Chapter 29

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Marcus's room reflected her evenly keeled mate. Books lined one wall from floor to ceiling, while another was taken up by an enormous tapestry that illustrated a battle scene. She didn't remember this room from before, although glimpses of both Aro and Caius's spaces flickered to life- triggered as she walked from room to room, examining what she supposed was her home.

Her own quarters had been repaired in the time she'd been gone. The French doors had been replaced. They were almost too grand to be called French doors. They were not a rickety exit with peeling paint leading to an overgrown patio- a memory, half forgotten, from sometime during her human life. Twin, arched doorways wrought from steel and paned in an intricate stained glass led to an expansive terrace overlooking a courtyard garden.

Caius's rooms had been demolished, looking as though a tornado had blown through, destroying all in its' path. Shattered glass, books ripped to pieces until they more closely resembled confetti, and splintered furniture were scattered about the rooms. Bella sucked in a surprised breath at the sight, and Caius stiffened beside her, but did not offer an explanation. Aro shook his head minutely when she caught his eye, and gently steered her to his own space.

The tour now complete, Bella stood in the doorway to Marcus's cavernous bathroom. It was encased in white marble which covered even the ceiling, and did, indeed, have a shower that could easily accommodate the four of them. The tub, too, was large enough for this, and Bella had to wonder if it was by design.

Aro, Marcus, and Caius lingered behind her, waiting to see what she would do. The venom that had stripped her of her humanity had also burned away any lingering shyness, it seemed. Without turning around to look at them, Bella tore the stolen dress she wore down the center as though it were made of tissue paper, letting it pool at her bare feet. She hadn't thought to pilfer any undergarments, leaving totally nude. Bella padded to the tub, which was really a small pool which was sunken into the floor and turned on the four golden taps.

Steam rose in a thick cloud. Although she no longer felt discomfort from cold, the warmth it emitted was heavenly.

"Are you coming?" she asked over her shoulder.

There was a hasty rustle of fabric and then a shuffling sound as Caius tried to shoulder his way past the others.

"Greedy," Bella smilingly admonished him as she stepped into the pool.

He was less than a second behind her, stepping naked into the water, which hissed with a renewed cloud of steam as it made contact with their icy flesh. Of course, her mates were no longer cold to the touch- not to her.

As if to illustrate her point, Caius cut through the water, his hands encircling her waist as he drew her close. Aro and Marcus were now undressed as well and submerging themselves. Bella glimpsed the broadness of their shoulders, their muscles etched in perpetuity in their marble chests. Marcus was broader than Aro, but not by much, while Aro had lean muscle mass that she longed to reach out and touch. Their cocks were similar in their differences, jutting proudly towards her, framed with dark curls that matched the smattering of hair on their chests.

While Aro and Marcus looked as though they could have been true brothers, Caius stood out, starkly different from the other kings. While he bore his own share of long, lean, muscles that she itched to run her hands along, his coloring was as fair as her other mates were dark. The fine hairs on his chest, forearms, and surrounding his member, were two or three shades darker than the snow-white hair framing his face.

Her three mates noticed her appraisal of their bodies with amused smirks, but they too seemed just as interested in her as she was in them. Bella hadn't properly examined herself yet, not in a mirror, but the three men surrounding her seemed content to do it on her behalf.

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