Sex Me Down (18 page)

Sex Me Down

beautiful than he ever could have hoped. He couldn’t blame the other man for his reaction. She was the loveliest creature Fane had ever seen. His cock twitched out a reminder that he’d not been with a woman in several cycles and he grinned wryly. If he could not control his body’s reaction to his mate, how could he condemn the actions of Sayre?

Still, the thought of sharing her rankled. His people had begun to war amongst themselves over the lack of available mates. Fane wasn’t the only one of his kind who didn’t want to share his mate with another. Many of the males of his species shared their females with their close friends or brothers, yet some wanted a mate of their own. He and his twin cousins left
Tigeria
together on this quest for a mate. They too searched the worlds for a woman of their own. Since they always shared everything between them, he could only hope they would be as lucky in finding a willing woman with the courage to love them both. Men were killing each other in the streets over fickle women who could not decide between them.
That
was what sent him off-world in search of his one true mate. Only a true bondmate would keep to him and him alone. He had found her. And still he had to share. He tightened his fists, blood welling in his palms as he his frustration called to his inner beast. 33

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He braced himself as he waited for her to approach, hiding his clenched hands behind his back. He’d agreed to this. If not vocally, at the very least he had approved this triad bond by changing to his human form in front of two offworlders. He watched as Laynee took one hesitant step after another away from the safety of her bedroom and he smiled encouragingly. Not only was she beautiful, but she was courageous. A fitting mate for him. The alpha female of his house must be a woman of courage and strong character. She was frightened. He could smell it. And still she moved to join them. He found that he could do no other than admire the demonstration of her courage through her fear as she entered the room and gave them both a wobbly smile.

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What now?
Laynee asked herself as she glanced between the two men. Sayre looked just like his brother. She blinked slowly. Tall, dark and handsome, he was the epitome of masculine beauty. Though something about him was different from Dare. Was it the same type of difference she saw between herself and her sister?

Or was it just that her mate was the more handsome of the two men?
Age before beauty.
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