Devon whimpered. "Me either."

Joe caught her attention as he stroked himself, unable to wait for gratification. She winced. It would take some practice to service five men at once.

"Don't worry, Dev." Neil grunted. "It's up to us to find our own pleasure. You lay back and enjoy. Let them use you and the rest is our job, okay?"

She nodded.

"f.u.c.k, that's hot." He stared between her thighs where Mike conditioned her p.u.s.s.y even as he nibbled on her lips and around her c.l.i.t. "James, I need to be inside you."

"Do it." The smaller man huffed when Neil banded his arms around James's waist and used the hold to raise him to his knees.

From her position beside him, it was easy for Devon to reach beneath him and stroke his c.o.c.k.

"Perfect, Dev." Mike hummed, vibrating her aching flesh. "Slow and easy, just like that. Help him forget about Neil sinking deep."

Devon met Neil's gaze. The cords in his neck stood out as he advanced. James's tight, hot hole must have clamped on his c.o.c.k. Though they'd done this countless times before, he always had a look of wonder on his face when he mounted his lover. Devon hoped the same could be said for his liaisons with her.

James lifted his head. Breathing hard, his panting buffeted Dave's neatly trimmed pubic hair, which dusted the base of his monster hard-on. James didn't need to be asked. He opened his mouth and reached out with one arm to smack Dave's a.s.s, goading him closer.

"You want it rough today?" Dave seemed eager to comply. He tugged on James's hair, positioning her mate's open mouth at the head of his c.o.c.k. "I can f.u.c.k you as well as Neil can from here."

James's moan was all the encouragement he needed. Dave buried himself to the root in James's mouth. The shorter man choked a little, but held his place. He had nowhere to go, really. Pierced from behind by Neil and pinned in front by Dave, they skewered him.

The throb of his erection in her still-stroking hand rea.s.sured her he wouldn't have fled if he could. He'd be more likely to chase them down and beg them to f.u.c.k him.

"s.h.i.+t. That's f.u.c.king hot." Joe used one hand to pinch his own nipple as he pulled on his c.o.c.k with the other.

"Poor Joe." Mike tsked against her c.l.i.t, making her mewl and beg for more. "You're not going to leave him hanging out there all alone, are you?"

Devon didn't have to be told twice. She swiveled her head, and Joe met her halfway. He ringed his erection with his fist at the base, ensuring she didn't attempt to take more than she could handle. She teased his head with flicks of her tongue, like James had taught her, interspersed with strong draws that hollowed her cheeks.

"Oh, Christ." He knelt, or half-folded, so his knees rested on the table beside her. From there he grounded himself with a palm on her breast. "She sucks as well as James."

"Good teacher." Her retort jumbled around the ma.s.s of his c.o.c.k. But they got her point.

Mike admonished her. "Watch your teeth now."

She folded her lips over the sharp edges, although certain she hadn't nicked Joe. Only when the wide cap of Mike's erection prodded her saturated p.u.s.s.y did she realize what he'd meant. She froze as he began to enter her, a fraction of an inch at a time.

"Oh. f.u.c.k." Dave grunted as he shuttled in and out of James's mouth. "You should see this. He's opening her up and she's loving it."

James paused, removing his mouth with a slurp so he could tuck his head between his shoulders and witness Mike's progress for himself. "Are you okay, Dev?"

His wide eyes made her sure it looked as drastic as it felt. The invasion burned, stretched and caressed her in new and wonderful ways she hadn't expected.

"Love it. G.o.d, yes." She answered by increasing the pace of her hand, which jerked him with ungraceful pa.s.ses now that sensations bombarded her from all angles. Neil helped when he f.u.c.ked James harder, faster, thrusting James's c.o.c.k through the ring of her fingers and eliminating the need for her to move at all.

"More, sweetheart?" Mike rode her with short strokes, b.u.mping them together just enough for her to sample what he might really do if he pushed inside her to the hilt.

"All of you." She would have used her heels on his a.s.s to try to force him deeper but she was no match for his strength.

"Not like that." He gritted his teeth. "I won't hurt you. No matter what you think you want, we'll take this slow. Neil, pa.s.s me the lube."

She was drenched, plenty slick to take him. Still, she didn't argue when she realized it meant his dexterous fingers would be slipping in and around her p.u.s.s.y beside his gorgeous c.o.c.k. By thrusting upward, she captured another inch or two of his shaft.

d.a.m.n, it did sting. Not more than she could handle. And after a few heartbeats of stillness, the mild pain faded into something a h.e.l.l of a lot more pleasurable.

"You pay attention here." Joe fed her more of his hard-on. "Let Mike handle that. He's really good at taking someone without hurting them. Especially if they're not used to getting f.u.c.ked."

Devon glanced up in time to catch the flush spreading across Joe's chest and up his neck. He should know. She'd stared, fascinated, as Joe bent over for their foreman from time to time.

"Jealous?" She pulled off his tip long enough to taunt him.

"Be good or I'll think you don't deserve this treat." He ruffled her hair playfully.

She exacted revenge by relaxing her throat, taking him deeper than ever on the next pa.s.s. He traced her lips where they ringed his shaft. She swallowed around him, wriggling her tongue along the underside of his c.o.c.k.

"Okay, I take it back." He choked. "This is just fine by me."

Devon relented, otherwise she could easily drain his o.r.g.a.s.m before they were ready to shatter together. For some reason, it mattered to her. She had to share her climax with the crew in the ultimate wegasm or she wouldn't be satisfied.

"Better speed it up," Dave warned Mike. "She's getting that gleam in her eyes like Kay does when she's ready to rip me apart to have her way. You're not going to hurt her. She wants this. You."

Her stare flicked to Neil's. He read the desperation in her gaze even as he continued to ride their mate. One hand lifted from James's a.s.s to rest on Mike's lower back. He prevented the foreman from retreating and instead, nudged him deeper within her.

Knowing Neil directed the action blew her arousal out of proportion. Logic fled. In its place was only sensation. The smell of men and s.e.x and sweat. The sound of grunts, groans and sighs. The sight of muscles straining, flexing and bulging. The taste of Joe's pre-come, salty and sweet. And the feel...

Oh G.o.d, the feel of them.

Over her, under, around, inside... She couldn't help but sense them in every pore of her being. Every breath and heartbeat was filled with the crew.

She had never been happier in her life.

Mike nestled into the cradle of her thighs. Their abdomens met as they fused completely.

"You feel f.u.c.king amazing around me." He groaned into her neck as he fell forward for an instant, catching his breath before the sprint to the finish.

Her head lolled onto the cus.h.i.+on as she lost all sense of time and s.p.a.ce. Joe's c.o.c.k slipped from her mouth. Mike picked up her slack. He slurped the thick shaft between his lips, engulfing it in one long stroke.

As he began to move inside her, he f.u.c.ked Joe with his face, plunging to the base of Joe's erection every time he bottomed out in her p.u.s.s.y. Devon traced the juncture of his lips and Joe's c.o.c.k while reveling in the glide of Mike's broad, lightly furred chest across her mostly flat torso. They glued together from pelvis to shoulders, one of the few times she didn't mind her lack of endowment.

She pried her stare from the men before her, wanting to check in with her lovers. Her other lovers, she supposed. Neil pounded James in the unflinching rhythm they loved best. The smaller man's c.o.c.k bulged in her grip as though he could sense her teetering on the edge of oblivion.

He met her gaze and smiled around Dave's c.o.c.k. The tightening of his mouth was the final straw for the burly man. He growled, fisting his hands in James's hair as he slid deep and regular down James's throat.

Devon watched her mate's Adam's apple bob, no doubt wringing every possible drop of pleasure from Dave's c.o.c.k. The release set off a chain reaction. She stiffened, every part of her-not least of all her mind, heart and soul-affected by the generous affection of the men surrounding her.

The sound that burst from her startled them all, herself included. They froze as they focused on her. The force of their attention guaranteed she'd reached the point of no return. Devon shattered around Mike. She clawed at his back with one hand while the other still clasped James.

Through delirious pleasure, the searing wetness coating her palm and wrist as James shuddered in her hold fueled the fire blazing through her veins. Neil roared, convulsing as he poured himself into James's a.s.s.

Mike whipped his head off Joe's shaft just as the standing crewmate began to grunt and shake. Stream after stream of his e.j.a.c.u.l.a.t.e streaked Devon's chest. She wondered at Mike's choice, since she'd seen him gobble down come enough times to be certain he didn't mind, until he cleaned the evidence of Joe's o.r.g.a.s.m from her one rivulet at a time.

Long laps of his tongue accompanied the hammering of his hips. He nailed her with a ferocity counterbalanced by the tenderness of his care. When he skimmed her nipple, she couldn't help but surrender to another climax. Her channel rippled around his c.o.c.k, sucking s.e.m.e.n straight from his b.a.l.l.s.

He snarled, then bit her neck. Not enough to hurt. Enough to leave a faint bruise. As he deposited his come deep inside her, none of them could deny he'd staked his claim. As their leader, her mentor and a great friend, Mike had marked her as belonging to him. Them.

For the first time since she'd joined the crew, she felt fully a part of their unit. The bond she'd shared with her husbands expanded, including all five of the men in the radiance of her affection.

They looked at her, and she stared back. No words were necessary. They all understood. This kind of connection was forever.

What would their wives think of that?

Chapter Six.

"Morgan!" Kate shrieked and dodged the splash of suds from the sink when an earthenware bowl plunged below the surface.

"It was an accident. It slipped in, I swear." She held her wet, soapy hands up in front of her.

"That's what he said." Kayla wasn't about to let that one sneak past. She flipped a smirk over her shoulder, but Devon couldn't find the heart to return the cheeky grin.

Instead, she dropped a bomb. "I think I might have cheated on you. All of you."

Kate whipped her ap.r.o.n over her head and came to investigate immediately. She had to have been expecting the meltdown.

Devon wrung her hands in front of her churning guts. She s.h.i.+vered.

"Honey, isn't this kind of deja vu?" Morgan joined the women where they huddled near the bar, which distinguished Kayla's kitchen from the rest of the open cabin.

"What do you mean?" Dev tipped her head.

"Remember when you came to us as an intern?" Kayla laughed. "And P.S., that was total bulls.h.i.+t. You already knew far too much about constructioning for that dumb t.i.tle."

The fabrication had Devon cracking a smile as her friend had no doubt intended. "Right. I admit it. I lied on my resume by deleting a heck of a lot of experience. But I heard the crew was the best so I took my shot."

"And what happened then?" Kate arched one eyebrow. "The first time you came out here? When you were so afraid we'd hate you for watching the guys touch each other? As if any red-blooded woman could close her eyes to that."

"I didn't think I was so transparent." She scowled.

"Poker faces aren't your strength." Kayla patted her shoulder.

"Yeah well, if I was scared of losing the best thing I'd found in my life then, it's a million times worse now. I know what I'd be sacrificing if I f.u.c.ked this up." Devon groaned. "They did tell you what happened, right? Please say they did."

"Of course." Kate propped her hand on her hip. It was a little hard to take her glare serious when she was naked. "If it's any consolation, I think Mike was more nervous than you are. I should kick both your a.s.ses."

Devon's heart plummeted through the floor. "I earned it."

"For doubting the experience you had? Yes. If it had been wrong, you would have stopped. Any of you. All of you." Kate glared at her. "Did it feel messed up?"

"G.o.d no." A wash of residual comfort and homecoming knocked her on her a.s.s on the kitchen stool. "I felt like I belonged."

"You do." Kate hugged her. "Mike told me they claimed you as soon as he burst through the door. Trust me...it takes more than that to satisfy him. If anything, he came home rock hard and ready to play. I think the pressure of the whole baby-making thing freaked him out a bit. It's been a while since I've seen him at the end of his leash like that."

"Honestly, Dev, I had horrible cramps that day." Kayla winced. "You guys did me a pretty big favor. Dave would never pressure me for s.e.x when I'm not feeling good, but I walked in on him jerking off in the shower that morning. I admit it, I tiptoed out of there and he pretended he didn't see me through the steam. I couldn't bring myself to join him right then, and I felt pretty guilty about it until he told me what happened. I like knowing he's being taken care of."

"In that case...I'm glad to help." Devon chuckled when Kayla pinched her arm and called her a tart. "I guess I sort of got overwhelmed, you know? That's not an excuse. I should have thought it through first instead of following my instincts..."

"It's different when they're all together. I remember clearly that day in the pool." Kate's eyes glazed over a bit. "I'll dream about it until the day I die. It's like they're one person. Focused on you. I'd be lying if I said I didn't crave the power of that combined pa.s.sion. Once Morgan came along, things changed. I'm not sure that was the right decision. Or maybe it was at the time. But we're stronger now. Sure of ourselves and our relations.h.i.+ps. We've had time to sort out how our individual partners.h.i.+ps work and how we fit into the group. Maybe we should reevaluate."

"You just want to have them all to yourself again." Kayla winked.

"Maybe someday." Kate's eyes darkened. "I've been thinking about how to make this work. Because the reality is I'd also be lying if I ignored the flash of instinctual jealousy that p.r.i.c.ked me when Mike first shared the news he had claimed Devon. He told me she was hot, tight and delicate. For a blip, I wondered...would he prefer that all the time? Then he made sure I knew the answer."

"See, I guess I'm hyperaware of the fact that I have a different relations.h.i.+p with the crew." Devon winced. "I mean, I am part of them. I work with those a.s.sholes every day. I would hate if you thought I was taking advantage of the situation when you're not around. I've enjoyed watching when they would break for a long lunch or when things would heat up on the sites. I think we've been really clear that they'd end up watching me with James and Neil too. But the new touch-if-you-want rule... It changes things. Makes this something more. I just want to be sure that you're sure. Really, really sure. I couldn't stand to screw up what we have, since it's pretty d.a.m.n amazing already."

Kayla sidled closer, levering herself halfway onto the last free stool at the bar. "The way I see it, you hit the nail on the head there. You are one of them. You spend the most time with them. I expect that you have a stronger bond with them. You have so much in common. You're on the border between friend, lover and co-worker. This is going to be harder on you, I think. You have no escape from them. No relief."

"It's true. You have a lot to juggle." Kate laid her hand over Devon's. "But when I start to get confused, I come back to this core truth. Mike's feelings for the crew didn't impact the formation of our love, unless it was to make it stronger. His attachment still doesn't harm our relations.h.i.+p now that our gang has grown beyond the five of them and me. It's the same for your guys and the rest of us."

"I totally agree. But some ground rules probably wouldn't hurt, right?" Morgan asked.

"You've been pretty quiet. What do you think about this?" Kate had clearly spent some time considering the possibilities and come prepared with a plan. "When we're all together, or a whole pair-trio, whatever-is present, it's anything goes as long as the couples involved consent."

"So if Dave and I are hanging out with Neil, James and Dev..." Kayla squinted her eyes as she puzzled through the scenario.

"It's your call." Kate nodded. "There shouldn't be any limits then. But for now, we'll reserve one person bonding with the crew for special occasions. You know, maybe each person's birthday. Sort of like, whoever is celebrating gets to be the centerpiece for the night. They can ask for whatever and whoever they want. No one will be excluded, though. Those not playing could still view if they wanted."

"d.a.m.n, who would choose not to?" Kayla s.h.i.+fted in her seat, fanning her rosy cheeks.

"I'm not making anyone else's decisions for them. I feel like if we're in it together, there's nothing seedy about it. When I saw Mike around you at dinner, Dev, I noticed a difference. It felt right to me. He seemed more natural when he interacted with you. He loves you. All the guys do, same as we love them. But it's something totally different than what he and I have as a pair. h.e.l.l, Morgan even wrangled him into seeing the dentist somehow! He still won't tell me how you did that."

Morgan didn't reveal their secret, though she and Kayla nodded their agreement.

"I admit, not being there when the guys took you screwed with my head a little. I started to wonder if Mike enjoyed himself more with you than me or if he might start to expect a new flavor every week. I don't think that's healthy for our relations.h.i.+p." Kate showed all her cards. "This way, it's not that different from what we talked about the other day, really. You know, swapping when we're together. Except every once in a while we'd take turns letting someone have all the attention. And that's putting it more simply than I mean to. I'm not trying to brush this off. Life is a constant jumble of priorities and unexpected s.h.i.+t. If we stick together, we can even out the peaks and valleys, make life better for all of us, you know?"

Morgan raised her hand sheepishly.

Devon whacked her on the b.u.t.t with a dishtowel for the ridiculous propriety.

"I agree with you in theory." Morgan winced. "I'll never forget the heat in Joe's stare when he watched Dave, Neil and James playing with me. h.e.l.l, I retired that cake recipe. It could never taste as good as when I shared it with the crew. And Joe told me Mike was actually the one to suck him off at the end the other day. d.a.m.n do I regret not seeing that for myself, by the way. But for the first time, I got a little case of jitters. I think you're right. It's best if we reserve five-on-one for times we're all present. And...playing devil's advocate here...we haven't actually tried swapping yet. What if we do and someone finds out they can't handle it?"

"Then we'll discuss and reconsider." Kate made sure to make eye contact with each of her friends. "I couldn't bear to break what we have now. It's a good thing. I think everyone has to know this is a risk-free environment. Everyone's in or no one is. Agreed?"