a proud, stubborn angle. The way she’d thinned her lips only made him want to kiss her. Now that was his woman.
“What part of ‘behave’ did you not understand?” Colm leaned forward, deliberately getting into her space to see how she’d react. He suspected that the shell of fear around her had cracked and might even be falling away.
She smiled and put her finger against his chest. “What part of ‘I don’t want to be here’ did you not get? I didn’t choose to be in here. If you didn’t like the way I sat there, maybe you should have sent me out of the room.”
“We don’t give in to bad behavior. It just encourages more.” Linc moved up beside Colm and shook his head.
“Next time, we’ll temporarily clear the room and put you over a knee. Since you’re ready to challenge us and push, we’re going to start treating you as a woman who can handle what we have to offer.” Colm smiled. He was more than ready to start doing that, but knew that even now, they’d need to move with a little more caution and gauge her reaction. As much as he’d like to throw off all restraint, he didn’t want to see the fear in her eyes again.
Her mouth worked and he knew she was trying to come up with some kind of response to his statement, something that would hold him back. She clearly hadn’t thought they would push right back.
“I won’t play nice if you try this again.” She bared her teeth at him.
The fact that she answered with a threat made him smile and sent a surge of lust through him. This was his mate. The sight of her eyes bright with emotion and the scent of both anger and desire lured him closer to her. He took a slow step forward. She stood her ground.
“Don’t even think about it.” She poked a finger against his chest.
“Nari, how can I resist when you’re daring me with every word and with the delicious scent of your arousal.” He let his hands slide over her arms.
He kept his touch light. She could pull away if she tried, but she didn’t so much as shrug. His fingers glided down her arms and circled her wrists. He lifted them and looped her hands over his shoulders. Her nails sank into his neck. He knew it was supposed to be a warning, but it excited him.
“Come on, Cami. You don’t want me? Step back and walk away.” He drew his palms down her sides, giving her every opportunity to do as he suggested. “Show me what you want.”
He saw Linc circle around to the side. Linc was close, but seemed to be careful about leaving her space if she wanted to step back from them. Cami’s eyes cut to the side. Emotions flickered across her face and through the gold of her eyes. He couldn’t catch all of them, but he definitely saw speculation and desire among the caution.
“Are you ready to show us what kind of woman we’ve got on our hands? Is that what today was about?” Linc drew his fingers across her cheek in a soft caress.
Her eyes flickered closed briefly, but then she seemed to gather herself. She glared at both of them. “That’s not what today was about. Are you blind? I wanted to show you that you can’t simply push me into this position and not expect me to push back.”
“That’s your way of putting it. Me, I see a strong woman finally ready to show us the real person she’s been hiding. You didn’t want to be here and you made us more than aware of it. You wouldn’t have done it before.” Colm smiled and let his hands smooth inward over her stomach.
She stared at him wide-eyed.
“I liked it. Under any other circumstances, I would have let you explore as much as you liked, but your effect on my body was intense, even if your touch was rather tame. You want to try it again?” Linc’s head cocked to the side and arched a brow at her. “Do you want to touch and be touched with both of us here this time?”
It was the first time they’d been together with her and pressed her sexually. Colm thought it was past time that they did. She needed to know with everything in her that she belonged with both of them. It wasn’t just one of them.
She licked her lips. His eyes