Free Claimed by Three by Rebecca Airies

to see them sometime today, but not there. She grimaced when she noticed they were all three there.
    “Who are they?” Officer McCord walked over to her.
    “They are my dates from last night.” She glanced over at the three men walking toward them.
    “They don’t seem happy.” He raised an expectant brow.
    They didn’t look happy, but then again, they didn’t appear angry. She shrugged. “Well, probably not, but they’re not mad to this level. I left early and didn’t tell them. So more irritated than anything else.”
    “I’d be irritated about that too.” Officer McCord shook his head. “What are they doing here?”
    She explained she had no idea.
    “I called them while we were coming over here. They’re serious about her and needed to know. I was fairly sure she wouldn’t do it herself,” Cooper volunteered.
    “First date, Cooper. It’s too early to be serious.” She scowled at her brother. While she wanted to be serious about them, she also wanted to take it slow.
    “They don’t know about this now but learn about this damage later, especially if something else happens, and you’ll find out how serious they are. And don’t try to play games with me. I know you, and you wouldn’t let them get that close to you unless you were at least a little serious about them.” Cooper folded his arms across his chest.
    “Why didn’t you call us?” Kassius walked over the lawn to stop in front of her.
    “I called him, which is apparently as good as putting out an ad.” She pointed to her brother and then waved at the mess on her house and walkway. “I don’t know what all this damage is about. Maybe they vandalized the wrong house. I haven’t made any enemies, as far as I know.”
    “You should have called us.” Berenger stepped forward. “And don’t think we won’t be talking about you leaving without waking us this morning. I was looking forward to waking up with you.”
    “Again, I called my brother, so I wasn’t alone. First, because he’ll go telling my mother crazy stories if I don’t, and second, because he’s a bigger nag than anyone I know.” Sephanie turned a glare on her brother.
    “I’m sure calling your brother was a good idea in the sense it saved you some trouble from him, but you should have called us. We can give you a harder time than him if you don’t start sharing with us.” Teague stepped around Kassius and cupped her cheek.
    She rolled her eyes. “It was our first date, Teague, in spite of what you’ve said about wanting to court me. That’s barely begun. It takes more than one date to build enough of a relationship for me to feel comfortable calling for help.”
    “You’d better get comfortable with it. If anything like this occurs again and you don’t contact us, you’ll have a few parts of you that are uncomfortable and red.” Teague glowered at her.
    She stared at him. He’d threatened to spank her, and he’d done it right in front of a Planetary Police officer. On top of that, the officer hadn’t reacted, not so much as a blink. Men! The officer might be part of a ménage—most police were—but he could at least give a token gesture of cautioning the men.

Chapter Seven
    The entire incident seemed surreal. Sephanie wished it was over but knew after the police finished, she’d have much to do. She wanted to scream or hit something but had to stand there and wait. If she let the anger out, she wouldn’t be able to control it. The police were still there. She wanted them to see her as a sane woman, not crazy.
    How long will this investigation take? The stress built slowly. A headache began to pound at her temples. Aside from the wait, she had to find someone to clean up this mess. Once the paint was off the walls, she'd have more trouble to handle before she went to work. She’d still have to deal with Kassius, Berenger, and Teague and kill her brother, or at least yell at him for interfering.
    “Know any good cleaning services?” She looked at