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loved her too?

    Alice Gaines
    Eria’s Ménage
    - 36 -
    “Don’t look so surprised,” Tad said. “That body. All that lust. I want her every minute now. She’s a poison in my system.”
    Poison, but sweet. His mate. His.
    “Did you know she plans to be celibate after we give her a child?” Tad said.
    “What a waste. I could fuck her for the rest of my life and never get enough.”
    Yes. He had to have her. Even if he had to share. Love. Yes, love.
    “Besides, she needs us.” Tad got up and paced again. “This planet isn’t defended properly. Her chancellor’s an idiot. She needs you to protect her and me to do her negotiating.”
    He grunted. Agreed.
    “We have to convince her to keep us here,” Tad said.
    Brath growled a question.
    “I don’t know how.” Tad stopped, put his hands behind his back. “Somehow, we need to convince her we’re an asset, not a threat.”
    Two outworlders. Bigger and more powerful than she. That was why she’d send them away. If they let her. They wouldn’t.
    “Dozens of planets have sent mates to the women here. All made powerful alliances, and all went home. How can we be different?”
    Tad stopped, looked into space. “Our advantages. One, the riddle. Two, your kind’s fascination with females everywhere.”
    Yes, his twin was a fool. Didn’t realize his own power. He’d fucked her well.
    When Brath had found her this morning, she’d had a mated look. Soft eyes. Glowing skin. She’d reacted to the honey balm. Climaxed hard after a moment or two. Tad had left his stamp on her. If he was too stupid to realize that, Brath wouldn’t tell him.
    “So, we have your sex appeal and my brains,” Tad said. “And she can’t tell us apart. That intrigued her. I’m glad I thought of it.”
    Brath snorted.
    “All right, all right, it was your idea for me to disguise myself as you,” Tad said.

    Alice Gaines
    Eria’s Ménage
    - 37 -
    He’d lost the chance at first claiming. Worth the loss. She had to want them both.
    Together, they might stay. A team could win her. Neither could alone. Tad walked to him, bent, and stared into his face. “What goes on inside that head?”
    Brath looked back.
    “I know you can talk. Why don’t you?” Tad said.
    Only children babbled. Words were important. He wouldn’t use them now.
    “Damn you, I need your cooperation,” Tad said. “There’s a brain inside your skull. Use it.”
    Instead, he used his hand. He made a gesture. Like stroking a hard cock.
    Tad groaned and straightened. “All right. You want to plow her. Who wouldn’t?”
    Want? He was past wanting. His body throbbed. Her smell clung to him. It surged in his brain. In his blood. His twin had had her. His turn.
    Tad walked to his chair. Slumped into it. “Very well. Let me figure out how to get the maximum benefit out of the coupling, and you’ll have her.”
    * * *
    Both men appeared in Eria’s office in the late afternoon. They entered without so much as knocking. Kapt’s brows flew halfway to his hairline at the rudeness. “How dare you,” he said.
    “Do we need an appointment to see our mate?” Tad answered. He wore his own clothes this time. She’d be able to tell them apart, at least for now.
    “I haven’t said I’d mate with you yet,” she said.
    “You entertained me well enough last night,” Tad answered.
    Kapt’s mouth flew open. “Such insolence. Shall I have them removed, Excellency?”
    Brath stiffened, and his hand went to the metal ornament around his arm. Tad had used that to make bonds of energy the night before. It might also serve as a weapon. She raised a hand in his direction to warn him off.
    “They can stay,” she said. “For now.”

    Alice Gaines
    Eria’s Ménage
    - 38 -
    Kapt huffed. They’d breached protocol, and he lived for such niceties. He made quite a picture, nearly quivering with offense. Very amusing. She should have offended him long ago.
    “I think we’re through now, Kapt,” she said. “You may leave