(Amaia)

Alnitak has cracked the code to this. He has figured out that somehow I am unable to speak about the mate bond I share with them.

So I stay perfectly still watching a very bewildered Mintaka. The moonlight casually slips inside from their window, illuminating him and his melted ruby-infused hair.

A greed has descended in Mintaka’s eyes, with a newfound truth.

Alnitak’s lips continue to sinfully graze the skin of my neck.

"See. I think something holds her back. Something that prevents us from scenting her," Alnitak seductively whispers against my skin.

It’s like sitting inside a warm oven. The heat that seeps from his body combines with the one my own produces, under his touch and Mintaka’s gaze. With addition of the pain of the curse that makes me hiss.

"You see, she always hisses in pain whenever I speak to her about her mate. Again stay still, Amaia. Don’t try to speak if what I am saying is correct," his slow murmur comes again making every hair on my skin stand erect.

I only gulp, trying to swallow the saliva accumulating in my mouth.

My eyes remain locked with Mintaka, who is at the edge of his bed. His hands are holding on so tightly to the mattress that all those veins in his arms flow out like blue streams, brimming with the elixir of his life.

Words fight to tumble out of my mouth because the curse tries to do the opposite of what Alnitak asks. I tightly shut my mouth, biting wildly on my lower lip that it is cut open.

The blood trickles out, dripping on my chin as I fight the urge to scream in the blinding pain I am experiencing.

Mintaka’s eyes grow worried and he blasts at his brother.

"She is in pain. Stop giving her commands. You have made your point."

Zille gets startled at the raised voice and flies away from my lap. His wings flutter and that’s the only sound we hear in the room as he lands in their window and perches there.

"So you believe me then?" Alnitak lets go of my neck and asks his brother.

Mintaka slowly nods, still not removing his gaze from me.

Alnitak’s hand lands on my waist and slowly slithers inside my shirt, feeling my skin.

The sparks dance wherever he touches. His hands possess a magic that makes my skin prick with thousands of sensations. His other hand reaches forward and he swipes his thumb on my chin, removing the trickled drop of blood.

"I am sorry. I didn’t mean to hurt you," Alnitak apologises.

"It’s okay," I say with a pained breath.

Alnitak faces his brother.

"I don’t understand though," Mintaka says, appearing frustrated. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

"Me too. She can openly speak about that bloody vampire but not us. Either the bond works differently for us or there is something wrong," Alnitak concludes. Slowly he lifts my shirt and exposes my waist. His hand continues to roam, feeling me, branding me, nurturing me.

Lust descends in Mintaka’s eyes as they drop to my exposed waist and he doesn’t look away.

"How is that even going to work?" Mintaka asks, swallowing so hard that the ball in his throat drops.

My arms lift and I loop them against Alnitak’s thick neck, arching my back. Sensually I rub my body against his. His hardness pokes me between my legs, and a pained whimper escapes my half-parted mouth.

"Why don’t you kiss her and find out. Maybe relieve her of some of that pain," Alnitak seductively says, lifting my shirt further up and removing it. Exposing me to his brother, leaving me only in my bra and trousers.

"Will that be alright, Amaia?" Alnitak’s whisper sounds in my ear like the provocative music lulling me into a deep state of pleasure. His deft fingers slowly crawl up to my upper arms. They wind against them, restricting my movements, tethering me to his naked chest.

Slowly I blink. "Yes..." my voice finally comes out in a hot needy pant.

"You were afraid of my reaction? Isn’t that why you were trying to hide whatever you were feeling for her?" Alnitak asks his brother while slowly caressing the side of my arm with his fuller lips.

Mintaka watches us with such a stiff jaw that I am afraid he might pull a muscle. His control is hanging by a thread while the bond between me and him is almost merging with the one I share with Alnitak.

Like two stretched threads, jamming with turmoiled emotions, conflicting thoughts and budding feelings. This is all so new for him and me.

Alnitak has always been open, pursuing me, wanting me but Mintaka is reserved and quiet.

"...I don’t know about this," he painfully says, afraid maybe lost.

"If I can share her with that vampire," disgust rolls off Alnitak’s voice. "You are my twin. Don’t you want to taste her? She is exquisite..." Alnitak tempts his brother and I see Mintaka losing the battle to yearning and desire. To walk this uncharted path, none of us has taken before.

I had imagined how it would be to have both of them make love to me. Now that the moment is here, I can’t stop trembling, thinking of the pain and pleasure they will bring me.

Mintaka finally moves, sliding down from the bed, and he comes to kneel right in front of me. He plants his hands between my legs and slowly pushes them wide, opening them.

Passion has bundled up and settled permanently in my belly while the heat seeps between my legs. I can’t keep myself from shivering. Mintaka lifts his hands and lands them on my thighs.

Sensations dance in every pore of my skin like twinkling fireflies in a meadow at his touch.

My body visibly trembles against Alnitak’s hold. A choked cry of pleasure falls through my mouth at their burning touch which seems to have touched my soul.

"Shhhh! Easy, it’s going to be fine. He is only going to kiss you," Alnitak’s sonorous voice rings in my ear. His tongue licks the soft outer cartilage.

"If you are uneasy, let me know," Mintaka quietly says. His eyes burn with passion and thirst.

"I am not," I barely mumble.

A rare smile erupts on his lips while his hands slide up to the exposed skin of my waist—setting my very nerves ablaze by his touch.

Fire and electric, that’s how their touches against my skin are. Where one begins, and the other ends, and both of them combine, I sense it all, and it’s all raw nerves for me.

He grabs my waist, raises his heated body and then the gold disappears from his eyes, replaced by a lush green shade.

I gasp in amazement.

His wolf has surfaced.