“Good. She needs to begin again.”
“Agreed.” As we quietly sat there, I thought about his proposal some more. “Do you believe we could make this work? The three of us?”
“It used to be done all the time in the old days.”
“I know, but—”
“So, why couldn’t we?” Jac said, before I could come up with any feasible argument. “It’s not like you and I haven’t been…intimate.”
My skin prickled pleasantly at the thoughts of times gone past. “You mean, when you and I shared furs?”
He smirked too arrogantly, and the heated look in his eyes made my body hum. “It’s been a long time, I know, but so much of it came back into focus during the pomp. The way we used to be, the things you and I did…it was…it meant a lot to me, Deacon.”
“To me, as well,” I admitted truthfully. “But we aren’t boys anymore. We don’t, I mean, we haven’t…in so long.”
Jac carefully sat up to face me, his legs draped over the side of the exam table. There was perverse misconduct in his eyes when they met mine. “How long has it been since you were with a man?”
I laughed and dodged his gaze. “A long time. You?”
“Probably not as long as you,” Jac openly shared. “And he definitely wasn’t aslongas you.”
I laughed again, but felt embarrassed or proud, I wasn’t sure which. I stood between his legs and stared into his ghost. “You have always been a troublemaker, Jacaranda Cozz.”
“Want some trouble?” I had rarely ever seen Jac nervous, but I saw it then. He reached out for the side of my face. “I’d be more than happy to give it to you.”
I leaned into his palm as he pulled me close to his mouth. He bit my bottom lip as Ladrians do, before I turned it into a hot, deep kiss, like the humans do.
CHAPTER 15
Sarah
“You’re sure it’s okay to go see him?” I asked Ode, anxious to know for myself that Jac was alive and okay.
She smiled reassuringly and said, “The blood has been cleaned up, Sarah. It’s fine.”
“Blood doesn’t bother me, Ode, I’m not a baby—”
Wave scowled at me. “I didn’t faint because I’m a baby!”
I rolled my eyes. “I only asked because guys get weird when they’re in pain—they don’t like us to see them weak.”
Ode frowned. “That sounds like one of those weird human customs. It’s fine to see Jac now. Go ahead.”
I walked down the corridor to the infirmary, gulping down my fear. I had wanted to rush into the room and see my savior, but I didn’t know what to expect. Would he be on a hundred machines to keep him alive, like if he were a human? I couldn’t take seeing someone I cared about like that—not after seeing my mom that way.
As I closed in on the infirmary doorway, I heard a strange grunting sound. I peeked inside and to my shock, found Deacon and Jac making out like two horny teenagers. Nothing in my life had prepared me for that.
Though, to be fair, nothing in my life had ever prepared me for anything since I had left Earth.
My mind went utterly blank as I watched them. These two Ladrian men, both whom I had begun to find irresistible, were entwined in each other’s arms, kissing and biting and licking and making all kinds of sexy sounds of pleasure. It was entrancing.
Should I be mad?
No, I don’t think so.
I was too damned aroused by the sight.
My heart fluttered, making me dizzy. Blood rushed from my head downward. My pussy throbbed and soon, the rest of me did, too. I wanted them. Like a mindless zombie, I walked into the infirmary and waited until they were done.