But she wasn’t safe. Far from it.
Miguel dumped a load of soap into the tub. It fizzed and swirled around her body, the scent of lemon and orange circling around her. He’d found the perfect combination. “Thank you.”
Their gazes met and the darkness lifted the tiniest bit. He nodded. “Is there anything else you require right now?”
“Access to StarNet.”
He raised his brow.
Well, it had been worth a try. “If not access to StarNet I need a comp stripped of its outside connectivity to access books and movies. I am guessing I will be here for a while and I don’t like just sitting around.” And the comp might give her opportunity to access her files. Communication would be out of the question. He would watch her too closely. But she would continue her work as long as she could.
He nodded again. “Materials will be supplied.” With that he turned around and walked away from her.
Sydney stared at the closed door. She didn’t hear anything else, but a moment later she knew he had left the suite, knew he was no longer close.
She had no idea how she knew. Groaning she rubbed her face. Her two men confused the hell out of her. And what was she thinking, referring to them as hers?
She wondered if Miguel had seen the shimmering light between them. The connection that faded in and out was only there for a few seconds. But when it was there it connected the two of them like a rope. A beautiful rope shining with every different red under the sun. A rope that reminded her of her wings.
One of the most beautiful things she had ever seen in her life.
And it linked her to a killer.
A killer who sold people like meat. The killer who was about to destroy the difficult peace between Humans and Vampires and push the universe into a war it would probably never recover from.
A killer who for some stupid and ridiculous reason had settled in her heart in a way she grew more and more certain would require a knife to cut him out.
Chapter Five
A day and a half later Jayden sat in the now familiar chair and watched as Miguel drove their woman to the edge and beyond. Yes, he understood that this was supposed to be a competition, but in his mind the three of them had become a triad. He couldn’t imagine this scene with either of them missing.
That would not be right.
And he should not be sitting here thinking about this. He should be coming up with plans to kill Nasir. This was the longest he had been on base since joining Nasir’s band of freaks. Before now he’d been constantly on the move. Removing obstacles and rearranging the playing field in Nasir’s favor. Or so Nasir thought.
Finally he was close to the monster, had the potential to end it all and instead he sat here devouring both Miguel and Sydney with his eyes, hands and lips. Or at least Sydney. Miguel had hinted, but they hadn’t taken that next step.
He hadn’t completely abandoned his duties. He’d found the body of the human male Nasir had fed off and analyzed his blood. The results were disturbing. The male had traces of a toxin in his system. It should have killed Nasir after he’d finished drinking the male’s blood.
Instead Nasir was still walking about as if nothing could hurt him. And maybe nothing could.
That was not a pleasant thought at all, but the evidence appeared to be stacking up that way. There had been a few attempts on Nasir’s life, but none had even made a dent in the other Vampire. That was why Jayden had not yet made his move. He had no trouble with dying for his mission, with giving his life in exchange for the universe’s survival, but so far he had no plan that had even a fifty percent success rate. And he wasn’t about to attack until he had at least that.
Sydney moaned.
His cock throbbed. It hadn’t completely gone down since he kissed her and sucked her nipples for the first time. No matter how many times he jerked off it wasn’t enough.
He wanted more. He wanted his cock sliding deep into her wet pussy. Wanted to have her suck him off while he devoured Miguel. Wanted to watch Miguel pounding into her while he was tied and couldn’t participate.
But instead they had been taking turns.
Because this was supposed to be a competition.
At the moment Miguel had Sydney suspended in midair, her ankles and wrists bound to the cold metal. This time he’d used rope, not fur-lined cuffs. The rough material scraped her sensitive skin, but she didn’t seem to mind, going by how much she twisted in her bonds.
Miguel swung the heavy flogger with an experienced twist of his wrist. Tears slid down her cheeks, but they weren’t because of physical pain. Jayden felt her emotional pain, the knowledge that she had trusted the man who had nearly killed her, the humiliation that she didn’t see the way he manipulated situations and people. And with the help of the heavy leather smacking against her ass and upper thighs she could finally release some of it.
And this kind of connection should be impossible. He’d seen the link between Sydney and Miguel, fluttering in and out of sync. No one but the two lifemates involved should be able to see the growing connection. Somehow he had become part of their bond, but not really. He could see the tie between them, experience flashes of what they felt, but he was not an active part of it. And that killed him.
Fuck it. Watching wasn’t working any longer.
Jayden pulled a small bottle out of the bag beside his chair, rose and strode to the arch. Miguel’s brow rose. He studied Jayden and finally nodded.
Jayden sank to his knees before Sydney and put his mouth to her cunt.
She expelled a rasping groan.
The spot just above her clit was still one of her sweet spots, one that drove her insane. He flattened his tongue and rubbed that section of skin while teasing her pussy with the tip of his finger. He stroked his other hand up her torso and circled her nipple.
Sydney writhed in her bindings. For a moment Jayden wondered if Miguel was versed in the art of Kinbaku, the art of rope bondage. If he was it would add another layer of pleasure. Then that thought disappeared as she thrust her hips against his mouth and grew more vocal.
Jayden tightened his circles around her areola until he finally rubbed the hard tip between thumb and finger. He lifted his face and threw Miguel a quick glace.
The other Vampire nodded again and continued to swing the flogger in the same heavy rhythm that propelled her to the brink.
Jayden returned to the delicious feast before him and used finger and tongue to thrust deep inside her. He withdrew his finger with a slight curl that stroked across her G-spot.
Moisture gathered, but still he ignored the clit, only teasing the skin surrounding it. He wanted her complete surrender.
She screamed.
There it was. He responded immediately and surrounded the tight bundle of nerves with his lips. She came as soon as he started to suck, but both Jayden and Miguel continued their tender assault.
She was so fucking responsive Jayden knew they could bring her at least one more time, if not two.
He rubbed his juice-coated finger along her perineum and then circled her anus. She stiffened slightly, but the gush of moisture that greeted his tongue as he thrust inside her pussy belied her response.
He looked up at her, his face coated in her essence, his finger circling and rubbing against her tender opening. “I am going to push my finger in your ass. I think it is beyond time that we added this to the repertoire. How else will Miguel and I fit into your sweet body at the same time?”
Her eyes widened and hazed over. Miguel swung the flogger three, four more times, focusing on the tender skin of her ass and upper thigh before setting it aside. “I do believe Jayden is on to something here.” He walked over to a medium-sized chest he’d settled on the bed when he’d brought the floggers out of his room.
Sydney tried to follow him with her eyes, but her position made it impossible for her to see.
Jayden didn’t know what the other Vampire had planned but knew she would love it. Miguel had an incredible ability
to read her body. Jayden gently pushed the tip of his finger into her anus, ensuring he rubbed against the sensitive nerve endings that covered that entrance.
She panted, her hands clenched around the rope.
He licked across her entrance as he continued to tease her back door. Then he removed both face and finger. “Now, we need to make sure that you are properly prepared. We only want the good kind of pain.” Unfortunately that included his rock-hard cock chafing in its confinement once again, but he had an idea that he hoped would alleviate that pressure sooner rather than later.
Sydney whimpered, attempting to move against the bindings but unable to do so. Her eyes widened when he pulled the small bottle out of his pocket and poured lubricant into his palm. “Your juices are sweet, but lube is a necessity.” He dipped the finger and thumb of his other hand into the gooey liquid and watched her watch him stretch it between his two digits. “There we are, nice and heavy, just right for some ass play.” He looked behind her and grinned. “Looks like Miguel is joining the party.” He didn’t tell her what the man held in his hand.
She would find out soon enough.
Fire blazed through him. There was no stopping it, no easing it. Miguel knew he could take her, knew she would not deny him or Jayden, especially not once she was on the brink. But he didn’t want to push her. He wanted her to tell him—Jade, tell them—she was ready to take this bizarre relationship that started as a competition and had now turned into something else to the next level.
Seeing Jayden kneel before her, seeing Sydney tied and writhing in pleasure, was the fulfillment of a fantasy. It was as if his imagination had come to life.
Tomorrow morning they would have to face Nasir.
Miguel didn’t know what their leader had planned, but he knew it couldn’t be good. For any of them.
But there were a few hours before they had to face whatever disaster awaited them and he planned to savor those as much as he could. Starting now.
He set the anal wand on edge of the bed, still outside of Sydney’s view. Jayden’s eyes gleamed with need and agreement. The other Vampire continued to tease and prepare her with his well-lubed fingers.
But it wasn’t quite enough for Miguel.
He stepped in front of Sydney and captured her gaze. Her aquamarine eyes were unfocused and her pupils dilated. He held up the little box in his hand. It took her a moment to focus, especially as Jayden added another finger. “Your nipples are very sensitive, Sydney.”
Her eyes widened.
He lifted the lid. “I wonder how you will respond to these little beauties.” He lifted the gold nipple clamps.
She moaned, squirming against her ties. He checked them. She would carry marks on her wrists and ankles, a reminder of her submission and pleasure, but nothing permanent.
Miguel moved those last few inches until his legs framed Jayden’s massive body. Miguel leaned forward and licked across her nipple. As always her response was instantaneous. The tight peak hardened even more. He sucked it with short sharp sucks before moving to the other nipple.
He had to clench his teeth before he could repeat his actions. Standing as close to her as he did meant Jayden was squeezed between them. Every time he licked her pussy he moved his head and rubbed against Miguel’s raging cock.
It was an unexpected pleasure, but one he didn’t want to forgo. Instead he circled her nipple and then sucked it into the wet heat of his mouth.
Sydney cried out, the cry turning into a scream when he set the first and then the second nipple clamp onto her beautiful hard tips.
“Jayden,” Miguel said.
The other Vampire looked up from the delicious pussy he had been devouring, torturing him with added movement against Miguel’s hard penis. Miguel welcomed the sensations racing through him, but kept his expression impassive.
“Yes, Miguel?” Jayden’s rough voice licked over his skin.
“Use the wand.”
Jayden nodded, once again using every opportunity to touch Miguel. “As you wish.”
Miguel clenched his jaw. Those were three of his favorite words. He leaned far enough back to give the big Vampire room to move. Jayden slid along him, touching wherever he could. Miguel promised himself he would return the favor at the earliest opportunity.
Funny how the competitor had become a…friend was too early…a companion? Definitely someone Miguel wanted to fuck and someone who helped to please Sydney. Despite their distrust outside the bedroom their only goal in here was to bring Sydney pleasure.
Jayden picked up the glass anal wand with its graduating ripples and flared base. He lubricated the top half and then knelt behind Sydney.
Miguel moved until he stood perpendicular to her, allowing him to caress her front while observing Jayden’s ministrations at the same time. He rested his flat palm on her quivering stomach and kissed her neck. Jayden slowly pushed the first and smallest bead of the anal wand inside her. Miguel cupped her wet pussy and gently rubbed the ball of his thumb across her clit. Not with enough pressure to bring her, but with enough force to distract her from the anal wand driving inside her.
When Jayden moved on to the second and slightly wider bead, Miguel nipped her neck.
Her groans grew louder and louder, her breathing more and more uneven. He loved how vocal she was. When he saw pleasure turning to discomfort he opened the first clamp and thrust two fingers inside her.
She screamed. Her orgasm pulsed around his fingers.
Jayden used her euphoric state and pushed the third bead inside her.
Miguel opened the second clamp, continued to plunge his fingers in and out of her and sucked on her first nipple.
A shiver ran through her whole body. She squeezed his fingers inside her but only whimpered.
With great care Jayden moved the top half of the wand in and out of her.
“No more,” she whimpered.
Miguel leaned forward and kissed her. Despite her exhaustion she responded with fire and passion. “One more,” he whispered against her lips. “You can take one more.” He licked her lower lip before thrusting inside her mouth. She rubbed her tongue against his and nodded when he pulled back.
He gestured to Jayden who pushed one more bead deep inside her while at the same time Miguel circled and tapped her clit.
She exploded one more time, just as he knew she would.
He had never been with a more responsive woman. A woman who was open to being taken beyond her boundaries and exploring what else there was.
For a moment he wished circumstances were different. For a moment he wished he had not spent the last five years in hell trying to get where he was now.
For one moment Miguel Calatrave wished for redemption.
But then he remembered the atrocities he was responsible for and buried that wish.
Deep.
Sydney hung in midair only held up by the ropes attaching her to the frame. The world still spun so she closed her eyes.
Jayden removed the bat he’d shoved up her ass and pressed a soft kiss to her lower back as he undid the ropes around her ankles.
Miguel wrapped an arm around her waist and held her as he removed the ropes from her wrists. She slumped against him, too tired and still feeling as if her whole body had dissolved into particles that now traversed the universe. The Spaniard lifted her with ease. She rested her head against his shoulder, knowing he—they would look after her.
After every mind-blowing encounter, after every time they drove her so far beyond her comfort zone it wasn’t even in the same galaxy anymore, they cared for her.
She could not make heads or tails of them or the situation and right now she was in no shape to even try. Which was stupid because any moment now the door could break open and an army of Ferals could storm in to kill her.
Sydney nuzzled his neck. Miguel’s arms tightened around her.
She would deal with them if they came.
The air in the bathroom was filled with mist and the scent of orange and
lemongrass. Jayden had prepared the bath. “I’ll drown if you put me in there by myself,” she murmured.
Jayden chuckled. “We can’t have that.”
She heard rustling of clothes and then the splashing of water. A moment later Miguel passed her over into Jayden’s arms. Arms so thick and strong they were a safety net. He settled her between his legs and began to wash her. His rough chest hair stroked across her back. His thick cock rested against her ass, but she wasn’t worried.
They wouldn’t do anything about their raging dicks. For some reason they seemed to have made the decision that these three days of competition were all about her. But that was about to come to an end.
Miguel handed her the now obligatory chocolate and had a glass of water ready. She savored their attentions, their closeness, and found the way back to herself. Sydney wanted nothing more than to linger here, but she needed to know. She opened her eyes and sat a little straighter. “What will happen tomorrow?”
The men exchanged a glance.
“That will depend on what mood Nasir is in,” Jayden said.
Miguel remained silent. He only studied her with his dark, shadow-filled eyes.
She bit her lip and cuddled into Jayden’s embrace. The big man held her closer. “I don’t want to choose.” There, she’d said it.
Jayden kissed the back of her neck. “What do you want?”
“I want us to stay as we are.” And wasn’t that the stupid truth? She probably had Stockholm Syndrome or something. How else could she explain that she felt safe with two lieutenants in a Feral army, one of them responsible for her kidnapping?
Both men had touched something inside her. Something that she thought had died after killing her husband.
“I do not believe Nasir will agree to such an arrangement.” Miguel’s deep voice echoed through the bathroom.
“He will if we make him think it was his idea and if he believes it’s the worst possible outcome for me.”
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