** Making sure her legs were still open, Sam reached over and found the small nozzle and air pump. He pulled away a tiny tab from the base of the plug and placed the nozzle into it while attaching the air pump and began inflating the plug inside her. “Oh, my God, what are you doing to me?” Tia cried and started to shake. Her body felt like it was on overload and that any moment she would have the biggest orgasm known to man or woman. “It’s an inflatable plug, honey, so just relax and let me stretch you a bit more.” Sam continued to pump air into the plug until he was sure that she was stretched as far as she could go, for now. Later, at the club, he would take her into the back office and bend her over his lap again and inflate it further. Ryder had stopped lapping at her pussy before he launched her into an orgasm. He took the little silver toy, and started pushing it into her pussy. “Holy hell on a stick.” Tia couldn’t help her outburst as her legs clamped down on Ryder’s hand, and she rocked against Sam’s leg trying to get some relief from the overwhelming pressure building from the toys in her pussy and ass. “You like having something in your ass as well as in your pussy, don’t you little one?” he asked. **** Tia couldn’t focus enough on the question to answer until Dan smacked her on the ass again.


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“Answer him, sweetling,” he snarled. His voice seemed to be deeper, raspier. “Yes, I love it,” she said, shaking continuously. Now that everything was in place, Tia was ready to get up on her feet and dressed. She knew they were probably already late, but from the look on her men’s faces it was well worth it. All three men had closely watched the look on their woman’s face as she took everything they gave to her. Standing, her legs feeling like two sticks of JELL-O, she tried to walk to the chair to start putting on her bra and panties when suddenly her pussy was vibrating, and she screamed out as her legs gave out from under her. Luckily, Dan was close and caught her around the waist before she hit the floor. Ryder grinned from ear to ear as Dan helped her get dressed. Leaning down into her ear Ryder whispered, “That’s only on level one, baby, and we have all night to find out just how much you can take.” After getting her dressed, Ryder took her by the hand and started walking to the door with her. He felt the pull on his arm when she stopped suddenly and started looking around the room as if she’d forgotten something. “Where are the shoes for this outfit?” she asked, still gazing around the room. Ryder tugged on her arm and pulled her against him saying, “Submissives aren’t permitted to wear shoes so we’ll carry you out to the truck and then into the club.”

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Chapter 9 Arriving at the club later than normal, they weren’t surprised to see that the parking lot was completely full. After speaking with their sister earlier in the day they knew that a lot of friends and family would be here to celebrate with them. This being so new to Tia, the brothers had talked a bit about what would happen once they were in the club. They just hoped that everything went according to plan. So much had gone well for the three brothers over the past few years. The club was a huge success, so they were able to purchase the building outright sooner than they had expected. The auctions for charity had gone well, and not only did they raise a lot of money but their best friends, who had sponsored a sub in the last auction, had finally made a move on their assistant and were scheduled to be married within the next three months. Now the three men had finally found a wonderful woman who they could love, one that was submissive to them in the bedroom and at the club but also had a temper and could stand up to them if they started to be too arrogant. Stefan met them at the door and smiled when he saw Ryder carrying in Tia. Stefan had worked for them since the beginning and was not only an employee but a very dear friend. He’d spent time in the military with the triplets and when he had retired they’d offered him the job as head of security. He had jumped at the chance since he had no idea what he was going to do when he retired.


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He always made sure to remind everyone to have fun and play safe, and everyone respected him as he was one of the strongest Doms in the place. “Looks like they all decided to show up tonight, Turk!” Sam commented as he looked around the room. Turk was a name that his squad had given him because of his love of the candy bar Turkish Delight. No matter what hellhole they found themselves in, Stefan always had a sack full of his favorite sweet treat. Since he stood a good six foot eight, it just seemed to fit somehow. “They’ve all been waiting for the three of you to show your ugly faces so that they could welcome this beautiful woman into the family.” As the insult and compliment rolled off his tongue, Dan stepped up and cuffed the back of his head. “Hey.” Stefan laughed, rubbing his head. “The lady is gorgeous and you know it. I was just making an observation, not trying to move in on your territory.” Turk winked at Tia. “The ‘territory’ has a mind of her own and happens to be right here in the same room with you, so please don’t speak as if I’m invisible.” Tia was smiling sweetly at all of them, and then she added, “Sirs.” Stefan howled with laughter, took her hand, and kissed the back saying, “You are perfect for these three lunkheads.” He bowed and gestured for them to proceed into the main room of the club. Although it must have pained him greatly, Ryder put her down on her feet and helped to straighten the pretty outfit they had got for her. They were greeted by a lot of different people as they moved through the club. Doms and their submissives/slaves stopped them to wish them well and to welcome Tia to the family. ****

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Tia was so nervous regarding her behavior and making sure that she didn’t embarrass her men she didn’t have time to be concerned with her lack of attire. They continued to move through the room. One of the three men was always in physical contact with her until they found a private booth in the back of the club. Tia slipped in first so that she would be in the middle of them. Once she was settled she noticed that other subs were sitting on the floor at the feet of their Doms. Had she screwed up already? “Sirs?” she asked, chewing on her lip. “Shouldn’t I be sitting on the floor?” “Not in the main room, sweetling,” Dan said, kissing her hand. “You are our sub, yes, but we do not require quite that level of submission from you. We’ve never had a sub sit on the floor at our feet.” The dance floor was packed as well as the corner play area. From their position they could see everything that went on in the club, and it intimidated Tia to some extent. She looked across the room and noticed a very large man walking across the room with a woman on a leash. The woman didn’t seem like she was being forced or that she was frightened in any way. Just the opposite, she walked behind the man with her back straight and her head held high. The young woman had a glow about her that grew even brighter when her Dom stopped and pulled her by her leash into his arms for a long kiss. **** Dan watched the reactions play over his sweetling’s face as she surveyed the people milling about the main floor. He and his brothers had decided that tonight they would remain down in the main area for the bulk of the evening, that way Tia could get a really good look at what went on in the club and see for herself that the lifestyle and the


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people that they surrounded themselves with were just like most normal people, they just had different sexual needs. None of the clientele here were immoral or treated a sub or slave poorly, because they knew if they did they’d get the shit kicked out of them and be banned from the club and probably most of the other clubs in the country. **** Dan leaned over and spoke quietly in Sam’s ear. Sam then got up and headed to the bar, she assumed, to get them all something to drink. “Do you like what you’ve seen so far, kitten?” Ryder spoke softly against her ear. “It’s another world in here, Sir!” she said excitedly. “I have to admit that the first time we were here I didn’t look around too much. I was too nervous, and too afraid of all the feelings that were going through me. I thought if I really looked hard that I would see women being beaten or being forced to have sex in public.” “As you can see, little sub, no one is forced to do anything that they don’t want to do. Remember, the greatest gift that a sub or slave can give their Master is their complete trust.” Sam arrived back at the table and set four bottles of water in front of them. Tia was thankful that he hadn’t bought her any alcohol. She wasn’t a big drinker to begin with, and she most definitely wanted to keep her faculties about her tonight. Suddenly, the lights in the club came up, and the music was turned down really low. Tia noticed that a spotlight had come on and it zeroed in on the woman standing with her husbands next to a microphone on the small stage. It was Simone. What the hell was going on, and where were the girls? “Good evening, everyone.” There were a few greetings from the crowd. “I’m so grateful to all of you for being here tonight to

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Within minutes of everyone getting settled, the room was quiet and Simone again spoke. “Tonight my brothers wanted to do something special for their sub, Tia. She is very new to our community, but she has proven to have more strength and courage than anyone I know. Ryder? It’s all yours.” Simone moved away from the mic as the triplets stepped forward, Dan holding one of Tia’s hands and Sam the other. “As Simone has already thanked you all for being here, I guess I should get to the point before our curious little sub has heart failure.” He looked back and smiled at Tia. “My brothers and I have always known that when we fell in love it would be with the same woman, and that woman would have to be incredibly patient and strong to be able to handle all three of us. We’re not easy men to deal with sometimes…” Someone from the crowd yelled out, “Sometimes?” and the room burst out in laughter and applause. **** Dan stepped up to the mic. “Yeah, yeah, Smitty, I’ll see you out back later,” he said, trying to look all big and mean, but with the shiteating grin on his face he was pretty sure no one would take him seriously. “As Ryder was trying to say, before one of our local horse’s asses interrupted, was that we have found that special woman in our lovely Tia.” Sam gently pushed Tia toward his brothers and came to stand behind her with her back pulled against him as he handed a long box to Ryder. It was the box that had held the beautiful choker. Ryder removed the choker from the box and handed the necklace to Tia. “This choker was made specifically for you, little sub. It matches the rings that have been handed down from fathers to sons in our

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family for generations.” All three men showed her the rings that they wore. “It’s a symbol of your submission to us both in the bedroom and here at our club. Wearing this signifies that you are ours. Wearing this choker doesn’t take away the power that you have over us, baby. It makes it stronger. When I think of you proudly wearing it, I want nothing more than to protect you and care for you and ravish that beautiful body of yours, and spank that cute little ass until it’s nice and pink and then tie you to the bed then…” “Ryder! I think that everyone gets the idea, Sir.” **** Tia’s face flamed red as she quietly admonished him, hoping that the stage would open up and swallow her whole. Sam turned her around to face him. “Little sub, you are the light of our lives. When you walk into a room our whole world brightens up. You are also the most frustrating woman I have ever met, and I can see many spankings in your future.” He smiled and leaned down to kiss her, gently swatting her ass. Tia lowered her gaze to the gorgeous piece of jewelry she held and timidly looked at her men through her lashes. “But, Sirs, I’m always a good sub.” She smiled at them coyly, her sexy tone of voice dropping to almost a whisper. All three men sucked in a breath and felt their cocks harden instantly at the tone of her voice. **** Ryder didn’t know how much longer he would be able to wait before he would strip the sexy little outfit she wore off her body and fuck her until they were both senseless, no matter who watched, but he knew she wasn’t ready for that type of display, at least not yet.


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So he took the choker from Tia and placed it around her neck. “Accepting us as your Doms means more to us than any marriage license could, although you will be marrying us as soon as possible. No way are we going to give you a chance to get away.” He smiled. Her hands felt the choker around her neck and she shivered. “I can’t marry all three of you, Ryder.” “No, you can’t. But you can legally marry me, because I’m the oldest by two minutes, and then in a formal commitment ceremony here at the club, you’ll take Sam and Dan as your husbands as well.” He could tell that she was overwhelmed by the way she launched herself into his arms and wrapped her legs around him, kissing his face and neck. With her arms still holding onto his neck she leaned over and grabbed Sam by the front of his shirt and pulled him in for a kiss as well. After several quick kisses for Sam, Ryder released her so that she could go to Dan. The moment she was in front of him his hands dug into her hair and pulled her head back so that he could see her eyes. “Sweetling, are you sure you want to do this?” he asked, his face not giving away any sign of how he was feeling. “Divorce is not an option for us, baby. Once you are married to Ryder and then to Sam and me, you and Shay are ours for life. We will never let you go.” Tia’s hand came up to stroke the side of Dan’s face, and as she did that she brought the other hand up to grab a handful of hair at the back of his head and pulled hard. “Damn, sweetling, what’s that for?” he asked, rubbing the back of his head, his eyes lighting up as he looked at her. “That’s for being such an idiot…Sir.” She smiled and placed her arms around his neck to pull him down for a long, slow kiss. When they were both breathless and in need of some air, and after finally registering that the crowd was waiting on them, Tia broke the kiss and said, “You three have shown me what real love is. Not just physical, but that deep down to the very core kind of love. And not just for me, for Shay as well. She loves all of you already and

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probably can’t wait until she’s officially a Kinsey.” Tia grabbed all her men and hugged them tight to her in a big group hug. Tears of joy flowed freely down her cheeks. “You do realize that when I get you upstairs, you will be over my knee with my hand paddling your ass red,” Dan whispered in her ear. Simone cleared her throat into the microphone. “Well, little brothers, it looks like you’ve found the woman you were looking for. Can I hear a thank-you, big sis?” Everyone laughed as Ryder, Sam, and Dan gently put Tia to the side and all three of them rushed their sister to give her a big hug. Ryder grabbed the microphone and said, “Thank you, oh great and wonderful sister. Your scary ability to pick out the perfect woman for us will forever leave us in awe.” All three brothers bowed in fake deference to Simone. Tia smiled as she watched the siblings. Walking back toward Tia, the three men surrounded her, looking like she would be their next meal. “It’s time for you to submit fully to us, Tia.” Sam smiled, the huskiness in his voice showing how much he desired her. Whispering in her ear, Dan said softly, “We are going to take you upstairs to our private room where you will be stripped, punished, and then taken by all three of us.” **** Sam couldn’t help but notice Tia’s eyes widened at the mention of punishment. She knew that they would never hurt her. He watched her breathing accelerate when Dan told her what they were going to do to her. Knowing of her past, he could see the trepidation in her eyes, but he also saw the longing, the need to submit to them. “Well, folks, enjoy your time here at the club, and again thanks for sharing this with us,” Ryder said as he picked Tia up in his arms.


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“Sir, I can walk, you know. I have two perfectly good legs,” she said with a smile, wrapping her arms around his neck and cuddling into his chest. Suddenly, her eyes widened, and she her body started to shake as Ryder turned the little vibrator on again. Sam could only smile at his brother and his timing. She’d probably gotten somewhat used to the plug in her ass and, from the looks of her response, had completed forgotten about the little Bullet vibrator. “And such incredibly luscious legs they are, little sub.” He laughed as he continued upstairs. Speaking softly into her ear, he explained exactly why she would need all the energy she had for the night ahead. **** Sam and Dan had gone ahead to ready things in the room for them. When Ryder and Tia entered, he placed her on her feet and, taking her hand, led her to stand in front of his brothers. “Strip, little sub.” Sam growled. Tia removed what little clothing she wore as quickly as possible, not wanting to wait another minute to begin her life with her men. “On your knees, girl,” Dan ordered. Tia dropped to her knees and assumed the position that they had shown her earlier in the day. Her heart was racing at the thought of what these three wonderful alpha males were going to do to her, but all three men just stood in front of her at stared at her. Tia knew that she should keep her eyes lowered but couldn’t help feeling uncomfortable with the triplets’ silence. Have I done something to displease them? Maybe I shouldn’t have made such a display in front of everyone downstairs? A myriad of things ran through her head as she waited, not so patiently, for one of them to say something.

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“Sirs? Have I done something wrong?” she asked after waiting for some time. Surprisingly, Dan was the first to speak. “Did you have permission to speak, sweetling?” he asked with one eyebrow raised. “No, Sir, but I’m very nervous, and none of you are saying anything, and I’m worried that maybe I embarrassed you by my display of affection earlier, and Ryder, Sir, keeps turning the vibrator on and the plug...” she stated in a quiet voice. Sam walked around and stood behind her, kneeling down and placing his hands on her shoulders to massage away any tension that may have evolved from their silence. “Just the opposite, little sub.” He smiled when she looked at him. “You make us so proud to be your Masters, baby!” “Stand, little sub, and walk to me,” Ryder said as he held out his hand to her. Tia rose, taking his outstretched hand, and let out a small squeal when he pulled her quickly into his arms, trapping her arms at her sides. Not knowing what was expected of her, she continued to look anywhere but in his eyes until her spoke. “Look at me, little sub.” When she still didn’t look him in the eyes, he removed one of his arms from around her and roughly gripped her chin in his hand to pull her face to look at him. “When I give you an order, sub, I expect you to follow it immediately. Now look at me, and this time look me directly in the eyes and keep them on me until I say otherwise.” Raising her eyes to him was more difficult than Tia realized. The fear of the unknown lingered within her, and it showed in the strain of her face. “Sweetheart, do you trust us? Do you think we would do anything that would cause you harm?” Ryder asked. “No, Sir, but I’m afraid. Not afraid that you’d do anything to hurt me, but I’m afraid of all these new feelings inside me. Everything we’ve done and everything you’ve told me you want to do to me goes


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against all that I was raised to believe was right.” Tears streamed down her face, and Ryder wiped them quickly away. “Okay, Tia, no Master/sub for a minute until we get a few things sorted out.” Taking her hand, he led her to one of the large overstuffed chairs that sat off to the side of the room. Dan was already seated in it, and Ryder picked her up and placed her on Dan’s lap. “Sweetling, whatever you choose to do with us cannot be wrong if it is done with love in your heart. Society says that some of the aspects of our lives are perverted and depraved, but what the four of us share is too magical and powerful to ever be immoral. We all love each other, and what we do in the privacy of our own home, as consenting adults, is never wrong. What we do in our private club is no one’s business but our own. We understand your fear of the unknown, but you have trusted us enough to fall in love with us, which in itself is not a society norm.” With his free hand he brushed the hair back from her tear-streaked face. Dan’s words helped to bring everything more into focus for her. Sam kneeled down beside the chair, stroking his hand down her arm and back up again, causing Tia to shiver from the pleasure of his touch. “Baby girl, you are the center of our family, as odd as it is.” He laughed. Looking up at Ryder, she immediately felt that punch of desire between her legs. He was so gorgeous, they all were, and one of her fears was that she wouldn’t be able to please them the way that they needed. Taking her by the hand, Ryder pulled her up from Dan’s lap and brought her into his arms. “Tia, when you look at me like you just did, I want to carry you away to the nearest bed and fuck you until every fear is gone. Until the only thing that is in your beautiful and witty mind is how good we make you feel. We will never force you to do anything you can’t handle. As we said before, we will push you to try new things and

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Naked, her arms secured and her butt sticking out, Tia had never felt so exposed in her life. She had never liked her ass, and now it was there, without any covering for all of them to see. She could feel her face starting to heat from the embarrassment. “No you don’t, sweetling.” Dan voice was hard yet full of love. “You will never feel embarrassed about or try to hide your body from us. You have a gorgeous ass, and my hand is just itching to turn it a nice shade of pink after your little tease downstairs earlier.” Tia’s body betrayed her as her pussy got wetter. “Damn, little sub, you are on the verge already, aren’t you?” Ryder asked as he ran one of his long fingers through her slit, gathering her cream. Leaning down he spread her legs wide open then cuffed and secured them to the table, and just as he was standing up he bent forward and swiped his tongue over her clit. Tia moaned, hoping that he would continue, disappointed when he didn’t. “This table was built just for you, baby girl. The three of us knew after our first meeting that you were the one for us, so we got your height and had the table made to fit only your body. It was made by friends of ours from the club to our exact specification. As you can see, the table bends right at your waist so that your ass and pussy are open to us to either punish or play with. What we haven’t shown you yet is where the table has been cut out so that your breasts will fall through. As well, the head area can be either dropped down or removed all together, allowing your head more ability to move.” “Now before we get started with your punishment, sweetling, I want you to tell us why you are being punished.” Dan was supposed to be the quiet one, Tia thought as she scrambled to understand and learn from everything that had happened between them over the last week. “Do you know why you’re being punished, sub?” he asked again, only this time his voice was harder, rougher.

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“Yes, Sir, I think so, Sir,” she stammered nervously. “According to everything I’ve learned, I am being punished for two reasons.” “Two?” Dan sounded surprised by her answer. “Yes, one is for calling you an idiot downstairs.” She smiled at the memory. “And the other is for not trusting my Masters.” Sam was the one to address her last statement. “How did you not trust us, baby girl?” Tia smiled when she suddenly realized that each man had his own special name for her. Sam always called her his baby girl, Dan called her sweetling, and Ryder called her little one. Each name was their way of having one thing special between them, and every time she heard one her panties got wet. “Well, Sir, I didn’t trust that you would be there for me when I needed you. For years I have stood on my own, protecting Shay and taking care of everything and everyone around me. It’s taken me a little while to see that I can go to any one of you to talk about anything and that you’ll always take the time or at least find the time quickly, to sit and relieve any worries I might have or just let me vent when I need to. I’m still learning, so I probably will need reminding quite often for awhile, but I know that you’ll always be there for me and Shay.” “Very good, sweetling.” Dan almost groaned at how far she’d come in so short a time. “For this first official time, I will only use my hand, but that may not always be the case. As we move forward and learn more from your body we may decide to use a flogger or a paddle. We will never harm you, and at anytime should you feel it is too much and want to stop, all you have to say is ‘red’. That’s your safe word. If you just need a breather say ‘yellow,’ and we will slow things down.” “Yes, Sir, I’m ready.” And she waited. Dan stood watching their little sub. So brave, he thought, smiling. Yet so unaware of just how much she had been holding back from us.


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**** Smack. The first slap on her ass shocked Tia to the core. It wasn’t supposed to feel good, was it? It was supposed to be a punishment not a pleasure, but it seemed ever time one of them spanked her she liked it. Heat spread from her ass to her pussy. What the hell was wrong with her? She started to struggle a little as Dan continued her spanking, alternating between each cheek of her ass. With the plug wedged inside her, every stroke sent a wave of desire straight to her engorged clit. Tia could feel Ryder and Sam as they ran their hands up and down her back, her arms, and occasionally over her increasingly tender butt as Dan dished out her punishment. She whimpered when a finger slid through her pussy, circling her clit but never touching it, then cried out in surprise as two large fingers pushed into her tight cunt to remove the vibrator. “Mmm…I see our little sub is enjoying her spanking. You’re soaked, little one.” Ryder continued pumping his finger in and out of her, adding a second and then a third as her juices coated his hand. “Enough,” Dan snarled, waiting for Ryder remove his fingers from her. “It’s time to show our girl just how to treat her Masters.” Sam walked around to the top of the table and started to remove part of it. She was now able to move her head in all directions, grateful that she could stretch her neck a little. “As much as I’d like to spend more time playing with her on our new table, I think that because the night is so special she deserves to be taken by all of us on the bed,” Sam said to his brothers, stroking a finger down her cheek when she lifted to see him. “Release her, remove the plug, and bring her to the other room.” Dan gently slapped her tender ass and walked over to an open door that she hadn’t noticed before and disappeared.

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Ryder and Sam silently uncuffed her, rubbing her arms and legs to make sure the circulation had returned properly. With her still bent over, Sam removed the plug and threw it on the table. When she stood up, however, it felt like her legs were made of Jell-O, and if Ryder hadn’t been there to catch her she probably would have ended up in a heap on the floor. Scooping her up in his arms, Ryder carried her to the room that Dan had gone into. While spending even a short period of time cuddled close to one of her men, it gave her a chance to close her eyes and drink in each of their individual smells. None of them wore any heavy cologne like James had. He always smelled like he’d bathed in the crap. It was so strong sometimes it almost made her sick. These wonderful men smelled like men should smell. Clean, manly, with just a little touch of aftershave. Ryder smelled delicious. Opening her eyes as they entered the room, her breath caught in her chest at the sight before her. It was beautiful. A stark contrast from the room they had just left. This room was softly lit with candles. There were hundreds of small tea candles everywhere and in the center of the room sat a huge brass, four-poster bed. Ryder set her down gently, and she walked toward the bed where Dan waited with his hand held out to her. Taking it, she smiled up at him, saying, “This is wonderful, Sir. This is not the type of room I would have expected in a club such as this.” Dan laughed and had to lift her to set her on the side of the bed. “This is not a normal room here, sweetling. This is your room here at the club. This is a place that you can come whenever you’re here at the club. You can bring one, two, or even all three of us when you want to. Or you can come here alone. It’s a sanctuary of sorts.” Sam and Ryder climbed up on the bed to sit behind her. Ryder handed her some papers, saying, “You are now part owner in the club, little one.” He kissed the side of her face. Sam did the same to the other side and smiled at her.


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“What do you mean I’m part owner? You can’t do that! This is your business. You all worked very hard to build it into one of the best and most reputable BDSM clubs in the country,” Tia said, astonished at the gift her men had just given her. “Are you questioning your Masters, little sub?” Dan asked with a smile. “Well, no, Sir, but this is too much,” she cried. **** Grabbing her chin and lifting her face so that she could look into his eyes and see the love, Dan locked his gaze on hers, and in almost a whispered voice said, “We wanted you to have an equal share in the club because you are an equal part in our family. At the club and in our bedroom, yes, you are to submit to us. And even being the ‘alpha males’ that you always claim us to be, we would never want you to feel that we didn’t want you to have your own life as well. You and Shay will always be protected, but none of us wants to stifle either of you. God, can you imagine trying to pin down that whirlwind daughter of yours? She’s a bright and creative child who we will watch grow into an independent and intelligent woman like her mom. We’ll have to crack a few boys’ heads along the way, but we’ll get her there.” Sam had been very quiet since they had come upstairs, and Dan was very aware that it was worrying Tia. Knowing their little sub, he’d bet that there were at least a dozen different scenarios running through her wild imagination. She was probably worried that Sam was having second thoughts about everything. Or that maybe his brothers had pushed him into agreeing to her part ownership in the club? Whatever it was that had Sam so uptight, he hoped he’d figure it out soon. ****

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Sam was always the boisterous one, the talker, not Dan, but tonight their roles seemed reversed, and it was putting her offbalance. She wouldn’t blame him. This is their life, their livelihood. Why would they want to give this to me? Turning toward him, Tia desperately needed for Sam to say something, to let her know what he was feeling about all this. She knew that out of the three of them he was the comic of the group, and it scared her that he wasn’t talking. “Sam, you’ve been so quiet. Are you having second thoughts?” There, she’d said it. They told her not to hold back, they told her she could ask them anything. But maybe they just meant about sex. “No, baby girl, I certainly am not having second thoughts.” Tia let out a gush of air, not realizing that she had been holding her breath. “It amazes me how in such a short time you have come to mean so much to me and my brothers. When we are with you, you calm our souls. When you’re away from us it’s like something is missing and only you can piece it back together. We bought the club to continue a lifestyle that we enjoy. Should you have not liked anything about it I think we would have sold it immediately. This place, without you for us to play in it with, means nothing. I’ve been so quiet tonight only because if I would have said anything more while Dan was spanking that gorgeous ass of yours I would have come in my pants.” Tia giggled and thought, There’s my Sam, as she leaned over to kiss him softly on his lips. Even though it was supposed to be a gentle kiss, when Sam felt the touch of her lips, Sam knew she could feel how close to losing all control he was as he wrapped his arm around her waist from behind and, without breaking their kiss, pulled her to lie across his lap. His brothers stood beside the bed and started to remove their clothes as quickly as possible so as not to let him have all the fun. Tshirts were tossed aside, and pants were thrown across the room. Clothes went everywhere in an attempt to get naked fast.


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**** Climbing on the bed, Ryder started nuzzling Tia’s neck then lifted her off of Sam’s lap, hearing a grumble from his brother for breaking the kiss before realizing that he was the only one still fully dressed. Ryder dropped her on the bed, pushing her down until she lay flat on her back then he raised himself to kneel beside her with his hands on his hips. Naked and horny in all his glory, his long, thick cock pointing up toward his chest, and another giggle escaped Tia. “What was that, little sub? Were you laughing at one of your Masters?” Dan chuckled, grabbed both her hands in one of his, and held them over her head so that Ryder could cuff her to the bed. **** As Ryder leaned over he was made very aware that the head of his cock precariously hung over Tia’s face when she engulfed it with her mouth. Damn, her mouth felt incredible. Closing his eyes, he let his body experience the sensation of being swallowed up by their little sub. Finally gathering his control, after a slap on the back of the head by Dan, he pulled back and tried to glare down at Tia, stating, “Uhuh-uh…little one. That’s not being a very good girl now, is it? You’re not supposed to touch until we tell you you can.” “But it was right there, Sir, and it was so tasty!” She smiled brazenly up at him. “Do you see how I have bound your hands, little one?” Ryder nodded to Sam and watched as he grabbed first one ankle and then the other and proceeded to spread her wide open and cuff them to the bed. “Sam is binding your ankles as well so that your body is open for us to enjoy. You are our toy to play with. This is how it will be between us, little sub. In the bedroom and the club. You will submit to us, willingly, respectfully. Is this what you want little one?”

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“Yes, I want to submit to you. It’s as if I’ve been waiting for you, all three of you, to bring my soul to life.” Her smile lit up her whole face as she looked at the three of them. Ryder kissed her then moved away so that Dan could take his place as Sam slowly worked his way up between her legs. Kissing the inside of her knees, Sam licked his way along her thigh until he was stretched out with his face mere inches from her wet pussy. “Oh, baby girl, you are so wet for us.” Sam growled, his breath warm against her cunt. “I need to taste you, baby,” was the last thing he said before his tongue swiped through her folds from back to front. **** Sam wanted to take his time and savor her, his cock so hard he could’ve pounded nails with it, but he knew he wouldn’t last long. He moaned against her pussy at the first taste of her cream. As Tia tried to lift her hips to grind herself against his mouth, he grabbed her by the hips and held her in place for his sensual torture. Ryder kissed her again, his tongue dueling with hers as he started to unscrew the clamps on her breasts. With the blood rushing back to them, she cried out from the exquisite pain, but Dan was there kissing and soothing her elongated nipple. He licked and nipped at her other one as well, gently biting down, bringing a gasp from Tia. “You like a little pain I see, sweetling,” Dan whispered in her ear. “I don’t know,” was all that she could get out before he leaned over again and nipped at her nipple once more. “Does that feel good, sweetling?”He bit her gently again. “Yes, Sir. It feels wonderful but it shouldn’t.” Her face was heating from self-consciousness. “You should never be embarrassed by anything that we do with you, little sub. You are a very passionate woman who responds


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incredibly to our touch. There is nothing bad or embarrassing in that,” Ryder said softly to her. “Just remember your safe word, and if anything is too much just say it.” That was the last thing, for the next while, that Tia could register coherently. **** Dan continued gently nipping at her breast then soothing it with warm licks from his tongue as Sam delved deeper into her pussy with his. Dan tenderly slapped at the side of her breasts when she started to close her eyes. “No, little sub, you will keep your eyes on us at all times. We want to see the passion in them when we take you.” Dan watched Tia’s wide-eyed expression as she felt first one and then two fingers inserted into her pussy by Sam. She was so receptive to all of them, and it showed in the way she reacted to Sam’s mouth and fingers on her beautiful pussy. He loved watching his brother devour their woman, bringing her almost to the point of ecstasy, then denying her over and over again. “Oh, God, Sam, Sir, I can’t take anymore. Please let me come,” she whined. Sam crawled up along her body, his eyes never leaving hers. **** Tia watched the play of muscles along his arms and shoulders and observed how strong he was and how very little control he had left. He kissed his way over her stomach and between her breasts until his face was even with hers. And when he brought his mouth down on her lips it wasn’t the gentle kiss she’d come to expect from him. It was carnal, demanding. It was a claiming. As Sam continued to

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plunder her mouth she could hear the cuffs at her wrists being released and feel her arms being massaged gently on both sides. With Sam’s knees on either side of her body, she still wasn’t able to get up, but she quickly dug her hands into his long, thick hair. Sam broke their kiss when he slid from her grasp, leaning back on his heels to look at her. Sam looked down at her and reached behind her head, grabbing a handful of hair and lifting her up to him. With his size and position she only came to the middle of his chest, but with a tug on her hair he brought her head back so that he could trail his lips gently across her mouth and down her neck. “I have very little control right now, baby girl. We want to make this as good as possible for you, but I think we’ll have to take you hard and fast,” he murmured against her ear as he climbed off of her. As he lay down beside her, Dan lifted her up and placed her over Sam’s body. “Ride me, baby. I need to feel your sweet pussy sliding over my cock.” Sam held his dick in place against her pussy opening as Dan slowly lowered her onto his waiting cock. Dan whispered words of passion in her ear that made her pussy tighten even further around him. “Oh, God, Sam, you feel amazing. Please fuck me, Sir,” she said as she lifted herself almost all the way off his cock only to slam herself down hard. “Baby girl,” he groaned. “Slow down or I’m gonna come before we’re all ready.” “I want it harder, Sir,” she cried out. Ryder moved in behind her, his arms circling her body as both hands landed on opposite breasts and pinched her nipples. “Ouch! Damn, Ryder, ah, Sir, that hurt.” She whimpered and brought her hands up to cover his. “It got you to slow down, though, didn’t it? Next time listen to your Masters when they tell you to do something, little one. We have


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all night to play, and we have to get you ready to take us all.” Ryder kissed across the top of her shoulder. Ryder stroked her back from her shoulders to her ass. He slid his fingers along the crease and gently pushed against her anus. “I’m going to fuck this sweet ass tonight, little one.” His voice was rough with passion. “First I’m going to make sure that the plug stretched you enough.” Dan tossed a bottle of lube to him, and after pouring some onto his finger he slowly started to work it around her back hole, gently pressing in a little farther with each pass until finally, he had it inserted inside her. “You’re doing good, little one. How does it feel to have one Master in your pussy while the other fingers your ass?” “It burns a little, Sir, but it feels wonderful. I need more.” She panted. “Please give me more.” Ryder eased a second finger and then a third finger in, stretching her while doing a scissorlike motion inside her. “Little one, you are so tight and sweet. I can already feel your ass gripping my fingers trying to hold me in.” “Hurry up, Ryder,” Sam moaned from beneath Tia. “I don’t know how much longer I can hold off. Her pussy is rippling along my dick.” Ryder pulled his fingers out. After thoroughly lubing his cock he moved to align it with her ass and slowly started to push his way into her, groaning as her anus flexed around him. His hands gripped her shoulders and pulled her up against him. The change in position made their penetration feel deeper. “Fuck, baby, you’re so tight and hot. Sam’s right, baby, this time will have to be hard and fast.” Looking to Dan, she watched him stroke his long, thick cock. She could see the drops of pre-cum glistening on the head. Licking her dry lips brought a rumble from somewhere deep inside Dan. He climbed onto the bed and stood so that his cock was even with her mouth.

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Sliding it back and forth over her lips, she licked the end with her tongue then opened her mouth wide to let him in. **** The minute she closed her mouth over his cock, Dan knew he was in serious danger of losing it. The feel of her mouth on him, and her soft little tongue twirling around the head just about had him coming right then and there. Shit, if this is what she’s like as an untrained sub, she is going to kill us all once her training is complete, he thought. Sliding his fingers through her long, silky hair, he took control of her to slow her down a little. “That’s it, sweetling, take me deep. Suck me, baby.” He groaned, his head falling back on his shoulders in pleasure-filled agony as he tried to stave off coming. Dan watched as both his brothers slammed into her over and over again. Every time they did she sucked harder on his shaft. “I can’t hold off any longer, guys, we need to bring her over.” Loosening one of the arms wrapped around her waist, Ryder reached down and ran his fingers over her engorged clit. “Come for us, little one. Now.” He pinched her clit between his thumb and forefinger, and within seconds her whole body tensed and she screamed as she came long and hard. Dan was next, pumping one last time into her mouth as she swallowed his seed. Ryder and Sam continued pounding hard into Tia’s body, bringing her to orgasm again as both of them shouted their release. **** Collapsing onto Sam, Ryder could see that Tia was completely exhausted, only murmuring quietly as he pulled out of her body and headed to the bathroom to clean up. When he came back with a warm cloth, he gently lifted her leg and started cleaning between them. Each


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pass over her sensitive clit sent a shudder through her from head to toe. Lifting her off Sam, Ryder couldn’t help but smile when she snuggled into his chest like a little kitten. They had ridden her hard for their first time together, but now they knew she could take anything from them. Sam and Dan had gone to clean up while Ryder settled her in the center of the large bed. She was already asleep, curled up against him when they came back. Leaning over the side of the bed, Dan stroked down her cheek with the back of his hand. “She’s so beautiful and strong,” he whispered. Sam smiled, nodding in agreement. “But she’s also got a hell of a temper. I can’t wait to get her pissed off so we can have hot, sweaty makeup sex.” He laughed quietly. Ryder lay there looking at her, a strange look marring his usual jovial features. “Why the troubled look, Ryder?” Sam asked. “It’s not that I’m at all troubled, Sammy. It’s just that I still can’t believe we actually found her. She’s incredible, and every moment that I spend with her makes me love her more.” Looking up at his brothers he could tell that they knew exactly how he felt. “I had almost given up hope at finding her, you know,” Dan said. “I never thought that we would find the perfect woman for all three of us, one that we all loved,” he finally admitted to his brothers. Sam smiled down at Tia and calmly stated, “Well, I knew we’d find her. Simone and her creepy voodoo matchmaking shit has never been wrong, and she told me about a year ago that we wouldn’t have much longer to wait.” “She said the same thing to me, but I didn’t believe her,” Dan said.

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“We need to go do our walk around the club soon, but we should let her sleep for a little while longer,” Ryder said, trying to be as quiet as possible. “How do you expect me to sleep with the three of you going on about how glad you are you found me and how much you love me and all that boring old stuff?” Tia rolled over and got to her knees, smiling at her men. “Are you sassing us, little sub?” Dan asked in his Dom voice. Crawling naked across the bed to sit on his lap, she wrapped her arms around his very large shoulders and kissed his cheek. “Not at all, Sir.” She giggled. She seemed to be doing that a lot lately. “I wouldn’t dream of it, Sir.” Tia smiled sweetly at them. “Well, you better not be, sweetling, or you’re in for another spanking and maybe this time we’ll use a paddle or a flogger.” **** A shiver ran through her at the picture she painted in her head, Ryder standing over her with a paddle in one hand while Dan and Sam strapped her to their table. All the men burst out laughing. “Oh, sweetling, the look on your face at the just the idea of another spanking was priceless,” Dan said and ran his hand over her thighs. “Open your legs for me. Now,” he ordered. She did what he wanted, not even questioning him as to why. She knew that he was checking to see how wet her pussy was from her little daydream. “Damn, sweetling, you’re soaking wet. You liked the idea of that didn’t you? I wonder, though, which one was of us was spanking you?”


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“I’ll never tell.” She jumped off his lap and ran to the bathroom with the sound of their laughter behind her. **** Within twenty minutes she was showered and ready to go to her men. Her men. It sounded so right. Never in a million years would she have pictured herself with any more than one man, let alone three! Her parents were probably turning over in their graves at the idea. But over this last few months she’d come to realize that she needed to live her life to the fullest and that’s exactly what she was going to do. **** Two years later… Shay ran down the stairs, through the living room, and into the kitchen, stopping the minute her dads looked up at her from the table with that look they had that told her she better have a good explanation. “Sorry, Dads. I know I’m not supposed to run down the stairs, but I’m so excited and I need to find Mom.” She breathed out heavily. “Mom’s out back by the pool, sugar. What’s all the commotion?” Ryder asked. “Come out to the pool with me and I’ll tell all of you.” Shay turned and headed out to the pool. **** Tia lay on one of the loungers, her stomach huge with triplets. It seemed that lately the only sleep she could get was either out by the pool or at the club in her room. Every time she tried to sleep at home

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one of her men would find her and love her for the next hour or so. Not that she minded at all. But with the babies due anytime she needed all the rest she could get. “Mom! Mom!” Shay shouted at the top of her lungs. “What, Shay? What has got you acting like a crazy person?” her mom asked. Standing beside the lounger Shay bent down and placed a kiss on her mom’s tummy, adding, “Hey, baby brothers, you better get your butts out here soon or you’re gonna miss all the fun.” Tia loved it when Shay talked to the babies. After she first found out she was pregnant they had decided to wait a month or so to tell Shay, but with all the fussing that the men did over her, Shay had asked when she was due within minutes of her coming in from school. She had been ecstatic about it. She couldn’t wait to find out the sex. When they were told they were all boys, Shay had groaned and said, “Sheesh, more boys! You do realize, Mom, how outnumbered we are.” Once Dan, Sam, and Ryder were sitting down Shay took her place in front of them and screeched, “I did it!” “Did what, little bit?” Sam asked. “Sensei’s Adam, Ethan, and Jordon told me today that I have won a place in the International Karate Tournament in Washington, DC, this year! We even get to go to a dinner at the White House.” Tia burst into tears, and within minutes all three of her men were surrounding her. **** Shay loved to see how happy her mom was now that she had the dads. They always made her feel special and that was the most important thing to Shay. Shay also felt their love. Her dads were tough but fair, and there was always at least one available to help her whenever she needed it, no matter what it was. She smiled


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remembering the first time she decided that she wanted to know where babies came from. Her mom was at work and only Ryder and Sam were around. She went into their office upstairs and point-blank asked, “How do you make a baby?” Sam had almost choked on his coffee and Ryder actually spit a mouthful of water across his desk. But as uncomfortable as it was for them, they didn’t tell her to wait for her mom to get home. They just looked at each other, and then Ryder picked her up and piggybacked her into the kitchen to grab some cookies and milk because, “with a serious conversation like this, a body needs fortification.” Sam had laughed. Then they sat down with her for almost two hours and explained things and answered every question that she asked. When Dan had come home about an hour into the conversation, he didn’t miss a beat, he just grabbed some milk and cookies and sat down with them and joined the conversation. Coming back to the present, Shay couldn’t help but laugh at the way her dads fussed over her mom. She’d come to terms, with the help of Aunt Simone and a counselor, with what James had done and very rarely even thought of him anymore. He’d had his chance to be a father to her and chose not to, so she wasn’t going to let it bother her. Heck, she now had three of the best dads a girl could want. Even when they were all acting like asses and making her mom crazier than normal during her pregnancy. “Geez, Dads, you’re making me nuts just watching you fuss over her.” She laughed. “I’m not upset about anything other than the fact that I want to get up to hug and kiss my daughter”—her tears continued to fall—“to tell her how very proud I am of her, and I can’t lift myself off this flipping lounger. I’m as big as a house, and I think my water just broke.” Ryder quickly lifted her in his arms. “Dan, call the doc and have him meet us at the hospital. Sammy, go and get the truck and bring it around to the gate by the pool.”

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“Ryder, stop…stop…for a minute,” she said sternly. “Let me down so that I can congratulate our daughter.” “Oh, damn, I’m sorry, Shay. We’re all so proud of you, little bit.” **** Ryder felt awful that he focused on Tia right away and didn’t give Shay her due. “Daddy R, don’t worry about it. We’re all excited about the babies. We can go over everything after we bring them home. The tournament isn’t until the summer, so we have plenty of time.” Shyly, she added, “I just wanted to know that you were proud of me.” Dan and Sam had come back by then and heard the conversation. All of them walked straight to their daughter and gave her the group daddy bear hug that she loved so much. “Shay, even before the day we officially adopted you, we were proud of you,” Ryder said. “You and your mom brought such light into our lives when we met you, and we love you so much for it.” Sam smiled and went to stand beside Tia. “Sweet Shay, we”—Dan motioned between his brothers and himself—“we, as your dads, want you to know that we will always be proud of you. That no matter what you can come to us with anything, anytime. You are as much our child as the ones your mom is about to deliver, maybe even more so because you chose us. All you had to do was say the word, and we would have backed off of wedding plans and everything else. But you chose us as your dads and that, my darling girl, means more to us than anything.” “And you chose me, too.” She smiled up at him. “We do it all over again, too.” He leaned down and kissed the tip of her nose. “Now let’s go have us some babies,” he said proudly.


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Tia hugged Shay and whispered something in her ear. They both giggled until Tia was hit with a contraction. “Oooohh goddamn, motherf—” She looked at Shay and gritted her teeth. Ryder again picked her up and carried her to the waiting truck. **** Tia lay exhausted in her hospital room surrounded by four basinets. Four! She freaked when they said not three but four! Apparently, little April Marie was hiding behind her brothers Adam, Aaron, and Ashton, just waiting for the day to surprise her daddies. Her men were all sleeping in odd places around the room. Dan lay beside her on her bed, sound asleep. Ryder sat asleep in one chair and Sam in the other. Simone had come and grabbed Shay to spend the night with them, so Tia knew she was safe and sound. She looked around the room in amazement. The birth had been pretty straightforward until little April decided to come out. Her men, however, had almost fainted at the sight of their little girl. She and Shay would give these boys a run for their money. That she was sure of. Closing her eyes, she snuggled into Dan. He kissed her forehead and tightened his arms around her. This was her family, this was home.

THE END

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Debbie Bailey loves living in a small town in Ontario, Canada. When she’s not writing she’s reading or just hanging out having a good time with the kids. Originally from beautiful Vancouver Island, British Columbia, she’s lived both in Calgary, Alberta, and Ontario.

Also by Debbie Bailey Ménage Amour: Men of Kinsey 1: Sienna’s Submission

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