his threat the night before. But she did know that she wasn’t ready to give them what they wanted, so she supposed she would have to compromise and accept what they could give her, if they were willing to wait for her to figure it out.
A noise caught her attention over the sound of the waterfall and she turned her head toward the other side of the campsite where the two males had laid down in their own sleeping bags after they’d eaten. In the shadows beyond the dark coals of their fire, she saw their bodies entwined, a single sleeping bag draped across the back of Orrick’s hips while they moved. Sten lay beneath him, arms stretched over his head with Orrick’s hands holding him down.
Jade’s entire body flushed with the understanding of what they were doing. Their eyes were locked together, soft grunts of pleasure carrying to her ears. The image was more intimate than any moment she’d experienced and she closed her eyes, not wanting to intrude. Even though they knew she was there, they must have thought she was still asleep.
But she couldn’t keep her eyes shut. She opened them and watched, then slowly slid her hand up her thin tank top to clutch at one breast, teasing her nipple into a hard nub. She pushed her other hand down into her shorts. Only then did she close her eyes, bringing herself off while she imagined each of them taking turns holding her down and fucking her.
Chapter Six
O ver the next few days, Jade let herself simply enjoy the scenery. Each waterfall they led her to was more spectacular than the one before it. Each meal they cooked more delicious than the last, especially the ones the males would forage for, finding wild mushrooms, berries, and one day, a nest of grouse eggs which they turned into the most mouthwatering quiche-like concoction Jade had ever tasted.
Sten and Orrick’s demeanor shifted back to being sweet and solicitous, which she decided she didn’t mind. The evening they’d shared teaching her how to shift was never far from her mind and had changed her opinion of them significantly. If anything, it made them more attractive, since she’d had a glimpse of the primal beast that lived within them.
Jade’s true nature craved release more often each day, and so the three of them took to shifting for a few hours at the end of the day. They taught her how to fish with her claws and she had her first taste of raw meat that left her craving more.
She tried to ignore the hopeful looks they would each give her in the evening, but they never asked the question she knew had to be on their minds. Would she choose them, agree to mate them?
In spite of her deep longing for the kind of connection the pair of them obviously shared, she just wasn’t sure if it was them she really wanted. It could just be the idea of what they had during those intimate moments she continued to silently eavesdrop on every morning.
On the fifth day, she awoke not to the sight of them making love a few yards away, but to a feast more spectacular than any other she’d had since their trip began.
Sleepily she sat up, then laughed at the eager grins on their faces.
“What the hell is all this? My birthday’s not for months.”
Orrick pressed a mug of coffee into her hands and Sten piled a tin plate full of food and set it on the sleeping bag beside her.
“We’re going to be at Gaia’s Falls by this afternoon,” Orrick said. “We thought the event deserved a little celebration.”
“So, tell me about this place,” she said.
“Nope.” Sten shook his head. “Words don’t do it justice. You have to see it. Eat up, because you’ll need your strength for the climb. It’s a tricky one.”
The excitement lingered, overshadowing any other thought or worry. When she spied a waterfall spilling down a sheer rock face, she let out a soft gasp at how lovely it was with the sun shining through the leaves above it.
“That isn’t it,” Orrick said, his lips close enough to her ear that the rumble
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