The room broke into light applause, and then he continued. “I’m here tonight with my best friend and an absolutely beautiful, wonderful woman. I realized, sittin’ beside her, that there’s no way my life could possibly be better. I’m the happiest I’ve ever been. And I’ve decided that you should all be able to share that. So I’ve bought a glass of champagne for everyone in the house. I hope you enjoy.”
The entire room burst into loud claps, with a fair number of whoops and whistles as well. Virgil gave a slight bow and sat down. Gabriel immediately reached across the table and gave him a high-five. Sophie was sure her face had never been redder, but more than anything else, she was amazed by his generosity and the way he used his joy to make the people around him happy.
“I think you’ve just made everyone’s night,” she said, giving him a kiss.
“Yeah, but what I really want is to make your night, if you know what I mean.”
Sophie weighed her desire to sample the delicacies of the dessert menu with her desire to get both men into her bed as soon as possible.
“I’m sure the coffee here is fantastic, but we could just have some at my place. You know, after we’re done making my night.”
“I like the sound of that,” Gabriel said, motioning for the check.
“Where do you live?” Virgil asked. “Should I get the car?”
Sophie shook her head. “We can walk there, actually, if you want. It would probably be nicer than trying to navigate the car through the crowds on a night like tonight. It’s not far at all. I have a little place on Wilkinson.”
Gabriel raised his eyebrows as he paid the bill. “If you don’t mind my askin’, how do you afford to live in the Quarter on a musician’s salary?”
Sophie laughed. “Don’t worry, I’m not offended. My parents actually owned the property. It passed on to me when they died.”
Virgil raised his eyebrows. “Died. You’re too young to have lost your parents.”
Sophie shrugged. “That’s the way it goes sometimes. My dad had a heart attack when I was nineteen, and my mother died of cancer about two years later. It was tragic, but that’s just how life is.”
“So you ain’t got no family?”
“Nobody I’m close to. All of my extended relatives live in other states, and we don’t talk much.”
“Sorry to hear that.”
“Don’t be. I’m happy in New Orleans. The city is my family. And who knows? Maybe I’ll have a new family in the future.”
She tried not to giggle as she saw the hopeful look that Gabriel shot Virgil as they stood up and left the restaurant. As they walked out onto Bourbon Street, Virgil and Gabriel each took one of her hands and shielded her from the debaucherous crowd. Once they’d made it through the worst of the partiers, they gave her a little more space but still kept their hands around hers. Her pussy was already tingling as their palms pressed against her and as she imagined everything they were going to do to her once they were inside.
They were on her the second the door locked behind them. Gabriel started unzipping her dress and sliding it down her body while Virgil kissed every inch of accessible skin, working downward as Gabriel undressed her and revealed more.
Once her dress was pooled at her feet, Gabriel unhooked her bra and slid her panties down and then lifted her up.
“Where’s the bedroom?”
“Straight down the hall.”
Despite the speed with which Gabriel raced through her apartment, Sophie felt completely safe in his strong arms. She leaned against his chest, savoring the strength of his muscles through his shirt.
Gabriel set Sophie down on the bed and finally took her shoes off, tossing them aside. Then, he and Virgil began to undress themselves, going slowly so that she could savor every moment of it. Their jackets dropped to the floor, they stepped out of their shoes, and then they took forever easing off their ties. They finally tossed the colorful slips of fabric onto the bed and began the process of unbuttoning their shirts. Again, they made Sophie wait for what she wanted. Each button came down painfully slow. Then, when he was halfway done, Virgil decided to button his shirt back up again.
Sophie couldn’t stand it. She pounced across the bed and began to undo the buttons for him, desperate to get him naked. Her cunt was pounding with desire, and she didn’t want to wait any longer for her men to satisfy her.
“Uh-uh,” Virgil said, pulling her hands away and gripping her wrists. Sophie struggled to get free, but she found that she was stuck. She also found that she enjoyed it.
“I think she needs to be taught a lesson about patience,” Gabriel said, picking up his tie.
Virgil grinned. “I agree.”
“Wait, what? What do you mean, teach me a lesson?”
Virgil moved his hands down her arms but didn’t let go. Gabriel walked up and wove the soft fabric around her wrists and then tied it together.
“I suggest you lie back down and just enjoy watchin’,” he said, easing her back down onto the bed.
She had no choice but to comply with their requests. They resumed their slow unbuttoning, and Sophie wasn’t sure how she’d survive her body’s pounding need. She tried to reach down to give some attention to her needy pussy, but Gabriel had bound her hands in such a way that she couldn’t quite reach her clit.
He laughed when he saw her trying. “No release for you, baby. Not until we give it to you.”
“But I need you. I need both of you.”
Virgil leaned over. “Soon,” he whispered. His lips brushed against her earlobe, sending tremors down her spine. Stepping away, he unbuttoned his pants then slid the zipper down a centimeter at a time before suddenly zipping it back up again. Gabriel did the same thing, grinning as he tortured her. Sophie could see the rigid outlines of their cocks straining their pants and wondered how they weren’t as desperate as she was.
Finally, Virgil slid out of his pants and quickly slid his boxers off. Settling himself on the bed, he proceeded to stroke his fingertips around her breasts as Gabriel completed undressing. Once he was done, he gave his attention to her legs, massaging her muscles and gently stroking her inner thighs, his fingertips coming close to her pussy but never quite reaching it, no matter how far she opened her legs.
“Please, more,” she gasped.
Gabriel looked up at Virgil. “What do you think? She had enough?”
“Hmm.” Virgil’s face had turned mischievous again. “I think she’s had enough teasin’. But at the same time, I like seein’ her tied up like that.”
“Who says we can’t have it both ways?”
Gabriel straddled her, the head of his cock teasing the entrance to her cunt.
“You ready for me, baby?”
“Yes.”
“I don’t know,” he said, running his cock along her pussy lips. “Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe we haven’t tortured you quite enough yet.”
“Please!” she cried out. “Please, take me now!”
Gabriel grinned. “It’s so hot when you beg, baby.”
With that, he plunged into her cunt, and he groaned as her muscles locked around him. Virgil’s mouth was instantly on her breasts. He focused on using his teeth, his bites placing her just on the edge of pain, sending waves of intensity down her body that enhanced the pleasure building up in her cunt.
Suddenly, Gabriel completely stopped moving.
“I thought you were done teasing me,” Sophie said, gasping for breath. The last thing she wanted was for him to stop. She was so close to coming and was more desperate for release than she’d ever been in her life.
“I thought I was, too, but the desperation on your face is so damn sexy.”
Virgil didn’t stop biting her breasts. The need was growing more and more furious by the second, but without Gabriel’s cock, she wasn’t going to be able to come.
“Please. Please, I need your cock.”
“You need me?” he asked, sliding out halfway.
“I need you.”
; “Just the words I wanted to hear.”
He started slamming into her even harder than he had before. She couldn’t believe a man could move with such speed and fury. Reaching forward, he pressed his index finger against her clit and began to move it in quick, hard circles. That was just the stimulation she needed to send her over the edge. Her pussy muscles clamped around his cock, and she began screaming his name as the pleasure rocketed through her body.
Seconds later, Gabriel froze again, though this time, it wasn’t to tease her. She felt his cock give one more huge throb as it emptied into her. He threw back his head and moaned with release.
Gabriel briefly collapsed on top of Sophie as he caught his breath, and she relished the feeling of his weight on top of hers, pressing her into the bed. As soon as he rolled off, Virgil was on top of her, desperate for his turn. The aftershocks of her first orgasm were still sending sparks through her pussy as Virgil plunged into her.
“Damn, you feel amazing,” he groaned.
Sophie felt frustrated again when he didn’t start moving right away. Gabriel hadn’t sated her. He’d only left her hungry for more.
“Are you going to tease me more, too?”
“Just wanted to make sure I didn’t finish too soon,” he whispered before beginning his long, slow thrusts. “You feel amazing.”
“So do you.” She groaned before closing her eyes and allowing the pleasure to start filling her body again.
Gabriel picked up Virgil’s tie and dangled the thin end just above her body. He trailed it up and down her arms, along her torso, and around her breasts, which were still pulsing and throbbing from Virgil’s earlier attention. Sophie was shocked at just how erotic a single piece of fabric could be, amazed at the way it enhanced what Virgil was doing to her.
Virgil seemed to slow his pace for a moment, and she whipped her eyes back open.
“Don’t slow down. Please, don’t slow down. I couldn’t take it if you did.”
He winked at her. “Should I go the same pace, then?”
“You know I want you faster.” She shuddered at the thought of how powerful he could be. “I want you as fast as you possibly can go.”
“Your wish is my command, baby.”
She couldn’t believe Virgil’s power. It matched Gabriel’s, but it stunned her that she had two men who had equal amounts of strength. She didn’t have much time to dwell on it, though, before the orgasm surged through her cunt all the way up and out of her body. She screamed again, her hands jerking against the tie that held them together, desperate to get free. Virgil came at the same time she did, uttering low, guttural groans as his cock gave the final pulses.
“Fuck, you’re beautiful,” he said as he finished, giving her a passionate kiss. “That was amazing.”
“Yeah, it was.”
Both men curled around her, and Sophie realized she’d never felt so safe or happy before. There was much in her life lately that scared and confused her, but things seemed clear when she was in their arms. She felt the emotional bonds forming and strengthening as she lay there with them. For a moment, she felt nervous again. It was one thing to find Virgil and Gabriel attractive. It was another to have serious feelings for them, to actually consider the possibility of being mated, of becoming a gator.
But if it’s always like this, maybe I actually would enjoy it.
Chapter Seven
Sophie woke up to the sound of her phone ringing. Georgina’s name popped up on the display, and Sophie immediately silenced the ringer.
“Who was that, baby?” Gabriel asked, his voice thick with sleep.
“Nobody. Go back to sleep. I’m not ready to wake up yet.”
She’d barely finished the sentence when she heard a pounding on her door.
“What the hell?” she muttered as she crawled out from between her lovers. The air outside the bed was a sharp contrast to the heat their bodies generated, and she was grateful for her thick, heavy robe as she made her way to the door. Looking out the peep hole, she saw Georgina on the other side.
“Shit,” she muttered. Part of her didn’t want to open the door, but she knew Georgina wouldn’t leave until they talked. Taking a deep breath, Sophie opened the door a crack.
“Hey, sorry. I was still asleep.”
“Where the hell have you been all week? You’re always busy, and now you’re not even returning my calls or texts. What’s going on? And are you going to let me in, or do I have to stand out in the hall to get my answers?”
Glancing over her shoulder, she saw Virgil and Gabriel stirring in the bedroom. She ushered Georgina inside and shut the door.
“One second,” she whispered and rushed into the bedroom.
“Hey, what’s that noise?” Virgil asked.
“Nothing. Don’t worry about it. Go back to sleep.”
Gabriel lifted his head from the pillow and blinked his eyes. “Ain’t you gonna join us?”
“In a minute, I promise.” She blew them each a kiss and hurried back to the living room, softly shutting the bedroom door behind her.
“Thanks so much for the hospitality,” Georgina said. Sophie cringed at the sarcasm.
“Look, I’m really sorry. Things have just been really weird lately, and I’ve needed some time alone to work things out.”
“So you ditch your best friend? You haven’t even told me when your shows are so I can come see you. I don’t understand. What did I do to you?” Georgina’s voice rose higher and higher with each statement, and by the time she finished her rant, she was crying.
“I’m so sorry,” Sophie said. “I was wrong to blow you off like that, and I feel terrible about it. I’ve just been so confused, and I needed to have some alone time to think.”
Georgina wiped her tears away. “Confused? What’s to be confused about?”
“Hey, baby, what’s goin’ on?”
Sophie looked up to see Gabriel walking into the living room, completely naked. He was in profile, and his cock was already semi hard.
Georgina’s eyes widened. “I know that voice.”
“Shit!” Gabriel did a one-eighty and immediately bolted back to the bedroom before Georgina turned around.
Tears started flowing down Georgina’s face again. “I can’t believe you. The congregation betrayed me, and now you have one of them in bed with you?”
Sophie felt her face grow red as Gabriel walked back into the room, this time wearing jeans, with Virgil right behind him.
Georgina turned around then snapped her face back to glare at Sophie. “You have got to be kidding me. You slept with both of them?”
“Georgina, what on earth are you doin’ here?” Virgil asked, the annoyance already creeping up in his voice.
She snapped around to face him. “I’m here trying to talk to my friend about why she’s been blowing me off. Though now I have my answer. It’s because she’s been fooling around with the two of you and didn’t want me to know. She betrayed me.”
Gabriel raised his eyebrows. “She betrayed you?”
“Yeah, maybe you remember that time when you betrayed us.”
Georgina sucked in her breath, and her face turned red.
Sophie began to shake. She couldn’t deny the truth any longer. Georgina had lied, and her mates had been honest. “I take it by your sudden silence that their story is the real one. That you tried to sell out members of your own congregation.”
“You’d seriously believe them over me? I’m your best friend!”
“You’re not denying the accusation.”
“I seriously can’t believe you’d take the side of two guys you barely know over me!”
“It’s not like I know you much more than I know them.”
Georgina’s jaw dropped. “What?”
“As far as I can tell, our whole friendship has been based on lies. This is the first day that I’ve actually known anything about you. You’ve misrepresented yourself from day one. Virgil and Gabriel have always been open and honest with me, even w
hen they weren’t sure I’d believe them. So I’d say yes, I probably do know them better than I know you.”
Georgina whirled around and glared at Gabriel and Virgil. “I can’t believe the two of you would do this to me! What the hell?”
Gabriel raised an eyebrow. “What? You thought we’d be completely okay with you lyin’ to our mate? Spreadin’ stories about us?”
Georgina sputtered, but Sophie had had enough. “That’s enough,” she said, putting her hand on Georgina’s shoulder. “You’ve proven to me that I can’t trust you anymore. Hell, I never should have trusted you to begin with. When my gut said something was iffy about your story about being banished, I should have listened. You’re not welcome here anymore, Georgina. Please get out of my apartment and don’t come back.”
“Fine,” Georgina snapped. “I don’t need them, and I don’t need you, either. Just abandon me. Go ahead. Be like everybody else. I’ll be fine on my own. I always am.” She spun around and stomped out the door, slamming it so hard that it rattled the dishes in the kitchen.
Sophie sank down on the couch, on the verge of tears.
“I can’t believe she would lie to me. I really can’t.”
“I know,” Virgil said. He sat down and put his arm around her, pulling her close.
Gabriel sat down on her other side and held her hand. “It ain’t easy to believe that your best friend is betrayin’ you.”
“I don’t know. I’ve accepted a lot more implausible things recently. Like the idea that people can turn into alligators. Or that I’m destined to be mated to two men at the same time.”
“Yeah, but you saw us change with your own eyes,” Virgil said. “And you feel the connection to us in your soul. It’s harder to believe what you can’t see.”
“I’m sorry I doubted the two of you. I really should have taken you more seriously.”
“You can stop apologizin’ now,” Gabriel said, giving her a quick kiss. “You didn’t do nothin’ wrong.”
“I think maybe you need a little distraction to take your mind off all this,” Virgil said. “Somethin’ to make you stop feelin’ so damn guilty.”
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