Kira's Reckoning by Sasha Parker

her breasts saying, "Never cover these, they are ours to enjoy."
    Kira rolled her eyes but left the sheet where it was, instead she accepted the cool soda Brendan held out to her and said, "Thank you, I am dying of thirst." As she drank greedily from the glass, the two men frowned at her.  "What?"
    "You should have said if you were thirsty, we would have gotten something for you before now ," Ronan said with reproach.
    "I'm not really dying , it's a figure of speech, goof," she said with a laugh.
    "We know, but you were thirsty .  It's our job to take care of you," Brendan said with the same tone as Ronan had used. 
    Kira frowned at both men .  "I can take care of myself."
    Ronan snorted .  "Well, now it's our job."
    "Your job ?" Kira said, not liking where this was going.  "Did we stumble into the past and I wasn't made aware of it?"
    "No ," Brendan said calmly.  "What Ronan meant was that we are happy to be able to take care of you and if you were thirsty then we would have gotten you something to drink, that's all." He gave Ronan a sidelong glance.  'Shut it or you will get us in deeper.'
    'She's an exasperating woman sometimes,' Ronan complained.
    'She's our woman, Ronan, but we don't want to smother her .  Remember what Reilly said before he left?' Brendan reminded him of their conversation with Lachlan and Reilly where the two men had warned them of the stubbornness of the Kirkpatrick women.  They also told them to tread lightly as Kira was very independent and her sisters guessed that she had been deeply hurt by someone recently.
    "What are you two talking about?" Kira's voice broke into their private conversation.
    Brendan reached out to hold her free hand.  "What do you mean? I was just explaining why Ronan said what he did."
    Kira shook her head .  "No, you two were having a conversation with each other.  I know it, I just don't know how you did it."
    Both men raised their eyebrows and then looked at each other in surprise .  "Here, let me feed you, you must be hungry from our earlier workout," Ronan said as he grabbed for a grape off the tray and held it to her mouth in offering.
    Kira looked between the two and then sighed, opening her mouth and accepting the grape.  As she chewed she watched the play of emotions go across their faces and knew they were 'talking' to one another silently.  Even though it frustrated her, she found it adorable that they had these 'talks' and she knew this one was about her.  She wanted to know what it was about and as she opened her mouth to ask, Brendan popped a piece of cheese in. 
    "How about I draw you a nice warm bath before we have to go down to dinner?" Brendan suggested.  "I know we can't avoid your sisters anymore or you are going to be grilled.  Luckily it looked like everyone was on their own for lunch today."
    Kira blushed as she said, "Thank goodness." At the men's frown, she added, "I just don't want a lot of questions right now.  Especially with our trip to the Council."
    The men seemed to take that as a plausible answer and Ronan said, "I will go get the bathwater ready .  Brendan, finish feeding our princess while I make sure everything is set."
    Brendan crawled on the bed and put the tray between them as Ronan headed to the bathroom.  Brendan fed her bites of cheese, fruits, and small cuts of meat while she heard water running in the other room.  When she had eaten enough, knowing if she ate any more she wouldn't eat dinner, she waved away Brendan's next offer. 
    Ronan chose that time to come out of the bathroom declaring her bath ready .  Kira jumped out of bed and headed into the bathroom, stopping to kiss both men on the cheek in thanks.  As she settled into the bathwater, she moaned as her muscles relaxed and her sore places were soothed by the water.  She leaned back in the tub and rested her head against the back in a sigh.  Just as she was about to nod off, the men came in and washed her body for her thoroughly.  Then they helped