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  Eterin whipped his head around and stared at her with shock upon his face. “Sempia?”

  “What?”

  Pataryio leaned close to her. “One of the gifts the IFP forced upon him was the gift of telepathy. My guess, he just read your mind.”

  She gasped. “Eterin!”

  “How else am I to know what you are thinking?” he said, trying to appear innocent. “It is not as if you openly tell me these things.”

  “What things?” Pataryio asked.

  “She seems to think…”

  Sempia looked between the men. “I think you are both stubborn fools who clearly love one another. I think we can make it work, that we can be as one unit even if we are three people.”

  Epilogue

  Sempia laughed as Pataryio dove onto the bed with her. He grabbed her around the waist, tugging her against him, his lips finding her neck. He tickled her ribs as he nipped at her tender flesh, making her giggle more. She ran her hands through his hair, savoring the feel of his touch. It had been two years since he had arrived to save her from a life of sexual servitude. She had been right. In that time, she’d grown to love him as she did Eterin. Even Eterin had seen the light in regards to the three of them remaining together as a unit. The men rarely spoke of love to one another, but she knew it to be true, and they were never hesitant to stress how very much they loved her.

  Pataryio slid his naked form over hers. “Beauty, you will be good and fucked for teasing me so.”

  “Will I?” she asked, smiling up at him. He’d been in charge of dinner duty and had lost track of time, setting the meal ablaze. She’d grabbed the fire foam and doused the flames, but not before they both found themselves covered in bits of foam. She’d mocked him and he’d responded by laughing and then tearing the clothing from her body before chasing her through their home to the bedroom.

  Eterin burst into the room. “What in star’s name happened in the kitchen?”

  Sempia laughed harder. “He tried to cook.”

  “Oh, Pataryio, I thought we agreed you’d avoid doing so again after the last fiasco.” Eterin huffed, his gaze skimming over them both.

  Pataryio snorted as he pinned her wrists over her head. “I’m just about to punish her for finding such humor in it. Care to join me? She’s been a very naughty girl on this day, Eterin.”

  A wicked smile spread over Eterin’s face. “Just how naughty?”

  Pataryio thrust into her, making her cry out. He held firm, his breathing heavy. “Very, very naughty.”

  Eterin stripped free of his loincloth, a hungry look in his eyes. “Then we must teach her a lesson, no?”

  She bit her lower lip, wanting everything they were willing to offer.

  Eterin slid onto the oversized bed they all shared nightly and leaned in, kissing Pataryio first before bending to kiss her. “Woman, I missed you.”

  While she and Eterin were technically man and wife, they thought of Pataryio as a second husband even if the union wasn’t recognized by the federation. They were happy together and that was all that mattered.

  Pataryio slid from her cunt and rolled onto his back, taking her with him. He handed her off to Eterin who devoured her mouth. Stars, how she had missed this man while he was away. She’d counted the hours he was gone, hoping his return would be speedy. Pataryio was good about trying to keep her mind from wandering and worrying about Eterin, but in the end she always held concern for him. In truth, she worried about each of them when they were on a job.

  Eterin feathered his tongue into her mouth, tugging on her as he lay down on the bed, facing upward. He adjusted her so she was astride him. He thrust upwards and she cried out. He felt so good. So right. “Ride me, Sempia.”

  She obeyed, easing onto his cock as Pataryio slid up behind her. He reached to the side drawer and coated his cock in lubricant before pressing it against her ass. He put his lips to her ear. “Beauty, you should really learn to obey.”

  She leaned back, kissing his cheek as best she could. “What would be the fun in that?”

  He pushed into her, her body eager for his. She gasped, full with the cocks of the men she loved. They had perfected the art of moving as one and had no problem finding a groove that worked for them. She kissed Eterin’s chest and grunted between their thrusts.

  Pleasure built deep within her and she swiveled as best she could, causing the men to groan and lose their rhythm.

  “Beauty,” Pataryio said. “Do that again and I will fill you so full of my cum you’ll have problems standing.”

  She smiled and kissed him before turning her head to kiss Eterin as well. He bit at her lower lip. “Mmm, wife, I agree. Do that again and you shall be well and fully filled.”

  “In that case,” she said, swiveling her hips in the same manner again.

  The men went wild, pumping in and out of her. Pataryio was first to thrust up and release within her ass at the very moment the pleasure burst free inside her. She cried out, her body shaking as Eterin was next to push deep, root and then jet seed within her cunt. They remained inside her.

  “Welcome home,” she said to Eterin.

  Pataryio looked over her shoulder. “The emperor’s nephew is safe and well, I assume.”

  “Yes, the pampered young man is tucked safely away at university.”

  The men had begun trading off on jobs their bodyguard firm would take, assuring one of them was always home with her. Eterin had been away for three days and he had been greatly missed. She kissed him again, enjoying his lips.

  He smiled against hers. “Ah, I missed you too, wife.”

  Pataryio slapped her thigh lightly.

  She squealed, trapped between the men. “What in the universe was that for?”

  “I promised to punish you,” he said with a wink.

  She looked between the men and exhaled slowly. “I love you both.”

  Their response came in the form of them beginning to ease in and out of her again. She moaned, dipping her head, her body already beginning to tingle from an impending orgasm. Before they’d rescued her, she’d never dreamed she’d be so happy—so loved. Now, picturing life without them wasn’t an option. They were her world, and together, the three of them had become a family.

  THE END

  About the Author

  A pinch of fantasy, a dash of paranormal and a lot of erotic romance.

  Reagan Hawk writes sexy alpha males and the women that make them bend with ease. To read more about Reagan’s books, visit her website www.reaganhawk.com

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  The Beast Masters Series

  Trading Teon

  Securing Sara

  Rescuing Reya

  Capturing Clara

  Binding Bree

  Strength in Numbers Series

  Strength in Numbers

  Space Pirates’ Bounty

  Bounty Hunters’ Captive

  Cyber Sex Series

  Prepared to Please

  Denial of Service

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  Excerpt from Project Exorcism IV

  Civil Twilight

  by Mandy M. Roth

  Futuristic/Sci-Fi Paranormal Romance

  Stegian is a man held prisoner in his own body by a demon. A demon hell bent on ridding the planet of all Janelles. He rules by fear and he rules well. But, when a mysterious, gorgeous woman arrives late one night, tempting him, claiming to want to save him from himself, everything changes. He longs for her and wants to believe her words are true—that she can separate him from the vampire he carries within. Dare he hope? Dare he believe?

  Jacquelyn Janelle is no longer held to the same rules that apply to her people. She’s ascended and gained valuable insight into the universe and its plans for one thought lost to evil. More than that, she’s fully aware who he is to her—her true mate. She’ll stop at nothing to assure she saves him,
even if it’s from himself.

  Civil Twilight

  Extended Excerpt

  Nearing planet Sargaidia, onboard one of the Project Exorcism vessels, year 2056…

  Vessel sirens continued to blare, announcing what Stegian already knew, the ship was in trouble. It had gotten swept into what he could assume were stellar remains. The ship had been plagued with issues since its launch. Stegian knew why. Those who had forced his kind from Earth cared little about their safety, only that they left the planet. The brains behind Project Exorcism had thought as far as getting supernaturals off the planet and out of the range of Earth. They’d sworn in negotiations that the planets they’d sought out were safe havens and new starts for the supernaturals. It, like everything else, had been lies. He was sure of it. He’d been a fool to believe them—to think mankind had an ounce of decency left in it.

  Now, countless light years from home, their ship was damaged because of stellar remains. The pilot of the vessel swore the anomaly was rare and not showing on his instrument panel. Stegian believed the young vampire. He had nothing to gain by lying. He was as trapped on the ship as the rest of them were. Problem was the young vampire wasn’t as trained as he should have been. None of the supposed pilots were. They’d been put through a crash course on the matter prior to their departure. As had all members of the crew.

  Stegian scanned the panels, doing his best to assess the damage to the ship. Two of the port side thrusters were completely gone and failing to respond in any way. Already the ship had begun to list to one side, something it should never do—that much he was sure of. It wasn’t like space travel was totally foreign to him. He, like any other well-to-do resident of Earth, had visited other planets for vacation—though he was careful to select ones that didn’t have much in the way of sunlight. Being a vampire left him unable to wake in the sun’s rays. He missed it but couldn’t dwell, not when the ship he was onboard was in such dire jeopardy.

  Varying people on board moved quickly from location to location, none seeming to know what to do. Pandemonium broke out. Several of the banshees onboard continued to wail, as if everyone around them wasn’t smart enough to figure out people were going to die. They didn’t need a supernatural alarm stating the obvious. A shifter spun quickly, knocking one of the banshees out cold. Stegian wasn’t big on violence but even he’d wanted to silence her.

  People rushed around like mad as the ship pitched hard to the right and then shook violently. He had to reach out to steady himself or he too would have fallen, like so many others had. Sirens blared and alert lights beeped. The computer continued to read out different, yet equally as depressing outcomes.

  “We’re gonna die,” one of the men yelled.

  Another snorted. “We’ve been as good as dead since the day they loaded us onto this ship like cattle,” another returned.

  Stegian staggered towards the control panels. The young vampire pilot was hurt and currently having his wounds tended to. While he would eventually heal, there was no fresh blood at the ready so the medical staff needed to try to stop the rapid rate of his blood loss. A fill-in pilot, one with limited training, was doing his best to gain control of the ship. It wasn’t working.

  “Life support systems are down,” Stegian said, remaining calm in the face of certain death.

  “I can try to land it,” Yunoc, the young male shifter who was doing his best to pilot the vessel, said. “At our excepted rate of entry and with the velocity we are traveling at, there is a good chance we could burn up in the atmosphere.”

  “Do your best,” said Stegian, bracing himself in the co-pilot chair. A planet came into view and Yunoc focused on aiming the craft in that direction. “No promises.”

  A natural leader, Stegian was often who the people aboard the spaceship turned to. He’d been instrumental in negotiations with the humans on Earth and had done his best to prevent anymore loss of lives due to ignorance and fear of supernaturals. “Try to land us.”

  He sucked in a hasty breath and prepared for rapid decent. It came with a vengeance. He was thrown free of the pilot area and slammed face first into a wall. Pain exploded throughout him, and he was fairly certain he’d broken multiple bones, and they hadn’t even impacted yet. It came with a shuddering, thundering thud and all around him went black for a moment.

  Stegian pushed off of the unforgiving inner shell of the vessel he’d been banished to one year prior. The smell of smoke and charred remains coated the area. While he didn’t quite know the extent of injuries on the ship, his senses told him they were grave and many. As if the ship’s crew hadn’t been through enough already.

  Books in recommended reading order

  Paranormal Payload

  Force of Attraction

  Point of No Return

  Civil Twilight

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  Dragon Lords 1: The Barbarian Prince by Michelle M. Pillow

  Futuristic Romance

  Breaking up was never so hard...

  Going undercover at Galaxy Brides as one of the prospective mates to these Viking-like barbarians, Morrigan has no intention of getting chosen to stay. But when Ualan of the Draig picks her to be his wife with the aid of his mystically glowing crystal, it is all she can do to say no.

  Waking up from a drug-induced night of torturous and unfulfilling pleasures, Morrigan discovers her spaceship has left without her and Ualan is claiming she is his wife. It’s not exactly the story this reporter had in mind. And to make matters worse, Ualan refuses to take no for an answer.

  Being cursed by the Gods was never so frustrating...

  Prince Ualan is like all others of his race on the male dominated planet of Qurilixen. He is raised to trust the mystic powers around him and when it comes time to marry, he is ready to follow those powers to choose his life mate. When the stubborn, yet achingly beautiful, Morrigan refuses to accept their shared fate and his supreme authority over her, it is all he can do not to break her lovely neck.

  Dragon Lords Series

  The Barbarian Prince

  The Perfect Prince

  The Dark Prince

  The Warrior Prince

  His Highness The Duke

  The Stubborn Lord

  The Reluctant Lord – Coming Soon

  The Impatient Lord – Coming Soon

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