“Do you think Ben really had something to do with Oliver’s turn-around?” Carter asked quietly.
“If you could see how Gramps looked a year ago, you’d believe it, too,” Maddox said.
“But that could have been from the bond, couldn’t it?”
“Have you ever heard of anyone healing because of a bond?” I asked.
“No. But before I met Jackson, I knew very little about omegas. I wasn’t even sure they were real. I mean, I’d never met one,” Carter explained.
The group talked for another hour until they agreed they were just rehashing what they’d already said and separated to go to bed. Colt picked up Ben and carried him to our room, where we undressed him and tucked him in.
“He must be really tired,” I said. “Didn’t even rouse a little during all that.”
He grinned at me. “Yeah. I guess we wore him out earlier in the shower.”
“Not proud of yourself, are you?” I teased.
He shrugged. “Maybe a little. You?”
I laughed. “It does feel good every time we’re all together like that.”
Resting his warm palm against my face, Colt said, “I need to tell you something.”
Worried there was information about Ben that I didn’t know, I asked, “What?”
Colt brought his nose to touch mine, then gently rubbed back and forth.
“I love you,” he whispered before kissing me.
The kiss was deep and lit me up. Our tongues brushed over and over, more and more urgently each time until it was if we were trying to swallow each other. I pulled him as close as I could get, wanting more of him.
“If I could have you…if you would let me,” I said on a breath before sucking hard at his neck, marking him.
Colt was breathing hard, but I sensed his resistance. “Angus…”
“I know,” I reassured him. “I just wanted you to know how much I want it sometimes. In the morning, we’ll both get inside Ben, the way we did during our mating. Loved feeling that close to you both.”
“Me, too,” Colt said fervently, and kissed me again.
We undressed, both of us so worked up we had to do something. I took us both between my palms and stroked us, our foreheads resting together and breaths mingling, until our climaxes ripped through us, one after the other. Then we crawled into bed on each side of our omega and held hands until we fell asleep.
Chapter seventeen
Colt
The following morning at daybreak, Angus and I saddled two of the horses. Angus had been slowly getting used to riding again, and I could see the pride in his face as we rode out to check calves and look for any destruction the flood might have caused. The bright sun and blue sky belied the terrible storm that had occurred the day before. Puddles dried before noon, and when I checked the nearby creek, it was nearly back to its normal depth, leaving flattened vegetation on its banks.
We moved a couple of cow calves into clean pens and took care of other chores before heading in and, finding Ben awake, made good on our plans from the night before.
This time, the three of us were more cognizant than we’d been in rut and heat, and we took the double penetration slower. The moment Angus and I both were deep inside Ben, I felt it from head to toe. All three of us moaned as Angus and I moved against each other inside of Ben’s ass. After a little adjustment, Angus’s cock hit Ben’s very sensitive prostate on every thrust, sending shivers through Ben’s body. We took turns kissing oneanother, and Angus and I made bite marks all over Ben’s neck and shoulders.
When we’d all reached our climaxes, we rested a moment before showering and changing the bed sheets. David made a huge breakfast, and Maddox ate with a babbling Ollie, now fully recovered, sitting on his lap.
I’d spent most of my life as a solitary being. How had I gotten so lucky? Then and there, I decided to start getting my cabin cleared out so I could permanently move in with my mates.
After the meal, I accompanied Angus and Maddox to the stables, where I told him my plan to go to my cabin and started sorting through my things.
“So, I probably won’t be back until dinner time.”