Free The Secret by Loribelle Hunt

she remembered. He knew what she was.
    “Hard. Fast.”
    He took her at her word, plunging and withdrawing, deep and furious, with a fast rhythm that blew her mind, and he made sure she came first. It wasn’t until she was shaking, trembling in the aftermath that she felt his muscles tense, felt his cum filling her as he cried out his triumph. She felt limp, sated and satisfied, as he rolled to one side, Carlos making room for him.
    No one spoke for a long time. She couldn’t have even if she’d wanted to.
     

Chapter Nine
     
     
    Declan waited on the front porch, admiring the colored lights Sunny had reluctantly allowed him and Carlos to hang. He knew eventually someone would come find him, and he wasn’t surprised when it was Carlos. He sat next to him on the glider, and they let the silence spread until he couldn’t stand it anymore.
    “I knew I was going to have to share her,” Declan said softly. “I can live with that. I don’t like it, but I can live with it.”
    “What can’t you live with?” Carlos asked, and Declan took a deep breath. He wasn’t walking away from either one of them. He’d learn to adjust.
    “Just how much sharing am I gonna have to do?” Okay, maybe not so much.
    Carlos chuckled. “It’s just you and me, wolf. I’m obviously not sleeping with my brother, and for some reason he isn’t interested in you.”
    He hadn’t been sure if he was expected to fuck the other lion too. He exhaled a sigh of relief. Sunny and Carlos had come to mean so much to him, so quickly, it was a struggle against his wolf side letting this other male in. It didn’t want to share its lovers. Didn’t understand the necessity. Thank God he’d discovered earlier they wouldn’t be expected to always keep this third male. Once the pride was convinced the three of them were solid together, Fisher could go his own way. Just thinking of the other male made him growl.
    “Where is he?”
    They’d decided to give Sunny and Fisher some time alone so she could make her decision. She had six months, but if she decided she didn’t want Fisher, they’d still need time to find a suitable replacement.
    “Gone. For now. He went to report to the king. He’ll be back in a few days.”
    Declan froze. “She’s made her decision?”
    “Sort of. She enjoyed him. He enjoyed her.” Carlos shrugged. “They’ve decided on a trial period.”
    He ground his teeth together, trying to come to grips with his mixed emotions. On the one hand, he didn’t want to share her more than necessary. On the other, it was a hell of a turn-on watching her be pleasured, watching her release.
    “I don’t think he’ll be around longer than necessary,” Carlos went on with a considering look at the front door.
    “Why?” he asked, confused and not liking it.
    “He had…a look on his face when he passed Jaz’s door.”
    Ah, Christ. That spelled trouble. They hadn’t spoken yet, but he was pretty sure that Jaz was Asa’s mate. Not that she was in any frame of mind to deal with men. Human, wolf, or cat.
    “That could be a problem.”
    “We protect her until she’s healed.”
    “Her mind may never heal. We don’t know what they did to her,” he said softly, aware of how many were ears were nearby.
    Carlos looked at him with disturbed eyes. “Let’s hope that’s not the case. Their animal sides will reject that.”
    And that was the other disturbing thing. “They can’t both be her mate. Not like that.”
    Carlos shrugged. “It’s a new world, isn’t it? If she were wolf, I might agree with you. But she isn’t. She’s a lion, and we seem to be programmed for group relationships.”
    “Shit,” he muttered. “This could be a problem.” Especially since Asa was hung up on a male lion too. Unless Fisher was that lion. They’d just met him, but Asa had made it a point to disappear whenever Fisher showed up.
    “What?”
    “I was just wondering if Asa and Fisher will share her. And each other.”
    Carlos gave him a