Subtle Magic — Josette Reuel

Originally published as part of the "Wickedly Exotic Spring Erotic Wonderland" Anthology, Subtle Magic by Josette Reuel is an erotic menage short story about a woman who finds she was always just as she was supposed to be. Growing up different had made life difficult for Harley Hawen, a Rhai'ud without magic; she had buried herself in her cooking and baking. Her only friend, her cousin and roommate, Jenna, was a true Rhai'ud with the looks and magic. Resigned to a life alone and magicless, Harley worked at her parents diner and spent free nights with Jenna. Then six months ago a group of men on motorcycles rolled into town and Harley and Jenna's dreams had become tormented. Magic has a subtle way of making things happen. Chase and Diesel were Gwar'Arth - bear shifters. The Den they had grown up in was becoming too tight for all of the younger males that were looking for mates, so they had brought their new Den members to a new home on Karhu Ridge. The two sexy shifters were two-thirds of a Triad mating. They had found each other as young boys, but had never found their third. So, they rode into town that first day knowing that they had a third for their Triad out there somewhere, but they hadn't realized that she would walk right out in front of them when they were least expecting it. For six months the woman tormented them and did everything to keep away from them, but they had had enough. She would realize that they were all meant to be together, if it was the last thing both Gwar'Arth men did."