“It did turn out good,” she said. “But I might’ve made the wrong call. I didn’t know what I was doing.”
Marduk huffed out a laugh. “Neither did we.”
Bec gave him a gentle smile. “The thing I’ll always remember is when you did as I asked.” She turned that smile to me. “Both of you trusted me and moved to stand next to me.”
“That meant a lot?” I asked.
“It meant everything,” she said. “It made me finally believe that you saw me as an equal. That we truly are partners.”
“I feel the same,” I said. “I didn’t want to admit it, but I felt like I was indulging you in this investigation. Then you acted with such decisive confidence during a crisis that I finally realized that I’d been thinking all wrong about our partnership. We protect each other, not the two of us always protecting you.”
“Yes, exactly,” Bec said. “As part of this partnership, I want to apologize for going off on my own.”
I was shocked she brought it up. I’d noticed all three of us hadn’t mentioned it throughout the evening. I didn’t want Bec to feel bad.
“Gale, Lars, or Lomis would’ve figured out how to put us in danger somehow,” Marduk said before I could. “You going off without us only moved up the timeline, it didn’t create it.
“Exactly,” I said, giving my twin a grateful nod.
“Thanks,” Bec said, the last of her tension leaving her. “I felt so guilty about putting everyone in danger. I hadn’t thought of it like that.”
Marduk shifted, reminding me that he was still on his knees. He patted the couch. “I want to join the snuggles.”
His words reminded me that this entire conversation started because Bec agreed to take our bite. The same thing must’ve occurred to Bec because she sat up, pushing off my chest.
“Let’s go upstairs.”
The moment the words left Bec’s lips, Marduk grabbed hold of her, stood up, and ran up the stairs with her cradled against his chest.
“Danzig, save me!” Bec yelled between bouts of laughter.
“There’s no saving you now!” I said, jumping up to follow.
Bec
Marduk dropped me on the bed, then started stripping out of his clothes. Danzig had already pulled off his shirt by the time he barreled into the room. Within thirty seconds, both of them were completely naked.
I went perfectly still, taking in the gorgeous male flesh displayed in front of me.
“I can feel your approval,” Danzig said, putting his hands on his head and flexing. When Marduk noticed what his brother was doing, he did the same thing.
“Fuck,” I muttered.
A strong wave of excitement came off both of them. They liked it when I admired them, which worked out because I liked looking at them.
Their dicks were rapidly hardening, and I was desperate to feel as one with each other. “In the bed, right now!”
Danzig lifted his foot to take a step forward, but Marduk put a hand on his chest to stop him.
“Strip,” Marduk demanded.
“Sure,” I said and moved off the bed to stand between them and the bed. I grabbed the hem of my shirt and eased it up with deliberate slowness. Their eyes dropped to the skin I slowly revealed as I lifted the soft fabric. Danzig licked his lips, and Marduk clenched his jaw. My shirt was caught under my breasts when I stopped and let go.
“You know, I should probably take a shower,” I said.
Their reaction to my teasing words was predictable. Marduk let out a low growl and Danzig chuckled.
“Wicked little human,” Danzig said and took a step closer. “I think you need to be punished.”
