A Caleb Footlong

The O’Hagan Way 2

A Caleb Footlong To say Caleb has had a rough life would be an understatement. Dumped on the steps of an orphanage as a baby, he doesn't even have a last name. Being friends and fellow warriors with the Marius brothers, Caleb learned what he wanted in a family. He just has to find his mate first. Sent to Ireland to help search for missing vampires, Caleb is shocked to find he has not only one mate, but two. Identical twins Liam and Lorcan O'Hagan want nothing more than to touch their mate, Caleb, when they meet him and cement their bonding. They can't imagine why the big warrior would be trembling and hiding behind others, afraid to even see them. Can the two of them show Caleb that they can give him the family he so desperately desires? Or will Caleb's fears drive him away before they can claim him? Genre: Alternative (M/M or F/F), Ménage a Trois/Quatre, Vampires/Werewolves Length: 36,877 words

A CALEB FOOTLONG The O’Hagan Way 2

Joyee Flynn

MENAGE AMOUR

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DEDICATION To Lee: Your wisdom, kindness, and constant love have been a great comfort in a difficult time for me. I lubbest you lots & look forward to many games kicking your ass at FB Scrabble. I'm glad we met in cyber-land and I'm grateful to call you a friend.

A CALEB FOOTLONG The O’Hagan Way 2 JOYEE FLYNN Copyright © 2011

Chapter 1 “Sorry I’m late,” Caleb said, smiling as he dropped the bags he had in his hands. “Your parents send their love and gifts for Brighid, Manus, and Michan. Along with a few congratulations gifts for the new, happy mates.” “She wouldn’t let you leave until she stocked you up with gifts, would she?” Stefan asked, laughing, obviously referring to their mother. “That woman is a trip.” Suddenly, a sweet scent hit his nose and caused him to freeze midmotion. Caleb shook as his head snapped up and looked over towards the two men who were his mates. In the blink of an eye, Caleb was standing behind Micah, clutching the back of his shirt, unable to stop shaking. “Look, he be hidin’ from us,” one of his mates said, standing at the same time as his twin. “Me think he be the strong, silent type.” “Might make it more fun,” the other twin replied as they took the few steps to Micah, who had Caleb hiding behind him. Which of course was almost funny since Caleb had a good four inches over Micah. “Come on out, mate, we won’t be bitin’ ya yet.” When the second twin got too close, Caleb moved Micah in his path. Caleb held onto Micah’s shirt tighter, barely registering the

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tearing sound. Then the first twin went to try to reach Caleb on the other side. And Caleb moved Micah as if using him as a shield as he tried to make his way back out the door. “What the fuck is wrong with you, Caleb?” Micah growled. “Let go of me, damn it!” As if his tongue had fallen out of his head, Caleb merely shook his head and kept making his way towards the door. No matter how hard he tried to talk, nothing would come out. “Don’t leave yet, we done not been gettin’ to know ya.” The first twin purred as he tried to touch Caleb again. “Ya know we be yur mates.” Again, Caleb didn’t say a word, nodding his head at what the little man said. Caleb couldn’t fight his desire to touch the twins, adding to his shaking. They were gorgeous. No more than five feet nine, 150 pounds, shorter, bright red curly hair and gleaming silver eyes. They had lean and tight bodies that Caleb would drool over, if his fear wasn’t so strong. “Liam, Lorcan, I think ya be needin’ to give the lad some space,” the woman who must be Brighid said as she grabbed each of her sons’ arms. “Obviously he’s scared. Give him a few minutes, okay?” “He can’t be scared at us, we’re his mates,” the first twin scoffed as he tried to pull away from his mom. Caleb wasn’t really sure which twin was who, but at least he knew their names were Liam and Lorcan now. “We want him.” “Oh yeah, we be wantin’ him something fierce.” The second twin hissed as he tried to break away as well. “Guys, I’ve known Caleb for years,” Remus said, standing in between them and Micah, who still had Caleb attached to his back. “I’ve never seen him like this, okay? Just give him a few minutes to collect himself. We’re just going to take him outside for a talk. He’s not leaving the farm or Ireland. Just let us talk to him, please?” “All right, I guess that be fine,” the first answered even though it seemed his body was involuntarily pulling towards Caleb. As if they

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all were snapped out of their shock, Dillon came over by him and Micah while Manus and Michan went to help Brighid with their sons. Once outside, Micah, Remus, Stefan, Dillon, Noah, Patrick, and Riley just stood there and stared at Caleb. He hated that they were all looking at him. He was in such shock he felt like his eyes were going to fall out of his head. And his chest almost hurt from how fast his heart was racing. He almost expected it to jump right out of his chest. “Caleb, can you tell us what’s wrong?” Remus asked, always the more sensitive one of the Marius brothers. “Why were you so scared that you met your mates?” Caleb opened and closed his mouth a few times, saying nothing before shaking his head in response. Why couldn’t he seem to talk? “I’ve never seen you like this, buddy,” Micah said, patting Caleb’s back. “You always have a joke or smartass comment for everything. This should be no different. You’ve found your mates, man! That’s a great thing we all want.” “Someone want to tell us what the fuck is going on?” One of the father twins asked, yelling as he, his twin, and Brighid stepped outside onto the porch. “What’s wrong with my sons that ya don’t be wanting them?” “Manus O’Hagan, shut yur trap and pull yur head out of yur arse,” Brighid said as she smacked her husband upside his head. She gestured over towards Caleb. “The lad didn’t be lookin’ disgusted at our sons. He’s scared, and ya yellin’ at him like a big oaf won’t be helpin’.” “Ouch,” was Manus’s only reply as his wife stomped off the porch and walked over to Caleb. He shirked back from her for a moment, until she gently put her hand on his arm. Brighid stood on her tiptoes and whispered in Caleb’s ear, “ya want ta come take a walk with me so we can talk? There’s nothing to be scared of, Caleb. No one’s goina hurt ya.” Something in her soft voice made Caleb relax slightly. He looked down at her and started nodding vigorously. She smiled up at him and

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looped her arm through his and led them away from all the staring eyes. They walked arm in arm for several minutes as Caleb focused solely on his breathing and how gorgeous everything around him was. The land and view was wondrous. “Thank you, Brighid,” he said quietly, finally finding his voice. “I don’t know what I would have done if you hadn’t helped back there.” “Don’ta ya be worrin’ about that, lad,” she replied, patting his arm. “Ya want to tell me what happened?” “I’m not really sure,” Caleb answered, sighing. “One minute I was fine, talking with Stefan and the gang, and the next minute I smelled this sweet smell, and I froze. When I saw your sons looking at me, I knew they were my mates. And I just… I didn’t… I freaked out and hid behind Micah. I’ve never been so scared in my life.” “But do ya be knowin’ why ya freaked out?” She asked gently as they sat down on a bench where no one was around. “Think, Caleb, why ya be scared?” “I don’t want to hurt them,” Caleb finally whispered after a few moments of thinking. “I’m so big and bulky. And they’re so much smaller and fragile, and gorgeous. I’m a warrior, probably one of the biggest. I don’t know how to be gentle and loving. I wasn’t raised that way.” “How were ya raised, lad?” Brighid asked, spurring him on to keep talking but still looking confused. “How was yur childhood any different than the other warrior lad’s?” “I was raised by humans,” Caleb answered, looking down at his hands as he twisted them together. “I don’t know the full story, but I was just a baby when I was left on the doorstep of an orphanage with a note that said my name was Caleb. I don’t even have a last name.” “Oh, lad, I can understand ya be scared if ya never saw yur parents with their mates,” Brighid replied, nodding as she squeezed Caleb’s arm. “But fate choose me sons for ya for a reason. Don’ta think ya should trust fate and take a chance?”

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“Like fate left me on the doorstep of that orphanage?” Caleb snarled as he stood up and whipped off his shirt to show Brighid his back. “Like fate gave me these markings on my back and violet eyes that stood out so much? The nuns thought these were the writings of the devil, and they did everything they could to get them off me. Including whipping me, cutting parts away, acid, and just about anything else they wanted to try. They even tried exorcisms on me.” “Oh, Caleb,” she said softly as she stood to touch the scars on his back. “Lad, I know ya been hurt, but fate didn’t leave ya there with those nuns. A person did, and why they be doin’ it, we might not ever know. But ya can’t blame fate because of people’s actions. Who knows, maybe because ya be havin’ just a hard life be why fate gave ya two mates now?” “You really think that?” Caleb asked as he pulled his shirt back down and turned around. “You think this is fate’s way of making up for such a shitty childhood to me?” “I don’ta be knowin’, Caleb,” she answered, shaking her head. “But I do know there be a reason we get the mates we do. Ya obviously been hurt beyond imagination, and ya be strong and quiet. Me lads Liam and Lorcan, they know love, and they give love like ya not be believin’. And they’re loud and funny. They can’t stand for someone to be sad, they’ll run around naked and do the silliest shit to make someone smile.” “They sound really nice,” Caleb replied, sitting down on the ground at her feet. “I’m sorry I yelled at you earlier. I know you just want to help. I’ve just never really talked to anyone about this stuff before. I mean Riley knows some of it, because he’s my doctor and I had to explain the scars. But other than that, I’m not sure anyone knows what happened to me.” “How old ya bein’, lad?” “Fifty-three a few months ago in April,” Caleb answered, playing with the blades of grass at his feet. “They never knew my birth date,

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so the nuns gave me April Fools’ Day. I think it’s the only sign I ever saw they had a sense of humor.” “How did ya get from the orphanage to bein’ with the other warriors, Caleb?” “I’m not really sure,” he said, shrugging his shoulders, still not looking at her. “I was in the middle of my transition I was told later. A vampire from the local coven heard about my strange illness that the nuns couldn’t help me with. She came to investigate and realized what I was. She brought me to the council, and they helped me survive. After that, they explained things to me and I went through training to be a warrior.” “Ya know now that we not be agents of the devil, right?” she asked quietly. “We be just another species of human, really.” “Yeah, I know that now.” Caleb chuckled and finally looked at her. “But after I first was around all these vampires, after years of being around nuns, was quite a trip. The nuns who ran the orphanage wouldn’t even let me be around the other kids there. They said I could taint them, so I grew up secluded.” “There’s nothing wrong with ya, lad,” she said, kneeling down in front of him and taking his face in her hands. “They just didn’t be knowin’ what ya were. And even for vampires, to be born with markings on yur back isn’t anything I’ve ever be hearin’ of. That makes ya special, Caleb. There not be a damn thing wrong or evil with that.” “Thank you,” Caleb said quietly before standing up. He held out a hand to Brighid, who took it and let him help her on her feet. “Let’s go see if I can get my mouth to work enough to talk to my mates.” “Aye, I think that be a great idea.” She clucked as they started to walk back to the house. He was still scared out of his ever-loving mind and didn’t want to hurt his mates. But he realized they could be hurting right now, emotionally, because he wasn’t explaining things to them.

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“What’s goin on now?” Brighid asked as she and Caleb walked back up to the group. “I leave ya all for fifteen minutes and everyone’s all upset. And Dillon looks like someone just shot the lad’s puppy.” “Dillon got the papers about his transfer,” Noah answered. “Also about his inheritance, and something he read upset him. I’ve never seen him look like that before. I don’t think my brother has ever cried.” “What do the papers be sayin’?” Brighid asked, turning back to her husbands. “Originally, Dillon was to get 425 million dollars as an inheritance,” Manus said, “since he was transferring here to be with our sons and giving up bein the Dragos heir.” “Did ya just be sayin’ what I think ya said?” Brighid asked, her eyebrows raised so high in surprise they reached her hairline. Caleb just about felt his jaw hit the ground. “Aye, ya heard him right,” Sean answered. “He didn’t be tellin’ ya how much, but he told me and Shane. Said it was all of ours now. What was his is ours and visa versa, that’s what it meant to be mates.” “That sounds like Dillon,” Patrick said, smiling. “He also offered to split it three ways with Noah and I. We said no, we don’t need the money.” “All right, then what changed in those papers?” Brighid asked, nodding towards the stack in Sean’s hands. “What papers?” Micah asked as he walked back up to the group, Riley in his arms. “The papers from the council and my father?” “Aye, those be the ones,” Manus answered, shaking his head. “It seems Dillon’s da be findin’ out he’s mated to two men.” “Oh fuck, what did Abraham do now?” Noah asked as his hands balled into fists. “That son of a bitch.” “Aye, that about covers it,” Michan replied, nodding. “Desmond be writing in this letter explaining. Abraham has offered to buy Dillon off for 600 million dollars, but only if he gives up not only being the

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Dragos heir, but the Dragos name. He’s never to return to the Dragos compound or acknowledge Abraham or Isaac as family. Basically, Abraham just disowned the boy, but is paying handsomely to do it by our laws.” “Poor Dillon,” Patrick said, tears streaming down his face. “Abraham is a horrible man, but still, it’s his dad.” “Now do ya see?” Sean growled as he turned back to his dads. “Now do ya understand why he wanted to buy all new equipment for our farm? This is what he grew up with! Then he comes here and sees how a family is supposed to be. And the first thing he wanted to do with the money is share it with his brothers, buy a place so we could be right next to our family. And then help out our family, he wasn’t offering charity.” “Dillon told me how his mother was even before she passed,” Shane yelled, standing right next to Sean. Caleb was shocked they were talking to their dads like that, not that he really had much experience with family interactions. It still seemed out of the ordinary to him. “That she be under Abraham’s thumb and never showed him love or affection. Then he be here, and already Ma be workin’ her magic on him. I went to him with concerns about him resentin’ me and Sean later, for giving up being the heir. “Ya know what he said to me?” Shane snarled as he gestured wildly. “That all that be matterin’ to him is keeping me and Sean happy. I told him we could use a new tractor, the old one be dyin’, and maybe to build a new well. He said that’s not good enough, what can we do to help our family,” Shane finished using air quotes for our family. “He didn’t be saying what can we do to help yur family, Shane. He said what can we do to help our family.” “And that’s what he is,” Sean said, nodding his head. “He’s our mate and a part of this family now. If Banning and Brian be comin’ to ya, saying they figured out a way to buy a new tractor, would ya accuse them of givin’ ya charity? No, because they be part of this

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family. Well, so is Dillon. After all he’s been through, all he thinks about is helpin’ and sharin’ that money with his family.” “So here’s what’s goin’ happen now,” Shane said, standing tall and walking right up to both their dads. “Ya are gonna be apologizing for bein’ insulted he wanted to help and accusin’ him of giving ya charity. Then ya be accepting his help and whatever he wants to buy to make the farm run better. He’s doin’ it to help, and because he’s tryin’ to love and give like ya do in a family.” “And then ya be offerin’ for him to take the O’Hagan name,” Sean continued, all eyes turning towards him in shock at his words. “He be our mate, and his da just disowned him. He’s more than able to take our name, but ya know he won’t unless it’s offered to him by the heads of the family. So ya gonna offer it to him, and ya gonna tell him ya be proud for him to be yur son. Are we clear, Das?” “If ya both weren’t right, I’d be tannin’ yur hides right now for talkin’ to us like that,” Manus said, looking at both of them. “But, ya both be right. We shouldn’t have gotten mad and said he was givin’ us charity. He be our family now, and I would be proud for him to take our name and be our son.” “And we be proud of ya for standing up like men to come to his defense,” Michan continued for his twin. “I’m not condoning ya yellin’ at us, but under the circumstances, I can see why ya did. Now, go to yur mate and help him deal with all of this. Because ya know his heart is breakin’. We be talkin with him as soon as ya get back and asking him to be an O’Hagan in name.” “Thank ya,” Sean said gently, his anger seeming to slip away. Sean went to hug Manus while Shane hugged Michan before they switched. Then they both went to hug their ma. They turned towards the direction Dillon had headed and ran as fast as they could after their mate. “They told ya,” Brighid chuckled from next to Caleb. He really liked this smaller woman, she really was a trip. “And they had every

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right ta, ya be accusin’ Dillon of givin’ us charity. I out ta kick yur arse, husbands.” “It wasn’t really like that, Brighid,” Manus said holding up his hands trying to ward off his wife’s attack. “It was just a shock when Sean came out here and announced Dillon was gonna be buyin’ us all new equipment and puttin’ in an irrigation system.” “He didn’t mean it the way it came out,” Michan threw in, nodding. “He’s just got his head up his arse.” “Thanks, Michan,” Manus replied, rolling his eyes at his twin. Caleb wanted to laugh at how quickly Brighid had these two older, respected men scrambling to apologize. “Fine, but ya be apologizin’ to Dillon when Shane and Sean are done cheerin’ him up,” Brighid replied. She realized how that sounded as soon as she heard the snickers around and blushed. “Ya know what I be meanin’.” “We know, me love,” Michan said, smiling as he came to hug Brighid. “Ya don’t mean to be the dirty lass ya are.” “Aye, that bein’ true.” She giggled as Manus wrapped his arms around their wife as well. Caleb couldn’t help but look at them with envy. He’d always wanted that. He turned and looked at the house where his mates were and swallowed loudly. Could he ever make them as happy as Brighid was? Or would he end up hurting them? “Ya can do this, lad,” Brighid said, looking up at him from her husbands’ arms as if she read his thoughts. “They’ll love ya as any mates should be. Don’t be matterin’ where ya came from or what ya been through.” “I hope you’re right,” Caleb answered quietly. He realized everyone was staring again since he seemed to have found his voice. “Caleb, you found your voice.” Micah snickered. “Did it get lost in your mass of muscles?” “Oh, fuck off, Micah,” Caleb replied, rolling his eyes. “You thought Riley was a girl when you first met him, remember? I was

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there for it all. And I was the one kicking your ass because you hurt Riley’s feelings and got your head out of your ass.” “Ya thought the doc bein’ a girl when ya met him?” Manus asked, his eyes going wide while looking over Riley. “How exactly did ya make that mistake, lad?” “In his defense, Micah was extremely drugged at the time,” Riley was able to say in between bouts of laughter. “He came in to my hospital because we were the closest facility, and he was in pretty bad shape.” “I woke up when Riley was stitching me up,” Micah continued as he hugged Riley close to him. “He had surgical gear on and a scrub cap, and all I could see was his face. I saw his beautiful eyes and long eyelashes and that was all. I’d never been attracted to a man before, so I kind of assumed he was a woman.” “The best part was when he woke up later and kept asking if the doc had a sister.” Caleb snickered, glad the attention was off him. “I had to explain to him several times that I hadn’t seen a single woman in the facility. That the only person who had worked on Micah was Riley. He must have taken a really bad blow to the head, because he sooo wasn’t getting that he kissed Riley.” “Yeah, yeah, we’ve all got our anecdotes about how we met our mates,” Micah replied, rolling his eyes before focusing on Caleb. “Seems to be your turn, my friend.” “It’s not the same,” Caleb answered quietly. “I’m too big to be mated to two men so small; I’ll hurt them if I touch them.” “Caleb,” Patrick said gently, stepping out of Stefan’s arms. “I can see how you would think that. Look how big Stefan is compared to me, and I was half human when we met. But there’s just some instinct inside you that won’t ever let you hurt your mates. It’s programmed in you somehow.” “I think the nuns at the orphanage un-programmed everything in me,” Caleb whispered, knowing they could still all hear him. He looked at Brighid for help.

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“It be time to tell yur friends, lad,” she replied, smiling gently and coming over to hold his hand. “Let Manus and Michan go get Liam and Lorcan, and we can all talk. It’s no different than ya tellin’ me earlier, I promise. These lads are yur friends and love ya.” Caleb simply nodded at her before looking around to see his friends’ reactions. Sure enough, they were all nodding and smiling at him. Brighid hugged him briefly as Manus and Michan walked inside the house for a moment. They returned with his twin mates, and instinctively, Caleb started shaking. “Ya want me to be tellin’ everyone?” Brighid whispered just for Caleb to hear. He looked down at the small woman and started nodding vigorously. “Ya still need to be showin’ them yur back though.” “If you give me permission, Caleb,” Riley said, stepping towards him, “I can help fill in the blanks. But I’m your doctor, I can’t say anything unless you tell me it’s okay.” “Yes,” was all he managed to get out. Caleb couldn’t seem to keep his eyes off his mates for very long. They were just too gorgeous. They both looked very nervous as they all started to situate themselves in the chairs on the porch. Brighid sat next to Caleb on the swing, holding onto his hand tightly. “When Caleb be just a babe, he was left on the steps of a human orphanage with just a note that his name was Caleb,” Brighid started to say. Caleb couldn’t look at the faces of everyone, focusing mainly on Brighid’s hand he was holding. “They knew he was different with his lilac eyes, and he has some markings on his back he was born with. Not understanding, they thought he be influenced by the devil and tried to whip it out of him.” “Oh, god,” Caleb heard someone cry as the others whispered. He glanced up under his eyelashes to see it was one of his mates that had cried out. He felt tears pooling in his eyes and started to wipe them away with his free hand.

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“Since he was pre-transition, his body healed like a human,” Brighid continued before nudging him. Caleb took a deep breath before standing and pulling up his shirt before turning so everyone could see his back. He knew what the scars looked like, ugly red lines that crisscrossed across his back with raised jacked edges that showed more than a whip had been used to him. “Fuck, Caleb,” Micah said, the pain obvious in his voice. “Why didn’t you ever tell me, man? I’m your best friend.” Unable to find his voice again, he lowered his shirt and turned to look at Micah. He willed his best friend to understand with his eyes as the first tears spilled over and ran down his cheeks. “Oh, Caleb,” Micah nodded as if he understood as he walked over and hugged him. Caleb was shocked at first. He’d never hugged his friend. But after a moment he relaxed and hugged him back. “We wouldn’t have cared how you were raised, Caleb. You’re our friend and one of the best warriors I’ve ever known, man.” Caleb merely nodded and attempted a weak smile as he went to sit back down by Brighid. “Caleb, wait,” Manus said, standing and coming over to him. “I know this be difficult for ya, lad, but can I be seein’ again? Something is irkin’ me.” Taking another deep breath, he gave his soon-to-be father-in-law his back and pulled his shirt up. “Michan, come look at this closely,” Manus said, touching Caleb’s back gently. “Tell me this doesn’t look familiar ta ya. I know it’s out of shape because of the scars, but damn if I haven’t been seein’ this before.” “Ya are right, that is somethin’ I done seen before,” Michan answered. “I can’t be placin’ where though. Caleb, how old are ya, lad?” “Fifty-three,” he said quietly, grateful of vampire hearing since he could barely form words right then.

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“We’ll have to do some lookin’, because I know I’ve seen this before,” Manus said, pulling down Caleb’s shirt and patting him on the back. “I just can’t figure out where off the top of me head because of the damage they did ta ya.” “Sorry,” Caleb whispered, tears forming again as Brighid grabbed his hand and pulled him down to sit next to her. “Nothin to be sorry about, lad,” Brighid said quietly as she rubbed Caleb’s hand with her own. “Maybe my husbands can be of some use in solvin’ yur mystery.” “Caleb came to me a few weeks ago when he heard I was able to determine that Patrick was part Dragos from his blood,” Riley said, all eyes turning to him. “Unfortunately, his blood didn’t match any of the known families I have in my database. But really, that’s just some I have from warrior families in the US If he’s from European decent, I wouldn’t have access to anything to compare his blood to.” “A female vampire heard about the nuns havin’ a lad with some strange illness,” Brighid said, continuing where she left off. “She thought it sounded like one of us goin’ through our transition. It be exactly what was happenin’ to Caleb. She told the nuns she be helpin’ him and took him to yur council in America. They helped him through his transition, and with his large stature, they sent him to be trained as a warrior.” “Do ya be rememberin’ any of that?” Manus asked, leaning forward, bracing his hands on his knees. “Or anything about how ya be found?” “No, I was pretty out of it at that point,” Caleb answered quietly. “My transition lasted a lot longer than normal because they were doing everything they could to stop it. And I wasn’t even a week old when I showed up on the orphanage doorstep.” “Now ya all be understandin’ his reaction to findin’ his mates?” Brighid asked, finishing up. “Not knowin’ where he be from, and the way he be raised, he wasn’t sure he’d ever even have mates. Plus, ya

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lads are a lot smaller than Caleb, he be worried he hurt ya if he touched ya. Even if it be just ta hug ya.” “Caleb,” one of the twins said, and he lifted his head to look at them. “Could ya be takin’ a walk with us so we can be talkin’? We promise just ta talk. We’d really like to get ta know ya.” He turned in almost a panic to Brighid, who simply smiled and nodded at him. He turned back to his mates and stood up wordlessly and went over to them. When they just looked at him, he simply nodded and started to walk off the porch. Caleb was so scared he could barely get his legs to move, but he’d seen how happy his friends were with their mates. After all the pain he had in his life, he wasn’t going to just walk away from his mates without even trying.

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Chapter 2 Liam looked over at his twin as they walked with Caleb past the barn towards the small lake on their farm. Lorcan nodded at him, meaning to take the lead on this one. Out of the two of them, Liam was the gentler one, the one who understood better and was slower to anger. “Caleb, we are not meanin’ to be callin’ ya a liar, because we know yur not,” Liam said gently as he went to stand in front of the gorgeous warrior. He took a deep breath before continuing, “But we be thinkin’ there’s more to the story. It’s okay if ya didn’t want to say anything to our ma or in front of the group, we be understandin’ that. If ya be ready to talk about it though, we’d like to know.” “Yeah, there’s more,” Caleb said softly, and Liam had to hold back his body’s natural response. His mate had the deepest, sexiest voice Liam had ever heard. “I’ve been with a few women, not a lot, but a few.” “Ya be meanin’ sexually?” Lorcan asked as they sat down in the grass by the lake. “That bein’ okay with us, we been bein’ with others before ya as well.” “No, I know that, it’s just,” Caleb started, seeming to struggle with what to say. Without even thinking about it, Liam reached over and took Caleb’s large hand in his own. Caleb flinched at first then looked down at their joined hands. He turned to look at Liam with wide eyes of shock. “It be okay, Caleb,” Liam replied gently, smiling at the hot warrior. “We just be wantin’ to understand, that’s all.”

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“A couple of the women said I was too well endowed to have sex like a normal man,” Caleb said so quietly it was almost a whisper. Liam’s cock twitched at the visual he got as he also felt Lorcan’s feelings of lust run through their bond as twins. “They got really mad at me. Said that I fucked them like whores and not like women.” “Did they be tellin’ ya durin’ the sex to slow down or be more gentle?” Lorcan asked, tilting his head to the side as if trying to process what Caleb was saying. “Because if they didn’t tell ya to do something differently or stop, it not be yur fault. They should have told ya if they weren’t likin’ it.” “They didn’t say anything, I swear,” Caleb answered quickly, looking horror stricken. Liam felt his heart break for his mate and the way he’d been treated. “One of them said I raped her. That I was so rough and forceful that I didn’t even fuck her, I raped her.” “That be bullshit,” Lorcan growled, leaping to his feet. “If she not be tellin’ ya she didn’t like it or stop, she can’t say ya been rapin’ her. Did ya force her to undress or take her ta yur bed against her will?” Caleb quickly shook his head, looking so lost it made tears come to Liam’s eyes. He squeezed Caleb’s hand to show his support. Instead Caleb turned to look at him and gasped. “You think I’m lying,” Caleb said, trying to pull his hand away. “I’m not lying. She came on to me! She took me back to her hotel room and told me she liked big men and even bigger cocks.” “I swear I not be thinkin’ ya are lyin’,” Liam said adamantly as he grasped Caleb’s hand in both of his. “I not be thinkin’ that at all, Caleb. It just be breakin’ my heart to hear how ya been treated, to see the pain on yur face.” “He be tellin’ the truth, Caleb,” Lorcan said, crouching in front of their mate. “I can feel Liam’s emotions through our bond as twins. All of us can. He can feel my anger at the way ya been treated, and I can feel his sorrow for the same.”

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“You believe me?” Caleb asked in a whisper, looking from one twin to the other in surprise. “I never told anyone because I didn’t think they would believe me. I just stopped having sex.” “Did ya be havin’ this sex with human women?” Liam asked gently. “Because even if me or Lorcan had sex with a human woman, we could be too rough on them.” “Yes, they were human,” Caleb answered as tears formed in his eyes. “Then it’s true, I was a beast to them.” “Hey now, that not be what Liam is sayin’,” Lorcan said, taking Caleb’s face in his hands. “It not be yur fault if they didn’t tell ya to stop or slow down. He be sayin’ it not really be yur size, but that ya are a vampire. We’re much stronger than humans. Did anyone ever be talkin’ to ya about any of that?” “No, I was raised with humans,” Caleb stated, shaking his head. “I mean, I knew after my transition I was stronger than everyone, but no one warned me not to have sex with humans.” “Well, now ya know at least it be different to have sex with other vampires,” Liam said. “Not that ya be havin’ sex with anyone but us from now on.” “You’d still let me touch you?” Caleb asked, his eyes going wide again. “Even after all I told you and your mom said?” “Aye, we be wantin’ ya even more now,” Lorcan replied firmly as he knelt in front of Caleb. “We be wantin’ to show ya what real lovin’ be like. How ya can enjoy it just as much as we be likin’ it. And ya can be forceful with us and it not be hurtin’ us at all, Caleb.” “I really love the way you both talk,” Caleb said, his face turning bright red. Liam almost groaned his mate looked so sexy right then. “The accent is really sexy. It makes everything you say sound so exotic.” “I never be bein’ called exotic before.” Liam chuckled as he moved closer to Caleb’s side. “I think I be likin’ to hear ya say it.”

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“Me too,” Lorcan purred as he started to rub his hands over Caleb’s chest. “We be thinkin’ ya the hottest thing we’ve ever seen, Caleb. All strong, big, firm muscles just asking to be touched by us.” “I don’t want to hurt you,” Caleb whispered as he started to squirm under their hands. “I couldn’t bear it if I ever hurt my mates.” “How about we be takin’ it slow then?” Liam asked, ignoring the hateful stare he got from Lorcan at his words. “If yur cock be as big as ya be sayin’, we need time to prepare to take ya in us anyways.” “What do you mean by taking it slow?” Caleb asked, looking at Liam, his gorgeous violet eyes almost pleading with Liam to understand. “You mean just claiming each other?” “Ya be wantin’ to claim us?” Lorcan asked in surprise. Liam felt the same but tried to keep his shock off his face. “If you’ll have me,” Caleb whispered as he looked down at his lap. “Yeah, I mean I’ve felt safe with you enough to tell you all my awful past. And you seem to want me, though why, I’m not sure. But you do, and I’m not stupid enough to walk away from that. And god, you are both so fucking sexy, just looking at you makes me hard.” “Ya be hard now?” Liam asked as he moved to nibble on Caleb’s ear. The loud groan he got in response not only told him the answer was yes, but it had been a very long time for Caleb. He realized Lorcan was doing the same thing on the other side of Caleb. Reaching for the hem of Caleb’s shirt, they slowly pulled it up and off of their mate. “Look at all these hard muscles, Liam,” Lorcan said as he started to lick along Caleb’s collarbone and neck. Liam carefully did the same on his side, both of them starting to rub their hands over Caleb’s muscular chest. “Ya be me best wet dream in the flesh, Caleb.” “Okay.” Caleb hissed as they both moved down to take a nipple in their mouths and sucked on them. Liam lifted his head while Lorcan was still sucking on Caleb’s nipple and kissed their mate. At first, Caleb was hesitant, keeping the kiss incredibly gentle. But when Liam bit on his lip, Caleb opened his mouth and let Liam’s tongue in. After

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several minutes of exploring every inch of Caleb’s mouth, he pulled back and let Lorcan have a turn. Liam went back to Caleb’s neck, licking a trail up to his ear. As soon as Liam ran his tongue around the outside of Caleb’s ear, his mate started moaning and squirming under their combined loving. It seemed his ears were a definite hot spot for Caleb. While their mate was still kissing his twin, Liam leaned back and pulled off his own clothes. Once Liam was done, he ran his hand down Caleb’s perfect abs and unbuttoned his pants. Carefully pulling down the zipper, he reached in and pulled Caleb’s cock free. He couldn’t hold back his shock at what he saw. “Lorcan, look,” Liam whispered, still focused on the massive cock in front of him. “Our mate not be kiddin’ that he be well endowed.” “Holy fuck,” Lorcan moaned as he looked too. “I’m sorry,” Caleb said, moving to cover himself up. “I can’t help it.” “We not be complainin’, Caleb,” Liam replied as he held one of Caleb’s hands to stop him from covering up the beautiful sight. “We be thinkin’ how that big cock will feel in our arses.” “I can’t even wait.” Lorcan purred as he reached down and wrapped his hand around Caleb’s massive cock. Liam was still struck stupid at the sight of it. It had to be at least a foot long now that it was hard. And it was so wide Lorcan couldn’t even wrap his hand around it fully. “Oh yeah, ya goin’ ta have fun preparin’ us ta get ready for this cock.” “And we goin’ ta be lovin’ every minute of it,” Liam said, looking back up at Caleb’s eyes. His mate’s face was still bright red with embarrassment. “We be the luckiest lads ever ta be havin’ a mate with such a monstrous cock.” “Really?” Caleb asked, searching Liam’s face as if waiting for him to tell the truth. “You’re not turned off by it?”

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“Are ya kiddin’?” Lorcan asked, looking back up to Caleb’s face. “All I can think about is how much of it I can swallow.” “Oh god,” Caleb moaned, closing his eyes. Liam looked at his twin and nodded, deciding it was time. “Are ya sure this is what ya want, Caleb?” he asked gently as they went back to licking his neck while both of them had a hand on their mate’s cock. “Once we be claimin’ ya, there be no goin’ back.” “I want it, I want both of you more than I want air.” Caleb moaned, moving his hips against their hands. “All I want is you both.” “Ya be havin’ us, our mate,” Lorcan said softly a moment before they both sunk their fangs into opposite sides of Caleb’s neck. “Fuck, yes,” Caleb roared as he held their heads gently to his neck. Liam felt their mate’s cock twitch as Caleb came. Liam drank from his mate’s neck deeply, loving the sweet taste of Caleb’s blood. He felt stream after stream of Caleb’s seed burst from his cock, covering their hands and Caleb’s stomach. Liam lifted his head and licked his mating marks as he saw Lorcan do the same out of the corner of his eye. They both wrapped an arm around Caleb’s back, holding him up as he melted into them. Gently, they lowered Caleb back to the ground, and only then did Liam notice their mate had passed out. He looked up to Lorcan’s smiling face as his twin saw the same thing. “I think we be wearin’ our mate out, Liam.” Lorcan snickered as he looked up to meet Liam’s gaze. “Aye, we did,” Liam giggled as he used his shirt to wipe Caleb’s cum off his hand. “But I be thinkin’ he enjoyed it.” “I think ya be right, twin,” Lorcan replied as he took Liam’s shirt and wiped off his hand as well. “Did ya ever think we be gettin’ a mate as good-looking as Caleb?” “No, I never dreamed our mate be this hot,” Liam answered as he brushed a strand of Caleb’s long, black hair off his forehead. “He be so big and strong, but his heart be fragile, Lorcan. We can’t be breakin’ it.”

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“We won’t be, Liam,” Lorcan said as he tucked Caleb’s spent cock back into his pants after having cleaned him up. “We done give him all the love we be havin’ in our hearts. He will never be doubtin’ how we feel about him, and maybe we can be healin’ his heart along the way.” Liam sent up a silent prayer to the powers that be that they could heal the large warrior’s heart. Caleb had been hurt so much in his short years. Liam and Lorcan had lived so much longer and only knew love. Now all he wanted was to share that love with their mate. **** “So here’s the story we decided on, Dillon,” Micah said as they pulled up to the facility. “The seven humans did their experiments tonight and realized they were wrong, that the men they took are human. Then they dumped them all off at different hospitals because they didn’t want to become murderers. They also decided to blow the facility to dispel any evidence in their kidnapping in case the authorities come sniffing around.” “And what then?” Dillon asked as Caleb watched the interaction. “Stick them in their cars and tell them to go home and sleep.” “Exactly,” Stefan answered. “Caleb, you stick with Dillon while he’s wiping the humans’ minds. We’ll work on getting the vampires free and out to the cars. Remus is in the other car to help transport.” “Got it,” Dillon and Caleb answered together. Caleb was doing his best to not be distracted by earlier events with his mates. Mates… he had mates. The idea was so new and bizarre to him Caleb had trouble wrapping his mind around it. Shaking his head, he focused at the job at hand. They filed out of the SUV and headed to the loading docks door. Sure enough, it was open. One at a time, they slipped inside and headed downstairs to where the vampires were being held according to the video feed.

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Once inside, they went to work in a flash. Caleb grabbed several of the humans at once and quickly tied them up. He was careful to keep an eye on Dillon, knowing he was using his gift a lot and it would be draining. After the first human was done, Dillon let him go. The man was out of there as quick as could be. He nodded to Caleb, who let one of the other humans go and handed him over to Dillon. Repeating the process, Dillon let the second man go when he was done. It took a while to run through the other five men, Caleb watching their backs as Dillon worked. “That’s the last one,” Dillon said quietly when he was done, looking like he’d been run over by a bus. Swaying on his feet, Caleb quickly wrapped an arm under his shoulders and started to help Dillon out to the SUV. Once there, Caleb helped Dillon into the car, climbing in after him. “You okay, man?” Caleb asked, looking him over. “You need anything?” “Naw, I’m good,” Dillon answered, wiping a hand over his face. “Just takes a lot out of me.” “I hear you,” Caleb replied, nodding his head. They sat there in silence for a little longer. Just then, Micah climbed into the driver’s seat. Stefan was in back loading the last vampire in. “You guys ready for the fireworks?” Micah asked, turning around to look at them, smiling widely. “It’s going to be a good show.” “Quit dicking around and hit it, Micah.” Stefan growled as he got into the front seat. “It’s got a two minute delay, so let’s go.” “You’re not fun,” Micah grumbled as he flipped the switch on the device in his hand. “Being mated and getting laid regularly was supposed to make you more fun.” “It did,” Stefan snapped back. “Just not during missions when we have hurt vampires in the back. Now move it.” Caleb smiled and turned his face away, knowing full well how often Stefan had goofed around during missions. He figured Stefan

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had the same nagging feeling Caleb did. All Caleb wanted to do was get home to his mates as fast as possible. As if Micah heard his thoughts, he threw the SUV into gear and took off. Staring out the window as they drove, Caleb couldn’t get over the day’s events. Not only meeting his mates, but finally telling someone what he had been through as a child. Granted he hadn’t gone into any specifics, but it still felt good to get it out there. Then when he went off with Liam and Lorcan, he told them about his past sexual experiences. That was what pushed him over the edge past his fear. They believed him! He never thought anyone would believe him. The SUV stopped and Micah threw it into park, shaking Caleb out of his thoughts. Quickly getting back to the job at hand, he hopped out of the car and unloaded one of the vampires they rescued. Liam and Lorcan were standing on the front porch watching him intently. Deciding to try and let them know he was okay, he sent them a big, goofy grin as he walked past them into the house. He gently laid the man in his arms down on the couch, and Riley immediately got to work on the man. Caleb turned and walked back out the front door to grab another person from the cars. They had gotten there in time before the humans started the experiments, but the vampires had all been out for the count. “Ya be okay, mate?” Liam asked, grabbing his arm. The only way Caleb could tell which one was talking was because Liam wore the same shirt as when he left earlier. “Ya not hurt?” “Not a scratch on me, Liam,” he replied as he leaned over to kiss Liam’s lips gently before turning and kissing Lorcan as well. Then he walked back to the SUV Remus had driven and gently pulled another survivor into his arms. Just as he got to the front porch, the man in his arms opened his eyes and gasped. “My Lord Nicolas, you are alive,” the man whispered as he reached up to touch Caleb’s cheek. “How ever did you survive?”

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“You’ve got the wrong guy,” Caleb said gently as he carried the man into the house. “We rescued you from the humans, you’ve been drugged and are probably confused. My name is Caleb.” “Yes, My Lord, we were able to get Caleb out in time,” the man replied as his eyes started to droop closed. “When the fighting broke out and the Dard family tried to wipe you all out, we got the baby away. Caleb is safe, My Lord.” “What baby?” Caleb asked in a whisper as he almost stumbled and dropped the man. Micah was there to help him and took the man from his arms. He watched as Micah put the man on one of the other couches before turning back to him. “Caleb, are you okay, man?” Micah asked. Caleb ignored him as he went and shook the man. “What baby?” Caleb asked louder this time, tears streaming down his face. It was no use, the man was out again, but Caleb had to ask anyways, “Who is Nicolas?” “Caleb, he’s passed out,” Stefan said, helping Micah to pull him away from the man. “What’s wrong with you?” Caleb let himself be pulled away before turning and heading out the door. He hit the screen door so hard to get it open it flew off the hinges and landed on the porch. Barely registering that everyone was staring at him, he kept walking for a few more yards. That man recognized him, or someone in his family. He said they had gotten the baby, Caleb, safely away. Was that him? The first clue he’d ever had about who he was. And it was from a drugged survivor who either was so confused he had no idea what he said, or he actually knew something and passed out. Caleb fell to his knees and screamed out his frustration and pain. He kept screaming as thoughts swarmed through his head. Was his family all dead? Is that why he’d been alone always? Caleb stopped screaming when he felt two pairs of arms surround him and knew it was his mates. Grasping them tightly, he sobbed against them.

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“It be okay, Caleb,” Liam said, stroking his hair. “Whatever just happened, we be figurin’ it out. We be right here for ya.” “We’re not leavin’ ya, Caleb,” Lorcan cooed as well, obviously trying to calm him down. Caleb almost wanted to laugh at his mates’ confusion, if the situation wasn’t so upsetting. They had no clue why he was reacting like this, but still they were there holding him. “Caleb, Caleb, look at me, lad,” Brighid’s soft voice said from in front of him. He looked up as his sobs quieted down. “What did Jacob say ta ya, lad? What upset ya so badly?” “He said,” Caleb started to say but had to stop and take a few cleansing breaths first. He cleared his throat and continued, “He called me ‘My Lord Nicolas’. He asked me how I was alive, how did I survive. I told him my name was Caleb. He said that they got the baby Caleb out before the Dard family came and the fighting began. He recognized me, or someone who looks like me.” Seeing Brighid hold a hand over her mouth and her eyes get wide worried him. But not as much as the gasps he heard from his right. Looking over, he saw Manus and Michan race into the house. “What? What does that mean, Brighid?” Caleb asked, moving out of his mates’ embrace to grab the woman by the arms. “Does that man know who I am? Who I really am or my family?” “It can’t be, lad,” Brighid whispered as she looked over Caleb’s face. “But ya do have the violet eyes.” “Please, tell me,” Caleb cried out, shaking her. “If you know something, please tell me.” “Caleb, let me ma go,” Liam said gently. “She be in shock. Just give her a minute.” Caleb instantly let her go and covered his face with his hands as he yelled again. This was so frustrating. She knew something, like the man, Jacob, and they weren’t telling him. “Caleb?” Manus asked as he put a hand on Caleb’s shoulder. He turned and looked up at Manus and noticed he was holding a book up

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for him to see. “Were these bein’ the markings on yur back before the scars distorted them?” He eyed the drawing closely before nodding. The large tree looking drawing was what was once on his back. Caleb had always compared it to a bare oak tree that instead of leaves had intricate vines that ran around the branches and trunk. That was exactly what was on his back. Why was it in a book? “My Lord Caleb,” Michan said at the same time as Manus as they both kneeled down. “What?” Caleb asked in a whisper as he saw Liam take the book out of his father’s hand out of the corner of his eye. “Why are you calling me that? What are you talking about? Tell me, please.” “Manus, Michan, ya be sure?” Brighid asked her husbands, Caleb watching as both men nodded before turning back to Brighid. “Caleb, ya be royalty. Ya be the last of a long line of Greek royals who ruled our race like the Queen be for England.” “That’s not funny,” Caleb snarled as he stood up and looked at them. “I ask you for help and to explain things to me, and you’re fucking teasing me? I thought you were my family now.” “Caleb, they not be kiddin’,” Liam said quietly as he handed Caleb the book. “Read what the markings be.” He looked into Liam’s eyes, realizing his mate was scared. Caleb took the book with shaking hands and started to read the blurb that was below the picture of the markings. The markings above are only found on any member of the Kyros family whot is first born and eventually will take over leadership of Eastern Europe. While the Eastern European Council acts as parliament to the current Kyros ruler, they shall be the king or queen of the territory. One of the last royal families of the vampire race, the name Kyros itself means Leader or Master. They can also be easily identified by their violet eyes, jet black hair, and large stature. Currently, the governing ruler is Nicolas Kyros and his mate, Athena Kyros.

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“My parents… Are they alive?” Caleb asked in a whisper as he sank to his knees. He was afraid he already knew the answer, but he had to ask. “I’m so sorry, lad,” Brighid said as she moved to hold Caleb’s face in her hands. “Let’s go inside and talk.” Caleb simply nodded, feeling like he’d been shot in the chest as he stood and let Brighid lead him inside. Riley, Micah, and some of the O’Hagans were busy helping the survivors in the living room, as the rest of them went into the dining room. Brighid helped him sit into one of the chairs, Liam and Lorcan sitting on either side of him. “About fifty-three years ago,” Manus started to say, looking directly at Caleb, “a cousin family of the Kyros, the Dards, be decidin’ to overthrow the current rulin’ body of Eastern Europe. They thought if they be killin’ all the living Kyros family, the Dards would rule. I don’ta be knowin’ all the specifics, but it was said they stormed the palace, catchin’ most of the guards unaware, and murdered everyone.” “The council seein’ it as a direct act against not only the rulin’ family,” Michan said, continuing the story, “but also against our way of life, and the council denied the Dards claim ta leadership and sentenced them all to death. Since then, the Eastern European Council has ruled as yur East Coast Council does in America. While the Western and Central European Councils still have royal families who rule and have the council as lawmakers. Like Brighid be sayin’ earlier, it’s as the Queen of England with her Parliament.” “My family, they’re all dead?” Caleb asked as the tears kept rolling down his face. “No one survived?” “No, lad,” Manus answered, shaking his head, “no one be survivin’. That’s why it never even be crossin’ my mind when I saw yur violet eyes. It happened decades ago, and I never be meetin’ a Kyros before. I just remember the news when it happened.”

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“I’m sorry to interrupt,” Riley said, walking into the room and looking around at all the serious faces. “But one of them, Jacob, keeps asking for Lord Caleb. Anyone want to explain that one to me?”

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Chapter 3 Caleb jumped up from his chair so fast that it fell to the floor as he raced towards the man who had the answers he needed. Realizing he was going to crash into Riley, he grabbed his best friend’s mate and threw him over Caleb’s shoulder. “What the fuck has gotten into you, Caleb?” Riley growled as Caleb ran into the living room. Once in front of Jacob, he set Riley on his feet and moved closer to the man on the sofa who looked as if he’d seen a ghost. “Is it true? Am I really a Kyros?” Caleb asked, quietly ignoring the gasps he heard from Micah and Stefan on his right as he knelt down. “Tell me what you know, Jacob, please.” “You look just like your father, My Lord,” Jacob whispered, tears in his eyes as he reached out to touch Caleb’s face. “You’re a little taller, and you have Athena’s nose, but there’s no doubt in my mind.” “You said you rescued the baby Caleb. What happened? How did I end up in an American orphanage?” “The Dards stormed the palace, catching everyone unaware,” Jacob said, and Caleb felt his mates and more people join them in the living room. “They were cousins, so no one thought twice about letting them in through the main gates. But then they had more people with them and started killing the guards.” “How did ya be gettin’ away, Jacob?” Brighid asked as she sat down next to the frail-looking man. “Anyone else be survivin’?” “Your father and I were in a meeting when it started.” Jacob sniffled, the memories obviously painful. “I did his schedules and drove him, but we were also friends. My wife, Wendy, was your

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mother’s goody wife and lady-in-waiting, for lack of a better term. Lord Nicolas and I raced to the royal suites when the guards informed us of what was going on. We got there, and Athena was packing a small bag for you. She demanded we take you and flee out the secret passages before the Dards got to their rooms.” “Why did they not come with? Why not all of us escape?” Caleb asked, his entire body shaking with grief. As much as it hurt his heart and tore at his sanity to hear this, he needed to know. “Athena was a very smart woman, Lord Caleb,” Jacob answered softly. “She knew if you all fled, the Dards would give chase. Your father agreed, kissed you goodbye with tears in his eyes, and then went for his sword. They hoped to buy us enough time to get you out and no one would notice your absence in the confusion. The Dards knew about your birth, of course, and would want the only heir dead as well. “Athena told us how to get out and where to go for sanctuary. She also sent her cousin, Mary, with us, knowing that she had connections and could help us. Your mother sobbed as she handed you over to my Wendy, making us swear on our lives that we would do whatever we had to do to keep you safe. As we opened the passages, the Dards and their followers had made their way to the royal rooms. “I watched your mother, who I cherished like a daughter, pick up a sword from above the mantel and rush to join your father and their guards. They might have been able to flee with us, but they weren’t willing to take that chance with their lives. They sacrificed themselves to give us time to save you, Lord Caleb.” Caleb opened his mouth several times, closing it right back up as he tried to process and ask questions at the same time. Brighid must have seen it, because she took over for him. “How be Caleb endin’ up in America?” she asked, looking at him, and Caleb nodded in agreement that was what he was trying to ask. “We had been running for a few hours before we reached the place Athena had told us about,” Jacob answered, staring at his hands.

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“As soon as we got the hidden car, documents, money, and whatnot, we were on the road to get to the Council’s compound. In route, we realized we were being pursued. The Dards must have finally figured out Lord Caleb wasn’t in the Palace and realized where we would go. “We decided to split up, Wendy and I on foot as Mary took you in the car. Mary had brought up the point that we didn’t know how far this treachery went. That we could be bringing you right into a trap without having realized it. She was to go into hiding with you and contact us in a couple of weeks to see if it was safe to bring you to the Council’s compound. “Wendy and I barely made it to the compound ourselves before the Dards showed up. It ended up the Council had no clue what was going on. The Dards that were at the gates were taken into custody while the others were immediately tracked down. The Council sent guards after Mary to bring you both into safety. They found her dead in the car on the side of the road, but you were gone.” “So no one knows what happened to me after that or that I was even alive?” Caleb asked, the reasons he was left with the nuns in America making more sense knowing that people wanted him dead. “The Council received a cryptic message from an anonymous caller that you were safe,” Jacob answered, shaking his head. “Mary had been followed and handed you off to a vampire couple in passing, saying you were in danger and to place you somewhere safe where no one would know who you were. The message said you were safe at St. Michael’s, that was it.” “That was the orphanage I grew up at,” Caleb whispered as the tears kept falling. “Why did no one come for me? Why leave me to grow up with humans?” “The council looked for you, My Lord,” Jacob replied as Caleb’s whole body started to shake. “Wendy and I helped search the continent for any St. Michael’s we could find. It never crossed our minds to search America for you. But at least you were safe and out of danger. I’m just surprised no one figured it out sooner. If you’re a

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warrior, then some Council had to have seen you and should have known.” “Safe? You call what happened to me being safe?” Caleb snarled as he stood and ripped his shirt off of him, turning around. “Does this look fucking safe to you?” “Dear god!” Jacob gasped, standing up and reaching out to touch Caleb’s back. “My Lord, what happened?” “They thought I was the seed of the Devil himself,” he shouted as he spun around and smacked Jacob’s hand away. “I was left on their doorstep with a note that my name was Caleb. You have no fucking clue what they did to me! I have violet eyes that aren’t human and markings on my back that weren’t tattoos. They tried to carve the evil out of me. “The nuns called in specialists when I was ten and they tried everything from exorcisms to acid. They whipped me and tried to cut off the markings. One sister wanted the spawn of Satan killed, but their Mother Superior put a stop to that. I went through my transition alone and scared while the nuns did everything they could to stop it. They thought the Devil was trying to finally come out in me somehow.” “We didn’t know, My Lord.” Jacob sobbed, dropping to his knees. “I swear on my life that we tried to find you. We never stopped even after moving to Ireland and trying to put our past horrors behind us.” “My god, it’s really true,” a woman gasped from the front door. “Dillon called to say Jacob was rescued but was rambling about a Lord Nicolas and thought something might be wrong with him. I asked who he was calling Nicolas, and he said one of the warriors from America.” “Caleb has been found, Wendy,” Jacob cried as he stood and went to his wife. Caleb shook with emotional turmoil. These were obviously good people who’d tried their hardest to keep Caleb safe and seemed to have really loved his parents. But that also didn’t wipe

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away the memories and nightmares Caleb still lived with. Nor did it help him deal with what he’d just been told. “My Lord Caleb, we will contact the Council immediately and tell them you have been found,” Wendy said with a smile as she knelt before Caleb. “It’s a great day for our kind to have their rightful ruler returned to them.” “What?” Caleb asked, looking at Wendy like she’d grown a second head. “I’m not a ruler. I can’t lead people or be on the Council.” “You wouldn’t be on the Council, My Lord,” Jacob said as he held his wife and moved them to the sofa. “You’d be in charge of it, as was your father.” “I-I can’t do that,” he stuttered as he backed away from everyone who was staring at him. “I’m no one. I don’t even have a last name.” “Ya do now, lad,” Brighid said gently as she stood and went to him. Caleb held up his hands as if to ward her off, feeling as if the house was closing in on him. “I’ll inform ta Council,” Manus said as he left the room as Caleb’s head started spinning. “They weren’t supposed to be dead,” Caleb mumbled as he focused on Brighid. She’d been so nice to him. She’d understand. “I thought they didn’t want me. I mean, vampires don’t have orphanages, so they just didn’t want me and dumped me with the humans.” “But now ya be knowin’ the truth, lad,” Brighid said slowly as she took a step towards him. “Now it be time to be who ya really are, Caleb.” “I want to go home,” Caleb replied, looking from person to person as their faces started to blend. He found Micah in the sea of people and spoke to him. “Call Desmond. Desmond will know what to do and get me home. I need Desmond and Elena.”

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“Ya want ta leave us?” Liam gasped as he started crying as Lorcan started to walk towards Caleb, pain written on his face. “I thought ya be wantin’ us forever.” “I do want you,” Caleb answered, taking another step away. He’d not even thought to factor his new mates into the equation with everything going on. “I can’t handle all this. I just wanted answers, now I’m mated and supposed to rule. I can’t do that. I just want to go home with my mates.” “You want us to leave and go to America?” Lorcan asked as he wrapped an arm around his twin’s shoulders. “Not to Greece?” “No, yes, I-I don’t—” Caleb started to answer as he lost his ability to talk over the pounding in his head. He turned to look at Micah for help. “Caleb, you can’t turn your back on this, buddy,” Micah said gently as he moved towards Caleb. He felt his eyes go wide at what his best friend said. If anyone should have been on Caleb’s side, it should have been Micah. “I just been contactin’ our Council and lettin’ them know about Caleb,” Manus said as he walked back into the living room. “They be wantin’ him in Greece immediately.” That was all it took to push Caleb over the edge. He kept backing up, shaking his head as people kept asking him questions he didn’t have the answers to. Caleb felt the wall hit his back as his mates tried to touch him, not being able to hear what they were saying over the blood rushing around in his head. He thought he might be having a heart attack as his chest started to hurt, and he clutched onto his left pec. “Everyone back the fuck off before Caleb has a breakdown,” Riley screamed so loud even Caleb registered his words. As everyone focused on the doc, Caleb made a break for it. He raced out the front door and got about three steps off the porch before his legs gave out. Landing on all fours, Caleb started vomiting uncontrollably until

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lights flashed behind his eyes. And then everything went dark as he fell to the side in a pile. **** “Caleb!” Lorcan shouted as he watched his mate fall and start to throw up. He and Liam raced out the door and off the porch to their mate. They caught Caleb right before his head hit the ground. “Caleb, ya need to calm down, babe.” “He’s out,” Riley said as he knelt in front of Caleb, putting his fingers to their mate’s neck. “He blacked out, probably had a panic attack and freaked out even more.” “Will he be okay?” Liam asked, tears running down his face as he took Caleb’s hand in his. “How can we be helpin’ him?” “He should be fine. His pulse is fast, but it will calm down now,” Riley answered as he rubbed his hands over his face. “This is too much for anyone to handle, and after everything Caleb’s been through, he broke. I’m sorry I was busy with the other survivors and didn’t see this coming until it was too late. I was shocked to hear all of it and wasn’t focused.” “He will be wakin’ back up though, right?” Lorcan asked as he moved Caleb’s head into his lap as he ran his fingers through his mate’s hair. “I mean, this not bein’ permanent?” “No, he’ll wake back up when his body calms down,” the doc answered, giving them a weak smile. “Caleb needs to process all of what’s been going on and nothing added, okay? So I know you have questions for him, especially being his mates, but you need to hold off. Let him come to grips with this, and then he can figure out what comes next.” “He’s supposed ta bein’ on his way ta Greece,” Manus said as everyone else joined them. “He not be havin’ time to break down.”

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“Too fucking bad, he just did.” Riley growled as he gestured to their mate. “You all need to back off. Call your Council back and tell them he’s not going anywhere yet.” “Watch how ya be talkin’ ta me, doc,” Manus replied, and Lorcan saw the anger in his dad’s eyes. “I know ya be the lad’s friend, but he be havin’ responsibilities now.” “I don’t give a rat’s ass about what your Council thinks Caleb should be doing,” Riley shouted as he leapt to his feet and got in Manus’s face. “You have no idea what Caleb’s been through. I don’t even know all of it, but I do know he told you guys the Reader’s Digest version.” “He didn’t be tellin’ us all of it?” Manus asked, his eyes going wide as his face paled. “He still has nightmares, violent nightmares that he can’t get out of, and wakes up soaking wet, screaming for help,” Riley said. Lorcan saw the doc’s mate, Micah, come up and wrap his arms around his smaller mate. “And after all these years, he finally finds out who he is to learn his whole family is dead. Then you’re all demanding he drop his entire life, everything he’s ever known, and go take over leadership in Eastern Europe. Add to that he just found his mates today.” “It bein’ too much for one lad ta handle.” Their ma nodded as she lay her hand on Manus’s arm. “We need to give the lad time. Call the Council and tell them that. He bein’ your sons’ mate, me love.” “Ya be right as always, me angel,” Manus replied as he hugged their ma. Lorcan felt the tension ease as he noticed Liam and himself had inadvertently been shielding Caleb. “Did ya be tellin’ the Council that Caleb’s mated?” Lorcan asked softly as he took Liam’s hand for support. “Are we gonna be losin’ him?” “No, lad, ya both be movin’ to Greece,” Manus answered as he smiled down at them. “Your mate be needin’ his mates more now than ever. He’s gonna need ya every step of the way.”

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“We won’t fail him,” Liam whispered as he squeezed Lorcan’s hand tightly. “We’ll go wherever Caleb be wantin’ to go.” “Yes, Mother, you and Father need to get on a plane now,” Stefan said as he walked out onto the porch with Patrick. “A survivor recognized Caleb as the heir of Nicolas Kyros.” Lorcan almost laughed as he heard the brothers’ ma exclaim into the phone as Stefan pulled it away from his ear. The warrior shook his head before bringing it back to his ear. “No, we won’t let anything happen to him, Mother,” Stefan replied as he flicked off Micah, who was chuckling. “I promise. Yes, they know and contacted the Council. Okay, I’ll put him on. Riley? Mother would like to speak to you.” “Yes, Elena?” Riley said with a smile after taking the phone. “He had a breakdown, probably a panic attack. Yes, I won’t let anyone force him to go anywhere, doctor’s orders. Elena, calm down, I promise Caleb’s okay. He just blacked out after throwing up from all the excitement. I’ll watch him until you get here.” “Our mother is quite the mama bear with Caleb,” Micah explained as he smiled widely. “That’s why I let Stefan make the call.” “Yeah, thanks for that, asshole,” Stefan mumbled as he gestured to Riley still talking to their mother. “She’s freaking out. She wouldn’t even give Father the phone. All I could hear was her barking out orders and not caring that Caleb took our plane, to just get another fucking one.” “She swore?” Micah laughed, his eyes going wide. “It’s Caleb.” Stefan shrugged as Riley finally finished up the call. “You know he’s family even if he’s not blood.” “I love your mother and all.” Riley snickered as he handed Stefan back the phone. “But damn, that woman will bite when she doesn’t like an answer.” “Look, this be fun and all, but could ya be curbin’ it until after we get Caleb into a bed?” Lorcan growled, having enough of the banter

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around them. He was holding his control by a thread and could feel his twin’s fear that they were going to lose their mate. “Oh, shit, sorry,” Micah said, having the grace to look embarrassed. “Sorry, I’m still kind of reeling from finding out my best friend is the Grand Pumba of Europe.” “We be understandin’ that,” Liam said gently as Stefan and Micah lifted their mate up. “I just don’ta want him to be leavin’ us or not wantin’ us anymore.” “Caleb’s been my best friend for over thirty years, Liam,” Micah replied gently. “I’ve never seen him look at anyone the way he looks at the two of you. He won’t do anything without talking to you first. Give him some time, okay?” “Yeah, we can be doin’ that.” Lorcan sighed as he helped his twin stand. “I just be feelin’ useless to help him.” “We all are, Lorcan,” Riley said as they followed the warriors into the house as they carried their mate. Lorcan knew he and Liam would do anything for Caleb, but how the fuck did you help your mate when his whole world just turned upside down?

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Chapter 4 Caleb groaned as he felt two soft tongues lick his cock while someone massaged his sac. He opened his eyes to see Liam and Lorcan lavishing attention on his naked body. Gently, he reached down and ran his fingers through their gorgeous red hair. “I be tellin’ ya it was the way to wake him up.” Liam giggled as he winked up at Caleb. “You have a mark on your shoulder?” Caleb asked with the little breath he had after panting from the intense pleasure they were giving him. “One of us always has one,” Liam replied with a smile. “It be the only way anyone can be tellin’ us apart.” “Oh, fuck me,” Caleb cried out as Lorcan swallowed half of his cock. “Not yet, me mate.” Liam giggled as he moved up the bed. Caleb grabbed his mate behind his head and dragged him down to his lips. Liam melted into him as they kissed passionately. The harder Lorcan sucked on him, the more desperately Caleb thrust his tongue into the depths of his mate’s sweet mouth. “Well, that be one hell of a good mornin’.” “I was thinking the same thing.” He groaned as he felt his sac draw up. “Lorcan, I’m going to come, baby.” “That be what we want.” Liam purred as he licked his mating mark on Caleb’s neck. “We be wantin’ to give our hot mate some fun.” “Then bite me, my love,” Caleb whispered as he stared into Liam’s silver eyes. “Claim me again. I need to feel you.”

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“Gladly,” Liam moaned before sinking his fangs into his skin. “Yes,” he hissed as he felt his mate drink from him. His cock exploded in Lorcan’s mouth as he held his mate in place. Caleb cried out as each wave of his orgasm hit him harder and harder. When it finally was over, Lorcan was still licking his softening cock clean. Liam lifted his head and licked the bite closed. “I want to please my mates.” “I took care of myself,” Lorcan snickered as he held up his hand that was covered with his own seed. Caleb sat up enough to pull his mate up to him. As soon as Lorcan was lying on the other side of him, Caleb brought his mate’s hand to his face and licked his cum. Caleb moaned as the taste of tart blackberries and honey burst across his taste buds. “I’m getting hard again, me mate.” “We weren’t sure if ya be ready for us, but we be wantin’ to please ya after everything that been happenin’,” Liam said softly, and Caleb felt himself freeze. Yesterday hit him like a ton of bricks, and suddenly he wasn’t thinking about sex anymore. “I can’t breathe,” Caleb gasped as his heart started racing again. He tried to sit up and get out of bed but got tangled in the sheets. “Shhh, Caleb, it be all right,” Lorcan whispered as he ran his hands over Caleb’s back. “Stay with us, mate.” “Focus on just breathin’,” Liam said gently as he ran his hands over Caleb’s chest. “I need air,” Caleb replied as he got himself untangled and crawled off the bed. “I know you’re trying to help, but I keep feeling claustrophobic, and being surrounded isn’t helping.” “We’re sorry,” Liam whispered as his eyes filled with tears. “We just be wantin’ ya to feel good.” “I know, and I appreciate it.” Caleb nodded as he found his pants and pulled them on. He froze when he saw his two naked, gorgeous mates holding each other as they stared at him with such sadness in their eyes. Caleb leaned over and kissed each of them gently. “I’m

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sorry. I swear I’m not trying to be a bastard and push you away. I just keep panicking, and the walls are closing around me.” “How can we be helpin’?” Lorcan asked quietly as they stayed very still. “Tell us what to be doin’, Caleb, and we will.” “Be patient with me?” Caleb asked, not quite sure himself what he needed. “Don’t leave me because I’m not handling everything very well?” “We not be goin’ anywhere, Caleb,” Liam answered as he slowly moved to the edge of the bed. He knelt in front of Caleb and took his head in Liam’s hands. “We be as patient as ya be needin’, okay? Just don’t shut us out.” “I’ve never had anyone to let in, I don’t know how,” Caleb said as he felt his own tears burn in his eyes. “You’d be so much better off without me.” “No, Caleb,” Lorcan gasped, but Caleb suddenly couldn’t be there anymore. He glanced between the two of them, feeling horrible at the hurt he was causing them, before turning and booking it from the room. “Caleb!” His heart broke as he heard the pain in his mate’s voice as Lorcan called out to him, but he didn’t know how to fix that. Instead he ran towards the front door. “Caleb, ya be okay, lad?” Brighid asked, grabbing his arm as he went to race past her. “No, no, I’m so not okay, Brighid.” Caleb laughed, but not in a good way. “I’m so fucking lost it’s not even funny. I’m a mess of a man, and they don’t deserve that.” “That be for them to decide, don’ta ya think?” she replied, raising an eyebrow at him. “Let them help ya, lad.” “I don’t think there’s any help for me,” he said as he gently pulled away. Before she could say anything, Caleb was out the front door and in the fresh air. Finally he felt as if he could breathe. Caleb leaned over and braced his hands on his thighs as he took several deep

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breaths. He just couldn’t get his heart to stop racing or enough air in his lungs. “Go slow, Caleb,” Riley ordered as he crouched down in front of him. Caleb stared into his friend and doctor’s bright blue eyes as he did as he was told. “Slow, deep breaths. That’s all you’re to focus on. Nothing or no one else is here. Just picture your chest moving up and down with the air.” “Thank you,” Caleb whispered several minutes later when he could feel his heart beat normally. “What’s happening to me, Riley?” “It might not seem like it, but you’ve suffered a trauma,” Riley said gently as they both slowly stood up. “There’s only so much one mind can take, Caleb. You’ve had an overflow of traumatic news. Your mind is freaking out, along with your emotions, to try and scramble to catch up.” “What do I do?” “You’re going to keep breathing,” Riley answered as he pointed to the farm. “Take a walk and clear your head. Let what’s happened sink in first, and then you go from there, okay?” “Just walk?” Caleb asked, not sure how that would accomplish anything. “Your brain needs to decompress after all the information and emotions you experienced last night. Give yourself time to adapt and work through what you’ve learned. Then you take the next step.” “You make it sound so easy,” Caleb whispered as he saw people walking out onto the front porch. “Everyone wants answers or decisions from me that I can’t give them.” “Let Micah and I worry about that,” Riley said, giving him a gentle shove away from the house. “Desmond and Elena will be here soon. Go clear your head and process before Elena gets here to baby you.” “Good point,” Caleb chuckled as he smiled at Riley. “I’m so glad you and Micah found each other. You’re an awesome mate to him.”

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“He takes good care of me,” Riley replied with a wink and then headed back to the house. Caleb headed out into the fields, intentionally not looking at the house where he kept feeling so trapped. As he walked around and soaked up the beautiful landscape, Caleb started to relax. He knew there was no way he could deal with the idea of leading all the Eastern European vampires, so he started with what Jacob had told him. He felt so conflicted about all of it. Caleb had spent his whole life wondering why his parents hadn’t wanted him, and to now find out that they sacrificed themselves to save him was enough to melt his brain. He worked his way through this new discovery as he walked for miles. Part of him was overjoyed that he had been loved, and the other part of him grieved for the family he could have had but was taken from him. And that brought him to his mates. They wanted him to be his family and love him. But did he have a fucking clue as to how to be a family? What did he seriously know about loving relationships? As if the powers that be were giving him a sign, Desmond and Elena pulled up along the side of the road, honking the horn to get his attention. And Caleb realized that he had an example of exactly how mates should love each other. “Caleb, what are you doing out here?” Elena asked as she jumped out of the passenger’s seat and ran to him. “What happened? Are you okay?” “I’m better now,” Caleb answered as he hugged her fiercely. “Thank you for coming.” “Caleb, you’re family, of course we’d be here,” she answered gently as she stood up on her tip toes to kiss his cheek. Well, she wouldn’t have made it on her own, but Caleb knew what she was doing and had leaned down. Elena Marius was a fierce woman, but her height could be misleading. “You may not be our blood, but you’ve always been a son in our hearts.”

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“How are you holding up?” Desmond asked gently as he came over to them. “Stefan told Elena, and she filled me in as much as we knew.” “It’s too much,” Caleb whispered as he felt tears again. “I’ve got mates, and there are issues there with my size, they’re just so small. And then I’m trying to figure all that out, and I find out that I’m some kind of royalty? That my parents were killed, and they fought to give me a chance to escape? I mean, how do you process all of that?” “We’ll figure it out, son,” Desmond answered as he pulled Caleb into a hug. “One step at a time, okay? That’s all we’re going to do is just move forward one step at a time.” “How? There’s just so much I’m having trouble on where to start,” Caleb admitted as he held onto the only father he’d ever really had. “And they have so many questions for me. And now the Council wants me in Greece like yesterday so I can rule. I-I just can’t d-do that, Desmond.” “Hey now, no freaking out,” Elena said sternly as she pulled on Caleb’s arm. “First, we’re going to the house and meet this family. I’m dying to see the men fate brought you.” “But they want me to have answers for them,” Caleb replied, shaking his head. “When I’m in there, it’s like the walls keep closing in on me.” “That was before I was there.” Elena smiled brightly as she led Caleb over to the car. “Now I’m here, and you know I would never let anyone hurt you or push you, right?” “Yeah, I know that,” Caleb answered as they stopped next to the car. “You were the mother I never had. I mean, I never knew I had or…” “Caleb, just stop,” she whispered, cutting him off. “We’re not dealing with any of that yet, okay? Right now, you’re going to introduce me to your mates and their family. That’s it, just that one thing. After that, then we’ll move on to the next thing. You can handle that, can’t you?”

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“I can do that,” he replied, taking a deep breath. “I do want you to meet Liam and Lorcan. They are so beautiful and full of life, Elena. I just don’t know how to let them in or be a good mate.” “We’re not going to worry about that yet,” Elena said firmly as she put her hand over Caleb’s mouth. “Desmond and I are just going to meet them.” “I knew everything would be okay once you were here,” Caleb replied with a snicker, her hand still over his mouth. “Of course it is, all you need is people you trust to help you.” She smiled as he held the car door open for her before getting in the back seat. Elena reached back and took Caleb’s hand as they drove for a few minutes and pulled into the driveway. They got out of the car, and instantly Elena was there with her arm looped through his. “Thank you,” he said gently as he stared down at her. “Thank you for trusting us to help you and having our boys call us,” she replied with a wink. Caleb turned back to the house and all the people standing on the porch and froze. Elena must have sensed his apprehension, because she rubbed her hands on his arm. “We’re just going to meet your mates, right?” “Right,” he answered as he forced one foot in front of the other. “Can we just not go inside where I’m trapped?” “Brighid,” Elena called out to the woman as she gave Caleb a wink. “Do you have a back porch where everyone can talk and be in the open?” “Of course,” Brighid smiled as she caught on before turning to everyone else. “All right, lads, everyone turn around and head out back.” Caleb started to relax as Elena led him around the house, Desmond right with them. Brighid was on the edge of the back porch by the stairs, smiling at them. He kept reminding himself that all they were going to do was meet everyone.

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“Welcome back, lad,” Brighid whispered and kissed Caleb on the cheek before turning to hug Elena. “Glad ta meet the ma of such fine lads.” “Good to know they’ve been behaving.” Elena snickered as everyone said their hellos as Caleb stood on the steps. “Now, which are the lucky boys that have been mated to our Caleb?” “That be us, ma’am,” Liam said as he stepped forward with Lorcan, their eyes never leaving Caleb. “You were right, Caleb, they are very handsome,” Elena said before hugging both of them and whispering something in their ears. He wasn’t sure he wanted to know just then, but whatever she had said, they both smiled and seemed to relax. “We done called our Council,” Manus started to say, but Elena cut him off. “We’re not talking about that yet,” Elena informed him firmly. “We’re making introductions and getting to see the mates of our boy.” “Aye, she be the American version of our lass.” Michan chuckled as he elbowed his twin. “I be seein’ that,” Manus replied as he smiled at Elena. Then he turned to the rest of the group. “Aight, if ya not be involved in this, ya best be leavin’, lads.” “Can Liam and Lorcan stay?” Caleb asked, not wanting his mates to be left out of the conversation when it affected them. “You be wantin’ us here?” Liam replied as his eyebrows shot to his hairline. Without a thought in his head, Caleb moved and wrapped his arms around them. “I’m so sorry,” he whispered, hugging them tightly. “Yes, I want you here and with me. I just don’t know if I can give you what you need.” “None of that, Caleb,” Elena said firmly but gently at the same time. “We met everyone, and now we’re just going to talk about your walk, okay?”

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“Yes, Elena,” Caleb snickered as he felt his heart slowing back down. His mates led him to one of the bench seats the porch had and sat on either side of them. Caleb felt his heart rate picking back up as he looked around at all the people staring at him. “Hey, focus on me, son,” Desmond said softly as he pulled up a chair near them. “No one here is judging you or wants anything from you. We want to help you, Caleb.” “Aye, Desmond be right about that.” Brighid smiled as he sat in between her mates. Caleb nodded as he breathed deeply and looked around. Micah, Riley, Stefan, Patrick, Remus, and Noah were all there too, and they were his friends. Dillon was off with his mates, and the rest of the twins had gone back inside. “Now, what were you thinking about on your walk?” Elena asked as she sat down on Desmond’s lap. “I-I feel conflicted,” he answered slowly, his eyes darting around until Elena waved at him. Caleb focused on her as she pointed to her eyes, signaling to pay attention just to her. Taking another deep breath, he squeezed his mates’ hands and talked to Elena. “All of my life, I thought my family didn’t want me and dumped me at that orphanage. And now I know that’s not true, but I’m not sure what to do with it.” “You’re happy that you were wanted but sad that your parents are dead, where before, that was something you didn’t know,” Elena said, making it more of a statement than a question. “Yes, that’s how I feel,” Caleb said, looking down at his hands in his lap that each mate was holding onto. “Is it wrong to grieve for the family I could have had? I feel the loss, but I never even knew them.” “If I may?” Riley asked Elena, who glanced at Caleb for his approval. He nodded, knowing Riley might be able to help. “You told me about some of your nightmares, Caleb. I’m thinking of the one where your parents finally came to rescue you from the nuns but then ended up doing the same because they thought you were the Devil too.”

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“Yes,” Caleb whispered as his eyes started to blur with tears. He couldn’t get over how much of a fuck up he felt like with his emotions all over the place. Why couldn’t he just get them under control? “You’re grieving because now you know that if your parents had been alive, they would never have let that happen to you,” Riley said gently, and Caleb saw Elena nod. “You were probably mad at them for your childhood, and to find out that it wasn’t their fault, that they gave their lives to keep you safe, your emotions have to be swirling inside of you.” “Yeah, that pretty much sums it up.” Caleb snickered as he wiped his eyes with his forearm. “But then I was thinking about the chance I have now to have a family with my mates. And I kept thinking about what the hell do I know about being a family or mated?” “Caleb,” Elena whispered, but he kept talking, staring at her. “And like a smack upside the head, you and Desmond pulled up,” he finished, smiling at her. “I realized I do know what it’s like to be part of a family and have witnessed what being mated is all about. I just think maybe something’s missing inside of me. I’m so scared that I’m going to hurt Liam and Lorcan, and I’m not even talking physically. But you and Desmond are so easy together that I just wonder if I’m broken.” Caleb was shocked when Elena looked at Desmond and they started laughing hysterically. Then he realized that everyone besides his mates were as well. “You’re not broken, son.” Desmond chuckled as he tried to get his laughter under control as he hugged Elena. “Meeting your mate doesn’t mean everything just falls into place.” “You are a wonderful, loving, funny man, Caleb,” Elena said as she slid off Desmond’s lap and walked over to him, taking Caleb’s face in her hands. “But you’re a bonehead, my dear boy.” “That’s a nice way of putting it.” Remus snickered, and Noah elbowed him in the ribs. “All of us have had to work at our

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relationships, Caleb. There’s no switch to flip when you meet your mate that makes you get how to be a partner. Noah and I had issues to work out just like everyone else does.” “What we’re saying is that what you’re feeling is completely normal.” Elena smiled at him before kissing him on the forehead. “I put Desmond through hell when we first met.” “I thought Riley was a woman, you were there for that, Caleb.” Micah snickered as Elena took her seat on Desmond’s lap. “Patrick was half human, and I thought I’d roll over in my sleep and crush him one night,” Stefan said. “You do hog the bed.” Patrick giggled and pursed his lips together for a kiss. Stefan kissed his mate while pinching Patrick’s ass. “Aye, me mates didn’t want to share me,” Brighid said, nodding in agreement with the stories. “Someone thought I be just his.” “Ya just be too cute to not want to keep for me self, lass,” Michan said with a chuckle as he kissed Brighid’s cheek. “But they all be right, Caleb. Me lads are just as scared that they be hurtin’ ya as well.” “You are?” Caleb gasped, looking from Liam to Lorcan and then back again. “Of course we be,” Liam said as he reached up to stroke Caleb’s cheek. “Look at all ya be goin’ through. We not be even knowin’ how ta help ya with any of this. Ya not the only one who be scared, Caleb.” “I didn’t know that,” Caleb whispered as both of his mates climbed on his lap and hugged him. He felt at such peace in their arms that he never wanted to let them go. “Now don’t you feel better?” Elena asked, and Caleb nodded. “You got a few things handled and off your chest.” “What comes next?” he asked, swallowing loudly past the lump in his throat at the idea of talking about Greece. “Next, you go play with your mates,” she answered gently, rolling her eyes when a few people snickered. “I didn’t mean it like that.”

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“Aye, me dirty lass,” Desmond said with a thick brogue. “Oh, you’re going to play Irishman for me?” She giggled, kissing him before turning back to Caleb. “You’re going to spend some time with your mates and get to know them. Go take a walk and just talk, Caleb. Desmond and I are going to talk with their parents and get caught up, okay?” “I can do that,” Caleb smiled widely as his mates slid off his legs as they all stood up. “I be needin’ to get somethin’ first,” Liam said, kissing Caleb’s hand before letting go and racing into the house. Caleb wondered what his little mate needed to go take a walk, but one shared glance with Elena and he felt his cheeks heat up with understanding. To be quite honest, Caleb was grateful that his mate was thinking ahead.

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Chapter 5 Liam tucked the small tube of slick in his pocket before running back to his twin and their mate. They’d discussed making sure they’d be ready for Caleb. Especially with everything going on, their mate might need some distraction. He waved at everyone on the porch as he raced past them to meet up with Caleb and Lorcan, who were already about a hundred feet away. “I think I know what you needed to get,” Caleb whispered in his ear as he hugged Liam and lifted him up in his big arms. “And it’s got me harder than rocks, baby.” “I not be tryin’ to presume things.” Liam panted, trying to stay in control after hearing Caleb was hard. “It just be seemin’ smart not to leave home without it.” “Dirty, dirty-minded mate,” Caleb chuckled as they started to walk towards the barn, Liam still wrapped around him. “What else have you been thinking about, Liam?” “That Lorcan and me been wearin’ plugs to stretch out our arses for ya,” Liam answered as he licked along Caleb’s neck. His mate gasped and stumbled as Liam spoke, spurring him on. “We be up to the biggest one, me mate. That be meanin’ our holes can take ya.” “Oh fuck, Liam,” Caleb groaned as they reached the side of the barn out of view of everyone else. Before he could say anything else, Caleb pressed him back against the barn and thrust his tongue into Liam’s mouth. They were just getting heated when Caleb pulled back. “Swear to me that if I’m ever too rough you will tell me. I’d die if I ever ended up hurting my mates.”

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“I swear it,” Liam panted, going to pull Caleb’s head back down. But his mate had already turned to look at his twin. “I promise ya, Caleb,” Lorcan swore as he moved to hug Caleb from behind. “Even if it be somethin’ we just not be likin’, we promise ta be honest with ya.” “Thank you, thank you so much.” Caleb sighed as he leaned his forehead against Liam’s as he reached back to hold Lorcan to him. “Ya might not like everythin’ we be doin’ either, Caleb,” Liam whispered against his mate’s lips. “We all be needin’ to communicate and say if there somethin’ we not be likin’, okay?” “Okay, baby,” Caleb answered and went back to kissing him. Liam felt as if his whole body was on fire with need. He started yanking at his shirt, wanting to feel Caleb’s naked chest against his. “Impatient, are we?” “Fuck ya,” Liam gasped as he pulled it off. “I be gettin’ a taste of ya this mornin’ and been wantin’ more, much more, since.” “Well I can’t have my mate with his needs unmet.” Caleb purred as he licked along Liam’s jaw. His cock got so hard at the touch Liam felt like a teenager about to come in his pants. “I’ve not been gettin’ any either,” Lorcan said from behind Caleb. Liam groaned as he realized that he couldn’t get all the attention right then. “We have the rest of our lives, my mate,” Caleb whispered in his ear as if having guessed Liam’s distress. He let Liam slide down his body before turning and mashing his lips against Lorcan’s. Liam wasn’t about to let this chance pass as his mate was distracted. Reaching around Caleb, he worked the fly of his mate’s jeans down. “Dirty, dirty little mate.” “I just be helpin’ out.” Liam chuckled as he pulled Caleb’s jeans off of his hips. He groaned as he got his first good look at the muscular globes of Caleb’s ass. Leaning forward, he ran his tongue over them as he started massaging them in his hands. Caleb’s whole

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body shivered under his touch, making Liam feel like a god that he could get that reaction from the gorgeous warrior. “Sweet hell, baby,” Caleb groaned as he and Lorcan dropped to their knees. Liam pulled the slick out of his pocket when their mate leaned forward and surrounded Lorcan’s body with his own. Pouring some on his fingers, he rubbed them over Caleb’s little, pink hole. His mate groaned and tried to spread his legs wider but was hindered by the jeans still on his thighs. “Clothes off now!” “Words I be dyin’ to hear.” Lorcan purred as everyone moved to get naked as quickly as possible. Before Liam got his jeans and sneakers off, he felt a tongue tracing the back of his shoulders. “Holy hell, me mate,” Liam gasped as all the blood rushed out of his brain. Somehow he finished getting undressed as he leaned back against Caleb with his ass on the grass. “C-can I be first, Lorcan?” “Yeah, ya go first while I take his arse.” Lorcan chuckled, knowing full well that of the two of them Liam was the one who loved to bottom most. “What are you two plotting?” Caleb asked as he moved Liam onto his lap and dragged Lorcan around to the front of him. “Do I get a say on how this goes?” “No,” they giggled as they attacked their mate and pushed him back on the grass. “Okay then,” Caleb moaned as they each latched onto one of his nipples. “We might need to skip some of the foreplay since I already feel like I’m going to explode.” “Oh no, ya be comin’ in me arse.” Liam hissed as he rolled over onto his back. Caleb followed him as he moved his legs to accommodate his large mate. He pulled Caleb down for another kiss as his mate reached down and played with the plug in his ass. “I love that you’re ready for me like this.” Caleb moaned against his lips then gasped as his body shook. Glancing over his mate’s shoulder, Liam saw his twin getting Caleb ready. “No one’s ever played with my ass before.”

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“Sweet hell, I be the first ta be inside ya?” Lorcan asked with a groan. “I’ve only been with a few women.” Caleb shrugged as he kept torturing Liam by playing with the plug. “Hurry, twin,” Liam gasped, holding onto Caleb’s thick biceps as he stared into his mate’s eyes. “I be needin’ ta be filled.” “Give me more, my love,” Caleb begged, moving his hips so that he was more available to his twin’s attention. “Oh fuck, I never thought it would be this good.” “And those just be me fingers.” Lorcan snickered. “Just wait.” “Son-of-a,” Caleb gasped, and Liam saw that his twin had used his other hand to slick up Caleb’s massive cock. He felt a thrill race through him that Caleb’s dick would be inside of him soon and that his mate would finally claim him. “Ya gonna be bitin’ me, me mate?” Liam purred as he ran his hands up Caleb’s arms and shoulders. “I want ya to sink yur fangs in me while thrusting that big piece of meat into me arse.” “Dirty, dirty little mate,” Caleb panted as he pulled out Liam’s plug slowly. Liam went wild, throwing his head back and crying out as the toy ran across his prostate. “Oh, my baby likes playing with toys, does he?” “Yes,” Liam hissed as it popped free of his hole. “Please, me mate, take me. I be needin’ ya so fuckin’ badly.” “If you insist,” Caleb said as he pushed Liam’s legs against his chest. Liam watched Caleb line up his cock and start working it into him. “Sweet mother of mercy,” Liam groaned as his ass was filled up more than ever before. “More, Caleb, I be wantin’ more of ya.” “I’m not hurting you?” Caleb asked, his face pinched with restraint. “I don’t want to go too fast.” “No, I was ready for ya.” Liam panted as he wrapped his legs around Caleb’s hips and pulled his mate towards him. They both

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groaned loudly as Caleb was finally seated all the way inside of him. “So fuckin’ full, it be amazin’, me mate.” “Me turn,” Lorcan growled from behind Caleb. “Breathe, Caleb,” Liam said gently as he ran his hands over Caleb’s chest, knowing the first time can be painful. “The burnin’ will pass as soon as ya accept him and he starts movin’.” “I kind of like the burning.” Caleb panted as he glanced back at Lorcan. “Give it to me, my love.” “Yes,” Lorcan hissed as he thrust forward, and Liam gasped as Caleb went even deeper into him. He lowered his legs so that he didn’t inadvertently end up kicking his twin in the face as they started moving in a slow pace. “Oh shit, oh shit,” Caleb chanted as he let Lorcan take the lead. “I think I’m going to love being in the middle.” “Good,” Liam chuckled as he pointed to his twin. “Because we always be havin’ a buffer, we not be into other things.” “Thank god for that.” Caleb purred as he lowered his head and licked Liam’s lips. Liam nibbled on Caleb’s lower lip while pinching his nipples, and that seemed to set off their big mate. Caleb growled as he started to thrust into Liam harder. “I need more, shit, I need to go faster.” “Do it,” Liam and Lorcan said together, both needing the same thing. “Oh hell, this is so much better than being with women.” Caleb moaned as he and Lorcan moved harder together. “That be because ya be gay, me mate.” Liam panted as he held onto Caleb’s shoulders. “Good to know,” Caleb grunted as his hold on Liam’s hips tightened. Feeling that he was getting close, Liam tilted his head, baring his neck to his mate. “Are you sure, baby?” “Yes, bite me, please,” Liam begged, wanting to complete the mating. “I need ya in me in every way, Caleb.”

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“I’ll love you forever, Liam,” Caleb whispered as he leaned down and licked Liam’s neck, moving his hands under Liam’s shoulders. He felt a thrill go through him at his big warrior’s words. “No matter what happens, I’ll never let you go, baby.” “Me either, me mate,” Liam said before crying out when he felt Caleb’s fangs pierce his skin. His cock exploded, shooting his cum in the space between their bodies. Each drink Caleb took was somehow directly attached to each wave of his orgasm. Liam rode it out, holding onto his mate as he made every noise known to man at the intense pleasure he was feeling. Suddenly Caleb pushed his fangs in deeper as his cock started hitting Liam’s sweet spot. Liam’s second climax hit him like a freight train as he screamed. He’d never thought it possible to have multiple orgasms, but there he was enjoying them. Caleb lifted his head and roared out his release, thrusting hard into Liam. He saw lights burst behind his eyes as his mate fucked him harder and faster, prolonging his orgasm to unimaginable lengths. And then darkness swam over him as he passed out. **** “Harder, my love,” Caleb begged, wanting the bliss to continue. He was still coming as he saw Liam’s eyes roll up into his head as he blacked out. If he wasn’t riding his own orgasm, he might have chuckled at the peaceful smile on his baby’s face. “Oh god, Lorcan, that feels amazing.” “Your arse is like a vice.” Lorcan moaned before crying out his release as he thrust harder into Caleb. He moaned at the sensations of his mate filling him up with his seed. It was heaven, and he couldn’t wait to do the same to Lorcan. Several moments passed as Lorcan rode his orgasm out before collapsing on top of Caleb. “Thank ya, me mate.”

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“For what, sweetheart?” Caleb asked as he held Lorcan to his back so his mate didn’t roll off of him. He lowered Lorcan down onto the grass as he gently pulled out of Liam. “For givin’ ya self to us completely, for lettin’ me be the first ta take ya.” Lorcan panted as he stared up at Caleb. “For promisin’ to love me twin always.” “I promise you the same thing, Lorcan,” Caleb said gently, feeling bad he’d only sworn it to Liam. “I just wanted to wait until I was claiming you too. Are you mad?” “No, not at all,” Lorcan answered as he kissed Caleb’s palm. “I got what ya be doin’, I just wanted ya to know it warmed me heart to know ya always be lovin’ me twin. Ya be both our mate, and I want us both ta be happy with ya.” “I hope you always will be,” Caleb replied as he leaned over and kissed Lorcan. They might have looked exactly alike, but they sure as hell didn’t kiss the same. Caleb loved how they both kissed, feeling as if he was the only man in the world for them. “We best be gettin’ back,” Lorcan said as they parted. “We only supposed ta be takin’ a walk.” “A long walk then,” Caleb chuckled as he kissed his sweet mate again. Then he used Liam’s shirt to clean them all up before handing it over to Lorcan. He watched his mate wipe his cock off, and Caleb felt his own dick take notice. Wow, two days with mates and he was turning into a horndog. The thought had Caleb snickering as he redressed Liam, who was still passed out. “What ya be thinkin’ about?” Lorcan asked, his head tilted as he pulled on his jeans. “Just that I was getting hard again watching you clean up,” Caleb answered, blushing but wanting them to always be honest. “I was thinking how I’ve been mated for two days and already I have a never-ending appetite for my mates.”

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“That bein’ a good thing.” Lorcan giggled as he watched Caleb dress with lust in his eyes. “Because I be sure we never be done with ya.” “I’m glad,” Caleb chuckled as he lifted Liam into his arms before leaning toward Lorcan and kissing him again. “Thank you for making my first time so perfect, Lorcan.” “Really?” Lorcan whispered as his eyes went wide. “Ya think it be perfect?” “Yeah, it was everything I’d ever hoped for with my mate or mates now,” he said, smiling like an idiot. He was so filled with love and joy at finding his mates and being together with someone who could take all he had to give without turning it around after. “Just for the record,” Lorcan replied quietly as he stared at his feet, “if that’s what ya be doin’ with them lasses, ya never treated them anywhere near whores, Caleb.” “I was just thinking how great it was to be with mates who wanted what I had to give,” Caleb said as he felt his heart sore. “I’m so glad I found you both and not, um, just because of the sex.” “I know what ya be meanin’,” Lorcan snickered, giving him a wink as they headed back to the house. “But the sex be awesome, right?” “Oh yeah,” he growled and nipped his mate’s shoulder. Lorcan laughed as they walked, smiling at each other. “How bein’ yur walk?” Brighid snorted, gesturing to her son passed out in Caleb’s arms. “I-I claimed him,” Caleb stuttered, feeling his cheeks heat up at his mother-in-law’s knowing look. “Liam bein’ at the bottom of the sandwich.” Lorcan giggled as he darted up the stairs. “Lorcan!” Caleb exclaimed, wanting to spank his mate. “Please, I’ve seen Caleb naked,” Micah drawled, smiling mischievously. “It’s more like a footlong sub than a sandwich.”

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“Micah!” Caleb, Brighid, Elena, and Riley yelled, Micah’s mate cracking him in the chest. Lorcan nodded his agreement as Brighid and Elena covered their ears. “Oh really?” Brian, Liam and Lorcan’s brother, purred as he eyed Caleb over like a steak. “We don’t share,” Lorcan snarled as he stepped in front of his mate. Caleb’s mouth dropped open at his little love’s reaction. “Get your own mate.” “We’d love to,” Banning growled before the twins stormed into the house. “Shit!” Lorcan swore as he ran his fingers through his hair. He turned to look at Brighid and sighed. “I-I didn’t mean it like that, Ma.” “I know, lad,” she said as she stood up and kissed Lorcan’s cheek. “The waitin’ for yur mate can be taxin’ as ya well know.” “Ya, I know,” Lorcan answered as he glanced at Caleb over his shoulder as Brighid went into the house. Caleb couldn’t help feeling confused as his mate stared at him with sad eyes. He wanted to hug Lorcan, but he still had Liam in his arms. “Brian and Banning bein’ six hundred forty-three years old. They be waitin’ a long time for their mates.” “H-how old are you and Liam?” Caleb asked, tripping over his words at his embarrassment of not having asked yet. “A wee bit older than ya, me mate.” Lorcan giggled as he leaned over and kissed Caleb, who was still standing at the bottom of the stairs, putting them at the same height. “Ya have a problem with older men?” “Not really,” Caleb answered as he eyed over his mate. Lorcan and Liam both looked like wet-dream twinks, but then again, Caleb knew he looked about in his late twenties instead of fifty-three. “Four hundred and fifty-nine last month,” Lorcan said softly as he searched Caleb’s eyes.

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“Well, I guess I need to defer to you often.” Caleb chuckled as he watched Lorcan raise an eyebrow. “I’m just thinking you’ve learned a thing or two after all these centuries.” “Ya not upset?” Lorcan asked, his eyes pleading with Caleb to say no. “Not in the least bit,” Caleb answered as he leaned over and kissed his mate. “Me turn,” Liam said, waking up in his arms. “I want me mornin’ kiss.” “It’s way past lunch time.” Caleb snickered but leaned down and kissed his baby. “Maybe I should just eat you for lunch.” “Caleb!” Elena laughed as he felt his face heat up. “Dear lord, boy! What have these Irishmen done to my sweet and innocent Caleb?” “Yeah, that’s the real Caleb, Mother.” Stefan laughed as he bumped fists with Micah. “Nice to see the smartass is back, buddy. We missed you something fierce.” “I am actually feeling more like myself,” Caleb replied with a nod. He moved them over to the bench seat they had been sitting in before, holding Liam to him when his mate went to sit next to him. “I like you on my lap, baby.” “I be likin’ when ya call me yur baby,” Liam said softly, his cheeks turning bright red. Caleb couldn’t have him embarrassed and made sure Liam felt him get hard at his little mate’s words. “Glad ya be likin’ it too.” “What he be likin’?” Brighid asked as she came back out of the house with a massive plate of sandwiches. “Nothing!” Liam, Lorcan, and Caleb all said together before bursting into peals of laughter. “Glad we didn’t miss the fun,” Desmond said as he came out with Michan and Manus, who were all carrying more food and drinks. “Time to broach the next subject while we eat.”

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“I can do that,” Caleb answered with a nod as he smiled at Lorcan when his mate put his arm around Caleb’s shoulders. “We can do that.” “Yeah, we be bein’ just fine, me mate,” Liam said softly as he leaned back and nuzzled Caleb’s neck. “We just be takin’ one step at a time.” “But first, your mate’s hungry.” Caleb snickered as he kissed Liam. They all started to get up and pile food on their plates. He heard Lorcan apologize and hug his brothers, Brian and Banning, for his comment earlier. They waved it off and swore they were happy for their younger brothers but couldn’t help and be jealous as well. “I know Liam and Lorcan be claimin’ ya before ya be knowin’ who ya really are,” Manus said slowly in between bites of his sandwich when everyone was reseated and stuffing their faces. “But ya all needin’ to be discussin’ Greece. I know this be a shock, but ya really be royalty, lad.” “It’s up to them,” Caleb said with a shrug. “I don’t care if I’m the Grand Pumba as my mates told me Micah called me.” “Micah,” Desmond and Elena both admonished, and Caleb stuck out his tongue at his friend. Payback was a bitch after all. Elena spoke to him then, not even looking at him. “Put that tongue away, Caleb, we’re supposed to be adults here.” “Yes, Elena,” Caleb answered, biting his lip. “Don’t even think about it, Micah,” Elena ordered her son, pointing at him before Micah could do the same. “I swear, centuriesold men and they act like teenagers.” “Aye, and ya only be havin’ seven of them,” Brighid snickered. “I be havin’ five sets of twins. Imagine the pranks they be pullin’ on their poor ma? I can only tell them apart with their birthmarks half the time.” “I bow down to you, my dear,” Elena said, giving a nod to Brighid. “I’ve never met anyone who’s had more boys than Desmond and I. And I can tell all mine apart.”

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“Aye, but their transitions bein’ somethin’ hysterical with two of them at once.” Manus snickered as he looked specifically at Rian and Ronan. “Them two be so horny they ran around without clothes and takin’ turns in the shower for hours on end.” “That’s nothing, Patrick was mated when Riley instigated his transition.” Micah chuckled. “Try driving your brother and his mate home as they’re getting it on in the back seat.” “Do you have any filter for when parents are around?” Riley asked, cuffing his mate upside the head. “I said getting it on, not fucking like rabbits,” Micah replied, sticking out his lower lip in a pout. Everyone burst out laughing at the pathetic gesture. “I be hearin’ ya say this before, but no be gettin’ the full story.” Brighid turned to Riley. “Ya forced his transition?” “Patrick was half human, I figured out a way to jump start his transition and make him one of us.” Riley shrugged humbly. Caleb had been out on a mission then but still was in awe of what the doc had accomplished. “But yeah, the side effects of a fully grown man having his transition after being mated was um, well…” “I was a blood-thirsty horndog.” Patrick giggled, finishing the thought as he winked at Riley. “I just felt bad for Stefan. His family said he looked like death warmed over.” “How much did you eat that morning?” Desmond snorted as Stefan blushed. “I think you drank like twenty pints of blood and ate a few slaughtered animals alone.” “I walk into the kitchen as Gabriel is talking to Stefan, starting to yell at him for drinking out of the carton, and then I saw him,” Elena said, shaking her head. “He was so pale he was almost grey and had dozens of bite marks all over his body. It ended up being funny after we realized he’d be just fine. But Stefan’s transition was the one that scared me.”

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“How that be?” Manus asked, as Caleb leaned forward to listen. He’d never heard other vampires talk about their transitions, and he was fascinated. “Stefan had hyper-sensitive skin after his transition,” Elena said as she reached for Desmond’s hand. “We’ve joked about it in the past, but I honestly thought we were going to end up losing him.” “That part was horrible.” Desmond sighed as he leaned over to kiss Elena. “I remember how hard your mother cried. We couldn’t even touch him because he’d start screaming in pain. Of course, he wouldn’t get dressed, either. So we had this full-grown, very naked, very large warrior running around the house, ripping bags of blood open and making quite the mess.” “Desmond tried to get him to take a cold shower, but Stefan broke through the glass,” Elena said, picking up the story. “He couldn’t get the blood bags open without it hurting him. Finally Desmond poured several pints in a large pitcher and left a few straws in it. Stefan stood in the kitchen naked as he leaned over and gulped it down.” “I still think Micah’s and Damian’s were the best.” Stefan chuckled as he winked at his mother, letting her knew that he’d heard her pain. “Micah turned into a klepto, demanding everything was his and hoarding things in his room.” “Oh, I remember Damian’s.” Remus laughed so hard he grabbed his side. “I swear I thought Mother was going to bottle feed him blood.” “Yeah, that was the best,” Stefan said, leaning over to pound fists with his younger brother. “Damian’s throat was so dry or something with thirst that he wouldn’t talk for two days. He’d just sit down and whimper when he wanted blood. He wouldn’t even get it himself, he’d just sit there pout and make puppy noises until someone fed him.” “Yeah, well Remus could barely walk.” Micah snickered, narrowing his eyes at their brother. “Warrior transitions can be much rougher than regular vampires. We don’t just transition. We grow

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massive in a few hours. I admit, I remember my legs feeling like JellO, but Remus was hysterical. He couldn’t get his sea legs for days, falling all over the place.” “Maybe we did have it easier having ten that weren’t warriors, lass,” Michan said as he looked at Brighid. “Ours be mainly horny, except Liam and Lorcan.” “I remember,” Brighid whispered as she stared at Caleb’s mates with tears in her eyes. “We not been able ta get ya ta drink the blood. Ya kept spittin’ it right back up. It was like havin’ a lactose-intolerant babe. Ya scared the sweet hell out of me and your das.” “So everyone has a rough transition?” Caleb asked as he glanced around the deck at all the people he’d come to care about, new and old. “I thought it was just me.” “I’ve never seen anything like your transition, son,” Desmond whispered as tears filled his eyes. Caleb wracked his brain and couldn’t ever remember seeing the strong Desmond Marius tear up. It actually made him feel better as to how he’d been reacting to the past few days. But then Desmond’s words sunk in. “Y-you were there?” “Not for the beginning, but I was the day you were brought into the Council’s Compound,” Desmond answered as the tears began to fall. “I knew the moment I saw the pain you’d been through and heard about how you were found that we’d adopt you if need be. You were so scared and your body, my god. I called Elena and had her come over so she would know why I brought home a strange vampire.” “You never brought up your transition so we figured you didn’t want to talk about it with us.” Elena sniffled as she leaned into Desmond’s shoulder as he wrapped his arm around his wife. Caleb just stared at them as if they’d sprouted wings. “So when you talk about what the nuns did to you, we know, Caleb. My god, we saw it, and there are just some things you can’t put into words.” “Can I ask something?” Riley interrupted, staring at him. Caleb nodded, dreading the conversation he thought was coming. “Will you

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Chapter 6 “What?” Elena gasped, and Lorcan shared the sentiment as he stared at his mate. Is this what his wonderful warrior mate really thought of himself, that he was the spawn of Satan? “You can heal Caleb, and he said no?” “Don’t,” Caleb said firmly, holding up a hand to the doc as he went to talk again. “I’m revoking your right to speak as my doctor.” “I not be,” Lorcan growled, jumping up to stand in front of his mate. “I want to be hearin’ why ya not be lettin’ the doc treat ya!” “Don’t do this, Lorcan, I’m begging you,” Caleb whispered, shaking his head as he looked down at his empty plate. “There are some things people don’t need to know.” “Fuck that,” Liam shouted, jumping up to stand next to his twin. Lorcan felt Liam’s outrage, same as his, at being lumped in with everyone else. “We not just bein’ people, mate. We be deservin’ to know what the fuck be goin’ on.” “Fine, you want to know how much of a fucking prick I am?” Caleb snarled at them as he got to his feet. “You want to hear how I wanted to find my parents and show them proof of the shit I’d been through? Riley can tell you, but it seems a moot point now that we found out my whole family’s dead, dying to try and save me. So I’m the asshole, not them.” Lorcan’s jaw just about hit the ground as their mate grabbed the railing and swung up over it. He landed on the ground below the deck and stormed off in the direction of the lake. Reaching out to wrap an arm around Liam when his twin started crying, Lorcan felt like a rat

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bastard. No one spoke as the minutes ticked by, probably as shocked as they were. “That’s not actually the point I was trying to bring up.” Riley sighed, getting everyone’s attention. “Yes, Caleb told me that, but given the circumstances, I could see his point in wanting to keep the proof. I told him we could take pictures and to let me help him. But he said until he knew the markings didn’t mean what the nuns thought they were, he didn’t know that he didn’t deserve the abuse he’d gotten.” “Well fuck,” Lorcan grumbled as he glanced at his twin, who had about the same reaction. “Guess we should have been tellin’ our mate our gift, huh, twin?” “Yeah, that be seemin’ the case,” Liam replied as he wiped his eyes. “Each set of twins has the same gift?” Riley asked, looking at them as a doctor and not a friend. “Absolutely fascinating. I’d like to learn more later, if that’s possible.” “Aye, we can be answerin’ yur doctor questions.” Manus snickered as he nodded to them to go after their mate. Lorcan smiled as he grabbed his twin’s hand and raced off the deck. It didn’t take long for them to find Caleb sitting at the edge of the lake, his knees pulled to his chest as he rested his chin on them. “I’m sorry,” Caleb said softly as they sat down on either side of him. “I shouldn’t have yelled at you like that. It wasn’t fair or your fault. It’s my own confusion at processing the news about my family.” “We be understandin’ that, Caleb,” Lorcan replied, nodding as he reached for his mate’s hand. He caught Liam doing the same out of the corner of his eye. “But Riley be tellin’ us what he was talkin’ about after ya left. He sayin’ that ya wanted to keep the scars until ya be knowin’ that ya not the spawn of the Devil. That bein’ about right?” “Oh, he meant that part.” Caleb snickered as he threw an arm around each of their shoulders. “I was more being a sarcastic shit

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saying that. I mean, it’s weird even in our world to have markings like that on your back. I just wanted him to stop bringing it up, so I pulled some crap out of my ass. I knew I wasn’t evil.” “For the love of god, me mate.” Liam giggled after a few moments of silence. “The doc be thinkin’ that’s how ya be really feelin’ about yourself all this time. Ya need to be tellin’ him the truth.” “I will when we go back,” Caleb replied as he leaned over to kiss each of them in turn. “What were you guys going to say when you sat down? I could tell you were building up to something.” “We thought if ya be knowin’ what our gift be, we could help ya.” Lorcan snickered as he elbowed Caleb playfully. “Liam and I be able ta see people’s auras. We have ta be concentratin’ ta do it, it’s not like we see everythin’ in weird colors. But it bein’ like any gift, somethin’ ya can turn on and off.” “I don’t have a gift, actually,” Caleb admitted as he stood up. He had a hand out to each of them as he stared down at them. “You still want your mate without a gift?” “Aye, it not be matterin’ to us,” Lorcan said as he stood up. “Ya probably no be havin’ a gift since god already be blessin’ ya with that third leg.” “Oh, you’re in so much trouble, my love.” Caleb laughed as he grabbed one mate and then the other and threw them over his shoulder. They glanced at each other over Caleb’s back and stuck their hands down his jeans. Caleb smacked their asses hard in response. “Behave, or I’m going to have to punish my mates.” “Promise?” Lorcan panted, having liked the feeling of his mate’s large hand smacking his butt. “I think I might be bein’ inta that.” “Aye, ya not the only one,” Liam groaned. “Something we’ll have to explore further another time.” Caleb chuckled as he rubbed his hands over their butts. They both moaned loudly as their position over his shoulders had their cocks rubbing against his chest.

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“After ya be lettin’ the doc heal ya?” Lorcan asked, not letting the topic drop. “Why does that matter to you? Do you think the scars are ugly?” Caleb whispered as he almost stumbled as he walked with them. Lorcan patted his mate’s shoulder that he wanted to be let down. Caleb did, not meeting either of their gazes as he set them on their feet. “I wondered about that when we were having sex. I mean, you were staring right at them, I’m surprised you were able to stay hard.” “Now ya be listenin’ here, me mate,” Lorcan said firmly as he poked his finger at Caleb’s chest as Liam gasped in surprise at Caleb’s words. “Yur scars not bein’ a turn off or ugly, they not matter ta us in the slightest. I be askin’ because ya seem to think yur scars be who ya are instead of just what they are, scars. Scars that can be healed, Caleb. And I be thinkin’ that be what’s best for ya emotionally, so maybe ya can put some of yur past pain behind ya.” Caleb looked down at his finger pushing his chest before looking back up at Lorcan with wide eyes. He glanced at Liam, who was nodding in agreement with his twin. “Is it wrong that I’m hard and totally turned on that you got all forceful with me?” Caleb asked after a few minutes, blushing. “I mean, damn, who knew my little mate had such brass balls? It’s hot when you get all demanding and bossy.” “Caleb,” Lorcan exclaimed, throwing his hands in the air as he tried not to smile. “Did ya be hearin’ a word that I said?” “Yeah, I’ll let Riley heal me.” Caleb shrugged as he grabbed Lorcan’s hand and moved it to his groin. “I just needed to know that you didn’t want me to heal them because you thought they were ugly.” “Damn, me mate, ya really did be likin’ me yellin’ at you.” Lorcan just about purred as he felt Caleb was hard as steel. “I’ll boss ya around anytime ya want.”

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“Not me, I bein’ too passive.” Liam giggled as he reached over to grope Caleb as well. “But I still want ya to be reddin’ me arse with them big hands.” “Oh, you two are going to kill me.” Caleb groaned as he thrust his hips forward, pushing his cock against their hands. “Let’s get back before they think I ravaged you in the countryside again.” “It bein’ the only way to get any privacy in a house with thirteen vampires.” Lorcan snickered as they made their way back to the porch. Once there, and everyone watching them intently to gauge what had happened, Lorcan pointed to Riley. “Ya tell the doc what ya done told us, me mate.” “In front everyone?” Caleb asked, sticking out his lower lip. Lorcan made himself not laugh as he pointed at Riley again. “He done told everyone what ya been tellin’ him after ya left. Ya might as well clear the air with everyone all at once,” Lorcan said more firmly this time. He couldn’t hold back his grin as Caleb sighed dramatically and rolled his neck so he was looking at Riley. “I never really thought I was the spawn of Satan,” Caleb said seriously as he rubbed his hands down his thighs. “I just didn’t want you to keep pressing me about the scars or trying to heal them, so I just said it. It was stupid, and I’m sorry, I didn’t realize until Lorcan told me that you really believed I thought that. I kinda figured you knew I was being an ass.” “Y-you, and I-I,” Riley stuttered as he got to his feet and walked toward them. Caleb and Riley stared at each other for several moments before the man pulled back his arm and punched their mate in the face. Caleb had still been standing on the second step, so Riley had almost been about the same height as their six-nine mate, but it shocked the shit out of Lorcan. “Riley!” Micah and Elena shouted as Liam and Lorcan moved in front of their mate, their hands shifting into claws. “Ya not be doin’ that again, doc.” Liam snarled, beating Lorcan to the threat.

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“I won’t,” Riley snickered as he shook out his hand. “That fucking hurt.” “Yeah, probably not as much as my face.” Caleb snorted and then winced in pain. “I said I was sorry.” “I heard you, but you’re still an ass,” Riley grumbled as he walked into Micah’s arms. His big mate leaned over to kiss his punchthrowing hand before kissing the doc. “Do you have any idea how hard it was to keep that from my mate and your best friend, Caleb? It was killing me that you felt that way and I couldn’t help you. And on top of it, I couldn’t tell anyone because I’m your doctor.” “Ya be deservin’ the punch,” Lorcan said honestly as he let his claws shift back to hands. “But only the one, doc, we clear?” “Yeah, I don’t think I’ll be going into boxing anytime soon.” Riley snickered as he held the cold can of pop to his hand that Desmond had handed him. “I’ve actually never felt the urge to strike another vampire before. Well, other than playfully smacking Micah.” “Which I normally deserve as well.” Micah chuckled as he held his hands up in surrender. “Um, is anyone going to care that I’m bleeding here?” Caleb asked as he held his nose in the air. “Riley did hit me, after all.” “Awww, me poor mate,” Liam purred as he pulled Caleb closer to the edge of the stair. Lorcan chuckled as his twin leaned over and licked the blood off Caleb’s lips and nose. “That bein’ better, me poor, defenseless mate?” “Maybe,” Caleb answered as if he wasn’t sure. “I think you should keep going though, focusing mainly on my lips.” “Later, me mate,” Liam giggled before whispering something in Caleb’s ear that he couldn’t even hear. “Baby, you’re not playing fair.” Caleb whimpered as he looked at them now that his nose had stopped bleeding. “No, I not be playin’ at all,” Liam said firmly, glancing at Lorcan and winking. “Ya make up with the doc and ask for his help.”

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“I would have anyways, you didn’t have to threaten to withhold sex,” Caleb mumbled as he walked past them to Riley. Lorcan looked at his twin with wide eyes of shock as Liam just shrugged and followed Caleb. “I might not bein’ able to bein’ all pushy and bossy like ya can be, twin.” Liam snickered. “But that don’ta be meanin’ I can’ta be gettin’ my way when I want.” “Works just fine for me, me twin.” Lorcan laughed as he threw his arm around his brother’s shoulders and went to support their mate as he asked for help. **** Caleb laid face down on the bed and was not looking forward to the process of healing him that Riley had laid out. He’d explained that it would almost feel as if he was singeing Caleb’s scars off his body. As pleasant as that sounded, Caleb just wanted it over with. He was falling for his hot little mates and ready to move forward with his life. “Just try to relax, Caleb,” Riley said gently as he ran his hands over Caleb’s back. Yeah, right! He felt the heat and started thinking it wasn’t so bad, kind of like a too-warm heating pad. “Shit!” He gasped when it went from warm to blazing hot. “We be right here, our mate,” Lorcan whispered in Caleb’s ear as they each rubbed a hand. Caleb groaned as the pain in the shoulder Riley started with got worse. This needs to stop, Caleb thought, and suddenly it did. “W-what did you do, Caleb?” Riley panted, and Caleb looked over his shoulder at the doc. “How d-did you do that?” “Do what?” he asked, completely confused. “You shut me down. I need Micah.” “Shit!” He growled, rolling over before calling out his friend’s name.

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“What?” Micah asked as he burst through the room, Desmond, Manus, and Michan hot on his heels. “What did you do to Riley?” “Nothing, I swear,” Caleb answered, his eyes going wide. “H-he shut me down while I was using my gift,” Riley stuttered as fear was in his eyes. “His gift is to control other people’s gifts.” “I don’t have a gift,” Caleb replied, taken aback at the statement. “Aye, ya do, lad,” Manus said as he stepped into the room. Caleb stared at him as if he’d grown a second head as he rolled over and sat up on the bed. “We been readin’ about the Kyros family. As a royal bloodline, ya all be havin’ the same gift. Ya can stop other vampires when they use their gifts.” “I can?” Caleb asked as shock tore through him. “Holy shit! I didn’t know, I swear, Riley.” “It’s all good, I already warned Micah I’d need him,” Riley said as Micah sat down on one of the chairs. He watched the doc straddle his best friend’s lap and bite him, drinking deeply. Caleb caught his mates looking out of the corners of their eyes, probably thinking the same thing he was. That he couldn’t wait until they were all so comfortable with each other to anticipate their needs. “What ya be thinkin’ before ya stopped the doc?” Michan asked, leaning against the doorframe. “That the pain needed to stop,” he replied with a thoughtful look. “So all I have to do is think that someone should stop using their gift and they will?” “I not bein’ sure, lad,” Michan shrugged. “But ya just needin’ ta be careful.” “Yeah, I get that now,” Caleb replied sheepishly as he glanced at Riley. “You owe me later, doc.” Micah purred as Riley finished drinking from him. “Big time.” “Yeah, yeah, you’re so abused.” Riley snickered as he stood up and turned towards them. “Let’s try this again, shall we?” “Sorry, Riley, you know I’d never hurt you, right?”

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“Yeah, it’s all good, Caleb.” He winked and gestured with his hand to have Caleb roll over. “Everyone else, back out again. It’s hard enough to concentrate.” “Yes, doc,” they all snickered as they left. Caleb rolled onto his stomach again, thinking about the fact that he did indeed have a gift. It was a much nicer than the idea that once again something was wrong with him. “You’re not going to like what I figured out before you shut me down, Caleb.” “You can’t just heal them, can you?” Caleb sighed, having pretty much figured it out before. “So what, you’re going to open them up to heal them?” “I’m sorry, buddy,” Riley answered gently. “Do you want to stop?” “No, just get it over with.” “There be somethin’ we can do to help, doc?” Liam asked softly, squeezing Caleb’s hand. “Distract him if you can,” Riley answered, and Caleb heard some rustling from the doc’s bag. He wasn’t sure he wanted to see whatever Riley was going to pull out of there to help open the scars. Moments later, he got the idea it was a scalpel as he felt his tender, scarred skin get sliced open. “Fuck me!” Caleb gasped as the pain shot through his shoulder. “Can’ta ya be givin’ him somethin’ for the pain?” Lorcan growled as he kissed Caleb’s head. “No, I’m sorry, I wish I could, Lorcan.” “Push up, me mate,” Liam said after a few more moments. Caleb looked at him funny for a moment, figuring it out when his baby tapped his arms. He lifted his upper body up off the bed, watching as Liam wiggled his way under him. Lowering back down, Caleb settled his weight on his smaller mate so they were face to face. “Figured this bein’ the way to get yur attention.”

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“Not sure I’m really in the mood right now,” Caleb grumbled as the heat from Riley’s hands started to become obscenely painful. “Too much pain to even be able to focus on your hot little body, baby.” “No sex while I’m working.” Riley grunted as he took a momentary break. “Micah would have a shit fit if I was watching you guys fuck while I worked.” “Just be meanin’ ta have me mate bite me, doc.” Liam giggled, rolling his eyes. “We be likin’ ya and all, doc, but not enough ta want ya ta see our mate naked.” “I’m his doctor, I’ve seen it already,” Riley replied, sounding winded as he kept working. “But yeah, bite your mate, Caleb. It will give you an endorphin rush that will help with the pain.” “Are you sure, baby?” “Ya never have ta ask if I be wantin’ ya ta bite me, me mate,” Liam whispered, giving Caleb a quick kiss. “I always want ya in me.” “Oh really?” he drawled as he licked his mate’s neck, getting the double meaning. “Hmm, that gives me ideas, baby.” “I be goin’ ta drink up so ya can bite me next,” Lorcan said as he left the room. “Ya need to be claimin’ him soon, me mate,” Liam whispered so Riley couldn’t hear. “I be feelin’ his sadness that it not been happenin’ yet.” “I want to, Liam,” Caleb replied, feeling the same way. “There’s just been a lot going on. I mean, hell, I just claimed you a few hours ago.” “I know, I just thought I should tell ya,” Liam said, giving Caleb another soft kiss. “Now sink yur fangs in me, Caleb.” “Gladly,” he growled, loving that Liam shivered under him at the sound. Gently biting his hot little mate, Caleb drank deeply from him as he ignored the healing. He was careful as to how much he took, but Riley had been right. It had helped a great deal.

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They took a break when they were about halfway done. Micah came back to feed Riley as his mates did everything they could to distract him. When the doc was ready, he went back to work while Caleb drank from Lorcan. His hot mate was squirming underneath him, and he slowly started to forget all about the pain. Instead, he was busy with thoughts of sinking his hard cock in his gorgeous mate. “Riley,” Micah called out as he burst into the room. “We need to leave now. Victor’s found his mate.” “A little busy here,” Riley grumbled as Caleb felt the heat on the last of his scars. “I know that, my love,” Micah replied more gently as he walked towards them. “Sorry, I’m just, it’s so—yeah, it’s bad, babe.” “Okay, give me a few, I’m just wrapping up.” “Go where you’re needed, Riley,” Caleb said softly, feeling his strength leaving him. “I’m fine, okay?” “Now you are, I’m all done,” Riley answered as he got off of Caleb. “Let the swelling go down for a while, and you need to drink some more blood.” “Oh joy,” Caleb said as he rolled off the bed gingerly. He wrapped an arm around each of his mate’s shoulders as he watched Micah and Riley in a heated exchange that he couldn’t hear. Suddenly they both raced from the room. “That can’t be good.”

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Chapter 7 Liam helped his sore mate hobble down the stairs to get him refueled. In his mind he knew that it was more the desire to find out what was going on that had Caleb moving so fast after dealing with such pain. “I-I don’t know what to do.” Elena sniffled as she looked between Desmond and Micah. “We can’t just leave Caleb, but Victor needs us now more than ever.” “Elena, go to Victor, I’m not alone here,” Caleb said gently as he knelt next to her. Liam was proud of his mate. He saw that someone he loved was conflicted and, even if he wanted Elena to stay, put her before his own needs. “Victor’s in a rough spot if he’s called you guys. I’ve got family here now, you don’t have to worry about me.” “We’ll always worry about you, Caleb,” she replied, giving his cheek a quick kiss. “Desmond will go to Greece with you, your mates, Michan, and Manus.” “Is that what we’re doing?” Caleb asked as he looked at Liam and Lorcan. “Aye, I think that be best, don’ta ya, twin?” Liam answered, his heart heavy at the idea of leaving Ireland. But then again, it wasn’t like they could never visit. “Ya not been agreein’ to take over power, but I think we should at least visit where you’re from, me mate,” Lorcan replied slowly. “I be thinkin’ that bein’ our home now. Whatever ya be wantin’, me mate, we support ya.” “No matter what, we decide together, okay?”

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“Aye, that be soundin’ like a plan to me,” Liam replied as his twin nodded. They went into Caleb’s big arms and hugged him gently. No matter what ended up happening, he was no longer afraid of losing the man he was falling in love with. **** “It’s okay, my love, I promise,” Caleb said as he watched Lorcan hold onto the arms of the seat so tightly his knuckles were turning white. They had ended up packing and leaving that night, knowing Desmond would want to get back to his family as soon as they were settled in. “I not been on a plane before, I don’ta think I be likin’ it,” Lorcan replied through his teeth. Caleb glanced over at Liam, who smiled and nodded before returning to his book. He loved the way his mates were learning to read him so well, as he was them. “There’s lots of fun to be had on a plane, Lorcan.” Caleb purred as he licked his mate’s ear and undid their seatbelts. He had already officially claimed Lorcan earlier before they left, but that didn’t seem to appease his new high sex drive where his mates were concerned. “That be a fact, me mate?” Lorcan asked, turning his head to lick Caleb’s lips. Before he could even answer, Caleb had his hot little mate up and over his shoulder. “Where ya be takin’ me?” “Anywhere and everywhere I can get you alone or just with Liam around,” he answered, catching the double meaning. Caleb couldn’t get over how funny and big of smartasses his mates were, which was perfect since he was too. He ducked down as he went into the bathroom, so he didn’t hurt his sweet mate, making sure to lock the door behind them. “This is going to be down and dirty, Lorcan.” “Just the way me like it.” Lorcan purred as Caleb pulled him down off his shoulder. He mashed his mouth down on Lorcan’s as he pushed him back against the wall. Lorcan moaned and melted into the kiss as Caleb moved lightning quick to get them naked.

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“Oh, sweet hell, you have the plug in.” Caleb groaned as he reached back and went to open his mate up. “Does it have the lube inside of it already?” “Of course,” Lorcan chuckled as Caleb pulled it out. “Fuck me, me mate. Give it to me hard and fast.” “Gladly,” he growled as he tossed the plug into the sink and then replaced it with his cock. Lorcan moaned loudly, spurring Caleb on as he thrust up to bury himself deeper into his hot little mate. “You like my big cock, Lorcan?” “Aye, give it to me, Caleb,” Lorcan begged, wrapping his arms and legs tighter around Caleb. “Make me scream with pleasure, me mate.” “Oh fuck, you’re so damn hot.” Caleb groaned as he thrust up hard. Lorcan went wild, sucking a deep bruise on Caleb’s collarbone. “You feel like heaven, my mate.” “Aye, aye, faster, Caleb,” Lorcan chanted as he started pounding into his tight hold. “Aye, fuck, shit, that be good.” “My dirty little mate.” “Aye, ya best be believin’ it.” Lorcan gasped as he pushed his hips down as much as he could in the tight confines of the plane’s lavatory. “Harder, Caleb, I be wantin’ ya to brand me as yours from the inside.” “Jesus, Lorcan,” he groaned as he got images in his head of marking his mates as his. His hips seemed to move on their own after that. Caleb fucked Lorcan like he’d never done before, completely ignoring the size of his cock. He’d never thought he would be with someone who could take all of him and not be constantly worried about hurting his partner. “Caleb, I be needin’, so bad, me mate,” his little mate whimpered in between licks on Caleb’s neck. “Do it, my love,” Caleb groaned, wanting to feel the bliss from giving Lorcan what he needed. The second Lorcan bit him, Caleb

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sunk his fangs hard in his mate’s neck. He thrust harder and harder into his mate’s tight hole, completely unaware of where they were. Lorcan lifted his head, crying out as he came, filling up the space between them with his seed. Caleb melted as his hot little mate held onto his shoulders and stared into his eyes as Lorcan rode out his orgasm. It was that distraction that had his own climax blindsiding him seconds later. “I love you, Lorcan,” he yelled as his cock exploded inside of his mate. Caleb grunted as the muscles of his mates ass clamped down on his cock, but he kept thrusting up, dragging out both their orgasms. “I love ya too, Caleb,” Lorcan whispered, tears streaming down his cheeks as Caleb returned to the world around him. He panted as he leaned his forehead against his mate’s, trying to calm down and figure out why his mate was crying. “I be lovin’ ya so fuckin’ much it scares me.” “Oh, sweetheart,” Caleb gasped, the pieces falling into place. “We’re all scared, my love. I know I am. But I love you both so much already, and I can’t see anything but that love growing.” “What if ya not be wantin’ us as soon as ya take over being Grand Pumba?” “That won’t happen, Lorcan,” he said firmly, taking his mate’s face in his hands, so they were nose to nose. “That doesn’t mean anything to me compared to you and Liam. I will walk away from it in a heartbeat if we’re not happy as a family, you got me? You both will always, and I mean always, be what is most important to me.” “Thank ya, me mate,” Lorcan whispered as he kissed Caleb. “I bein’ so scared but not bein’ sure how to tell ya. It just all came out after ya gave me such a ride. And I not be just talkin’ the sex, the connection, the feelings I be havin’ for ya.” “You can tell me anything, my mate,” Caleb said gently as he cupped Lorcan’s cheek. His mate smiled and nodded his head before unwrapping himself from Caleb. They both groaned as his softening

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cock slipped free. He turned to grab some tissues and clean Lorcan up, only to be stopped by his mate. “I be wantin’ ya seed to stay in me.” Lorcan blushed, looking at his feet. “I be likin’ that a part of ya is still in me.” “Oh fuck, that’s hot!” “Really? It not be grossin’ ya out?” Lorcan asked, his head popping up as he eyed Caleb over. “Hell no,” Caleb purred as he retrieved the butt plug and then moved it over Lorcan’s ass. “Just knowing my cum’s in this hot little ass waiting for me to take you again is getting me hard, my love.” “Okay,” Lorcan panted as Caleb pushed the plug back in. “Ya can fuck me anywhere ya want, in front of whoever ya want, as long as it not be our family.” “Are we a little exhibitionist, Lorcan?” “Aye, I be thinkin’ so,” his mate admitted, still blushing. “I be likin’ the idea of others seein’ that ya be mine and givin’ ya what ya need. The idea of gettin’ on my knees and suckin’ ya off as ya sit on yur Grand Pumba throne be drivin’ me mad.” “Something to think about,” Caleb groaned as he cleaned up and tucked himself back into his pants. He opened the door once they were both dressed again and led them to their seats. “Ya both be needin’ to let everyone know what ya be doin’ in there?” Manus asked with a raised eyebrow. “He was nervous about being on a plane for the first time,” Caleb answered sheepishly, his face heating up. Everyone laughed then as he leaned over and gave Liam a quick kiss. “I love you, Liam.” “I love ya too, me mate,” Liam said with a bright grin that warmed Caleb’s heart. “As much as I be lovin’ me own twin. Don’t ya ever be forgettin’ that, me Grand Pumba.” “I won’t, baby, I promise,” he replied, realizing that both his mates were just as scared about their future as he was. Caleb swore to himself right then that no matter what Greece held for them, he would

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always make sure Liam and Lorcan knew they were first in his life and in his heart. **** Liam gasped when they got off the plane a few hours later. There were so many cars, limos, and SUV’s that he figured a small army had to be there to meet them. Glancing behind him, Liam saw the same stunned expressions on Lorcan and Caleb. Well, at least he didn’t have to feel stupid for not having expected this type of reception. “My Lord, Caleb,” one man said as they walked towards the entourage and people started kneeling. “Look, it’s just Caleb, okay? You don’t need to kneel or anything,” his mate said, sounding as nervous as Liam felt. Reaching out, he took Caleb’s hand and squeezed it gently to show his support. “Councilman Stukel?” Manus asked, and the man nodded as he stood back up. “I be Manus O’Hagan, we spoke on the phone. This be me twin Michan, and Desmond Marius.” “It’s a pleasure to meet you both,” Councilman Stukel said as they all shook hands. Liam was in awe by the smooth accent he’d never heard before. “And I’m not sure which is Lord Liam or Lord Lorcan?” “Lord?” Liam squeaked, glancing at his dads. “We bein’ Lords now too?” “Aye, lad, ya be mated to Lord Caleb, it be goin’ with the territory,” Manus replied with a smile. “Guess Michan and I should have been explainin’ that part ta ya. I forgot with all that been goin’ on.” “It’s okay, Da,” Liam said quickly, not wanting his dads to look bad. “Everythin’ been happenin’ so fast.”

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“Shall we leave for your home, Lord Caleb?” Councilman Stukel asked as he gestured to the limo. Liam eyed it over, never having rode in one before, part of him dying to. “I’ve never been in a limo before,” Caleb mumbled as they followed the Councilman. “Me either,” Liam and Lorcan said together. They all chuckled quietly as the mates shared a look as they climbed in. “Someone will bring along your bags, Lord Caleb,” Councilman Stukel said, and Liam assumed that Caleb had asked as he was distracted with everything going on. They drove for a short while, no more than five minutes, before the car stopped. They went to open the door, but the Councilman stopped them. “Always wait until Mav opens the door. He’ll be your head of security and won’t allow you out until he knows the area is secure.” “Desmond?” Caleb asked, looking at the man who’d been a father to him. Liam felt his heart break as he felt his mate start to shake. This was so difficult for Caleb after all he’d been through. “I see no problem for now, but we’ll look into this man right away,” Desmond responded as he looked at the Councilman to show that it wasn’t up for debate. “But yes, you’ll start needing to have your own protection detail, Caleb.” “Lord Caleb,” the Councilman snapped and then seemed to realize himself. “I’m sorry, Desmond. I forget you know him as if he was your own, I mean no disrespect. But I have been waiting for this day for decades. There is nothing that makes me happier than to see my friend’s son returned to his rightful place.” “You knew my father?” Caleb asked as he went still. “How were you friends and not there?” “I was at the Council’s Compound when it happened, my Lord,” Stukel answered as he looked away. “I only found out when Jacob and Wendy showed up at the gate. I mourn the loss of your parents every day.”

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“I’m sorry, Councilman Stukel,” Caleb said softly as the door opened, interrupting them all. “We’ve got the all clear, my Lord,” a large man said as he gestured them to exit. Lorcan got out, then Caleb and Liam, and he was very much aware as to how the man looked at his twin. Using his gift, he saw the man’s aura was clean, but he lusted after them something fierce. “Ya bein’ Mav?” he asked, tugging on Caleb’s hand to stop walking. “Yes, my Lord,” Mav answered, not even hiding his look of lust. Liam heard more than saw Caleb growl and realized his mate had figured it out as well. “He bein’ a good man, Caleb,” Liam said gently as his mate moved to push them behind him. “He just be lustin’ after us.” “H-how could you know that?” Mav stuttered, looking between the three of them. “I saw because you’re looking at my mates like you’re about to fuck them on the nearest flat surface.” Caleb snarled as he grabbed Mav by the shirt. “And that’s not going to fucking happen, ever. Are we clear?” “Yes, my Lord Caleb, I apologize,” Mav said immediately, his face heating up. “I meant no disrespect, I swear to you. I didn’t realize I wasn’t schooling my features better, but I cannot help that they are breathtaking, my Lord. I would never act upon it or disgrace the sanctity of your mating.” “He be tellin’ the truth, me mate,” Lorcan stated gently as he reached up and touched Caleb’s arm. “He not done anything wrong, Caleb. Let him be, we be yurs, and he be knowin’ that.” “Right, okay, yeah,” Caleb mumbled as he released his hold on Mav. “I’m not used to having people to be jealous over or family to protect. This is going to take some getting used to.” “It be warmin’ our hearts that ya immediately be jumpin’ him like that, me mate,” Liam said as he pulled Caleb down for a kiss. “Ya not

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be doin’ anything wrong, and we be lovin’ ya for wantin’ ta make sure everyone here know we be yurs.” “Really?” Caleb asked, not looking sure about his words. Liam smiled and nodded as Lorcan did the same. That got a smile out of their mate as they moved to focus on something other than Mav. Liam gasped at the sight of the house, no castle, or maybe palace that stood before them. He wasn’t sure what it was other than the largest building he’d ever seen up close. There was no way to even see the top of it as they stood ten feet from the main door. Liam looked up at the two-story-tall columns out front, high arching door, and then tried to gauge how long it was in terms of football fields. “This be where ya be thinkin’ we live?” Lorcan asked Mav as he grabbed Caleb’s hand as Liam was. “I be gettin’ lost in it without a map, me mate.” “Yeah, me too, my love,” Caleb replied as they walked through the front door. The foyer was bigger than the community center the town had back in Ireland, but that didn’t have crystal chandeliers and marble flooring. There were also dual staircases that broke off into different staircases that led to who knows where. “Holy shit, this is bigger than any of the Council or warrior compounds I’ve seen.” “You’ll get used to it, my Lord,” Mav said as he led the way up one set of stairs. “By the way, I’m Maverick Danker, head of your security, but everyone calls me Mav.” “Nice to meet you officially, Mav,” Caleb replied as they all looked around the massive building. Liam exchanged a look with his dad, Manus, who gave him a weak smile. “Where are you taking us?” “We’ve assembled the Council in one of the gathering rooms,” Councilman Stukel said. They came upon a large set of doors that were opened by other men whose names they didn’t know yet before anyone could reply. Liam cursed himself for feeling like a little kid being led into the doctor’s office for the first time, until he realized his twin was feeling the same way.

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“My Lord Caleb,” one of the men in the front of the group said as they all turned to face them. Liam watched in a mixture of awe and horror as at least a hundred men and women knelt before them. “I-I can’t do this,” Caleb whispered, looking to Desmond for help. Liam felt the same way, looking at his dads. “Everyone, please rise,” Councilman Stukel announced as he eyed over Caleb. “I think we’re going to be keeping this informal for now.” “Aye, there be lots to discuss,” Michan said as gave Caleb a reassuring smile. “Starting with where Caleb has been all this time.” “Are we needin’ to be here for this part, Da?” Liam asked, feeling his mate start to shake. “Aye, there be no gettin’ out of this, lad,” Manus answered as he patted Liam’s shoulder. He swallowed loudly as he glanced at his mate and twin in fear. Well, this was something they weren’t prepared for.

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Chapter 8 It was a week before Desmond, Michan, and Manus left to go back home. Caleb rubbed his hands over his face as he sat at his new desk in his new study as he thought about the previous week. The one thing he’d really wanted to do, spend time with his mates, had barely happened with all the distractions and commitments. At least Mav was working out fine and, now that they’d gotten his attraction to his mates out of the way, was becoming a trusted advisor. As he sat in his study and thought about everything that happened, he took in the beauty of the room. There were huge floor-to-ceiling bookcases, full of all types of books, from classics to history books on their race to laws and rules they were all to live by. It was quite daunting when he realized how little he’d already learned. Deciding it wasn’t the time to focus on that, he turned to study the gorgeous fireplace and mantle. He wasn’t sure how cold it got in Greece, but he’d always secretly wanted a fireplace. More than just that, he’d always wanted someone that he loved to share a warm fire with. And now he had two someones he loved and barely saw them. Shaking his head as he tried not to add issues on his plate, he glanced over at the casual seating area and wet bar. Everything was gorgeous, top of the line, and very expensive. The two sofas and overstuffed chair were the softest leather he’d ever touched. And again he thought about his mates and what it would be like to make love to them on one of those sofas. Or would Liam and Lorcan prefer to ride him as his ass moved over the leather? Would they let him hold them in front of the fire while he slowly explored their

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bodies and just talked all night? Of course, that would be better for the fireplace in their personal living room. The royal suite was larger than an entire floor at the Ritz, Caleb guessed. They had their own lavishly but tastefully decorated sitting room, office, library, kitchen, dining area, AV room, and of course, bedroom. The suite had three bathrooms of its own, one off the main sitting area, one off the guest bedroom, and then their master bath. It was huge. It had its own sauna, large whirlpool tub, two sinks with a vanity, and a large shower that had water pouring from the top so it was like stepping into a man-made waterfall. And then there were two toilets and something that shot water up. Caleb still hadn’t figured that one out. He had a few guesses, but every time he saw it or thought about it, he again felt way out of his league and class. It was a feeling he was getting more and more often as he had meetings with so many people who were fluent in all sorts of languages. Caleb had met with each Council member, after they were all informed of his past and he had shown them the markings on his back. All of the meetings hadn’t included his mates, who he barely got to see outside of crawling into bed with them when they were already asleep. It wasn’t that Caleb minded the hard work and long hours, he just missed them. And there was someone always there, most times no one he knew. It was disconcerting to never be alone but feel lonely. Hell, he’d not even gotten to kiss his mates when they were awake the past two days. Not to mention their lack of sex since arriving or getting to just talk with them. And the worst part was no one seemed to care that he was miserable. He’d tried to put on a brave face for Desmond and his mates’ dads, since they were so keen on him taking over leadership. But the truth of it was he wanted to take his mates and go home. Whether that home now was Ireland or America, anywhere seemed more of a home than this prison.

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And there was no break in site from his duties. The Council had agreed to keep their current procedures in place until Caleb could get caught up on everything. And when they said everything, they meant everything. He spent day and night reading briefs, having meetings with different area Council members, and coven leaders. The next few days, he was to meet with the heads of all the warrior compounds in Eastern Europe. Caleb was reaching his limit fast. He didn’t know if he was going to cry, scream, hyperventilate, or just lose his mind. All seemed like viable options with the amount of pressure he was under. For now, in the privacy of his study, he opted for yelling. “I don’t fucking want any of this anymore. I never did,” he shouted as he picked up several books and threw them across the room. “I just wanted to know where I was from. Fuck the rest of this!” “My Lord Caleb, is everything all right in there?” Mav asked as he stuck his head into the room. “I heard shouting.” “Of course you did, because I don’t have a fucking second of being alone!” Caleb growled as he stormed on the man. “I don’t see my mates anymore, I can’t get a moment’s peace, hell, I still can’t find my away around this mausoleum!” “I see,” Mav said as his gaze darted around. “I am sorry, my Lord.” “Say whatever’s on your mind, Mav.” Caleb sighed as he tried to calm down. This wasn’t his new friend’s fault, but Caleb saw the sign of someone who had information or ideas. “I’m not yelling at you, just in your direction.” “I understand, my Lord,” Mav immediately replied. And that was another thing that kept pissing Caleb off. It was like he was no longer a person, just a ruler that everyone immediately agreed with and never talked to like a man. “Are you asking for my advice?” “Yes, please, I have no one to help me here,” Caleb cried out, about to completely snap.

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“But you do, Caleb,” Mav whispered as he closed the door and gestured that they go out onto the terrace. Caleb followed him, intrigued at how Mav used his name if nothing else. “Caleb, you’re the boss here, man. You want to see your mates, go fucking see them. Stop letting everyone else tell you what’s what, my friend. You’re the Grand Pumba, as Liam and Lorcan say. And they’re just as miserable, by the way. They think this is what you want and to not spend time with them.” “That’s not true, I love them, Mav. I miss them so much, and I don’t know what to do, I just know this is horrible. I don’t want this anymore, I never did, you know? I just wanted answers as to who I was and why I was abandoned. I never wanted to rule or fucking live this constant hell!” “Caleb, just breathe, man.” “Why are you suddenly using my name instead of that my Lord shit?” Caleb asked, eyeing the man over in curiosity. “I’ve asked you so many times just to call me Caleb. Why start now?” “Because I know now that you really meant it.” Mav shrugged as he blushed slightly. “That and I don’t want you to have a meltdown. Liam and Lorcan are in the same spot, and I don’t want any of you unhappy.” “I just wanted to make them proud,” he whispered, feeling the tears starting to burn his eyes. “I want to be a mate they are happy to call theirs.” “I’ll call Councilman Stukel and tell him you’ve rescheduled your day, Caleb,” Mav said with a wink. “Go talk to your mates. Tell them how you feel.” “Thank you,” Caleb replied as he reached out and squeezed Mav’s shoulder. Then he raced off the terrace, through his office, down the hall, up the stairs, and into the royal suites. And froze. His mates were sitting in the living room in a heated debate that stopped as soon as he entered. They glanced over at him with such anger in their eyes that Caleb knew he was in hot water.

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“Sit,” Lorcan ordered as he pointed to the sofa across from them. Caleb immediately did as he was told, leaning forward to rest his forearms on his knees. “We be needin’ ta change some things, me mate.” “There be no more of this comin’ in at all hours shit,” Liam said, crossing his arms over his chest as he stared daggers at Caleb. “And ya be gone when we be wakin’. I not be likin’ that, me mate.” “Ya not be takin’ care of yourself, Caleb.” Lorcan continued, holding up a hand when Caleb went to speak. He shut his mouth, tried to focus on what they were saying, and not get turned on by the fact they were being so forceful with him. “Ya not been at meals, and we be talkin’ with the cook that ya never eat all that be on yur plate. Ya not been drinkin’ from us, so ya be needin’ blood too.” “And if ya be comin’ in after we be in bed and leavin’ before we be up,” Liam said, glancing over at Caleb as if trying to see signs of his maltreatment of his body, “ya not be gettin’ enough sleep. Ya live in yur office and meetings, which means ya not be workin’ out. And ya not been spendin’ time with yur mates.” “I agree, I agree with all of it. There needs to be change,” he whispered, feeling the tears start as he stared at the men he loved so much. “I miss you both so much. I don’t want this, I never did, I just wanted you to be proud of me.” “Well, shit, that be takin’ the wind out of our sails,” Liam said as he looked at his twin. They nodded and moved around the coffee table to sit on either side of Caleb. He wrapped his arms around both of them as they did him. “We miss ya too, Caleb. We been tryin’ ta give ya space and get adjusted ta yur new life. But this bein’ no way to live, me mate. Let us help ya.” “How?” “We not bein’ idiots, Caleb, we can help ya,” Lorcan grumbled, and Caleb went rigid. “I didn’t mean it like that at all, my love,” Caleb said as he leaned over and kissed his pouting mate. “I know you’re both incredibly

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smart. I mean that I have no clue what I’m doing half the time, so I don’t know how someone could help me.” “Oh, whoops.” “We been talkin’, and we be thinkin’ ya need to name us yur advisors,” Liam said gently after a few moments. “Give us certain tasks, like dealin’ with the coven leaders and lookin’ up the current laws that might be outdated.” “Okay, I can do that.” Caleb nodded, willing to do whatever they wanted to get them to stop being angry with him. “Please don’t leave me. I just wanted to make you both proud and be the man you deserve.” “We are proud of ya, Caleb,” Liam replied, turning Caleb’s head towards him. “Ya be a great man, more than we’d ever be hopin’ our mate would be. But we be in this together, and ya have ta let us in.” “Ya also be needin’ some assistants,” Lorcan said firmly as he took Caleb’s hand. “Ya set a schedule, and they be handlin’ it, no more of this always sayin’ yes to everyone that be wantin’ yur time. We can find people for ya if ya want.” “And ya be needin’ to let Mav handle everything with the warriors,” Liam added as he ran his hands over Caleb’s thigh. “That would be wonderful.” Caleb sighed. “I’m too afraid to say no to anyone and upset the balance of things.” “And we be wantin’ sex again,” Liam whispered in his ear as he kissed Caleb’s neck. “I be feelin’ very lonely, me mate.” “Mav was going to call Councilman Stukel and clear the rest of my day.” Caleb moaned as his mates started pulling off his shirt. “He knew I was unhappy and told me my mates were too. He said I’m the boss and started to tell people what’s what instead of letting everyone boss me around.” “Mav be bein’ a good advisor,” Lorcan replied as he pulled off his own shirt. As soon as Caleb saw that much of his mate’s naked flesh, he was up off the couch with both of them under his arms, racing to the bed.

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“I need you both so badly,” Caleb said as they landed on the bed in a pile. It was a mad rush to get clothes off, and moments later, everyone was naked. Liam reached over and grabbed the lube before pouring some on Lorcan’s fingers. “Ya be takin’ our mate as I be ridin’ him,” Liam ordered as he tossed the lube at the head of the bed. Caleb moaned and spread his legs wide when he felt Lorcan’s fingers rub his hole. “Ya be likin’ that, huh, me mate?” “Yes,” he hissed as Liam started to torture his neck and nipples. “Baby, I need to get you ready.” “We still be always wearin’ our plugs in case our wayward mate be makin’ his way to our bed,” Liam said gently. Caleb groaned as Lorcan pushed two fingers inside of him to start with. Liam swallowed his moan as he mashed his mouth down on Caleb’s. “Get him nice and wound up, me twin.” Lorcan purred as he worked his fingers in and out of Caleb fast. “This be a quick first round.” “We’re going to have multiple rounds?” “Oh yeah, we be needin’ ya to make up for the last week.” Liam giggled as he moved so Caleb could suck his cock. He gladly took the suggestion, swallowing as much of his baby as he could. Running his tongue around Liam’s cock, he let his little mate take charge and thrust himself down Caleb’s throat. He moaned around his baby’s cock as Lorcan pushed in a third finger. “Aye, that bein’ a good start, me mate.” “He be ready, Liam,” Lorcan said as he pulled his fingers out. Caleb whimpered at the loss of the full feeling he loved as Liam pulled out of his mouth. Lorcan pulled his legs wider apart and started to thrust into Caleb. He cried out as his mate moved hard, the burn turning into such pleasure he felt as if he was already going to blow. “Baby, climb up,” Caleb panted as he reached over and pulled the plug out of Liam’s ass. There was more than enough lube in Liam’s

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stretched hole that he wasn’t worried about adding more. “Oh fuck, Lorcan.” “Yur ass be like heaven, me mate,” Lorcan groaned as he bottomed out inside of Caleb. Liam straddled Caleb’s lap as Caleb held the base of his cock as Liam worked it into him. “So beautiful, you both are so gorgeous it’s like I’m looking at a work of art,” Caleb whispered as Liam was fully seated on his cock. He could see Lorcan over his twin’s shoulder, loving that both sets of bright green eyes were focused on him. “I love you both so much.” “Aye, and we be lovin’ ya back,” Liam said as he leaned over and braced his hands on Caleb’s chest. Caleb cried out as Liam lifted himself back up as Lorcan thrust forward, setting up a rhythm that had his senses going into overload. Then Liam slammed his hips down fast as Lorcan pulled out until just the head of his cock was in Caleb. “Oh fuck, I’m not going to last long.” Caleb panted as he reached down and started stroking Liam’s leaking cock. “Come for me, baby.” “Not yet, it be feelin’ too good.” Liam moaned loudly as they both picked up the pace. Caleb did his best to hang on, but the dual sensations his mates were giving him was almost too much for him to handle. He pumped his hand at a maddening pace to get Liam to come first. It worked, because minutes later, he was screaming out Caleb’s name, shooting ropes of pearly white seed all over his chest. “Oh fuck, oh fuck,” Caleb panted as he watched his beautiful mate in the throes of his orgasm. He couldn’t hold on any longer, screaming out his mates’ names as his cock exploded inside Liam. “Shit, yur ass be clampin’ on me cock.” Lorcan gasped before roaring out his release. Caleb almost came again from the feeling of his mate filling him up with his seed. It wasn’t enough though. He was still hard and ready to go again. He just couldn’t seem to get enough of his mates. “Ya still be hard, me mate.” Liam purred as he flopped down on Caleb’s chest and melted against him. “I think it be Lorcan’s turn ta feel that cock.”

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“Gladly,” Lorcan gasped as he pulled out of Caleb’s ass. He moved to the other side of Caleb as he moved Liam to lie back in the bed. Caleb was in between Lorcan’s legs in a flash, mashing his mouth down onto his mate’s. “I love you both so fucking much,” Caleb whispered against Lorcan’s lips, trying to keep his emotions at bay. His mate smiled up at him before pulling away and getting off the bed. “What are you doing, my love?” “Havin’ ya fulfill me fantasy,” Lorcan replied as he walked towards the windows, putting an extra sway in his hips. “Ever since I be seein’ these windows, I be knowin’ I want me mate to fuck me up against them.” Caleb grinned like a wolf as he jumped out of bed after giving Liam a quick kiss. Their room did have some fantastic windows that lined an entire wall. They went from floor to ceiling and were tinted just a bit so that people couldn’t see inside of them. Lorcan braced his hands on the glass, sticking his ass out just a little, so it would be an incredibly tight ride. “I can’t have my mate’s fantasies go unfulfilled,” he said as he stalked towards his mate. Lorcan stared at Caleb over his shoulder, his eyes wide at the expression on Caleb’s face. He knew it was quite a feral smile as his hard cock slapped up against his stomach. Lorcan’s eyes followed the movements of his dick as Caleb moved. When he got into position behind his little mate, his cock slapped against Lorcan’s ass as if begging to go into his hot body. “I been missin’ ya, Caleb,” Lorcan whispered, going to turn his head away. But Caleb caught him in time, holding Lorcan’s face in his hands so his mate couldn’t look away. “And I not be talkin’ about the sex. We been missin’ ya something fierce, thinkin’ ya not be wantin’ us anymore now that ya be the Grand Pumba.” “I’m sorry I ever made you doubt how much I want you,” Caleb replied gently as he leaned over to kiss his mate. “I love you, want

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you, and need you more now than when we first mated, Lorcan. I hope I never give you reason to ever doubt that again.” That kiss wasn’t enough for Caleb. He spun his mate around and pushed him back against the windows as he mashed his mouth down to Lorcan’s. His mate moaned and opened up for Caleb. He took the advantage, licking around the inside of his mate’s sweet lips before running his tongue up and down Lorcan’s fangs. “Ahhhh,” Lorcan groaned as Caleb lavished affection on his sensitive fangs before moving to coax Lorcan’s tongue into his mouth. When his mate complied, Caleb sucked on his tongue hard as he ran his fingers lightly down Lorcan’s back. He felt invigorated when Lorcan’s body shivered under his touch as he used his fangs to nip his mate’s lower lip. Lorcan stared up at him with big eyes filled with lust as his chest heaved as he panted. “I love you, my mate,” Caleb whispered over and over again as he kissed along Lorcan’s jaw and up to his ear before going back along and to the other side. Once both ears, which were a hot spot for his mate, were given ample attention, Caleb worked down along his collarbone. From there, he leaned over and used his tongue to trace the outline of Lorcan’s pecs before taking his time to lavish affection on his nipples. “Please, bite me there, me mate,” Lorcan whimpered as he held onto Caleb’s shoulders. “Drink from me heart, me mate. Everything I be is all for ya.” “You are so amazing,” Caleb said as he knelt down and stared up into his mate’s eyes. Pulling gently on Lorcan’s arms to lean over, Caleb sank his fangs hard into the flesh over his little man’s heart. He moaned as the sweet blood of his mate flowed over his tongue and down his throat. “Please, touch me, Caleb,” Lorcan begged and then let out another loan moan as Caleb sucked harder. He reached down and ran his fingers on Lorcan’s sac before continuing on and flicking the end of the plug. Lifting his head up enough so that he stopped drinking from

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his sweet mate, Caleb licked the bite closed as he kept teasing his man. Lorcan leaned back heavily against the windows and stared down as Caleb traced every muscle of his mate’s stomach with his tongue. He took extra time with his man’s belly button before moving on to suck bruises on each of Lorcan’s hip bones. “I-I can’t be takin’ anymore, Caleb.” Lorcan whimpered as he tried to pull Caleb up by the shoulders. “Do you believe that I love you, want you, and will always take care of you, Lorcan?” “Aye,” his mate moaned as Caleb licked the head of his cock. “Now be takin’ care of me hard and fast, me mate. Because me bein’ about to explode.” “If that’s what my mate needs.” Caleb purred as he slowly stood while he spun Lorcan around to his original position. As soon as his mate leaned over and braced his hands on the glass, Caleb yanked out the plug. “Aye, give it to me,” Lorcan cried out as Caleb moved his cock against his mate’s hole. There was still more than enough slick on his mate from the plug, and he didn’t waste any more time. Caleb thrust forward enough to immediately sink a third of his huge cock in his love. “So full, Caleb. Aye, ya be fillin’ me up.” “And you love every second of it,” Caleb whispered in Lorcan’s ear as he pulled back out. He thrust back hard, working over half of his dick into Lorcan’s tight hole. “Do you want more, my love?” “Aye, please, Caleb, no more teasin’,” Lorcan begged as he moved his hips back, taking more of Caleb’s cock inside of him. “Will you give me this perfect ass anytime I want it?” Caleb asked, loving that his mate was begging for Caleb to please him. “Can I fuck you anytime I need to, Lorcan?” “Aye, aye, anytime ya be needin’ me.”

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“What if I want to tie you to our bed and keep you there all day to satisfy my needs?” he continued, pulling back out until only the head of his cock was still inside his mate. “Aye, whatever ya be wantin’, Caleb!” “Such a good mate.” Caleb hissed, leaning over to lick his mate’s shoulder as he slammed into Lorcan’s ass, bottoming out. Lorcan screamed as he moved his hips against Caleb’s. “How about in the hot tub, Lorcan? Will you let me take you there? I’d love to fuck you with water running all over this luscious body.” Lorcan nodded and moaned as an answer as Caleb started slamming into his mate. Caleb grabbed his hips hard as he half thrust and half pulled his mate to him as they found a fast rhythm. “Is this the fantasy you wanted, Lorcan?” “Aye, aye, this bein’ better.” Lorcan moaned as he threw his head back so it lay on Caleb’s shoulder. “Ya be hotter in reality.” “I feel the same way.” Caleb hissed as he pounded into Lorcan’s perfect ass. They were silent for a while, listening to the sounds of their coupling as if it was a symphony. Caleb relished in the feeling of being inside his mate as he wrapped his arms around him. His lust was driven to a new level as the sounds of sweaty skin smacking skin got louder. “Caleb!” Lorcan cried out as he shot his load all over the windows. Caleb held up his little mate as he kept thrusting into Lorcan’s ass that was now like a vise on his cock. Seconds later, it was too much for him to hang on. He roared out his release as his whole body shook from the violent orgasm. “I be needin’ to come up with some fantasies of me own.” Liam moaned from their bed. Lorcan and Caleb chuckled as they slid to the floor wrapped around each other. What started out as an overwhelming day didn’t seem so unimaginable now that he had his mates at his side.

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Chapter 9 A couple days later Liam was able to sneak past his constant shadow after one of his meetings with the head of the covens in Poland. It was one of Mav’s men, and while Liam understood the need for security, he had a plan that was contingent on surprise. He made his way to Caleb’s office as he checked to make sure no one was around. His mate was in a meeting of his own that should be ending soon. Liam snuck in the office, closing the door behind him as he started to pull off his clothes. Making sure to keep them all with him, once he was naked he hid under the desk, pushing his clothes behind him. Liam had thought of his own fantasy he wanted and couldn’t wait any longer to make it happen. He shook with excitement and anticipation as the seconds ticked by as he sat in wait for his big mate. It was about ten minutes before the door opened again and he heard Caleb talking to Mav as he walked into the office. “Yes, I think the meeting went very well, Mav,” Caleb said, and Liam could tell that his mate was getting closer to the desk. He wanted to smack himself for not having thought about the possibility of Caleb not coming in here alone. “Liam’s in a meeting with the head of the Polish covens to see about getting an admin from them. I think it was a fantastic idea that we look into branching out where our employees are concerned.” “I agree, it’s as if we will be having different liaisons with each country now,” Mav agreed as Liam heard him flop down in one of the chairs on the other side of the desk. It was a good thing the area for Caleb’s legs to go under the desk wasn’t open on the other side,

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because Liam’s naked ass would be hanging out then. “Your mates are an incredible asset. They are old enough where they can show their experience and knowledge of the way other covens handle things.” “Yes, they are both really sharp, aren’t they?” Caleb chuckled as he pulled out the chair of his desk. Holding his breath, he hoped Caleb wouldn’t be mad that Liam was overhearing all of this. “Liam is an amazing diplomat, I think that’s already clear. And Lorcan, he seems to be able to photograph in his mind every page of every law book he reads.” “I’ll go check with Liam to see how the meeting went,” Mav said. Liam crossed his fingers that he stayed on that side of the desk. “Sounds good, see you at lunch in a bit,” Caleb replied as he sat down and scooted in his chair. As soon as Liam heard the door to the office open and then close again, he moved to run his hands over his mate’s knees. Caleb jumped and hit his leg on the underside of the desk. “What the fuck?” “I be figurin’ out me fantasy, me mate.” Liam purred as he moved forward as Caleb pulled his chair back. “Jesus, baby, are you naked under my desk?” “Aye, I be wantin’ to please me big mate while he be workin’,” Liam admitted, feeling his cheeks heat up as he stared up at Caleb. “That bein’ all right with ya?” “Do I look stupid enough to say no to such an offer?” Caleb chuckled as he reached down and cupped his cheek. “I was just surprised, baby. I’m always going to look under my desk from now on.” “If ya find anyone under here that’s not me or Lorcan, ya better be tellin’ me, me mate.” Liam sneered as he saw red at the idea of someone else offering themselves up to his mate. “No one else is welcome under there,” Caleb said firmly, leaning down to kiss Liam. “I’d kick anyone out of here and out of this house so fast that pulled a shot like that, that their head would spin.”

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“Aye, ya be a good mate.” Liam giggled as he reached forward and slowly ran his hands over Caleb’s firm, muscular thighs. His mate’s eyes filled with lust as he watched Liam slowly undo the button and zipper of Caleb’s suit pants. Caleb slipped off his suit jacket, something that had been quite an adjustment for their big mate. He’d never even worn a suit before coming to Greece. It wasn’t exactly in the warrior’s dress code of combat. Liam and Lorcan had laughed like loons as they’d watched their huge mate get measured for several suits. Caleb had come up with several new combinations of cuss words that Liam had never even heard before. But they had been touched how he always asked their opinion on colors and styles. All of the suits they picked were black, charcoal, or light gray, which worked the best and made Caleb’s bright lavender eyes stand out. Liam tugged on his mate’s pants and boxer briefs. Caleb got the idea, lifting his hips so Liam could pull them down as he took off his tie. Liam ran his fingers lightly over Caleb’s now very hard cock as his mate undid the buttons of his dress shirt and pulled up his undershirt. “Can we scoot back a little?” Caleb asked, looking hesitant, and Liam guessed he didn’t want to do anything that might ruin Liam’s fantasy. “I can’t see your wonderful and very naked body when you’re hidden under the desk so much, baby.” “Aye, we can be doin’ that.” Liam giggled as he crawled forward and in between Caleb’s legs as his mate pushed the chair back. Before Caleb could say anything else or even get more comfortable, Liam wanted to throw him off guard as he sucked the head of his mate’s cock into his mouth. It worked as Caleb gasped and then ran his fingers through Liam’s hair. “This is the best surprise I’ve ever had after a meeting.” Caleb moaned as he slid down in the chair and opened his thighs wider for Liam. “God, I love your sweet mouth, baby.”

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“Mmmm,” Liam said in agreement that he loved wrapping his mouth around Caleb’s cock too. But it didn’t come out that way as he was trying to swallow his mate’s massive, twelve-inch cock as far as he could. He loved the sounds Caleb was making in pleasure as he took more and more into his mouth until it hit the back of his throat. “Fuck, baby, you’re almost able to take all of me.” Caleb groaned, and Liam knew he was over halfway, but his mate was being a little generous on his assessment. One thing that Liam adored about Caleb was how gentle and courteous he always was with their sex life. Caleb always controlled himself when they gave him blow jobs, never thrusting into their mouths and letting them set the pace. “My Lord Caleb, Liam is missing,” Mav shouted as he burst through the office doors. “His guard said that Lord Liam was working on something after the meeting, but when I knocked on the doors and went in, Liam was gone!” “Hmm uh,” Liam said around Caleb’s cock as Mav skidded to a halt next to Caleb’s desk. Realizing there was no way to get out of this gracefully, he pulled back off Caleb’s cock and looked at their new friend. “I not be missin’, Mav. But ya need to be leavin’ and not be starin’ at me mate’s dick.” “Ah, yeah, umm, sorry,” Mav stuttered as he moved his gaze away from Caleb’s groin. Unfortunately, he shifted his gaze to Liam’s naked body, which caused Caleb to start growling. “Yeah, I-I’m going to go, shit, sorry.” “You got your fill, Mav?” Caleb asked as Liam saw his mate smirk as their head of security covered his eyes with his hands. “It’s just, you’re huge, Caleb, my Lord, shit. And Liam’s naked and, fuck, I’m leaving. I’m sorry, again, yeah, leaving now,” Mav rambled and thumped his thigh into the desk. “Fuck!” “Uncover yur eyes, Mav.” Liam chuckled at their friend’s antics. “Just don’t be lookin’ at me naked mate.” “I so need to get fucking laid,” Mav grumbled as he removed his hand and booked it out of the room. Liam and Caleb stared at the door

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as it was slammed shut, before glancing at each other and busting out laughing. “Oh shit, that was hilarious.” Caleb chuckled as he reached down and lifted Liam up under the arms. He spread his legs as his mate moved him to straddle his lap. Caleb gave him a deep kiss that Liam melted into. “Was that part of your fantasy, baby? Did you want to get caught with your hot mouth around my cock?” “No, not the idea, me mate.” Liam snickered as he shook his head. “I be ditchin’ me guard because I be knowin’ that I not be able ta surprise ya otherwise. Ya would know I be in here if Mav’s guy be waitin’ outside the door. Though Mav bustin’ in here be givin’ me an idea.” “And that would be?” Caleb snarled loudly, looking completely pissed off, and Liam realized his mistake. “Not like that, me mate,” Liam answered as he rolled his eyes. “Who we be knowin’ that be lookin’ similar to me and Lorcan, but not be mated yet?” “Oh, right, sorry, baby,” Caleb said softly as he kissed Liam’s lips lightly. “I think having your brothers visit would be a great idea and not just to hook Mav up. It would be nice to have people we care about come see us in our new home.” “Ya bein’ the best mate,” Liam replied, hugging his mate tightly before leaning back. “I just be sorry me idea of fun now be ruined.” “Well, how can we salvage your fantasy, baby?” Caleb asked, waggling his eyebrows, lust still in his eyes. His gaze ran slowly over Liam’s body, and he felt himself get hard again at Caleb’s attention. “Maybe you have some of the same ones I do?” “Oh, and what be yur fantasies, me mate?” “I’ve got some ideas about making love to my mates in front of the fireplace,” Caleb said with a purr as he ran his hands over Liam’s chest. “The leather couches are really soft too. Then there’s always the kink of taking someone as hot as my baby on my desk.”

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“Ya been puttin’ some thought into this?” Liam smirked with a raised eyebrow. “I’m always thinking of new and inventive ways to make my mates happy. So what are you thinking?” “I be likin’ the idea of making love on yur couch and christenin’ yur office.” “Your wish is my command, baby,” Caleb said as he lifted Liam to sit up on the desk. He stood up and slowly finished getting undressed as his eyes never left Liam’s. By the time Caleb was done, Liam was shaking with need. He jumped off the desk and raced over to the bigger sofa, flopping down onto his back. “Someone’s ready.” “Aye, me mate, we be havin’ enough foreplay and interruptions,” Liam replied with a nod as he threw one leg over the back of the sofa. He wiggled the plug in his ass with one hand as he stroked his leaking cock as he watched Caleb intently. “Such a feast laid out for me.” Caleb purred as he walked over to join Liam. “I don’t know where to start, baby.” “No more playin’, me mate. I be needin’ ya to take me now. Ya can’t be teasin’ me when it be me fantasy.” “As my baby wants.” Caleb nodded as he knelt in between Liam’s legs. He ran his hands down Liam’s spread thighs before slowly removing the butt plug. Caleb reached down and tested his readiness before rubbing some of the extra lube from the toy over his cock. “I love you, Liam.” “Aye, I be lovin’ ya too, Caleb,” he said as Caleb slowly started to push into him. Liam pulled his legs closer to his chest as his mate worked his massive cock into his tight hole. “Oh fuck, me mate, this bein’ heaven.” “I was thinking the same thing, baby,” Caleb said between grinded teeth, showing Liam the restraint his mate was using. They stared into each other’s eyes, making their coupling one of the most intimate moments of Liam’s life. His mate was all about Liam’s

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pleasure as he slowly rocked his hips. It took a few minutes before Caleb was all the way inside of him. “Come here, me mate,” Liam panted as he held his arms open, wanting to feel the weight of his mate on him. Caleb smiled down at him as he wrapped Liam’s legs around his lower back before leaning over and kissing Liam gently. It was hard for them to be in the normal missionary position since Caleb was so much taller, but they’d worked out a system. Caleb moved his arms under Liam’s shoulders as he rounded his back so Liam could tilt his head and look into Caleb’s eyes. But then his mate leaned down even more and buried his face in Liam’s neck as they moved slowly together. “You are more than I’d ever hoped for, baby,” Caleb whispered as he peppered Liam’s neck with kissed. “Making love to you is like completing my soul. Every time I’m with you or Lorcan, it’s like you giving yourselves to me soothes all my past pain.” “Ya be worth the long wait, Caleb,” Liam replied, hugging his mate tighter as he pushed his heels into the top of Caleb’s ass. “Lovin’ ya has been the easiest thing I ever be doin’ in me life.” “I feel the same way.” Caleb gasped as Liam tightened the muscles of his ass around his mate’s cock. “Oh shit, baby, please do that again. That’s a new trick I didn’t know you could do.” “What ya be meanin’, me mate?” Liam asked innocently as he ran his hands over Caleb’s back. Before Caleb could ask again, he tightened his muscles, getting a moan from his mate for his efforts. He felt a thrill go through him that something so simple and basic could mean so much to his mate. “Ya be meanin’ that?” “Yes, baby,” Caleb purred as he scraped his fangs over Liam’s collarbone. “How do you like the soft leather on your back? Better than rug burn on this perfect ass if we did it in front of the fire place, right?” “It would be bein’ worth it to be with ya,” Liam answered, moving his hips faster, hoping Caleb got the message. He did,

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pushing into Liam’s hole with a little more vigor but not so much that it broke the spell they were in together. “I be lovin’ what we be doin’. But I not be bein’ against the idea of walkin’ around with rug burn for a day or two from yur lovin’.” “Dirty, dirty baby,” Caleb moaned as he moved a little faster. “I think I need to always be inside of one of my mates.” “I be fine with that.” Liam purred as Caleb’s firm, muscled stomach rubbed against his leaking cock. It sent chills up his spine at the delicious friction. “Aye, ya not be the only one, me twin,” Lorcan said, getting both their attention. Liam tilted his neck and smiled up at his brother standing at the end of the sofa. “Ya be finishin’ up, I not be meanin’ to interrupt. But Caleb did say somethin’ that be effectin’ both of us.” “Aye, he did at that,” Liam replied as Caleb smiled. His twin went to sit in the other chair as Caleb focused back on Liam. They went right back to being lost in each other as they moved together like a dance. “I need me mate.” “Drink from me, baby,” Caleb groaned loudly. They’d learned early on that Caleb loved to be bitten during sex. Their mate got off on them being connected in every way possible. “I love you, Liam.” “Me too, me mate,” Liam purred as he licked the side of Caleb’s neck. He had to stretch and turn his neck in an uncomfortable way to reach, but Caleb was more than worth it. Liam struck hard since Caleb liked to blur the lines between pain and pleasure as well. “Shit, Liam, so fucking good.” Caleb grunted as he started to thrust into Liam harder. He moved his hips in time with his mate as he drank from him deeply. Caleb growled and bit Liam as well. His orgasm hit Liam so fast it was like a freight train he couldn’t hear. He cried out his mate’s name as he filled up the space between them with his seed. “Caleb, too much,” Liam yelled as his orgasm got stronger with each wave until lights flashed behind his eyes. “I-I, it’s overload.”

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“I’ve got you, baby, just ride it out,” Caleb said after having pulled his fangs out of Liam’s neck. His mate licked the bite closed and then moved up enough to stare into Liam’s eyes. He held onto Caleb as if he was the only thing keeping Liam grounded. Doing what his mate said, Liam rode the waves of his climax, knowing Caleb would be there to catch him. “My god, me mate,” Liam panted as his orgasm started to finally ebb. He felt as if it had lasted hours instead of probably a few minutes. It was as if Caleb was waiting to make sure Liam was okay. Because the second Liam started to relax in a post-orgasmic glow, Caleb roared out his name and filled Liam with his seed. Liam watched in awe at the bliss written all over his mate’s face, realizing he’d done that to Caleb. His mate was hot, but when he was so open like this, not schooling his features in the slightest, Liam could see into Caleb’s very soul. Caleb caught himself before he collapsed with exhaustion onto Liam. Instead of letting his mate get weary, Liam pulled him down, allowing Caleb’s full weight on him. “Am I hurting you, baby?” Caleb panted, and Liam smiled at how considerate his mate was even as he was trying to recover from their lovemaking. “I be perfect, me mate,” Liam answered, as he ran his hands over Caleb’s sides in a soothing manner. “Ya be amazin’, and this be an awesome fantasy.” “I’m glad I could be of service.” Caleb chuckled as he leaned back, holding Liam against him. They rolled up, and Caleb sat on his butt, making sure Liam was right there with him. Liam was straddling Caleb’s lap, his cock still in Liam’s ass as they melted together and against the sofa. “Now that ya both be done,” Lorcan said, not sounding happy. Liam glanced at his twin over his shoulder, and sure enough, Lorcan looked pissed off. What the fuck? They’d been with Caleb alone before. Just because they were both mated to him didn’t mean they always had to be together when sex was involved.

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“Why ya be angry, me twin?” “Might be bein’ that Mav passed me in the upstairs hallway grumblin’ about seein’ the biggest cock ever and a hot twink that he not bein’ allowed to touch. Ya both gettin’ inta some exhibition? I not be likin’ that Mav be seein’ ya naked.” “Wasn’t our fault,” Caleb chuckled, and Liam felt the vibrations in Caleb’s chest. “Liam wanted to surprise me and was naked under the desk. We started playing when Mav came racing in here that Liam was missing since he slipped his guard to surprise me.” “He be walkin’ in on me suckin’ off our mate.” Liam snickered, shaking his head in disbelief at what had happened. “I be talkin’ to Caleb about havin’ other redheads come ta visit since that be seemin’ to be Mav’s type.” “So we not be bein’ into havin’ an audience then, right?” Lorcan asked slowly, eyeing them both over. Liam smiled gently and shook his head as Caleb pulled him off of his cock. “And it might be bein’ a good idea to be settin’ up our brothers with Mav. It might be an indication that they be bein’ mates if he be so drawn to us.” “No, my hot little mate.” Caleb snickered. “Mav was an unwelcome intrusion. Liam wasn’t happy, and I started growling. I’m not into sharing my mates, and that includes anyone seeing you guys naked. And I think it just might be how sexy my men are, but invite your brothers out.” “Aye, I be agreein’ there,” Lorcan said after a moment with nod. “I be callin’ Finn and Fergus later then.” “Ya done bein’ upset then?” Liam asked, eying his twin over. “Aye, I be done.” Lorcan snickered as Liam turned around on Caleb’s lap and gestured to come sit next to them on the sofa. His twin smiled and moved over to them as Caleb wrapped an arm around Lorcan. “I wasn’t so much upset as bein’ confused, maybe needin’ to grumble a bit.” “Grumble away, my love,” Caleb said as he kissed Lorcan gently. “As long as you know we’re telling you the truth.”

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“Aye, I never be doubtin’ ya both be tellin’ me the truth,” Lorcan said gently as he glanced between the two of them. “Ya both be bein’ the most important people in me life. I trust ya implicitly.” “I be feelin’ the same, twin,” Liam replied as he took Lorcan’s hand and squeezed it. “This be our own family.” “And I couldn’t be happier with what we have together,” Caleb said as he stared at them, hugging them closer to him. Liam couldn’t have said it better himself, but he planned on showing that’s the way he felt for years to come.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR Joyee Flynn grew up in Chicago living in the same house all her life until she left for college. She loves to get lost in fantasy that only books could bring. She kept writing, short stories, romance, mystical, and of course adding in hot cowboys any chance she could. Her wide interest in reading was reflected in her writings. Currently Joyee lives with her dog, Marius, named after a vampire from Ann Rice’s Interview with the Vampire series. She dreams of one day living out in Montana, enough land to have a few horses, and find a couple of cowboys of her own. A lover of men, Joyee’s all about them in any form in her books. Vampire, werewolf, military, doesn’t matter at all as long as they are hot, hard, and sex fiends!

Also by Joyee Flynn Ménage Amour: North American Dragon 1: Dragon Mine Ménage Amour: North American Dragon 2: Dragon Ours Siren Classic: Marius Brothers 1: Micah Siren Classic: Marius Brothers 2: Remus Siren Classic: Marius Brothers 3: Stefan Ménage Amour: The O’Hagan Way 1: A Dillon Sandwich Ménage Amour: Purrfect Mates 1: Here Kitty, Kitty Ménage Amour: Purrfect Mates 2: My Little Kitty Siren Classic: Hiding Hounds 1: Sheriff Found

Also by Stormy Glenn and Joyee Flynn Ménage Amour: Delta Wolf 1: Chameleon Wolf Ménage Amour: Delta Wolf 2: Mating Games Ménage Amour: Delta Wolf 3: Blood Lust Available at BOOKSTRAND.COM

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