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  “What?” Lucius and Bradford asked the question almost in unison.

  But Keeley smiled and shook her head. “Never mind. I was wrong, wasn’t I?”

  Human women could be very strange, Liam reflected. Keeley looked thrilled that she was wrong.

  Lucius and Bradford had already gotten to their feet. Liam eased out of Keeley’s pussy. “Let’s get cleaned up and then back into bed so we can sleep,” Liam suggested as he lifted her into his arms.

  He was surprised that his legs felt as weak as a newborn babe’s, but he kept going. He waited as Bradford tested and adjusted the temperature of the shower water and stepped in when he got a nod.

  Liam took Keeley with him to the bench at the end of the shower and let his brother and Bradford wash her as he held her. Keeley dozed off in his arms and didn’t stir the whole time, not even when they dried her.

  She was back in the middle of the bed minutes later, but this time she was sandwiched in between Bradford and himself. Lucius had taken the end of the bed. Liam lay down on his back beside Keeley, slid an arm beneath her head, and wrapped it around her. He was content to have her head on his shoulder and tucked into his side. Bradford moved and he cuddled up to their mate’s back. Up until the moment she had fallen asleep, Keeley had gazed at the three of them with a look of absolute adoration. Liam’s heart melted to see it. He wished she would tell them that she loved them, but he told himself to be patient. He was looking forward to greeting the new day in hope that it would bring those words.

  Chapter Fifteen

  Keeley followed Bradford to the dining chamber. She sighed with contented satiation and felt a slight ache in her thigh muscles as she walked. Last night had been magnificent. The sex was wonderful, and now she felt assured that she belonged here with her men. She felt a giggle emerging and bit down on her lip, but it still escaped her mouth. She couldn’t believe her mates had given her so much pleasure, but she couldn’t wait for them to do it again.

  “What has you laughing, little one?” Bradford asked, and she saw him smiling at her.

  “Nothing,” she replied.

  Bradford reached out to her by placing a hand on her shoulder and pulled her against him as he backed into the wall. He picked her up and leaned his shoulders back on the hard surface, and he stared into her eyes.

  “Tell me, baby,” he said gently.

  “I just can’t believe you all made love to me like that,” she replied with a smile. “I can still feel the effects of it this morning.”

  “You have an effect on us, too, baby. When we took you into the shower and cleaned you up, we could hardly walk. I have never felt so weak in my life. A herd of warriors could have come into our room and I wouldn’t have been able to stop them,” Bradford stated.

  “Why does that knotting thing happen?” she asked.

  “It occurs so our seed does not escape from your body. It is for breeding purposes,” Bradford explained.

  “Oh. Does that mean I’m pregnant?”

  “I don’t know, little one. Do you feel pregnant?”

  “Well, to be honest, no,” she replied and took Bradford’s cheeks between her hands when she saw a flash of disappointment cross his face. “But that doesn’t mean I’m not. It’s too early to tell.”

  “I love you, baby,” Bradford whispered as he leaned in toward her.

  Keeley responded to his kiss with hunger. She just couldn’t seem to get enough of her mates. Now that she had a taste of what they could do to her and with her, she wanted so much more. She knew she loved them and wanted to have babies with them and grow old with them. But still she held back from saying those words.

  She was breathing heavily when Bradford pulled back from her. He rested his head against her forehead until their breathing slowed. He didn’t put her down. He took hold of her legs one at a time and guided them to wrap around his waist. He placed an arm beneath her ass and began to move toward the dining chamber. She didn’t protest and didn’t ask him to put her down. Her arms were wrapped around his neck and she placed her head on his shoulder.

  Keeley was aware that the rest of the pride was in the dining chamber. She felt their eyes on her, but she didn’t care. If these people are uncomfortable with our display of affection, then that’s just too damn bad. She drew confidence from the way the warriors had bowed to her yesterday. And when she and Bradford reached the head table, she looked out and saw that the faces turned toward her were filled with respect, even envy, rather than hatred.

  Lucius and Liam had gone ahead to take care of the morning’s pride business. They greeted her warmly and kissed her, but Bradford kept her in his arms and on his lap. Just as Lucius had done the previous evening, Bradford piled his plate high and fed her from the same dish. She didn’t quibble or squirm. She just sat contentedly in his arms and let him feed her.

  When she had had enough to eat, she smiled at Bradford and pushed the utensil toward his mouth, away from her own. She was always amazed by the amount of food her mates and their warriors could eat, and even though she knew it probably had to do with them being shifters, she was still flabbergasted.

  She watched the warriors come and go. They all looked at her with Bradford and smiled at her when they caught her eye. She couldn’t seem to hold a grudge, not that she wanted to, and she couldn’t stop herself from smiling back at them.

  Keeley sat up straight when she heard a ruckus outside behind her. She turned her head to look out the glass and stared into the glowing golden eyes of a female lion.

  Keeley gasped. The lion was heading directly toward her and seemed heedless of the fact there was a pane of glass separating them. She gripped Bradford’s shoulders and dug her nails into his muscles.

  He turned his head, and then her vision blurred. Bradford flung her over his shoulder, then stooped. She heard his grunt and then a resounding crash. He let her slide down his body. Looking around fearfully, Keeley saw not the lioness but the head table turned on its side to form a shield.

  The large window shattered, and glass flew in every direction. The female lion flew through the pane and landed on all fours in the dining chamber. The other lions scattered in chaos. Keeley held her hand over her heart, trying to contain the rapid beat as it thumped against her chest.

  She felt a second pair of arms around her and looked up to see Liam.

  “Stay back here, honey. Bradford will keep you safe,” Liam said and kissed her on the top of her head. Then he was gone with a blur of speed.

  She had never seen a man move so fast. One moment he was standing still beside her, and the next he was a blur. A near-identical blur cleared the table, following close behind him and calling for the warriors. Lucius.

  With a ripping sound, Liam’s pants dropped onto the floor, torn at the seams. He changed shapes and bounded toward the female lion.

  The lioness swung a viciously clawed paw. Keeley screamed when the claws slashed Liam’s side. Blood began to seep from the wounds.

  The she-bitch turned her eyes toward her. Keeley couldn’t say how, but she recognized the lioness. The burning malice in the lioness’s eyes could belong to only one living creature. Louisa.

  The lioness’s hindquarters and thighs bunched. Keeley knew that the shelter of the table would be nothing against those powerful muscles, but Bradford was there. He stepped between Keeley and the lioness, his hands bunched into fists. Keeley couldn’t stand not to see what was happening, though. She leaned around him just in time to see a lion intercept the lioness before she could jump. Is that Lucius? The two of them rolled across the broken glass, hissing and spitting.

  The other warriors began to roar loudly, and Keeley had to cover her ears to block the noise. She shrank back behind Bradford, but looked out again when she heard a hiss of pain. All the men in the room had by now changed from human to beast.

  The snarls, hisses, and growls broke through her shocked mind. Dodging Bradford, she ran around the edge of the room to where Liam lay on his side. Just as she knel
t down next to him, he pushed himself back to his feet. He gave her a hard stare, which she took to mean she should stay where she was, and then he crossed the room in a single bound.

  Several of the warriors and the lion she identified as Lucius pinned Louisa down. Transfixed by the horrible sounds coming from the tussling lions, she would have kept staring if Bradford had not rejoined her. He swept her up in his arms, holding her close. Keeley understood that he wanted to protect her from the carnage, but she had to know.

  By the time she convinced Bradford to put her down, it was over. Keeley found the warriors slowly backing away from Louisa. She caught sight of Louisa’s bloody torso. She closed her eyes and breathed deeply, trying to circumvent the nausea roiling in her stomach. She covered her mouth and turned away. She whimpered with distress and then leaned against Bradford as he wrapped his arms around her shoulders and beneath her knees.

  “They killed her, didn’t they,” she stated rather than asked.

  “Yes.”

  “I’m sorry that she died,” she sobbed. “She got hurt because of me.”

  She became aware that Lucius, now back in his human form, was beside her as well. “No, don’t be sorry, sweetness. She knew what would happen if she threatened you again,” Lucius explained.

  “Where’s Liam? Liam was hurt,” she said anxiously.

  “You don’t have to worry about him, Keeley. We are shifters and we heal very quickly. He will join us in a moment, and by the time he does, the wounds will have closed over,” Lucius explained.

  “But he must be in horrible pain,” she whispered and sobbed.

  “No, he’s fine, sweetheart. I promise.”

  “It’s over now, sweetness, she won’t ever hurt or malign you again,” Lucius affirmed.

  “But she died,” she wailed.

  “Keeley, she died because of the choices she made. If she had stayed away from here, she could have lived a long life. She knew Liam or I would kill her if she came back to hurt you again.”

  Keeley took a few deep breaths and got her tears under control. “I wish it hadn’t happened this way.” She looked out and realized all the warriors were listening to her. “I wish none of you had to hurt one of your own.”

  “They were trying to appease you and make up for their mistakes after what Louisa had made them believe,” Bradford said. “They took her life because they wanted to keep you safe.”

  “They accept you now,” Lucius added. His voice was warm, and he smiled at Keeley. “Can you see it in their faces? They accept you as the queen of this pride.”

  Keeley started to look where he indicated, but then his words caught up with her. “Wait, did you say ‘queen’?”

  Bradford’s chuckle vibrated against her skin. “Maybe we should take this conversation somewhere more private,” he suggested.

  He began walking. Lucius, striding beside him, looked a little chagrinned. “You had a lot to think about already,” he said to Keeley. “We were waiting for the right moment to mention it.”

  Keeley rolled her eyes. “Queen? I’m not a queen.” She tried to tease them straight-faced, but she could feel the smile turning her lips upward. “If I’d known that, I wouldn’t have let you claim me as your mate and I wouldn’t have fallen in love with you.”

  She looked up when Lucius stopped walking and looked down at her with a heated stare. She ran back in her mind through what she had said and felt her cheeks heat. She lowered her eyes.

  “Keeley,” Lucius rasped out, “look at me.”

  She looked up into his passion-filled eyes and watched as his lips formed into a smile which lit up his whole face.

  “I love you so much, little one. Was it so hard for you to admit you love me, too?”

  She nodded her head and then changed it to a shake. Lucius swept her from Bradford’s arms. She gripped his shoulders as he lifted her higher and slammed his mouth down onto hers. She sighed into his mouth and opened up to his questing tongue. She let go of her restraint and put all the love she felt for the man holding her into the kiss. She moaned as his tongue slid along hers and moved it with a sensuous dance as they mated their mouths together. She felt him walking again but didn’t stop kissing him. She couldn’t get enough of his touch or his taste.

  She slid her fingers into his hair and held his head to hers. Only when she needed more air did she remove her mouth from his. She bent her head to his neck and licked up and down the large artery and tendons. He growled and pulled her into him tighter still. She heard the door crash and knew they were in their bedroom. Her legs slid down his body until her feet landed on the soft mattress. She stared into his eyes and could see all the love he held for her shining out at her. She felt tears prick her eyes and then they spilled over onto her cheeks.

  “I love you, Lucius.”

  “Goddess, sweetheart, you don’t know how long I have yearned for you to say that. I love you, too.”

  Keeley reached up behind her and undid her halter top. She let the straps fall down over her breasts and then pulled the top up over her head. She dropped the material onto the floor and reached for the waistband of her skirt. Lucius brushed her hands away and took over the task for her. She was standing at the end of the bed totally naked when Liam and Bradford entered the bedroom. She would have rushed over to Liam to check on his injuries if Lucius hadn’t stopped her.

  “I’m fine, honey. As you can see the wounds have closed over already. I don’t even feel any pain,” Liam said as he stalked toward her.

  Keeley shifted her eyes up to Bradford’s. He was looking at her with undisguised hunger just like Liam and Lucius were.

  She decided she wanted to have a chance to play with them before they took over her body and their lovemaking. She sank down to her knees, pulled Lucius’s pants down over his hips, and sucked his cock into her mouth. She smiled around his hard flesh when she heard him groan. She drew him into the back of her throat.

  She only got a couple of good bobs in before she was picked up and pushed to her back into the middle of the bed. Well, she would have her chance another time. She was determined to have her wicked way with them one of these days. Keeley watched her mates disrobe. Her pussy clenched, and cream dripped from her when she saw the three large, erect cocks. She nibbled on her lips as they kicked their pants off. Lucius was the first of her mates on the bed, and he dove straight for her pussy. He wrapped his arms around her thighs, spread her legs wide, and licked her from clit to ass and back again. She shrieked with pleasure when he sucked her clit into his mouth and laved over it with his tongue while he held it between his teeth.

  She looked up when she felt the bed dip on either side of her. Bradford reached over and cupped her cheek then lowered his head to hers. He covered her mouth with his and swept his tongue in between her lips. She opened up to him and let him lead the kiss. She responded to him and held his head to her by lacing her fingers into his hair. She finally had to nudge him away when she needed to fill her lungs with air. She took great gulping breaths until her breathing slowed down a little.

  “I love you,” she whispered, her voice full of emotion, and looked at Liam. “I love all of you so much.” She made sure her gaze connected with each of her mates so they knew she was talking to all of them.

  “We love you, too, baby,” Bradford replied in a deep, rumbly voice.

  “Yes, we do love you, honey,” Liam rasped out breathlessly.

  “Love you, sweetness,” Lucius mumbled against her cunt and then he began to lick her again.

  She closed her eyes and sighed. She moaned a moment later as Lucius shoved his tongue into her pussy hole. He growled with approval as he lapped at her cream. Liam and Bradford began to suck on her nipples. They took her to her peak within moments, and Keeley had no compunction whatsoever about screaming her head off as she climaxed.

  She opened her eyes when Lucius drew up close to her and sighed as he filled her with his big, hard cock. She reached for him as he did for her, and she straddled his
lap, impaled on his dick. Bradford began to lube her ass with fragrant oil. She relaxed and mewled as he prepared her for his penetration.

  She pushed back against him as he began to forge his way into her anus. She turned her head, searching for Liam, and smiled when she saw he was ready and waiting for her. She opened her mouth wide and sucked his cock into the back of her throat.

  Lucius and Bradford held themselves still inside her, and she began to bob back and forth along Liam’s hard shaft. She made sure to tease the sensitive underside of his cock with her tongue with every pass. When she had a good, steady rhythm, Lucius and Bradford began to thrust their hips, sliding their cocks in and out of her pussy and ass. She moaned around Liam’s cock and relaxed her throat muscles until he slipped slightly down her throat.

  “Fuck, honey, if you keep that up I’m going to come too soon,” Liam stated breathlessly.

  Keeley didn’t respond. She just concentrated on sending her mate over the edge into ecstasy. Lucius and Bradford sped up their thrusting hips with every forward movement, and she could feel her nerve endings tingling. She knew it wouldn’t be long until she reached orgasm. She bobbed over Liam’s cock faster, determined to take him with her when she went off with a bang. She growled when Lucius slid his hand to the top of her mound and began to massage her clit. She wriggled her hips to get away from his touch, but he and Bradford held her fast.

  “Come for me, sweetness. Bathe my cock in your cum,” Lucius demanded in a low growl.

  Liam’s cock began to swell where her hand was wrapped around it and sucked on him hard. He yelled and filled her mouth with his essence. She swallowed the first few spurts, but then she had to let go and withdraw from him or drown. His cock had knotted and continued to pump sperm from the tip sporadically. Just as she swallowed her last mouthful her pussy rippled with delight. She threw her head back and screamed as her muscles clamped down on the cocks shuttling in and out of her ass and cunt. Her womb and pussy contracted and released, and then she felt her two mates begin to swell inside her. She reached up and clung to Lucius’s neck and watched his face contort with bliss. He howled with the first of his release. Bradford’s roar joined his.