by Jana Leigh
Shane looked back up on the screen and said, “This one?” And pointed to the man who was standing next to Junior, greeting people as the y were walking to their seat. Hell, it was like they were having a party, not a funeral.
She nodded and then felt the panic begin to take over. It felt like water was swallowing her, everything became muffled and she was only taking small , short breaths.
“Phoebe!” Jazz snapped. “Breathe.”
Phoebe looked back at her friend and nodded, concentrating on taking long, even breaths.
Shane pushed a man out of the way and said into the small microphone that was there, “Rex, the man who tortured Phoebe is standing right next to Junior. It was Sam.”
“Copy.” They heard and then Phoebe and the others looked back up at the screen.
Dallas and the other men crowded around the biggest screen and waited. Finally th ey saw the three men walking f r o m the other end of the cemetery. Junior hadn ‘t noticed him yet. The minister who was presiding over the service was speaking.
***
Rex walked boldly to the back of the seats and stood with his arms folded. They knew where the FBI had their cameras, and right now they couldn ‘t see Rex or the others, but Junior could.
They saw Junior’s eyes go wide as he recognized Rex. His face became red and he turned. Rocco was standing a step in back of him and he leaned forward and then his head snapped up. There were no federal agents close; they were all standing off to the side watching the major player who showed up.
Junior leaned over and whispered to Sam, and Blake stepped forward and point ed to the psycho man who was smiling evilly at them. Blake raised a finger, as if to brush away a tear, but with the wrong finger. Sam’s eyes narrowed.
It all happened so fast they barely had a chance to react. Sam pulled out a gun and fired at them. Probably intending to hit Blake but he missed. Rex raised his gun and fired , and Blake saw Rocco push the idiot out of the way and take the bullet that was meant to kill the other man.
Mass chaos ensued and then Blake and Rex turned to run. Bear was lying on the ground next to them.
“Fuck,” Rex yelled and pulled the large man up and over his shoulder in one motion. They had all learned how to hu mp out a fellow sol d i er , and leaving Bear was not an option. The two men began to run but quickly realized they wouldn ‘t make it far with so many people now looking for the men who shot at the funeral. Carrying a man over his should er was kinda like a target.
Rex paused and Blake grinned. “Hearse.”
“Shit,” Rex groaned and moved quickly to the hearse that was parked close. No one was paying attention to them; they were more worried about getting the hell out of there. Only the feds were looking , but they had already cleared the perimeter they set up.
Rex dumped Bear into the back of the death car and then hopped in with Blake following closely behind. They laid flat , waiting , and then Rex heard the door open.
He scooted forward and saw the elderly gentleman that was getting into the driver street.
“Sir, I will give you fifty thousand dollars if you don’t turn around and drive. I will tell you when to stop.”
The older man paused and said, “I don’t want no trouble.”
“No sir, we don’t either, I promise you no one will ever know you helped us.”
A few moments later, they felt the hearse start and pull away from the cemetery. Once they were clear of the chaos, Rex sat up and pulled Bear ‘s shirt aside. He was bleeding from a chest wound just below his shoulder.
Blake barked out the address to the building and then pulled out his phone and spoke quickly into the receiver. Jazz answered, and he grimaced when he heard Lily and Phoebe yelling in the background.
“Coming in hot. Tell the guys to get a room ready.”
“Who?” Jazz said softly.
“Bear,” he said , and then Trent was on the phone with him.
“Where was he hit?” Trent said briskly.
“Upper chest, just below the right shoulder, it ‘s not a through and through so we ‘re gonna have to dig it out. Find out if Noah or Dallas knows of any doctors who make house calls, we ‘ll be there in fifteen minutes.”
“On it,” Trent said and disconnected the phone. Bear was still unconscious and so they worked on him, trying to staunch the blood. Blake felt his blood run cold when he looked up at Re x . His eyes had gone steely cold. This was going to get bloody, he thought.
Chapter 10
The whole building was on lock down. All of the men were down in the meeting room , which served as a triage room. Lily was devastated; she couldn ‘t seem to stop crying. Nothing they said helped her at all.
When the doctor finally emerged from the room to let them know that Bear would be fine, although he would need a lot of care in the next few weeks, Lilly had collapsed with relief. Trent scooped her up and carried her in the room where Bear would be recuperating for the next few hours. Rex already arranged transport back to Massena for the morning.
Everyone seemed to realize they needed time with their significant others and hugged each other and proceed to go to their floors. The contract for the apartment was still lying on the table. Phoebe had no idea why she thought about it, but suddenly it seemed important to make sure the guys knew she was committed to them and only them. Watching and waiting had been excruciating. She knew it would happen again, but this time, she was going t o make damn sure her men knew she loved them.
Phoebe walked directly to the table and pulled a pen from the desk on the way. Shane and Blake stood silently , watch ing her walk to the table and open the papers and find where they were supposed to sign. With purpose , she wrote her name and dated it , and then turned and held out the pen to the men. They walked silently over and stared down at the paper and then back up at her.
“Honey, we could have waited for all this,” Blake said , taking the pen from her and intending on sitting it down on the table.
Her eyes narrowed, and for the first time since she met them , she growled. “Don’t you dare put that fucking pen down. Sign.”
Booth of their eyes widened at her tone. She sounded like a serious bitch and she knew it. But she couldn’t st op herself. Bear could have died , and seeing the way Lily had been, so full of regrets and pain, she refused to do that.
Blake looked at Shane hesitantly and picked the pen back up.
“Sweetheart,” Shane said and took her hands. “We can seriously do this later; we don ‘t expect you to just make up your mind like that. Something traumatic happened today and you need to process it all.”
She rolled her eyes at him and then looked both of them in the eyes and said firmly, “Fine, I was gonna get all gushy and tell you how much I love you. I knew it last night, but I was too afraid to be the first one to say it. But now you have just pissed me off. Jazz and the girls told me that you would try and tell me what my own mind was. Well listen up boys , this is the way this is gonna go. I understand your need to care and protect me. I get it, but listen clearly . I have made it through twenty -six years of my life without either of you in it. Granted, my life would have been cut pretty short a week ago, but that doesn’t count. I will allow you to try and wrap me in a bubble, but do not ever tell me what I ‘m thinking or feeling. Those are mine. I ‘m old enough and wise enough to make up my own mind. I realize I may have been a weak , pansy ass for a little while here. But I am stro nger now, thing s ar e gonna change. So sign the god damn papers or you will not be getting any of this ass for a real long time. Are we clear?” s he yelled and both of the men flinched.
Shane was the first to grin and grabbed the pen from Blake. “Hell ye a h , I was waiting for that spark to come back.”
Blake shook his head and then grabbed the pen after Shane signed. “Yea h , but don’t get a big head about this, cause I gotta tell you. I love that you got your confidence back and all, but you do not wear the pants in this family. We do, and I think the disrespectful tone you took deserves a
little punishme nt, don’t you Shane?”
“Hmmm,” Shane said and he grinned even bigger. “I get her first !” h e yelled as Phoebe realized what they were saying and ran for the bedroom laughing.
Shane reached her first and they tumbled onto the bed. Phoebe was still laughing when Shane stole her breath with a kiss. She sighed and wrapped her arms around her man. She was so glad that they were safe and together. Phoebe couldn ‘t stand it if something had gone wrong and they had been hurt. She remembered the pain of the torture and shuddered.
“What’s wrong, baby?” Shane whispered pulling back.
“Just thinking,” s he said.
“Then he must not be doing something right, let me take your mind off of whatever is bugging you , ” Blake said and crawled on the bed and pulled her into his arms and proceed to kiss her senseless.
When they came up for air, Phoebe was panting and had her eyes closed. She felt their hands on her shirt and she grinned. When she opened her eyes , she saw that Bl ake was undressing while Shane undressed her. Then they switched . A lready it was like a well oiled machine with them loving her. She was in awe how they were so in sync with her and each other.
As they pulled off the last of their clothes, Shane grabbed her and pulled her up so she straddled his lap and was facing him. She wrapped her arms around hi m next and began to kiss him. Slowly sh e explored his mouth , bolder than she had ever been before. That ‘s what they did, they gave her power.
She felt Blake at her back and shivered when he kissed his way down her spine. “I ‘m gonna s t ret ch you a little , baby , ” Blake said and she nodded.
Phoebe felt the cold lube against her backside and sucked in a breath. But Blake quickly warmed it up , rubbing it in circles around her forbidden hole. Shane pulled back and began to play with her breasts, sucking and nipping, as she felt the fevered pitch begin to rise.
Blake continued to kiss her neck and back, relaxing her while he slowly prepared to enter her. She jumped when she felt the first sting of penet ration and then groaned when he moved his finger around slowly, allowing herself to become accustom to the feeling.
“Blake, she’s soaking wet, she loves it , ” Shane said and groaned.
Shane wrapped his arms around her and placed his hands on her ass cheeks and opened her more for Blake. She threw her head back and rested it on Blake’s chest as they continued to explore her body. All of her nerve ending s were crying to be touched. How could they know her body so soon, she wondered , and then arched when Shane ran his tongue around one of her nipples.
She was sensitive just on the underside of her nipples, and they had both figured that out already. She shivered when Shane did it again and then Blake pushed farther in.
“Baby, Blake is gonna fuck that ass with his fingers while I take your pussy. Are you ready?” Shane whispered and she nodded.
She loved how they asked if she was alright with what they did to her, like she would say no to either of them when it felt this good. She felt Blake pushing his fingers into her and making sure she was ready. She knew she was since she could feel the dripping evidence.
Shane spread some of her juices up to her clit and she felt his fingers teasing and sliding over her sensitive nub, drawing it out of it s hood so it was begging him to touch it.
She couldn’t help it, she moaned and thrust her hips a little, while he had a finger in her pussy and was teasing her clit. The result was basically Phoebe fucking herself on her men’s hands, it was amazing.
Shane pulled his hand out and then grabbed her hips and moved her a little before entering her slowly. She felt everything , with his large cock in her and Blake’s fingers in her ass. Blake pulled out and then she felt another pinch as he pushed two fingers in her as Shane entered her slowly. Hell , they were driving her crazy.
“Please,” she said , and grabbed Shane’s head and looked at him in the eyes and said firmly , “Fuck me now.”
Both of the men chuckled but proceeded to do just that. Blake placed a hand on her shoulder to hold her still while he scissored his fingers . She sat up straighter and allowed Shane access to her breasts. She wasn ‘t disappointed when the man latched on and Blake kissed her neck, up to her ear, and then her lips. Wow , they were both multitalented.
Slowly they built up her passion until she was dem anding f o r her release again. Shane pumped faster a nd Blake reached in between them and circled her clit , making sure to apply pressure when Shane surged in her, causing her pussy to flutter in anticipation.
Finally, Shane began to move faster, g etting into the rhythm with him . She moved and felt the dual sensations from her ass and pussy. It was too much. Phoebe felt her orgasm building and she cried out that she was coming and Shane moved faster so he could join her. Blake pinched her clit at the right time and she fell over the edge screaming her love for both of them. Shane followed her over the edge and held her tightly while their breathing return ed to normal. Blake had other plans and allowed Shane one last , gentle kiss before grabbing her and lifting her away from Shane and flipping her on her back.
With a deep, soul searching kiss, he entered her and she felt her pussy tighten against him. He assaulted all of her sense s while kissing her, and she moaned as she felt the next orgasm build. He thrust in and out of her in a steady rhythm , and she held on for dear life. Her body was theirs, she knew it. It responded to them like never before.
Blake whispered into her ear his love as they reached their climax together and she felt herself explode once again around one of her men. God , it felt good to actually admit it and say it.
The three tumbled into a mass of panting, the tension fr o m the day flowed out of them and was replaced by the satisfaction of being together and loving each other.
Blake got up from the bed and returned with a wash cloth and cleaned her up , then pushed her to settle into the middle of the bed, where Shane rolled to one side of her and Blake crawled back in on the other side. She was where she belonged, right between her men.
***
“Shit.” She woke with a start. So many things had happened over the last few days that she barely remembered the days before her torture.
“What’s wrong, sweetie?” Blake said and rubbed her back as she tried to get her bearings.
“The evidence,” s he whispered and looked at her men.
Shane and Blake frowned at her and then sat up a little more. “What are you talking about?”
“How could I have been so forgetful and stupid, all of this would have been so much easier. Before Junior figured out what I was doing , I saved a bunch of stuff to a thumb drive. Well, when Rocco came to my desk that last day, I had already mailed some of the information to the only address I had for Andre. I figured he could help me. But when I was caught, the drive was in the lining of my purse.”
“Honey, we never found your purse, ” Blake said and ran a hand down her back as if to sooth e her.
She rolled her eyes and then said, “Guys, you are missing the point here. I copied it all on a thumb drive and put it in my purse. When I walking through the office, I knew that they could find it, even where it was at, so when we got into the elevator , I took it out if my purse and stuffed it up my shirt sleeve. When I got to Junior ‘s office and they put me in a chair , I slipped it in the cushion on the side of the chair. It ‘s still there. We have to get it back. It has the final piece of the puzzle on it. All to do with the new people Junior is dealing with.”
Shane sat up quickly and said, “We have to talk to Rex and the others.”
“Duh,” she said and rolled off the bed.
Blake slapped her butt and grinned. “Stop being sassy.”
Chapter 11
“Tell me what the fuck you were thinking, brother. I mean , pulling a gun at a funeral with a bunch of feds around. You know they have you on tape shooting someone. You fucking prick !” Junior screamed and paced around the small room that the police had put him in. They called a lawy er and refused to
talk until he showed up. Dam m it, three days he had been in control and everything was going to shit. The men who were looking for someone solid to lead the family were going to question him now.
Sam stepped up to him with his eyes glittering maliciously. “Listen up , brother,” he said the last word like it was distasteful to him. “We are going to be fine if we stick together. Rocco had the gun, I put it there, and the video only shows part of the incident because the dipshit who was holding it freaked out. They don’t have me actually shooting. So we are gonna say that Rocco saw a threat and felt like he had to protect us. Then we are gonna go home and have a nice long talk about the way you are treating me. Are we clear?”
Junior looked at his brother and narrowed his eyes. Never show any fear, that ‘s what he was taught when he was younger, because if he did , the crazy fucker would toy with him. “Fine, when we get home , we will have a talk.”
Their lawyer walked through the door with a confident smile and said, “Boys, I will have you out of here in no time. It seems the feds only want to take your statement so they can find the vicious scum who attacked you on the day of your father’s funeral.”
Junior nodded solemnly but felt the glee of being able to point the finger at one of their own. They would be chasing those fuckers for years. He had another plan, and it wasn ‘t going to take that long.
Chapter 12
They were all headed off in separate directions after they talked this morning. Nothing was settled . They were going to have to plan how to get someone into Junior ‘s building to retrieve the evidence. Andre had not received the first thumb drive since the m ailbox she sent it to was being monitored by the FBI. They were going to have make several plans on how to get all the information back.
