“Did you find anything useful?” He looked the same as when I left him so they must not have run into any trouble.
“Nothing, unless you count talk of a rebellion against Earth. But we already knew that was happening. Rainer has too many supporters for them not to be talking about it.” Egan shrugged and placed his hand on one knee, then working his way up my inner thigh.
Leftover desire sparked up again as his fingers played along the sensitive skin, getting closer and closer to the sweet spot.
“We heard similar things,” a sultry sex goddess came out in my voice. Huh, that was different. What were my guys doing to me?
“Yeah, I heard all about your adventures.”
His fingers stopped moving and my head snapped down at his disapproving words.
“What do you mean adventures? None of this was my fault.” Now my body heated for an entirely different reason. If he started in on me too, I thought I’d… I would… I’d definitely do something bad.
“The better question is why didn’t the glamour Yunez put on you work? No way should you have had those kinds of issues. Your LL would never have left you unprotected.” He growled and his fingers bit into my thigh and hip.
Something in me relaxed. Sage said it wasn’t my fault, only my problem. But deep down, it felt like he was accusing my decision not to take a mate as the reason we experienced the attack, whether it was Yunez’s fuck up or not.
When no blame came at Egan’s hands I thought I loved him a little more. I swung one leg over so I was straddling his thighs and I captured his bottom lip between my teeth.
He growled and cupped my jaw in his large palms, bringing my face closer and sliding his tongue in my mouth. He was building those delicious tingles in my body with his kiss. My hand slid under his shirt and traveled up his hard stomach to rest over his heart. I wanted him to feel exactly what I did.
“Your body is amazing Egan. I love it.” I kept my voice low in case Rand woke up.
Warmth intensified in my core as he dropped his hands to my ass and held me as he stood up. A small squeak burst from me as I threw my free arm around his neck. I didn’t think he would have dropped me, but feeling like I was going to fall was instinctive.
I didn’t have time to worry too much about it because Egan found my mouth again and continued the soul-breaking kiss as he steered us through the bedroom. In the bathroom he set me on the counter. I sucked in a sharp breath when the cold granite met the back of my thighs. He locked the door, then turned around while slowly lifting his white linen shirt over his head.
There was a high, rectangular window that ran the length of the wall over the bath. It had to be sometime mid-morning because bright sunlight fanned over Egan, giving him an ethereal appeal to his beauty. His red hair shimmered like it was on fire, I almost had to glance away because it was so blinding.
He slowly walked forward, giving me ample time to appreciate the view, until his waist touched my knees. His chest expanded in a hypnotizing rhythm. I kept my hands on the counters, determined not to touch him. I wanted to see what he did since he was wrangling this rodeo.
The tips of his fingers brushed over my thighs as he caught the hem of my dress. I lifted up so he could slide it up my hips and over my head. The feel of his fingers gliding over my body nearly made my eyes roll back in my head.
Soon, I was left in my bra, waiting for his next move.
“So beautiful, Issy.” His eyes drank me in as he swept his gaze over my hips, my breasts, then finally my eyes.
“You have beautiful eyes,” I blurted. Dammit. What happened to holding a little mystery? It wasn’t a good idea to let these men know how much I wanted them. How much I needed them.
A rakish smirk curled the corner of his mouth and he leaned in. “I’m all yours, Issy girl. My eyes, my body… my cock.” His words were deliberately low and as smooth as a fine aged bourbon. I thought a little drool came out when his mouth formed around the word cock.
“What about Nato? They’ll be up here soon, won’t they?”
Egan’s hands slipped in the side of his pants and shoved them down until they fell the rest of the way, leaving him bare. His curved erection bobbed as he reached for my hand. He wrapped it around his cock and pulled one long stroke with his hand still over my own.
“They’re going over the security plans for the Pleasure House. They won’t be here for at least an hour, and no one has access to this wing that Cab doesn’t have complete trust in.”
He spread my thighs, knocking my hand away in the process. One lone finger traced my pussy through my underwear to test my arousal. I was soaked and he hadn’t even done anything fun yet.
“Mmm. Perfect.” He murmured to himself as he molded his hands to my waist, gliding upward until he cupped both of my breasts. I whimpered as he tweaked my nipples through my thin bra. They pebbled at his touch, seeking his attention, but he didn’t give it.
He moved one hand behind my back and unsnapped my bra, snatching it from my arms and tossing it on the hamper in the corner.
I loved my time with Egan. He was always slow and paid such exquisite attention to detail, my toes were curling already.
He lifted me up and I encircled him with my arms and legs.
It was the best surprise and he stumbled backward, laughing the whole way. He crashed into the wall connecting to the bedroom and I covered his mouth with my palm.
“Shh,” I giggled.
“What are you shushing me for? I didn’t intentionally make noise.” Egan’s laugh petered to a chuckle as he straightened back up and walked to the shower. He had a tight grip on my ass as he leaned in and flipped the hot water on.
The shower was large with a glass door and a crème stone mosaic set in the walls, exactly what every woman expected from a five-star spa. Egan stepped into the shower but we stayed to the side until the water heated up. It was that big.
I was still high from the giggle fit and his neck looked so inviting. Egan’s attention was completely on the shower when I latched onto his shoulder, working my way up to his ear with little love bites. What I thought would make him jump, had the complete opposite effect, on both of us.
It started out as little bites, but soon changed to kisses and sucking. Steam started to billow around us, sticking to our skin. He tilted his head to give me better access as he sucked on his finger then found my clit, rubbing in small tight circles.
Sweat coated my skin from both Egan’s ministrations and the heat from the shower. Our skin grew slick and I raised up to slide against him as I kissed my way back to his mouth. The kiss was full of teasing but he soon took over, deepening our connection. He positioned his hard cock at my entrance and thrust into me, at the same time letting gravity pull me down.
When he bottomed out, his fingers bit into my skin. His movements were slow at first and we both groaned at the sweet friction. One second he was clutching my ass, and the next he walked us right under the spray of the water.
“The water,” I gasped. He spun to take the brunt of the heat and reached behind him for the knob. With the water adjusted and he pivoted, bracing us against the wall. There was no more conversation, no more playful teasing. He powered into me while holding the back of each thigh, spreading me out for his pleasure. Egan pinned me against the wall with his chest on mine and I couldn’t stop my fingers from digging into his back.
It felt so fucking good. With each pull, I almost lost the tip before he slammed back into me, my back jolting over the smooth, wet stone. The pressure wound so tight, I clutched his back and buried my teeth in his shoulder.
His movements became loose, jerky motions as I broke apart from the pleasure. I whimpered as he kept going, wringing everything out of me that he possibly could. He thrust once, twice, then planted himself one final time, burying his face in my neck with a deep animalistic growl.
Drops of water splattered my face and arms as I came down from the extreme pleasure. Water sluiced down my neck and between our bodies; it
was so relaxing in a weird and erotic way.
Uncontrollable giggles suddenly burst out of me and I dropped my head to Egan’s shoulder.
“What are you laughing at? I would look for myself, but I refuse to move.” He grumbled as he slipped out.
“I just realized, you must have a thing for water. Remember the first time when we bonded?” I knew he did, that was the only time we had any real alone time.
“Yeah,” he trailed off.
“It was raining then too. I think you have a thing for water. Are you sure you aren’t from the House of Levan?” Another round of laughter echoed through the shower and his own bark of amusement filled the enclosed space.
This time he looked up and smiled slyly at me.
“I do have a way with water. I get you plenty wet.” He winked and pecked me on the lips.
“Ha-ha, you think you’re funny, but that was cornier than your grandad’s feet.” I smiled up at him at my own lame joke. If he was going to do it, so was I. His eyes twinkled in happiness. I’d made the right decision to indulge his weirdness.
He set me down and we both got our regular shower on, taking turns rinsing the soap away under the water. I loved this shower, with mosaic tiles decorating the walls. It was so big probably two more people could easily fit in here with us… That was an idea. I twisted my back to the water so Egan couldn’t see the smirk I was hiding from him. The only downside was that the shower was so big, if I was sharing, there was a good chance I wouldn’t be touched by the water at all.
The walls shuddered as a door slammed in the other room. My gaze darted to Egan and we both jumped out of the shower. I had enough forethought to grab a towel and wrap it around myself. But Egan, he ran out as he was, wet, naked and half-hard. I followed his bare ass as he sped into the living room.
Nato and Cabbie stood in the kitchenette when they spotted us. Cabbie’s eyes widened comically as they drop to what I assumed was Egan’s dick.
Stretching out a hand to cover the pleasure house owner’s view, Nato rolled his eyes,
“Egan, you know better than to swing your dick at Cab. He might catch it… and keep it.” There was mirth in Nato’s his eyes when he smiled my way.
I couldn’t help the grin that split my face as I ran toward him.
Nato held his arms open and caught me right before I plowed into him. He devoured me with his kiss and there went the damned tingles, when a throat cleared beside us. Apparently Nato didn’t care, instead he wove his fingers through my hair and cupped the back of my head as he kissed me harder.
When he broke the kiss, a dreamy sigh escaped me. I loved Egan’s slow burn kisses, but Nato’s kisses set me on fire in the best possible way.
“You should probably go get dressed, Iss.” Nato seemed reluctant to let me go, his arms lingering around me. “And hurry up, we brought food with us.”
“I second that, especially since you took my man candy away. I love a good lolli as much as the next person.” From his tone, Cabbie was obviously butthurt.
I grinned and headed back to the room where our chests were situated against the wall. I passed Egan on the way, who was covering himself up with another pair of white linen pants right there in the living room for all to see. We shared a secret smile before I shut the door to get dressed.
What the hell had come over me? It was like I just got asked to go steady for the first time in middle school. Maybe it was the separation from my bond mates? None of us really knew what to expect or the effects the bond would have on us. I found another pair of underwear and a shift dress from the chest and peeked at Rand. He was still sound asleep, but I’d get dressed in the bathroom anyway. Just in case.
After a good teeth brushing and overall grooming, I joined the guys back in the main part of the suite.
Sage rejoined them at some point and now they were spread out over the couch and loveseat. I tried to catch Sage’s eye to see if he was still upset, but he refused to look at me. Nato held out his hand in invitation and I let him pull me into his lap. I sat sideways so I could see both him and the others, and I felt almost right again. The only one I was missing now was Jari.
“Any word from Jari and Yunez?”
Nato handed me a small plate with some kind of sandwich and I took it gratefully. He scraped his nails over my back in a figure eight. When he didn’t answer, I stopped chewing to glare at him. I couldn’t tell if he was hiding anything. He had a great poker face, the fucker.
“No. Yunez escorted us to Halfei, which is a couple hours from here and kept going with Jari.”
“How did you get here so fast?” I glanced at Cabbie. He was innocently studying his nails, completely withdrawn from our conversation. Although I’d have to be as smart as the coffee table to believe he wasn’t listening.
I got your number Fab Cab. It was probably sixty-nine, since we were in a pleasure house. A laugh bubble out of me, and Cabbie caught me staring at him.
“Something you want to share, doll?” He quirked an eyebrow, the mirth twinkling in his eyes.
“You ever heard the term, I got your number?” A stupid smile covered my face and the back of my head started to hurt from smiling so wide.
He grinned quizzically. “Sure, we’re not isolated from Earth. We even have satellite here.”
“You do? Wait, you’re distracting me. I was just thinking if you had a number, it would be sixty-nine. Get it? Because you run a brothel?” Another bout of laughter came on and I doubled over.
Egan took the plate away before I dropped it, setting it on a small table beside him.
Nato chuckled and rubs my back. “We don’t think it’s quite as hilarious as you, but it is funny.”
Another thirty seconds and I was able to sober up enough to speak. I wiped the tears from the corner of my eyes and shrugged. “Your loss. That was damn funny.”
This got smiles all around and even Sage couldn’t hide the twitching of his lips.
“Back to my original question, how did you all get here so fast?”
Crossing his arms behind his head, Egan sprawled out next to us. “Cab has a Stag from the House of Caen. He used an eagle to find us and relay a message.”
He said that all nonchalant, like communicating via bird was no biggie. It totally was a big deal, but I’d play it cool for now and not say anything about it. I’d save my fangirling for later when I was alone with Egan again.
I nodded and continue with my questioning like I was the leader here. And I guessed in a way, as the Mazza, I was. That sent a visible shudder through my body. Egan, the sweetheart, handed me a throw off of the back of the couch.
“Thanks. So tell me more about what happened while you were there. Anything interesting or suspicious happen?”
“Outside of a few conversations we heard about how they couldn’t wait to take over the Earth realm? That was it.” Nato traced the hem of my dress as he answered me.
“Did Cabbie and Sage fill you in on what happened here?” Sage nodded and gave Nato and Egan a pointed look.
“I already filled them in when we went over our security protocols here. We are officially under code… sixty-nine.” Cabbie snickered.
“No way. You actually have a code with that number?” My jaw dropped so far I could catch a monster dick.
He chortled when he saw my expression. “No, doll. I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to poke fun. We are under code red, for the highest potential threats.”
“Lame.” I snorted and burrowed into Nato.
Cabbie waved his hand dismissing me. I scowled, but by the end we were smirking at each other.
“I love her.” He shared with the LL. “She’s like the sister I wish I had. Instead of the one I was cursed with. She has a home here as a Cherry anytime she wishes.”
“No!” Egan sprang from the couch as they all chorused together.
Cab rolled with laughter, shaking his head at my ridiculous Lusty Legion. He was doing it now to get a reaction, and he was definitely succeeding.
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“All right, all right. It’s time for me to go anyway. I have things that need tending and people that need killing. You know, all in the day of a madam.” He waggled his eyebrows suggestively at the men and me.
“I’ll see you later Fab Cab.” I threw a finger wave at him as he exited the room on a walk that would make any runway model jealous.
When I turned back around, Nato was scowling, Egan was leaning forward with a sneer on his lips as he watched the closed door. Then there was Sage who appeared the least affected of them all. Maybe because he’d been through this already.
“Chill out. He was joking.” I swatted Nato’s arm and wiggled in his lap to distract him with my womanly wiles.
“You think he’s kidding, but as soon as you’re serious, so is he. I don’t like it.” Nato pushed the hair over one shoulder.
“Back to important things. If you’ve both been filled in on what’s been happening, what’s the next step? Are we safe here? Although I don’t think it’s a good idea to stay. It’s almost like we’re sitting ducks.”
The linen material of Egan’s pants stretched as he readjusted himself. I wasn’t staring. It happened to catch my eye as I was gazing around the room.
“Iss, I told you what has to be done. Him or me. We can’t leave here without you being fully attached again. It doesn’t matter Cab is trying to protect us because you’ll be putting them in danger again,” Sage gritted through his teeth.
The couch creaked under Nato as he turned his back to the corner, fitting into the hole. I was silent for a minute, processing his tired argument… again. Nato cleared his throat and when I glanced at him, he wore an apologetic look.
“Isolde, I know this is hard to hear, but you can’t be unbonded. I don’t blame you, and I know it’s not anything you asked for,” he rushed out. “But Sage has a point. We’re confined to this room until you’ve completed your bonds. That only puts Cab and his people in more danger and it lets Rainer and his spies get closer and closer to taking over the human governments. We need to make some ground and figure out who’s starting the attacks before he succeeds.”
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