Page 100 of Infernal Bonds

Okay. I needed to be there for Zeke, not lost in my head.

“Zeke,” I rasped. “What do you want?”

He looked from me to Raelynn and back again. His chest rose and fell with every harsh breath. The longing in his eyes made every nerve in my body light up.

“Don’t agree to anything just because you think it’ll make us happy,” I said, knowing he’d come to us if he thought we’d be happier for it. Zeke was self-sacrificing like that.

“I don’t know what to say,” he finally mumbled, but I heard it.

“Then just tell me if you’re okay. That’s all I want.”

He looked down. “Are you mad at me?”

The corners of Raelynn’s mouth tipped down, her eyes meeting mine.

“Mad? Why would I be mad?” I couldn’t imagine a situation where I’d feel genuine anger toward him. Frustration, sure, but not anger.

He wouldn’t look at me, but I heard the shame in his voice when he said, “For watching.”

“If you want to watch, and she’s okay with it, then I don’t mind you watching us.”

His gaze snapped to mine. “You don’t?”

“No.” My mouth twitched with a barely suppressed grin. “You’re thinking too much again. If you want to come closer, come closer. If you want to stay there and watch, stay there. If you want us to stop, we’ll stop.” My erection was gone at this point anyway, and Raelynn’s scent had softened dramatically. I just hadn’t moved to avoid scaring him. “But don’t do anything you don’t want to.”

If he didn’t know how to answer or what to say, it meant he was already overwhelmed. All he needed to do was choose one of the options I presented to him. I’d take care of the rest.

“Do you mind?” He looked at Raelynn.

She held out her hand in answer, and my muscles stiffened as Zeke rose to his feet and crossed over to us, lowering to his knees at our side.

She lifted a hand to caress his face and whispered, “Can I kiss you?”

His throat clicked with his swallow, but he leaned in and answered by slotting his mouth over hers.

Had I actually died when the cursed magic tried to take over my mind?

I stared, mesmerized by the sight of them. They kissed one another as if they needed the other to breathe, and the little sounds they both made as they licked into each other’s mouths had my cock rising to attention in no time.

She kissed his cheek before moving to his ear, where she whispered something I couldn’t hear, giggling at his grunted response and nod. When she started unbuttoning his shirt, I reached for her hips just to give my hands something to do.

I couldn’t touch him, but watching them so close to me like this was a special kind of torture.

Raelynn pushed his shirt from his shoulders, her hands sliding down his toned arms until it hit the ground. She paused to admire the runes painting his body that only appeared in his alternate form. It seemed he hadn’t fully shifted back if we could still see them. She pressed her palms against his chest.

“It’s okay,” she whispered, kissing the corner of his mouth. “Are you okay?”

His gaze slid to mine, and my cock twitched, making Raelynn moan and dragging his attention back to hers.

“Since Cyn seems to be broken, you’re gonna have to talk to me,” she said with a teasing smile. “Is this too much?”

He shook his head, still unable to find his words. It seemed we were both a little broken right now.

“Do you wanna watch or do you wanna touch?”

His breath shuddered out of him, and he lifted a trembling hand to skim his fingers across her collarbone. When it didn’t seem like he’d take it farther, she leaned back a little to encourage him to move lower. He did. Reaching the edge of her dress, he paused and waited.

She looked at me, and I knew what she wanted.