She had to turn back to the window to avoid licking her lips. Perhaps if she concentrated on the scenery below, she could keep the need driving her to distraction at bay.
They think they’re suffering? Ha. She needed to come so bad she couldn’t hold her knees still.
“We are almost there. Look.” Alejandro squeezed his arm in between Lindsey and Ryan and pointed out the window. “That’s where we are heading.”
“Is your family going to meet us at the airport?”
“No, I rented a car. It’ll give us more freedom after we arrive—and control over just when we arrive.”
Lindsey shivered. What does he mean by that?
“Oh, baby. Miles and miles of country roads with no one on them. It would be very painful to arrive at my parent’s house only to spend hours socializing before we get a chance to be alone. We’ve been on this plane for way too long. I need you naked beneath me long before we get to the vineyard.”
For once in her life, that didn’t sound so bad. She didn’t even blush. Maybe she could get used to this strange new life of hers.
“We’ll be here for a whole month visiting. That’s plenty of time. We don’t need to rush. Another extra hour spent lollygagging along the way won’t kill anyone.” Alejandro brushed a loose tendril of hair behind her ear.
She giggled at his use of the American term: lollygagging. He had no idea he sounded like her great-grandma.
Two hours later, the three were through customs and had all their luggage stowed in the trunk of a luxury rental. For four weeks they would get to know this side of the family, both Lindsey and Ryan. She sensed he was also nervous, although he’d never admit to such a thing.
Hell, he’d never been away from his own tight family this long. Even with his new family of three all together he would miss his parents and siblings. In fact, it was for that very reason they’d finally decided to build their own place on his parent’s land, just as his sister Tessa had. There were more than enough acres to separate the families and give them their own space, while allowing them to easily work together and congregate easily.
Alejandro was more misplaced. He’d been working both farms since they’d moved into Ryan’s parents’ house three weeks ago. His aunt and uncle really needed the help, but he also felt he needed to pull his weight on the Masters’ farm. He was exhausting himself and Lindsey hoped he could spend the next month relaxing in Spain and return to the U.S. slightly less guilt-ridden over his obligations. Neither family expected half as much out of him as he did out of himself. Everyone understood the complex circumstances.
As they climbed into the car, Lindsey insisted on both men sitting up front so she could stretch out in the back. It wouldn’t last, but they’d suffocated her on the plane for many hours, squishing her from both sides, each with a hand on her constantly. It was a wonder the flight attendants didn’t notice and raise an eyebrow. Although, Lindsey had very meticulously avoided any eye contact with the employees for just that reason. She’d been mortified enough. It was easier not to know what they were thinking.
Miles and miles of gorgeous landscape caused Lindsey’s neck to crane back and forth out the right and left sides of the car. Her mind wandered, pondering the last several weeks. Her mates graciously allowing her a few minutes of space.
Sure, Ryan’s life was upside down with the addition of two people in his bed and the need to travel to the other side of the earth to meet his extended family. And Alejandro’s life was topsy turvy even more so having moved twice in the last month, both in unfamiliar territory, picking up a mate and another man along the way.
But, neither of them had their world spinning as far off its axis as Lindsey did.
One month ago she’d been a regular human, oblivious to the existence of shape-shifters. She’d been about to start a teaching job that she’d turned down in order to deal with her newfound craziness. She’d mated with not one, but two wolves. Wolves.
She’d moved to a dairy farm. Left her roommate of four years in her comfortable apartment. And most importantly, overcome ingrained religious obstacles that had been pounded into her head since birth. Not only was she participating in a healthy sexual relationship that went against everything she’d been taught, but with two men, at the same time … multiple times a day.
She smiled at her accomplishments and thanked God for getting her out of her previous life and into one she never would have suspected, but very much enjoyed.
The car pulled off the pavement onto a gravel road on the right, jarring Lindsey from her contemplation.
She glanced into the faces of first one man and then the other in the rearview mirror. they both smirked at her. Their thoughts, which she’d been ignoring for several miles, alone in her meditations, slammed into her head.