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mental note to ask her more about that later. But for the moment, he decided it would probably be better to leave the subject alone.
“Another thing: in private, you can run Soren and me around as much as you like, but as a member of the group we belong to, you would have to at least pretend to have some respect and deference for us—Soren in particular, since he’s the leader.” Nina looked up and Aedan found himself smiling once more at the defiant look in her eyes.
“Just what kind of group is it?” she crossed her arms over her chest, both eyebrows raised, and Aedan once more felt the Alpha urge to take her then and there.
“There’s a certain hierarchy, that’s all. Women are respected in our group, but you would be coming in at the bottom, just below me.”
“This is sounding decidedly less appealing now,” Nina said, reaching out and picking up her glass of wine again.
“Ah, but remember: in private we will be your slaves if that’s the way you want it.” Though I doubt, little love, that you really want it that way. Aedan thought of the way she had reacted to them, the way her pulse had quickened when she had been trapped in his arms, the way she had melted into an eager, almost wanton kind of abandon when Soren and he had brought her to bed. “By the way, you’re bunking with me tonight.”
Nina’s eyes flashed. “What if I want to sleep alone?”
Aedan shrugged. “Personally, I don’t think you want to. But if you insist, you can sleep in my bed and I’ll sleep on the floor. But I do think I should remind you that you agreed to give this trial run a fair shake. If you agree to be our mate, you will be sharing a bed with Soren and with me most nights.” Aedan scented the air, taking in the sweet-spicy depths of Nina’s pheromones. He knew, deep down, that Nina was more than a little attuned to him already. He could smell the lingering arousal she was feeling. Time to show her what she’s getting with this arrangement.
Aedan stood quickly, setting down the bottle of wine and reaching for the towel Soren had brought into the bathroom for their guest. Nina started as he leaned over the bathtub. “Come on, love. I won’t hurt you, but it’s late and you’re tired. And more than a little tipsy.” Nina crossed her arms over her chest and scowled up at him.
“You just finished telling me that in private I could do just as I pleased and order you and Soren around, and now you’re making demands.”
Aedan grinned down at her. “You haven’t agreed to be our mate yet, first off. Secondly, I reserve the right to figure out what you really want, despite what your pretty mouth says.” Aedan reached out in a movement too quick for Nina to see and pulled her quickly out of the water, lifting her carefully over the ledge and depositing her on the bath mat inches away from him. He wrapped the towel around her tightly and brought her face up to his, kissing her hungrily.
In an instant, Nina’s demeanor changed, and Aedan fought back the urge to laugh at her sudden compliance as he plunged his tongue past her lips. “I know you don’t really want two grown men to be your slaves, little love,” Aedan murmured, barely breaking the kiss. “You want your needs filled, not your whims catered to.” He lifted her into his arms, settling her weight against him and chuckling as Nina instinctively wrapped her legs around his waist to hold onto him. He reached down blindly and grabbed the bottle of wine before carrying both it and her out of the bathroom. Aedan could feel his animal essence simmering underneath his skin, driving his desire to greater heights. Soren would have her in the morning, and have plenty of opportunity to give her even more reasons to trust them both. For now, he was going to speak not to her wary brain but her very incautious body. You can’t fool me, love, Aedan thought.
He kicked the door to his bedroom open and barely closed it behind them before he brought Nina to
“Another thing: in private, you can run Soren and me around as much as you like, but as a member of the group we belong to, you would have to at least pretend to have some respect and deference for us—Soren in particular, since he’s the leader.” Nina looked up and Aedan found himself smiling once more at the defiant look in her eyes.
“Just what kind of group is it?” she crossed her arms over her chest, both eyebrows raised, and Aedan once more felt the Alpha urge to take her then and there.
“There’s a certain hierarchy, that’s all. Women are respected in our group, but you would be coming in at the bottom, just below me.”
“This is sounding decidedly less appealing now,” Nina said, reaching out and picking up her glass of wine again.
“Ah, but remember: in private we will be your slaves if that’s the way you want it.” Though I doubt, little love, that you really want it that way. Aedan thought of the way she had reacted to them, the way her pulse had quickened when she had been trapped in his arms, the way she had melted into an eager, almost wanton kind of abandon when Soren and he had brought her to bed. “By the way, you’re bunking with me tonight.”
Nina’s eyes flashed. “What if I want to sleep alone?”
Aedan shrugged. “Personally, I don’t think you want to. But if you insist, you can sleep in my bed and I’ll sleep on the floor. But I do think I should remind you that you agreed to give this trial run a fair shake. If you agree to be our mate, you will be sharing a bed with Soren and with me most nights.” Aedan scented the air, taking in the sweet-spicy depths of Nina’s pheromones. He knew, deep down, that Nina was more than a little attuned to him already. He could smell the lingering arousal she was feeling. Time to show her what she’s getting with this arrangement.
Aedan stood quickly, setting down the bottle of wine and reaching for the towel Soren had brought into the bathroom for their guest. Nina started as he leaned over the bathtub. “Come on, love. I won’t hurt you, but it’s late and you’re tired. And more than a little tipsy.” Nina crossed her arms over her chest and scowled up at him.
“You just finished telling me that in private I could do just as I pleased and order you and Soren around, and now you’re making demands.”
Aedan grinned down at her. “You haven’t agreed to be our mate yet, first off. Secondly, I reserve the right to figure out what you really want, despite what your pretty mouth says.” Aedan reached out in a movement too quick for Nina to see and pulled her quickly out of the water, lifting her carefully over the ledge and depositing her on the bath mat inches away from him. He wrapped the towel around her tightly and brought her face up to his, kissing her hungrily.
In an instant, Nina’s demeanor changed, and Aedan fought back the urge to laugh at her sudden compliance as he plunged his tongue past her lips. “I know you don’t really want two grown men to be your slaves, little love,” Aedan murmured, barely breaking the kiss. “You want your needs filled, not your whims catered to.” He lifted her into his arms, settling her weight against him and chuckling as Nina instinctively wrapped her legs around his waist to hold onto him. He reached down blindly and grabbed the bottle of wine before carrying both it and her out of the bathroom. Aedan could feel his animal essence simmering underneath his skin, driving his desire to greater heights. Soren would have her in the morning, and have plenty of opportunity to give her even more reasons to trust them both. For now, he was going to speak not to her wary brain but her very incautious body. You can’t fool me, love, Aedan thought.
He kicked the door to his bedroom open and barely closed it behind them before he brought Nina to
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