But all that would be was revenge. She could get some revenge on Aidan, but what did that buy her? Some momentary satisfaction? Aidan had been scared and confused when he’d forced her to choose between him and Lucas. Lexi was scared, too, though for different reasons, but she couldn’t hurt Lucas like that. And she didn’t want to.

Aidan’s face fell as he waited. Lucas came back to the door, not quite as sure as he was before.

It was her choice.

Lexi set the notebook down and walked to the barn, her fingers already undoing the buttons on her shirt. “If you think you’re touching me when you’re all sweaty, you’re all kinds of wrong, mister.”

Aidan’s hand came out as she passed him, and she felt a sharp shot to her ass. “That’s Sir, to you.”

She shrugged out of her shirt and unhooked her bra, noting Lucas’s smile and Aidan’s rising interest. “Fine, you should clean up, Sir.”

Aidan followed her inside. “Not going to happen. I’d just get dirty again. Lucas and I will have you just as sweaty as we are in a few minutes. Get your pants off and assume the position.”

For someone who used to be vanilla, he seemed awfully comfortable being bossy now. Maybe this was what she needed. Maybe a few days of submitting to Aidan would prove that she didn’t really need it. She’d only had Lucas as a Dom before, and he’d been very indulgent with her. Maybe she wouldn’t like real D/s.

She tried not to think about how her skin was already humming. She had gone soft and wet. She wouldn’t be able to hide how interested she was. She could be the biggest brat in the world, but the minute one of them shoved a finger up her pussy, they would know it was all an act. So much of what she did on a daily basis was just an act. She moved through life like a walking corpse when Lucas wasn’t around to make her smile. But being with both of them was making her feel.

She kicked off her shoes and pushed the jeans over her hips, snagging her panties as she went. The barn was warm, with soft sunlight filtering in. The whole place was gauzy and strangely romantic. It was filled with hay and equipment, but no animals. Though it was large, it felt intimate with just the three of them inside. Aidan closed the door behind him. Lucas was sitting on a bale of hay, leaning back like the centerfold to some uber-hot cowboy calendar. He had a length of rope in his hand. No comfy, fur-lined cuffs for her this time.

“I believe the Master told you to get on your knees, baby.”

Lexi had never heard as much confidence in Lucas’s voice before. It had her dropping to her knees and spreading them wide. She placed her hands on her thighs and lowered her head. She relaxed. She wanted this. She needed this.

Dark, worn cowboy boots came in to view. Aidan. He stood for a moment looking down at her, and then his boots disappeared. He pulled the band out of her hair, sending her dark tresses tumbling around her shoulders. “Very nice. Someone who didn’t know you might think you were a sweet little sub.”

“She can be, when she wants to.” Lucas’s boots were suddenly close to her knees. They were expensive, though he’d broken them in. His hand tangled in her hair, and he gently forced her head up so she looked him in the eyes. “Are you ready for this, baby? Are you ready to serve two Masters?”

Since her heart was pounding like mad, she figured she probably was. Even if she wasn’t ready for this emotionally, she didn’t think she could stop. “Yes, Sir.”

“Lexi, I want to make love to you and Lucas.” Aidan’s dark brown eyes looked almost black in the soft light. “I want to set the ground rules before we start. I won’t make you do anything we don’t agree to at the beginning.”

He was going to force her to say yes. He couldn’t just take her? No, the bastard Dom had to put all the responsibility on her. She would have greatly preferred he just ordered her to spread her legs. She could have blamed it all on being in subspace.

Lucas knelt down. His hand stroked her cheek and then traced a line from her neck all the way down her torso to her pussy. Lexi held herself very still, though she wanted to force those long fingers to fuck her hard. It had been so long since she’d really had a partner. Lucas couldn’t count because he only gave and, until last night, hadn’t taken anything in return. She wanted her pleasure, but she needed to please, too.

A single finger slid through her pussy, parting her labia and wiggling all around. Lexi could feel the cream coating her pussy. Lucas’s finger teased her for a moment and then was gone. She let a little whimper escape her lips.

Lucas stood and held his hand up. “Well, she might not be willing to admit it, but her pussy is plain and open about what she wants.”

Aidan moved beside him, his eyes staring at Lucas’s cream-coated fingers. “It could all be about you. She loves you.”

“A fact I am grateful for every day, but I know my girl. She’s a dirty little thing, and I wouldn’t have her any other way. She’s thinking of two hard cocks right now.”

That was the problem. She wasn’t thinking of two hard cocks. She was thinking of Lucas and Aidan. She was thinking about their hands on her, their tongues lavishing affection, their bodies worshipping hers. She was thinking of them, not some random and faceless lovers.

Lucas licked his fingers, the image sending a shiver of desire through her.

Aidan stared into her eyes. “I need a response, Lexi. Unlike Lucas, I don’t have a telepathic link to your pussy.”

“I wouldn’t mind a little sex,” she managed to say. She didn’t have to admit anything beyond that. She wasn’t going to lie down and beg him to love her. Begging didn’t work with Aidan.

“I said I want to make love to you, Lexi. That’s what this is for me. This is coming home. I want to come home, angel.”

“Aidan, all I can promise you is sex. I want to fuck you out of my system.” That was as honest as she intended to get. She really meant it. She was self-aware enough to know that he still moved her. She wanted to be indifferent to him. She just needed to prove that it hadn’t been as good as she remembered. And she definitely wanted to banish the idea that the three of them together would have been perfect.

Aidan fell to one knee, his eyes hardening. His hand went around the nape of her neck, pulling her forward. “I have no intention of allowing that to happen. You won’t get rid of me. I love you. I love Lucas. I will say it until you believe it. For now, if sex is what you want, then I will give it to you. But you’re going to please your Masters before you get anything for yourself, you bratty little sub. Tell me something, did you do your work?”

She’d sat and stared at that notebook for the longest time. It had been strangely peaceful to sit on the front porch, cup of coffee in one hand, pen in the other. The morning had been warm and quiet. Every now and then Ike had thumped his stubby tail. And finally, finally she’d written. Just a page and a half. She wasn’t sure where it was going, if it was going anywhere at all. Just the beginning of a small town story. It had felt so good to write again, to let her mind roam without limits.

“I did.”

Lucas’s face lost its masterful look, and softened. “Really? That’s great, baby.”

Aidan looked far too satisfied. “Good, then we can forgo the violet wand.”

Lexi felt her eyes widen. “What? You were going to use a fucking violet wand on me?”

Lucas’s mouth slid right back to decadence. “The Master is into all kinds of play, baby. Julian taught him well. He has a TENS unit he wants to attach to your pink parts. I would be a very, very good girl if I was you.”

“You behave too, Lucas,” Aidan interjected. “I can strap that to your cock.”

The look on Lucas’s face let Lexi know he just might misbehave. “I’ll take that under consideration, Sir. And she cursed. I didn’t think that was allowed.”

“It’s not. Hands and knees, angel. Count of ten.”

A certain sense of trepidation filled her system. It did absolutely nothing to quell her desire. If anything, she was tightening in anticipation. She’d always known what to expect with Lucas. She’d always been able to manipulate him. She got the feeling Aidan wasn’t going to play that way.

She moved forward, the hard wood of the barn floor biting into her knees. She let her hands find the floor and tried not to sway.

Aidan’s hand found her hair. He stroked her as he spoke. “We’re going to explore, Lexi. You have your safe word, and you can use it if you need to, but I will push your boundaries. I’ll push Lucas’s, too. Today is about you, though. Today, Lucas and I intend to play with our little sub. And Lexi, if you curse again, I will get out the wand. Have you used it before?”

“No.” She’d stayed away from it. She’d planned to stay away from violet wands forever, but it looked like she’d get acquainted with them in the future. She doubted she’d be able to be good for long.

“I’ve tried it. Julian forces all of his Doms to try the toys. He won’t allow himself or anyone he trains to use something when they don’t know how it feels.” Aidan’s hand trailed down her back, lighting up her skin everywhere he touched. “The wand is very diverse. It can feel like bubbles on your skin. Imagine that. I could tease it against your pussy and your asshole. You would shiver and beg for some more. I could move the setting up when you’re bad. It cracks against your skin, like holding a firecracker in your hand. I won’t ever take it too high. It’s intense when it’s high. It feels like you’re being cut, but it doesn’t leave a wound. You have to trust me. I’ll punish you when you need it, but I won’t ever hurt you, Lexi. Never again.”

Lucas didn’t seem interested in that. “Don’t pull that shit with me, Aidan. I want to try it all.”

Aidan chuckled. “Yes, you’re my masochist, aren’t you, Lucas? You’ll push me hard.”

“Fuck yeah, I will.”

Lexi brought her head up, unwilling to let that pass. “Could I point out that Lucas is cussing like a sailor?”

There was a sharp slap to her ass. “And ten more for questioning us. Lucas isn’t subbing today. Lucas is topping you. And now he owes you ten.”

She felt the floor shudder a little as Lucas fell to his knees. “Thank you, baby. I’ve been wanting to spank this hot ass for days. I didn’t get to last night.”

“You don’t get to complain about that, Lucas,” Aidan said. “You were too busy shoving your cock in her mouth.”

“Oh, and that was heaven. But I did miss this.” Lucas brought his hand down on her right cheek.

“And I miss her mouth sucking at me.” Aidan’s hand slapped her left cheek.

Lexi wanted to scream. They were making her crazy with their hands and their hot words. More than that, she was with them. She didn’t have to fight. She could savor the sensations of being with these two men.

They spanked her, alternating turns. All the while, they talked about her. They talked about how beautiful she was and how they couldn’t wait to fuck her. They talked about how her ass looked all sweet and pink. They slapped and spanked and discussed all the ways they could torture her when she was bad. Aidan wanted to use a whip, but Lucas preferred the crop.

The pain sank into her skin, lighting her every nerve. The words rolled over her, making her feel lovely and desired. Over and over, the spanks came. She lost count, trusting them to stop when the time was right. Instead, she just felt. The slaps rained down on her backside. They struck her ass and thighs. She heard Aidan say fifteen and then felt his hand on her back.

“Get down, Lexi. I need that ass higher.” Aidan’s voice had gone deep and lost some of its smoothness.

Lexi leaned forward, folding her hands together and resting on her elbows. Her ass ached, but she wanted whatever they were going to give her.

One of them had a hand on the small of her back.

“That’s gorgeous,” Lucas said.

“So fucking pink and perfect,” Aidan replied.

“I think she likes her spanking,” Lucas continued. Now Lexi sighed because a thick finger teased into her cunt. She couldn’t help but clench, trying to keep it in, but the playful digit was too fast. “God, I love the way she tastes.”

“Hey, you’ve already had a taste. Give that to me.”

Lexi craned her neck to catch the barest glimpse of Lucas’s fingers disappearing into Aidan’s mouth. His tongue came out, lapping up the cream of her arousal.

“Eyes front, sub.” Another slap from Lucas.

Lexi obediently complied. She might not be looking, but she doubted she could get the sight out of her brain. Aidan and Lucas were beautiful together. Aidan was all big, burly alpha male while Lucas was just fucking gorgeous. Lucas was a decadent dream.