That got through to him and his hands slowed. He wrapped me in his strong arms and pulled me closer. He kissed me hard. His eyes were squeezed shut with worry. He pulled away to whisper, “Come on, let’s get you inside.”
I shook my head and yanked away. “Not without Jack. What is he doing? Jack!” I called again. But he was already around the corner and out of sight.
“He’s going to find who shot the gun,” Cal said, keeping his big body in front of mine as if he were my own personal shield.
“They have a gun! He could get killed!”
I stepped Jack’s direction, trying to get around Cal, but he wouldn’t let me. “He’ll be fine. Inside, Lana.”
Cal looked like he was about to throw me over his shoulder himself and haul me in when Jack reappeared around the corner and bounded toward us.
“Hunters,” he breathed hard, not slowing his stride or taking his eyes off me. “Saw them over the ridge.”
I swallowed hard. “S-so I’m safe?”
Jack’s dark eyes turned fierce. “Not from me.”
He didn’t stop until his body was against mine. Cupping my face, he kissed me hard, and I felt all the tension and relief surge through him. The same emotions hit me. Fear and happiness. I was so scared. And I’d run. Not just away, but toward the two men I loved.
“I was so scared,” I said against Jack’s mouth.
“So was I, baby,” he kissed me hard, sucking my bottom lip between his to pull me even closer and devour my mouth like I was his own personal oxygen source. I squeezed my eyes tight. Every rule, every reasonable thought, faded away.
Keeping his demanding mouth on mine, he backed me up until I hit a large, warm wall of muscle. Cal. He was right behind me. He was comforting and safe and right there with me. They both were.
I tried to match Jack’s powerful mouth. Using all the adrenaline I had, I wove my tongue with his while reaching back for Cal. I neede
d to feel him too. Thankfully, he didn’t pull away, his big hands cupped my hips and pulled me back against his chest further. Surrounded. I was completely caged by the two men that drove me to the brink of insanity.
Pure instinct drove every short-circuiting nerve ending.
I broke from Jack long enough for Cal to turn me in his arms and take my mouth with his.
“I won’t let anyone hurt you,” he whispered, then kissed me deeply. I couldn’t find my feet because both men, both kisses, felt right.
Cal was just as commanding, but with deliberate slowness. Taking an extra second in every move of his strong jaw. Like he was crazed, yet savoring every taste. He took me through the doorway and Jack was at my back. The door shut behind us and the warmth of indoors hit my body hard.
The sound of fire crackling in the hearth and heat radiating only grew, as Cal and Jack seamlessly worked together to maneuver me in front of the fireplace. I felt them both. Hands and mouths brushing over my whole body until I felt touched everywhere at the same time.
Cal continued to ravage my mouth, surging his tongue deep the way he would make love to me, and I was lost to it.
Then, Jack’s hand was at my back, lifting my shirt to my shoulders and kissing along my lower back. Hot hands, mouths, were everywhere and I couldn’t think. Couldn’t breathe. Just wanted to get lost. To feel their love.
When Cal leaned back, releasing my lips, I had one second to take in air. Jack took the opportunity to lift my shirt over my head so fast I barely registered it happened. With a snap of his wrist, by bra was undone and sliding down my arms, ready to fall.
There wasn’t time to think, all I could do was feel, and this felt right. Deep down in my heart and soul, this felt so incredibly right I felt everything else slide away. All of the fears and the past and the choices disappeared and left this one moment.
These two men.
And I was a goner. My body relaxed like a weight was physically being lifted from it. Fear and stress were replaced with a sense of need. The need to stay. With them.
Jack kissed my lips softer than he ever had and a spark hit my stomach. But before it flared into full ignition, he pulled back. With a tight grip on my hips, he spun me back to face Cal.
Cal smiled and snagged my lips with his. Another soft taking, like a whisper or a plea for me to stay. My body recognized what pleasure I was skating around and wanted it so much.
The internal switch that had guided me from day one, flipped on. All I wanted was to feel. Touch. Experience.
Them.