his hand.
The two men stood at an angle toward each other. Lina stepped between them. She
lowered her head first to Shard‟s chest and inhaled. The heated scent of aroused male hit her. Her
tongue flicked out, dancing over his chest and drawing his warm, distinctive taste into her. She
knew at that first whiff of his scent that he was her mate.
She turned to Kaleb and inhaled. His arousal was obvious, but under that there was a
scent that she recognized even though she had never smelled this particular scent before. Her
mate. Her mind whirled, filled with confused thoughts at finding two mates and what she should
do, but her body responded, relaxing, softening and heating. She could feel warm juices roll onto
her thighs. Her arousal grew as their pheromones hit her system.
This was bad. Her reaction was even stronger than she‟d imagined it would be. She
couldn‟t think of much other than getting close to them.
Kaleb hooked his arm around her, drawing her to him. His head dipped, nuzzling waves
of golden hair away from her neck. His teeth clamped briefly over the muscle where her neck
and shoulder joined. A primitive thrill rushed through her and an excited mewl fell from her lips
as her body jerked against his in involuntary encouragement. She pressed her hips against his
rigid erection.
“I‟m not the one you attacked, rao nari . I‟m not the one who had to pin you.” His tongue
traced up the side of her neck. “I want to learn your taste, the feel of your body, i’ma . I need to fuck you, to claim you as mate so that no other will dare to come near you, but he will fuck you
first.”
“We‟ll have you together after the formal bonding,” Shard whispered against her ear.
“This time, we‟ll both come deep in your pussy. There will be no doubts in your mind that this is
a true mating.”
Shard‟s arm swept around her and pulled her back against him. Kaleb released her and
stepped back. Shard‟s hand smoothed down her stomach and his fingers traced the edges of the
diamond of hair.
“We‟ll remove this when we get up to the Ovian . I want nothing between my tongue and
your soft skin here, even if it is only a small patch.” Shard turned with Lina and stepped forward
until they were near the wall. “Hands on the wall, rah’ki .”
Lina placed her hands on the wall. A nudge of his foot had her widening her stance. She
was so hot and very little of it was because of the pheromones secreted by the two men. Much of
it was because of her tussle with Shard.
Before today, she wouldn‟t have believed that there was one thing arousing about being
pinned by a dominant male Santir. From the first, she‟d been aware of his size and strength, the
differences between them, but then he‟d pinned her and her body had flamed. Although she‟d
been too focused on the fight to recognize it then, her body had known that she‟d found her mate.
Every moment that he‟d held her beneath him, she‟d been very aware of how muscled and large
his body was and how small she must seem to him. The thought of the contrast between them
had roused her lust.
The fact that he held her captive, helpless as no other had ever done had enflamed her
wanton Santir soul. She felt hotter now than when she‟d last been in heat. She wanted to feel his
mouth anywhere he cared to put it. She wanted to feel that dark cock filling her pussy, moving
within her.
That desire was different from normal lust as well. She only wanted those two men, not
any man she could find.
Shard gathered her hair and pushed it aside, baring her right shoulder. His breath fanned
over her shoulder as he stepped closer, his hard shaft sliding between her legs and brushing
against her slick, swollen labia. His teeth nibbled on her earlobe, the extension of both upper and
lower canines obvious from the sharp scrape against her skin as he nipped at her neck.
“You fought me, ignored my orders. Do you submit to me