Chapter Eleven
My fey.The phrase echoed around in my head throughout the rest of the day as we watched movies, and they took turns making me food or bringing me something to drink. They were infallibly considerate.
I even caved on the foot massage once I had lounge pants on again. Azio rubbed my right foot while Groth claimed my left. They were both gentle and watched my reactions more than the movie playing. Of course I enjoyed being pampered. Who wouldn’t? They were attentive to my needs. And through a hundred small actions, they let me know they were both very interested in any scrap of attention I would willingly give them.
However, that concentrated level of attention left me feeling a bit overwhelmed and concerned. Especially when I caught a glimpse of hunger in their gazes.
Even though neither touched me without permission, I went to bed that night with the door firmly closed and a request that they leave it that way unless there was an emergency. To my relief, it was still shut in the morning, and all my clothes were exactly where I’d left them.
Rather than shower, I went downstairs to start breakfast for Solin and Brooke’s visit. Thanks to the powdered eggs and a surplus of baking ingredients, I put together a savory hash brown breakfast casserole.
Groth and Azio watched me move around the kitchen and asked a million questions again. I didn’t mind the questions. Cooking curiosity I could handle. Yesterday’s subtle female curiosity had been a little unnerving, though. Which is why I was anxious for Brooke’s visit. She’d known exactly how they would behave and had been right about the boundaries they held to.
I was hoping she would be able to give me more insight this morning. Like what my long-term role would be here…with two fey.
Once the casserole was in the oven, I excused myself to get ready and asked them both to respect my privacy and stay out of the bathroom while I was using it. Like the day before, they quickly agreed to my request.
By the time I emerged, I could hear Brooke’s voice downstairs and hurried to join her.
She was all smiles when she saw me and motioned for me to join her on the couch and let the fey serve us. While they were busy plating our food, I took a calming breath and quietly asked my first question.
“What exactly is going on here?”
“What do you mean?”
“Are they both interested in me?”
“Probably.”
“So they want to share me?”
Something dropped in the kitchen. When I glanced to see what, I found all three fey frozen and staring off in different directions.
“They’re acting weirder than normal, right?” I asked softly.
Brooke laughed.
“They are. But ignore them for a moment. Do you want Groth and Azio to share you?”
“I’m not even sure I can handle one fey, never mind two.”
“And when you say handle…?”
“Be in a physically intimate relationship.”
“Sex,” she said bluntly. “You’re not sure if you can have sex with two at once, or are you not sure you can juggle two sexually active relationships simultaneously?”
I stared at her for a long moment.
“Are you purposely trying to see what it takes to shock me?”
“Nope. I’m spelling it out so those poor, freaking out fey in the kitchen can decide if they want to try fainting or not.”
I glanced at the still frozen fey. All of their ears were a deep, dark grey, almost to the point of being black. Something eased inside of me, seeing that I’d unintentionally made them so uncomfortable. Their disconcertion made them so human.
“I’m not trying to freak anyone out,” I said. “I’m just trying to understand what they expect of me.”
“Well, I’m pretty sure they were hoping you’d pick one of them to be your happily-ever-after man. But now that you mentioned two, they’re probably quietly deciding if they can share you. And that’s why I spelled out the sharing option. I’m not sure threesomes are something they’d enjoy. I mean, Solin doesn’t mind his brothers knowing the details of our sexcapades, but he’s not keen on me walking around town naked for everyone to see. They’re a little possessive but not in a smothering way.”