mouth left her for the briefest moment. “Don’t hurt her, Ash.”
Ash immediately stilled. Tension she could feel rolled off his body. He stiffened and withdrew and she could see him turn in Jace’s direction, his expression one of fury.
“When have I ever hurt a woman, Jace?”
There was a lot in his voice. Pissed off, surly alpha male rising to the surface. Gone was his playful, flirty demeanor and in its place was something altogether different.
“Jesus, what the fuck, man? Really? You’d say that kind of shit? What the hell are you thinking?”
Bethany tried to sit up, suddenly wanting to not be between these two men. But Jace put a gentle but firm hand on her belly and held her down. He didn’t even look at her, but kept his hand there, a silent order for her to stay put.
“It was just a warning,” Jace said in a quiet voice. “I don’t want to overwhelm her.”
Ash was silent as the two men stared hard at each other. Ash’s lips curled and then he seemed to read something in Jace’s gaze that made him back down. Ash’s eyes went blank and then he lowered his mouth to Bethany’s, kissing her in a manner clearly meant to comfort and reassure.
“I won’t hurt you,” he whispered against her mouth.
“I know,” she whispered back. And she did. Because Jace wouldn’t let him.
“Hands and knees,” Jace said, interrupting the brief tenderness between her and Ash.
She glanced down to see the intensity in Jace’s gaze and she shivered all over again.
Even as she went to turn, Jace was there, his hands against her skin as he helped her to her hands and knees. As soon as she was in position, Jace pressed a kiss to the small of her back.
“Have to get a condom, baby.”
And then he left her and cool air brushed over her skin, eliciting a wake of chill bumps.
Ash delved his fingers into her hair, brushing the strands back in repeated, gentle motions as he positioned himself in front of her. Up on his knees, he angled his cock to slide it back into her mouth. He kept one hand in her hair and with the other, he caressed her cheek and jaw, petting and coaxing her as he inched his way past her lips.
His scent filled her nostrils as his taste filled her mouth.
And then Jace was back, his hands covering and caressing her ass. He kissed the small of her back again and then let his tongue slide up her spine. She shivered to her toes and closed her eyes as Ash thrust deeper into her mouth.
She wanted Jace inside her. Needed it. Wanted him filling her over and over, pushing away the darkness, warming her from the inside out.
Finally, Jace cupped one hand over her ass and, with his other hand, guided his cock to her entrance. He rubbed the condom-covered tip from the mouth of her pussy down over her clit and then up again to glide through her wetness. He was testing, ensuring she was ready. She fidgeted and then gasped out a please around Ash’s cock.
Jace went still. So still that for a moment she thought she’d done wrong. And then he pushed inward. His hand tightened on her ass and she realized what his restraint was costing him. He seemed so afraid of hurting her. Did she seem so fragile to him? What had he seen in her eyes that would make him all but insult his best friend and make him treat her so reverently?
“Beautiful,” Ash murmured as he stroked inside her mouth again.
“Beautiful,” Jace echoed.
Jace pushed in to maximum depth, his balls straining against her mound. Then he held himself there, his hands sliding over her back, eliciting strong shivers from her very core. She closed her eyes, loving the sensation of being filled, so full she stretched around his erection. Each movement through hypersensitive tissues made her twitch and quiver.
He withdrew and then rocked forward again, slow and sensual, utterly controlled. She didn’t want control. She wanted him to lose it. To bury himself hard and fierce. She wanted to get lost, immerse herself so deeply in the experience that she thought of nothing else but the breathtaking pleasure she knew they would give her.
She pushed back against Jace, her mouth sliding over Ash’s rigid penis, his taste rough, masculine on her tongue.
Jace smacked his hand over her ass, startling her, but the sensation wrenched a groan from her mouth, vibrating over Ash’s cock.
“Patience,