Free Were-Devils' Revenge [Were-Devils of Tasmania 2] (Siren Publishing Ménage Amour) by Simone Sinna Page B

cave has a ton of water,” Mac said. “Maybe we should take food.”
    They did so reluctantly. Their desire for Gabriella was the only thing that made the thought even possible.
    As dusk was descending, they made their way to the cave, doused in the spray that Auntie Kate had provided. They hoped he would still be in human form as that would be easier for them to predict what he might do. If he was still alive.
    They sensed Wilson from the cave edge. There was a coldness that made both of them shrink back. He was all bat. Mac hoped he was still tied up as they hovered on the outside and let their eyesight adjust. He was, and angrier than ever. He swooped at them, but the tie meant he was pulled up short of the opening.
    “If it was up to me, bat brains,” said Mac, “I’d leave you to rot. Count yourself lucky we are fond of Gabriella.” He threw the food into the depths of the cave. Returning, they knew they didn’t have long. They would have to deal with Lena and Zachary quickly if they were going to. But first they needed to decide what to do about Gabriella. He had told her he didn’t do one-night stands, and he wanted to make good his promise. He wanted to offer her as much as she wanted to take. But he knew it would be better to go slowly. She had opened herself up to them both separately. Could she manage two, as well as knowing who they were?
     
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    Gabriella felt restless. Seeing Lena, on top of the tension at her great-aunt’s funeral, had put her on edge. She desperately wanted to forget all the difficulties her family had and look ahead to a future without such feuds. She wanted to be normal and could well understand how her mother and grandmother before them had fought for normality by marrying humans.
    This thought immediately took her mind to Mitch and Mac. It was a welcome distraction as she felt her body tingle all over imagining just one, let alone the two together. Though neither had discussed the idea openly, she was sure it was what they were thinking, and the idea of a life with both men was, if not normal, then the type of abnormality she was sure she could deal with.
    There was no major event on at the resort, so short of a major disaster, Gabriella had the night off. She was not feeling hungry and decided to take a walk along the beach. On the other side of the island, accessible at low tide, was a cave halfway up a ledge where she could sit and dream as she watched the stars come up.
    It was a long walk, over an hour, and she was so deep in thought that she missed the spot and had to double back. As she did so, she thought she caught sight of movement over the rocks from where she had just been, and stood still watching. But the rocks stayed in shadows, and the only movement was the rippling of the water gently touching them. She turned to the cliff and pulled herself up until she found her cave, too high for the water to ever reach. She sat there on the sand floor, looking out across the moonlit water, and let all the tension of the day seep from her. This was her home, here in Queensland, where she was at peace. Whatever the war with the were-devils brought, they would not force her to flee where she had grown up.
    She was aware of them before she saw them. How they had crossed the sand unobserved she was not sure. She must have been too immersed in her own thoughts to be aware of the real world. When she first saw their silhouettes, it seemed as though they were part of her dream and that her longing for them had managed to make them materialize. She thought about yelling out to them but, not wanting to break the spell, closed her eyes and silently called them to her instead. Surely they would feel the call if indeed they were meant to be with her.
    Time drifted. Gabriella wasn’t aware of any noise, no scrambling up the cliff or falling rock. But before she opened her eyes she knew they would be there.
    “Are you sure?” Mac asked from the edge of her cave. He was watching