“Oh Goddess,” I say, tilting my head back. I throb.

Jasper pulls out some and we both moan, deep and guttural. At the next slide in and I curse, stretched too far.

“Give me a moment,” I say. Jasper kisses me, I don’t know if it’s to ease me to the stretch of him or to keep him from thrusting again.

This time when he slides out of me, it’s to retreat into his own body. Successfully controlling the motion of sliding in and out without thrusting. His jaw is so tight I expect him to snap. Every motion of his body into mine makes me greedy for more.

His cock surges and exits me with infuriating slowness now, each stroke consistent and measured. Jasper accepts my body and submission as his due. He’s owed so much, if only for putting up with me.

His steady pace of sliding in and out of me stutters and his breaths are sharp gasps. His hips start to move with him as he loses focus and control, only to fall back on the thrusting instinct he’s used for sex up to this point.

“Ari—”

“I know, my viper. Take me.” The stretch isn’t so bad now and when Jasper forges into my swollen body, I groan loudly. I keep his thrusts from being too hard or deep with my grip on his hips, but it doesn’t stop Jasper’s praying words of gratitude or the desperate sounds in his throat.

I hold my body back even as the throb of Jasper’s cock inside of me threatens to snap my self-control.

Jasper cries out, and I groan helplessly at the rush of heat from his release filling me. I grit my teeth, tempted to give in to my body’s need for climax, but that isn’t the plan. I have one more lover to satisfy. I’m sorely tested when Jasper’s cock slides from me and my slit gushes with his release.

“Fuck,” he whispers, watching his seed run from my opening. I feel so stretched and used and needy at the same time. More seed leaves me as my cock starts to extrude. I wince at the oversensitive slide of flesh on flesh but am unbearably hard.

Emilia whimpers, watching us and squirming in her seat. I unwind my tail enough from Jasper to circle the end around her waist and pull her toward us.

Jasper’s movements are slow and lazy, hazy from his orgasm, as he pulls her sleep shirt over her head and bares her body to us. Her arousal in the air is the sweetest aphrodisiac. I kiss her neck and lave her skin there.

“I need you, my Chosen.” My voice is hoarse. My need is a giant sensation crushing my willpower, but if she says no, I will wait. She and Jasper are my forever.

“I need you too.” Her hands on my chest burn with her warmth and I can’t wait to press my front to hers. “I need to bond with you.”

“What?” I say stupidly before my mind catches up to my mouth. “Are you sure?”

Emilia nods. “I need us all connected. I want to share a bond with you as I do with Jasper.”

I swallow, but my throat remains dry. “I’ll get some candles.”

“No—can I try to bond the way Jasper and I did?”

The hope in my smile is painful. I want that. I want it so much that the ache in my heart is greater than my cock.

“It may not work with me. The Goddess gifting the two of you that is unprecedented. She obviously considered you two the perfect match.”

Jasper pulls away with a warm smile. “Have some faith, Ari. Emilia has enough willpower to change the world; don’t doubt her in this.”

Emilia glares at me. “Whether before was a gift or a fluke, you belong in this mating as much as either of us. I don’t want to hear that you aren’t worthy or perfect for us if I fail at bonding us this time. I want to try it because I love the way it felt. It was beautiful and personal. I want that with you. If we need to do the ritual after, that’s what we’ll do.”

My heart is too full and it’s hard to reply. I take a moment to calm myself. I don’t deserve these mates. I’m blessed by the Goddess to even be here with them even with all the missteps I’ve made.

The Goddess felt our pain, mine and Jasper’s, and she sent us Emilia. Perhaps she will bless me further and allow this bonding, or perhaps she will make me work harder for it for all my mistakes. Either way, I’m grateful for every second.

“You humble me.” I kiss her forehead before pulling her front to mine and kissing her mouth until she’s breathless. “If you want to experiment and try to bond with me without a ceremony, I’m yours. For the rest of our days, I’ll gladly wear your bond mark, whether we chant the words or you do whatever magic you did with Jasper.”

And for the rest of our days, I’ll work to make them never regret this moment. I am no longer alone, and the world will tremble and break apart before I let either of my mates go.

Emilia wraps her legs around my waist, and I hold her up. Her wet pussy rubs over my equally messy front. Jasper leans back, watching. His eyes are full of satisfaction as I grind his seed into her body.

“Then take me,” Emilia says, already breathless from watching Jasper and me. “Claim me as yours as I claim you as mine.”

I growl. “Gladly.”