followed the slick path of her tongue. He didn’t know if she was nervous, but the move was flat-out riveting and sexy. Sweeping his glance down her body, he noticed her hands clenching and flexing at her side.
His eyebrow raised, but he wouldn’t even begin to guess what was on her mind. Did she want to touch them or was she panicked? Even with that, he wasn’t going to back off before he had a chance to find out what she was thinking.
“I thought you were going to teach me to use focused magic.” Her eyes drifted lower to his chest.
Colm smiled as he realized she was interested in touching them. “We will, but we can do it after.”
“We won’t press you further than you’re prepared to go this time, Cami.” Linc combed his fingers through the hair along the side of her face. “Are you brave enough to take the chance?”
She took a deep breath as if she actually was gathering her courage. Colm flicked his eyes to the pulse point at her neck and saw it fluttering. Whatever she used to mask her scent messed up his ability to identify her emotions through scent, but he’d guess that it was nervousness. She slowly nodded.
“I want to touch too, not just be touched.” She swallowed heavily after making that admission.
“Feel free, nari. Touch anywhere you want. I’d love to have your hands on me.” Colm smiled. He’d love to have her touching him any way she wanted. Hands, mouth, body.
She lifted her head. “Both of you?”
“Yes, both of us.” Linc nodded and lifted his arms wide. “Feel free. I want you to feel free to come up and curl an arm around us or kiss us any time you want. You’re our mate.”
She opened her mouth, probably to deny it, but closed it again without saying anything. Colm let out a slow breath. He didn’t know how he would have reacted if she’d again denied their connection. Every time she did, the urge to prove just how strong the tie between them was grew more intense.
She looked back at the door. “No one will need you?”
“No one will come through that door without knocking. There’s nothing going on today that won’t wait.” Linc held out his hand. “We’re waiting. Are you going to take the chance?”
That chin lifted and her shoulders straightened. She narrowed her eyes and slowly took a step toward them. Apparently challenging her got a response almost every time. It was a good thing to know.
She hesitated and seemed to be trying to decide which one to touch. Her hands brushed up the front of Linc’s shirt. Colm simply watched, although he’d have loved to move in behind her and fill his hands with her breasts. He didn’t want to panic her when she was taking the first steps of being with both of them.
She needs to get accustomed to both of us touching her. Linc’s eyes met his.
Colm acknowledged that Linc was right about that, but still he wasn’t going to press her between them. I don’t want to panic her. She needs time to get accustomed to both of us.
What happened to maybe we were going too easy on her? Linc’s hand cupped the back of her head as he pulled her up for a kiss.
Different situation. If we panic her here, she’ll back away. It’ll take even longer to help her relax and accept us. Colm sidestepped and then approached from the side so that she’d have plenty of room to move if she needed. She needed to relax and accept them. He didn’t know why it was suddenly so important, but it had become one of his top priorities
Well, I wasn’t thinking about pushing too much. Not even fucking her. But you may be right about pressing her between us being too much. I can’t wait until we can hold her that way. Linc brushed kisses over her cheeks and down her neck.
Cami wasn’t making it easy for his bond brother to maintain a conversation, Colm realized. She’d unfastened the buttons on his shirt and had pushed it wide. He saw her nails scrape over both of Linc’s nipples before sweeping around and flicking at the tips.
“I think giving her entirely free rein might be a mistake.” Linc gritted through clenched teeth.
“We haven’t really touched her yet though.” Colm smiled as Cami glanced over at him. He could see the sultry heat in her eyes. He wanted to watch that gaze turn