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Then the door opened and the most gorgeous female he’d ever seen in his life stepped inside.
Curves for days. Long, dark hair like a silken waterfall. Lush lips meant for kissing and other wicked things.
His bear had roared so loudly in his head that he’d flubbed the verse he’d been singing and strummed a bad chord.
Rhaider had also messed up, his fingers slipping into an unholy sounding chord that stuck out like a sore thumb.
Rafe was elated to be in the presence of his mate and to know his brother was equally affected. He’d glanced at him as he’d picked up where the song went bad and continued on.
Rhaider had nodded, his eyes the deep amber of his bear. It had taken all of Rafe’s willpower not to toss his guitar off and stalk to the beauty. But they were trying to land the house band gig, and they’d promised Titus to be professional.
Hauling the lovely female out of the bar like cavemen was hardly professional.
Although that’s all he could think about.
He watched her join a table with two females and a male. She looked strikingly similar to the male, so he suspected they were at least siblings if not twins. A glance at the clock on the tablet hooked up to the mic stand told him they had thirty more minutes in the set, then they’d have an hour break.
He was positive it would be the longest thirty minutes of his life.
Switching smoothly to the next song on their playlist, Rafe watched as his mate’s possible brother took the hand of the female next to him and walked onto the dance floor. Their mate and the other female spoke quietly, but her gaze pinged between him and his brother the whole time.
He hoped she knew what they were together. He couldn’t scent what she was from this distance, but with her eyes turning gold and the fact the bar was in pride territory, he bet she was a lion. They’d make an amazing trio—two grizzlies and a lioness.
Nerves kicked through him like wildfire and he had to concentrate on the words to the song again so he didn’t rush off the stage. He wanted to ask her if she knew she was theirs and if she was okay having two males dote on her for the rest of their lives. He had no idea if their pride was progressive and would allow her to remain in their ranks after taking two mates, but he’d make sure that she never wanted for anything, no matter if they were able to stick around in the pride or not. He didn’t want to think about her losing access to her pride and family if she took them as mates, but he also wasn’t going to walk away from her.
He’d just keep his fingers crossed and hope for the best.
And if they had to give her time to get to know them and get used to the idea of having two males claim her, then he and Rhaider would do just that.
He could woo her. Treat her like a queen. Give her a glimpse of what life with them would be like.
Damn, he was getting ahead of himself.
He hadn’t even introduced himself to her.
Mentally shaking his thoughts back to the music, he kept his gaze on his mate but sang with all his heart.
All the songs were for her now. Every chord, every note.
* * *
“Fucking longest half hour ever,” Rhaider said with a low voice as they finished their last song and the crowd clapped. Recorded music came across speakers as their one-hour break began. The bar was busier now than it had been when they’d started at eight, but the only person in the universe that Rafe cared about was still seated at the small table with the other three people.
Rafe set his guitar on the stand and moved to the piano. They hadn’t been able to talk during the set, but he’d known Rhaider felt the same pull.
“We’re on the same page, right?” Rafe asked.
Rhaider turned off the keyboard. “Hell yes. My bear was really antsy before she showed up. I think maybe I smelled her in the bar—maybe she works here or hangs out a lot. When I saw her, man…” Rhaider’s voice dropped off and Rafe stiffened as he felt his bear recognize their mate was close.
Rafe turned to see the petite brunette was making her way toward them, weaving through the dancing couples, her gaze on them.
“Let’s go meet our mate,” Rafe said.
“We’ll just hang out then,” Rebel said.
“Ah, give them a break,” Maverick chided. “It’s not every day heart-matches happen.”
Rafe snorted and smiled at his band mates. “Behave.”
