Ben came out just a minute later and began to untie her. He brushed kisses over the marks on her skin.

Each circle he undid, taking the rope from her body, kissing over the marks momentarily before he went back to it, sent her back into ropespace.

“Now then, Erin. Ben’s c**k is very, very hard. I can take care of it.” Todd’s mouth kicked up at the corner. “Or you can. Any preferences?” He leaned in close to nip her bottom lip and then bent to lick over both ni**les.

“Please, f**k me. Lick me. Anything. Just . . . please.”

Ben sat and patted his lap. “Seems to me, Erin, you doubted us yesterday.”

She arranged herself like he told her to and arched when his fingertips brushed up the backs of her thighs and over the seam of her ass. Teasing.

“I didn’t. Exactly. You two want to fix me. I . . .”

But she had no more opportunity to speak when the first crack came. Open palmed, Ben had slapped her ass once, twice and three times.

It only made her wetter, something he verified when his fingers slid into her cunt and drew out to tickle her clit until she moaned.

“You did. You promised us both that you’d always trust us.”

Another slap and one more.

“I was afraid,” she blurted.

He stood so fast it made her head spin, and she found herself facing him on the bed, Todd right behind her.

“On my cock, right this instant.” Ben grabbed her leg, moving it to rest on his hip.

Todd reached around and undid the weights, and a rush of sensation followed as she squirmed and then found herself moving down, taking Ben’s c**k deep.

“Hold on.”

She didn’t need to be told twice. She held on to his shoulders as he shifted. Todd’s arms came around, holding them both, pushing her down onto Ben’s cock, taking him deeper until she cried out.

Orgasm she hadn’t been expecting just yet slammed into her as she arched, writhing as Ben began to stroke into her body hard and deep. She held on, buffeted by Todd’s body at her back.

Wedged between them, she could only breathe as Ben thrust, rolling his hips, f**king into her body so hard her tits jiggled.

“There’s no need to be afraid. Not with me and Ben. We love you. All of you. We’ll protect you, and if that means we need to let you grieve in your own way, so be it. We’re your safe place, just like you’re ours.”

Tears came again, but they were good tears. He was so right. “You’re right.”

She was sure she couldn’t take any more until Todd’s fingers found her clit and tugged ever so gently on her piercing.

“He’s so handsome, our Ben,” Todd whispered into her ear.

“When you f**k him it makes me lose my mind. So. Hot.”

Todd chuckled. “Me too, gorgeous.”

But she had no more words when a second climax came, sweeping over her, and sucked her under. It was all she could do to hold on as it happened. Hold on as she heard Ben’s growl, as he grabbed her hips tight, increasing his pace and depth until he snarled, leaning forward to kiss her hard and fast as he came.

Each fell back to the mattress, breathing hard, hands held.

“Never doubt us.” Ben said this as he panted.

“I don’t. Really. I just lost myself a while. But I knew you’d be there when I came back. I knew you two would be my lighthouse in the harbor.” Tears came, but they were cleansing. “And you were. Like you always are.”

“Always.” Todd squeezed her hand.

“Forever,” Ben added.

She’d fallen apart and they hadn’t lied and told her things would be all right. They’d accepted her, grief and all. And in doing so, only underlined just exactly why she was with them to start with.

“No one knows me like you two do. Thank you.”

“We should thank you for knowing you.” Todd moved to his side to face them.

“No, thank you for knowing me and loving me anyway. For seeing all my flaws and loving me despite them.”

“Your flaws are part of who you are. We love you because of them. Like you love me because of mine. The world is full of challenges. Ours sometimes more than others because we have three instead of two.”

Todd kissed the side of her breast and then reached out to run his fingertips through Ben’s hair. “We’ll kick those challenges in the ass because you can’t beat us.”

“Team us.” Erin laughed and meant it more than just about anything she’d ever said.

“Fuck yeah.”