Chapter Ten
Madison opened her eyes and found herself in a small hospital room with only a lamp off to the side for any light. Looking around, she saw the blinds were closed tightly, and the figures of two men in chairs beside her told her she wasn’t alone.
She tried to sit up and hissed in pain as her stomach pulled.
“Stay still,” Dante commanded from beside her.
Madison looked over to him. His face was in the shadows, and she reached for him. She needed to touch him. To feel for herself that he was okay.
Dante leaned forward and grasped her hand. As his face moved into the light, she saw the angry red burns that covered him.
“Oh my God!” Madison cried and tried to move again.
Hands held her shoulders down. “Calm down.” Tom’s voice penetrated through her panic. He sat on the side of the bed as Dante held her hands between both of his.
With her free hand, she brought it to the side of his face. “I’m so sorry.”
Dante leaned farther towards her and kissed her gently. “This is nothing. I will heal, sweetheart. You are the one who was hurt.”
Madison couldn’t stop the tears. It seemed she’d cried so much lately. “How? This couldn’t have happened from just the window.”
Dante sighed and looked over to Tom. Tom rubbed her shoulders and bent down to kiss her. Just as softly as Dante had.
“It was a long drive to your grandparents. And he was in direct sunlight when he entered and exited the house,” Tom told her.
Madison covered Dante’s hand with hers and looked at the other man. “And you…are you okay.”
He smiled and Madison couldn’t help but return it.
“No worse for wear.”
“And Angie?”
“Already healed. Shifters heal quickly, honey.”
Madison shifted on the bed. She had one last question. “My brother?”
Tom looked away, so Madison turned to Dante.
Dante shook his head. “I’m so sorry.”
Madison sob caught in her throat. Tom started to pull away, but she caught his hand. “Not your fault. He was going to kill me.”
Tom met her eyes again. “I…”
Ignoring the pain, she leaned towards him. “Not your fault. Hold me please.” She looked back to Dante. “Please, both of you hold me.”
Madison was surrounded by arms and she relaxed into them. Taking the strength they offered her.
Epilogue
Madison walked into the cabin with a bounce in her step and a plan in her mind. She had closed the store early and needed to prepare for the night.
So much had changed in the six weeks she had been recovering. Angie and Chad had taken a vacation but would be returning from England soon.
Dante and Tom had stayed with her every night. Their clothes and belongings had slowly started to take over her house until they decided they needed more room. They had argued over where to stay. Dante’s house was big enough for the three of them and her dogs but had been his, and Tom wanted something that was theirs.
Construction would start in a few weeks for a new house on Madison ’s property. It would be big enough for all of them and a family they were hoping to have in the future.
She couldn’t give Dante children. That was something that he had given up when had had been turned into a vampire, but she would share any children she might have with Tom with him.
Tom had unselfishly told the other man that any children they had would be just as much Dante’s as his. There was still a lot to work out between the three of them, but Madison knew they were all in for the long haul.
She loved her men and had committed to both.
Stripping out of her sweater, she quickly headed for the shower. Six long weeks had passed, and Doc had told her she needed to be careful. She’d been stabbed nineteen times.
The men had taken the doctor at his word when he told them no activity that could pull her stitches, which meant she hadn’t been physically loved in too many weeks.
But Doc had given her the go ahead, and she planned to take her men to bed and not let them out until they were all fully sated.
Madison showered quickly, not taking time to play, wanting to be in bed when the men got home. Drying her body, she wrapped a towel around her head and opened the door to the bedroom.
And stopped in her tracks at the sight of two men naked and waiting in bed.
Placing her hands on her hips, she glared at them. “How did you know?”
Both men laughed before Tom answered. “I saw Doc in town. He told me I needed to hurry home and take care of a pressing matter.” Reaching down, he fisted his cock. “And let me tell you, baby, it is pressing.”
Madison blew out a breath and shifted her gaze to Dante. He was fully healed as he’d promised, but Madison would always remember how he had sacrificed himself for her.
Now the beautiful man was stroking his erection ever so slowly. Blowing out her breath, she shrugged and ran and jumped on the bed.
“Careful, sweetheart,” Dante warned, pulling her up and between them.
Madison straddled his waist and licked his lips. “No more being careful.”
Dante nodded and his lips went to her throat. Madison reached over and grabbed Tom’s wrist.
“Mine,” she growled, prying his hand from his shaft.
Tom sent her a dazzling smile before he moved up behind her. Teasing her slick folds, he nipped her shoulder. “Yes, it is.”
Dante’s mouth moved lower, his lips sealing over one nipple while Tom cupped her other breast from behind.
Madison wiggled her hips. “Inside me. Both of you.”
The men’s eyes met and they shared a smile. “Your wish…”Dante started.
“…is our command,” Tom finished. “You little witch.”
About the Author
Crissy Smith lives in Texas with her husband, daughter, and three Labrador retrievers. When not writing or reading, she enjoys hunting, camping and shooting.
But she has a girly side too and is addicted to pedicures and coffee.
She has been writing since she was a teenager and still loves everything to do with the paranormal. Her stories and characters all have a place in her heart. She loves the alpha male, the dominant werewolf, or the Master vampire which find their way in most of her books.
Crissy is currently working on her first series for Total-E-Bound called Were Chronicles. She will introduce her readers to a hidden world of wolf shifters and their unpredictable mates. The first book Pack Alpha will be released in May 2009.
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