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  Elin shivered at the low words. “I know. I just need to catch my breath.”

  “Of course, baby.” Kael gave Anna a smirk. “We can wait.”

  Anna nodded in agreement, shifting where she knelt. Her body thrummed with desire, and her breath came in short bursts. She was on fire.

  “Anna, how are you doing, sweetheart?” Elin traced languid fingers along Anna’s thigh.

  “About to explode. I…I’m really having fun tonight. Thank you two for sharing this with me.”

  Elin’s eyes shone with emotion, and she gazed up to Kael with a watery grin. “I’m having fun, too,” Kael said. “I love watching you, Anna. I’m honored that you’re allowing me to share in your love for Elin.”

  Anna looked down at the blankets, tracing her finger over the zipper at the edge of the sleeping bag. “My love isn’t just for Elin, Kael.” She looked up when Kael didn’t answer and blinked in surprise at tear-filled indigo eyes.

  Elin cleared her throat, breaking the silence. “This has been a very nice evening, and I thank you both so much for loving me.”

  “We can’t help it,” Anna murmured, still looking at Kael. She dropped her gaze to Elin’s stomach and tickled around her belly button with a fingertip. “You’re just too cute.”

  Elin beamed up at Anna, then tossed Kael a careful grin. “Could you two…could I watch you kiss a little more? While I’m recovering, you know.”

  Anna snickered at Elin’s attempt to move them past the moment. “Pervert.”

  Elin folded her arms behind her head and raised a mischievous eyebrow. “So?”

  “So that’s another reason we can’t help loving you,” Kael said, speaking for the first time since Anna’s sincere words. She moved forward and reached for Anna with tentative arms. “And I’m not inclined to deny your request.”

  Anna moved into Kael’s embrace without hesitation. “Anything to make you happy, Elin.”

  Kael’s passionate kiss took Anna by surprise, as did the strength of her embrace. She wrapped her arms around Kael and splayed her fingers over broad shoulders. She groaned into Kael’s mouth, meeting her stroke-for-stroke in her unspoken expression of desire. Kael pressed her hips into Anna, brushing the toy that was strapped between her legs against Anna’s stomach.

  “Please don’t be afraid,” Kael said as Anna stiffened a little. “I’m not going to go inside of you.”

  She pressed Anna down on the sleeping bags and slid her mouth over Anna’s collarbones. Anna turned her head to the side and grinned over to Elin.

  Elin reached out and played with Anna’s hair. “Kael has a wonderful mouth, doesn’t he? Does that feel good?”

  Anna crinkled her nose in pleasure. “Really good.” She whimpered when Kael’s lips latched on to her erect nipple. Looking down on Kael’s shaven head, she groaned when Kael’s hand found her other breast.

  Elin rolled onto her side and trailed a string of kisses along Anna’s jaw until she reached her lips. Anna’s legs fell open at the pleasure of having Elin’s tongue in her mouth as Kael suckled at her breast. She felt Kael’s hips settle between her thighs, felt the hard length of Kael’s cock press against her, and surprised herself by grinding her hips into the solid pressure.

  Kael looked to Elin with a crooked grin. “I think Anna is ready to come, baby.”

  “I think so, too,” Elin said.

  Kael traced a line down the center of Anna’s chest with her finger. “Why don’t you go sit up on that couch for me, sweetheart?”

  Anna obeyed the quiet request, unable to do anything else. She got to her knees and crawled onto the leather couch next to them. Kael shuffled over to Anna on her knees and gripped Anna’s hips in firm hands.

  “On the edge,” Kael said with a playful smile. “Spread your legs.”

  Anna hesitated a moment, biting her lip, then did as Kael requested. I trust him. Indigo eyes dropped to take in Anna’s arousal, then Kael moved away and urged Elin to take her place.

  “Hey, baby.” Kael wrapped strong arms around Elin from behind. Elin knelt between Anna’s spread thighs and closed her eyes when Kael pulled her back into a tender embrace. “I want you to use your mouth on Anna while I’m inside of you, okay?”

  Nodding, Elin pressed her bottom back against Kael. “I’m gonna come without either of you touching me, I swear it.”

  Kael latched hungrily onto Elin’s throat, sucking hard enough to leave a light red mark. Pulling away, she pressed a firm hand against Elin’s upper back and pushed her down close to the dark curls between Anna’s legs. “Maybe…but Anna’s going to need some attention, I think. Lick her for me, baby?”

  Anna’s eyelids grew heavy when Elin nodded and bent to drop a kiss on the soft skin of her inner thigh.

  Nibbling her way up to the tender juncture of hip and thigh, Elin snaked her tongue out and traced nonsense designs with the tip. Trembling, Anna lifted her hips to try to force Elin’s tongue against her swollen clit.

  “Are you being mean to her, Elin?”

  Anna watched as Kael gripped Elin’s hips with both hands and moved to position her body behind where Elin rested on her knees.

  “No,” Elin mumbled into Anna. She kissed the damp curls above Anna’s clit and pressed down with her lips. “I think I’m being pretty nice, actually.”

  Kael raised her eyes to meet Anna in a heated stare. She dropped one hand to grip her toy at the base, then glanced down to guide herself to Elin’s opening. Once again, Kael raised her eyes to Anna as she pushed forward and guided her length into Elin with agonizing slowness.

  As Kael entered her, Elin’s mouth fell open against Anna’s flesh, washing hot breath over her wetness. She turned her head and pressed her cheek against Anna’s thigh, biting her lip in pleasure.

  Anna was fascinated by the look of tender concentration on Kael’s face and the way that Elin cried out at every forceful stroke. She curled Elin’s hair around her fingers, tightening her grip as her need rose. Elin lifted her face, spread Anna wide open with her hands, and bent her head to cover Anna’s clit with her hot mouth.

  Anna’s head fell back at Elin’s deliberate sucking. She cupped Elin’s cheek in her hand and raised glazed eyes to stare at Kael’s deliberate fucking of their lover. Kael bit her lip, eyes hooded and dark with desire.

  She pounded into Elin, staring at Anna with naked lust.

  Elin pulled her mouth away from Anna, crying out at Kael’s skillful thrusting. Then she returned to Anna and swirled her tongue over hot, swollen flesh. Anna’s thighs began to tremble as she neared release.

  All at once, Anna was struck by an unfamiliar desire, a need that came on so strongly that it took her breath away. She ached deep inside, desperate for something she knew only Elin could give her. Swallowing, Anna pushed past her lingering fears so she could ask for what she craved so badly.

  “Elin?” Anna tightened her grip on Elin’s red hair.

  Elin stopped her tongue and raised concerned hazel eyes. “Yes, baby?” She whimpered as Kael continued to move inside of her.

  “Could you…try going inside of me?”

  Elin blinked up at her, suddenly still. Behind Elin, Kael slowed her thrusting to a stop as if aware of the significance of Anna’s nervous request. Elin bent to kiss Anna’s hip, then stared at her with unveiled tenderness. “Are you sure, sweetheart?”

  “Yes,” Anna whispered. She flicked her gaze to Kael’s face, seeing only gentle compassion there. “I…need more.”

  Elin’s face shone with delight. “I’m going to make it feel so good for you.”

  Anna nodded at the familiar promise. “I know you will.”

  Elin slid her finger through Anna’s abundant wetness. Circling her throbbing clit gently, she gave Anna a beatific smile. “You’re going to love it. It’s wonderful to have someone you love inside of you.” She tossed a quick look back over her shoulder at Kael, who rested motionless inside of Elin, then looked back to Anna.

  “And I do love you. Very muc
h.”

  “I know.” Anna welcomed Elin’s reassurance. “I want to feel you.”

  Elin brought her hand down so her finger was poised at Anna’s entrance. She held Anna’s gaze as she slowly and gently pressed inside. Anna closed her eyes at the unexpected pleasure of the feeling and lifted her hips to encourage Elin’s motion. When Elin came to rest deep inside, Anna felt another gentle kiss on her inner thigh.

  “Are you okay, baby?” Elin whispered.

  Anna nodded to her lover with a relieved grin. “Yeah. Please make me come, Elin.”

  Kael groaned at Anna’s words, starting narrow hips thrusting once more. “I’m sorry. I can’t wait any—”

  “Don’t be sorry,” Anna cried out as Elin slid her finger out then pushed back inside again. “Make her come, Kael. I want to hear her come.”

  Kael gritted her teeth in concentration. She pulled pale hips back against her, forcing Elin to meet her deep strokes. Elin continued to move her hand, her own thrusts becoming harder, more demanding. Anna whimpered as Elin rubbed her inside, then closed her eyes when Elin’s tongue found her clit once again.

  “Christ—” Anna’s mouth dropped open as she was overwhelmed by breathless, gasping pleasure. She cried out and her thighs trembled as Elin continued to lap at her clit and work her finger deep inside. She watched Kael through half-closed eyes, rapt at the look of naked bliss on her face.

  Elin tumbled over the edge only moments after Anna, her own noises of release muffled against Anna’s wetness. She continued to lick and suck as she rode out her orgasm, stilling her finger when Anna collapsed, limp, against the back of the couch. Elin fell onto Anna’s lap immediately thereafter, panting hard in the aftermath of her third orgasm.

  Elin eased her finger out of Anna with a quiet apology, her words lost in the tortured groan that escaped her mouth when Kael pulled out of her. She left Anna with a final kiss on sweat-slicked brown skin and turned to Kael.

  “Do you need me to take care of you, baby?” she whispered.

  Anna gazed at Kael, noticing for the first time the trembling of strong thighs, the shaking of large hands.

  Indigo eyes were stormy with unfulfilled arousal; her chest heaved with her heavy breathing. Without a word, Kael rose to her feet and stood in front of Elin.

  Eager hands reached up and unbuckled the straps that were secured to Kael’s hips, freeing her from the harness. Elin dropped the toy to the ground and slid her hands up the back of Kael’s thighs. On her knees, she waited for Kael to set her feet apart. Then, without hesitation, Elin spread Kael with her hands to expose her wet, swollen need. Anna watched in fascination as Elin leaned forward and sucked Kael into her mouth, loosing a growl of pleasure from Kael’s throat.

  It appeared to take only three or four strokes of Elin’s tongue before Kael stiffened, threw back her head, and shuddered in quiet release. Her hands dropped to hold Elin’s face between her legs, keeping her lover close until she recovered from her silent orgasm. When Kael came back to herself, she quickly dropped to her knees and wrapped Elin in a strong embrace.

  “Thank you,” Kael murmured into Elin’s hair. “I love you.”

  “I love you, too, baby.” Elin rubbed her hands up and down Kael’s back. “That was so nice.”

  Kael pulled back to give Anna a shy smile. “Come here,” she said, beckoning Anna closer. Anna obeyed, slipping from the couch and crawling over to where Kael and Elin sat. Kael pulled Anna into a tender hug as soon as she was within reach. “Thank you, too.”

  “It was my pleasure.” Anna shot a playful smile over Kael’s shoulder to Elin.

  Elin moved forward and wrapped her arms around Kael and Anna. “You’re both going to hold me tonight, right? When we go to sleep?” She yawned in Anna’s ear, drawing a quiet chuckle from Kael.

  “Tonight and the rest of our lives, baby.” Kael kissed Elin slowly and deeply. Drawing back, she leaned over and gave Anna a shyer kiss.

  “Absolutely,” Anna confirmed, holding Kael’s gaze. “Forever.”

  Chapter Ten

  “So you think we’re near a town?” Anna called to her lovers, who walked side by side ahead of her. After two relaxing days in their little cabin in the woods, they were on the road again.

  “Yeah,” Kael drawled without turning around. “Unfortunately.”

  “Oh, come on.” Elin bumped into Kael with her shoulder. Her body language was relaxed, as was Kael’s.

  “You know you want to go shopping again. Maybe we could find some cute stuff for Anna and me to wear.”

  “I have to admit, I’m curious about towns,” Anna said. “I haven’t been to very many since the sickness.

  Even after Garrett and I were on our own, we mostly found in nature what we needed to survive.”

  “It’s not a bad philosophy,” Kael muttered.

  “But think of everything you’re missing!” Elin said. “I’m not saying I want to settle in a town or anything, but I happen to enjoy some modern comforts from time to time. My dad always had music in the house—we used car batteries, solar panels—he always found a way to let me experience some of the things from his past. Just having a house full of books and magazines—”

  “Baby, you know I don’t mind taking you into town every once in a while,” Kael said. “I know you love exploring. And I know you love your books, and I’d never deny you those. It’s just that I don’t understand the big deal about that stuff. I lived with full electricity, music—even movies—from the time I was fourteen years old. I’m happier now, in nature, than I ever was with any of that.”

  “Electricity?” Anna had heard stories about the wonders electricity could provide, but she had never actually seen it for herself.

  Kael gave her a short nod. “I guess they had an engineer or three join the Procreation Movement. A couple of years after we settled there, they figured out how to generate power. They used to play classical music through the speakers in my room every evening. On Sundays I was allowed to have a ‘night off’ in my room with a television and DVD player. They showed me old movies all the time.”

  “Wow,” Anna murmured.

  “Yeah, fantastic. Didn’t make my life any better.”

  Elin grabbed Kael’s hand. A moment later, she found Anna’s slightly curled fingers and entangled them with her own. “It’s not the important stuff in life, I’ll admit, but it can give you a lot of pleasure.” Elin glanced over to Kael. “In otherwise pleasurable circumstances.”

  Anna gave Elin’s hand a gentle squeeze. “Uncle Roberto used to tell me that technology never did anybody any good. That it was all that technology that led to the wars and the sickness. The people in my tribe believed in living without all that stuff. We stuck to the forests. We learned to hunt. My uncle would always say that eventually all that stuff that was left behind will be depleted or expired or just…dead. If I depended on it now, where would I be?”

  “I can respect that,” Kael said.

  “It may take a while,” Elin mused, “but I don’t think those things are gone for good. Maybe it won’t happen within our lifetime, but it’s not like people won’t eventually start it all over again. Look at where you lived, Kael. When the population becomes less dispersed and people start forming communities again, all that stuff will follow.”

  “We’re better off without it,” Kael said. “What good has it ever done anyone?”

  “Oh, come on!” Elin cried out. “Think about what you lose by turning away from our past like that. There’s a whole world of knowledge and music and beauty out there, just waiting for us to discover it in every town we walk through.”

  “I…want to explore that stuff, too,” Anna admitted. “I want to know about the things you love.”

  “I’d like that,” Elin said.

  Still chatting lightly, they made their way across a bare trickle of river nestled in the middle of towering trees and leafy bushes. No longer did they see the odd cabin or vehicle as they walked; all that surrounded them was fal
ling leaves, buzzing insects, and the warm bond between them that grew stronger every day.

  Suddenly, Kael stifled them with a hand held up to shoulder level. Anna stood in silence with Elin, wondering what she had seen or felt that prompted her sudden change in demeanor. Her easy gait, the relaxed smile on her face, had disappeared as familiar tension settled in.

  “This way,” Kael murmured. She walked them down a grassy trail that led through a stand of maples, then they stopped cold.

  The body sat slumped forward at the base of a large sycamore tree. Dried blood stained the dirt around him, and his hand lay open at his side, empty. He was wounded in the head and chest, and Anna guessed that he might have been dead for at least a week. With a quick glance at Kael, she went and knelt at the corpse’s feet.

  “I don’t like this,” Kael said. “At all.”

  “Neither do I.” It turned her stomach, but Anna lay her baseball bat down and slipped a hand into the front pocket of the dead man’s jeans. She came up empty, though she hadn’t been sure what she thought she might find.

  “We need to keep our eyes peeled,” Kael said from behind her. “And we need to be quiet until we know that whoever killed this guy isn’t still hanging around.”

  “He looks like he’s been dead for a little while.” Elin spoke in a quiet voice that hinted at her own unease. “I can’t imagine that his killer has bothered to stick around.”

  “Even still, stay close.”

  Anna rose to her feet with her bat clutched tight. “It looks like whoever did this picked him over pretty good.

  No supplies, nothing in his pockets.”

  Kael’s eyes stayed locked on the ground as she made a slow circle of the immediate area. “There was a hell of a fight. He didn’t go down easy.” She pivoted where she stood between the trunks of two tall trees.

  “There was more than one of them.”

  Anna caught sight of something in the bushes. When she walked over, she found a scrap of silky white fabric caught there, and she disentangled it carefully before lifting it to her nose. It held a light, almost flowery, scent. “I don’t think this is from him.”