Page 82 of The Maestro's Mates

“I don’t know…” Wolf finally moved, pulling out an empty chair in front of the vanity and collapsing into it. “I don’t have any talent for spellwork. How can I lead the Circle when I’m not a witch?”

Smiling, Sebastian reached over and patted his brother on the shoulder.

“Personally, I think that’s a strength. The Circle needs to be shaken up, no matter how much it enrages our mother. Besides, if you find a nice witch to mate with, that would solve a bunch of your problems.”

Wolf rolled his eyes, but the corners of his lips curled upwards into a hint of a smile. “I know that I’ve been kind of, well, an asshole, sometimes?—”

“You have nothing to apologize for,” Sebastian said, cutting him off. “Our childhood was tough, and the last few years have been tougher. And I’ll help as much as I can. I just can’t live in that house. Or near our mother. Or in New Jersey.”

Wolf opened his mouth to respond when the door to the dressing room burst open, and Justin rolled in like a whirlwind, jumping into Sebastian’s lap and pressing their lipstogether. The kiss was warm and long, vibrating with unexpressed emotion.

Sebastian finally broke it to breathe, looking down at the blonde man and his crooked grin. “What was that for?”

“Oh, all the things. I’m so proud of you!” Justin turned back toward the door, but Wolf had slipped out. “Was that…”

“Mmhmm,” Sebastian said. “We can talk about it later. Besides, I think someone still owes me a kiss.”

Pavel let out a long, deep chuckle that made Sebastian’s balls tingle. The gargoyle was going to kill him one day with his hotness.

Stepping over to his mates, Pavel wrapped his arms around them both, giving Sebastian a somewhat less intense but still delicious kiss. Sebastian looked up afterward to see all three of them in the mirror. Justin was sitting in his lap, and Pavel stood behind, watching over them.

It was perfect.

“I love you both, you know.” Sebastian worked to keep the tremor out of his voice. They needed to understand how much he cared for them.

“We know!” Justin buried his head in Sebastian’s neck, kissing him on his mating mark, sending bolts of electricity through his body. “We love you, too!”

Pavel bent over and kissed Sebastian on the top of the head. “I love you both very much. But we’re not going to have sex in Sebastian’s dressing room. We have an opening night party to get to. We have to celebrate that we got all the way through this performance without being attacked by evil time-witches.”

Sebastian laughed loudly at Pavel’s words. Justin sighed,still disappointed at the thwarting of his sexy plans, but then jumped off Sebastian’s lap and grabbed his hand, pulling him toward the door.

“Come on! Everyone’s waiting, and they love you almost as much as we do.”