Taking the Reins [Dark Days Ranch 4] (Siren Publishing Ménage Amour)

by Jenny May

  Oh shit. He remembered all right. It was the one from the truck. Cooper lifted and stood from the bed, getting it out. Knots were braided throughout the hemp, and he held it up looking at the weird pattern.

  “Put your arms through there and turn around.”

  Cooper did as he was told and turned. Rogue stood up behind him and tightened the ropes. The coarse knots bit into his skin along his chest, shoulders, and back. It caused him to wince. The moment he tied it, the pressure loosened a little. Although he could feel the pain, he didn’t understand what the use of it was. Stimulation? He was confused.

  “A lot of people use rope for different things. There’s an art when bringing it into any sexual situation. Most love the feel against their skin. The smell. The look. But mine is purely sadistic, I assure you. I want it to hurt you, Cooper. When I wrap my arms around your chest, I want those knots to bite into your skin, just like my teeth will surely sink into your flesh.

  “I told you from the beginning that I wasn’t an easy lover. My smiles. My stares. Whenever I looked at you with love, know the emotion is surely there, but behind it, I’m also thinking about ways to twist my darkness into your pleasure. I want you to feel pain while having the best orgasm of your life.” Rogue pushed him down onto the bed. “Are you ready to experience that, Cooper? Do you think you can handle it?”

  For the first time since they’d been down in the basement, he met Rogue’s eyes and held them. “I told you from the beginning that I’m more than ready. Give me your best. I assure you I’m not weak. Hurt me, good. I’ll be expecting it. Craving it.”

  Rogue nodded. “Then position yourself over Zara, and start fucking her. You’re about to be mine, fully.” He grabbed the lube and stroked his cock with it. Cooper obeyed, and pushed Zara’s hand away from the toy. As his fingers grasped the end, he guided it deeper into her, before removing it completely. The look she gave him was full of lust. She wanted him. And by god, he couldn’t wait to be cock deep inside of her. The only thing that made it better was knowing that Rogue would be taking him, too.

  Slowly, Zara eased herself down from the semisitting position that she’d been in. When she slowed even more, he wrapped his arm around her hip and jerked her down. “You heard Sir. He wants my cock in your pussy. And I’m going to give it to him. You want that, don’t you?”

  “Yes,” she moaned.

  Cooper made a path down her slit. The wetness covering her swollen folds had him closing his eyes. Fuck, he couldn’t wait. He pushed two fingers deep and felt her arch her hips.

  “Oh, you’re ready.” He thrust faster until she was screaming. Only then did he ease his cock inside of her. The bed shifted, and he felt Rogue position himself behind him. A soft touch traced the back of his thigh, working its way to his ass. The moment Rogue’s lubed finger traced over his opening, Cooper moaned. He pushed back against it and felt his mate breach his entrance.

  One finger slid into him easily. Cooper let himself relax. When another finger joined the first, he clenched his jaw against the pleasurable pain. This was the beginning. Rogue was huge. But he knew he could take him. The toy took a few days to get used to. Yet now, he accepted it easily.

  “I can’t wait to be inside of you, pet.” The thrusting increased in his ass, and he pushed back to meet it. Zara grabbed his hip, pulling him forward. The friction from both actions was overwhelming, but he held the need to release at bay. He was so built up from everything that it was almost painful. But his new way of life was quickly becoming something he needed. And he loved it. Loved that the three of them were so perfectly matched.

  Rogue’s fingers left him. When his large arm wrapped around the middle of Cooper’s chest, he welcomed the intense pressure from the knots. Rogue’s hand gripped at his shoulder and squeezed. The action had Cooper biting the insides of his cheeks. “Yes. This is what I like. Your pain is feeding me. You know that right? I can feel it, Cooper. And it couldn’t make me happier.”

  Rogue’s cock pushed against the opening of his ass. Cooper couldn’t ever remember wanting anything more. He was still buried in Zara, but with his mate holding him locked against him, he was unable to move. And that was all right for now. Until Rogue was deep within him, he wouldn’t be complete.

  “Do you feel that, pet? That’s yours and Zara’s. My cock belongs to both of you. Forever.” Rogue pushed the tip of his cock inside his entrance and Cooper gripped his forearm against the pain his width caused. The moment he withdrew and pushed in a little more, the pleasure exploded. Although the pain was still slightly there, it was easy to get past with the new sensations his mate was causing.

  “That’s right. Fuck. I love the way you’re enjoying it.” Rogue pushed even deeper. The feel of Zara’s nails tracing softly over his thigh was so much stimulation that Cooper fought to breathe against it all.

  The knots rolled against his chest while Rogue adjusted behind him. It caused his mate to moan in satisfaction. The grip loosened and he eased Cooper forward. “Now start fucking Zara. You take as much of me in as you can.”

  Cooper obeyed. He hadn’t been sure at first what Rogue meant, but as he pushed into her, and withdrew back, he felt Rogue’s cock slide a little more into his ass. He closed his eyes against the bliss. The length he took in all depended on how much he wanted, and for the first time that night, Cooper had control.

  The excitement had him increasing his thrusts. Before he knew it, Rogue was completely entering him, and the pain had long since gone. At least from his ass. The knot at his shoulder kept getting squeezed, and the feeling was quickly becoming a bigger turn-on than he could have ever dreamed.

  Screams filled the room for the second time from Zara as she spasmed beneath him. The tightening was quickly becoming his undoing. Cooper knew he couldn’t take anymore. He’d already held it off for more time than he thought possible, and the pressure at the base of his spine was about to explode. He just knew it.

  “I feel your need, pet. Zara, move down and finish Cooper off with your mouth. You are not to waste a drop of his cum. I want you to swallow it all down.”

  She smiled. “Yes, Sir. I’d love nothing more.”

  As Cooper’s cock left her pussy, he felt Rogue grab his hips. The thrusts became hard and fast. Zara’s mouth took his cock in deep and Cooper felt his lips part against the ecstasy of what both of his mates were doing to him. Moans poured out, and he gripped the blanket hard in his fist.

  The sound of Rogue’s skin slapping against him, accompanied with the brush of Zara’s hand over his sac, was Cooper’s undoing. A cry broke from his mouth, which had never happened before. With an intense power, his cum shot into Zara’s throat. His whole body jerked, and he could feel Rogue coming, too. This night had been a dream, and one he knew he would never forget.

  Chapter 16

  Pain exploded into Zara’s side as Jerome tackled her to the ground at full force. The man was the size of an NFL linebacker, and just as quick. A growl filled the air. The threatening sound had Zara’s elbow connecting with his jaw, repeatedly. His weight shifted and she brought her foot up to his chest and sent him flying back. Instantly, she jumped to her feet and dodged Gilbert, who was diving for her.

  From the corner of her eye, she could see Nikolas watching. Her father hadn’t given her an ounce of special treatment. He’d come out on the front porch with his best men and hadn’t said a word. Before she knew it, they were all over her. She’d barely made it out of their quick hands. Now it was an all-out war to see who could best her. And thankfully, she was the one winning.

  Jerome was coming at her again and the pressure of energy at her back only told her that Darvin wasn’t far from trying to take her out from behind. Instinct, and all of her years of training, kicked in. Zara dropped to a crouching position and turned, grabbing Darvin’s arm just as he reached out for where she’d been. She took his wrist and sent him flying, right into Jerome. The air leaving their lungs was a loud whoosh. They hit the ground and she turned and looked
at her father. “This is the best you have? I thought you said you wanted me here to train.”

  Nikolas’s eyes narrowed at her, and he took a sip of his coffee. Before Zara could react, fingers wrapped in her hair, tightly, and a man’s body was directly behind her. He jerked back hard. Cold metal pressed against her temple, and she knew it was a gun. The fact that a wolf would stoop so low sent rage pumping through her.

  “Take her to the shed in the back. I want her strapped down in the chair. We’ll see how well she does under pressure.”

  The man dragged her forward, never allowing her to catch her footing. She was sure she was going to be missing a chunk of her hair. The dingy-looking white shack looked so out of place for being on her father’s land. Well, this was a new addition to training. When had he put that there? Zara suddenly didn’t feel so confident, anymore.

  The door swung open. As they walked through, three more men crowded around her. Inside the small room sat a table with straps, and a chair, taking center stage. Tools that looked right out of a torture chamber lined the walls. She masked her face from showing any emotion, but inside she could feel her wolf pacing against the anxiety.

  Zara grabbed the barrel of the gun and stomped down on the man’s foot. Reactively, she snapped her head back and connected with his face. The other three men were on her before she could get her hair untangled from his fingers.

  The chair was suddenly beneath her and she could feel the restraints locking into place.

  “Son of a bitch! I think she broke my nose.” Blood was gushing from the stranger’s face. She smiled and looked at him with all the anger she felt.

  “Serves you right, you fucking pussy. Only a bitch carries a gun. You better be glad these other men weren’t here to stop me or you’d be eating that barrel right now.”

  The surrounding men’s eyes grew large. Some she knew. Others she didn’t.

  “Quite the mouth you have,” the wolf with the gun said, shocked. “And you’re supposed to be our future alpha?”

  “Damn straight. And when I am, you won’t be toting around that piece you’re hiding behind, either. If you can’t protect yourself on the field without it, you don’t deserve to serve under me.”

  Miller paced in front of her. “Damn good to have you back, Z. Didn’t think I’d see the day. Sucks we’re meeting under these conditions, though. I’m not sure you’re going to fare so well under what your dad has planned.”

  “And what is that?”

  Just then the door swung open, and Nikolas walked through. Everyone got quiet as he bolted the lock. “Get me the zapper.”

  The zapper? Zara looked around, nervously. What the hell was that? Whatever is was it didn’t sound very good.

  Tex handed him what looked like a cattle prod. She lifted an eyebrow and looked at her dad. “You’re seriously going to shock me with that?”

  Nikolas smiled. “Absolutely. You see, prods are effective little things to get people or animals moving along. Most of them will deliver quite the punch, but they’re mainly generalized to affect the area they touch, unlike stun guns. Now those you can feel throughout your body.” He lifted the end and looked at it. “I’ve made a few adjustments to this one. I’m pretty sure you’re going to be able to experience the full shebang of what electricity can do to your body when the right amount is applied. Let’s see, shall we?”

  The end pushed into Zara’s arm, and before she could say anything, her body locked up with what felt like a million volts. A scream exploded the moment he took it away. Even though it wasn’t touching her skin, she could still feel the current coursing through her veins.

  Deep breaths were pouring from her mouth as she tried to shake the feeling. Her arms kept twitching against the restraints that were hooked to the arms of the chair.

  “Nice. How’d that feel?”

  Her eyes slowly rose to meet her father’s. “Fucking delightful.”

  “Great. Now, why don’t you tell me about this plan that you and your mates have about overthrowing me. Is Rogue planning on bringing his brothers into the mix? His former alpha? Who’s all going to rise against me, Zara?”

  “You’ve lost your mind. Do you really think they’d let me come here if they were already planning on taking you out? They let me come because they’re giving you the benefit of the doubt. If you’re a good leader, they will know. So far, all you’ve done is overreact and piss them off.”

  The prod pushed against her again and she put her head down, screaming through the pain.

  “Overreact? Maybe. I have to say I got a bit upset when they took you out of Triple Z. I seriously thought maybe they were taking you away. I mean, who’s going to take over for me if you’re gone?”

  “You got mad because you don’t trust them. It had nothing to do with me leaving for a few hours.” The words came out broken up against the chattering of her teeth.

  “Okay, maybe you’re right. So, is that what they were doing? Meeting up with Logan Harrison?”

  Zara glared at him. “No. Would you like me to be detailed with you, or shall I just sum it up to, ‘we were mating?’”

  “But why go to Dark Days for that?” he asked, confused. “It doesn’t make sense to me. You got in the truck and headed straight for the border. That’s suspicious as hell, Zara. If you ask me, I’d say you and your mates are up to something.”

  Dammit. How was she going to convince to her father that they were not in cohorts with people he considered the enemy? The last thing she needed was him catching on to what they knew. “You’re just going to have to trust me. The only time we ran into Logan was when he and their Chief showed up to make sure we were all right. We were parked off the highway, by the mountains. Someone saw Rogue’s truck and called it in. We were not conspiring to take you over. If you ask me, you’re acting a little suspicious. Is there a reason? Maybe there’s something you want to tell me?”

  All her father did was stare. What was he thinking? Zara really wished she could read his mind.

  “Heat the pliers for me, Miller.”

  “Wait, what?” Zara looked at him, in shock.

  “You see, daughter of mine, I’m not so inclined to believe you. I’ve seen you turn your back on your pack before. You’re easily influenced.” Nikolas placed his coffee cup on the table and handed the prod back over. “When you start telling me the truth, we’ll stop. Until then, I’m going to pry every single nail from your fingers and toes. After we’re done with that, I’m going to strap you to that table, where I’m going to repeatedly pour water over your face while you stay on the verge of drowning. If you haven’t told me the truth by then…” Nikolas pulled out his knife. “I’ll start taking off your fingers and toes, one by one.”

  Zara felt her eyes go big. “You can’t be serious. My mates are going to feel everything that happens to me. Are you trying to get them to kill you? Because if you hurt me, they will. Rogue won’t need anyone’s permission. He’ll have every right to protect what belongs to him. I am his, Father.”

  An evil smile came to Nikolas’s face. “He won’t come, Zara. I’ve already made it clear that if he steps foot on my land again, I’ll have him shot. And I’m not bluffing. My men are out there right now, waiting. Of course, if he does, I win either way.”

  “You’re not training me, are you? You want my mate out of the way. He poses too much of a threat to your leadership.” Tears came to her eyes. How could she have been so naïve?

  “My dear daughter.” Nikolas shook his head. “I really thought you were going to be something, someday. It broke my heart when you mated to that human. He ruined you. All that hard work I put into making the greatest alpha, bam, gone.”

  The burning in her eyes increased, but Zara did everything she could to keep in the tears. “You killed him. Just say it.”

  “He was a nosey cop,” Nikolas yelled. “All the snooping around he did…he wasn’t supposed to discover my secrets. No one was! If a mere human could unravel the ring I was a part of, a wol
f would only find it easier. So I took him out. It was cake. No challenge at all. Humans are fragile little things. One car accident, and that’s all it took. You know, I had every plan of making it a shooting, but why risk it? People die in crashes every day. Especially when their airbags don’t deploy.”

  Zara growled, pulling at the restraints with every amount of strength she possessed.

  “And then there’s Rogue.” Nikolas glanced over to Miller, who had his head down, but Zara knew he was listening very closely as he heated the pliers. Her father leaned against the wall. “Rogue would have been an asset if he wasn’t so damn noble. I had high hopes for him in the beginning. Over dinner, I really thought we hit it off. Then as I went over things in my head, later that night, I realized he’d been playing me all along.

  “His taking you into Dark Days was just clarification. His home is what rules him. He’ll never fall under my rule. And I can’t have that. You can keep Cooper, but the other, he’s got to go, Zara. Maybe in years you’ll come around, and can take rule. But as of right now, you’re a traitor in my eyes.”

  Nikolas looked back over to Miller and pushed off the wall. “What the hell is taking you so long? Give me those!” He ripped the pliers out of the man’s hands and stalked toward her. “I’m your leader, and you don’t betray your alpha. I should kill you. But you’re also my daughter, so now you’ll face the consequences.”

  Zara clenched her fists. “Don’t do it. Right now you’re in control. No one is trying to take that away from you, but if you do this. If you go any further, you could be in the biggest war of your life. And you will lose. Rogue’s brothers are alphas of Hidden Hills, and The Big C. His best friends are alphas to Dark Days, and Whiskey River Ranch. Think about what you’re doing. I’m his mate. If you hurt me, or kill him, they’ll all come after you. They know about the gun smuggling and human trafficking. You’re not as under the radar as you think.”