Tyler repeatedly dragged his hands over my hips, up my body, over my breasts and back down. His palms slid over my skin like silk.
When his damp hair fell over his eyes, I ached to brush it away, feel the soft locks between my fingers. I tugged against Alec’s grip, but he only tightened it, pulling my arms tighter above my head, making my torso stretch like a lazy cat.
Tyler picked up the pace, and on his next pass, squeezed my breasts in his hands, making my back arch. He pinched my nipples lightly just as he ground into me and leaned forward, putting firm pressure on my clit.
I threw my head back and cried out as I came, my vision going blurry, my body writhing under his.
With another few deep thrusts, Tyler groaned, his gravelly voice echoing around our chamber of sex and depravity. He came deep inside me, his fingers digging into the flesh of my hips.
As my vision cleared, ice-blue eyes and a sultry smile came into focus—Alec leaning over me.
“I fucking love watching you come.” He released my wrists and moved away to make room for Tyler. Still buried inside me, Tyler lowered himself until his chest was flush with mine. I wrapped one arm around his shoulders and finally ran my fingers through his hair, pushing it off his forehead as he leaned in to kiss me.
We kissed for a long time, lazy and slow, our tongues caressing. Then he finally pulled out and struggled to his feet.
I couldn’t even fathom trying to sit up. My eyes were already drooping closed. I could totally sleep here for the night—it was warm enough.
Luckily, I had four Variants to take care of me. Water was once again sluiced over my body, a wet cloth and gentle hands cleaning me all over. Then I was wrapped up in dry towels and lifted into strong arms.
Someone cracked a joke about making sure the steam room was thoroughly cleaned and disinfected before someone else used it, but I was already relaxing against a strong chest.
I was asleep before we made it back to our cottage.
Twenty-Nine
A warm breeze caressed my naked body as the soothing sound of crashing waves drifted in through the open window. It was still nighttime, the only light coming from the partially obscured moon.
So what had woken me?
I snuggled closer into Ethan’s side and closed my eyes.
Murmuring voices made me open them again. I recognized the deep honey quality of Alec’s voice and the firm, calm response coming from Tyler, but I couldn’t make out the words.
As safe and comfortable as I was boxed in by Ethan and Josh, my curiosity wouldn’t allow me to go back to sleep.
With careful movements, I shimmied to the edge of the bed and managed to slip out of the room, grabbing the abandoned sheet off the ground as I passed.
I was sore, every movement reminding me of what we’d done in the steam room only hours prior. But the aches in my arms, legs, and abdominal muscles were nothing to be alarmed about—if anything, they made me smile.
I wrapped the sheet around myself and padded through the little cottage, following their voices toward the front door.
“I just feel so impotent.” Tyler’s frustrated voice rose, and Alec shushed him. I paused halfway to the door and clutched the sheet to my chest.
“I know, man. I just want to go out there and . . . punch something,” Alec growled, “but it’s starting to feel insurmountable. What are we supposed to do?”
“I don’t know. That’s the problem. I have all the relevant information. I have so much of her Light coursing through me I hardly even need to focus to draw out the truth. It just comes to me. But I don’t know what the next move is. Every possible scenario puts her in danger.”
Alec sighed.
My days of eavesdropping on conversations and coming to erroneous conclusions were over, and I didn’t feel the need to hide from them. So I walked to the door and out onto the patio.
Neither of them so much as raised an eyebrow. They’d probably heard me coming. They sat side by side, their chairs facing the edge of the cliff. The moon, half-hidden behind a cloud, reflected off the inky water in the distance. It was eerily beautiful.
I sank into Tyler’s lap, and he wrapped his arms around my middle and kissed the back of my neck. Reaching out, I threaded my fingers with Alec’s,