LOGIN"Thank you for...." She paused. "For welcoming me. For not judging me for how I got here.""How you got here doesn't matter. Only that you're here now. And that you're staying." Harold's voice was firm. "Welcome to the family, Melina."He nodded to both of them. Walked away toward the main house.Melina stood there. Processing.Edmund touched her shoulder gently. "He likes you.""How can you tell?""He called you brave. He doesn't use that word lightly." Edmund smiled. "You've met the entire family now. Mother. Father. Me. And you've survived all of us.""Barely.""You're doing better than you think." He guided her back into the stables. To Silver's stall. "The family can be overwhelming. Intense. We have high expectations and strong opinions.""I've noticed.""But we also protect our own. Fiercely. You're one of us now. That means something." Edmund handed her a brush. "Here. Help me with Silver. It's calming."She took the brush. Started working on the mare's coat. The familiar moti
"Or stupidity.""Sometimes they're the same thing." He smiled. "Come. Walk with me. I want to show you something."He led her out of Silver's stall. Down the stable corridor. Toward the back where the feed storage was.That's when she saw him.A man. Tall. Broad-shouldered. Dark hair streaked with silver. Features that were familiar, a combination of Edmund's and the triplets'.He was checking feed supplies. Making notes on a tablet.He looked up when they approached.His eyes....green, like Aiden's but darker....settled on her with immediate intensity."Son," Edmund said. "I'd like you to meet someone."Son.Melina's stomach dropped.This was Harold. The triplets' father. The former King.The man she'd never met. Never even seen before."This is Melina Voss," Edmund continued. "Cain's daughter."Harold set his tablet down. Studied her with those intense green eyes."Melina," he said. His voice was deep. Commanding. "I've been waiting to meet you.""Your Majesty." She dropped into a c
She moaned around Archer's cock. The vibration making him curse.Aiden could feel his orgasm building. Could feel hers too through the bond. Could feel everything."She's close," he said to Archer. "I can feel it. Make her come and she'll take you deeper."Archer's hand slid down. Found her clit. Rubbed it while Aiden fucked her.She came. Hard. Her pussy clenching around Aiden. Her throat relaxing around Archer.Both of them groaned.Aiden came. Couldn't hold back anymore. Filled her the way Alaric had. Claimed her. Marked her.Archer pulled out of her mouth carefully. She was gasping. Overwhelmed."My turn," he said.***Archer's POVShe was wrecked.Completely, absolutely wrecked.Hair wild. Lips swollen. Eyes glazed. Cum leaking from her pussy from both his brothers.She was the most beautiful thing he'd ever seen."Can you take more?" he asked gently. "Or do you need rest?""More." Her voice was hoarse. "I want you. All of you. Please."Archer looked at his brothers. They were si
She screamed.His tongue was everywhere. Licking. Sucking. Fucking into her like he was starving and she was the only meal he'd ever need."Alaric....oh god..."He hummed against her. The vibration sending shocks through her system.His hands held her thighs apart when she tried to close them. Kept her spread and open and completely at his mercy.He worked her clit with his tongue. Drew it between his lips and sucked.She came again. Harder this time. Her hands fisted in the sheets. Her whole body convulsing.He didn't stop. Just kept licking. Kept tasting. Kept driving her higher until she was crying. Begging. Incoherent."Please....I can't....it's too much...""One more." His voice was muffled against her. "Give me one more and then I'll fuck you."His fingers joined his tongue. Sliding inside her. Curling. Finding that spot that made her vision white out.The third orgasm hit her like lightning. She screamed his name. Bucked against his mouth. Lost herself completely.When she came
She'd spent the entire day thinking.Walking the grounds. Sitting in the library. Lying on her bed staring at the ceiling.Processing everything. The brothers' promises. Lillith's words. Her own feelings that she'd been trying to ignore.By evening, she'd made a decision.She was going to give them a real chance.Not because the bond demanded it. Not because she had no other choice. But because she wanted to.Because Lillith was right....she was already more invested than she wanted to admit. Already jealous. Already caring. Already feeling the pull that went beyond biology.And fighting it was exhausting.So she'd stop fighting. Would let herself feel. Would give them the opportunity to prove that she was different.Starting tomorrow, she'd tell them.Tonight, she just wanted to process. To settle into the decision. To prepare herself for whatever came next.She ran a bath.Her room had a small bathroom....nothing like the massive ones in their quarters....but it had a tub. Deep enou
Their mother.Melina's face went hot. "Your Majesty. I'm sorry. I didn't know you were here. I'll leave....""Don't be silly. Sit with me." Lillith patted the bench beside her. "I've been hoping to run into you again."Again. Right. They'd met before. During the sixteenth. When Lillith had given her that tea that made her hallucinate.Melina sat carefully. Maintained proper distance."How are you, Melina?" Lillith asked. Her voice was warm. Genuine. "Truly. How are you adjusting?""I'm..." Melina stopped. "I'm figuring it out, Your Majesty.""Please. Call me Lillith. 'Your Majesty' makes me feel ancient." She smiled. "Though I suppose I am ancient."Despite herself, Melina smiled slightly."I've wanted to meet with you properly," Lillith continued. "To welcome you. To talk. But my sons have been very protective of your time. They keep saying 'not yet, Mother. She's still adjusting.'" She said it in a perfect imitation of Alaric's commanding tone."They said that?""Multiple times. Ala
POV: ArcherShe appeared in the courtyard thirty minutes after she left the office.Archer saw her first because he was already at the window.....had moved there the moment the door clicked shut behind her and had been waiting to see if she would come out.She came out through the east wing side do
That was the thought she held onto. Not the window she'd missed or the time she'd lost or the particular warm heaviness still sitting in her body that she was absolutely not thinking about. Just....she needed another plan. She had time. Not much but some. She would build another plan.She reached d
POV: MelinaShe woke up feeling wrong.Not the sharp wrong of something acute....no nausea, no pain, nothing she could point to specifically. Just a heaviness that sat behind her eyes and in her shoulders and in the particular way her skin felt slightly too warm against the sheets, like her body ha
Melina closed her eyes.Opened them."Okay," she said."Are you ...." Petra stopped. Started again more carefully. "Are you alright?"Melina thought about that question. Genuinely thought about it for a moment, standing in her doorway with damp hair and last night sitting heavy in her chest and her







