by Zoey Marcel
“The address on her license led her here,” Ivy told Kellan. “What further proof do you need?”
Bane folded his arms. “A little bit ago you said you were roommates, implying that Jade didn’t live with you anymore.”
Ivy looked like she wanted to kill him. “We had a falling out, but there’s no reason why we can’t be friends again.”
“What was the falling out over?” Kellan asked.
Ivy’s eyes flickered to Jade, seeming sad before a wall of protection shielded her thoughts from them. “It was personal, but it’s in the past. Obviously she never got around to changing the address on her license after she moved. I don’t know where you live now, Jade, but you’re welcome to stay here until you remember.”
“Or she could stay with us on the ranch,” Doc suggested. “We need a maid anyway. We’re tired of rotating nights of cooking and cleaning, and nobody can stomach Sawyer’s marshmallow surprise anymore.”
Kellan made a face. “Yeah, please come save us, Jade. I bet you’re an awesome cook. Hell, anybody’s cooking is better than Sawyer’s.”
Jade grinned but then shot a questioning look over at Bane.
He nodded. “You can stay with them, Jade. You’ll need a safe place to hide while I track him down.”
Ivy gave him an inquisitive look. “Track who down?”
“Jade’s ex. He tried to kill us when we were in Nevada,” Bane explained.
Ivy appeared concerned but not as surprised as Jade would have thought. “What were you guys doing in Nevada?”
“We were eloping to Vegas,” Bane explained.
Ivy pursed her lips. “I see.”
Doc glanced at Ivy and then at Jade before taking a drink from a flask he had on him. “What makes you think this man trying to kill her is the ex?”
Bane shrugged. “The things he said to Jade before he tried to kill her. Stuff like ‘did you really think I would just let you go?’ That and Jade recognized him.”
“Did she say his name?” Kellan asked.
Bane shook his head. “No, but that would have been really helpful if she had.”
Ivy rubbed her arm. “Well, you’re safe now. That’s all that matters. You should go with them, Jade. It sounds like you need protection. Where is this ranch you guys own?”
“It’s in Arizona. Do you know where Winchester is?” Kellan asked.
“The ghost town?”
“No, not that one. The small town close to Tucson.”
Ivy smiled. “Yeah, actually. It’s where my mama conceived me.”
He grinned. “No kidding. Do your parents still live there?”
“No. Well, my mom doesn’t, and I don’t know about my dad. I’ve never met him,” Ivy replied. “Do you guys mind if I come with you?”
The men looked surprised, but Jade was thrilled with the idea. “Yes, you should. It would be great to have another woman around. No offense, guys.”
They grunted, mumbled, and brushed off the inadvertent slur against them.
Ivy looked at each of their faces with uncertainty as if she feared they would reject her request to go along. “I won’t stay permanently. I just want to see Jade again, and it would be nice to see the town my mom got knocked up in.”
Kellan laughed. “Hell, yeah. I can already tell you’ll fit in just fine with this gang. I’m fine with it. Doc?”
Doc studied the two women for a second in silence. “I doubt it’s wise to reopen closed doors to the past, but some paths have to be traveled down before they’re abandoned.”
Kellan gave him a “dude, what the hell” kind of expression. “Wow. That was random and dramatic. I’ll take it as a yes.”
Doc nodded and took a swig from his ornate silver flask.
“You didn’t ask how I felt about her coming along,” Bane said with a hint of annoyance.
Kellan rolled his eyes. “I’m sorry. Bane, are you okay with Ivy coming along?”
Bane heaved a long sigh and pretended to weigh the decision heavily before he nodded. “Yeah, that’s fine.”
Jade squealed and threw her arms around Ivy. “This is so great! I’ll have a girlfriend. We’ll be like sisters.”
Ivy hugged her back and squeezed her tight. Her hand rubbed Jade’s back gently, and she thought that was sweet.
When Jade pulled back, she saw Doc eying them with a thoughtful expression. “Yes, just like sisters.”
Chapter Thirteen
His divine lady of worship was on the move. He had placed a chip under her skin one night when she was sleeping. He had drugged her beverage first to make certain she would not awaken during the procedure.
The only way to protect her with his existence was to follow her around and keep a close vigil on her with a microchip when missions detained him elsewhere. He would do anything to protect her glory unmatched, even by invading the ridiculous thing she referred to as her privacy. She did not need privacy. She needed to be protected from the outside world. She needed him, whether she realized it or not.
He would follow her and see where she was headed. It appeared she was heading east into Arizona. An interesting choice. What was her eminence up to? Perhaps she wanted to witness the great chasm that so many tourists visited the state to see every year. That must be it.
He would follow her regardless. What if someone sought to push her into the vast canyon? What if some male decided to have his way with her?
He cocked the hammer on his gun and clutched it like a psychopath. No male was going to have their way with the dulcet goddess of sexual desires but him. He would make damned sure of it.
* * * *
When they got back to the Brookses’ ranch, Kellan showed Ivy to the other guest bedroom, and afterward Jade chatted with her a little while they took a walk through the desert outside.
Around sunset, while Sawyer was at the club, Stetson was who knew where, and Ivy took a shower, Bane tiptoed into the room he and Jade would stay in together.
“You want to see your vibrator?” he asked with a playful grin.
“Yes, please.” Jade bounced onto the mattress on her knees and licked her lips when she saw the pink sex toy in his manly hand.
“Do you think you’ll need lubricant this time?” he asked as his brow furrowed in concern.
She elevated her butt, still resting on her knees, and guided his hand to cup the heated moisture coating her soft, warm folds of skin.
“Mm, I guess not.” He kissed the top of her head and helped to relieve her of her skimpy clothes. “Jade, you’re amazing.”
“I’m not as thin as Ivy.” She grimaced and wanted to smack herself. Why the hell would she bring up another woman’s body while in bed with a man?
Idiot! Now he’s going to be thinking about her and picturing how good she probably looks while we do it.
Bane appeared genuinely surprised. “Ivy’s nice looking, I guess, but she’s not my type.”
She blinked at him, thinking for sure he must be from space and not know what was considered beautiful here on Planet Earth. Perhaps he’d simply walked right out of one of her dreams. In that case, she hoped she never woke up from this lovely fantasy.
“But she’s model thin,” Jade pointed out. “Her stomach is perfectly flat, and she probably doesn’t even know what cellulite is.”
“Jade—”
“I mean, yeah, her boobs are a little on the small side, but with a body like that, who the hell cares?”
“Jade—”
“And she could always get a boob job if she wanted to.” Jade sighed. “Expensive, but a lot easier than being on the opposite end and trying to obtain physical perfection.”
He placed a hand on her arm. “Jade, listen—”
She became even more discouraged. “Of course then breasts shrink the more your body fat goes down. It’s a vicious cycle.”
“Jade, I’m trying to talk to you. If you’d just listen.”
“It’s okay, Bane. I know how it is.”
He grinned. “
I don’t think you do.”
“You men have it so easy. All that testosterone in you to stimulate the growth hormone. All you have to do is look at a dumbbell and eat a cheeseburger and you swell with muscle. We poor women work our asses off in the gym, live off yogurt and salads, and then decide it might be nice to have a bagel one morning and then bam we plump up like the fattened calves for slaughter in the Old Testament.” She shook her head, feeling a lump in her throat. “Do you think I want to be thought of as a cow, Bane?”
He stared at her. “Are you finished with your speech, senator?”
“Yeah.” She paused before having another thought. “And what’s wrong with cows anyway? Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. To a bull, a heifer is perfect. And I’m not fat.”
“I never said you were.”
“Well, good. I’ll have you know I go to the gym. At least I assume I do since I have some muscle tone. It’s probably not every day, but sometimes I have to have a life, damn it. I mean, working out is important for your health and everything, and it helps you look and feel better, but if I spent all my time sweating in a gym, then I wouldn’t ever get to fix myself up and get other things done.”
“Jade—”
“Of course I should probably work out more. Should I join a gym here or wait until I go back to California? What do you think?”
“For Christ’s sake, shut up!”
His response caught her off guard. “Geez, sorry I asked.”
Bane took her hand and her heart softened. “I don’t even know where to begin with that drawn-out speech. Ivy’s a looker, but, Jade, you’re all I ever wanted, inside and out. No one even comes close to you for me.”
Jade smiled and brushed his face, enjoying the soft tickle of stubble against her palm. “Thank you. That means a lot. Sometimes I wonder if you’re even real. I can’t remember, but I’m sure no one was ever as good to me as you are.”
He gave her a loving smile before treating her to the dizzying magic of one of his slow, feeling kisses. She reluctantly broke it, but only for the sake of pulling his shirt off over his head so she could look at his fine, muscled chest.
“Pants off.” She didn’t wait for a response as she unzipped his fly and helped them down his legs.
He grinned and stopped her when she went for his briefs. “You’d better leave those on for now, or I might just end up attacking you before you ever even get a chance to play with your new toy.”
She lay back on the bed, trembling with anticipation as he slipped the vaginal portion up into the slick heat of her pussy. She flinched at the awkward shove and then groaned with exhilaration at the feeling of fullness the dildo provided.
Bane turned it on the lowest setting to start with and played with her hair while the vibrator pleasured both her clitoris and her G-spot. What a perfectly lovely invention.
“Does that feel good, sweetheart?”
“So good.” She moaned when he turned the speed up. The little finger flitting at her clit reminded her of the rapid fluttering of a hummingbird’s wings, and the way the dildo rotated inside her in a nice circular fuck felt divine.
His attractive face lit up when he saw the trickles of moisture rolling slowly down her inner thighs the longer the stimulation continued. “You’re absolutely soaked. I love it.”
“Will you fuck me after this? I need it.” Her ragged tone came out like a plea for ecstasy, and it made her nearly oblivious with pleasure.
He gently rubbed his nose against hers. “Absolutely.”
Jade felt the pressure building on her sweet spot, and her clit throbbed and tingled beneath the fervent buzzing that plagued it like a relentless bee pollinating a flower. Oh yes, she would most definitely surrender her pollen for the wicked little bee.
“Are you coming, Jade?” he asked in a hushed timbre made of erotic fire.
“Yes,” she whispered, tensing when the end neared. “Oh, Bane, I’m coming!”
She convulsed wildly against the mattress as a powerful orgasm came crashing into her and stripped away all rhyme and reason. Swells of hot and cold pleasure rolled through Jade, and her womb clenched and trembled with delight at the wonder of every carnal sensation that smote her.
“Holy shit, Jade,” Bane exclaimed through a conquered exhale. “I almost came just from watching you.”
She offered him a wide grin and shivered violently as she came down from the intense high he’d taken her to. “That was incredible. Please fuck me. I need your cock right now.”
Bane picked up his cell phone and started texting.
What the fuck? Was he done with her now? He hadn’t even come yet. That hardly made sense.
“Hello, Bane?” She set the exalted toy aside and waved a hand in front of his face. “Are you still with me?”
“Yeah, I was just texting Kellan.”
She arched an eyebrow at this, feeling her insides twist in a euphoric knot at the mention of Kellan’s name. “Why?”
“Because you and I are going to have a four-way with them.” He quickly pulled his shirt back on but left his pants off just as the door opened.
Doc and Kellan walked in and shut it behind them.
Doc locked it, seeming to relax once he knew they were safe in here and no one would walk in on them. “Good evening, darlin’.”
Jade sat up, feeling the lunatic thumping in her chest as her nipples tightened and elongated toward the sexy cowboys she needed in bed with her this instant. “I don’t understand. I thought you didn’t want me to have sex with other guys.”
Bane sat down next to her on the bed with a serious, unmoved air about him. He seemed like he might be attempting to tamp down his former jealousy, or perhaps he had already found some way to conquer it.
He brushed her hair off her ear long enough to send a breathy, hot gust in it as he whispered to her, “I know they’re your mates, Jade. I sensed the mating heat when I came here the other day. If the roles were reversed, I’d hate to have some motherfucker deny me the person I knew I was always meant to be with. I can’t promise to let them enjoy you forever, but I might be able to stomach letting you have a casual one-night stand with them. Just promise me you won’t bite them, and I might be okay with it.”
He pulled back and watched her face for some sign of a response.
Jade swallowed and nodded. She didn’t like the idea of Bane being uncomfortable with the situation, but he handled it remarkably well. After biting Kellan, she had figured out that the insane urge to bite his brothers was an indication that they, too, were her mates. Exactly how many mates did one girl need?
Oh well, who the hell wanted to argue with the generosity of fate? Bane said it would only happen once. Then she should take this gift and enjoy this one night that he let her have with them. Afterward it would just be the two of them, but she was starting to see why she fell in love with Bane and could think of no better man to spend the rest of her life with.
Her heart felt a tiny stab of sadness when she glanced over at Kellan, who was undressing. Why couldn’t she have him, too? It was greedy, to be sure, but she couldn’t help how she felt. She didn’t want to lose him, and she sure as hell didn’t want to lose Bane, either.
Doc undressed as well. “Are you ready for us, darlin’?”
She winked at him and patted the bed. “I’m not sure. Care to find out?”
He grinned and carried a tube of lubricant with him. “You know I do.”
Bane took his underwear off but left his shirt on. He lay down on his back. “Straddle my face, sweetheart. I want to try something.”
Jade walked up his body, using her knees like feet on either side of him until she had her thighs spread wide open over his face. It was a little embarrassing to give a man a bird’s-eye view of her sex, but he seemed to enjoy said view, so she took a deep breath and relaxed.
His tongue lapped gently through her creamy folds, drawing a defeated groan from her. His guttural moan as he tongued her with delicate strokes made her crazy wi
th desire for him.
Doc sounded pleased from where he sat behind her. “An anal plug. Well, done, Bane.”
Bane gave him a thumbs-up as he continued to love all over Jade’s swollen, achy pussy. The way he dipped inside her and swirled his tongue in her cunt in a private invasion made her whimper helplessly as the juices flowed from her. They poured over his mouth and then her inner thighs when his tongue retreated to lick through her slick vulva.
Kellan stood on the side of the bed, kissing and sucking her neck gently while he rolled her left breast with his hand before lowering his head and latching onto a hard nipple with his steamy mouth. The wet, warm suction on her breast tissue sent her out of her mind.
Doc caressed her back with one hand while he fucked the butt plug with cautious thrusts into her ass. Forward and back he moved the thing, making her anus quiver and tighten with each agonizing sensation he stirred to life inside of her.
Having three sets of hands all over her body made her hot and bothered until she thought she might scream from the nirvana of it all. The way Bane lashed at her plump, needy clit and laved her damp pussy had her reeling toward orgasm. Her soldier was learning fast.
She was close, but she needed more pressure to get off. He said he wanted her to tell him how to touch and please her, but would that really be appropriate in front of the other two men he’d invited into their bed?
Hardly. Jade took matters into her own hands and smashed her cunt against his face. His crazed moan combined with the firmer pressure on her nubbin was just the spike she needed.
Doc eased the anal plug out of her ass as her preorgasmic flutters commenced. He had the last inch out before she reached the crux of pleasure. She came hard and started to scream, but Kellan swallowed it down with a rough, demanding kiss to ensure their forbidden liaison remained a secret.
The tugs on her breast and the way Doc slapped her clenched ass hard a couple of times sent thrilling spurts of energy zinging throughout her entire body that ultimately fueled the raging fire consuming her pussy and engorged clit.
