Sin Series Stand-alone Novels: Endurance, Unintended & Redemption

by Cates, Georgia

  Fucked hard.

  I kneel and place a hand on each of her knees to push them apart. She lifts her arms over her head and arches her back as she grasps the edge of the mattress. It’s crazy how seductive she looks—sexier than any woman I’ve ever seen in my life. And she’s for my eyes only. My touch only. I covet that.

  “I want to try something.”

  Ellison grins as a giggle leaves her mouth. “Honey, I know all guys want to try anal but that won’t help us get a baby.”

  I push her legs together and roll her to the side so I can spank her bum. “Such a bad girl.”

  “Mmm. I guess I am a bad girl because I don’t mind you smacking my ass like that at all.”

  “I know it’s a very clinical and unromantic conversation but we need to talk about what we can do to make conception more likely.” The stakes are high.

  “You’re the doctor so I’m open to suggestions.”

  “I think we should try using the upsuck theory.”

  “Upsuck theory? That’s a new one on me but I guess it should be since I’ve never tried to get pregnant.”

  “It’s not new. You just didn’t know it had a name.”

  “Explanation please.”

  “The back of your vagina has a bowl that will catch my semen. If I come first and then bring you to orgasm, your cervix will move up and down, sucking—or uptaking—my sperm. Of course my swimmers have a chance of getting to your egg all on their own but this could increase the chances of conception. Won’t hurt to try it.”

  “You had me at orgasm.”

  She pulls me down so she can kiss my mouth and I whisper against her lips, “I love you.”

  “I love you too. And I really want you to put a baby inside me.” Her voice is soft and sweet.

  Hearing her ask me for a child changes everything. It rips through my tough, hard Fellowship exterior and brings out the tender side of me that I didn’t know existed until she came into my life.

  I’m hovering above her, careful to not press too much of my weight against her. She allows her knees to fall apart and I move into position. “This baby we’re about to make will be loved.”

  She watches my eyes as I enter her. “It already is.”

  Ellison doesn’t take her eyes from mine as I move in and out of her. Everything about this moment feels so intimate, like she’s seeing straight into the depths of my soul. Makes me feel exposed from the inside out. I love the deep connection I have with Ellison.

  It’s time to claim her. Say the words that make it official. “Into me, you see.”

  She smiles as she places her hands against each side of my face. “Into me, you see.”

  We’ve never discussed them but she knows those words and what they mean. I know by the love I see on her face. “You are my mate. Soon, you’ll be my wife and eventually the mother of our children.”

  “I want that so much.”

  I’m sliding in and out of Ellison slowly when her legs come up and around my waist. She digs her heels into my arse, coaxing me to thrust harder. Of course, moving harder and faster brings me closer to coming. But it’s okay. This is only the first of many times I’ll have her.

  “Fuck. I’m already about to come.”

  “My womb is prepared to receive thy child.”

  I chuckle as I push her legs back and apart. “Fuck, Mac. Don’t make me laugh while I’m trying to do this.”

  She locks her legs around my waist as I thrust one last time. “Fill my vaginal bowl with your baby batter so your bun can bake in my oven.”

  “Damn. You have to stop making me laugh.”

  She loosens the hold of her legs around my waist and giggles. “Mmm. Baby making is fun.”

  “You little shite. Baby making is supposed to be romantic and special. Not comedy hour.”

  “You looked way too serious.”

  “I was concentrating. That was my fill-her-with-so-much-cum-there’s-no-way-she-won’t-get-pregnant face.”

  I pull out slowly and reach for a pillow at the head of the bed. I motion for her to lift her bum. “Up you go.”

  She picks up her hips and I slide the pillow under her arse. “Do you really think this position helps?”

  “Doesn’t hurt.”

  I kneel between her legs and push her thighs apart. “I will never get tired of looking at your pretty pink, wet pussy.”

  “Jamie!”

  “What? I can’t say that about my mate?”

  “It’s dirty.”

  “Well, you’re a bad girl so you probably like it.”

  “I don’t mind it at all.”

  I kiss the top of her knee. “Tell me, my beautiful wife-to-be. How would you like to come?”

  “I want you to rub me off with those talented fingers of yours.” She takes my hand and places my fingers over her clit. “Right here. You know what I like.”

  Touch. It’s so simplistic in certain aspects, and so very complex in others. But I’ve come to know Ellison’s body well in a short time. I know exactly what it needs.

  She’s slick from our love making so my fingertips easily glide in a large, slow circular motion. She rocks her pelvis against my fingers. The girl can’t sit still. “Like that?”

  She closes her eyes and her words come out as a breathy whisper. “Yesss.”

  I use my thumb to stroke her center up and down several times before concentrating on the tight nub at the top of her slit. Her most sensitive spot. I alternate between fast and slow, hard and soft. She’s building. Climbing. Almost soaring. I know by her body’s reactions.

  I want to finish her off with a bang. Make her cervix upsuck every last drop of semen inside her.

  I lower my mouth and suck her clit. I’m irregular with the pressure and speed so she won’t be able to predict what will come next. “Ohh… ohh… ohh.”

  I smile when I feel the quivers against my lips. My girl’s coming.

  Her entire body relaxes when the quivering stops. That’s when I know she’s in that place, the one where she’s blissful and euphoric. There’s no other feeling in the world like it.

  “I will never get enough of that. Or you.”

  I’m certain it’ll be impossible to ever get enough of Ellison MacAllister—soon to be Breckenridge. I’m completely obsessed with this woman. “You own every part of me, Mac. You hold complete command over my heart, body, and soul.”

  I will do anything for her. For them.

  Lie.

  Cheat.

  Steal.

  Kill.

  It is who I am.

  Anything to hold on to her and make her happy and safe.

  * * *

  Rip my sister a new one. That’s what I should do. “Where the fuck have you been the last three days?”

  “I’ve been busy.”

  Ellison and I have tried calling her no less than a hundred times. “We’ve been worried sick.”

  “I’m an adult, Jamie. I was fine.”

  Bad things happen to adults too. Does she not remember that she was just kidnapped and raped? “It would have been nice to know you were safe.”

  “You’re right. I’m sorry. I should have checked in.” It isn’t like Westlyn to be so inconsiderate.

  “I needed to talk to you before the meeting.”

  “About what?”

  “Ellison and I have a plan we’ve put into action so Kieran can’t take her as his wife. I have a plan for you and Evanna too but we really needed to discuss it before the council shows up.” And now there’s no time. Westlyn has really fucked this up.

  And where is Evanna? I thought she’d be here since The Hendrys consider her a potential wife.

  “I have my own plan.”

  What a relief. “Thank fuck. You don’t know how glad I am to hear that.”

  Thane comes into the dining room and takes his seat at the head of the table. “Lennox and Kieran will be here any minute. I understand you have something to tell us before their arrival.”

  Westlyn
is taking her destiny into her own hands. I highly doubt I’ll ever see something like this from Evanna. She’s content to let Mum run her life for her.

  “I do. I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the treaty offer and I’ve come to a decision. Ellison isn’t Fellowship. This isn’t her responsibility. She shouldn’t be sacrificed when she isn’t even one of us yet. I’m prepared to marry Kieran.”

  What the hell? What. The. Hell? “No fucking way. You’re not marrying him.”

  “I am, Jamie. I’ve made up my mind.”

  That is the craziest shite I’ve ever heard. “Why would you volunteer to become the wife of a man who brutalized you for three days?”

  “You don’t know anything about what happened while I was with Kieran.”

  She says his name so comfortably. Like they’re well acquainted friends. Like he isn’t her rapist. “How could I know anything? You haven’t answered your phone. You haven’t been at your flat. You disappeared off the face of the earth.”

  I assumed she cut us off because she needed time to herself after the hell he put her through. I think that would be a normal reaction for anyone. But after hearing this, I don’t know.

  Ellison is one of her best friends. Maybe she can talk some sense into her. “Tell her this is nuts.”

  “Wes. You can’t sacrifice yourself for me again. It won’t be three days this time. It’s the rest of your life. Forever. You’ll never get away from him.”

  “I’ve made up my mind. I’m doing this.”

  “Then it’s settled. Westlyn will marry Kieran. Which one of you will marry Hendry’s daughter?”

  I’m preparing to announce Ellison’s pregnancy when Mitch speaks up. “This treaty dissolves the only complication that has been keeping Jamie and Ellison apart. I’m not in a relationship with anyone, and I don’t have interest in any of The Fellowship women. I’ll take Shaw as my wife.”

  Thane nods. “Your decision is the act of a true leader. You make me very proud, son.”

  “Not a totally selfless act. I’m really hoping she’s hot.”

  One of the guards comes to the doorway. “The Hendrys have arrived, boss.”

  “You can escort them in.”

  Lennox and Kieran come into the dining room and the younger Hendry’s eyes immediately go to Westlyn. The fucker looks like he could devour her right here and now.

  “Gentlemen.” Lennox offers a nod of acknowledgment but Kieran is too busy eye-fucking my sister to offer any form of greeting.

  Ellison senses my rage and pats my leg beneath the table. “Calm down,” she whispers.

  “Please join us.”

  Kieran takes the empty seat next to Westlyn. He rapes my sister and now he torments her further by sitting next to her. The protective big brother inside me wants to go over the table, put him in a chokehold, and squeeze the fucking life out of his body.

  “Have you come to a decision about the treaty?”

  “Aye. We are pleased to say we have decided to accept. Westlyn has offered herself to be Kieran’s wife—if that’s agreeable with him.”

  “Aye. I’m agreeable to taking Westlyn as my wife.”

  “I think Kieran and Westlyn will make a good match.” Based on what, motherfucker? This is bullshit.

  “And your decision on who will be taking Shaw as a wife?”

  “I will,” Mitch says.

  “Very good.” Lennox looks pleased. I’m sure having his daughter wed the second son of the leader is more preferable than me—the son of the leader’s adopted brother.

  “Kieran and Westlyn will notify the district registrar tomorrow of their intent to wed. Do we agree that the wedding will take place in four weeks?”

  “No objection from us,” Thane says.

  “Kieran will claim Westlyn tonight unless there are any objections.”

  I’m preparing to argue when Westlyn shakes her head and mouths, “Don’t.”

  Thane flicks his hand in the direction of the empty chair. “I only see one bride here for exchange.”

  “My apologies for Shaw’s absence. I’m afraid she needs a little more time to adjust to the idea of marrying someone she’s never met. She is a Hendry and will fulfill her duty. I will see to it personally.”

  I’ve known Mitch his entire life. He isn’t quick to anger but I can see he’s annoyed. “Shaw isn’t the only one marrying a stranger she’s never met. It would have been a nice gesture for her to at least come meet the man volunteering to take her.”

  It must be a bleak feeling to know you’re going to marry a lass you’ve never met. What if he’s not attracted to her at all? What if they hate each other? It happens. I think Thane and Isobel simply tolerate one another because they’re too tired to do anything else after so many years of marriage.

  “It is my solemn vow that Shaw will be delivered to Mitch by the end of the week.”

  “Your daughter clearly isn’t onboard with being a treaty bride.”

  “Shaw is young. Headstrong. She has her own ideas about what she wants for her life but I will steer her in the right direction.”

  “The lass sounds obstinate. I don’t want a difficult wife.”

  “I admit my daughter is stubborn, but she isn’t unbending. I swear to you, Mitch, you won’t find a more beautiful wife within The Fellowship or The Order. And she is pure. Arabella and I have ensured that she will be a virgin on her wedding night. You won’t be disappointed with her.”

  I don’t envy the pressure Mitch must be feeling right now.

  “I will go through with the marriage.”

  “Deliver Shaw to us by Friday, otherwise the agreement is off and we will expect Westlyn to be returned.”

  “We want this treaty, Thane. Probably more than you. I give you my word Shaw will be here.”

  “Then this meeting is adjourned.”

  So Westlyn is carted off to The Order without any kind of insurance? “Wait. I need to know what this means for my sister.”

  Kieran reaches for Westlyn’s hand. “She is my mate and will leave with me when we go. I’m claiming her tonight.”

  Am I supposed to be fucking okay with this? “I need a few minutes with my sister in private.”

  “You can have as many minutes as you like, but Westlyn is mine. It’s been decided.”

  What an arrogant arsehole. “You haven’t delivered your end of the bargain, and you’ve not officially claimed her. Nothing is in stone yet.”

  Westlyn follows me into the hallway. “You don’t have to do this because you want to save Ellison. We have a plan.”

  “It really has nothing to do with Elli. It’s about me and what I want.”

  “You want to marry that arsehole?”

  “I never had the intentions of marrying a Fellowship man. This works for me.”

  “It works for you? Don’t you want more? Don’t you want someone to love?”

  “Of course, but you and Ellison are some of the lucky ones. We don’t all find love.”

  “I will find you a good match. I will find you a brother you can love.”

  “No, Jamie.” I hate the tears in my sister’s eyes. “I can’t stay; I’m ruined with the brothers. Tainted. They all know I was kidnapped and held prisoner for three days. None of them are going to want me. You know this.”

  “Fuck. I hate that bastard for what he’s done to you.”

  “You don’t have to like him. And neither do I for this treaty to work.”

  “I hate this so much.” How do I let my sister leave with a man I don’t trust and be taken to another brotherhood in the process? How do I say nothing as he walks away with her as though she’s a possession and not a person?

  I don’t know how a treaty works. Will I be allowed to see her? I can’t go without seeing my sister.

  “It’s going to be okay. And hey… another perk is Mum will be happy.”

  An advantageous marriage. But he’s not in The Fellowship. How could Mum feel this is okay? I’m sure Mum will eat this shite up. Her
daughter will be securing a place high on the hierarchy by becoming the wife of a leader. Mum’s grandchildren will be the future leaders of The Order. “You’re gaining status you wouldn’t be able to achieve within The Fellowship so I guess she will be thrilled.”

  “Marrying Kieran is for the best. You might not see it right now but you will.”

  “I doubt that.”

  “This treaty is coming at the perfect time for you and Ellison. The Order is no longer a threat to her with them as our allies. There’s nothing stopping you from claiming her.”

  “I’ve already claimed her. We notified the district registrar two days ago of our intent to marry.”

  Westlyn propels herself at me for a hug. “I’m so happy for you. Have you told anyone?”

  It hasn’t been possible to tell anyone. We haven’t left our bed in three days.

  “You’re the first to know, but we’re telling Thane and Sin after the meeting.”

  “I’ve wanted this for a while but I’m scared for you. Endurance is bad.”

  I saw firsthand how wounded Sin was after he went through endurance. I thought he had lost his mind for doing something like that for a woman. I get it now. “Can’t lie. I’m not looking forward to it, but every blow, every punch, every lash will be worth it for her.”

  “I hate that part of The Fellowship.”

  “It’s one of the ways we protect ourselves from bringing in untrustworthy outsiders. It’s necessary.”

  “I don’t like it but I’ll go along with it because she’s who you want.”

  I’d like to stall and keep my sister in this hallway forever but that isn’t possible. “Never hesitate to call on me for anything. Any. Thing. And you better tell me if that bastard mistreats you. I will kill him if need be. Don’t care if it starts a war or not.” To hell with the treaty. I won’t allow that fucker to abuse my sister.

  “This treaty is about making allies. Not enemies. He’d be dumb to mistreat me. Plus, you know me. I’m a hard-ass. Not going to put up with bullshit.”

  Kieran and Lennox come out of the dining room, and I know this is it. It’s time to say goodbye to my sister. “I love you, Wes.”