Merrow let out a chuckle as he leaped over a fallen tree branch. His eyes locked on Lola as she looked over her shoulder at him. He was close to catching her.  His lips twisted into a smile as he saw Lu dash forward from the corner of his eye and he pushed himself faster, knowing it was useless.  You wouldn’t know it by looking at the leprechaun, but he was just as fast. If not faster than the others. Lola let out a peel of breathless laughter as Lu wrapped his arms around her middle. Spinning her around as he caught her.  Merrow slowed his pace, watching his two lovers. He could hear Puca and Bodach as the two men walked towards him.  Lu sat Lola’s feet back onto the soft earth as he held her close. Merrow couldn’t hear the softly spoken words, but he could see the tenderness in the way that Lola and Lu look

Lola sat under the quilt that Bodach had wrapped around her shoulders. She couldn’t seem to get warm. No matter how much Lu and Bodach pushed themselves against her.  Merrow and Puca sat in front of her, matching worried looks on their handsome faces.  “You think it was her?” Bodach asked. Lola could feel the rumble of his body through the blanket. She wasn’t sure who they were talking about. The voice had sounded neither male nor female. She could still feel the magic moving over her skin.  “I don’t know who else it could have been.” Puca said, “It felt like her, ask Lu. I know he could feel it.”  “It did.” Lu agreed, nodding his head slowly. He tightened his arm around Lola, not liking that he and the others hadn’t been able to prote

Merrow sat back on his heels, watching as Lola withered on the ground. Puca teased her nipples into taunt peaks and he smirked. Loving the sounds she was making, loving the way that his lover was enjoying her.  “Merrow.” Bodach said, pulling the man from his study of Lola and Puca.  “Aye.” Merrow said as he moved to rest at Lola’s other side. Pulling his shirt off as he watched Lu take his place between Lola’s legs.  “Why don’t you paint our girl’s lips, Merrow.” Bodach’s words moved over his skin and he bit his lower lip. Hating that he enjoyed him taking over almost as much as he enjoyed it when Puca did.  He leaned over Lola, kissing her skin as Puca handed him an overly ripe strawberry. Tracing it along her lips, he chuckled as she let out a soft sob as Lu s

Lola stepped out of her room, bare feet barely making a sound as she crept down the hallway.  She didn’t want to risk waking them. Grabbing her shoes and her purse, she turned the lock and twisted the doorknob, pulling the door open. Slipping into the empty hallway. Shutting the door softly. She prayed that it didn’t wake the others. Her heart thudding in her chest as she let out a breath that she hadn’t realized she’d been holding.  Resting her forehead against the cool wood of the front door, she took a moment to breathe before slipping on her shoes. Lola walked past the elevator with a longing glance. The entire time she’d lived in the building it had never worked, and she wondered if the handsome, blond landlord would ever get it fixed.  She opened up the door to the stairwell, quickly rushing down the steps. Once she was outs

“What do you mean?” Lola asked as she picked up the teacup. Inhaling the warm, nutty, fragrant steam of the tea. Trying to let it soothe her frayed nerves.  “I loved your mother. I know you probably don’t remember, but she used to bring you to visit me. It broke my heart that she couldn’t love me back. Then I fell for you, as you got older.” Erik said as he looked out into the sun-dappled yard before turning to look back at Lola.  Lola shook her head. She couldn’t remember exactly when she had met Erik. Just that she had known him for as long as she could remember. Trying to think of a time where he looked different than he did now. In her memories. He was just a blur. His presence was faceless. Just the vague notion that she had always found him handsome, or that she used to. Now, when she closed her eyes, Lola couldn’t help