Vengeance: MMA/Ink Romance (KO Ink Book 1)

by Harley McRide

  Brooklyn

  Oh my God, Fin O’Malley was kissing me. My whole life growing up had been filled with these two men but I never thought any truth would come out of my dreams. Not like I had tons of experience, men just didn’t find me appealing. When I’d lost my virginity in college it was so-so and with a guy that seemed to be interested. I had been more or less tired of hearing all the girls talk about having sex, so I just did it. Then I’d been disappointed and wondered what all the hype was ‘cause all I’d felt was a little discomfort and it was over in like five minutes. Then Samuel never called me after that and when I’d see him around campus, he’d say “Hi” and rush away.

  Mia told me the guy was a douche and probably embarrassed he hadn’t lasted and that when the right man came along I would know the difference. Never listened because I thought it was just me and I lacked whatever was in a woman to get turned on, plus, not like I’ve had men dropping at my feet to go out with me. They didn’t pay me any attention.

  Fin though, he had me panting.

  Tony and Fin were all consuming. When one was in a room, the air shifted, but both, holy smoke, both in a room was just too much. They were larger than life, had always been to me even as a young girl. So I’d told them to go and I would clean up the kitchen, it had been my way of catching my breath and hiding the fact they took it away just being near.

  Nervousness set in when I’d sat between them only because I’d dream of being in that position a lot. Okay, more than a lot. More so after I’d started reading erotic romance. Two men. I could get with that, especially if it was these two men.

  Fin grabbed me and pulled me to him and when his lips closed over mine, I’d tensed in shock. Then his tongue slid across my lips causing me to gasp, and he darted his tongue in and the taste of him hit me. It had to be what Mia meant about the right one because at that moment, with one kiss, my system went haywire.

  “Sweetheart, damn, just damn,” Fin said when he pulled back, which caused me to open my eyes.

  “That was fucking hot, she melted right into you and when you moaned, Brook, I thought I was going to embarrass myself like a teenage boy,” Tony said as he ran his hand down my hair.

  I felt the heat on my face at the embarrassment of how I just curled into Fin and I had no clue what a woman was supposed to say after a toe curling, panty wetting kiss like that.

  Then the doorbell rang. I’d never been so grateful and didn’t give a shit who was there as both men stood, walked toward the door, and I regained the ability to breathe again.

  Fin

  What the hell? I’d latched onto Brook because… Well, because I damn well wanted too. I’d wanted a taste and then when she responded, I’d wanted it all.

  “Fucking doorbell,” was all I said as I snatched the door open. If it was one of my brothers they were freaking dead, not like my parents would miss a son, they’d have five left.

  “You’ve got to be kidding me,” Tony said, but it beat my response.

  “What the hell are you doing here?”

  “Now is that any way for you boys to speak to your parents,” Olivia O’Malley said and pushed in the house with Tony’s mom.

  “Seriously?” was all I said as our dads followed in with bags in their arms.

  As Reilly O’Malley, my dad, passed, he rolled his eyes and I knew then there was no stopping my mom, and what he used to tell us growing up never rang truer. ‘When you find the right woman, son, tis wise to choose your battles’.

  Tony huffed and headed into the room following our parents while I closed the door. So much for the hard-on I had from kissing Brooklyn.

  Tony

  “Oh, Brooklyn, it’s so good to see you here. Your mom told us the boys brought you home to get some rest. We stopped by the hospital just a bit before coming here to check on her. Her color is coming back and her voice is getting stronger. I’m sorry about her being shot,” Sonia Roark, my mother, said as she grabbed Brook and hugged her.

  “Me too, Brooklyn, and if there is anything you need, honey, let us know. You are like my own daughter,” Fin’s mother said as she too hugged Brooklyn. And then both mother’s giggled. What the hell are they up too? This was so not going to go well if they interfered.

  “Thank you, both. I appreciate it,” Brook said softly and looked at each woman with warmth, she obviously missed them, weird.

  “Well, you are one of ours. You and Reese both spent just as much time at our house as you did your own,” Olivia said.

  “Brooklyn, you are going to have to come to the house for dinner. We would love to have you over, and of course, Fin, you will need to come too, we haven’t talked in ages. I miss all the times we used to spend together. In fact, how about this week, it would be perfect, wouldn’t it, son?” Sonia said and looked toward me. Only thing I could think was finally a woman I wanted my mom to have over for dinner, and I was scared to take her.

  “Now can you tell us why you are here,” Fin said warily. “‘Cause if it is an invitation to dinner, you could have called you know.”

  “We brought groceries, Mr. Grumpy. Knew you wouldn’t have anything in the house to eat and we didn’t want Brooklyn to go hungry,” Fin’s mother said then turned on her heel and headed toward the kitchen as Fin and his dad followed.

  “Oh, we ate when we got here, but that was so sweet of you both to think about me,” Brooklyn said. All I wanted to do was shout ‘sweet’ my ass, the conniving duo.

  “Glad the boys at least are doing something right,” my mom said as she latched her arm through Brooklyn’s and pulled her with her out of the room.

  “Would have texted you, son, giving you a head’s up but there was no time,” Anthony Roark said as he chuckled.

  “You find this humorous, really? The woman is turning into a matchmaking menace and you are allowing it to happen,” when I finished, it only made my dad laugh out loud.

  “Son, you don’t know the half of it,” my father said as he too headed for the kitchen.

  “What the fuck is that supposed to mean?” was asked and the response from my dad was more laughter.

  Brooklyn

  Fin’s and Tony’s mothers moved around the kitchen putting the groceries away and seemed oblivious to the death glares pointed at them by their sons.

  It had been the strangest day, as if everyone around talked in code.

  “Hope you like Fin’s house, Brooklyn?” Olivia said.

  “Oh, who couldn’t love this house, Olivia. It is big enough for all three of you to have your own space, it is perfect,” Sonia said.

  “And the room right off the master bedroom is just perfect, you know, in case in the future there is a grandchild or two,” Olivia returned.

  Watching the two women was like watching a tennis match as they spoke, as if no one else was in the kitchen.

  “How long you planning to stay?” Fin asked.

  “Wow, if I didn’t know you were the oldest son, I would swear I was standing in Falon’s place,” Olivia said and glared at Fin.

  Their dads stood in the kitchen with smiles on their faces and not saying a word.

  “Dad, for the love of God will you take her home?” Tony said, almost like a plea.

  “Anthony Roark, Jr., don’t use God’s name like that,” his mom scolded.

  “I wouldn’t have to if you would go home. We are tired, been a long day, and Brooklyn needs to rest,” Tony said and glared at his mom.

  “Fine. Are you ready, Olivia?” Sonia asked and I could have sworn as Fin’s mother moved closer, I heard her say “She’s going to need the rest.”

  The parents headed to the door and the only sound heard was the click of it shutting before the air in the room thickened, leaving the three of us standing in the kitchen.

  Holy crap, now what?

  Chapter Eleven

  Tony

  The door closed and I sighed, they were gone. I looked at Brooklyn who was biting her lip and looking a little lost, and I grinned. Fin had thrown her fo
r a loop kissing her, it was a good thing, I thought, and grabbed her hand and pulled her to me.

  “Hey,” I said, looking down into her startled eyes.

  “Um, yeah?” Brook said, looking hesitantly toward the door where Fin was standing, making sure the parents actually left.

  “You okay?” I asked and she looked back at me with a surprised expression.

  “Of course I am,” she said. “Why would I not be?”

  “Well, I know my mother can be a bit of a force to be reckoned with.” I laughed. “I didn’t want you to freak out.”

  Now she frowned and shook her head. “Your mom is a gem; why would she freak me out? Heck, she only asked me to dinner, I have been there millions of times, I am pretty sure nothing has changed much.”

  I wanted to tell her how much had changed, but she wasn’t ready for that quite yet. She still looked confused, maybe I should make this at least a little clearer for her.

  “Baby girl,” I whispered and then leaned down and kissed her nose. “Trust me, things have changed.”

  Her mouth made the perfect ‘O’ as she looked surprised at my actions, with a grin I looked at Fin who had turned and was walking toward us and I saw the hungry look in his eyes and I nodded and looked back at Brooklyn.

  “What?” she whispered and I leaned forward a little.

  “Let me show you,” I said softly and then took her mouth. Damn the sizzle I felt when our lips touched was like nothing I had ever felt with a woman. She was perfect, and I knew right then. She was made for us.

  Kissing her softly I heard her make a noise and then I felt Fin who had come up close behind her. Yeah, she should be getting the picture right about now. I deepened my kiss with her, slowly tracing her lips with my tongue and then running it along the seam, willing her to open her mouth to me.

  Fin must have done something because she gasped and it opened her lips, perfection was the only word I could think of. She was sweet, tentative, and I wanted her more than any woman I had ever been with.

  Brooklyn

  Okay, what was going on? Seriously? I must be dreaming right now, because Fin O’Malley kissed me just a few minutes ago, and now Anthony Roark was kissing me as well. I really expected someone from that dumb show called Punked to jump out and yell right now, ‘cause there was no way this should be happening.

  My mind went blank, especially when I felt Fin come up behind me and run a hand down the back of my hair and continue to touch me down my back until his hands rested on my hips. Wow.

  Then Fin leaned in and kissed my neck and I couldn’t help it, I gasped and Tony took that moment to plunge into my mouth with a ravaging kiss, which I could only say was branding. Holy shit, I would never kiss another man again and not think of this moment. They had ruined me for anyone else.

  I felt them surrounding me, consuming me, and seriously, I knew if they asked me to I would do anything they wanted, just so I would have this memory. I knew deep in my heart they were just being kind, I mean they didn’t really want me, they were responding to the obvious needy feelings I was projecting. Heck, my mom was shot, I needed comfort, right?

  Tony pulled back and I kept my eyes closed, wanting to hold onto the moment as long as I could.

  “Baby?” Fin whispered in my ear and I moaned. They were good.

  “What?” I whispered back.

  “Can you open your eyes, baby,” Fin said.

  I slowly opened them and saw Tony staring at me intently and Fin had moved around so I could see him as well. They looked like they were waiting for me to freak out. What do you say in this situation, I was kissed by two men in a short period of time, and they were best friends? Shit, I WAS KISSED BY TWO MEN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND THEY WERE BEST FRIENDS! What was I thinking? They must think I am a slut, oh my God, was I? Was I a slut because this had not even occurred to me when Fin kissed me in front of Tony or when Tony kissed me in front of Fin. I hadn’t even questioned it because it had felt, well natural, like kissing them in front of each other was a normal occurrence. What was wrong with me? I looked at them with a surprised look and put my hand to my mouth, shit, I needed to get away.

  “Uh,” I stammered. “I, uh, need to go. Yeah, I need to go to bed now. Thanks for dinner and everything. I will see you in the morning,” I squeaked and then turned and ran. Hell yes I ran, ‘cause I was a good girl, I was totally not a slut. But no one would believe me now.

  I made it to the stairs before I heard first Fin and then Tony yell.

  “Brooklyn, wait!”

  I didn’t stop, I just moved up the stairs, down the hall, and right into the room they had shown me earlier that was mine. I slammed the door and turned the lock before I even took a breath. Holy hell, what was I doing? I thought as I backed away from the door. I heard both men running down the hall and then stop in front of my door. Please don’t knock, please don’t knock, I chanted to myself. Shit, they knocked on the door.

  “Brooklyn, baby, can you open the door?” Fin called.

  “Uh, no,” I called back. “I am getting ready for bed; you know I am so exhausted I don’t know what I was doing. I need to get some sleep and then, uh, tomorrow we can you know, forget this ever happened and go back to normal.”

  Yeah, yelling at them through a door with this lame excuse was totally normal. What the hell was wrong with me? Their kisses must have muddled my mind a little too much, that was it.

  Fin

  Tony grinned at me while we stood outside Brook’s door and listened to her panic. Damn it, we should have handled this better, but still, we had made our point, now we had to get her to settle down long enough to actually listen to us.

  “That could have gone better,” I whispered.

  Tony shook his head. “Nah, I think it went just right, we give her too long to think, she will make a ton of excuses.”

  I chuckled and then yelled, “Okay, baby girl, we will talk in the morning, yeah?”

  We heard her mumble something but then she yelled “Goodnight” with a desperate tone and I knew that we had given her something to think about.

  “Let’s go down and make our calls so tomorrow we can actually have that talk,” I said and Tony grinned and then nodded.

  “She is going to give us a run for our money,” Tony said.

  “Yeah, well we need to make sure while all this is going on, we are still figuring out who is behind this. We can’t afford to get distracted either,” I said.

  “How about this,” Tony said as we went down the stairs. “We just introduced the fact we want her together, and we know from the guys that we still need to make time for each of us to get to know her, and ease her into this slowly. I mean we threw that out there, and now we need to build the foundation. So in the morning, we tell her exactly what we want, and then we also explain that we want her to get used to us and feel comfortable with us alone as well before we go any further.”

  “So we kill two birds with one stone. One of us will always be with her, to get to know her and protect her, while the other works and then vice versa. That way everything is covered and we can accomplish two things at once,” I said thinking, when we reached the bottom of the stairs and walked into the study, Tony and I were already planning our attack.

  Chapter Twelve

  Brooklyn

  The sheet slid down my body at the same time the bed dipped on both sides, then the warmth encompassed me as Fin’s and Tony’s bodies sandwiched me in.

  “Baby girl, we couldn’t wait for the talk,” Tony whispered in my ear, then nibbled its lobe as he began kissing down my neck.

  “We thought it would be better to show you how we feel,” Fin said as his hand moved back and forth on my skin that was exposed between my sleep shirt and shorts.

  The two men had left me speechless. We were supposed to talk tomorrow and I was certain it was going to be about how they made a mistake and should never have kissed me. Now they were in my room, in my bed, touching me and the words wouldn’t come to ask what a
nd why. I tried to focus to tell them I understood but then Tony’s lips started down my neck and Fin’s hand pushed my shirt up. When the cool air hit my exposed breasts, I felt my nipples harden into peaks and I shivered. Then the warm breath hit my nipple just before it was sucked into the warm cavern of Fin’s mouth and whatever I had on my mind to say was suddenly unimportant as he began to lave one breast and then the other.

  “You are gorgeous, baby. And I can’t wait to see all of you, touch all of you,” Tony said as he pulled back and I felt the loss of his lips moving over my skin only to feel them return at my waist as he kissed the skin Fin had more than exposed when he pushed my shirt up. They rolled me to my back and if I thought their touches couldn’t ignite me anymore, I was wrong when Tony’s tongue laved the skin at the band of my shorts then dipped under then back only to work his way up my stomach to the breast currently unoccupied. My back arched off the bed when he latched on to its nipple and sucked it into his mouth while circling it with his tongue.

  Fin left my breast only to move his lips on an upward journey to my mouth and settling in as his lips took mine in a kiss that had me panting.

  “That’s it, sweetheart, let us love on you,” Fin said when he broke the kiss and moved his mouth slowly over my skin until he reached my breast again, tonguing around the hard bud before placing it between his teeth and biting down just hard enough to bring a shot of pain before his tongue was back taking the sting away and leaving nothing but pleasure running through my veins.

  Moans echoed in the distance and I realized they came from me and I forced my eyes open just as I felt my shorts and panties being slipped down my legs and off. Before I could protest, Fin lifted me, pulling my shirt the rest of the way up and over my head, leaving me laying naked with two sets of eyes running over my body, both sets filled with desire.