I took a deep breath and attempted to be engaged in the discussion too. I didn’t want the war talk to ruin my night. After all, I knew that the uprisings were in my favor. I was on the right team at the end of the day. I was well protected. I just had to remind myself of that fact because it had been so long, years even, that I had felt that sense of security.
The underground bunker was our sanctuary and refuge. If we could just get through tonight without an uprising in this particular village, I would count my blessings and consider us lucky.
“How is your food?” Blaze glanced at me and leaned over the table to inspect my plate. “Your mashed potatoes look divine.”
I grinned. Blaze was adorably handsome. “They are. Absolutely delicious.”
“Good.” He seemed smitten with my answer and the fact that I was so satisfied.
That was the thing about these guys. They had tender hearts inside of their masculine, enormous personalities. They had tough exteriors, but they weren’t afraid to let down some of their barriers in front of me. I appreciated their abilities to be gentle when the mood and setting were right.
I didn’t want to overstuff myself to the point that I got a stomachache. I didn’t know what was going to happen once we got back to the hotel room, but I had a nervous, excited energy. I didn’t know what to expect, but I was hopeful for a relaxing evening.
As we wrapped up the dinner and said our thankyou’s and goodbyes to Leo, my stomach did little flips. I anticipated that now would be the time we would go upstairs into the lavish hotel suite that Leo said he had his staff prepare just for our arrival.
The guys grinned amongst each other as if sharing a private, unspoken joke. Ayden’s eyes gleamed with mischief as he unlocked the hotel room door and swung it open.
“After you,” he said with a grin.
I curiously craned my neck to gaze into the room. My jaw dropped in awe as soon as I glanced at my magnificent surroundings. My eyes filled with tears of gratitude. I was so overcome with emotion in that moment.
“You guys did all this…just for me?” My voice was a croaked whisper.
“Yes, we did.” Blaze took my hand and squeezed it. “You have been through the ringer. You have had to live through hell. Now is the time for you to unwind and put all your fears and worries behind you.”
“Wow.” I shook my head in disbelief.
“We have felt so much better about the future since you entered our lives,” Ayden said. “All of this—” he gestured around the room “—was done for you so that you know how much you are needed. You are exceptionally important to us.”
I nibbled on my bottom lip and stared at the ceiling to keep my happy tears from spilling over.
“No one has ever done anything this nice for me,” I squeaked.
The icing on the cake was the fact that I was walking unassisted now. I didn’t need my cane and my brace had been off for at least a week. Things were looking up and there was much to appreciate.
The room was wondrously romantic. Dozens of candles were lit, casting a warm, cozy yellow glow that illuminated my heart and sent sparks flying through my mind.
Red, pink, and white rose petals had been scattered across the bed, looking fantastic and curled at the edges. The room was as quaint and charming as they came. The quilt on the bed looked handcrafted.
Something caught my eye next to the dresser by the bed. It was a little mahogany box. When I opened it, I was surprised to learn that it was a music player. There was a little radio dial on it.
I switched the on button and glanced over my shoulder at the guys. They were smiling at me with admiration and appreciation.
“I love to dance,” I said.
“We know,” James stated softly. “We’d love to see you perform someday.”
I smiled and glanced back at the music player, twisting the dial until I found a station that played classical music. I closed my eyes and began to flutter around the room for a few moments, moving my arms and legs with elegance and grace.
“Are you okay?”
I opened my eyes. Blaze’s features were etched with concern.
“I’m fine,” I chuckled dreamily. “I am not in any pain anymore.”
“Good.” His shoulders visibly relaxed with relief.
I glanced around the room and was met with encouraging smiles. The guys gave me energy. They fueled my soul with an abundance of confidence that was irresistible and intoxicating.
“I want to perform for you, right here, right now in this room,” I said, meaning it both mentally and physically.
There was no protest. There was no food throwing. There was only inspiration and passion. I was surprised at how quickly I drifted right back into my old ways of dancing. My fluid movements felt natural and graceful.
It was a wonderful experience to be dancing in front of people I knew would appreciate me for who I was. For the first time in my life since being taken by the Thom, I felt like I was finally surrounded by people who cared about me. I felt the swell of adoration and it completed me. It made me whole.
I closed my eyes again and smiled as I remembered the jewelry box my father had given me. The beautiful ballerina spun around and danced, twirling to the music just like I was doing now.
I became absorbed by the rhythm of the music, the violins and the clarinets floating beautifully through my ears. I moved in time with the sound. We became one, in perfect harmony.
As a child, I had loved to open the box with the ballerina in it every night before I went to sleep. The delicate twinkle of the song had helped pacify me and lull me to sleep. Without even realizing it, a single tear slid down my cheek.
A blend of pain and joy began to spread through my psyche. I had come so far. I felt as if my parents were there in the room with me now. I could feel their support, their love, and their rock-solid foundation. Their energy had been poured into Blaze, Ayden, James, and Cameron. My parents’ love could now be manifested by the men in my life who would always support and protect me no matter what.
That’s when I heard clapping. I opened my eyes, jolted at once back to reality. Every one of them was staring at me with mesmerized awe. For once in my life, I felt important and needed.
“That was incredible.” They all walked up to me and embraced me in a group hug.
“Thank you,” I whispered gratefully into their necks.
It was going to be a splendid night. There was nothing to fear behind the four walls of this hotel room.
I had everything I had ever wanted right here with me.
30
Sophia
“We want to take care of you,” Ayden whispered into my ear as he nuzzled his face into my neck, tickling my sensitive skin with lavish kisses.
I moaned in response to his touch. It felt so good being swallowed up by all this amazing infatuation from the guys. Blaze enveloped my waist with his hands and began to plant tender kisses on my lips, nibbling them and driving me crazy with desire. The chemistry between me and these four men was unmatched, something that I couldn’t resist.
James led me over to the bed. He gently laid me down and loomed over me with a handsome gleam in his eye.
“We want you to just relax and enjoy the night,” he said. “Give in to your pleasures. Cast your inhibitions to the wind.”
“I plan to,” I breathed as I nestled my back into the mattress, lying down on the bed in front of them.
I felt my cares slip away. I was stripped of all insecurities, and everything I had ever wanted was right here with me.
Cameron had the least amount of time to spend with us, so I wanted to make the moment magical for him. He began undressing me first. His breath was cool on my cheek. He pulled my shirt over my head while Ayden took off my pants and panties.
I began to quiver from head to toe, gearing up for the spine-tingling pleasure that I knew the guys would inevitably bring me.
They were touching me all over as if I was a delicate, porcelain doll who deserved res
pect and gentle care. I propped myself up on my elbows and watched each of them undress too, one by one.
They stood in front of me, naked and panting hard just like I was. There was hunger in James’s eyes. Blaze was next to me and I pressed my hand to his bare chest, remembering how we first met and how bravely he had rescued me. His heart beat in rhythm with mine, pounding with the same impulsive desire that I felt inside.
“We want to take care of you,” he whispered.
I looked at all of them. “You are.”
Ayden’s girth was substantial, although they all had thick, swollen cocks that were a feast for my eyes and a rushing thrill to my senses. My inner thighs began to tremble with longing and burning lust.
I craved their attention. I yearned for their enthusiastic touch, to relish the way their fingertips gently grazed my skin. I had never felt this loved and appreciated in all my life. I forgot that the world was a crumbling mess. For a little while, it was only me and them. We were all that existed and in this cozy hotel room, I would finally find an ample amount of peace and comfort and an explosion of ecstasy.
I felt their energy as they surrounded me on the bed. Cameron was first to have a taste of what I had to offer. I wanted to make it special for him because I knew that he would soon be forced to relinquish his body to his inner werewolf. He was powerless in that respect, but he had all the power now as he began to push himself inside of me.
He let out a soft groan as his thick cock made contact with my slippery pussy. “Fuck, that is amazing. You feel so good and tight.” He breathed out a sigh of contentment as he began to pump with vigor.
Ayden was lying beside us. He began to play with my perky nipples, flicking them and nibbling on them as Cameron continued to groan and thrust deeper inside of me, burrowing his cock so far up that I gasped in response.
Cameron slammed the tip of his cock into my g-spot. I began to feel the electrifying pleasure of a building climax. Ayden softly kissed my lips and continued to squeeze my bare breasts. He plucked my nipples into his mouth and sucked on them. I felt his manhood pulsing up against my bare ass cheek and an intense amount of pleasure rippled through me.
I snaked my legs around Cameron’s waist and dug my heels into his back. I squeezed my inner thighs around his torso, and he groaned with ecstasy.
I was so close to orgasm that I could feel myself begin to shake in anticipation. This was the first time I’d noticed Cameron letting go of his own sexual hangups, too. He seemed at ease. He wasn’t rough or glancing over his shoulder with paranoia. He could forget the fact that he was going to turn into a werewolf soon and yield to the intimacy between us.
At that moment, the dam of pleasure broke inside of me. I poured my heart and soul into my orgasm. Ayden held me in place while Cameron groaned wildly and exploded his hot seed inside of the condom inside of me.
A few seconds later, Ayden climbed on top of me. He was grinning wildly with excitement while Cameron struggled to regain composure. I still felt like I was glowing and glistening in the aftermath of my orgasm and I was thirsty for more.
“I want to fuck your pussy so hard right now,” Ayden said as he sheathed on a condom.
“I want to take you from behind.” Blaze climbed onto the bed with a mischievous smile on his face.
He pulled a bottle of lubrication out of the pocket of his jeans and began sliding the slippery gel up and down his hard shaft. “Do you want both of your holes fucked at once?” he asked.
“There’s still room for one more cock too.” James grinned with a shimmer in his eye. “You are a naughty girl, aren’t you?”
“Oh, yes,” I breathed out seductively. “I am up for anything.”
The truth was, I had never experienced this much sensual pleasure in my entire life. I had always been burdened by what my Master wanted me to do. Now all bets were off. I was part of the game and I was a team player.
“I want to suck you off while these two go at my other holes,” I said to James in the sexiest voice I could find within myself.
This was the first time that I noticed any of the guys being able to perform sexual acts without the crutches of their specific triggers, inadvertently brought on by their former Masters. The fact that we could all release our stress in the bedroom together and really strip down the layers to who were inside spoke volumes.
We were making progress and I didn’t want to let any of them or myself down. There was no reason why any of us shouldn’t cave to the pleasure and the passion that we could bring to one another.
Ayden pushed himself inside of me first. I was so wet that he slid right in without problem. Blaze had lubed up himself so thoroughly that when he slowly maneuvered himself into my backside hole, I hardly felt any pain at all.
It was wonderous to be able to experience being fucked from both angles at the same time. I loved being sandwiched in between these handsome studs who worked their magic on me. They began pumping up and down, rocking back in forth in unison with one another while we ran our hands up and down each other’s naked bodies.
I was open and ripe for them, exposed and loving every second. Blaze groaned in ecstasy behind me. He buried his cock inside of my anal cavity while Ayden worked wonders on my pussy hole.
After a few seconds, James worked his way into the twist of bodies, and I opened my mouth and slackened my jaw to allow his giant cock to fill my throat. I couldn’t wait to swallow up every last drop of his hot cum while the other two fucked me senseless.
I wanted to cum until I couldn’t see straight. They were ravaging me in all the most perfect ways. I pumped my head up and down, stopping the sucking motions on James only to moan and cry out with pleasure periodically.
It didn’t take James long. He grabbed the sides of my head and I scraped my nails up and down his back. He groaned, his eyes rolled back in his head, and he exploded. He emptied his warm and juicy load down my throat, and I guzzled it down hungrily, every drop until he was limp and soft again.
It was such a sexy moment between us that I felt the impulse to cum too, all the while being slammed from the front and back by Ayden and Blaze. I cried out as the orgasm inside of me brimmed up and spilled over like a boiling pot.
I felt Blaze cum with me. The heat of his semen filled me from behind. Ayden groaned and tensed up, grabbing my hips as he let out one last grunt and thrust and came inside of me.
We all collapsed together as a naked, sweaty mess of tangled bodies. It felt so good to have them all beside me. They comforted me and they made me feel wanted and needed.
I was over the moon and bouncing from the clouds. I closed my eyes and listened to their hearts beating in unison with mine. I was so excited about the leaps and bounds we had made together, but I was also extremely exhausted from the passionate lovemaking we had just shared. It was a bond to never be broken.
My eyes fluttered closed again and I drifted off to sleep in a completely tranquil state of mind. I hoped that from now on we could have more amazing nights like this together. A girl could dream.
And with that, I floated off to the calming parts of my subconscious where there was no more pain and suffering ceased to exist.
31
Sophia
When I heard the first booming explosion thunder through the room, I thought I was still dreaming.
Then I heard a blood-curdling scream coming from outside the window and from the street below. It sounded like a woman in paralyzing distress who was out of options other than screaming
I heard more yelling erupt through the silence in the room. The flashing lights of police units and ambulances created blurry red and blue shapes and shadows that bounced and danced across the room through the open curtains.
A siren pierced through the night with a wailing shriek. I stood up as straight as an arrow in the bed. Cameron was gone, but Ayden, Blaze, and James were all still sleeping soundly and uninterrupted beside me.
Ayden had his arm loosely draped over my legs. I shoved the sheets of
f and leapt over to the window, hurrying to put my clothes back on.
Ayden sat up on one elbow and cocked his head to the side in confusion. He wiped the blurry sleep from his eyes and blinked at me as if trying to determine if I was real or it was just a dream.
“Something is happening down there,” I said in a normal voice. I didn’t want to whisper. I wanted to warn the others. We needed to get dressed and out of here.
“What?” James groaned and sat up, yawning with a groggy fog over his eyes.
“There was just an explosion. I heard screaming. The police and ambulances and firetrucks are down there.” I pointed out the window.
I tried to suppress the panic attack that was trying to cripple me. I had a vivid flashback of the first time I was in this situation, when the dungeon walls of Thom’s castle started to crumble all around me.
“No.” I curled myself into a ball and shook my head, tucking my chin to my chest. “This can’t be happening again.”
The uprisings must have made their way to this village. We had to move quickly if we wanted to get out alive. Even though we were on the same side as the shifters, the Masters and their guards were beginning to retaliate and fight back.
They were burning the villages as the militia continued to burn their castles. It was mayhem out there.
James was the first one by my side. He dressed swiftly and then beckoned for me to come over to him. “I’m going to shift and then I want you to climb onto my back.”
“Okay.” I nodded and choked back a sob as I hot tears begin to streak down my cheeks.
“Sophia?” James grabbed me by the arms and intently looked into my eyes. “Don’t let go. No matter what. Stay on my back. Hang on for dear life. Close your eyes so you don’t have to witness the chaos unraveling around you.”
I nodded, but I knew I couldn’t make the promise not to look once we got outside. I needed to witness with my own eyes what we were up against.
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