had tattoos to make them appear as though they have scales and...” She paused, shuddering. “They’ve had their tongues cut to give them the forked appearance of a snake.”
Malik shifted his gaze to her uncles. “This is true?” He glanced back at his mate’s raised brow. “It’s not as though I don’t trust you, malysh. It’s just that it seems so... so—” He threw his arms out to the side. “Odd.”
“Our world is odd.” Wyatt chuckled. “However, it is no less dangerous for our kind. We have many who would see us dead, just as you have had in the past. We were glad to discover that your kind had not perished after all. Though,” he said, gesturing to Carmen. “If either of you hurt our niece, you will be extinct. You can count on that.”
“Gentlemen, gentlemen,” Viktor interrupted. “There is no reason for posturing. If the men say they are her mates, then they are her mates. The Caspian race is renowned for being able to find our mates from a distance. We are also the only tigers who mate for life, though our animal cousins do not.” He gestured toward the town behind him. “Now come, I will show you around the town while Malik and Gable get to know your niece.”
Thirty minutes later, they stood in the center of their living room, their hands in their pockets as Carmen wandered around their home.
“Is this it?” she asked as she came from the back where their bedrooms were located.
Each of them had a huge bedroom where they could go for privacy. However, they planned to share a room once they found their mate— if they ever found a female who would agree to be theirs.
“Yes. This is it,” he replied with a sigh.
She, no doubt, found them lacking. Theirs was a big home compared to those they saw in the human world, but they had no wondrous television or satellite radio. There were no bubbling bathtubs or microwave ovens. They didn’t even have electricity throughout their homes. If they didn’t need it, it didn’t exist in the cascade.
“It’s beautiful.” She smiled as she sauntered up to Malik and ran the tip of her finger from the center of his neck, down the line of his buttons to his belt buckle. “It’s almost as beautiful as its owners are handsome.”
She turned to Gable and did the same thing. “I think it’s time that we moved to the bedroom. Don’t you?” She gave them each a Mona Lisa smile and sauntered back the way she came. “Give me ten minutes to shower. I feel sticky.”
Gable turned to him, his face a blank mask. “It seems she has changed her mind about waiting three days. We cannot assert dominance over one another. In this, she must choose. Whichever bedroom she’s in is her choice for the first. Do you agree?”
“I agree,” Malik said with a nod. “What will the other do in the meantime?”
“If she is in your room, I will go to the river and jump in.” Gable grinned. “The water is freezing this time of year.”
“And I will do the same, should she choose your room.” He glanced back to the doorway before returning his attention to his best friend. “Shall we go see which bathroom she is using and find out which one of us is the lucky bastard?”
With a sharp nod of the head, they both strode to the hallway, each of them anxious to know who would be the first to have the honor of bedding their beautiful mate.
Chapter Fifteen
Carmen stepped from the shower out onto the thick rug, glad that someone in the cascade had determined that hot water was a necessity. She didn’t know if she could have handled a cold shower after the last twenty-four hours she’d spent on the road.
They’d stopped at a restaurant just before they reached the maritime museum that was the front for the parking area used by the Caspian people. She was tired, but excited and she felt as though a layer of crud had covered her body. After all, she’d been stuck in a car for the last several hours lusting after two men, while her body
Malik shifted his gaze to her uncles. “This is true?” He glanced back at his mate’s raised brow. “It’s not as though I don’t trust you, malysh. It’s just that it seems so... so—” He threw his arms out to the side. “Odd.”
“Our world is odd.” Wyatt chuckled. “However, it is no less dangerous for our kind. We have many who would see us dead, just as you have had in the past. We were glad to discover that your kind had not perished after all. Though,” he said, gesturing to Carmen. “If either of you hurt our niece, you will be extinct. You can count on that.”
“Gentlemen, gentlemen,” Viktor interrupted. “There is no reason for posturing. If the men say they are her mates, then they are her mates. The Caspian race is renowned for being able to find our mates from a distance. We are also the only tigers who mate for life, though our animal cousins do not.” He gestured toward the town behind him. “Now come, I will show you around the town while Malik and Gable get to know your niece.”
Thirty minutes later, they stood in the center of their living room, their hands in their pockets as Carmen wandered around their home.
“Is this it?” she asked as she came from the back where their bedrooms were located.
Each of them had a huge bedroom where they could go for privacy. However, they planned to share a room once they found their mate— if they ever found a female who would agree to be theirs.
“Yes. This is it,” he replied with a sigh.
She, no doubt, found them lacking. Theirs was a big home compared to those they saw in the human world, but they had no wondrous television or satellite radio. There were no bubbling bathtubs or microwave ovens. They didn’t even have electricity throughout their homes. If they didn’t need it, it didn’t exist in the cascade.
“It’s beautiful.” She smiled as she sauntered up to Malik and ran the tip of her finger from the center of his neck, down the line of his buttons to his belt buckle. “It’s almost as beautiful as its owners are handsome.”
She turned to Gable and did the same thing. “I think it’s time that we moved to the bedroom. Don’t you?” She gave them each a Mona Lisa smile and sauntered back the way she came. “Give me ten minutes to shower. I feel sticky.”
Gable turned to him, his face a blank mask. “It seems she has changed her mind about waiting three days. We cannot assert dominance over one another. In this, she must choose. Whichever bedroom she’s in is her choice for the first. Do you agree?”
“I agree,” Malik said with a nod. “What will the other do in the meantime?”
“If she is in your room, I will go to the river and jump in.” Gable grinned. “The water is freezing this time of year.”
“And I will do the same, should she choose your room.” He glanced back to the doorway before returning his attention to his best friend. “Shall we go see which bathroom she is using and find out which one of us is the lucky bastard?”
With a sharp nod of the head, they both strode to the hallway, each of them anxious to know who would be the first to have the honor of bedding their beautiful mate.
Chapter Fifteen
Carmen stepped from the shower out onto the thick rug, glad that someone in the cascade had determined that hot water was a necessity. She didn’t know if she could have handled a cold shower after the last twenty-four hours she’d spent on the road.
They’d stopped at a restaurant just before they reached the maritime museum that was the front for the parking area used by the Caspian people. She was tired, but excited and she felt as though a layer of crud had covered her body. After all, she’d been stuck in a car for the last several hours lusting after two men, while her body
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