Page 3 of Embracing Desire
“I understand.Katie leaving eight years ago hurt us both.But we did kind of spring the type of relationship we wanted on her.”
“What was I supposed to do?”Ry stepped away from Jed and kicked at the tree roots.“I’m a Dominant.”
“At that time, we only knew what our parents had taught us.”Jed ran his palms over his thighs.“But we were both too young to take on a relationship like that.I was twenty-one and you twenty-two.”
“I knew what I wanted.”Ry stared at Jed.
“You knew what you thought you wanted.”Jed shook his head.“The poly dynamic is a lot more than what our parents knew or had.”
Ry wanted to argue, but Jed was right.“Katie is a submissive; that I’m sure of.”
“I feel that as well, but I’m a switch.She needs to understand our relationship, and how she fits into it.”
“Yeah.”
“We can’t rush things, this time.”Jed placed his hand on Ry’s forearm.
“I know.”He sighed.“I’m worried.”
“About what?”
“What happened after she left.”Ry had been upset, more so than anyone thought.He’d taken his motorcycle and ridden it into Seattle and went to a BDSM club.One his father had told him to stay away from.It wasn’t until he saw a sadistic Dominant scene with a submissive.The man had left welts on the submissive’s body even after she safeworded and before anyone could stop him.
A part of Ry wanted to do that to a submissive, to whip out his anger.Luckily, he’d pulled himself back and walked out of the club.The image of the submissive stayed with him for years while he dealt with his anger.“I don’t want to hurt, Katie.”
“You lost control once, Ry.Once.And even then, you didn’t injure anyone but yourself.You would never hurt Katie, just like you would never hurt me.”Jed took Ry’s hand and placed it on his chest.“I’m more worried if Katie will accept the relationship between us.”
“Shit.”Not only did they have the past to deal with, but also the present and future.In all his dreams, he never thought it would be this hard or this frightening.“We have to show her it’s all about love and desire.”
“Not only for each other but for her as well.”Jed stepped closer to Ry.“She didn’t mind us each making love to her that night, and she’s always been receptive to a threesome with us.We were the ones who waited until she was eighteen.”
“Legal age.”Ry’s free hand crept around Jed’s neck.“I don’t think I’d be able to let her go this time.”
“Let’s hope we don’t have to.”
“We need a plan for tomorrow.She’ll need time.He tugged Jed closer.The scent of leather and horse helped to calm Ry’s nerves.
“Plan tonight,” Jed whispered before capturing Ry’s lips.
Katie was home, and Jed was in his arms.He would make this work.
Chapter Two
The next day, Katie slipped through the doorway, and into her grandmother’s kitchen, away from her welcome home party.She needed a few minutes to gather her wild emotions after the two men had walked into the house several minutes ago.Ryland McKade and Jedidiah Malloy.
Standing at the sink, she stared out the window.Welcome back to Felton’s Creek.Her heart jumped.She’d run from Ry and Jed eight years ago, afraid of her own sexuality.Now, she was more secure with herself, but what about them?She was putting horse before the cart.They needed to talk first.
From the second she saw them enter the house, Ry and Jed had dominated her thoughts, made her pussy wet, and caused the blood to heat in her veins.Only these two could do that by just walking into her space.
Now she was wishing and praying she’d done the right thing in coming back home.She knew what type of relationship Ry and Jed wanted.They’d made it clear when she was eighteen, and from chatting with her grandmother, it didn’t sound like anything had changed.
Why hadn’t she’d talked to them before coming back?Maybe because she’d been afraid.Afraid of her own wants and needs.But she had to try.She’d regret it the rest of her life if she didn’t give them the chance.The air in the kitchen changed, and she opened her eyes.It was just dark enough outside she could see their reflections in the glass.Her heart pounded.
Ry and Jed sauntered through the door and over to her.Her breath caught in her throat.Ry was still taller than Jed and had filled out in the past years.His features were more serious than she remembered, but there was something else, something… Oh hell, he was the cop who had pulled her over yesterday.
Jed.She turned her attention to him.He was still taller than her by a couple of inches, his skin tan from the sun, with laugh lines around his blue eyes.His brown hair brushed his collar.He’d filled out over the years, but was still smaller than Ry.
Little sparks of nervous energy caused her hands to twitch.She shifted from one foot to the other.No time like the present.She would have to deal with them on a daily basis.
