Their Virgin Princess (Masters of Ménage #4)(56)

"I'll go tell him where we're going. Hang tight." Landon jogged out to Dane.

He'd taken to just wearing his boxers and his sneakers. It was too hot during the day to wear much else. Alea had gotten used to just wearing her bathing suit or panties and a bra. She wasn't embarrassed anymore. The whole experience had been oddly freeing.

Lan clapped Dane on the shoulder with a nod, then ran back up the beach. He reached for her hand. "He's going to join us when he's done. Come on, darlin'. We've been working our asses off. It's time to take an afternoon for some fun."

She followed him into the jungle, the sun disappearing under the heavy foliage. The men had been exploring and only yesterday had declared it safe enough for her to walk around. Even so, she hadn't been allowed to leave the beach alone. Now, she turned her face up and was mesmerized by the way the beams of sun streamed in. It was a gorgeous matrix of dewy light and green canopy. She could hear monkeys rustling and sending out calls to each other. The jungle was alive. Everything here seemed magical.

Her first night on the island, the sounds had been terribly familiar, and she'd dreamed she was back in Colombia. When she'd awakened, sweating and shaking, she'd been surrounded by her three men, all eager to soothe and reassure. To protect. And they had, every minute of every hour since.

They'd put her at ease, and now she saw the jungle like a playground. She was Eve with three glorious Adams.

"You're going to love this," Lan assured. "I've spent a lot of time mapping the perimeters. This is the first time I've gotten to the center."



       
         
       
        

He'd also made a sort of trail. Alea noticed he'd cut back the foliage so she could move easily.

Up ahead she heard splashing. The island must be much smaller than she'd thought. "Is the ocean close?"

Lan shook his head, a huge grin on his face. "No. It's a lagoon. Cooper says this whole island must be a volcano, so I assumed the pond we found would be heated by the lava underneath. Except I can't remember the right word."

"Magma?" she supplied.

His face fell a little. "Yeah, that was it. I'm not great with information like that."

She pulled on his hand, forcing him to stop and face her. "I should get to spank you now."

"What?" He glowered at her. His blue eyes had turned serious in a heartbeat.

Just like her, gorgeous Lan had his own insecurities to work through. In the last few days, she'd seen that they all had their own demons. Knowing that made it so much easier to relax and be herself around them. "I want you to stop telling yourself that you're dumb."

He frowned at her. "Lea, I'm pathetic if I can't be honest with myself."

"The same way I've always been 'honest' about my fat ass?"

"No, that's just gorgeous, darlin'."

"Well, I think you're smart." She went up on her toes, pressing a quick kiss to his lips. "But you need retraining, too."

"C'mon …  I'm not as smart as Cooper and Dane."

"That's crap. You may not have read as much, but you can fix that over time. Just don't say you're not smart. In fact, I happen to know you can be a manipulative bastard."

"Really? You think so?" A smile broke out on his ridiculously handsome face.

"Absolutely." She ran a hand across his chiseled cheek. It was so much easier to touch them now.

"Fine. I'll try not to talk about it again." He leaned over and kissed her swiftly before they started back through the foliage.

And then Alea saw the reason he'd made her trek through the jungle. Before her was a gorgeous pool of clear water. Cooper stood on a rock fifteen feet above the water, not wearing a single stitch of clothing. He put his hands over his head, every gorgeous muscle in his body on display. He was a thing of beauty. His cock hung out, long and thick even relaxed, his testicles heavy.

From where she stood, Alea watched as he executed a perfect dive and disappeared beneath the blue surface with a splash.

"You'll love it, darlin'. The water's fresh and so warm." Landon toed out of his sneakers and scrambled up toward the rock from which Cooper had dived. "Come on. Let's have some fun." 

She watched as he shoved off his boxers and dived in.

As Lan surfaced, she looked around in awe. This was paradise. Beams of golden sunlight shone down on the crystal water. Black volcanic rock formed the edges of the pool, but the water looked inviting and deep. A soft bed of grass surrounded the lagoon, and flowers made a colorful landscape just beyond. This little nugget of paradise was utterly perfect.