by Honor James
Parker tapped her fingers to the table before her and sighed. “God I hate melodramatic people,” she grumbled. It had been effective though, Gods dammit. All he had to do was mention her Sorcerer and she was willing to back off. Quickly. “You made your damn point,” she shouted, knowing that Quincy would hear her. If he wasn’t right behind her she knew that he was just outside the door fuming.
“He’s not out there,” Talon told her as he entered the room. “He’s outside ranting and raving and, at any moment, may blow something up.” He looked at them all. “So what the hell did you do to my Mage to piss him off that badly?” he asked, shooting Rayne and Slade a look, who both pointed right at Parker.
“I told him that I was going with you to bait Nate into coming away from his protections. However, Pissy McGee had issue and began to rant and rave so fine. I cave. Whatever. I just want to go home please.” Parker was feeling more than a little pissy herself, dammit all. Didn’t they see she wanted to be a part in ending the horror she had lived for so long? She needed to be a part in the justice that would only be served by Nate’s death. But, whatever. She was so over it.
“Guys.” Talon jerked his head to the door and waited until they left. Moving to her he gently took her hand in his. “Parker, come sit with me for a minute please,” he said quietly. Leading her to the sofa he waited until she sat before dropping next to her. “I understand your need to be there, to see this through to the end and know that it’s finished. But Nathaniel will go for you. He knows that if he hurts or kills you then he’s just thrown three extremely powerful and needed males off their game at which point he is going to kill them. Quincy and Slade need every single piece of concentration they can get to pull on magics Slade never once wanted to touch again. You need to be there, in spirit and mind connection, to him the entire time because without you we will lose him to the dark and then we’re all dead. I’m not going to send you home. It’s safer for you to stay here while we finish this,” he murmured quietly.
Parker’s tears fell unbidden. “I just can’t lose them. Not now that I’ve found them and I hate, absolutely hate that they are fighting my battles for me.” She wiped at her face and the tears that dropped from her lashes. “I just have to know he’s gone, Talon. I’m sorry and I know that he’s your son but he’s not. He’s such a monster that I doubt that he’s anyone’s child now. He’s simply living for power and hate. Sad but true.”
“It’s all right, Parker,” he said quietly, drawing her closer to hug her gently. Rubbing his hand up and down her back Talon rocked her back and forth slowly. “Nathaniel is a bad seed and needs to die. We will kill him and then you and your mates can have a long and happy life. But you need to be safe to keep them safe. You need to be their anchor in the coming shit storm, sweetie. Especially Slade. I don’t like what he and Quincy have planned but I understand it and know that it is our last-chance measure.”
“I would do anything for my bond-mates,” Parker whispered. “They are my everything and I would move heaven and earth if I had to for them. It doesn’t matter what I have to do, I will do it.” She didn’t have to like it but she would do it.
“Then stay here or better yet in my office where it’s at least comfortable. I’ll have a couple of the Guards stick around in case you need something,” he said, giving her a gentle squeeze. “They love you and need you to be safe while still letting you have your justice. But Quincy’s right. If you go down we’re all fucked given the power that resides in Slade.”
Parker sighed and nodded. “Whatever it takes to ensure that he is brought to justice.” Turning her face up to Talon, Parker added, “And you will make damn sure nothing happens to them, right? You will make sure that both of them come home to me?”
Cupping her cheek Talon pressed a kiss to her forehead. “I plan on every single one of these stubborn asses coming home to their loved ones. I leave no one behind, Parker, and I don’t plan on losing anyone anytime soon either. They are my family and I am not losing family.”
Parker smiled and nodded, her tears still trickling down her face unbidden. “I know you will bring them home,” she whispered. “Because we are family. Each and every single one of us is connected and that’s truly an amazing thing that we have together. Family.” Trust, love, and even some good-natured ribbing was all a part of it.
Dropping another kiss to her forehead Talon gathered her closer and held her. Rubbing her back gently he breathed her in slowly and rocked her. “That includes you, sweetheart. You’re part of our big-ass and seriously dysfunctional family.”
Parker laughed at that and nodded. “Yeah, I know.” She smiled then. “And I couldn’t be happier. Sure there are days that I want to beat the boys, but that’s neither here nor there. I love them like crazy but sometimes I just want to send them out to wrestle with each other so that they get over whatever has them cranky, if you know what I mean.”
“It’s likely Rayne getting under Slade’s skin,” he murmured softly. “Changers tend to be hormonal asshats, kind of like teenagers, for most of their lives. But then again it could be Slade pissing off Rayne. Magic users tend not to play well with changers. Hell with it, throw them outside and lock the door,” he told her with a grin.
She laughed at that and nodded. “I think I will. Just keep that in mind when they come knocking on your door since you seem to be the house closest to us.” It was either that or they just simply went to Talon’s when they all wanted to get together.
“Cin will smack them around the ears and ensure they know how to properly behave with their mate,” he said with a grin. Getting up Talon tugged her to her feet. “Come on, sugar, let’s get you in my office, and if we’re lucky, my sexy little Angel is running around. You two can have a chance to get to know one another better and she’ll help you with knowing the touch to have with contact to Slade and Rayne so that you know if they get into trouble.”
“They better not or I will put them on the couch for a year.” She grumbled but let Talon hook her hand at the bend of his elbow and lead her out. “Have you been able to find a sight dog for me yet that will be able to handle being around my guys as well?” Sudden, out of the blue, and completely off topic, but she didn’t want to think about where her guys were going and what they were going to be doing.
“Actually we think we have,” he told her. “She’s just a pup but we’re hoping that it will help if she grows up around Rayne and Slade and you. At least that’s what the trainer has been yakking at me about.” He grinned and patted her hand. “Don’t worry, we’ve got your back on this, Parker.”
“Thank you for that.” Lifting her head she turned toward the line that raced from her toward her bond-mates and smiled. She couldn’t see them but she could see the thread that pulled her and them together. “Thank you, Talon. I think that they have me for now though.” At least until it was time for them to go.
Lifting her hand he pressed a kiss to her knuckles. “See you later Parker,” Talon told her, letting her go. Watching her for a moment he headed off to find his own mate and maybe talk her into playing with him for a little while.
When she felt Slade’s hand wrapping around her waist and pulling her close Parker’s arms went up and around his neck, a saucy smile on her lips as she lifted her face to his. “How about you kiss me, darling? Everything is better with a kiss.” She was still upset, but she wouldn’t let it cloud her time with her men, at all.
“And I do so love your kisses,” he murmured, lowering his head to hers. Brushing his lips against her mouth Slade caught her in a full kiss as she opened to demand for more. Cupping her head he tipped her back as he devoured her mouth.
Parker felt Rayne at her back and leaned into him as well. Sandwiched between Dragon and Sorcerer she was happy, safe, and very, very well loved. When Slade let her lips go she was panting and licked them to take his taste into her mouth. “How long until you guys have to go?”
“We were given an hour,” Rayne told her as he nibbled on her ne
ck. “In an hour we’re in the air and going for him.” Cupping her between her legs Rayne rubbed his fingers to the seam pressed up against her clit.
“Oh Gods.” Her knees went a little weak. “Shouldn’t we go somewhere other than out in the open where others can see?” Not that she cared, but she didn’t think they would want to put on a display like that, especially with Quincy still about and cranky.
“We definitely should which is why”—Slade nudged her toward the empty office in the hall and slammed the door—“we are taking over an office so that we have some damned privacy while we ensure you know just how much we love and adore you.”
“Oh I’m all for some reminding of just how much we are all loved and adored,” she assured him and reached for the buttons on his shirt. “In fact I think we need to do lots and lots of reassuring. Loudly, too. Yes, very much so.”
Laughing at that Rayne lifted her shirt off over her head and began to strip her down. “Then we need to expedite a few things, darling. We don’t have a lot of time and you are wearing too many fucking layers again, seriously, Parker?”
“Hey, I dressed knowing that we were coming here to see everyone. I wasn’t about to wear a skirt with no panties and go braless you know.” Then again she hadn’t needed to add the extra shirt or the tights but she had all the same.
“Exactly,” Slade said, moving in after stripping down. Taking over where Rayne had left off he shook his head. “You did not need all these additional layers, love of my life. This is what Rayne is actually complaining about. Not that you’re dressed appropriately but that you went seriously overboard.”
“Yeah well I was nervous.” And she had wanted to hide as much of her skin as she possibly could. “Besides.” She smirked and looked over her shoulder to Rayne. “He can tear off the tights and undershirt with his claws if he wants. I so wouldn’t complain in the least.”
“We are not tearing anything off of you. You’ll need to put it all back on again otherwise they’ll definitely know we were up to no good,” Slade told her as he finally got the rest of the clothing off. “Holy hell, woman.” He tossed the last aside. “Finally.”
Parker could only laugh. Shaking her head she touched Slade’s cheek and smirked. “Yeah but the undershirt and tights could have easily gone in the trash and no one would have been any wiser.” Like anyone with half a brain wouldn’t know just exactly what they were up to when they came out. “I need you.” It was a confession, stark and true, desperate and needy.
“And we need you,” he said, kissing her hard and fast before turning her around to face Rayne.
Grabbing her cheeks Rayne kissed her as he drew her in closer to him. “Up you go, darling,” he teased, lifting her up and sliding his cock deep into her heat. “Now just stay still for a moment while Slade joins us, Parker my love.”
Her body clenched and relaxed on Rayne. The low keening moan that had escaped her when he entered her body was now a gasp, a pant of desperation. “It’s so hard to stay still when I feel you twitching inside of me,” Parker whispered to Rayne and leaned in closer to him. “Slade, come on, babe. Your bond-mates are dying here.”
Chuckling he rubbed some of her moisture around her anus. “I think it may just be you, sweet. Rayne seems to be doing just fine, darling.” Stepping in closer to her he pressed his cock in slowly, his hands on her hips to keep her from moving as he took her deep.
Parker’s head fell onto Rayne’s shoulder and she pushed back against Slade’s gentle invasion. “That feels so good.” She loved being with her bond-mates, together or separately. “And it’s not just me. You know as well as I do that we all three needed this, Gods. Please,” she begged.
Chuckling at her Slade rubbed his lips to her shoulder. “We all three need it,” he agreed, beginning to move slowly. “But that’s not what we were discussing, sugar. We were discussing ‘dying’ of want and need, of which I was questioning a little.”
“Well, Slade, if you aren’t as desperate as Rayne and I were.” Parker’s smile was hidden in the curve of Rayne’s shoulder. “Because you are killing me slowly and while it does feel so very, very amazing, I really would love for us all three to get off before they come hunting for you boys.”
“We have time,” he whispered next to her ear and nibbled the earlobe gently. “There is no reason to rush loving our mate,” he told her as he and Rayne helped her to move over them. “Especially since they all know that we’re here, loving our mate, so why bother rushing just to hide what we’re about, Parker?” Slade asked her honestly.
Parker laughed and then bit her lip in a desperate moan. “Oh God you are killing me.” She whimpered, “I don’t care who knows what we are doing but please, move.” She growled as she used Rayne to move a bit on her own, barely.
“But we like killing you slowly,” Rayne told her, adjusting his hold on her legs as Slade moved his hands to her ass. “Your orgasm builds up so quick and then we hold you there only to shoot you over in a fiery burst of pleasure as you scream loud enough to bring the authorities. It’s half the fun,” he told her and chuckled at her low growl of sound.
“So not helping me here, Rayne,” Parker said and bit his shoulder in reprimand. “Besides, what if I want and need you both to just simply hold me for a bit before you are called from me?” Their pace quickened. “So good. Again, please.”
“And we will hold you,” Rayne assured her, leaning his head down to capture her mouth. Thrusting his tongue in deep he toyed and teased hers slowly, stroking his tongue along the silky length of hers as he thrust his cock deeper into her wet, wet pussy.
Using her arms Parker pulled in closer to Rayne and moaned. Slade and Rayne moved inside of her body, one in and one out. Their hands held her up between them, their mouths and fingers nearly making her insane with wanton and desperate need.
Nibbling across her shoulder Slade let out a ragged breath. “Scream for us love. Scream and take us all over the edge,” he demanded of her. Squeezing her ass he thrust into her harder, dropping his head back slightly as the sensations had him ready to shatter at any moment.
After only a few more thrusts Parker did just that. She screamed. She felt as if she had shattered in their arms, and then was held together just by their sheer love for her. To keep from screaming a second and then third time Parker bit into Rayne’s shoulder and shuddered as her orgasm crested on a second wave.
Chapter Twelve
“She’ll kill you if you go off the deep end. You know that, right?” Rayne asked him.
Looking up from his check on some of Quincy’s toys Slade shook his head. “I’m not going to go off the deep end, Rayne. Besides, she’s safe and anchoring us both. That’s all that’s needed.”
“Not what Quincy said,” the Dragon murmured as he leaned back in the seat of the helicopter at the Sorcerer’s side.
“Quincy is a Mage and, while we’re related to a degree, our magics are different, Rayne. I know my limits, Quincy knows my limits, and so, too, does Talon. Hell even you know the trigger points for me and what will send me over to the dark,” Slade told him as he turned off the equipment and handed it off to the Mage King.
Quincy snorted. “Yeah well when she comes down the line and wants to beat the fuck out of you I’m going to be right there to help her hold your ass down,” he muttered. “So be very Goddamn sure that you don’t slip into the darkness or I’m going to be the first one to tell her.”
Throwing Quincy the finger Slade kept talking to Rayne. “Parker is settled in as our mate, our connection is beyond solid, and I’ve been testing it. She’s able to pick up the most minute change in my mood for miles away and she’s always there in the background even when she isn’t fully aware of it.”
“As long as you keep that connection with her open,” Rayne replied. “Because we both know just how fucking stubborn you are and you can cut her off.” It would hurt Parker but they both knew that Slade could cut her off. “So make damn sure that we don’t have to knock your ass out
by heading into the darkness, man. I do not want to explain to our little bond-mate just why you are coming home with a concussion, drugged and tied up. Do you?”
“Since I’m sure you’ll be looking for a reason to knock my ass out and hogtie me. I always suspected you swung that way,” Slade said with a grin and shifted out of range of the massive fist aiming to do him harm. “I’ll keep the connection open unless it will hurt her and then I’ll shield her, Rayne. I won’t have her being hurt because of me just like I know you would do the same if push came to shove.”
Rayne shrugged. “If I had to I would do whatever was necessary to protect her. She’s ours,” he said simply. “I know you will, too, but you are a part of the bond with her so I will make sure that you are safe, too, buddy. If you were to break from our bond I know that she would never be all right after.”
“I don’t plan on breaking from the bond, Rayne. It’s not as simple as that anyway,” he pointed out. If he were to break from the bond he wouldn’t really have much choice in it. He’d either have let the dark pull him under and the bond would snap naturally to protect her, or he’d be dead.
“Then get those fucking thoughts out of your mind,” Rayne shot back. “And no I’m not listening in on your thoughts but Parker can and she’s wigging the fuck out, so chill. We are both going to go home to her. We are both going to love her for the rest of time. No questions.”
Sighing Slade calmed his turbulent thoughts and sent waves of love to Parker. “She’s likely pacing Talon’s office and driving the Guards insane.” He was worried for her though. He would have to be insane not to worry for the love of his life.
“She’s worried,” Rayne whispered. “She’s worried for both of us, for all of us actually.” He shrugged. “I love her, too. That woman is everything to me, to you, too, and we both know it.”
“Of course she is, Rayne.” Slade shot him a look and sighed. “I don’t know what I’d do without her in my life. She makes it all settle and feel so much calmer,” he murmured, turning to look out the window. “I’m actually at a point with her that I might actually be good with telling her what happened, or rather”—turning a lethal look on the Dragon, he hissed—“filling in all the blanks you left when you told her about my past.”
