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Laken has always been adamant that she doesn’t want to drop who she is for a relationship. She’s basically telling us to fuck off, not bother her, let her get her editing and work done, and then there’s time for us to talk when she isn’t stressing about anything else. I kind of love that she stands her ground and never lets us push her around.

“So sexy when you’re sassy, love.” I grin at her.

“We’re still fucking tonight,” Kade says, not even phrasing it as a question. “What? You napped, we napped, we’re all good to go. Unless you’re not up for it.” He glares at Laken, challenging her.

“Get me another piece of cake and we can get real bossy later.”

Kade’s up and out of the room so fast, the door barely has time to open. Laken offers me her last bite of cake, making me raise my brows in question.

“What makes me so special?”

“I’m bribing you,” she says, climbing on my lap. “I love you. You’re so much more than the fuckboy I originally thought you were.” She laughs.

“How the fuck is this a bribe?”

“I want you to train me. To fight.”

“For real?” I’d love to train her. Not just fuck her in the cage like we’ve done before, but actually train her. Anything to add to her self-defense is a win in my books.

“I need to be able to fight off these bitches that keep sending you nudes,” she deadpans. “You’re mine, Jedrek Dare. You might be the caveman, but I’m allowed to say caveman things, too. Mine.”

Shit. Guilt and arousal. Guilt that she’s had to see my phone go off with nudes, and arousal that she just went all caveman on me. “You’ve seen that?”

“Yeah,” she laughs. “But I’ve also seen you get all angry and stab at the screen to tell them to fuck off.”

“You’re it for me, love.” I tuck her hair behind her ear and pull her onto my lap. “You’re all I want. All I fucking need. Just you, Laken. Even though you make me crazy.”

“How crazy?”

“Crazy enough to let my brother have you, too.” I kiss her. “No matter how many chicks send me pictures, and whether Kade is in this thing or not, you’re never getting rid of me. And as fucked up as it is, I hope Kade is in this for the long haul, okay? So no more getting guilty over it. We’re a weird as fuck dynamic, but I’m liking it.”

Laken smiles at me, her turquoise eyes full of all the love that hasn’t diminished in the slightest since Kade became a part of us. “How’d I manage to hit the boyfriend jackpot when I came on vacation and got harassed by a Dare?”

“Dumb luck.”

“Promise me something?”

“Anything.” I run my hands up her thighs.

“Always be yourself with me. Be honest and true, and be the real you. Never try to hide what’s in here.” She presses her hand to my heart. “Because I love everything about who you are and I never want to be denied the real you.”

Holy shit, I love her. “I promise. No hiding. Make the same promise to me?”

“I promise,” she says.

“It wasn’t harassment,” I joke against her neck, my lips roaming. “Pretty sure you chased me.”

“Oh, yeah?” she mocks me. “Who came to Ketchikan and made some love speech on a dock?”

I totally did. “I’d do it again.” Even though I felt like the biggest loser alive with all my brothers watching me fuck up my apology. I’d chase her anywhere.

Chapter 30

An empty plate of chocolate cake sits on the nightstand, and two naked, tattooed men stand before me. Jed has a look of pure dominance in his eyes, and Kade looks at me with the eyes of a lethal predator. Yet I feel safe. Empowered, even. Two entirely different men with two distinct personalities that mesh together so well, I’m eager with anticipation, ready to experience them working together.

My wrists are bound above my head, tied to one post of the headboard, and my ass hangs off the edge of the mattress. With one leg in each of their grasps, they spread me open, building me up until the tension is unbearable.

The bedside lamp illuminates the room, but it highlights them even better. The harsh planes and lines of their cut bodies, and the flow of their ink casts them in a dark energy that has my chest heaving. One wants to dominate me and one wants to enslave me, and tonight, I’m perfectly content to let them try.