Free Chasing Cristabel (Ashland Pride Six) by R. E. Butler Page B

was mating with a
slob.
    They left her bags in the hallway and walked
into the room. “All the rooms on this side face the street, which
is wooded, but not as much as the backyard,” Chase said.
    Cris looked at the bed for a long, quiet
moment and then turned to face them. “How is this going to
work?”
    “Which part?” Hunter asked.
    “The four of us living in one bedroom,
sharing a bathroom. Sharing me. ” Her cheeks turned scarlet,
and all three of them hurried to her, laying their hands on her for
comfort.
    “We’ll make it work,” Chase said.
    “Won’t you be jealous? Last night was
amazing, but I don’t think I can have sex three times a night
forever.”
    Hunter growled softly and pulled her flush
against him. “We don’t want you to do anything you don’t want to or
aren’t comfortable with. Last night was amazing for us, too,
sweetheart, but that was our first time – it was meant to be
special. However the physical part of our relationship grows, it
will be right for us.”
    Dylan squeezed her shoulder gently. “No other
pride members have more than three members in their mating group.
Ours is unique even in our own pride, and that’s okay. If you’re
worried about us being jealous, I think we probably will be at
times, but that’s a natural thing we’ll deal with.”
    She turned in Hunter’s arms until her back
was against him and reached for his and Chase’s hands so they were
all connected. “Just for the record, I want all of you, all the
time, but a girl does need some sleep.”
    Hunter nuzzled her throat and nipped at the
place where he’d marked her. “Didn’t I tell you last night that
even just being in the same bed with you while we sleep is
enough?”
    “You promise that you’ll talk to me if
something is bothering any of you?” she asked, linking her fingers
with Dylan’s.
    All three promised. Dylan knew that the road
wouldn’t be easy. Even males who shared their mate with just one
male encountered jealousy issues. They were dealing with an
entirely new situation. He thought figuring out a better work
schedule would help them all. He didn’t want to be away from her
all weekend long because he closed the bar on Friday and Saturday
nights, and he was sure his cousins didn’t either.
    “Let’s go look at the other rooms,” Chase
suggested.
    Just as he spoke Cris yawned, covering her
mouth with her hand, her nose crinkling as she smiled sleepily.
    “Then we can put our kitten to bed,” Hunter
said.
    “It’s not my fault there were these three
amazing guys in bed with me last night who kept me up very, very
late.”
    After looking at Hunter’s and Chase’s rooms,
which were very similar to Dylan’s, they ventured down to the end
of the hallway where several of the rooms sat empty. “Who’s living
up on this floor?” Cris asked.
    “Holden and Jackson each have a room, and
Wes, Ray, and Melody share a room, and then each of us have a
room,” Dylan answered.
    Cris peeked into one of two doors and said,
“This one has a bathroom.” Dylan followed her into the bathroom,
which was quite small, with only a toilet, pedestal sink, and small
bathtub.
    “If you like it, we can remodel it. It
wouldn’t be hard to turn it into a shower and add some storage,”
Hunter said from the doorway.
    “We could also find a place to live in town.
It’s not unheard of, you know.” Chase said.
    “I thought all the lions lived in the
boarding house,” Cris said as she touched the dusty counter and
grimaced.
    “Most of us do. Rhett and his human mate,
Lisa, live on a farm in town, and on their property is a converted
barn where Ethan, Eryx, and Callie live with their kids,” Chase
answered.
    Dylan followed Cris out of the bathroom and
into the main room, which had old furniture covered with dust
cloths and a thick layer of dust on everything. He suspected the
room hadn’t been used in decades. Although larger than the other
bedrooms and with the attached bathroom as a