The rabbit kicked hard, frantic. Letting them down terrified her. It was a nasty little knot inside herself. Being petrified of everything all the damn time made her sick to her stomach. Up on the roof she’d sworn to sort al this out and she would. Right about now.

Ali shut her eyes tight and opened her mouth. “What if this crap against me involves you two? What if they go after you, if they hurt one of you? I couldn’t … I can’t be the reason for one of you getting hurt. It was all I could think of last night. What if you tried to come get me while it was dark? You would have died.” She couldn’t look at them without her eyes going hot with tears. It felt like there was a stone in her throat, but she had to tell them everything. There was no turning back now. “And this place. I’m not sure I like it, but you two love it. You’re like local gods here. You fit right in. What if I never do? Some asshole here already wants me dead or infected. And what if I get pregnant? How do we protect a child? Let alone the lack of modern medicine. I’m not sure I could do that without drugs.

Dan and I forgot to use a condom the other day. What if one of you decides you don’t feel like sharing anymore and opts out? What if

…”

She pressed a hand against his chest, turned her face away again. Finn’s heart beat reassuringly against her palm.

“Actual y, that’s it,” she said after a minute. “I’m al whined out.”

Silence. More silence. It was really quiet out there.

She dared a peek. Finn lifted a brow at her in response.

“I think I’l wait for both eyes.” He took his hand from her crotch, set an arm on either side of her head. The tangy scent of her lingered on his fingers. “Still waiting.”

Ali opened her eyes, stared back at him. He was so beautiful. Her defenses were shredded, lying in tatters around them, but she put on a brave face. “What?”

Finn frowned. “Where to start …”

Dan cleared his throat like a pretentious bastard. “I find chronological order works best. Clear, concise, that kind of thing.”

She snorted. They ignored her.

“Right.” Finn shifted against her, getting comfortable. The heat of his cock rested against her inner thigh, hard and heavy. He made it near impossible to lie still. Fear and lust made for odd bedfellows, but lust was winning.

“Point one, Dan or I getting hurt? We’re both capable. We’re both on the alert. Point two, this town?” He turned to Dan, questioning. “Was it this place? Is that next?”

Daniel gave one judicious nod and got back to playing with her hair.

“Right, this town …”

“Hold it. You can’t just discount one of you getting hurt,” she said, her voice strained. “Not that simple.”

“Ali, I can’t promise you Dan or I won’t get hurt. I can promise you we’l try our best not to,” Finn said. His throat worked and his pale green eyes searched her face. “We’ll be careful.”

“Absolutely. I hate getting hurt,” Dan interjected, al sincere. “Pain does nothing for me.”

The hint of a smirk on Finn’s lips became a full-blown smile, as beautiful as the rising sun. Heaven sent. A dimple flashed and he licked his lips, the gesture doing things to her nether regions, even if it did nothing to soothe her nerves. “See? All due diligence.”

“Great. I’m so glad my concerns amuse you both,” she bit out, sounding the bitch. And not particularly repentant. Egotistical wankers, the pair of them. “Thank God we’re done with that.”

Dan rolled onto his back, finger stil entwined with her hair, tugging just enough to keep her attention. “Ouch. Babe, we just spent the night wondering if you were alive, unable to do a damn thing to help you. A little levity won’t hurt things. You haven’t told her you love her yet, either, moron.”

“Fuck’s sake,” Finn said. “I was getting there.”

Dan clucked his tongue. “You were taking too long.”

“Thought I was handling this.”

“Again, you were taking too long.” Dan rose up on one elbow, taking a strand of her hair with him. He stopped when she yelped and gently untangled it from his finger. “Oops. Sorry. Anyway, Finn loves you, babe. So do I. You already knew that, right?”

She held out a hand to him, and he took it, holding on tight. Yes, she knew it. Hell, she counted on it.

“Give me strength.” The voice against her neck was muffled. The tone, however, was perfectly clear. “I don’t suppose he’s a passing fancy?”

“Sorry.” Ali wrapped an arm around Finn, holding him close against her heart. Something she hadn’t been sure would happen again when she’d been stuck on the roof. It had been so dark, so lonely.

She clutched at him till the muscles in her arm ached, ignored the pain and hung on some more. A low rumble sounded his approval.

She was so wet, pinned to the bed beneath him, her sex throbbing.

Finn rubbed his lips over the sensitive skin below her ear.

“You know you’d miss him if he wasn’t here,” she said.

It earned her a sharp nip to the neck. The sort of sweet sting she associated solely with Finn. “If you say so.”

Daniel squeezed her hand. The three of them together thrilled her all over, inside and out. Already the scent of sex seemed to linger in the room. Her head swam with it.

Finn’s cock rubbed against her. He swore fervently. “The only thing I can think about is being inside you bare. But you’re hurt.”

“Not that hurt.” Al pressed her short nails into his back in warning. “Don’t even think of stopping now, or I will definitely go for the guns.”

Daniel chuckled, sighed and rolled onto his back beside her. “So, children, are we making babies or sleeping? Just wondering.”

“Oh, we’re making babies alright.” Finn’s hand trailed down the side of her body with a happy hum. Fingers stroked the length of her thigh, then lowered to her knee where he dallied, delivering feather-light touches. She rolled her hips, rubbing herself against him. It felt so good, her heart racing for al the right reasons. “Put your legs around me and tell me again.”

“That you’d miss Dan if he was gone?” she said, smiling as Finn began to press into her. The slow stretch was perfect, the heat and hardness of him just right. A ragged groan slipped from her lips.

Utterly shameless.

“That you love me, and I can be inside you without a condom,” he corrected in a voice gravelly low beside her ear.

His hand glided up from her knee and cupped a butt cheek, bringing them closer together. “Never done that before with anyone.

God, I love how wet you get. Love how …” Finn groaned against her ear, the sound vibrating through her as his cock did a long, slow slide into her body. “Fuck. There, right there, as deep inside you as I can get.”

“Finn.”

Ali didn’t know what to say while he gave her the full body tingles. It felt too good. He was all the way inside her, buried to the root, his pelvis flush against her and angled to rub just right.

She was still overexcited from his earlier touches and toeing the edge already. “I love you, Finn.”

“She’s blushing.” Dan chuckled, still holding her hand like they were on a date while Finn fucked her. The whole set-up made her dizzy with want.

“She’s being seen to,” Finn replied.

A bark of laughter escaped the big man beside her. “She certainly is.”

Ali ignored the both of them. It happened to be a simple enough task, given the sensations engulfing her.

Finn rose up above her, pale green eyes hazy and half-lidded, beautiful beyond words.

He pulled out of her, pushed back in, owning her heart with the force of his gaze. Being loved like this deserved sonnets, bal ads – the most she could manage was a stuttered “oh, w-wow, Finn.”

“Yeah,” he rumbled. “You see? We fit perfectly.”

Having long since been converted to a true believer, she could only nod.

His cock stroked all sorts of magic places inside of her, places going crazy for the attention. Sweat pooled between her breasts, trickled over her bel y. The heat made her insane. Her fingers slipped against the smooth, slick plains of his back. He was just as hot and overexcited as she was.

The connection was everything.

“Hold on,” he murmured, moving his hand from her butt, slipping it between their bodies and touching her. “Listen to me, Al. Are you listening?”

“Yes. Please, Finn, I need to come.”

“You will.” He circled her clit with the tip of his finger. Round and round till she couldn’t think straight, could only feel. The pressure nearly hurt, building to a pinnacle inside of her she couldn’t possibly contain. Overwhelmed, she clung to him. He played her so soft and subtle, but not quite enough. Then his words were there, making everything just right. “I would never leave you by choice. I will always want to be whereever you are. I love you. Do you understand that?”

“Finn …” Her climax hit her hard, stealing the breath from her, making her body shudder and shake beneath him. The whole world went away. She wasn’t the least bit scared, bound to him like this.

“There we go,” Dan murmured.

Finn swore profusely and held on tight, hips pressed hard against her. He was still there when her vision cleared. The tendons in his neck strained, pulse visible. Still hard and buried deep inside her. “That’s what I wanted, the full body blush. I can make her cheeks pink by talking dirty any time, old man.”

“Old,” Dan snorted, shook his head. “And it doesn’t make it any less fun.”

“True.” Finn’s hand moved back beneath her butt and hoisted her upward, angled her pelvis higher so he was rubbing her still-sensitive clit. She didn’t know whether to push him away or pull him closer. But she clamped her thighs around him tight on the off-chance he had any intention of trying to escape. “But nowhere near as much fun as this.”