Page 89 of Cam's Treasure

Whatever metal Rhiannon had used to make the safe didn't subdue my connection, which meant that I could keep it securely in the safe without losing my powers.

"Hey," Micah said when I stepped into the bedroom, sliding out of bed and stretching his arms above his head. The faded blue worn shirt he wore rode up as he stretched, and his piercing gleamed in the morning light.

"Good morning," I greeted him with a smile, unlocking the safe and pulling out my coat.

"I didn't really get a good look at it last night, but your coat is beautiful," Micah murmured as he walked around the bed, and I smiled, pleased.

"Thank you. Would you...would you like to come downstairs? I was just about to shift and take a dip in the pond."

Micah grinned and nodded, making butterflies flutter in my belly.

As we made our way downstairs, Micah told me how the pond had been what had cinched the deal for him when they were trying to decide if they wanted to buy this house, and I wondered if some instinctual part of him had known the pond was for his future mate.

"Oh, Micah," I said, stopping him at the base of the stairs as I remembered something I'd thought of last night.

"Yes?"

"I wanted to say...you don't have to keep your mental shields up around me."

"Oh." Micah blinked, his lips pursing. "Are you sure? I don't mind." We both knew that wasn't true. I'd seen him knocking back those headache teas of his the past few days, and I hated causing him pain.

Now that I knew without a doubt these three men were my mates, I didn't want to hide from them anymore. I didn't want any kind of distance between us, physical or mental.

"I'm sure," I promised, and Micah stared at me for another few moments before nodding.

I could tell the moment he dropped his shields, because stress I hadn't noticed before disappeared from his face as his brows relaxed and his whole body went loose, as if it took him physical strength.

I think you're the most beautiful man I've ever seen, I thought to test the waters, and a pretty pink blush colored Micah's cheeks, making me smile.

Shaking his head, he turned away and started leading the way toward the backyard. "Come on."

Unlike Ember and Cam, I needed to remove my clothes and put on my selkie skin to shift, but I was used to that, and while it was my first time being naked around my mates, I didn't give it much thought as I quickly slipped out of my clothes and into my selkie skin, exhaling softly as the familiar magic I'd missed so much surrounded me, sinking into me and changing my form.

"Oh my God," Cam said when I opened my eyes, and then he was on his knees in front of me, a wide grin covering his face. "You are so fucking cute. I never knew seals could be this cute. Micah, look at him! Look at those big soulful eyes! And those whiskers!"

I made a weird, embarrassed sound, then remembered I could still talk to them.Shut up, I said in the mental link and Cam's grin widened.

"You're such a cute sea puppy, Kai. Can I touch you?" I wanted to say no just to punish him for embarrassing me, but I relented with a huff.

Sure.

No sooner had I thought the word than his palms were on me, careful and light as they brushed over my coat. With dark gray fur with spots of lighter gray, I wasn't the prettiest seal there was, but Cam didn't seem to care as his sparkling eyes and soft fingers roamed over me.

"Cam, we should let him take a dip," Micah said, then darted forward to rub his palm over my head. "Sorry, I couldn't resist."

I snorted, making him grin, and then they both took a step back, giving me a view of Ember, who leaned in the doorway, a smile on his face as he watched me. Waving a hand—some called them flippers, but I preferred to call them hands and feet—at him, I turned around and jumped into the pond. It was big enough that I could swim a few strokes, and deep enough that my feet didn't touch the ground when I was vertical. It was the perfect size, as if someone had measured me and designed a pool specifically for me, which I knew wasn't true.

This house, and these men, were always meant to be my home, and I was finally here with no plans of ever leaving.

Thirty-Six

Ember

After watching Kai swim around in the pond for a few minutes, I returned to the kitchen. Cleaning the counter and throwing all the dirty utensils in the sink, I picked out the shells—the only step of the scrambled eggs recipe Cam had reached—as I tried and failed to figure out just how Cam had created so much mess without accomplishing anything. There had to be a method to this madness, right?

Shaking my head, I decided not to drive myself crazy and focused on rescuing the eggs and frying some bacon.

Once I'd finished breakfast, Kai changed back into his human form, his wet coat hung on a drying rack just inside the house so he could keep an eye on it as we ate.

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