Triple Booked

by Mardi Ballou

  Of course. Once they made love here, the island’s magic would take hold even in Gabe’s recalcitrant soul.

  “Now that we have eaten and drunk, to partake of the island’s mythology, only one thing remains,” Alex announced.

  “What,” Gabe snorted, “grand larceny? Breaking and entering?”

  “No,” Alex whispered. “Now, to make ourselves citizens of the Isle of Manikis, we make love.”

  Jade, eyes wide with delight, took both men by the hand and drew them down to the ground.

  Though he hoped his two guests would disdain the blanket, he cleared it for them to lie upon. But Jade clamped her hand on his arm. “Not on the blanket. Let’s make love on the grass, under the tree and the sun.”

  “Your wish is my command, my lady.” He inclined his head, then turned to Gabe and added, “And yours, Gabe.”

  Gabe swallowed hard, his eyes flinty. “Jade, have you gone nuts? I am so out of here.”

  “I think it’s time now we deal with what happened during the earthquake.” She took Gabe’s hand and pulled him down to the sun-warmed grass.

  Of course, Alex realized. He’d been proceeding as if their earlier lovemaking were acknowledged, if kept quiet. Jade had the wisdom to realize they needed to get that reality out in the open before they could progress. His admiration for her grew. The woman truly was a goddess!

  “What do you mean?” A mix of emotions animated Gabe’s face. “Nothing happened. There was an earthquake. We all got knocked out for a while.”

  Jade licked her luscious lips. “Nothing else significant about that time, Gabe?”

  He swallowed hard again. “What are you getting at?”

  She took a deep breath. “I became the Aphrodite, the goddess of love. Alex was Dionysus and you, Gabe, were the god of war, Ares.”

  Gabe actually grew pale. “Delusion. Hallucination.” His words were barely audible.

  Jade took his hand to her lips and kissed him. “If it was a delusion or hallucination, it was one we shared. Complete with the most intense lovemaking ever.”

  “Oh, God.” Gabe pulled his hand away from Jade and sprang to his feet. For a moment, Alex feared he’d try to run away.

  Jade stood up and pressed against him. “Gabe, we made love—the three of us. But first, it was you and Alex.”

  Gabe looked sick. “It didn’t really happen. It couldn’t have.”

  Both Alex and Jade confirmed it had.

  Though Gabe looked disgusted, he’d also grown quite hard. His body was evidently ahead of his mind in accepting what happened.

  Jade grinned at Gabe, looking pointedly at Gabe’s erection. “I love the way all three of us made love, and I loved seeing you and Alex together.”

  Gabe started to say something, then appeared to change his mind. With a gasp, he took Alex’s and Jade’s hands and placed them on the throbbing erection between his legs. His eyes glowed with the heat of his desire. Alex’s cock went to full tumescence as soon as he touched Gabe and felt the heat of Jade’s encouragement and desire.

  “We don’t want to keep this treasure locked away, now do we?” Alex unzipped Gabe’s fly. The sight of Gabe’s plump, lovely spear and the grateful sound of his sigh got them started.

  Gabe looked from Jade to Alex as if still dazed. Fortunately, in such matters, Alex had the expertise of long experience. With a stroke of Gabe’s pulsing cock, with Jade’s grinning approval, Alex happily took charge. “The time has come, my man, to expand your repertoire.”

  With Jade gazing at them both, Alex quickly threw off his own clothes and undressed the stunned Gabe. Delicious as Gabe looked, and hot as he felt, Alex hesitated. For everything between them to work, for him to truly fulfill the prophecy of the Tarot, Alex needed Gabe to take steps to understand what was happening, and that the link between all of them was true and deep.

  Alex stepped back from Gabe. “Look at me,” he commanded.

  Gabe devoured Alex with his eyes and lunged as if to grab him. “I don’t understand any of this, but it has to happen. Whatever there is on this friggin’ island, I surrender.”

  Alex, who wanted to be grabbed and loved hearing Gabe’s surrender, forced himself to step back. “Not so fast. I want you to really see me before we assuage our hunger for each other. And to admit what’s between us is bigger and more important than the influence of the island.”

  “I really see you. It ain’t just the island, okay? Let’s fuck.” Gabe grabbed him again, and Alex pushed him away.

  Alex looked to Jade. “Do you understand what I’m doing here?”

  She nodded. “Gabe, this is important. I want you to follow Alex’s lead.”

  Gabe shuddered. “For you, Jade. You know I love you.”

  Jade nodded. “And I love you. Always will. I never imagined our love would be big enough to welcome another person to be part of us, but that’s what’s happening. Gabe, I’m glad Alex is here. I’m glad he’s brought us to this place. And I fully accept all the combinations our love makes possible. I hope you do, too. I hope you will be able to enjoy seeing Alex and me make love just as much as I did the two of you.”

  Gabe bit his lip. Alex could see how much effort the other man was making to understand and accept all the changes to the world and the identity he knew. Now it was time to add actions to words and images.

  Alex kissed Gabe. He put his hands on either side of the other man’s face and drew him closer. Now that they were no longer sparring, Alex let his lips reveal how he felt about Gabe. With no hesitation, Gabe responded to the erotic pressure of the deepening kiss with awakening passion. Novice though he was to enjoying another man’s embrace, Gabe apparently drew on instinct and desire and ground his erection against Alex’s. The sensation aroused Alex, who shifted his hips to brush his penis against his lover’s. Gabe grabbed Alex around the hips and pulled him in very tight to maximize the sensuous contact and the divine friction.

  “I think you are ready for something new,” Alex murmured in full teacher mode. He stroked Gabe’s ass to prepare him to be butt-fucked. Though previously Alex hadn’t expected Gabe to be ready to be ready for this next step so soon, Gabe was proving to be an apt student. Despite his initial resistance, Gabe’s new willingness boded well for Alex’s mission and for the prophecy of the Tarot.

  “What are you going to do?” Gabe asked with a hint of apprehension in his voice.

  “I’m going to fuck you.”

  Gabe’s eyelids fluttered and his face lit up with desire. Though Alex had braced himself for the other man to object, it was clear to Alex that Gabe’s arousal was leading him. Gabe moaned, a sound that carried the full weight of his lust and repressed passion at last released.

  Jade avidly watched all they did with an expression of tenderness spiked with desire. Alex prided himself on having recognized the goddess in her, the way she embodied the glory of Aphrodite in the form and mien of a beautiful modern woman. He would savor making slow, passionate love with her.

  But now, Alex wanted to kiss Gabe everywhere. The other man’s magnificent body was beautifully responsive to even the tiniest of caresses and the lightest touch—like a buried treasure he’d just had the great good fortune to discover. Alex licked his small, flat nipples, which made Gabe gasp with pleasure. His cock twitched in anticipation of exploring Gabe’s tight rear sheath.

  But Alex wanted Gabe conscious of every nuance of what happened between them. For their future success as a writing team, everything except the mysteries of his Order had to be out in the open, ripe for discussion and examination. So, though it was not his usual style to articulate every move with words, he now provided a running commentary of what he was doing and what Gabe could expect to feel. He hoped.

  Of course, many kisses and nibbles punctuated this running commentary, which was also for Jade’s benefit. Unfortunately, all he could spare for Jade right now were words, though she’d have the full benefit of both men’s focus another time. Alex suspected Jade would prove to be a woman o
f many resources.

  “You have a fine, strong back, my friend,” Alex murmured. Gabe pressed against him in response.

  Gods, the man had a world-class ass—worthy of the finest sculptor. “For me to be able to take you back here, I must be sure to lubricate you well.”

  Gabe, busy stroking his cock, grunted a reply.

  Alex, who couldn’t wait to get deep inside him, put his index finger inside his mouth to wet it.

  “Let me,” Jade said.

  Alex, delighted to have her participate, removed his finger from his own mouth and traced Jade’s full pink lips before slipping his finger into her mouth. She eagerly sucked on his finger, which got him harder. Alex ran the finger down Gabe’s butt crease, which elicited a long moan. His finger, which met some initial resistance, entered Gabe, who, after a brief hesitation, quickly showed he wanted more.

  Alex, deciding to try a second finger before he began to put his cock to Gabe, wondered if Jade wanted to lick this one too. But Jade positioned herself between Gabe’s legs and looked up at Alex. “Your cock should be wet, too, right? That will make it easier to fuck Gabe.”

  With a sigh of gratitude, Alex nodded. Jade, braced with one hand clamped on Alex’s leg, took his erection into her mouth and began to suck. If he hadn’t sought the moisture to fuck Gabe, Alex would have been more than glad to come in her mouth. But he had to stick to the plan. Two fingers moistened, he stuck both into Gabe’s tight hole. Gabe indicated he was ready, able and willing to take Alex fully into him.

  With a tinge of regret, Alex told Jade they’d have to interrupt her delightful fellatio, but he hoped there’d be more of the same sometime in the very near future. Jade withdrew and grinned at him. Then she scuttled back and came around. “I’d like to watch so I can know exactly what’s happening between you two.”

  “Knowing you’re watching adds to it,” Alex said.

  With her just inches away, Alex positioned Gabe—all the time telling him what was happening. He had Gabe bend from the hips and brace himself on the tree. Sensing Gabe’s nervousness and excitement, Alex massaged his hips and the tops of his legs as he helped the other man prepare for what was going to happen between them. Alex summoned up a lightly honey-scented lube, which he layered generously in Gabe’s crease and opening.

  Then, at last, he positioned the head of his cock at Alex’s hot, wet opening. Gabe moaned at the first touch. Alex felt so excited after Jade’s fellatio that just putting his glans to Gabe’s opening was nearly enough to make him come.

  Alex bit his lip and willed himself to exercise self-control, perhaps the biggest challenge of his life to date. He wanted to fuck Gabe, fuck him hard, and come deep within him. When he thought he had himself somewhat under control, Alex moved his hips forward so the head of his cock started to open Gabe up. Chills went up and down his spine at the sheer erotic pleasure of this initial contact. Gabe moved his ass from side to side, which would have made Alex come if he hadn’t been determined not to.

  “How is it for you, Gabe?”

  “Give me more, man. I want all of you, now.” To illustrate his point, Gabe pushed back against Alex, who’d decided to move with infinite slowness.

  Suddenly, despite his intentions, Alex was soon past the entrance resistance and deep inside Gabe. Though he’d been afraid moving too quickly might hurt Gabe, Alex appreciated how the other man had asserted his own needs and rhythm.

  Now Alex gave himself over to the sensations of having his cock buried deep inside Gabe, who wanted to move much too quickly. “Slow down, my friend,” Alex whispered. To reinforce his words, he grasped Gabe by both hips and, with his hands, constrained him to remain still.

  Gabe exhaled harshly. “I want to move.”

  “I know you do. But if you continue the way you are, I’ll come too fast. And I want you to really experience this position.” Alex attempted to sound like the voice of reason, but he felt himself much more aroused and emotionally involved than he’d foreseen.

  After they’d brought the action to a grinding halt, Alex figured it would be okay to remove one hand from Gabe’s hips and take hold of the other man’s erection. Alex realized that, despite his best intentions, he might not be able to last as long as he wanted this time around. In view of how much Gabe was giving himself over to the pleasure of their sex, Alex figured there’d be a strong possibility of repeat performances. Though touching Gabe would arouse Alex more and challenge his resolve, he wanted the other man to feel maximum pleasure. When he touched Gabe’s cock, Alex felt gratified to encounter Jade’s hand there.

  Jade was proficiently stroking and caressing Gabe’s shaft with one hand and herself with the other. Alex paused for a moment to enjoy the sight of Jade touching herself everywhere she wanted. She had her eyes closed and an expression of sheer pleasure lit up her face. Alex took hold of Gabe’s balls and gave them a good solid feel before beginning to rhythmically stroke.

  Gabe was very, very excited. His cock was huge with his arousal, and he moved so as to take advantage of all the stimulation he was getting, both fore and aft. Jade was really getting into it, alternating her strokes with kisses and nibbles that turned Alex on almost as much as they evidently affected Gabe. All the while, she played with herself, bucking her hips as she rode her hand.

  “I’m going to come soon,” Gabe groaned.

  “Great! Gabe, do you think you have to wait for me to come before you do?” Alex asked.

  “Don’t I?”

  “No, man. Come as the spirit moves you. With Jade here touching you along with herself, with my hand on your balls and my cock in your ass, I’d say you deserve a round of applause for lasting this long.”

  Gabe exhaled and loudly whooped in conjunction with his huge climax. Jade, one hand still buried in her cunt, licked his cock clean.

  Too much. Alex announced his orgasm and then let go for all he was worth. It felt like his entire body climaxed.

  Jade wound her legs around Gabe’s thigh and humped him for several beats before she joined the orgasm chorus.

  Sated, the three fell together under the tree as the sun sank into the horizon.

  Chapter Eight

  “Very pretty,” Demetrios purred, standing over the languid threesome as they lay, legs and arms entwined, in the meadow.

  His comment woke Alex, who opened his eyes and sprang to his feet. “Demetrios.” He held out his hand.

  “Gods, it’s amazing to see you again,” the other man murmured. He surveyed the dozers with a sardonic smile. “I see the attraction that kept you in America.”

  Alex regarded Jade and Gabe fondly. Still naked, he felt at a disadvantage beside the clothed Demetrios, especially because he was half erect and Demetrios kept stealing glances at his cock. “Is this a closed party, or may I join?”

  Alex laughed. He hadn’t considered inviting even Demetrios to join them. Heck, having a third man would probably send Gabe running and screaming into the night. And how would Jade react? Despite the generosity she’d shown both him and Gabe during their recent lovemaking, he wondered if she might not be feeling a bit neglected. Maybe having Demetrios join them would ensure that no one felt left out.

  Except the prophecy was for three together, not four. And, Alex realized, he did not want to share these two magnificent people with anyone but each other. “I understand you’ve completed your mission in stellar style.”

  “Changing the subject?” Demetrios cocked a brow.

  “Busted. Seriously, Demetrios, the Tarot specified three, which is how we should keep the dynamic until I’ve accomplished my mission.”

  His former lover took a moment to mull this over. “Of course. Though, Alex, all this seriousness seems quite a change for you.” He touched Alex’s shoulder and glanced down at his dick, which bobbed in greeting. Alex shifted his weight and considered grabbing something to cover himself with. “Though I’m happy to see your body responds the same as I remember.”

  Gabe and Jade began to stir. “Go for now
, Demetrios. I will introduce you to my companions later, after I’ve completed my mission—and we’re all decent.”

  For a moment, Alex thought Demetrios would insist on hanging around, but he finally acquiesced. Just in time.

  “What the hell—” Gabe woke in his usual contrary mood. Realizing he and Jade were naked under the olive tree, he jumped up and began searching for his clothing. “Where are our things? Why the fuck are Jade and I buck naked?” Alex could see the moment realization appeared to hit. Gabe’s body glowed in the fading sunlight that poured over him like a benediction. Then Gabe smacked himself on the head and, eyes narrowed, glared at Alex.

  “What the hell have you done with our clothes? What the hell have you done?” Gabe croaked out the last word.

  “Your clothes are over there, along with mine.” Alex pointed to where they’d strewn their garments. “When you get yours, please pick mine up too.”

  Gabe stomped across the grass to retrieve the clothing. As he materialized a soft cloth to clean himself with, Alex watched the play of muscles in Gabe’s fine butt as he moved, and he remembered how he’d felt to have his cock buried deep inside the other man. At this point, Alex had a full-fledged erection again and, right now, nowhere to go with it.

  Jade sat up and stretched her arms to the sky before she hugged her knees. She reminded him of a forest nymph, and he could picture her in a diaphanous white dress with a crown of laurel entwined in her hair. “I feel like I’m in a dream, here with you and Gabe, but I’m not, am I?”

  Alex sat down next to her on the grass. With his legs out straight, his erection stood out like the proverbial sore thumb, only, thank the gods, it wasn’t at all sore. He massaged the sensitive skin of her legs. “Everything here is real as the touch of my hand,” he assured her.

  “And my hand on your cock.” She stroked him, and Alex groaned his appreciation.

  Just then Gabe appeared bearing an armful of clothes. “Here, Jade. We can get dressed.”

  With their hands on each other, Alex and Jade looked up at him. Alex was about to say something, when Jade responded. “Not just yet, Gabe. You see, Alex is showing me reality here.”