Arielle and the Three Wolves (Siren Publishing Ménage Amour) by Dani April Page B

the grill.
    Arielle was self-conscious the moment she stepped up to them. The first time she met them, things had not gone well. She didn’t know what to say to them. She gave Jason a squeeze on his shoulder, and he patted her hand.
    “Kyle and Luke came by to bring me some clothes,” Jason told her.
    She nodded to the brothers. Neither of them smiled.
    “I know you already met them before, but considering that was a rather awkward meeting, perhaps introductions are still in order,” Jason said. “Get over here, guys, and meet Arielle,” he commanded them. Arielle smiled to herself when she saw the alpha in Jason come out. “This is Kyle,” Jason introduced the tallest man. He shook hands with her. She got a better look at him now. He was handsome with well-defined facial features and looked a lot like Jason. He was younger than Jason, and she thought probably one or two years younger than she was. The expression on his face was unreadable. “And this ornery cowboy is my kid brother, Luke,” Jason introduced his other brother. Luke was the huge man. He had to have worked out his whole life because he had the body of an athlete. He was so solid it looked like he was made of steel. He wore a fiery expression on his face, and Arielle thought if her previous conversation with him had been any indication, that he was probably quick tempered and easy to anger. He was in his early twenties, but was no kid, with a wary look of maturity out of his eyes. She would not want this big man mad at her.
    “I’m sorry for the way we met the first time,” Kyle told her. “We didn’t mean to come off so strong. We certainly never wanted to frighten a beautiful woman.”
    When Luke shook hands with her, she noticed he didn’t offer any apologies. He only gave her that hot-headed stare. She found herself still slightly afraid of both men.
    “It’s nice to formally meet you guys,” Arielle told them. She felt nervous and knew she had sweat on her palms as she shook their hands.
    “Jason said you’re a good cook,” Kyle told her. “But we brought hamburgers over. It’s our way of saying thank you for helping our brother.”
    “I know you guys were very worried about him that day you stopped by,” Arielle said. “I didn’t mean to lie to you that day. I just thought I had a wolf in my house and not your brother.”
    “Jason told us about how you met,” Luke said. “I mean how you met him when he shifted back to a man. You must have been pretty surprised at what you had taken into your house.”
    Arielle caught herself blushing again. She had met Jason the man for the first time in bed. The two of them had been making love. She wondered if he had shared that with his brothers. “Yes, I was very surprised,” she told them.
    There was a moment of silence. She didn’t know what to say to them. She thought both men stared at her a little too long, and it made her uncomfortable. She imagined what their thoughts must be. She wondered if they had some crazy notion born of their shifter heritage about her as their sex partner, too. This was without a doubt the most uncomfortable moment of Arielle’s life.
    Jason reached for her. She could never deny him and let him pull her down onto his lap. She felt nervous on his lap in the presence of his brothers. She wanted to talk to him and ask him what he had told them about their relationship, but the brothers were within earshot and would have heard everything.
    “Do you trust me, Arielle?” He whispered the question into her ear.
    “I do trust you,” she whispered back to him. Then added, “I think.”
    He gave her a wicked grin, but let the matter drop.
    They ate outside on her lawn furniture. This was a relief. If she had been inside with all three of the men it would have been more than she could have stood. The barbecued hamburgers tasted good outside under the cool mountain air. Arielle only had one, but noticed Jason had two and his brothers ate three apiece. They had