His voice was ragged as he glanced at his brother and Lexi saw how very close the two of them were. Which made sense—they were twins, after all, even though they looked nothing alike.
“I healed up as fast as I could,” Bound pointed out. “I’m healing faster now—feelin’ a lot stronger since we ate. I think my body just needed blood and fuel.”
“I’m amazed you healed a wound this size in only a day,” Lexi remarked.
The Dark Twin shrugged.
“Kindred are fast healers. Twin Kindred, especially—we have self-sealing organs.”
“Do you think it’s safe to submerge this area in water?” Lexi asked, stroking the patch of new skin again.
“Sure.” Bound shrugged and gave her a grin. “As long as you’re gentle when you scrub me, Angel.”
“I will be,” Lexi said seriously. “I’m going to take good care of both of you. Unless…” She paused, looking up at them. “Unless you’d rather I didn’t?”
She saw the two Kindred exchange glances and Bound shrugged.
“I’d love to let you take care of me, Angel,” he rumbled. “You can scrub me all over if you want to.”
“I feel the same,” Gaze murmured. “It would be my pleasure to have you scrub me, my Lady.”
“Good.” Lexi lifted her chin. “Then let’s finish getting you undressed so that we can get in the bath together.”
“I kinda like this,” Bound remarked in a low voice as Lexi hooked her fingers in the sides of the shorts and prepared to pull them down. “Never thought I’d want to be owned by a Mistress but this is good. Feels like you’re taking ownership of us, in a way.”
“Not exactly—more like taking responsibility for you,” Lexi corrected him. “I mean, I bought you so I have to…” She paused to draw in a deep breath when she saw the size of the Dark Twin’s shaft. It was long and thick and throbbing, standing at attention so that the tip of the broad, plum-shaped head nearly touched his belly button. “So I have to…to take care of you,” she finally finished in a rather strangled voice.
Goddess of Mercy, the Dark Twin was huge. She had the idea that Gaze might be almost as big as his brother if he was fully hard—both their male equipment was extremely impressive. Indeed, she wondered how in the world they managed to use it on anyone—it seemed like it would be too big to fit inside any female. She certainly wouldn’t be able to accommodate it. Not that she’d want to, she told herself hurriedly. She was, after all, a Zettite—they didn’t believe in the penetration of females by males.
“Sorry I’m so fuckin’ hard,” Bound apologized in a soft growl as he stepped out of the undershorts and kicked them away. “Can’t help it when you’re touchin’ me with those soft little hands of yours, Angel.”
“That’s all right.” Lexi tried to keep her voice brisk and matter-of-fact and she forced herself to look away from his male equipment. “I supposed it’s a, uh, natural reaction. Right now we need to get you in the tub and get you washed up,” she added. “Are you ready to go in?”
“Aren’t you forgetting something, Mistress?” Gaze murmured, when she started to urge Bound towards the shallow steps that led down into the bathing pool.
“Am I?” Lexi looked at him in surprise.
“Are you going to come into the pool with all your clothes on?” Gaze asked her softly. “I mean, you can of course, but you’ll probably ruin your dress,” he added, nodding at the green wrap dress Lexi was wearing.
“Oh! Oh yes, I…I nearly forgot.”
Quickly, she untied the sash and let the emerald dress slip from her shoulders, leaving her clad only in the tiny white panties and the short, silky cami-top which hugged her full breasts and showed the berry dark tips of her nipples clearly through the thin material.
Lexi often went to the exercise facility near her house to swim and run and she was quite often naked in front of other women, but this was the first time she’d ever been in a state of undress in front of males. Nervously, she wondered what they would think of her. She wasn’t as young as she used to be and she wasn’t exactly skinny—maybe they wouldn’t like that. She didn’t know what males liked—she had never been around any before. She had no idea—
“Goddess,” she heard Gaze breathe. Looking up, she saw that both sets of eyes were fastened hungrily on her.
“Fuckin’ gorgeous,” Bound agreed, his deep voice hoarse. “Never thought we’d be privileged to get this close to an Elite, Brother,” he added to Gaze.
“An Elite?” Lexi asked, frowning.
“A female the Goddess has blessed with extra full curves.” Gaze made an hourglass shape with his hands. “Kindred—especially Twin Kindred—have a special reverence for Elites, Mistress—and you certainly are one,” he added.
“Oh, well…thank you, I guess.” Lexi lifted her chin. “I’m going to leave my underthings on for modesty’s sake,” she explained. “So I think we’re ready to get into the tub. Bound, do you think you can manage?”
“If the two of you help me,” the Dark Twin said. “I’m feelin’ stronger all the time, but I’m still not quite as steady as I’d like.”
“All right.” Lexi came forward and put her arm around his waist again, being careful of his healed injury and trying not to look below the beltline. Gaze looped an around his brother’s broad shoulders and together, the three of them descended the broad, gentle steps that led gradually down into the bathing pool.
FIFTEEN
It didn’t take Lexi long to realize that wearing her underthings in the pool made her look more naked than if she’d actually just been nude. The fragile silk panties went transparent almost at once and the thin material of the cami-top got drenched and clung to her breasts obscenely, showing the points of her nipples clearly through the thin fabric.
She pretended not to notice the way the two big Kindred were looking at her as they got Bound settled on a step about halfway down, where the water was about waist level on him and Gaze.
“Now,” she said to them, once they were seated side by side. “Let me just get the foamer.”
“The what?” Gaze asked as she glided across the pool to the place she had left the personal cleaning device.
“Oh, it’s actually a kind of animal,” Lexi explained, as she picked up the oddly shaped foamer and brought it back to the steps where the brothers were sitting. It was a purple and blue spongy blob with a porous outer surface.
“An animal?” Bound frowned uncertainly at the strange creature.
“Yes—when you get it wet, it secretes a soapy, sweet-smelling foam,” Lexi explained. “Here—I’ll show you.”
She dunked the foamer in the warm water and brought it out dripping. Holding it over the Dark Twin’s broad chest, she squeezed it hard with both hands. A thick, rich, pink foam began squirting out of the foamer’s sides and dripping all over Bound, who looked down at it was a dubious expression on his face.