“You should get some sleep,” Lake said.
“But I’m not ready to say goodnight to you.” We were finally getting a chance to talk.
“Then don’t.” His ears gave a little flick at the ends, and shyness touched his expression. Something else did too, and his purple eyes faintly glowed, like an ember burning with some unspoken desire. “Come to my bed tonight.”
***
Briar grabbed his glasses from the nightstand and put them on, sitting up higher in bed. “Lake asked you to sleep with him, but you’re in here instead. Do you not want to?”
After walking Lake to his room, I’d told him I’d be right back and hightailed it to mine. Finding Briar and Maddox cuddled together when I got there had made me ridiculously happy. My sweet men.
“That’s not it.” I crawled on the bed and flopped between them. “Iwantto spend more time with him. And he’s really snuggly to sleep with.” Said from experience. And god, he smelled good. “But what if something more than sleep happens?”
Maddox grumbled and turned to face me, throwing his big arm across my belly. “Are you asking us for permission to fuck the wolf?”
My cheeks heated. “Um. No.” A pause. “Maybe? I don’t know!” I shoved my face against his chest and groaned. “How did I go from a guy who couldn’t get a boyfriend to one who now has two amazing boyfriends and a possible third? How do I even do this? I don’t want to upset either of you.”
“You won’t.” Briar rubbed my back. “Maddox and I have discussed this a lot. We wouldn’t have suggested it if we didn’t approve.”
“You’ve discussed it a lot, huh?” I mumbled into our captain’s muscled chest.
“Ever since the first night Lake kissed you,” Briar said. “So you see, we’ve had quite a while to consider everything. Our decision wasn’t impulsive. Neither of us doubt your love for us.”
“I hope not,” I said, voice shaking. “Me liking Lake doesn’t mean I love either of you any less.”
Maddox palmed my cheek. “I know you could love a hundred men and still light up like the sun when you see me. Just as you always do.” He pressed our mouths together, letting his lips linger on mine a moment before trailing them to my earlobe. “I own a place in your heart no other man will ever touch. That’s all I need, Evan.”
Tears stung my eyes. “You do. It’s a place that will only ever belong to you.” I entwined our fingers, smiling at the feel of his ring. “I’d be lost without you.”
“I know. And my days would be unbearably dark without you.”
Briar kissed my temple. “You have a big heart, love. Big enough for more than two of us. Possibly even big enough to include a certain wolf.” Another kiss, this one to the edge of my brow. “If you give him the chance.”
After cuddling with the two of them a while longer, I said goodnight and left the room. My heart weighed heavily as I closed the door behind me and stepped into the hall. Heavy but not necessarily sad. It was a complicated feeling, all sorts of emotions mingling together.
Open communication was important in a relationship like ours. I refused to be like the main protagonist in every harem anime I’d ever watched who didn’t talk to the girls at all; he just cozied up to each of them and let them fight over him. I hated that shit.
My men deserved better than that.
Reaching the door, I lightly rapped my knuckles against it. “It’s me. Can I come in?”
“Yes,” Lake answered.
As I entered the room, the breath left my lungs in a rush.
Lake lounged on the bed on top of the blanket, one leg stretched out and the other bent up, his arm resting on his knee. He had removed his shirt. Toned muscle stretched beneath his alabaster skin, and there was a dusting of silver hair on his chest. Hair that also trailed from his navel and disappeared into the waistband of his pants.
I wanted to follow that trail. With my tongue.
“I see you’ve made yourself comfortable.” I neared the bed.
“Would you like for me to put my shirt back on?” he asked.
“No. Definitely not.” Had I said that too quickly? “Shirts are dumb. Who needs them anyway?” I sat on the bed and brought both legs up, crisscrossing them. I bounced in place once, satisfied by the fluffiness. “I’m glad the bed’s comfy. Briar picked it out. I told him we didn’t need another bed, but he insisted that a guest must always have a place to sleep. Which makes sense. I guess I’m still not used to guests. Not that I consider you a guest. You’re more than that. But anyway. Briar also said this room would be a good place to banish Maddox when he was a jerk. Still not sure if he was joking or not.”
When Lake smiled, I caught a flash of his left canine. “I enjoy that.”
“Enjoy what?”
