Steal the Sun (Thieves #4)(74)

I wrapped my arms around him and held on for dear life. Daniel lifted my legs up until I was supported by his strong hands and he shoved his way inside me. I let my head fall forward as he physically moved my body up and down on his cock. I steadied myself on his shoulders as he plunged his dick in to the hilt.

“God, Z, how do you stay so f*cking tight?” he asked, walking to the side of the pool and shoving my back against it. He stroked deeply inside me as he brought his mouth down to mine. He kissed me so sweetly I almost didn’t notice as Dev pushed his way behind me.

“Hello, lover,” he whispered in my ear. I felt his chest at my back, and he was ready to go again. Even as Daniel pumped into me and groaned, Dev ran his hand down my back toward my ass. “Know that if the healer hadn’t said we couldn’t, I would be f*cking this sweet ass right now. We want to take you at the same time. It’s all we talk about. You’ll be so full with both of us inside you. We’ll be able to feel each other, too.” He slipped his hand between me and Danny and unerringly found that cluster of nerves that made up my clitoris. He rubbed firmly and my head fell back as I came. “We’re going to rub against each other even as we f*ck you, wife.”

Daniel’s strokes lost their regularity as he bucked against me, coming in hot jets of semen. He bit into my neck and sent me over the edge again before the first one had even stopped. As we both came down, he moved softly against me as he licked the wound in my neck closed.

Dev laughed behind me and held me close, which was good because I didn’t feel like standing up. Danny went down on his knees and rested his head on my belly as he wrapped his arms around me. We stayed like that for the longest time, just feeling connected and happy together. After a while, Daniel got back on his feet and he looked at me and Dev, a light happiness in his eyes.

“Carry her to bed. I’m not done yet.” He walked up the steps even as Dev caught me against his chest and followed Daniel’s orders.

He grinned down at me. “And he calls me bossy.”

Daniel threw himself down on the soft bed, laughing.





I lay against Dev’s chest, napping just a bit as the boys talked. It was deep in the night and I was tired and completely satisfied, resting on the big bed with my men close by. If Herne had been right, then the threat was gone and I had averted a war. If he was wrong, then Daniel had a plan.

“I’m not going to let you out of my sight, Dev.” Daniel leaned down to kiss the curve of my hip, resting his head against it as he stroked his hands across my skin. The warm light of the temple made everything seem golden, as though the sun was contained in the marbled walls, warming and lighting the space from within. I could hear the gentle rush of water from the pool and stream. Everything about the temple was soothing, conducive to rest and romance.

Dev chuckled slightly. “So you want to see me die?”

Daniel’s head came up and those eyes were suddenly sapphire again. “Don’t talk like that.”

Dev put a hand up. “I’m sorry. I was joking.”

“You don’t joke about this.” Daniel settled back down, rubbing his cheek against my skin and cuddling close. His hand moved down, resting on my belly. I wondered if he could hear the baby’s heartbeat. He would likely find it soothing. “I’m going to watch you like a hawk and if you die, then I bring you back. The banshees get what they want. We get what we want. Everybody wins. The prophecy can be fulfilled. There’s no reason I can’t bring you back. You’ve died before.”

I shuddered at the thought. I remembered watching him die when we were in Vegas. I remembered seeing Daniel’s body on the slab of the Denton County Coroner’s office when he died all those years ago. The two worst days of my life. I couldn’t lose them. I couldn’t. The bean si claimed I was some sort of hole in the fabric of fate. I’d saved Dev and simply being near me had caused Daniel’s early death and his rebirth as a vampire. I had to be able to affect this scenario, too. I’d killed the ogre. It had to be enough.

“I think it would be best if we left as soon as possible,” Dev said. “The situation here is worse than I could have imagined. The Seelie are ready to fight. I don’t want to get Zoey and the baby trapped in a war zone. I have to visit the fields or people here will starve soon, but after that I think we should pack up and head back to Dallas.”

“I think you just miss the Xbox,” Daniel teased because he certainly did.

I sat up because they were forgetting something. “I still have to find the Blood Stone. I’m not leaving without it.” Louis Marini had told me if I didn’t do this job he would kill Daniel and I, for one, believed him. He had the trigger for the surgically implanted device on Daniel’s heart. I’d seen the X-ray, and if Marini pushed that button, Danny would receive a lethal dose of silver straight to his heart. Not even a king could survive that.

“How long will it take for you and Bris to make sure people don’t starve?” Daniel asked, thinking about the problem.

Dev had one of those weird, in-his-head conversations before answering. “We need at least a week, maybe two. Most of that time is travel, though. If you flew me, we could be done in five days.”

Daniel nodded. “You have five days to solve the puzzle, Z.”

“It shouldn’t be difficult,” Dev reasoned. “Everyone knows the Blood Stone is one of the things the bean si discussed, so people should be willing to talk. You don’t have to hide your interest. Talk to Mother in the morning. She can tell you who she gave the stone to.” He closed his eyes and I knew he was exhausted. “I’m reluctant to leave Zoey behind.”