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“Was she spelled?” Teddy held out an egg as they stared at him.
“You know what the egg is for?” Noel didn’t sound as surprised as he did resigned. As if he should have known that Teddy would know the answer to their question even though they were all shifters.
“Of course. Eggs are used to cleanse someone from a bad spell or minor curse. You just rub it over them from their feet up to their head as you focus on cleaning their spirit. It’s something that even non witches can do.”
“Well, fuck. Stop talking smarty-pants and get this spell off her. She’s not warming up.”
Teddy glared at his brother but didn’t respond. Instead, he motioned for them to raise my body from the water so that he could go to work. As he ran the egg up over my skin from my feet to my head, I recited the words I’d read in the old book that said they were to help make a curse easier to remove. Maybe some dormant part of my blood would heed the call to help in this case.
And just like that warmth flooded my body, setting every nerve ending on fire with pain. I whimpered and tears streaked down my cheeks. It was too hot, too fast. But if I thought my muscles had been clenched before, I was mistaken. It was nothing compared to how they felt now.
“What’s wrong with her? Did you do something wrong?” Freddy’s panic had Teddy turning back to the tub from the sink where he’d cracked the egg, letting the black insides go down the drain with lots of hot water.
“Maybe the water’s too hot. You should take her out.”
“What are you talking about, Teddy? She’s still blue and cold.” Freddy rubbed his hands over my arm closest to him. The warmth from his hands made me moan as it eased some of the pain.
“I think we should do as Teddy suggested. He hasn’t been wrong yet.” Noel tried to stand, but with me in his arms and the slippery surface of the bottom of the bath, he couldn’t quite do it on his own. “A little help, please?”
With Freddy’s help, Noel stood, and Teddy wrapped up a fluffy towel around me, using it to dry my skin. Once I was dry, Teddy lifted me from Noel’s arms. This time, the transfer was easier, still painful, but easier since my arms weren’t clenched as tight.
“I’m taking her to the fire, come join us as soon as you’re dry. I pulled out the fixings for some hot buttered rums. It’ll help us all warm up.” I wanted to lick my lips, but nothing cooperated with me yet. I’d never had one of those drinks before, but I’d heard of them, and I’d always wanted to try one.
With a gentleness that I’d come to expect from him, Teddy laid me down on a pile of blankets in front of the roaring fire. I shivered in my nakedness from the difference of temperature. Teddy drew his fingers down my body, brushing the sides of my breasts before holding onto my waist. “You’re so beautiful like this, spread out in front of the fire, all golden and glowing.”
The heat in his eyes warmed me nearly as much as his touch and the fire did.
“I know my brother kissed you. But I want a taste for myself. A better one than that brief touch of lips earlier.” He hovered over me, not touching me, but I could feel the warmth of his body brush up against me. With a slow, steady pace, giving me time to protest, he lowered his lips to mine, pressing against them with the softest pressure before doing it again and again. The feel of them was exquisite. It captured all my attention, helping me to forget how cold I was and the pain of warming up.
“Fuck, that’s hot. I want in.” Freddy’s towel clad body landed next to me on the blanket bed. Propped up on his side, he pushed his way in until Teddy laid on the other side of me in a mirrored pose. But where Teddy still played with my lips, teasing me, Freddy placed open mouthed kisses along my neck and collar bone. Occasionally, I felt him drag his tongue over a spot which sent tingles down my spine.
“Knock it off you two. We need to get her warm.” At my crestfallen look, Noel winked. “And then we can play.”
“But Noel, haven’t you heard, body heat, in particular skin-on-skin body heat, is the best way to warm someone up?” Freddy ripped off his towel and flung it onto the nearby chair. And I couldn’t miss the hardness and size of him as it brushed up the side of my thigh, leaving a light trail of wetness.
“After we have our drinks.”
Freddy grumbled, but Teddy chuckled as he stood, remaining in my line of sight. “You might already be naked, brother, but it’s me she’s getting to watch strip.”
And with that volley, Teddy reached behind his neck, grabbed the t-shirt he wore, and pulled it up over his head. My eyes drank him in. I’d been too cold and locked in my own misery to have noticed when Freddy and Noel stripped out of their clothes. Or maybe they hadn’t until after the bath. Either way, I never got to see them except for the tiny batches I was able to peek at now.
When he reached for the button on his pants, I couldn’t help but moan. I wasn’t normally like this. Sex was something I didn’t seek out—not that I had this time either—but it never happened like this or made me want someone—or someones in this case—so badly.
A mug was thrust in my face, blocking my view. “Freddy, help Mel to sit up a little so she can drink her hot buttered rum.”
I was propped up with my back resting on Freddy when Noel handed me the mug. I glanced around it to find Teddy, wanting to see his body, but he was already sitting on the nest at my feet with a sheet pulled over his lower half. At my pout, Noel laughed. “Don’t worry, little Mel. You’ll get to see it all soon enough.”
Teddy winked as he handed his brother the far end of the sheet. “As much as I’m loving the view, Freddy, cover her please so that she warms up.”
At that point I lost interest due to the amazing smell that came from the mug. The sweetness of the butter and sugar mixed with the spicy scent of cinnamon, gloves, and nutmeg—all spices that never failed to invoke memories of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s—plus the rum and my mouth was drooling to taste it.
And when I did, I thought I’d died and gone to heaven.
The drink was smooth, coating the rawness of my sore throat, and when it reached my belly, it felt like a ball of warmth that oozed out, spreading its goodness and heat to all.
Between the drink and the three, sexy—and I assumed naked since I didn’t get to see Noel before he slipped under the sheet on my other side—males, I almost wondered if I shouldn’t thank Amber for what she did.
But not until tomorrow or next week when I was done with them.
