Shadowing the Teacher (Perfect Pairs Book 3)

by Tamsin Baker

  His belly was in knots, and the tears he saw shimmering in the corners of her eyes only made it worse.

  Kane moved into the room, too, and sat in the armchair nearby. He didn’t say anything, but Reid knew he was there to support him if need be. He always was.

  “No, no, it’s fine.” Sam rubbed her hand over his, a shiver running through his body at her touch. “I understand that you loved her, I just hope … one day, you can love me, too.” Her voice cracked, and she bit her lip again in that way that broke his heart.

  “You’ve got it all wrong.” Reid sighed, half of him wanting to turn back from this conversation and the other part desperate to fix what was broken. They couldn’t start this new relationship unless everything was out in the open.

  “I did love Amanda, and I let myself get so sick after she died because I didn’t want to live without her.” He huffed, not liking the pain he was seeing in Sam’s face as he spoke. Twisted, red, tear jerking pain. “But you changed all that, without even trying. Every part of me recognized you as my true mate, and my body healed itself for you. So I can love you the way I’m meant to.”

  Her mouth dropped open, and she blinked rapidly for a minute. “Really?”

  He huffed out a laugh. “Yeah, really and you know what else? You didn’t just save my life physically. You gave me a reason to want to live, and that’s the amazing thing. I was so determined to cling to the memories of her, die with her.”

  “You must have loved her very much.”

  He shook his head, sadness tugging at him as he began to let go of the final ties to his first wife. She was gone, and if he was truly honest, if she was still here and they’d met Sam, he would have been hard pressed to stay faithful in his marriage. The power of their mating bond was too great. “I thought I did, of course, but it was nothing compared to how I feel about you.”

  She swallowed hard, gripping his hand tight. “Then why did you fight it so much in the beginning?”

  “I felt guilty, as though I was cheating on her memory, but as Kane has reminded me, Amanda wasn’t perfect, not by a long shot. It was wonderful knowing her, but you are the woman meant for us. You, Sam, with your beautiful heart, amazing sensuality, and perfect taste.”

  Tears slid down Sam’s gorgeous face, and she reached out for him.

  “Please tell me those tears are the good sort?”

  She nodded as she touched his face and pulled him down to her. “Yes, very much so.”

  Reid pulled her up onto his lap and kissed her soft lips, loving the taste of her on his tongue.

  “Our very own angel, sent to save us,” Kane said as he rounded them and sat behind Sam, taking one of her hands in his and beginning to kiss her palm.

  Reid lifted his head and grinned down at Sam, her lips still turned up for his kiss.

  “Yes, our very own Heaven-sent angel, and I for one, sweetheart, will thank the universe every single day for sending you our way.”

  ****

  Her throat was clogged with tears, and the tingle in her nose just wouldn’t go away. She sniffed and wiped at her face. “So, what do we do now?”

  Reid gave her a smile and a wink and she coughed out a laugh. He was thinking about sex, again?

  “Really?”

  His face sobered, and Kane caught his eye, both of them taking on a serious tone in their voice and their posture. “It’s a bit more than that now.”

  The men exchanged glances, and Reid nodded once.

  What were they going on about now?

  Kane lifted his hand and touched her chin, lifting her gaze to his. “We want you to mate with us, be ours forever.”

  “What do you mean … mate with you?” That didn’t sound particularly pleasant to her if it meant something to do with their animals. They were beautiful and powerful, but they were still massive cats.

  “It means, please make love to us both, commit to us. Let us love you and bind you to us.”

  She looked between them a little confused. “Haven’t we already done that?”

  They grinned at her, and Kane kissed the tip of her nose. “Not exactly. This is part way like a marriage ceremony. From this moment on, we will be fully committed to you, if that is what you want. If it’s too early for you, you can say that and we will wait until you are ready.”

  She’d waited her whole life for someone to love her the way these men did, and she couldn’t wait to begin her life with them.

  “I’m ready. I know I’ll never find anyone as perfect for me as you two are. I adore you and can’t imagine a future without you.”

  Kane stood and pulled her to her feet. She leaned forward to kiss him, then squealed as Reid swung her up into his arms. He purred in her ear and strode off into her bedroom.

  He placed her on the bed, and she sat on the edge, heart pounding so hard she could feel her ear drums thrumming. This was huge, she could feel it now. The magic twirling around them, that electrical pulse of energy that happened when they touched. Something special was connecting all three of them, and making love to Kane and Reid now was going to do what she’d always thought lovemaking should be. A true melding of heart, body, and soul.

  Or so she hoped.

  “Do I have to do anything special? Or…”

  Reid pressed his mouth down onto hers, silencing the questions bubbling up.

  His tongue pressed into her mouth persistently, and she let him in, his distinct taste exploding over her taste buds. He moved down, kneeling on the floor and pressing her legs apart. He moved between her spread thighs, still kissing her, holding her close.

  Her eyes were shut as the heat washed over her. His hands were on her clothes, pushing the shirt from her body, her breasts swinging free as her bra was removed. Kane’s hands were on her shoulders, his lips at her neck. They were surrounding her with warmth and attention, and her head was already swimming.

  Reid moved back, breaking their kiss. He stood up and began undressing. His eyes were on hers, burning into her. His massive chest made her mouth water as Kane pulled her back onto the bed and Reid pulled at her shorts. She was naked again, the state her men seemed to enjoy her most in.

  He slid up on to the bed, lying on his side and pulling her closer, devouring her mouth. She went with it, pressing her breasts to his chest as he kissed her and grabbed her ass.

  Kane slid onto the bed behind her, pressing his lips to her neck and spreading her legs with his knees. She opened for him and moaned as his fingers began to toy with her clit. Sparks of light burst into life inside her, her body responding to her men in the way that only they could evoke.

  Kane moved his hand further down and dipped his fingers into her pussy, wetting them and then circling her clit once again. She broke off from Reid’s lips to moan, only to have Reid bend his head and devour her breasts. Her bit at her nipples and lapped at the flesh beneath.

  She reached for them both, wrapping her fists around both of their cocks and then flushing with pleasure as they both growled in response.

  She stroked them the best she could until Reid stood up, moving to the end of the bed.

  “We’re both going to take you tonight, at the same time. Suck Kane for a minute, beautiful, and give me that arse.”

  “Oh yes, please.”

  She loved that idea, and it was such a giddy feeling to know that this was how it would always be. Two men to please, two men who wanted to please her. Limitless positions and possibilities.

  She rolled over and knelt on the bed between Kane’s legs, presenting her pussy for Reid. She grabbed a hold of Kane’s beautiful, thick cock and kissed the head once in reverence before taking it into her mouth.

  Reid’s hands opened her up, and his tongue slid along her already aroused and sensitive folds. “Fuck.” She groaned and came off Kane for a moment, her eyes sliding shut in bliss as Reid ate at her, licking and loving her so that the coil inside her tightened further.

  She opened her mouth and sank back onto Kane, his cock touching the back of
her throat as he got bigger and bigger in her mouth. Reid’s tongue slid up and penetrated her ass, and she gasped over Kane’s cock. Wow. That was incredible. She’d never had anyone do such a thing before, but she was locked into place and had nowhere to go. If Reid wanted to do that to her, she wasn’t going to stop him.

  They moved together, grunting and groaning as they pushed each other towards orgasm. Kane suddenly gasped and pulled away, grabbing his shaft and squeezing tight. “I am so close.”

  Reid stood up behind her, his hands still on her cheeks. “Good. Suck me a moment, beautiful, and then get on top of Kane.”

  Sam swiveled around and took Reid’s dick into her mouth, loving the slight difference in flavor as Reid thrust between her lips. He grabbed her hair tight and held her still, and she relaxed into it. She loved the flow of power this gave her, to know he wanted her so much.

  He pulled back and grinned, stroking himself for a moment while his eyes rolled back in his head. “You have the most incredible mouth, beautiful. Now go get on top of Kane. It’s time to bond you to us.”

  Yes. Yes, she wanted that, so much. To never again be alone, unloved and no one to love in return.

  She twisted back around and climbed onto Kane, rubbing her wet pussy along his shaft until she reached the perfect angle, and impaled herself on him.

  “Ah…” She moaned in bliss as he filled her empty core with his body.

  There was nothing but skin between them now, and she reveled in the possibilities that would bring. Babies … how she wanted their babies.

  Kane tugged her down on to him, and she kissed him deeply, loving how he grabbed her hips and thrust up into her, his enthusiasm for her and her body a compliment in itself.

  Reid moved behind her, kneeling on the bed and rubbing cool ointment on her asshole. “Are you…”

  She didn’t really want to ask, she knew the answer now. Oh shit. She’d never done that with one man before, let alone taken two.

  “You’re made for us, our beautiful mate. Relax and let us take care of you.”

  She nodded and buried her head in the crook of Kane’s neck, needing an anchor as the storm began to gather strength.

  Kane snuck his hand down between them and flicked her clit with his fingers as he rocked inside her, the sparks flying around her belly and tightening her on him. Reid tapped her with his finger and penetrated her ass softly. She moaned and moved against him. There was a hollowness now to her body. She needed Reid in her, too.

  He pressed deeper, then added two fingers. There was a burn and a stretch as he thrust his digits in and out of her, while Kane worked her body from the inside.

  She was going to come.

  Her belly tightened, and Kane thrust harder as her breathing changed and she bit into his shoulder. The orgasm rolled over her, and she clenched down onto Kane’s cock. He groaned beneath her, grabbing tight to the hip he held. “Fuck, oh shit. Hurry up, Reid.”

  She nodded, agreeing completely with Kane as her eyes closed, a wave of longing washing over her. Reid pressed his cock to her back entrance, slipping in easily with the preparation he’d done. She gasped aloud, pushing back, needing more.

  “Oh shit, Kane, can you feel that? It was never like that … before.”

  Kane moaned and gasped. “I know. I told you. Sam is … the one.”

  Reid thrust deeper and she cried out as another small orgasm crashed into her, tightening every part of her body and making Kane groan beneath her again.

  Kane took his hand off her clit, grabbed both of her hips and began thrusting madly, his growls and gasps making her wetter. Reid moved slower, but deep, and Sam couldn’t believe the way her body craved it. She was so full she could burst.

  “I’m coming, oh damn … oh fuck!” Kane cried out as he slammed up into her, his seed pulsing into her body and calling on her own orgasm.

  Sam screamed as fireworks exploded in her brain and fire sizzled along her legs. Kane bit her shoulder, and heat oozed through her, bonding her to him.

  Reid pushed all the way in and growled above her, his seed flooding her as he, too, bit her other shoulder, their connection cementing inside her body. She could feel them both, their love for her, the perfection of their connection.

  Reid collapsed onto her back and eased out of her, rolling to the side and pulling her with him. They all settled into a tangle of arms and legs, their heavy breathing the only sounds in the room.

  Oh my God, that was incredible.

  “I had no idea it would feel like that.”

  Kane kissed her deeply, then pulled back, panting for breath. “Neither did I. When Reid moved into you, I could feel twice as much as ever before. Like, I could feel all of my own pleasure, and Reid’s. It was amazing.”

  She looked over at Reid, who was nodding madly, his huge, sweat slicked chest moving rapidly up and down as he struggled to catch his breath.

  She was reluctant to ask, but she swore to herself that once she had the answer, she’d never ask again. “So, it was different from being with Amanda?”

  They both froze for a second and then laughed, deeply and with a strength she found comforting. They both rolled towards her and wrapped her up in their strong arms.

  Kane spoke to her first. “It was nothing like being with Amanda, our beautiful mate. We had no idea how perfect this could be, until an hour ago.”

  A huge smile spread across her face, and she settled her head against Reid’s shoulder.

  “I love you.”

  “And we love you,” Kane said, his voice trembling a little.

  “So much,” said Reid, kissing the top of her head.

  Sam closed her eyes and drifted into sleep. She’d found her perfect life, her perfect men, and thanks to her cousin’s matchmaking, she’d found her Perfect Pair.

  Epilogue

  Five years later

  Sam stroked her fingers over her huge belly, the movement inside her just as fierce as her sons had been three years ago. A huge kick hit her ribs, and she shifted with discomfort, rubbing the spot firmly. Only a week to go.

  “Hey, Sam, are our kids first cousins, second cousins, or more like brothers and sisters?” Ashleigh asked her as they sat around Sam’s huge backyard porch. They’d moved into this house her men had built for her last year when she’d first found out she was expecting her second set of twins.

  “They’re second cousins, I think.” That was how she’d been taught anyway. Children of first cousins were second cousins.

  Ash sat down on the grass, stroking the soft belly of her newest baby, her fourth son, who lay on the blanket between them.

  “What are you guys talking about?” Laura asked, settling herself on the picnic rug even though there was heaps of room on the chairs set out in a circle.

  “Ash was just asking how our kids are related. I think they’re second cousins.”

  Laura nodded, her eyes straying to her two-year-old daughter playing in the sand pit nearby. “Yeah, that sounds about right.”

  Ash picked up her baby and put it to her breast, the hungry baby suckling hard. “But we’re all first cousins, and all our husbands are first cousins, so wouldn’t that make them all closer related?”

  Sam nodded at her cousin, relaxing back into the comfortable chair her husbands had bought for her. “You’re probably right, Ash. They’re as close as brother and sister, and as long as none of us move away, they’ll stay that way.”

  “We’re not going anywhere,” Ash and Laura said in perfect unison, and they laughed, relaxing into the peaceful environment around them.

  Another powerful kick and a cramp grabbed Sam’s lower belly, and she sucked in a breath. Her babies may not be waiting until next week to arrive.

  “Do you know what time the men will be home?” The six of their husbands were out running in their shifter form, as they did most Sundays. It was getting tougher as the baby count got higher, but they had a secure yard, lots of play equipment, and half the time, one or two of the mother-in-la
ws would pop in to help, too.

  “Argh…” Sam sat up in her chair and rubbed her belly harder.

  “About six, why?” Ash asked, her eyes narrowed with the knowledge of a woman who’d had her own four babies.

  Sam glanced at her watch. That was only three hours away. She’d be fine. Their babies would come through the night, when it was safe and dark.

  “Because I think I’m in labor.”

  Laura rushed over, kneeling before her with a worried expression. “You sure? Do you want me to send Renee out for them?”

  Renee, Brandon and Tyler’s sister, had married a human and was happily settled near Laura. She helped out often and would come over at a moment’s notice.

  “No, I’m fine. It’ll be hours yet, just wondering.”

  Sam’s eyes lifted up to her three-year-old twin sons by the slide, pushing each other and rolling in the grass. Jarvis and Taj. They were happy, good boys whom she adored with her whole heart. But they were also young boys who took all her energy and were a lot more accident prone than she’d like. “I can’t believe I’m going to have another Perfect Pair to contend with.”

  Ash laughed. “We better call up some of our cousins who have girls and invite them over for their twenty-first birthdays. What’s the bet their mates are related to us, too?”

  Sam laughed, and Laura stood up to settle some of the older kids who were calling for food. “There’s sandwiches on the bench, Laura.”

  Laura picked up one of her daughters and took the hand of one of Sam’s sons. “Come on, kids.”

  She towed them inside, and Sam closed her eyes for a moment, completely at peace in the perfect moment in time.

  Everything had worked out even better than Reid and Kane had promised her. They’d followed her “home” so that she could sell her house and quit her job. Instead, she’d put her house up for lease and kept it, and her boss had recommended a transfer for a school only half an hour from where Ash and Laura lived.