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“Why is your kiss… like that?” She asked.

“Like what?”

Her face was burning. She was so sweet. Innocent, in a way. He frowned as that thought occurred to him.

Just how much experience did she have? He wanted to ask. Not because he particularly cared, he was only curious. And it would explain a lot about her reactions to them. She was unaccustomed to two mates, and he understood that. But it almost seemed like she wasn’t accustomed to the attention of any male at all.

But no, there was that male her father chose…

A male she’d admitted to kissing, but only ever being with when chaperoned. Probing for more information about such a topic would be considered unforgivably rude among his own people, so he couldn’t bring himself to ask. Though, he would be sure to mention it to Sollit later. It would only change how careful they needed to be though. It would change nothing else.

It didn’t matter what happened in her past. They were going to take good care of her. If she had any other lovers, she wouldn’t remember them by the time they were done anyway.

Chapter 20

Leah

She missed Tillos when she was with Sollit.

She missed Sollit when she was with Tillos.

She didn’t feel like she was with the wrong person, or like she was cheating on the other. Which surprised her as that was her biggest fear. She just felt like something was missing. Like, being with them was wonderful, just short of perfection, and if the other had been there, it would have been.

That was selfish of her though, right? Like, she would never have thought that way if they were humans.

But that was just the thing. They weren’t humans. And she could tell that they were missing their other half while they were with her. Not incomplete, just slightly less than ideal.

So, when they returned to the Twilight Star and met back up with Sollit who had been waiting for them, everything felt just right again. Leah smiled, holding out her free hand for him to take. Which he did happily, so she was being escorted by both brothers.

Both of her males.

Theyneededto mate her together. There wasn’t any other choice for them. They weren’t twins in the same way that humans thought of them. It was deeper than that. It was becoming more surprising to her how willing she was to go along with it.

She was so happy to be back with both of them, she almost forgot about the surprise. But then they walked into their room, and she gasped, beaming in delight.

Their bedroom was positivelypackedwith presents. They covered every surface, both sofas, all over the bed. Lots of boxes in a variety of wrappings. It didn’t look like they’d come from the same place, like they had bought her things from all over. She couldn’t tell what anything was, but whatever they were, there was somuch.

“What’s all this?” She asked, laughing as she walked through. She just laughed more when she realized that they’d piled up everything symmetrically. Did they do it on purpose, or was it just a reflex? They seemed to mirror each other all the time, and she couldn’t say if it was a trait of themselves or their species, but she found it rather adorable.

She’d have to remember to never get them just one present. She’d need to get them two of everything to maintain the symmetry.

“You had to leave your life behind on Earth,” Sollit told her as she ran her hands down two of the boxes on the center table. “You could only bring along a few bags.”

“That’s not nearly enough,” Tillos scoffed. “Our female will not be so bereft.”

Leah shook her head, grinning. “Bereft? But I’m fine. I actually didn’t leave anything behind. That’s everything I own.”

The twins’ expressions didn’t change, but they did give each other a glance that she thought she was able to read easier than before. They weren’t judging her, but they were concerned that she had so little to her name.

Because she’d run away with nothing. Then, she’d lived in the shelter afterwards, only recently moving in with her roommates. She’d saved up most of her money from her minimum wage job to afford her True Match scan, forgoing filling her closet or buying any fripperies for the chance at getting a husband and future security. It was worth it in her mind.

“It’s really okay,” she assured her males quickly. “Honestly, I’m used to it. Part of the church beliefs was the idea that you shouldn’t want earthly things. We didn’t get new clothes often, and we never bought jewelry or makeup or anything. I’m used to it.”

“Yes,” Sollit smiled. “Just like you’ll get used to now doing all those things and having everything you could ever want.”

“But I do have everything I want. You really didn’t have to…”

“But we wanted to,” Tillos countered, smirking. “Besides, do you really think we’d allow our female to be unadorned while Sollit and I walk around looking the way we do? The universe would label us as the worst kind of misers – ones who indulge only themselves but refuse to gift anything to their loved ones. And our mate especially?”

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