Page 122 of Snow Hunted

“On us.” Enzo said.

I leaned my head on the back of the chair and stared at the stars as the conversation naturally came to an end. These boys… how did I get so lucky? Was it my mother? I corrected, the old Queen. Did she know I wasn’t hers? Is that what she couldn’t tell me? I wish I could talk to her again and ask her all of these questions, I sighed.

How does someone I don’t remember, feel so alive and so real in my dreams? How did she know things-current things? Were my dreams my subconscious manifesting into visions of her? I had so many unanswered questions, but the one thing I believed above all was that she guided me here. She somehow knew this is where I needed to be and the miner seven would take care of me… we would take care of each other.

“Ok…” I yawned. “I’m going to head to bed.”

Everyone else jumped up and followed me in and I realized they were only outside because of me, which filled me with warmth.

I climbed into Enzo’s bed and he laid beside me. A few minutes later, there was a soft knock and Calix peeked his head in.

Enzo looked at me. “Do you mind if he joins?”

“I heard you boys liked to share.” I laughed.

“Not like that tonight…” Calix said.

I didn’t miss the qualifier he put on it… tonight. Which meant on another night he would want to? Suddenly, thoughts of me with them both filled my head. What would it be like? I found them both very attractive… but it seemed weird.

Another minute later, there was another knock.

“Come on in, Jace,” Enzo said without seeing who was on the other side.

Jace smiled. “If it’s ok?” He asked looking at me.

“Of course.” I smiled.

Calix had already taken the other side of the bed beside me, so Jace took the bottom near my feet.

“Do you boys do this a lot?”

“What?” Calix asked.

“Share?”

“Sexually, we have quite a few times… but this. No, we never lay together like this.”

“But you’re going to do that tonight?”

“There’s something different about you. We all felt it the first time we saw you.”

“You did?”

“Yes.” Jace said.

Part of me wanted to think this was weird and try to reason away why this shouldn’t be happening, but the other part of me knew this felt good… it felt right. I had grown so close to each of them for different reasons and knew I couldn’t choose between them and couldn’t be without them at the same time. With Gage, there was something drawing me to him, but with the boys… I don’t know… it was just different.

I woke up the next morning with my arm slung across Calix’s chest, with my legs laying on top of Jace, and Enzo’s arm wrapped around me. I didn’t want to move and just relish this feeling… this feeling of being loved.

I must have shifted enough because they all woke up at nearly the same time.

“Good morning.” Calix said, tilting his head to look at me.

“Morning.”

Jace sat up while Enzo rolled over on his back.

“Thank God for gigantic beds.” Jace said.

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