Page 10 of Passion & Betrayal

“What about her?”

“I went to see her, and she has an ultimatum. She wants us to find a way to get along.”

I can hear the irritation in his tone. He doesn’t seem any happier about the situation than I am. I am sure he would like to keep Isabel all to himself. I can’t say I wouldn’t prefer the same.

“You’ve got to be kidding!”

I stand and lean closer to him, baring my teeth. My head throbs, the pain nearly enough to bring me to my knees. It is only my anger and outrage keeping me standing.

Cian raises himself to stand face-to-face with me, making sure I know he isn’t intimidated by me.

“She won’t choose between us. Isabel wants us both, or she won’t allow either of us to claim her,” he seethes.

My mind spins at his words, and I fall back into my chair. My tiger has gone silent, behaving for once in his damn life. The red haze lifts from my vision.

“Perhaps this is what we need to end this fucking never-ending war between our clubs,” Cian says, pacing in front of my desk, gesturing with his hands. “Neither of us is going to give her up. If we can make a mating work, maybe we can make the rest of it work as well.”

“And what do you suggest? Will you and your beast be able to watch me fuck her?”

My frustration at this entire situation is getting the better of me, and I am lashing out, pushing his buttons.

“Will you?”

Silence descends on us as I think back to my dreams. The idea of watching Cian fuck Isabel is not something I am averse to. Actually, if my erection is anything to go by, I find the idea erotic.

“How do you want to do this?” I ask, not knowing how else to respond to his question.

“We go to her. Tonight.”

He nods at his own words, heading to the door, already done with our conversation.

“What if we can’t do this?” I ask, stopping him in his tracks.

“Then we fight until only one of us remains standing. But either way, this gets sorted out tonight.”

****

Isabel

I pace back and forth outside in the garden. My heart hasn’t stopped racing since Cian called, telling me that both he and Sypher wanted a meeting. He didn’t give me anything else, and it’s driving me crazy. Are they going to fight in front of me? Cian sounded … I don’t know … worried, I guess, and I didn’t blame him.

My father said if they started fighting, I should get out of the way. That’s why he has me out in the garden instead of a secluded room where he can’t watch over me.

Someone clears their throat behind me, making me twirl around. There, for the first time, both my mates stand together. It doesn’t look like they are enjoying it, but at least they did what I asked.

It takes me a moment to catch my breath. “Hi.”

Cian tips his head forward. “Hello, Sweetheart.”

“Hey, Babe. You wanted us here together. Now what?” Sypher asks.

I try to settle my heart down enough to deal with them. With only one, their scent made me needy, but together, it was taking over my body. I had cum slide from my body at an embarrassing rate, and I knew they could smell it. They had to see my nipples fighting to poke through my shirt and the desire-filled blush on my face.

“I want us to talk about being together. Is this something you can both deal with?” I asked them.

I watched the men look at each other before returning to face me and then nodded.

“We are going to try our best, Sweetheart,” Cian said.

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