Linton asked.
“You don’t have to answer us now.” Bryden shot him a look, and Linton tried to rein in his impatience.
Nyssa looked between the two of them. “I don’t know.”
“What do you have here that would make you want to stay?” Linton questioned.
Linton watched Nyssa’s eyes as her mind worked. He could see loneliness in them, but he also saw caution. The way she had responded to him and his brothers over the last eight weeks assured him that she was as attracted to them as they were to her. He’d often caught her staring at his brothers when she thought no one was watching, and the yearning he had seen almost made his heart break. Little Nyssa Mathis was all alone in the world, and he wanted to have her in his home as well as his bed. She’d already unwittingly worked her way into his heart. How many women would have volunteered to help them break up a criminal ring? As far as he was concerned there were only three others, and they were living safely back home at the Elite Dragon Stud Farm.
“I don’t want to be hurt,” Nyssa said in a voice so quiet it was almost inaudible, even with his enhanced hearing.
“We would never hurt you, darlin’.” Bryden took one of her hands again. “That’s the last thing we want to do.”
Nyssa once more removed her hand and rose to her feet. “You may not want to or plan to, but that’s what will happen in the end.”
“What do you mean, darlin’?”
“Everyone I ever met has ended up hurting me.”
Linton stood and walked over to her. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her up against him. “Tell us who hurt you, honey.”
“My boyfriend.” Nyssa licked her lips. “I dated a man, or should I say boy, a few years ago. I thought he loved me and I loved him. I gave my body to him after we’d been dating for about six months. As soon as he had what he wanted, he dumped me, said I was a lousy lay, too plain looking for his tastes, and he’d only pursued me because of a bet.”
Linton placed a knuckle under her chin and tilted her face up. He looked deeply into her eyes and saw the hurt and insecurities in their depths.
“You are the prettiest, sexiest woman I have ever seen. You make me hard just by breathing.” He clasped one of her hands and pulled it down to his crotch, showing her he wasn’t lying. Biting back the groan of pleasure and holding still as her little fingers explored his length was one of the hardest things he’d done, but he didn’t want to break her concentration or scare her, and he wanted her hand on him for as long as possible.
Two chairs scraped on the floor, and then Codi and Bryden were standing at her back just off to her sides. Codi reached out and took the clip from her hair, letting the silky strands fall down around her shoulders. She startled and removed her hand from Linton’s aching cock. He held in a frustrated groan, but just barely.
Bryden placed a hand on her shoulder and then rubbed it down her arm. “We want to make love with you, Nyssa. Will you let us?”
Linton held his breath as he waited for Nyssa to answer. By the tense way his brothers were holding themselves, they were just as anxious as he was.
“How…how will that…? How will you…?”
“You won’t have to worry about a thing, honey. We’ll do everything. All you have to do is let us pleasure you.”
“Won’t you be jealous of each other? That is, if I agree to this,” Nyssa hastily added.
“No, baby.” Codi kissed her on the head. “We have known for a long time that we would share a woman. Because of all the training we’ve had and the missions we’ve been on together, we are closer than average. We never get jealous.”
“If I ask you to stop, will you?”
“Immediately,” Linton replied. “We don’t want to cause you any discomfort, Nyssa. Do you trust us, honey?”
Nyssa licked her lips again, leaving behind a glistening coat of moisture. “Yes.”
“Can you let go with us, baby?” asked
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