Steal the Sun (Thieves #4)(27)

“Don’t you dare,” Daniel muttered.

Sarah slipped quietly out. I let myself fall back on the bed, and Danny and Dev took their places beside me. We let our hands find each other, and I knew I wouldn’t go through this alone. A thought struck me. “Danny, you only heard one extra heartbeat, right?”

“It sounded like one,” he assured me.

“Good.” I let out a relieved breath. “Knowing Dev, I could have been having a litter.”

“I shall try hard to never give you a litter.” Dev’s hand slid over my stomach and rested there. “But twins would be nice.”

I looked at Daniel. “We have to find a way to stop this whole transference thing. I don’t want to be the reason you die, Danny.”

Daniel cuddled up, his hand joining Dev’s on my stomach. “Baby, what did you expect I would do when you’re gone?”

I tried to come up with another answer but I knew. He wouldn’t want to go on. “What were you planning to do?” I asked because the sun wouldn’t kill him now. He couldn’t just walk into the light.

“I have orders to stake him,” Dev offered cheerfully.

“What?”

Dev shrugged. “I’ve been practicing. I think I can do it in one thrust. I hope he doesn’t explode. Anyway, that’s the plan. After Danny’s gone, I’ll drink myself to death and we’ll all be together again.”

I laughed because they looked so serious. “That’s a horrible plan.”

“Yes, it was,” Daniel admitted. “Dev will probably drink himself to death long before he has a chance to stake me and then I’d have to do it myself. It’s better this way. I’m not going anywhere, Z, at least not until you do. I love you. You’re my life, and now I get to go with you.”

Daniel tilted his head down and kissed me softly.

The door opened, and Declan stuck his head in. “The healer and witch will tell us nothing. Has my brother figured out that he impregnated his female yet?”

I sat up and tossed a pillow at the prince’s head.

He managed to duck. “Well, then I offer you congratulations. I look forward to being an uncle.”

As Declan closed the door, Dev sighed. “Forget what I said about twins. One of them always turns out to be an *.”





Chapter Seven





I woke to soft lips on mine, hands stroking me gently. I was lying on my side, cuddled down on the soft bedding. The night’s drama had exhausted me, and I’d fallen asleep shortly after the healer had left. Dev and Daniel had been talking about the implications of my pregnancy and I’d done what I always did when they started in on politics and crap. I drifted off.

But they also knew how to wake me up. I shivered as someone drew the covers off me. I wasn’t cold for long. The blanket was quickly replaced with the heat of a hard body cuddling up to mine.

“Good morning, Devinshea.” I let my head drift back to nestle against his chest as his arms came around me.

“Good morning, my gorgeous goddess.” He kissed the shell of my ear, a soft touch, but I already could feel his magic warming up my skin.

The curtains were drawn but light still filtered in, a soft glow that made our little world gauzy and dreamlike. It was easy to pretend this was a vacation and we were just a normal everyday threesome having some intimate time together.

I reached out for Daniel, running my hand along the slightly cool skin of his chest. His hand came up and covered mine, letting me know he was awake.

Dev gently turned my head toward his, his lips soft against mine, his tongue begging entry. I moaned a little and let his tongue slip into my mouth. Dev held my head still as he explored, letting our tongues play against each other with velvety languor.

“This is how every morning should begin,” he said with a slow smile as he flipped me onto my back. “Unfortunately, we have a problem.”

I didn’t see the problem. We could stay right there in bed for all I cared. Dev’s hands found my breasts, plucking at my nipples.

“Hey, don’t take forever, man,” Daniel warned.

Dev sighed, his mouth turning down. He rolled a nipple between his thumb and forefinger. “That would be our problem, lover. Our vampire is weak and surly this morning. It’s troublesome because he has some torturing to do and I fear if we don’t feed him properly, he’ll be unable to perform.”

“I need sex,” Daniel said with a self-deprecating grin as he leaned over to kiss me. He was heart-stoppingly beautiful in the soft light. His sandy blond hair needed a cut, but I wouldn’t say a damn thing because I loved the way it had started to curl over the tops of his ears.

“You need sex.” I pushed my fingers through that thick hair, brushing it back.

His dimples were on display, and I got the sexiest hint of fangs as he smiled. “We’ve been busy. I haven’t fed off the magic in a couple of days, and I’m feeling weak, baby. All that sunlight yesterday nearly did me in.”

One of the ways our threesome worked was the fact that Daniel, like most vampires, could feed off of sexual energy. It was why the feeding process was almost always followed by a good long session in bed. Dev, being the fertility god he was, had a sort of supercharged sexual energy that when Daniel fed off of it, allowed Daniel to handle sunlight. He still didn’t like direct sunlight and he’d been exposed to plenty of it yesterday. He was probably feeling weak.