Page 61 of Knowing Trust

Yeah, I was a horrible partner. I was. I got that.

At least right then.

But Darby wasn’t. He took care of everything. He undressed me and kissed all over my body before carefully setting me up so my wings were okay.

And my ass was on display. Seriously, the man moved a few pillows under my hips and then just feasted on me. I couldn’t even get mad when he took such good care of me. It was after the second orgasm that there was a knock on the door.

“Fuck off, mate,” Darby growled.

“Oh shit, they can hear,” I hissed. “I was so all over the place I didn’t put up a barrier.”

“Yes, that is what we wanted to inform you of, Your Highness, and you’re not supposed to be here, and we don’t want rumors of Darby cheating,” Rafe said from the hallway.

“Shit, shit, these walls are too thin,” Darby worried.

“Have someone pretend to be one of your lovers and be seen leaving tomorrow by people,” I told Rafe, meaning him or Wyn. “It’s smart to have that cover in place anyways.”

“It is. I also let your detail know you’re here. They were looking for you,” Rafe told us.

“It wasn’t on purpose,” I grumbled.

“Yes, apparently, there was something layered discussed with only some of the commanders and they are now tying one on and it’s not going over well,” Rafe drawled. “And—”

“Rafe, fuck off, mate. We’re busy here and she’s already overloaded, not your friend,” Darby bitched. He jumped off the bed and grabbed my wallet from my bag. “Now you’re getting her second dinner for being a git.”

“You better be eating me more,” I mumbled.

“Before and after you have more food, agra,” he chuckled.

Fair enough.

And he did. He told Rafe what to get and I put up the barrier. He feasted on me before second dinner came and then he did some more. We had hot sex and it was everything I needed even if my head wasn’t fully in it and I wasn’t as good of a lover back to him.

I snuggled up to him that night and enjoyed the spoiling.

Izzy was waiting for me the next morning with an annoyed look. She sighed. “Hudson and Lucca were both looking for you and were miffed they couldn’t have your night.”

I frowned and opened my mouth but then closed it, repeating the process a few times. “This is going to sound crazy, but I think having sex with Neldor has been good for my sex life with the other four.”

She blinked at me for a full minute. “You just figured that out?” She burst out laughing when I simply stared at her. “No shit, Tams.” She laughed even harder when I couldn’t hide my shock. It took her a few minutes to calm down until she could manage to talk again. “Tams, I love you.”

“I love you too,” I mumbled as I plopped down on my chair backwards since my wings were out. “Seriously, what am I missing? I talked to all of the guys before it happened. I made sure they were all comfortable and—this wasn’t a surprise or came out of left field.”

She rolled to her feet and came over to me. She let out a soft chuckle and kissed my hair. “Oh, my clueless friend. It’s nice to know I’m not the only one who feels like she’s five steps behind.”

“Yeah, well, I don’t pick on you when you are, so can you fill me in,” I snapped, apologizing when she flinched.

“No, sorry,” she whispered and hugged me. “I was being a shit.” She sat down on my bed in front of me with a serious face and tucked some of my hair behind my ear. “Yeah, you talked to them, but then the sex you had with your fairy mate, the one the gods want you to have that’s your species was—you had earth-shattering sex, Tams. Literally.”

“Oh.”

She snickered but quickly swallowed it down. “Yeah, oh. Your sex was so good you caused an earthquake. What have you caused with the others? Lots of rainstorms and winds, right? They hit your emotions when you’re upset.”

“But that’s not…” I frowned. It wasn’t the same, but it was? I gave her a worried look.

She shrugged. “They’ll work it out. You did what you should just as you said. They’re just making sure you know they’re awesome in bed and can tend to your needs as well.” She stood and went to get ready for the day while I was thinking about what she said.

I was still sitting there when she got out of the shower. “Anything I can do to keep this going? Like… Do you think if we did it again, they’ll just always act like this?”

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