balls. Colm didn’t give him a chance to even take a deep breath. His hips punched up and the flexing muscles pushed Linc right over the edge.
Linc pulled almost completely out and then drove deep. His mouth claimed Colm’s as his hips thrust forward. Colm met each stroke. His grip tightened and his body lifted. Linc could tell Colm was close. Colm stiffened and groaned. His body shook and Linc barely felt the warm semen hit his stomach. He continued to grind into Colm. His balls pulled tight, aching with the need to release. A sharp nip on his shoulder threw him over the edge. His hips ground hard against Colm as he came. The aching tightness exploded, rushing over him in a blinding rush of tingling pleasure.
He pulled back and let Colm’s legs fall to the bed before he lay down on the bed beside his lover. He let his hand rest on Colm’s stomach and just enjoyed the lingering pleasure.
“We’ll go slowly. I’m not saying I agree to your whole plan, but we’ll get to know her and see if we can help her. She does need some training for the magic inside of her now. While we’re doing that, we’ll see. Even though I don’t want to see her in someone else’s arms, I don’t know if I can get past my own problems about true mates.” Colm’s fingers tangled in Linc’s hair.
“I’m not asking you to instantly agree. Even if you did, we’d still have the problem of unmasking her without losing any trust she’s given us. That’s not going to be an easy problem to solve if we decide to do it.” Linc grimaced. Getting Colm’s cooperation was the least of his worries. In spite of his fears, Colm would realize that it was the way it was supposed to be. Eventually.
“Not easy, it will be nearly impossible.” Colm shook his head.
“I think we’re up to the challenge. If nothing else comes to us, we can try bargaining it away piece by piece.” Linc grimaced. Not that he could see that working. They didn’t have anything that she wanted that much or if they did, they didn’t know about it at this point.
They would find some way through her barriers. He wasn’t prepared to accept anything else. Once Colm stopped letting fear push at him, Colm wouldn’t tolerate it, either. The mating attraction would help them a little. He’d felt it before with Colm and knew the pull was too strong to be ignored. She might fight it, but would be drawn closer to them with each passing day. Hopefully, with that closeness, she’d learn to trust them.
Chapter Five
Looking back on the last few days, Cami was amazed that everything had been so normal. She’d received a few strange looks from the men. It hadn’t been as bad as she’d thought. She could tell they didn’t see her in the same way as before, though. In truth, the change in how they looked at her was a little worrying. Before, she’d noticed sympathy and protectiveness. Now overall, the men didn’t seem to see her as a victim or fragile.
Not necessarily a bad thing, but she wished Colm and Linc still saw her that way. After losing control, she knew they didn’t retaliate. Still, she wasn’t ready to give them her complete trust. On the other hand, they seemed determined to close the distance she’d put between them.
They were more attentive now. It wasn’t just because they knew she was having trouble with the magic inside her. She wished it was that simple. She could deal with them focusing on her to keep her from having another accidental magic release.
They began teaching her a few techniques to control the power inside of her. She couldn’t control it when it was at its highest, but if she caught it before it went too high, she could handle it. Most of the methods had nothing to do with applying the magic, which frustrated her a little. She wanted to learn to use it as well as have the ability to impose her will on the power within her.
Linc and Colm had taken an interest in her. The magic seemed to be the least of their focus when they were near her. Speculation burned in their eyes as well as curiosity whenever she looked at them. Today, it seemed even worse.
One of the michkal, the huge shaggy-haired beasts that pulled the wagons, had been hurt when it had stepped