Steal the Night (Thieves #5)(63)

“Don’t be an *, Dan,” Dev yelled and I was pretty sure the whole house could hear us. So much for keeping it private.

I put a hand on both their arms, gaining their attentions. “I’m going to go take a shower, okay? That hot water is going to waste and I’m tired and spent way too much time in a police station to feel clean.”

There was a long pause as they both stared down at me.

“You’re naked,” Daniel said, proving he was good with the obvious.

“That’s usually how one takes a shower, Danny,” I replied. “Dev, you said you brought along all sorts of necessary items, right?”

Dev’s eyes were on my breasts, the prior fight seemingly forgotten. It was nice to know that after all the times I had slept with these men, I could still stop them in their tracks by taking my clothes off. “Yeah, I brought along everything we could need. Marcus sent some of his people out to get our luggage. Luckily the Order left our clothes and personal items behind. They took my weapons cache though. Fuckers.”

“Good,” I replied evenly. “If you wouldn’t mind finding something that would aid in the masturbation I intend to do in the shower, that would be great. You know, whenever you and Danny get through with your fight would be fine. I’ll make do with a couple of fingers until then.”

I gave them both an innocent smile and walked off to the gorgeous shower I had spied earlier. I wasn’t surprised by the silence in the room as I left.

The shower was luxurious, like the rest of the house. It was bigger than most bathrooms, with natural-looking tile and a rainfall shower head. The hot water felt like bliss against my skin, and I thought about how nice it would be to be made love to and then crawl under those crisp, clean sheets and sleep between the two men I loved more than life. I could close my eyes and for a while nothing would matter because I was with them. I sighed and let my hand slip between my thighs. I smiled when I felt a warm hand covering mine.

“Did you find something to help me with my problem, Dev?” I asked, knowing exactly who was behind me.

His erection was already firm against my backside, and I leaned into it as his strong hand gently started to rub my clitoris. His voice was soft and warm against my head. “You don’t need anything but me to help you with that particular problem, lover.”

I frowned. “Did Danny leave then?”

“No,” Daniel said and I turned, following the sound of his voice. He stood in the door of the shower, still in his jeans. He’d ditched his shoes and my mouth watered at the sight of his cut chest and perfect abs. His jeans hung low, and I could see he was extremely interested in the proceedings, but he made no move to join us. He was so hot, with the singular exception of the sadness in his eyes. “I’m still here, Z. Dev just gets his clothes off faster than anyone I’ve ever seen. It’s his superpower.”

“She was naked, Daniel,” Dev explained, his hands molding my breasts now. He delicately rubbed my nipples, getting them very stiff. “It’s rude to leave her alone like that. Don’t act like I’m the crazy person in this scenario. We haven’t gotten even an inch inside her for days. Tell me why you’re not naked and trying to find a way in?”

“I don’t switch gears the way you do, Dev,” Danny said, his eyes getting hot as he watched us. He might not switch as fast as Dev, but he was getting there. “I’m still a little upset about losing our home.”

“We haven’t lost it.” I tried to keep my voice even but Dev was playing around with his tongue in my ear and that always got me hot for some reason. I tried to focus on the problem at hand. I had two ears and only one of them was being playfully nipped. I had gotten used to a certain amount of symmetry when it came to lovemaking. “It’s still there. We just can’t go back for a while.”

“What if we can never go back, Z? What if we get this thing off my heart, but I can’t beat Marini because he’s full of the old king’s blood?” Daniel asked seriously. “What if I die while some thousands-of-years-old wizard is playing around with my heart? What if I lose one of you?”

Dev stopped what he was doing and his arms went around my shoulders. He hugged me tightly against him. “Daniel, we can’t know any of those things is going to happen. If we can’t go back then we’ll make a new home. If we seriously believe you can’t beat Marini, then we make a run for Scotland and the Unseelie sithein. We can live there for the rest of our lives quite happily. If you die under the wizard’s hands, and I intend to make sure you do not, then I will haul Zoey off kicking and screaming to the same place. As for losing one of us, if that happens then you have to go on. If I die, then you have to take care of our wife.”

“And if we lose her?” I could see the unshed tears in Daniel’s blue eyes. It was his worst fear, and I knew right now it seemed so close.

Dev’s hands tightened further around me. “Then we will have some work to do, my friend. But none of these scenarios is aided by any of the three of us sleeping alone. We don’t need time apart to think, Daniel. We need time together.”

Daniel’s sadness changed to great longing, and he walked into the shower not bothering with his jeans. He walked up to me and took my face in his hands and kissed me for all he was worth. He wasn’t subtle or seductive. He shoved his tongue in my mouth and didn’t try to hide his fangs. His fingers wound in my wet hair, holding me in place for his mouth. I let my hands roam across that muscled chest of his. I heard him moan when I let my tongue graze on his fangs just enough to draw blood.