Between Brothers: The Sacred Brotherhood Book IV

by A. J. Downey

  “What’s the word? Can I get in there?”

  “Carefully, and quietly. Don’t wake her up.”

  “Seriously?” I asked, a little surprised. I hadn’t expected that answer.

  He nodded, and jerked his chin to the other side of the bed, indicating I should get in behind her.

  “Just sleep,” he warned.

  “Don’t worry about it. I’m too tired to fuck.” I gripped my dick through my jeans and was already starting to get a semi. Yeah, fuck it… I really was too tired to fuck right now, but that didn’t negate any first thing in the morning action.

  “Shh!” Blue hissed at me and I froze from where I was hanging up my jacket and cut. I whipped my head around and scowled but damage was done. Looked like she was stirring.

  “Blue?” she murmured sleepily.

  “Shh, ‘sokay little one, go back to sleep,” he murmured and she nodded against his chest. She was draped along one half of my boy’s body artfully and it was hot.

  “Is that Cell?” she asked.

  “Yeah, darlin’; it’s me,” I said quietly.

  “Come to bed,” she muttered and I grinned.

  Nice work! I mouthed to Blue. He frowned at me and mouthed back, hurry up!

  I pulled my shirt over my head and dropped it among the wreckage of their clothes. I ditched the rest of my shit until I was nude and went around to the other side of the bed, lifting the blankets and scooting across until I was up against Hayley’s back.

  I wasn’t usually into cuddling and shit, but I’d been out at the bar and the ride back had been cold as fuck. She was warm and when my skin came in contact with hers she jumped and let out a petulant moan, writhing against me in a way that made me instantly hard.

  “Condom.” I ordered, even though I hated the things.

  Blue hesitated and Hayley murmured, “Give him one.”

  She’d gone very still between us both and I could see the pulse nearly jumping out of her skin at the base of her throat.

  Blue groped at the pile I’d seen at the bedside table and I could only assume that it was our primary form of birth control, which sucked, but knocking a bitch up would suck even more, so I could deal.

  I tore open the packet with my teeth and lifted the covers to roll it on. I looked at Blue over Hayley’s shoulder and he gave me a murderous look that said one thing… I’d better go fuckin’ easy or he’d be a pissy little bitch for the rest of the week.

  Hayley lucked out that I was tired, easy was all I had in me. I thrust a chin at Blue and he moved her leg a little higher up on his body. I rubbed my dick against her hot pussy and she gasped lightly.

  Sinking into her was hot. It was even hotter that she gave a little wiggle to get me in as deep as I could go. I put my hand on her shoulder and pressed her down to the root, shoving myself into her as savagely as I could muster from this awkward angle.

  She gave a throaty gasp and I thought to myself, hot damn… she’s gonna be a good lay.

  I pulled back and surged forward and she moaned. Her pussy was slick with want and I liked that. It was hot. Made it easier for me to get what I wanted. Blue had done a good job priming her up and he gave me another assist, reaching between them to play with her clit, which I couldn’t reach. Not that I really cared if she got off but it was always nice when a bitch came all over my dick. Added a new sensation. Bitches didn’t always come with me, but that was alright as long as they either sucked good dick or cried when I fucked them. If I couldn’t get either one of those, usually I did when I ass fucked them and Hayley had a really nice fucking ass.

  I’d be tapping that later. I even saw that Blue had grabbed more lube. The other bottle was in my room.

  I pumped in and out of Hayley, her breath coming ragged and uneven. Blue held her to him, an arm around her back, between us, which I didn’t care. I was here to get my rocks off, not cuddle. Would be bad enough I’d have to after I nutted up in the condom.

  I gripped her shoulder hard and thrust up into her harder to the point she cried out, half in pleasure half in worry or fear. That sound was music to my ears. She tightened up harder around me and I grunted. It was getting harder to push my way into her, but she was close. Blue and I made eye contact over her head and I nodded. He teased her clit and she fucking jerked against my body. I put an arm around her, across her chest, and pinched down on her nipple. A lot of bitches really fucking liked that when they were coming on me like Hayley was. Made their cooch do great things. Hayley wasn’t any exception to that rule.

  She gave a throaty, guttural moan and pressed her pussy down on my dick even more and I jerked myself, spilling deep inside her. I gave a satisfied grunt or two and let out a satisfied sigh.

  I was going to have fun testing her limits. A lot of fun. I smirked at Blue over her shoulder and he stared back at me.

  I told you so, he mouthed, followed by you better be careful.

  Yeah, yeah… or what?

  Chapter 16

  Blue

  Hayley was asleep, her back rising and falling gently in the morning light. Cell was awake on the other side of her, looking at her, the calculation back on his face and I was nervous. It was like he was on the fence and I was waiting for a final decision. Did he like it enough last night to want to keep her, or was he of the opinion to throw her back, like some fish he’d caught that wasn’t satisfying enough?

  “She’s got a pussy with a GI-Joe Kung-Fu grip,” he muttered and I tried not to laugh. She was laying on me, and laughing would wake her. Shit! I lost the battle and she stirred.

  “Morning,” Cell grated and Hayley inhaled sharply.

  She cuddled into my side a little more and I felt her lips curl into a smile against my skin. She kissed my chest and looked up looking like the cat who’d gotten the cream and said, “Good morning.” I could tell that Cell was pleased with Hayley and wanted to do more with her by what he said next.

  “Look at you shattering all those inhibitions.” He even sounded complimentary.

  I smiled to myself, the happiest I’d been for a while, and hugged Hayley against me, pleased when Cell grinned and nipped her shoulder before springing up into a sitting position. He scooted to the end of the bed and stood up. Lean muscles stretched and showed off to spectacular effect, leaving Hayley and me both staring with admiration. Cell had a great body, and one that he didn’t have to particularly work for outside of our day job.

  “You both want we should go again right now?” he asked and Hayley blushed, but didn’t look away.

  “I’m starving,” she said and Cell gave a crooked grin.

  “Well, get dressed. Sunday breakfast is probably still going on out there and we can spend the day together. Maybe go for a ride or something.”

  “My bike is back at Hayley’s,” I said.

  “Shit, yeah, I saw her cage out there when I came in last night.”

  “That’s okay,” Hayley piped up. “I mean, we can go get it. I can dress warmer…”

  “Yeah?” Cell asked, making sure.

  “Yeah.”

  He nodded and smiled, “Alright then.”

  We got dressed, and Hayley looked beautiful with her hair tousled by sleep and sex. I handed her a comb after running it through my own short hair and apologized that I didn’t have anything better. She smiled and laughed slightly.

  “Its fine,” she said and went to her down jacket, getting her hairclip out of her pocket. She stood in front of the dresser mirror and combed through her long hair patiently, before gathering it into a ponytail. I watched her, fixated, the way her sweatshirt hung artfully off one shoulder, the way she swept up her hair, the elegant line of her neck revealed…

  We’d shared something last night. Something deep and personal and I cherished it. I cherished her. I never wanted to let her go. I knew what this was. I’d felt it once before and I looked at Cell, the only other person I’d felt it for. He lifted one side of his mouth in a sardonic smile and shook his head at me. He knew. He knew, too, but
he also was letting me have this.

  Gratitude swamped me and I felt the urge to go to him and kiss him. I’d had that urge a time or two in the past when it’d come to him. Only tried the one time, the first time, and had had my ass beat for the trouble. Instead, I pulled the treasure that was Hayley into my arms. She looked up at me and smiled, a light of happiness in her eyes.

  I bent and kissed her, putting everything into it that I was feeling at that moment, pleased that I completely stole her breath away.

  I raised up so that I could see her face, and her eyes were closed, her body relaxed, and her expression one of concentration. As if she were committing the feel of my lips, this moment, to memory.

  She was so the right girl…

  “Hey, no way I can top that… I’ll get mine later.” Cell said, holding up his hands when Hayley turned to him. She smiled, and picked up her shoes, going to the bed to sit on its edge to put them on.

  I looked at Cell and he gave me a still look back. He wasn’t in the mood for contact that wasn’t on his terms today. I could respect that. Hayley, I worried, wouldn’t understand it. So, we had to work together to strike a balance, for now…

  Cell pulled his shirt over his head and down over his belt line and sat down to pull on his boots. I pulled on mine and we were just about out of here. I held out Hayley’s coat for her and she shrugged into it. I looped her scarf around her neck and pulled her in pecking her on the nose and she laughed.

  “Come on you two, I believe the lady mentioned she was starving and I’m not far behind her.” Cell tossed me my jacket and cut, his already on, and opened up my door, ushering us out into the hall with a wave of his hand. Hayley paused before going through and reached out, laying a hand along Cell’s face. He flinched slightly, but she didn’t take notice. I saw it though, a slight movement, a tightening of the muscles around his eyes, his jaw clenching slightly.

  “Thank you,” she murmured and he smiled, all charm and turned his face, pressing his mouth to the center of her palm and giving it a quick peck.

  “No problem,” he said and Hayley stepped past him the rest of the way. I gave him a nod and he gave one back and we went to breakfast. He even sucked it up and held her other hand as we walked from the barracks to the back door of the club.

  Chapter 17

  Hayley

  When we stepped into the back door of the club a peal of masculine laughter filtered down the hall from the front of the clubhouse and I froze. It was one thing to be with the two men I’d just been intimate with… safe, and cared for in their presence. It was another to face the potential judgment of their peers.

  “You’re cool, darlin’, just keep walking,” Cell urged.

  “There’s history here,” Blue murmured before coming around to face me.

  “What history?”

  I pursed my lips together and shook my head. I didn’t want to think about that now. Blue touched the side of my face, drawing his thumb down in a light caress and asked, “Do I have your permission to fill him in later?”

  I nodded. Yes, I would like that. Spare me from having to say it again. I knew it was a coward’s way, but sometimes it was better a small act of cowardice now than a larger act of cowardice when it really counted, so I allowed myself this small indulgence so that I could go in there with all those people looking at us and paste on a smile while the panic seized my guts and tried to steal my appetite.

  I took a deep breath and put my feet into motion and when I cleared the archway but the curtained glassed in room, it was to find a full house. Just about the entire club plus babies and children were here.

  “Hey!” Reaver crowed, “Was wondering when y’all were going to get out of bed.”

  I swallowed hard and pasted on a smile, quickly scanning the room for any looks of reproach or stares but all I found were legitimately carefree and friendly faces.

  “Get you some breakfast boys and girl,” Dragon grunted and stabbed his fork at the bar which was laid out with a veritable buffet of all things breakfast.

  Cell stepped around me and went up to it, handing me back a plate. I went the rest of the way into the room and took it, handing it to Blue behind me and taking the next one that Cell handed me.

  “Thank you,” I murmured.

  “You bet,” he said and started down the line, loading up his plate.

  We filled our plates with what we wanted to eat and I felt some of the unease and tension leave me with having a task in front of me to do. When I turned back around to follow Cell to a seat, no one was looking at us, all of them involved with their food and individual conversations.

  There were three seats open at a table with Dray and Everett and Cell took one. I went over and sat next to Everett and Blue pulled out a chair across from me. Everett was smiling and rubbing her baby bump and I couldn’t help myself.

  “When are you due?” I asked.

  “March, but I’m hoping he’ll take his sweet time coming out. I’m kind of crossing my fingers for a St. Patty’s day baby.”

  “He?” I asked and she grinned and moved a shiny piece of paper over to me to have a look, I could see a baby on the scan, but there was truthfully no telling what sex. At least not to my untrained eye.

  “Aww!”

  “I know! We’re so excited.”

  “I’m so happy for you!” I cried and dug into my food, cutting my syrup soaked pancakes with a fork.

  “You riding with us?” Dray asked and I pursed my lips.

  “Um, I don’t know… We hadn’t talked about it.”

  “Blue left his bike at Hayley’s last night like a dumbass.”

  “Mandatory ride.”

  “It’s only nine, and we don’t leave until eleven, right?” Cell asked.

  “Right.”

  “Then don’t worry about it, we’ll be here.”

  “Where are you going?”

  “It’s a charity run, getting toys and – ” Everett glared at Dray and he ducked his head. “Stuff together for charity for kids at Christmas. We go, we pick up, bring all of it back here and the ol’ ladies have a wrapping party. Wrapping all the gifts that were donated while some of the guys go buy more with the raised funds to bring back,” Dray finished.

  “So we can wrap some more. We could really use a gift wrapping hand around here.” Everett said with a smile.

  “Is there coffee involved?” I asked.

  “For you, absolutely. I still am off it. In fact, will you drink a cup for me and tell me how amazing it is? Mandy won’t.”

  I laughed, “Sure.”

  “Right, so food, back to your place for a change of clothes and Blue’s bike, and I guess our day is pretty much decided for us.”

  “You knew it was coming,” Dray said and Cell shrugged a shoulder.

  Blue blushed and said, “Kind of let myself get distracted and forgot all about it.”

  “That I believe,” Dray said with a wink.

  I blushed, but it wasn’t judgy or super uncomfortable. Just my usual shyness at work.

  I went home with Blue, Cell opting to stay behind and not cause any awkward if my dad happened to be out and about, which he was when we pulled into the driveway. Out back at the woodpile, chopping wood for the woodstove in the house. His typical autumn time chore before it got too miserably cold out to do it or started snowing.

  “Hi, pumpkin!” he called out and raised an eyebrow at me. He knew I was dating, but I hadn’t told him who. Now that he saw, I could see that he was less than happy, just as I suspected he would be.

  Thank god he didn’t know it was the both of them…

  “Hello Mr. Vannerly,” Blue said, marching forward with his hand out to shake it. I blinked in surprise at Blue for being so forward. I mean, that had never been his style before.

  “Hello there…”

  “Blue, they call me Blue.”

  “Got a real name, Blue?”

  “Joseph, sir. Joseph Barry.”

  “Ah huh, I see.”

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nbsp; “Daddy!” I admonished at his unenthusiastic tone.

  “Hayley,” he drawled evenly.

  “All due respect, sir. I wanted to say I appreciate you letting me see your daughter. She’s a fantastic human being and I respect her very much.” Blue said before my father could further embarrass me.

  My dad jiggled his axe in his hand and looked Blue over. My dad was not a small man. Wide in breadth of shoulders, he’d been a big, hardworking man my entire life and I loved him for it. He was also protective, which I couldn’t blame him for… he’d lost his wife, my mother and had already nearly lost me once… those aren’t things a man like my father got over quickly.

  “Ah, as much as I hate to admit it, my little girl is her own woman and does what she wants… she takes after her mother that way.”

  “Speaking of doing what I want,” I said with a wry twist of lips, “I need to grab a shower and change of clothes. I’m helping do some charity work today.”

  “Sounds like something you would do,” my dad leaned his axe against the stump he used as a chopping block and came over hugging me, and kissing the top of my head.

  Blue explained it while I slipped away and went up to deal with things. I quickly showered and went to my room to dress, checking on them both outside my second floor window overlooking the back yard.

  My dad and Blue both stood, arms crossed, breaths pluming in the cold talking back and forth. Blue leaned forward and laughed a little and nodded. I ducked back and pulled on a complete outfit that was both warm and comfortable enough for my Sunday that would be spent wrapping.

  I pulled my wet hair into a tight bun to avoid having to dry it, and blew some quick hot air onto my bangs just so I could style them before I went back downstairs, bursting out the back door with a “There, sorry! I didn’t mean to take so long.”

  “Not at all, I’ll follow you back to the club on the bike?”

  I nodded and went to my dad, putting a hand on his forearm and raising on tiptoe. He bent so I could kiss him on the cheek and grudgingly said, “Should have brought him around sooner to meet me.”