Total pages in book: 165
Estimated words: 159487 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 797(@200wpm)___ 638(@250wpm)___ 532(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 159487 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 797(@200wpm)___ 638(@250wpm)___ 532(@300wpm)
You didn’t mind sucking Cassandra’s honey off his fingers. Why are you getting upset about him touching you now? whispered a skeptical little voice in his head.
Well, that was true, Severin conceded. And there was nothing overtly sexual about having his friend’s hand on his hip. In fact, it felt warm—comfortable, to sleep together with him and Cassandra.
We really are like spoons in a drawer, all nested together, he thought as he let himself relax at last.
Cassandra seemed to like the sleeping arrangement too because she made a sleepy noise of contentment and slipped one soft arm around his waist as her breasts pressed against his back.
“Better now?” Severin asked her. “Are you warm enough, sweetheart?”
“Much better,” she murmured. “Just hope I don’t have a hot flash tonight. I just can’t stannn…”
Her words drifted off to a sleepy murmur he didn’t catch.
Severin was about to ask what she’d said, when he realized her breathing had grown regular and the arm around his waist was limp with sleep.
The realization gave him a warm feeling. The curvy little human had fallen asleep between him and Ravik, which was another secret fantasy of his.
Feeling happier than he had since he and Ravik had come to this awful planet, Severin allowed himself to sleep as well.
Tomorrow he would begin to test his theories. For now, he just wanted to relax into the warmth and three-way intimacy he’d been craving for so long.
21
RAVIK
Ravik woke with a start, wondering why he felt sticky between his thighs. He had vague memories of something important happening last night, but he couldn’t bring whatever it was back to his mind.
Also, who was in bed with him?
He opened his eyes just a slit and saw two shapes in the vast bed. One was soft and short and curvy—his mate, Cassandra, he remembered. And on the other side of her was Severin.
Ravik frowned, feeling confused. Was it right for a friend to sleep with you when you were sleeping with your mate? It seemed to him that somehow it might be wrong.
Beast Kindred don’t share mates! whispered a little voice in his head.
But why not? What was the reason they couldn’t share mates?
Ravik frowned and tried to think—he felt like he could almost remember the reason—it was on the tip of his tongue. But somehow it wouldn’t come to him.
He decided not to worry about it. It was enough that his mate and his best friend were here and they were all three safe together. Also, except for his sticky trousers, it was nice to sleep in the big bed with the two of them. It felt good and it smelled good too—he liked the way their scents mingled. His own and Severin’s masculine, spicy fragrances mixed with Cassie’s sweet feminine scent to form a special kind of perfume that made every part of him feel happy to be alive.
For a while, he lay there breathing it in, thinking how lucky he was to have such a beautiful mate and such a good friend. But eventually, he decided he needed to change his trousers. Also, he had to use the fresher. And maybe after that, he would make First Meal for everyone.
He and Severin used to take turns with the cooking when they were out on a mission, but lately it seemed to him that his friend had been taking every shift. Which was hardly fair.
It would be good, he decided, to help with the cooking duties again. He couldn’t remember why he’d ever stopped helping in the first place, but it wasn’t fair to Severin to make him do it all.
Carefully, he climbed out of the big bed. Cassie sighed and Severin mumbled something in his sleep, but neither of them woke up.
Satisfied that he hadn’t disturbed them, Ravik made his way down the hallway to the fresher. He shut himself inside and took off his trousers. When he looked inside them, he understood why he was so sticky—he must have come during the night. But why? He hadn’t had a nighttime pleasure dream since he was an adolescent. So what had happened to make him shoot in his pants?
Ravik squinted his eyes, trying to think. But now that he was away from the warm scents that permeated the sleeping chamber, his thoughts seemed to be getting cloudier. He had vague memories of the night before—of pleasuring his mate while Severin helped…
Wait—had he really let his best friend suck his mate’s nipples while he fingered her soft little pussy?
Ravik frowned. That was wrong, wasn’t it? Beast Kindred didn’t share mates.
But it didn’t feel wrong, did it? whispered a little voice in his head. It felt right—felt good.
Well, there was no denying that. In fact, it felt so good that he wanted to do something nice for his mate and his friend. Ravik frowned—what was it he was going to do?