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“I meant every word, firecracker,” Ash murmurs. “Every damn word.”

Ash takes me into his arms next, his embrace just as secure, just as full of love. His chest hair tickles my breasts, my nipples already in tight buds, courtesy of the night air and Ranger. Ash doesn’t waste any time, either. His lips find mine in an instant, and this kiss is somehow more intimate than all the other moments we’ve shared. There’s a rawness to it, a heartfelt passion that snatches my breath away all over again. Ash kisses me like he’s afraid this moment might slip away if he doesn’t hold on to it with everything he’s got.

I let go, kissing him back with just as much intensity, pouring every ounce of emotion I feel into it. My fingers thread through his hair, pulling him closer, needing him closer. The world around us fades until it’s just us and Ranger, who’s right there, right behind me, his hands roaming from my shoulders to my ass. It’s just us, and just this moment, and they’re not just kissing me, not just fondling me—they’re claiming me as theirs in a way that makes hot tears of joy roll down my cheeks. It’s everything I never knew I needed.

When he pulls away, we’re both breathing hard, our foreheads pressed together as we try to catch our breath. “I love you so much, Goldie,” Ash whispers, his voice thick with emotion. “More than I can even say.”

I can’t speak. I can barely think. Well. I have one thought and that is—I’m home.

“Do you…do you have to leave in two weeks?” Ash’s voice sounds like it’s about to boil over with emotion.

I want to tell him in no uncertain terms that I absolutely do not have to leave in two weeks, but I told Luke I would, so that’s not really up to me. “Um…I guess we’ll have to call a family meeting? There’ll need to be a unanimous vote, right?”

“But if there was…” Ash pauses. “If we all agree that’s what we want…you could stay? You could stay…for a long time?”

I could, I realize. I could stay here for a real long time, maybe even forever and not ever feel like I’m missing a thing. Hell, I haven’t even missed my phone. Maybe being on this mountain, with these brothers, was always the next big thing my soul was searching for? Maybe this is the last next big thing I’ll ever need?

Okay, on day one, when I ran into that spiderweb, I was definitely bitten by a venomous spider and am now having hallucinations or not thinking clearly from the concussion or…

No.

No.

This is insane, but this is real, and I will not let my head talk my heart out of what it knows.

Chapter 40

Goldie

Irecall what I told Clay, at the apple trees:I have no doubt you’ll catch me, but the feeling of free-falling is not something I’m going to ever enjoy.

That has changed too. Well, not the part about not having any doubts about him, about them all catching me. But. As long as I don’t get in my own damn way, I could enjoy the hell out of this kind of free-falling.

“Um, so…it would be kind of rude to wake everyone up in the middle of the night and call a family meeting now, right?” I ask as Ash puts me down. He takes one of my hands and Ranger takes the other, as if in a ballet choreographed by Fate herself. They bring my knuckles to their mouths and kiss my fingers.

“That,” Ranger says, “would definitely be rude.”

“Right. So. Since I’m naked. And Ash is half naked. Maybe you should get naked too? I can give you that blow job I owe you and—”

“Whoa,” Ranger says. “First things first. You don’t ever owe me anything, got it? And I wasn’t jealous that you haven’t sucked my cock yet. I’m a patient man. I was just…you were only staying for two weeks. I thought maybe we might run out of time and I might never experience those sweet lips of yours on me. But…it sounds like maybe we might have more time? So I’m not in a hurry for that, darlin’.”

I nod, feeling simultaneously terrified and exhilarated. “Um…well. There are other places we can put that cock of yours…”

“I should give the two of you some privacy, some alone time,” Ash says, as soon as my voice trails off.

I shake my head with a vehemence I didn’t know I felt, reaching out to grasp Ash’s muscular forearm. “No, will you please stay?” I ask. “I mean, if it’s okay with you, Ranger. I want you both. I want to feel both of you inside me at the same time. I want one of you in my pussy and the other in my ass.”

Wait, what now?

Finally, I know the names of at least two of the trees on the mountain. These men aren’t just well-endowed. We’re talking Redwoods here, people.

“Darlin’, you’ve never…have you?” Ranger asks, his giant fingertip trailing down my spine, down the crack of the ass I’ve just told him I want him to fuck. Then he cups one cheek in each hand, spreading them.

I shake my head. I know logically that if my body isn’t prepared for it, anal with one of my men could do damage even Lynx’s miracle poultice wouldn’t heal. I need to work up to it. But right now my body doesn’t care about the logistics or the aftermath. It only wants to be so full of cock I forget my own goddamn name.

“It’s gonna be like trying to park a semi-truck in a compact spot,” Ranger says.

If I wasn’t so lust-drunk, I might laugh at that.

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