FightforLove

by Samantha Kane

  “Both of us,” Devlin said.

  Her heart did a little leap in her chest and she starting tingling from head to foot. “Yes,” she said. “All right. Please.” God, she didn’t know what she was saying. She clamped her mouth shut.

  “Are you sure?” Thom asked. His tone implied he knew what Devlin meant.

  “I said so, didn’t I?” she asked with a shaky smile. “Three times, I think.”

  “Make sure, Kitty,” Devlin said with uncharacteristic hesitation. “We’ve never done that.”

  “I have,” she said. “But not because I wanted to. Tonight I want to. I can’t think of anything I want more than both of you inside me. It’s perfect, this first time we’re all together.”

  To their credit, neither man flinched at her revelation. “I want that too,” Thom said in his quiet, intense way. Then he smiled that boyish smile, full of mischief. “You said we’d all fuck, Devlin. You can’t back out now.”

  Devlin smiled and Kitty had to catch her breath at the wicked intent in that smile. Thom squeezed her leg tightly and she knew he saw it, too.

  “I won’t back out until I’m damn well done fucking her gorgeous backside,” he drawled.

  Thom groaned and closed his eyes and his hand tightened on her leg almost painfully. She didn’t mind. It kept her from nearly swooning at the mere thought of what Devlin was going to do, with Thom. “You’d better fuck me damn well,” she warned. “Or you’ll hear about it.”

  Devlin looked offended. “I’ve never done less, have I?” he asked arrogantly.

  Kitty smiled with almost as much wicked intent as Devlin. “Not yet,” she admitted.

  “Never,” Devlin swore.

  “I…I don’t know exactly how we’re to do that.” Thom’s voice was a little breathless and gravelly and Kitty shivered.

  “You on the bottom,” Devlin ordered. “On your back. Kitty rides you. I fuck her behind. Simple.”

  Thom’s laughter was a bit wild. “Of course. Simple.” He reached out a hand to Kitty. “Up, you. I’m to take your place apparently.”

  Kitty grabbed his hand and sat up so that she was pressed chest to chest against him. “I can’t wait to have you inside me,” she whispered, staring at his mouth. He was the most wonderful kisser, as if he’d never kissed a woman before and was mesmerized by it. It made her feel special and desired. Devlin’s kisses overpowered her with need and hunger and desire. Thom’s kisses worshiped. She loved both kinds of kisses.

  “You say the most delightful things,” Thom whispered back right before he kissed her gently. His tongue caressed her upper lip and slipped inside her mouth to slowly dance around her tongue. He sucked on it gently and she moaned, collapsing in his arms so that only his arms held her upright. He broke the kiss with a little nibble on her lower lip. “I love kissing you,” he told her, rubbing his lips against hers.

  “Yes,” she said, sounding like a besotted idiot and not caring.

  “Damn it,” Devlin growled, “lie down so we can fuck. I can’t wait much longer.”

  Both Kitty and Thom laughed, their breath mingling in the tiny little space between them. It was so intimate that Kitty had a catch in her chest and her eyes filled with tears. She pushed out of Thom’s arms before he saw what a ninny she was. “Yes,” she said, clearing her throat. “Let’s fuck.”

  “That’s my girl,” Devlin said approvingly.

  “Our girl,” Thom said firmly. “Ours.”

  Kitty turned her head quickly and met Thom’s intent gaze. There was a question there, a vulnerability that he didn’t try to hide. Before she could answer, Devlin said, “Yes, ours. She’s been yours as much as mine for years. It just took you a while to figure that out.” She smiled. Trust Devlin to state the plain truth. It was obviously what Thom needed. He nodded and then just lay down where she’d been moments ago.

  Kitty didn’t waste any time straddling him. When Devlin was ready to fuck, he was ready. If she didn’t go fast enough to suit him he’d start tossing her around and doing it for her. She reached between her legs and took hold of Thom’s cock. It was hard again, and her sex clenched just thinking about how good it would feel. “This,” she said. “I want this.”

  “It’s yours,” Thom said with a smile.

  Kitty rubbed the head against her cunt and shivered at the feeling. Thom sucked in an unsteady breath beneath her. She felt the bed move and then Devlin’s hands were on her shoulders. “Take it,” he whispered in her ear, making her shiver again. “Put it inside you, Kitten. Fuck him.”

  Thom’s hands caressed the tops of her thighs as she slowly lowered herself onto his cock. She bit her lip to stifle a whimper. He was so big and it felt so incredibly good. Thom’s hands slid up to her hips and he clutched her, his fingers digging into her muscles. She fought his hold and pressed down farther.

  “Kitty,” he said through clenched teeth. He blew out a breath and took a deep breath and then repeated it. It was obvious he was trying not to come too soon.

  “Don’t you fucking dare,” Devlin growled from behind her. “You will wait until I’m inside her too. Do you hear me?”

  Thom nodded and swallowed. “Yes,” he said. He took another deep breath. “I’m fine.”

  “You better be,” Devlin said. “Because I want to feel that hard cock inside her when we’re fucking her together.”

  “I’m not going to be fine,” Thom said between clenched teeth as his hold on her hips once again tightened, “if you keep talking that way.”

  Devlin chuckled into her ear. “I know,” he said, and she could hear the deviltry in his voice.

  She couldn’t make light of it. “Stop, Dev,” she begged, finally letting out a little whimper as she took the last inch of Thom inside. “Don’t ruin it for me,” she said. “I want this.”

  Devlin rubbed her arms softly. “I won’t, Kitten,” he said, using that sweet, old nickname for her again. He hadn’t called her that in ages. She leaned her head back on his shoulder and he kissed her cheek. “I’ll make it last,” he promised in a whisper.

  Kitty couldn’t speak as Thom jerked his hips beneath her, a short sharp burst of pleasure stealing her voice as his cock rubbed her everywhere inside. Devlin seemed to understand and pushed her forward with a hand between her shoulder blades. “Down,” he ordered. She obeyed.

  A moment later she felt Devlin’s finger, slick and cool, slip inside her bottom. She opened herself to him as she’d learned all those years ago. But this was an opening of her heart as well as her body. Devlin had been here before, but not like this, not with Thom. It was a completion that she’d dreamed of, the closing of the circle, the beginning of everything that was to come for them. She leaned her face into Thom’s neck and bit his salty skin and he moaned and thrust into her again.

  Devlin slapped Thom’s hip. “None of that,” he said harshly. “Not until I’m inside her too. We don’t want to hurt her.”

  It wasn’t long before Devlin was pressing his cock against her entrance. When he breached her, she couldn’t contain her cry of ecstasy at the contrary pleasure-pain of it. It was more intense than she’d imagined, just more in every way.

  “Kitty, Kitty, Kitty,” Thom chanted, just as he had when he’d had the dreams. But this time it had a different quality to it, a breathless excitement that made her nipples hard and her channel tight.

  Devlin cursed and pushed harder, sliding steadily in until she felt his pubic hair against her bottom and she knew he was in all the way. She’d never felt so full, so loved, so desired and so complete. The three of them froze like that for endless minutes, their harsh breathing the only sound in the room.

  “Now,” Devlin practically snarled. He pulled Kitty up, his hands over Thom’s. The glide of Thom’s cock was sweet torture. She could feel both men inside her, and Devlin’s cock made her channel so tight that Thom hit every sweet spot she had. She moaned and sobbed and knew she wasn’t going to be able to speak through it. She simply couldn’t find words.

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bsp; “Now down,” Devlin ordered Thom. As he slid back inside, Devlin pulled out. It was decadent and so arousing Kitty shuddered with the first pulse of intense pleasure that was a precursor to a climax. She knew in just a few more thrusts she’d fall over that edge, and for the first time she was a little frightened of it because she knew it would be more than she’d ever felt before.

  “God, yes, Devlin,” Thom said, and Kitty could hear the awe in his voice. He was right, it felt that good. Thom easily fell into a steady rhythm with Devlin, as if they’d done this together a thousand times. But they hadn’t, and Kitty was overwhelmed with emotion as she realized this would be the first of many times.

  She cried out as her climax hit with blinding intensity. Her entire body convulsed and she began to shake. Thom grabbed her hands in his and thrust inside her and then he, too, was shouting and she felt the pulse of his climax, and it was good, so good, and her pleasure seemed to go on and on and on. Then Devlin bit her shoulder and growled and she felt the same pulse in her behind and she couldn’t have stopped the tears if she’d tried. She had them both, at last.

  Devlin pulled out of Kitty, hardly able to breathe. It had been as amazing as he’d known it would be, sharing her with Thom. He lay down on the bed, not sure his legs could hold him at that moment if he tried to get up. Running a shaking hand over his face, he tried to imagine never having that again, and the thought made him feel sick. But that was the way it needed to be. He’d brought them together. It was time for him to start pulling away. Without a word he got up and went to fetch a damp cloth to clean Kitty. He turned back to the bed to see Kitty curled up in Thom’s arms as he kissed and soothed her, petting her back and nuzzling her hair. This was how Devlin would remember them. They were so fucking perfect together it broke his heart into a million pieces. But he wasn’t going to say anything tonight. He was going to be a selfish bastard and sleep in that bed with them. Tomorrow was soon enough to begin his stark and lonely future.

  Chapter Nineteen

  “Where are you going?” Thom asked quietly, trying not to wake Kitty. She lay in an exhausted heap in his arms. The sky outside was still dark, so they couldn’t have slept long.

  “Work.” Devlin’s answer was curt but not sharp. Just matter-of-fact, very Devlin, Thom was beginning to learn.

  “Why so early?” He felt an undercurrent in the room that he didn’t like. Something was going on. But how was he supposed to get Devlin to tell him? In spite of the fact they’d been intimate, with one another and with Kitty, he still didn’t know him that well. There was a part of him that felt as if he’d known him forever, that he’d been waiting for Devlin to come and get him. Foolish notions, as Devlin had said last night. But the logical side of him said to tread with caution. Devlin was a closed door this morning, and most likely wouldn’t take well to Thom trying to pry him open.

  “Things to do,” Devlin said. No explanation followed.

  Thom sighed. “Are you going to tell me what’s going on or do I have to guess?”

  “Nothing.” Another answer that wasn’t an actual answer.

  Kitty murmured in her sleep and Thom snuggled a little closer and kissed her temple and she began to snore softly. He smiled and then looked up to share it with Devlin. Devlin was staring at them. Thom knew he was thinking something, but he had no idea what.

  “Regrets?” Thom asked. His stomach churned at the thought that Devlin wasn’t as thrilled with last night now that morning had struck.

  “I don’t have time for regrets,” Devlin said. Now he sounded sharp. “I do as I please, when I please. No regrets. More foolish notions meant for gentlemen, not for me.”

  “I see,” Thom said, not sure how to respond to that accusation. “Then I suppose I’m not much of a gentleman myself. I haven’t any regrets about last night, either.”

  Devlin snorted. “You wouldn’t even know how to stop being a gentleman if your life depended on it.”

  “That sounded suspiciously like a criticism.”

  “It was.”

  Well, that didn’t hurt. Much. “I’m sorry my gentleman status offends you.”

  “Quiet,” Kitty mumbled. “Sleep.”

  Thom started to say something, but Devlin put his finger to his lips and he immediately closed his mouth. Devlin grinned, clearly satisfied with Thom’s obedience. He adjusted his cravat in the mirror and turned and walked to the bedroom door without another word or look. But he stopped at the door as if he’d run into a wall. He stood there, his back to Thom, for about a minute. Thom was silently wishing him back, wanting silly things, like a kiss goodbye. He was turning into a woman, or at least a foolish gentleman.

  Devlin spun back around, his face a thundercloud. Then he marched back to the bed and drove his fingers into Thom’s hair. He twisted his head and gave him what he wanted. The kiss was dominating, heated, ferocious. Thom couldn’t keep up. He could only lie there, holding Kitty, his mouth open and accepting as Devlin ravaged it. Devlin broke off the kiss as abruptly as he’d started it, letting go of Thom’s hair. Then he turned and this time didn’t stop as he marched out. Thom heard the outer door close quietly. It was some time before he could settle his spinning head and go back to sleep.

  “What the hell are you doing here?” Rufus asked gruffly, standing in the door to Dev’s office looking shocked.

  “I still own it, don’t I?” Dev growled. He had a feeling he’d be growling at everyone all day. Every day. Forever.

  “You do,” Rufus agreed. “But you’ve also set it up so that other people can run it when you’ve got other things to do. Or people to do. Whatever.” Rufus grinned lasciviously.

  “Shut up.” Dev put his aching head in his hands. He should have slept more. But since he hadn’t been sleeping at all for lying there feeling sorry for himself and planning his departure from Kitty’s life, it had seemed like work was a better idea.

  “I know that look,” Rufus said with a sigh. He sat down in the chair across from Dev. “You don’t do stupid things very often, but when you do you look like that. What’ve you done now?”

  “When did you become my mother?” Dev asked, sitting back in his chair and glowering at Rufus.

  “Oh God, is it that bad?” Rufus said with a grimace. “Refusing to talk about it. That’s sign number two.”

  “Kitty and Peters are going to be married.” Dev tried the words in his mouth for the first time. He wanted to spit them out as soon as he said them.

  “What?” Rufus looked dumbfounded. “But you and Kitty…I mean, we all just assumed.” He got himself together. “When?” he asked grimly.

  “Does it matter?”

  “Yes. That way I know when I have to take you out and get you rip-roaring drunk and fucked good and proper.”

  Dev laughed harshly at Rufus’ solution to every problem. “I don’t think that will work, so don’t plan anything elaborate.”

  “You didn’t answer my question,” Rufus insisted. “When?”

  “I don’t know,” Dev admitted. “They haven’t actually said they are, but I know he loves her and she’s been in love with him for years. Now that they’re…together, it’s only a matter of time.”

  “Ah.” Rufus closed one eye and gave him an assessing stare.

  “What?” he finally asked in exasperation after about a minute of that torture.

  “Want me to kill him for you?” Rufus asked, as if he were asking about the weather. “Solve the problem.”

  “What? No! Are you mad?” Dev scooted closer to the desk and pointed at Rufus. “Do not kill him. Do you hear me? Do not.” He knew Rufus, and that was his next favorite solution to most problems if drinking and fucking didn’t work. “I need to hear you say you understand and you won’t kill him. You’re not to harm a hair on his head.”

  “Ah,” Rufus said nodding with a knowing expression on his face.

  Dev couldn’t stand it. “’Ah’ what?” he asked.

  “It’s that way, is it?” Rufus said. “I knew it, the mome
nt we went in that office and you nearly killed that prick who was trying to fuck him.” He kept nodding. “Knew it. You’ve gone and gotten mixed up with him, too.”

  “I didn’t nearly kill anyone,” Dev denied. “And I’m only mixed up with him because I haven’t had time to unmix myself with Kitty yet. But I will.”

  “Playing the martyr, are you?” Rufus said. He closed that one eye again and touched the end of his nose before pointing at Dev. “Smart. They’ll come running to you, mark my words. Play hard to get.”

  “I don’t want them to come running,” Dev said flatly. “This is for the best, and you know it. This is no life for Kitty or for someone as soft as Thom. They’ll be well rid of me. And we’re going to leave it that way.” Rufus started to say something but Dev slashed his hand. “Leave it,” he said again. “Now, tell me what’s going on with Kruger? Did you send Tim and Little John after that dustup the other night?”

  Rufus nodded. “Yes. They found the stash in a little warehouse in Holborn. Confiscated it and burned the warehouse down. Kruger’s been quiet for the last couple of days. But he’s up to something. First he kills Mack and Eddy and then he steals our shipment. You don’t do something like that unless you have big plans.”

  Dev nodded. “Agreed. We need to snatch one of his men and get them to talk.” He waved Rufus out the door. “Do it.”

  Kitty sipped her tea and watched Thom wiping the crumbs off the counter as he stared out the window. He wasn’t used to Devlin’s ways yet. He’d taken Devlin’s early departure personally. She sighed. This was going to be harder than she’d thought. She searched for something to say to him that would make everything better and came up blank. “He just had to work,” she said, feeling very inadequate. “There are things happening, I don’t know what, and I don’t want to know. But he’s worried. He won’t stop worrying until he fixes it.”

  Thom turned to face her and leaned against the counter. “Does he have to fix everything?”