My first thought was that the Ceremony of Three referred to the mythos that sharing blood three times converted the human. The menage aspect also works with the title. If you’re using the three-bites-convert ritual, the title works on many levels. Nice job!

OTOH, I’ve heard talk that EC may release books with different covers for the different formats — covers for ebooks could be significantly hotter than those on the print version. But I thought that would be the amount of clothing, not a completely different scene. LOL

I haven’t cruised over here before, but I’ll definitely be back! This is a very fun blog.

Hugs,
Liddy

You’re lucky I like you, Evie, or I’d kick your ass for this. The post remains. For now.

Elaina felt an answering pulse between her own thighs as Thorn pulled back at last, licking his lips to catch the last traces of Rafe’s cream. Then he turned his head to look at her, a secretive smile playing around his broad mouth.
“Your turn, darlin’,” he said. “I need to make amends to you, too.”
Elaina felt herself go cold all over. Surely he didn’t mean…She shook her head, backing away from the edge of the huge bed to its center. The entire time she’d watched Thorn suck Rafe’s cock, she hadn’t imagined he would want to pleasure her orally too. As much as she was beginning to care for him, it was still a frightening thought. She had never had a man want to kiss her there before, to taste her, and to trust Thorn to do it seemed to be too much—too soon, too fast.
“It is all right, my darling.” Rafe was suddenly behind her, pulling her back so that he was resting against the headboard and she was lying with her back to his chest between his spread thighs. She felt his warm, muscular arms go around her, soothing and comforting at the same time. “Thorn only wishes to pleasure you as he pleasured me. It is the Night Dweller way of asking forgiveness for past wrongs.”
Elaina shook her head. “It’s just, I’ve never…I mean, no one has ever…”
“Hasn’t anyone ever eaten that sweet little pussy of yours before, honey?” Thorn asked incredulously. He sat on the bed in front of her and Rafe and reached out to stroke her naked thigh. Elaina clenched her legs together fearfully at his touch and shook her head. “Really?” He couldn’t seem to believe it.
“No,” she whispered. His hand, large and warm, lingered on the ticklish underside of her knee, making her want to squirm. She was very aware of how hot and wet she had gotten between her legs as she watched the two men together and it made her nervous to think of Thorn getting so close to her there. To think of him licking her, tasting her…
There was a look of sorrow in the blond vampire’s burning red eyes. “I can understand how you feel, darlin’,” he said, his grating voice soft. “I know you’re probably still a little scared of me but I need to show you that you don’t have to be. I wanna prove to you how sorry I am for the harm I did. Wanna eat your sweet pussy until you come all over my face. It’s the only way I can make things right between us.” He stroked the outside of her thigh gently, sending fire through her veins. “Please, darlin’, let me do this. Let me make amends to you.”
“I…I don’t know.” Elaina could feel her resolve weakening but it was still a frightening prospect. Behind her, Rafe spoke softly into her ear.
“I will be here with you the entire time, my darling,” he said softly. “You need only lie back against me and relax. Remember, I will never allow any harm to come to you.”
“Well…” She could feel the muscles of her legs and thighs trembling with the need to open and realized she wanted to do this. Or rather, she wanted to let Thorn to do it to her. With a sigh, she leaned back against the warm, muscular chest behind her and let Rafe cradle her head on his shoulder. Rafe loved her. Rafe would protect her. Not that she felt she needed much protection from Thorn anymore but still, it was comforting to feel his solid presence behind her and hear his soft voice in her ear.
“That’s good, honey.” Thorn knelt in front of her, his throbbing cock attesting to the fact that he wanted to do this badly, and stroked her trembling thighs. “Just let yourself relax against Rafael so I can reach you.” Then his large, warm hands were parting her knees, urging her to open herself for him.
Elaina let a trembling sigh slip from between her lips as she allowed Thorn to part her legs. When he opened her thighs, she could feel the lips of her pussy spreading open as well, showing him her slippery heated inner cunt, letting him know how aroused she was. She knew that her soft, bare little pussy lips were swollen with need and slick with desire and she didn’t think her sex had ever been this wet and ready. But she was afraid to let herself think what she was ready for.
“Good girl,” Thorn murmured, bending down to get between her thighs. Then he placed a hot, openmouthed kiss on the apex of her sex, making her gasp and almost try to close her legs again.
“Relax, my darling,” Rafe murmured in her ear. The strong arms wrapped around her moved and soon he was cupping her naked breasts, plucking gently at her stiff nipples. “Spread your thighs for Thorn,” he whispered in a soothing voice. “Let him see how hot and wet you are. Let him taste your need and feast on your desire.”