safe, and she was a woman who wanted to feel safe.
As Ash’s hands slid down her arms and then more firmly back up to grasp her shoulders once more, Jace began to unfasten the buttons of his shirt. Ash pulled her back against his chest, cradling her against his body as Jace slipped out of his clothing.
Awareness simmered low in her belly as Ash’s heat surrounded her. His palms slid up her belly to cup her breasts. He lifted and weighed the slight swells in his hands and then he brushed his thumbs over her nipples, causing them to go instantly and achingly erect.
She sucked in her breath when Jace’s pants hit the floor and he stood in front of her in only a pair of black boxer briefs. They were tight, encasing muscular thighs and very clearly outlining the rigid length of his erection.
The man was beautiful in a scary, oh-my-God way she’d never experienced. Light and dark. Ash and Jace. Two completely different personalities.
Jace was intensely brooding, his gaze devouring her as he reached for the waistband of his briefs. She forgot to breathe. Forgot Ash’s sensual assault on her breasts. Jace’s cock surged from his underwear and strained upward, thick and pulsing.
Jace stepped forward, leaned down and roughly hauled her from Ash’s grasp and into his arms. She landed against him, his skin a shock against hers. Her knees barely brushed the mattress as he held her for his kiss. His arms wrapped securely around her, one hand splayed possessively over her ass and the other between her shoulder blades.
Her breasts were crushed against the hard wall of his chest, and she promptly forgot all about Ash’s hands, which had so gently caressed and teased her nipples. Her entire body was on fire. This was . . . insane. It transcended simple lust or need. She knew nothing about this man and yet she knew she needed him like she’d never needed anything in the past.
“Her pussy is mine.”
Bethany blinked as she heard the low growl tear from Jace’s throat. His words were bald in the silence and then Ash’s chuckle skittered through her ears.
“Not like you to be so selfish, man,” Ash said, amusement still evident in his voice. “But I can deal. Her mouth is sweet and I bet her ass is even sweeter.”
Jace shifted and power coiled tautly through his arms. She almost expected him to toss her down and fuck her brains out, but his touch was exquisitely gentle as he lowered her to the bed. There was a reverence in his hold that mystified her.
Her back met the mattress and then his hands slid over her body, caressing and touching as if he couldn’t help himself. His palms glided over her breasts and then to her belly and finally to her hips. He positioned her so her ass was right at the edge of the bed and her legs dangled over.
To her utter shock, he knelt on the carpeted floor between her thighs. Her breath hiccupped and tore violently from her throat as he lowered his mouth.
Oh God.
“Going to taste that sweet pussy,” he breathed out.
When his tongue touched her clit, her entire body spasmed. Using his fingers to spread her farther, he licked her again and she shuddered as pleasure rolled through her body.
Ash feathered a hand over her jaw, turning her toward him. Her lips met the tip of his cock, and she hesitated.
“Open up, sweetheart,” Ash said.
Though it was prettily rendered, it was not a request. There was nothing remotely cajoling in his voice. It was a command and one she didn’t think to refuse. Her lips parted and he fit his cock to her mouth, easing inward as he put one hand to her head to hold her in place.
“That’s it. Suck it,” Ash said as he pushed farther in.
His quiet groan hovered and his fingers tightened against her scalp. She closed her eyes, allowing Ash to dictate the pace. It was fine because she lacked the concentration to be in control. Jace was destroying her with his mouth. His wicked, beautiful mouth and tongue.
Jace wasn’t at all tentative. He stroked his tongue over her clit and then down to her entrance and pushed inward, sucking and licking like she was a delicious treat. Ash leaned up and over her, angling himself into a more dominant position, so she had no choice but to take his cock as deep as he wanted her to take it.
And then Jace’s