STORY EXCERPT

Shoulders finally slumping in defeat, Hayden threw his hands up. “We’ve got no choice but to walk to work. If we start now, we should cover the three miles in no time.”

A high-pitched, hysterical bark of laughter escaped Teagan. “Did you just say three miles? In the dark, with no way to defend ourselves if a wolf or bear decides to eat us? Sure. Why not? And what about when we get off of work?” Teagan stood, gesturing wildly at the trees on both sides of them. “This is exactly how every horror movie begins. Alone in the dark at night, on a desolate road, starring two unsuspecting idiots.”

Hayden sighed, his breath visible in the cool night air. “I agree, but we can’t blow off our first shift just because our car died on us and some lunatic with a chainsaw, knife, or bad lines might chop us up and sell our parts.” Hayden opened the driver’s door and hit the automatic buttons that would lock it up tight before shutting it.

“Did you just secure our nonworking car from potential thieves?” Teagan stared incredulously at him. “Who the hell’s gonna take it, a wayward groundhog with a rebellious streak?”

“Do you want to get back here to find our car on blocks and the rims gone?”

Teagan blinked at the half-bald tires and banged-up rims. “How could I have ever doubted you?”

“Let’s just get moving, dork.” Hayden glanced behind them then started walking. “Just try not to think of how this could go horribly wrong.”

“Those crickets sure do sound ominous.” Teagan smacked his sweaty neck at the feel of a pesky mosquito. “Like the background music to the start of act one.”

“I will make you sleep on the couch for an entire week if you don’t stop,” Hayden warned, eyes sliding to the woods on his right.

Teagan fell silent, wondering if they’d make it to Frothy Pine by closing time.

Headlights swept over them from behind, creating a halo of light that had Teagan looking for a set of glowing eyes or flash of something trying to stay out of sight.

Just normal woods with normal animals. No one is hidden behind a tree tracking your every step.

The loud, throaty sound of an approaching truck drowned out the cacophony of crickets. For a second, the instinct to run and hide seized Teagan. Maybe the nonexistent guy tracking him would share his tree to hide behind.

“Seasoned hunter, looking for more challenging prey to kill,” Hayden said. “Crossbow through the forehead.”

“Isolated hermit in need of human meat for a special recipe.” Teagan swallowed, glancing away from the blinding lights. “Front bumper breaking every bone.”

Please be a douchebag who doesn’t stop to help strangers.

The roaring engine quieted into an idling purr, fog lights replacing headlights. Instead of hauling ass like they had an ounce of self-preservation, Teagan and Hayden turned around and stood there, clearly welcoming their demise.

A massive black pickup idled on the shoulder of the road, Teagan imagining the entrance to hell was just beyond the driver’s door.

Jump in for a free ride, stay for the fiery damnation.

Teagan snickered.

Hayden glanced at him with a puzzled expression.

“Monster truck rally announcement.” Teagan tapped his temple. “It’s a goddamn mess up there right now.”

The driver’s door opened. A stranger unfolded from the cab like a switchblade, impossibly long legs appearing first, stylish black boots planting on the ground.

Teagan’s jaw dropped when the stranger eased the rest of the way out, revealing a silhouette so tall and muscular the truck should’ve groaned as he exited.

Instinctively, Teagan stepped sideways with the need to hide behind Hayden.

His jacket hung open, revealing a black T-shirt pulled taut across a chest broad enough to take a nap on, a jaw carved from granite, and the thickest, prettiest lashes Teagan was envious of.

The eye color remained a mystery with the angle of the guy’s head.

He was a smoking-hot skyscraper, and Teagan was going to look away before Hayden caught him eye-fucking the stranger. Which shouldn’t have been a concern since he noticed his boyfriend was staring just as hard.

When Teagan finally managed to look up, he found himself staring at a face that belonged on a magazine cover—jaw like granite, gorgeous eyes and thick lashes, and eyebrows dark as thunderclouds. Handsome didn’t begin to cover it. Powerful in a way that made Teagan’s knees weak. The stranger’s silky hair completed the image of someone who solved problems with his fists while making you swoon at the same time.

Teagan couldn’t make out the color of his eyes in the dark, but he felt the weight of that gaze like a physical pressure. He was six-and-a-half feet of pure intimidation. We’re so dead.

“That your beige sedan I just passed? The man’s voice rumbled so deep Teagan felt it in his ribcage before his ears registered the sound.

Hayden stepped forward despite Teagan trying to yank him back. “Yeah. Just cut off while I was driving. I looked under the hood then remembered I know dick about fixing cars. You heading into town? We’re late for work.”

Oh hell no! Hayden did not just ask for a ride from a guy they knew absolutely nothing about. Gorgeous men were the most unhinged. This entire situation screamed danger. Serial killer. Body parts in freezers. Missing persons reports.

“Exactly where I’m headed. Hop in and I’ll give you two a ride.”

Said the spider to the flies.

“I’m not ending up a cold-case file,” he hissed under his breath. No goddamn way Teagan was stepping a foot closer to that truck. Hayden had lost his ever-loving mind. “We don’t even know him.”

Crossing his arms, Teagan dug in his heels. He wasn’t going to volunteer for his own death. If he was about to die, the bastard would have to work for it.

ADULT EXCERPT

“Liam.” Teagan tried to swallow, but his mouth was bone-dry. He wanted to glance around, to find Hayden, to feel anchored as Liam lowered him onto his back.

The silence stretched as Liam gazed reverently at him. Not hunger or need. Mate. Even thinking the word, Teagan felt their bond, nerve endings humming like a live wire.

“You’re beautiful,” Liam murmured, his deep voice curling around the words.

He took a step back, the side of his mouth curling upward. Teagan lay there, his cock hard and resting against his stomach, and Liam was moving away from him? Teagan wasn’t as experienced as most guys his age, but even he knew Liam was moving in the opposite direction.

Unless he was about to learn something new.

That didn’t require proximity.

Hayden appeared where Liam had been standing, lowering to his knees with a grin. “I can see the gears in your head working overtime.”

 “I barely handled one guy. Now I’ve got one who thinks he’s Houdini and the other who’s getting a kick out of it. I demand a handbook with updated bedroom rules.”

“No rules.” Liam stood a foot away, hard cock on full display. He lowered to his knees, scooting his massive frame in behind Hayden until it looked as if Hayden was sitting on his lap. “It’s just my turn to watch.”

“Not join in?” Teagan couldn’t learn how to be with two men if one sat on the sidelines.

“Is he always this impatient?” Liam rested his chin on Hayden’s shoulder. The sight of them, heads pressed together, caused Teagan’s heart to clench.

His mates.

They belonged to him.

“Very impatient.” Hayden curled his fingers around Teagan’s cock, stroking the heated flesh slowly. “Sometimes it leads to whining.”

“Suck his cock, kitten” Liam nipped Hayden’s earlobe, but his focus was on Teagan, eyes so dark with need Teagan could practically feel the heat from them. “I’ll join soon enough. Wanna feel those pretty lips on other parts of my body. But right now, I need to watch Hayden take your cock down his throat.”

“Just so you know, it’s hard to concentrate when I have a hard dick wedged in the crease of my ass.” Hayden’s fingers flexed, tightening his grip on Teagan’s shaft.

The pressure made Teagan writhe, moaning as he spread his legs farther apart. He kept thinking about Liam’s cock tucked against Hayden’s ass, and now he wanted to see it.

Wet lips slid over the head of Teagan’s cock, and whatever he’d been thinking about was now a distant memory. Hayden took him down to the root, his throat muscles adding just enough pressure to make Teagan throw his head back, eyes closed, as he moaned.

Hayden sucked him hungrily, his tongue expertly gliding over every inch of Teagan’s erection, intensifying the sensations and sending waves of pleasure through his entire body.

Teagan threaded his fingers through silky hair, rolling his hips and tugging gently.

Strong hands gripped Teagan under his arms and slid him farther up the bed with such ease he knew right away it wasn’t Hayden. Teagan opened his eyes and saw Liam easing back before positioning Hayden onto his hands and knees.

“Lube?” Liam asked.

Patting around the bed, Teagan found the bottle tangled in the sheet. Liam winked as he took it, causing heat to explode across Teagan’s face and neck.

The snick of the cap was like a sonic boom in the silence, making the moment surreal. This was happening. He was about to watch Liam claim Hayden.

The thought of watching them have sex was hot as fuck. Even though Teagan couldn’t see Liam’s fingers inside Hayden, the moment was still erotic, threatening to make Teagan drool.

“Oh fuck.” Hayden’s jaw went slack, eyes rolling to the back of his head, breathing growing heavy. “Love your thick fingers.”

Teagan could never decide what Hayden loved more, sucking cock or getting fucked. Their first time had been awkward limbs, enough lube to turn them into slippery seals, and accidental elbow or knee shots that had left them bruised for days.

That hadn’t stopped them from fucking like rabbits. Discovering how sex felt with another person instead of your hand had blown their minds.

Now they were about to experience sex with Liam, a dominant male who oozed confidence and sexuality.

Teagan was about to get wrecked in ways that would probably leave him with a permanent limp.

His mind snapped into focus when Liam swatted Hayden’s ass, the sound of skin striking skin echoing in the room. “I don’t remember telling you to stop sucking Teagan’s cock.”

The sound of that smack made Teagan’s own cheeks clench. Maybe some curiosities weren’t for everyone, because that hadn’t looked like something he would enjoy.

He glanced at Hayden to see if he’d enjoyed it, but the weird look on his face made it hard to tell.

Liam’s voice dropped to a low rumble. “You want to see him get wrecked, Teagan? You want to see me fuck him while he keeps your cock in his mouth?”

“Yes,” Teagan answered with zero hesitation.

“Me too.” Hayden glanced over his shoulder. “Fuck me or get off the ride.”