And Riley … he had been so scarred emotionally. But once she'd reached him, he'd simply asked her to give him a chance. He was so smart, so capable, so interesting … but less sure. She could see herself learning from him each and every day. She could see them growing together.
She was taking a chance with them now, and the terrified part of her that had been betrayed before knew it. That part shouted at her to walk away. Kinley silenced the insidious voice. After a lifetime spent avoiding risk, she was now throwing herself in their path, at their mercy. She didn't want to go through life suspicious or cynical. Of course she could get hurt again. But her past proved that life without risk was also a life without rewards.
A finger slipped between her cheeks, and something cold coated that intimate, previously untouched entry, jolting her from her ruminations. She shivered at the chilly, foreign sensations.
"It's lubricant, Kinley," Riley explained. "It's going to help with insertion."
Of the plug. Right.
Then once her body was ready, they would insert themselves in her ass. She couldn't imagine how that would feel-or how she would feel about opening herself up this way.
Sex was intimate, yes. But it was also sometimes awkward and sweet, often blisteringly hot … and yet oddly pure.
A weird, jangly feeling took over as something warm made its way through the lubrication and began to penetrate her.
"That's my finger, pet," Dominic said as he circled her, pressing in a bit more. "Relax. I know that's difficult. Just think about breathing out and letting me in."
She drew in a long breath and released it, then felt Dominic's finger sink deeper. It didn't hurt at all. It was different. She felt pleasantly filled. Most of all, the nerves he awakened there with just a touch aroused her. Kinley let herself go completely limp and trusting in his arms.
"That's right." Law was kneeling at her side, his big hand stroking her back. "So pretty, baby. Your trust is gorgeous. Let us take care of you."
They had been taking very good care of her. She'd never had anyone care so much about her feelings and experience as these three men. They made sure she had what she needed, from clothes to food to affection, then they gave her more. Understanding, safety, concern, guidance. They thought of her first.
Relationships should be like this, Kinley realized. Her mother had been so in love with her charming father. He'd been good at making her mother love him, but he hadn't shared his heart in return. She saw now that her father had simply taken everything her mother had, as if she owed him, and never given anything back in return. Becks was like that. Her husband loved her, and she cheated on Brian as if he didn't matter.
But what Kinley shared with Law, Dominic, and Riley-this was the way it should be. They put her first. For as long as it lasted, she would do the same with them.
Dominic submerged his finger completely inside her, and Kinley clenched around him.
That earned her a smack that made the already tender skin of her ass tingle. "Don't try to push me out."
"Let him have his way, baby," Law advised.
"You'll be so full, sweetheart," Riley vowed. "You'll enjoy it."
A second finger joined the first, stretching even wider little by little. She hissed at the slight burn, but then let loose another breath, relaxing her muscles. Dominic's second finger penetrated her completely.
"You're tight, pet, but I think we'll fit just fine." A wealth of satisfaction resounded in Dominic's voice.
Anticipation filled her.
Gently, he pulled his fingers free, and Kinley felt the loss-but not for long. Almost instantly, something harder filled the empty space. "This is a training plug. While we play a bit more, I'm going to leave this inside you to stretch you for us. Don't lose this plug or we will have to start all over again and I'll do so with another spanking."
She'd loved the forty slaps they'd given her, the primal heat that it churned inside her, but was more than ready to move the experience along.
She dragged a breath in as the plug began to breach her. "Are you sure that's only the starter size? Because it feels really big."
Pressure, insistent and unrelenting, jammed her as the plug scraped her nerve endings. Kinley forced herself not to clench, but to simply let Dominic press the plug in farther. Finally, it popped past a tight band of muscle inside her and slid in all the way. Kinley felt no pain, just a fullness that made her gasp and writhe with a shocking curl of want. That plug filling her made her ache and perspire and need. A little thrill of pride lit her up, too. She'd taken everything they'd given her so far. Now she couldn't wait to give back.