Amber Eyes (Amber Eyes #1)(35)



Hunter’s hands gripped her waist and held her in place as he plunged, harder now. Jericho tilted her chin upward, angling so he could thrust deeper into her mouth. She closed her eyes and gave herself over to their care, her trust in them complete.

She couldn’t know how beautiful she looked, Hunter thought. Her neck arched to accept Jericho, her back in a delicate bow as she raised her hips to take him. Her hair cascaded over her shoulders and trailed down her spine, dripping from her skin like honey.

He was completely taken by her even though it was him doing the taking. The desire to protect her and cherish her overwhelmed him, filled areas of his soul left barren. How had she done it?

Her trust in them awed him. She had no reason to trust anyone, let alone two rugged men who came and went with the wind. And yet she accepted them unreservedly.

He ached for release, but it was more than physical. This time he wouldn’t just give her his lust. He’d give her his heart and soul.

He leaned over her as he plunged into her welcoming depths. His lips brushed her shoulder and then the thin line of her spine and down to the small of her back. And then he threw his head back as his orgasm swelled and burned in his groin, tightening his balls as he prepared to explode.

The wet, sucking sounds of her mouth around Jericho whispered erotically over his ears, and he opened his eyes, wanting to watch as they both came, as she took what they both had to offer.

Jericho’s expression was drawn tight in ecstasy, his hand tangled in her hair, his fingers clenched at the top of her head. He held her head in place and thrust one last time.

Hunter began to unravel. He yanked out of her, his c**k slapping against her bottom, and then his release surged onto her skin.

Kaya existed in a hazy world of intense, sharp sensation. Her mouth filled, and still, Jericho thrust. His se**n slipped down her throat. Some of it spilled down her lips as he withdrew, only to plunge again.

Hunter held her hips tightly in his hands as the last of his seed pulsed onto her back. For a long moment, neither man moved, until she struggled and gasped for breath. Jericho released her immediately, and she sucked in big mouthfuls of air. Hunter moved from her then returned and wiped the moisture from her skin.

Then he pulled her back against him, turning her so that he cradled her in his strong arms. He smoothed her hair, his hands everywhere, on her, stroking and loving.

“Did we hurt you? Frighten you?”

She twined her arms around his neck, wanting him close, needing his strength and his heat.

“I am complete,”she whispered. And for the first time in her life, she knew she had come home.

Chapter Nineteen

The cougar bounded through the snow, her feet kicking up the powder as she forged ahead of Hunter and Jericho. She looked playful, not at all like a lean, powerful predator.

She disappeared from sight, but then doubled back as if telling them to catch up.

“Whose idea was this again?”Jericho grumbled.

“Mine,”Hunter said when they stopped at the rise overlooking a deep ravine below. “I’m not comfortable letting her run free out here. Too many hunters. She could get shot.”

“She’s survived for a lot of years out here.”

“And I intend to see that she survives a lot more years.”

“She wouldn’t be happy that you don’t trust her survival skills.”

Hunter blew out his breath in frustration. Jericho just grinned. It was fun to yank Hunter’s chain. He was way too easy a mark.

“It’s not that I don’t trust her. I worry…”

“Yeah, I hear you. I was just messing with you, man.”

Hunter looked around with a frown, his gaze scanning the snow-covered terrain. “Where the hell did she go now?”

Just then a blur of caramel colored fur blew past Jericho and knocked Hunter on his ass. Jericho doubled over laughing as he watched Hunter being licked to death by an extremely playful cougar. She was standing between his legs, her front paws on his chest as he tried to fend her off.

“Damn it, Kaya, enough with the licking,”he growled.

She lunged off him and sauntered over to Jericho, rubbing against his legs and circling as if sharing a laugh with him. Hunter rolled to his side and pushed himself up from the snow, glaring at both Jericho and the cougar as he dusted all the snow and ice from his clothing.

Kaya lay down in the snow and then rolled over onto her back.

“Yeah, yeah, you’ve got natural insulation,”Hunter said darkly. “I’m going to freeze my ass off once this wet gets to my skin.”

She went still and began to shake and tremble.

“What the hell? Hell, no. Kaya, don’t you dare. I’ll kick your scrawny ass.”

Despite Hunter’s ridiculous threats, a moment later a naked Kaya lay shivering in the snow, her eyes gleaming with mischief.

Hunter fell to his knees beside her, tearing at his coat to cover her. He sputtered and cursed while Jericho tried valiantly to keep from laughing.

Hunter was about down to just a shirt and his pants when Kaya rolled away and shifted back to the cougar.

“You little… You did that on purpose.”

Jericho snorted. “Of course she did. You’re so easy. She has you wound up like a clock.”

Hunter picked each item of clothing off the ground, bitching and moaning the entire time.

“Playtime’s over. I’m going back to the cabin where most normal people are on a day like this. Inside.”

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