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  “Gladly.” Drace lapped me again, circling my aching clit with just the tip of his tongue and then diving in for more. He pressed his hot, wet tongue deep into my channel until I gasped and bucked against his mouth. And all the time, Lucian was cupping my breasts and twisting my nipples with a slow, hot motion that sent sparks of pure pleasure from my aching peaks to the throbbing place between my thighs.

  “Drace!” I moaned, unable to stop myself from writhing all over Lucian’s lap. “Oh, God…that feels so good!”

  I hadn’t really had a chance to appreciate his technique before, mostly because that last time he’d tasted me, I was on the edge of death and he and Lucian had been trying so desperately to pull me back. But now, naked and helpless between them, I was free to appreciate exactly how good Drace was at going down and let me tell you, he was good.

  “It doesn’t make you jealous at all?” Mandrex asked Lucian as they held me between them. “To watch another man pleasure your female? To see him lick and suck her open pussy?”

  “He is my bond-mate,” Lucian said simply. “Though I long to taste Rylee’s sweet juices myself, I still love watching Drace give her so much pleasure.”

  “And why shouldn’t you taste her juices?” Mandrex mused. “Drace,” he ordered. “Look up for a moment, if you please.”

  As before, Drace was extremely reluctant to leave his spot between my thighs. He kept lapping and sucking, teasing my clit with just the tip of his tongue until I cried out and jerked against his mouth. At last, though, he looked up, his full, sensuous lips and chin shiny with my juices.

  “Ah—I can see how much you’re enjoying tasting your female,” Mandrex told him. “But you shouldn’t keep all of her sweet honey to yourself, my friend.”

  “What do you mean? You want Lucian to have a turn between her thighs?” Drace’s voice was hoarse with lust.

  “Not yet.” Mandrex gave them both a slow smile. “Kiss him—share your lady’s essence with your bond-mate.”

  “Kiss him?” Drace frowned and I thought for sure he wouldn’t go for it.

  “Why yes.” Mandrex smiled pleasantly. “Is that a problem?”

  “He’s not a Beta,” Drace growled. “Hell yes, it’s a problem.”

  Uh-oh—here we went with the whole Alpha/Beta thing again. I was still trying to piece together the rules. Could the Alpha kiss the Beta but not the other way around? I put my hands on both of them, making sure I was touching bare skin.

  “Guys,” I murmured, concentrating on sending a current of peace and caring to them both. “We have a common goal here. I know neither of you is into kissing other males but we need to come together over this, no matter what kind of taboo you have against it.”

  “To be clear about the ‘taboo’ as you put it,” Lucian said, frowning at me. “Kissing between the two males in a Triumvirate isn’t usually done. And for one male to kiss another means he is treating him in a subservient manner—as though he was a Beta.” He cleared his throat. “But having said that…I will allow Drace to kiss me.”

  “You will?” I don’t know who looked more surprised—Drace or me. But Lucian nodded firmly.

  “I owe you one, bond-mate,” he said to Drace in a low voice. “It’s all right—for now, I’ll play the Beta to your Alpha…just this once.”

  “All right.” Kneeling up, Drace reached for the other man. Lucian leaned towards him, over my shoulder. I watched in awe as the two of them kissed.

  Their lips met tentatively at first and then Lucian groaned softly and lapped at Drace’s mouth—clearly he was enjoying my taste on his bond-mate’s lips.

  “Gods,” Drace growled, breaking the kiss for a moment. “Open to me, bond-mate—let me share the flavor of our chosen female with my tongue.”

  Lucian hesitated for a moment, frowning.

  “You said that you’d be my Beta,” Drace reminded him in a hoarse growl.

  “So I did.” Leaning forward again, Lucian parted his lips and allowed the other male to thrust slowly into his mouth. They both groaned as Drace’s tongue slid between Lucian’s fangs and then their mouths clashed together in earnest.

  I felt a fresh surge of heat between my thighs as I watched the rough, luscious kiss play out in front of me. God, the two of them were so sexy together! I loved the fact that they were sharing me—that they were enjoying sharing my juices so much and coming together at the same time.

  At last they broke apart, panting.

  Lucian looked at Mandrex, his eyes flashing.

  “Are you satisfied now?”

  “I will not be satisfied until your lady is, Lucian,” Mandrex drawled, his own eyes glinting behind the black mask. “Tell me, since you say neither of you has entered her pussy, would you like to be the first?”

  Lucian looked down at me. “That depends on what Rylee says,” he murmured. “What do you think, ma 'frela? Will you allow me to enter your sweet pussy with my cock?”

  I bit my lip, feeling my breath come short. God, we were really getting in deep here. Was I really willing to do this—to go this far?

  I have to, I thought. There’s no other way to get the Key.

  “Yes,” I whispered at last, looking up at him. “If…if you’re gentle. And careful.”

  “Of course ma 'frela. I would never hurt you,” he said softly, stroking my cheek.

  “Do you want me to watch?” Drace asked, looking at Mandrex. “You think I’ll get jealous when I see my bond-mate’s shaft sliding into our female’s pussy?”

  “Will you?” Mandrex looked intrigued.

  “Did Lucian get jealous when he watched me tasting and tongue-fucking Rylee’s pussy?” Drace raised an eyebrow at him. “No—he told me to fuck her deeper.”

  “So he did,” Mandrex murmured thoughtfully. “Which is why I want you to do more than watch—I want you to participate.”

  “Participate how exactly?” Drace looked at him warily.

  “I want you to insert your bond-mate’s shaft into your female’s pussy,” Mandrex purred. “Help him enter her, Drace.”

  A stubborn look came over Drace’s granite-like features.

  “Fuck you,” he said shortly.

  “Oh, have I said something wrong?” Mandrex looked more intrigued than offended. “Have I hit upon another one of your ‘taboos’?”

  “During bonding sex, it is the Beta who prepares the female to be entered by both of her males,” Lucian said in a low voice. “He helps to insert his Alpha’s shaft into her pussy and then licks her tender little clit and the areas they are joined as the Alpha pumps inside her. The chemicals in his saliva in combination with the precum of the Alpha are what allow her to open to both males at once for bonding and breeding purposes.”

  “So the Beta licks her while the Alpha fucks her,” Mandrex mused. “Most interesting.”

  “Fuck interesting. No true Alpha would willingly put his mouth that close to another male’s shaft,” Drace growled. “Kissing Lucian was one thing but I’m only gonna go so far.”

  “All right then.” Mandrex nodded, apparently not at all offended. “In that case, you can simply hold Rylee steady while Lucian enters her. Will that offend your Alpha sensibilities?”

  Drace looked relieved. “No, that’s fine. I’d fucking love that.”

  “Well then—up on your knees, my dear,” Mandrex said to me. “Let’s have a good view of your lover’s shaft filling that sweet little pussy of yours.”

  Biting my lip, I got to my hands and knees on the bed. Lucian positioned me so that my left side was to Mandrex and knelt behind me on the mattress. Drace was in front of me, his muscular arms around me, comforting and holding me. I nuzzled close to him, breathing in his spicy scent to calm my nerves as I felt the broad head of Lucian’s shaft nudging my inner thighs.

  God, I couldn’t believe we were really doing this! I had never felt so open or so vulnerable as I did at that moment, kneeling between my two lovers as one of them prepared to open me with his cock. I was shivering with some