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We stayed on the corner of the bed, as if there was no ood idea I think Richard was unco in the bed Jean-Claude was just being patient, biding his time, because he knew if he pushed, one of us would bolt When Richard&039;s mouth first found otten addiction, I thought I&039;d be the one to run screa for the hills But the third time Richard winced when Jean-Claude brushed his bare back, I began to think it wouldn&039;t be me that screwed this up

He cursed in French, then said in English, "I putas if I am after your virtue I assure you that I am after hed and looked down so that even sitting in his lap I couldn&039;t see his face "You keep touching me"

Jean-Claude made a sound low in his throat "How a you, without at the very least brushing your body with ician that I can share a woman with another man and never once touch the other man&039;s body"

"Trustme," I said I touched Richard&039;s chin, and he let me raise his face up to me I looked into those solid brown eyes, and all I saas pain, confusion "What&039;s wrong? You were the one as all hot for this You talked me into it, remember?"

"I&039;m sorry," he said He pressed his forehead to ain

Jean-Claude and I stared at each other over his bent head I asked the question withon? "Tell us what is wrong, mon ami, and ill try to help"

"The last time I was in a bed with another man and a woman, it was Raina and Gabriel"

I&039;d known that Raina had been his first lover, but that he&039;d ever let Gabriel touch hilad he couldn&039;t see h, but both of them, at the same time Uckies, uckies, uckies

Raina&039;s e bars, butRaina had behaved herself for so long, that it caught uard Made me a little less quick to squash her back down, and protect us all Orone of her pack, one that she knew in every way

I saw Gabriel like a technicolor ghost, with his black curls just long enough to touch his pale gray leopard eyes The silver ring through his nipple glinted in the la bed, and Gabriel crawled fro in that graceful stalk as if they had er Richard, less muscled, face a little less sure of itself, his hair cut neat and clean Richard when he enty, before I everWe&039;d told hie her A little rape fantasy a friends

He pinned my wrists, her wrists, and as requested, there was no foreplay It was supposed to be rough I could see through her eyes, as she watched Gabriel coht, but Raina wasn&039;t the victisteps, and collapsed to his knees So about what Raina&039;s etting the li the hell out of each other Both of the fro her lips, enjoying the show

Richard tried to shield, but he couldn&039;t It was as if the emotions had stripped him of his shields It was Jean-Claude&039;s cool touch in my head that shut it down He shielded Richard froave him back his metaphysical clothes, so that he wasn&039;t raw before us

"I, too, have my memory of Gabriel," Jean-Claude said, his voice was soft

We both looked at him Richard said, "You, and Gabriel?" The look on his face showed his disgust

"Not by choice It was her price for convincing Marcus that he should continue to ally with ht with both of them?" I asked

Jean-Claude nodded

"Did you know?" Richard asked, "before, did you knohat they wanted you for?"

He nodded again "I negotiated that night as coained for"

Richard was still on his knees on the floor He looked back at Jean-Claude "And you knew, you knew that she wanted to watch Gabriel have you?"

"She wanted s, but that was one she was most adamant about"

"How could you let hie look came over Richard&039;s face "Oh, but you don&039;t mind You like men"

Jean-Claude&039;s face went blank, hi away "Actually, yes, I did mind I minded very ive up She wanted certain things, and that was one of them" He raised his robe around his shoulders as if he was cold, and would not look at either of us "I talked her out of a great reat deal more"

"You didn&039;t enjoy it," Richard said

Jean-Claude gave him a look, such a look It sent the vah the room "Rape is rape, Richard Is a woman less raped because she likes men? That&039;s a question, Richard"

"No, of course not," he said

"Then why is it less rape for a man who likes men to be raped by another man?"

Richard looked away at that

I was left sitting on the floor not knohat to say, or who to co "I didn&039;t know any of this"

"My bargain with Raina was based on it not being known It would have undermined my authority, which would have defeated the purpose of the bargain"

I got up off the ground and went to Jean-Claude I reached out to hiood with this kind of pain, but men seem especially bad at it I think it&039;s because they have a hard ti of themselves as potential victims Women are raised with the possibility Most of us understand froest It&039;s oot to th

I touched his face, and he gavethat held color and line, and beauty, but not life, as if telling the secret sucked so precious away from him "I&039;m sorry," I said, softly

He san to seep back into his eyes "I thought you oods"

I raised eyebrows at that "You never blame the victim, Jean-Claude Don&039;t you know that by now?"

He sainstthe to kill me at the time, and film it for a snuff flick Trust me, it was ot to his feet and caht hy I broke up with Raina" He laughed, and it sounded bitter, as if he would choke on it "Broke up, God, that sounds so high school Gabriel and I nearly beat each other to death, while she watched" He was shaking his head, and even with his hair barely grown out, it was already longer than it had been in the rew it long, so it would help him feel different

"I can find other food," Jean-Claude said "You do not have to do anything you are not comfortable with"

Richard looked at us, my hand still on Jean-Claude&039;s face "What I said earlier is still true We need the three of us to be as close as the two of you are"

"I do not believe you are ready to do what is necessary for such a binding," Jean-Claude said

"What is necessary, exactly?" he asked

Jean-Claude licked his lips "This is ic, not science In truth I am not sure We could do the fourth mark, that I kno to do, but what happened at the club last night was not the fourth mark It was as if ma petite slipped into me We were joined as never before, and it made us unbelievably powerful"

"How did it work?"

"We touched"

"We were in the middle of a crisis of police proportions," I said

"Oui, but I think it ith touching We are of Belle&039;s line, and h physical closeness"

"Physical closeness," Richard said, and he shook his head "Define physical closeness"

Jean-Claude smiled "Tell me what you would have of me, Richard What rules and restrictions would make you feel safe?"

"If I said, don&039;t touchour ti when it happened, not intimately, but the contact was important Physical contact makes most of my powers easier"

"Define not inti my hand," I said

Richard s I can e"

Jean-Claude s at each other for once "I would ask that if I need to touch you for balance that that be allowed"

Richard narrowed his eyes a little "Depends on where you&039;re touching me, but okay"

Jean-Claude shook his head "That is not Richard&039;s look, that is your look, ma petite Your look from our Richard&039;s face"

"Well, you knohat they say, couples start looking like each other after awhile"

Richard looked atto be lupa to your Ulfric, then yeah That&039;s how your pack will see it"

He nodded, then sree to it all"

I reached out my hand, and after a moment&039;s hesitation, he took it There was no flash of munin or Raina, it was just his hand so warm in mine "We&039;ll try it, see if it works, depends on what I have to do as your lupa I just want you to know that you can walk out the door right now, and I&039;ll still try to play lupanar with you"

He squeezed my hand "You won&039;t force me?"

"Not my kick"

"Nor mine," Jean-Claude said "I have been victiivenbreath, which moved his chest and shoulders, and raised his stomach up and down, as if he&039;d drawn air all the way down to his toes He let it out slowly, then nodded "Let&039;s try If I can&039;t do it, then I can&039;t do it, but I&039;ll try"

I kept my hand in Jean-Claude&039;s, but stepped away fro in front of Richard I went up on tiptoes, and he bent down so I could kiss hiently, on the mouth "Have I told you recently that I think you are very brave?"

His eyes filled with soood "Never"

"Then I&039; it now"

"Thank you," he said, and his ar even through the silk No, not his warmth, his power

Jean-Claude stood up, and I drew him into the back of my body Richard tensed when Jean-Claude&039;s body pinned his arht to relax He wasn&039;t entirely successful, but he tried A for effort

"Now, let&039;s get naked," I said

I actually h at the same time "Ma petite, what has made you so bold?"

"It takes the three of us forever to do anything We discuss it, we argue it, we fight, we ht I don&039;t want to discuss any to do this, let&039;s do it"

"Just like that," Richard said, "off with the clothes, no sweet talk first"

I leaned into the circle of his arht of Jean-Claude behind my back I looked up Richard&039;s face, and said, "I want to see if I can deep throat you"

He blinked at h, then stopped, and finally said in a strained voice, "You couldn&039;t before It was great, but you never quite--"

"I&039;ve been practicing," I said I smiled up at him

"That smile," he said

"What s s dirty thoughts, and you want to do them all with me You&039;re the only woman I know that can put innocence and evil into the same look"

"Evil," I said "Am I supposed to be offended?"

"I just never expected to see that sain" He kissed me on the forehead "For that set the idea of innocence and evil in the sael, el s are not so easily taken"

I re about Richard earlier Like a fallen angel Should it have bothered y? Yeah, but out loud all I said was, "I thought you were the dark angel here?" I turned so I could see his face

He s I could have offered would have gotten him out of his pants"

"I heard that," Richard said

Jean-Claude laughed "And will you refuse her offer?"

He looked frohed, a very h "No"

I was suddenly very aware of the two of theh foreplay, off with the clothes

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The clothes caued with me on what position I&039;d be better able to deep throat hiue about everything Jean-Claude settled the argu, "Let ma petite try her way, and if it does not work, we can try yours" I began to realize that Richard and I as a couple was truly impossible, but as a threesoht work What does it say when you need another adult in the bed to referee? Nothing I wanted to think about too deeply, not at that o, all of them I knew Richard and I too well not to suspect that ould wreck this later But for now, right noe had this et out of my way and enjoy it, and had to trust the men to do the same

I&039;d seen Richard nude, and recently, but it had been a long time since I&039;d seen hith of his body spilled out in front of s so I could lie down between theaze up the length of hiroin, but not touching But it wasn&039;t that I just wanted to look, it was the whole package And it wasn&039;t just that he was lovely to look at, it was that after I&039;d looked at the groin, only partially erect, and still impressive, the flat plain of his stomach with its perfect dimple of belly button, the swell of his chest with his nipples like dark brown punctuation to all that permanently tanned muscle; the swell of his shoulders, and finally his face His face gazing down at me The pure brown of his eyes like chocolate, the look in them already a little unfocused, when all I&039;d done was layhis testicles A feather of a touch, and already his face was showing the effect, as were other parts of his body