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they’d tell
her the truth or continue to spin their tall tale. No one liked a story better
than a Texan and the wilder the better. But this wasn’t funny. This was her
life they were playing with.
    Jace shrugged. “Javara is our world.” He turned his back and
strode toward the horses. “Come, we must be on our way.”
    She followed him, with Darian right behind her. She didn’t
think he was worried about protecting her as much as he was with keeping her
from running. But where would she run to? She wasn’t stupid enough to take off
into an unknown forest. She’d watch and wait for her opportunity. And, on the
off chance they were being honest with her, and she thought they were, she
could contact Tim when she got to their home. Wherever she was, Tim would come
for her.
    Whatever she could say about the men, they were damn fine
judges of horseflesh. Sam’s eyes widened when she got a glimpse of a gorgeous
stallion, a sturdy white mare with black stockings and a black gelding.
    “Well, hello.” She spoke low and approached the animals
slowly. The stallion stomped his feet, but the mare put out her head for Sam to
scratch. “What’s her name?” she asked.
    “Morning Star.” It was Darian who answered her. “We call her
Morning.”
    “A beautiful name for a beautiful girl.” Sam crooned to the
gorgeous animal. Her eyes were filled with intelligence and she had elegant
lines.
    “Can you ride?” She turned toward Jace’s gruff voice and
almost laughed. She was born and bred on a Texas farm. Of course she could
ride.
    “Yes.” She left it at that.
    Darian hovered beside Morning as if waiting to help her
mount, but Sam put her foot in the stirrup and swung up on the horse. She
hadn’t ridden in a few months and the joy of being back in the saddle almost
overshadowed the fact she’d been kidnapped. Almost.
    Not matter how much she liked these men, they’d taken her
from her home. The black gelding had no saddle, but Darian mounted him easily,
gathering the reins. Jace swung up on the stallion and they were off with her
horse situated between the two men and Jace in the lead.
    The trees were tall and the path narrow. Sam was used to
wide open spaces and now she felt hemmed in, almost claustrophobic at times.
Yet, there was so much lush beauty surrounding them. There were trees of
various kinds, shrubs, flowers and thick mosses on the ground. She saw several
different kinds of mushrooms and heard several birdsongs.
    They rode in silence for a long time and finally she
couldn’t take it any longer. “Tell me more about this place.”
    “Why?” Jace shot back. “You don’t believe what we’ve already
told you.”
    Darian interrupted and picked up the story where Jace had
left off earlier. “Women are scarce here and, as such, are valued. Brothers
will compete with one another to see who can win a woman’s hand. Only one
brother can marry her, but all share in her bed.”
    Sam pulled the mare to a complete halt. “Whoa. What do you
mean, compete? And what’s this about being shared between a couple of men?” She
didn’t like the sound of this at all. Were they taking her to a cult of some
kind?
    Jace pulled the stallion around in a tight circle until he
was facing her. “The tapestry brought you to us. If you are willing, we will
compete sexually for your favor. If you decide to stay you will pick one of us
to be your husband, but the other brother will also share in your bed.”
    Her imagination exploded with images of the three of them
naked in a huge bed. Heat suffused her body and her pussy clenched. Oh God, it
was all too easy to imagine Jace on top of her, plunging his cock into her
pussy while Darian suckled her breasts. She’d read about ménage à trois scenes
in some of the romance books she liked, but never had she really imagined being
part of one.
    She shook her head and Jace’s scowl deepened.
    He spun the horse back around and continued to ride. “We
will not force ourselves on