Ember We arrived back at the packhouse with one thing on all of our minds. The energy between us had been building since the cave, and none of us were making any effort to hide it. My mind was still buzzing. Being brought to that place with Seth’s mouth and Carter’s hands — the intensity of how much they both wanted me, and how clearly I wanted them back — had rewritten something in me. Polygamy was not a new concept. Many people lived it openly. What surprised me was that I had never thought myself capable of it. My parents had a traditional relationship, and that had always been my frame of reference. But standing here, wanting both of these men with equal force, the framework I had grown up with felt small. I was happy to explore this. Though I wouldn’t pretend away the strange feelin

