Three Made in Heaven [Made in Heaven] (Siren Publishing Ménage Amour)

Made in Heaven

Three Made in Heaven

Maddie Sutton always felt something missing until the day she met Charlie and Cole. What started out as a childhood friendship slowly developed into an all-consuming love. Her biggest problem is that she can only see them in her dreams. Maddie realizes that to lead a normal life, she would have to let them go. After all, they’re only a fantasy…or are they?

Charlie Gilbert and Cole Mercer are both very real. For years they have loved and pined for Maddie, meeting up in dreams set in different locales. Afraid of making her choose between them, they keep their feelings hidden until finally realizing that the three of them belong together. How can they convince Maddie if she doubts their existence? When Charlie starts to doubt, Cole springs into action and brings them all together.

Now that they have found each other, they vow to never let go, but when an unknown danger looms over Maddie, Charlie and Cole will do anything to protect her, even if it means risking their own lives.

Genre:
Contemporary, Ménage a Trois/Quatre, Paranormal

Length:
42,778 words
 

Made in Heaven

Elena Kincaid

MENAGE AMOUR

Siren Publishing, Inc.

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THREE MADE IN HEAVEN

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THREE MADE IN HEAVEN

Made in Heaven

ELENA KINCAID

Copyright © 2013

Madeline Sutton didn’t recall actually seeing the two boys in Disney World when she was nine years old. But after spending an amazingly fun and exhausting day touring the kingdom with her parents, she dreamt them. Charlie and Cole stood waiting for her at the entrance. Charlie was blond with a mischievous twinkle in his blue eyes. His slightly pudgy frame, a last remnant of his baby fat no doubt, only made him more adorable. Cole on the other hand, was all lanky and wobbly-kneed. He reminded her of Mowgli from the Jungle Book with his wild dark hair and deep chocolate eyes.

They quickly made their introductions. Cole was twelve and Charlie, eleven. And even though they all just met, both boys already felt possessive over their young charge. They each held out a hand for her to take and strolled into the Magic Kingdom.

There was an air of peace and quiet when they entered. Maddie giggled when she realized they were the only ones in the park. Cole smiled indulgently at her musical sound while Charlie pinched her cheek. Impatiently, she tugged on their hands to keep moving. As if they were of one mind, the three of them boarded the train headed for the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. It turned out to be a favorite for all three.

The train moved forward and the music played despite there being no operator. The three of them sat in companionable silence while they quietly hummed along to the song and enjoyed the scenery the train passed by.

“I can’t believe we have the whole park to ourselves,” Maddie said wistfully. “What a wonderful dream.”

“I know,” said Cole. “I spent hours today just waiting in line.”

Charlie chimed in with an “uh-huh.”

After exiting the train, they ran to make themselves over into pirates. Once the outfits were complete with eye patches, pirate makeup, and plastic swords, they headed for the ride. Once again, there was no one to operate the ride, but the pirate ship still sailed and plunged. The mechanical pirates moved and sang. “Yo ho ho!” All three raised their hands and screamed as the ship plunged into the water, splashing them.

“Yo ho ho! A pirate’s life for me!” they shouted.

They didn’t bother getting off after the ride came to end. Instead, with barely a pause to restart, they sailed and plunged again and again before moving on to the next ride. The boys indulged Maddie by making themselves over from pirates to princes, Prince Charmings to her Snow White. They ran, skipped, and rode the train from ride to ride, store to stand, eating and drinking their fill of sweets and sodas. It seemed as if hours had passed and yet they never tired and their stomachs never soured from all the food they ate. They never even had to use the bathroom.

It was while spinning on the teacups that Maddie noticed a change. The ride came to a halt and everything started to blur and fuse together in a swirl of brilliant colors until only the teacup they sat in was clear. Charlie and Cole both wore the same look of confusion, clearly seeing what Maddie was.

“What’s happening?” Maddie asked, alarmed.

“Time to wake up, honey.”

It was Evelyn Sutton’s voice that broke through Maddie’s dream. Evelyn kissed her daughter’s forehead and then shooed her into the bathroom to shower and change. Inside the bathroom, Maddie let out a strangled sob. Thankfully, she was already under the shower, drowning out the sound when it escaped. The dream felt so real to her, more so than any dream she had ever had. The experience felt almost as real as actually being at the park with her parents the day before, though she had to admit that the dream had been way more fun. And it wasn’t just because the park was empty and catered to her every whim. It was her two dream companions, or rather the current lack of them, that had her sobbing as she held her head under the spray of water. She just wanted to crawl back into her hotel room bed and dream of them some more.

Maddie had plenty of friends at school. She was outgoing and funny and easy to get along with, but for some reason, she never felt close enough to anyone to consider them a best friend. She seemed to always lack that special connection no matter how much she liked a person. Charlie and Cole had changed all that. She felt them in her very soul the instant she saw them. She cried harder when that realization hit her.

“I wish they were real,” she whispered to no one.

Six years later

“I kissed my first boy today,” Maddie announced.

Cole and Charlie both stiffened at the news. Cole wasn’t sure how he felt, but it was obvious to him that the same confliction of feeling he was experiencing was mirrored by Charlie. She was like the little sister that neither of them had, albeit a suddenly curvier, bra-wearing little sister who wasn’t actually related to either of them.

* * * *

Maddie recalled how hard it had been for her when months passed before she saw her dream boys again after that first time. She had been going to bed each night hoping and praying that they would once again show up in her dreams. And every morning she would awake crying at her disappointment.

Maddie could not help the depression that settled over her. She felt as if something precious had been stolen from her. Her constant moping did not go unnoticed by her parents and neither did her declining grades. At one point, they had even suggested counseling. It wasn’t until Maddie saw Charlie and Cole again that her depression faded and with it, the concerns of her parents.

For months, Maddie had been worried that Charlie and Cole were lost to her forever. When she finally saw them again in her dream, standing by the swings in an unfamiliar park, she cried out and ran to them. She didn’t care if she made them up. She would take them any way she could, even if it were only in her dreams. She looked them both over, drinking them in, and better committing them to memory so that when she awoke, she would be able to draw them. She vowed to herself right then and there to perfect her technique enough to one day capture them just right.

Charlie and Cole appeared to be equally overjoyed to see her and each other for that matter. All three of them expressed how hard they tried to see each other again and how much it had taken a toll on them when they weren’t able to. Maddie felt an unbreakable bond form between them.

“Where are we?” Maddie had asked after she managed to pull apart from their embrace.

“We are at a park my dad used to take me to a few years ago,” Cole replied. Maddie could hear the sadness in his voice. “It’s in Silverdale, Washington. It’s where I’m from.”

“Oh, Cole, what’s wrong?” Maddie slipped an arm around his waist, urging him to continue.

“He died a few years ago from a heart attack. I still miss him every day, but I have my mom and now I have you guys. I was actually thinking about this place when I went to sleep and then I found myself standing here in front of the swings. Then Charlie appeared, followed by our Maddie.” He added the last line with a smile, a wink, and a pat on the head for Maddie.