No doubt he’d be pestering me for snacks soon. Well tough. He could go hunt some dinner.
“Do you need a lift, pet? Oh wait, my magic is too low to teleport that far,” Zane complained with a wink in my direction.
“Remember what I said about the cold, incubus?” Maverick growled.
“That you can’t perform in it?”
Maverick swore under his breath before turning on the smirking incubus.
“That our mate needs to warm up, eat, and rest. So if you need a magic boost, go scare some birds or something.”
Zane hummed thoughtfully. “How about I give you some nightmares? Does that work for you?”
My bear rumbled a warning, but the incubus grinned like an asshole.
“You give me nightmares, incubus, and I’ll give you one that’s ten times worse!”
“Can you two stop, please? I’m super cold and hungry, and Kai probably thinks another monster has eaten us by now.”
Zane looked guilty for a split second before he grabbed me by the wrist and blinked us away. When my feet hit the ground, I realized he’d teleported me across the open space and we were at the foot of the mountain.
Once I’d finished retching, I glared at him. “I thought you had no magic reserves left.”
“I may have exaggerated a teeny bit,” he admitted. “But cross my heart, pet, I really do need a boost…if you’re game?” His wink told me exactly what he had planned, and the thought of some sexy time with the incubus had my core heating nicely.
The merman coughed loudly and turned away.
“Put a pin in those thoughts,” Zane said in a low voice that promised untold pleasure once we’d found shelter. “If you like, we can invite the merman into our pile of blankets.”
“Blankets?” I’d seen no blankets unless Zane had a magic rucksack.
“All will be revealed soon, pet.”
“I’d really, really like a soak in a hot bath,” I muttered to myself as we trudged up a track toward an opening in the cliff face.
“I’m going to tear your head off and play soccer with it!” Maverick yelled as he sprinted toward us. A throbbing pain had me tensing as another argument developed between my bear and the incubus.
Was there a manual for conflict avoidance in harems? If not, there should be. I’d buy a copy for sure.
“Come, let’s get inside out of the cold. If what my mother said is true, I may have a nice surprise for you,” the merman told me with a shy smile. He held out his hand, and without hesitation, I took it.
We walked through a gap between two rocks that had been barely visible from the outside, Kenji trotting behind. Once out of the wind, the temperature became a lot more bearable. Not warm exactly, but warm enough that my fingers regained some feeling.
“Can you create some magic lights?” Kai asked. “I have nothing with me to light a torch.”
“Um, sure.” I prayed while murmuring the spell Glynda had taught me when I first arrived. A second later, a small glowing orb appeared above our heads.
“Thank you.” The merman was always so polite. Unlike the other two, or three if I included Alar-dick, he treated me like a princess. Not that they, aside from Alar-dick, were awful to me, but they did what they wanted and took charge. I liked that, but I also liked the way Kai let me take the lead.
Maybe this was why the goddess had gifted me with more than one soul-bonded mate. Perhaps she understood I had different needs that one mate couldn’t fulfill alone. Or maybe she realized I was a horny slut of a witch who would never be satisfied with only one dick.
Heat slid down my veins, and my core clenched at the thought of welcoming all my mates into my bed.At once.
Kai coughed and hurried away from me. Oh my stars, had he read my mind?
“He’s a shifter, you stupid witch.” It took a moment for Kenji’s meaning to sink in, and then I blushed. Kai must have, um, detected which direction my thoughts drifted in.
“Oh.”
