together—as if they’d been one flesh even before they’d become intimate.
“Where did you go just now, baby doll?”
Julia blinked. The air between them seemed to crackle with sexual tension. They continued to give her their full attention, and she felt like a steak being eyed by two ravenous carnivores.
“I’m not going to tell you.” She tilted her head to one side. “In this two-against-one tug-of-war, I reserve the right to keep some things to myself.”
“Oh, sweetheart, it’s not two against one. That implies that we have an adversarial relationship. Trust me, the last thing we feel toward you is adversarial.”
“Did you miss us, kitten? I know Dev asked you earlier, but I don’t feel as if you really answered. Did you miss us?” Drew’s expression—half hopeful child, half winsome puppy—melted her heart.
In the face of such need, such longing, how could she pretend to be aloof?
“Yes.” Julia wished she could have sounded just a bit stronger just then. The passion they’d aroused in her with their kisses had not been a new, fresh passion. They’d merely stirred to life the embers they’d left smoldering within her so many months before.
Like any fire that had been left waiting for six long months, she knew hers would explode back to life with just the slightest bit more kindling.
The men must have realized that, too. They exchanged a look she didn’t have any trouble reading.
“Are we done talking for now, baby doll?” Dev’s voice dipped, and something about that particular tone sent shivers trembling through her body.
Her mouth had gone dry, and the words she might have said refused to form. She licked her lips and nodded once.
“Good. We have only one more question for you.” Drew lowered his arms and took two steps away from the counter.
God, I can feel them both from here . Every little part of her body that was female began doing a happy dance.
Civilized? No, humans weren’t all that civilized Julia realized as her body had begun to prepare itself to receive her mates. We’re still, at the very base of everything, feral beings .
Just as she sensed the heat and the promise in them, they surely must have sensed her hormonal changes. Drew’s erection pressed against his pants. Dev’s sharp inhalation told her he, too, was ready.
A fine trembling began inside her, and her voice shook when she said, “Ask your question.”
“What time do you need the alarm set for in the morning?”
Julia looked from one to the other of them. She didn’t think any of them would be able to hold out much longer. They seared her with their gazes, and her body burned to cradle them once more.
“Eight. That’s early enough for me to call in and cancel my one meeting for the day.”
Drew shifted slightly and nodded, but it was Dev who moved. He stood and reached for her, lifting her out of the chair before he was completely on his feet.
“Next time we’ll show a little more finesse,” he promised.
Julia couldn’t see the sense in not being honest. She wanted these Navy SEALs. She’d never stopped wanting them. She wrapped her arms around Dev’s neck, confident he wouldn’t drop her. “Screw finesse,” she said. “Just hurry.”
How strong he is to be able to take the stairs two at a time with me in his arms . Dev strode down the short hall then turned to the left, entered a room, and then stopped.
He eased her back just enough that he could kiss her, a hot, wet, totally carnal kiss. His tongue dominated hers, hard, deep strokes and Julia felt as if she was being devoured, one lick at a time.
Drew ran his hands over her bottom and then, as Dev had done earlier, made very quick work of stripping off her skirt. But he didn’t stop there, and in just a few more seconds she was naked from the waist down.
Julia wasted no time winding her legs around Dev.
“Baby doll?” Dev had taken his mouth off hers to string kisses across her face, down her throat. “Julia?”
She