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“The only way you could mess it up is if you stop choosing us. Are you choosing us?”

Bethany swallowed and nodded. “I am.” No matter what came their way.

“And we’re choosing you.” Zack’s soft voice next to her had her jumping as she turned to face them.

Cody and Zack stood next to her. How had they snuck up on her? Zack’s hands glowed with magic, and he shook out his fingers to release it. A cloaking spell. He must have used a cloaking spell to hide their approach. She should have been mad, but she was glad they had. She didn’t know if she would have the courage to say it all a second time. Some things were going to take time, and she was feeling a bit raw.

“You can’t get rid of us, hellcat,” Cody said, his voice rough with emotion. “No matter what.”

Bethany looked at Mylo. She didn’t know him that well, and he didn’t know her either. Did he really want to hitch his wagon to her crazy? Mylo’s lips quirked, as if he could read her mind. “I’ll always choose you.”

Strong arms picked her up, and Zack settled her back down in his lap. “Say it again?” he said, burying his head in her neck. His soft puffs of air had sparks of heat shooting down her spine.

The sensation was distracting, and she struggled to remember what she had said for a moment. She pulled back.

“I choose you,” she said softly, looking into his shining silver eyes. She lowered her lips to his, claiming him with a soft kiss. He kissed her back, his lips pressing hard against hers.

A hand tangled in her hair, pulling her back. She growled softly, but then Cody was there, taking her lips with his. He dominated her mouth, and she surrendered to him. She wouldn’t always let him have the upper hand, but she didn’t mind letting him take the lead once in a while.

He pulled back. “Say it again,” he murmured against her lips.

“I choose you,” she whispered.

He kissed her again, hard and breathless, before he let her go.

She turned to look at Mylo, at those berry-stained lips she was suddenly dying to kiss. Zack let her climb out of his lap and into Mylo’s.

“Thank you,” she said as she looked into his golden eyes.

“Always,” Mylo said, heat and uncertainty dancing in his eyes.

Bethany wondered briefly if he had ever been kissed before. She hoped not. Her lioness was purring at the thought of being his first.

Slowly, and giving him time to pull away if he liked, she lowered her lips to his. He stayed still. The only move he made was to place his hands on her hips, keeping her flush against him. His lips were tentative, but he copied her movements. Confidence growing, he pulled her closer to him, and Bethany purred when her center met his stomach. She ground down against him, and he growled.

She broke this kiss, looking down into his glowing eyes. She looked at Cody and Zack, a purr breaking from her chest at the sight of Zack leaning back against Cody.

“Claim me,” she said breathlessly. “I’m done waiting. I want you all to claim me.”

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

BETHANY

The clearing seemed to freeze in place, and Bethany fought not to laugh at the stunned expressions on their faces. That was fair. She had been fighting them for a long time. But she was done fighting. She wanted them all to claim her.

“Are you sure?” Zack asked. “We can wait?—”

“I’m sure.” Bethany shook her head, cutting him off.

She didn’t want to give herself any more time to get in her head about it. If they were willing to claim her, she wanted them now. She didn’t need a bed or frilly things, she just needed them, here in the woods, where she had met her first mate and her final mate. It felt fitting.

“I won’t feel bad if you want to wait,” Mylo said softly. “I know you have a history with them, and you don’t know me very?—”

“No,” Bethany said. “I want you, too. Besides, we have a lifetime to get to know each other, don’t we?” She ground her hips against him, and he growled, yanking her down for another kiss.

Just as quickly, he broke this kiss and pushed her gently in their direction. “Them first. They’ve waited a long time for you.”

Bethany almost felt shy as she crawled towards Cody and Zack. Their eyes shone as she approached, and Zack extended his arm to pull her in close. She let out a soft oompf as she hit his chest, but he stole the breath from her lungs with a hard kiss. She scrambled into his lap, looping her arms around his neck and pulling him closer. Cody moved behind them and tugged her shirt off, breaking their kiss. His hand snaked up between her breasts, unhooking her bra as he pulled her back into his chest. He kissed her deeply, his tongue plunging into her mouth as he chased hers. She chased him back, and they fought for dominance as Zack divested her of the rest of her clothes.

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