Dream Life
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“They’re on the move, boss.” Tiny stated the obvious.
“Yeah,” John murmured in response.
He and Tiny slid down in their seats just in case the four people glanced their way. “Go now,” John commanded when the truck was about five hundred yards away, the red tail lights still in view. He hadn’t wanted his second to move too soon and draw attention to them in case other people had seen them sitting in the vehicle. Thankfully, no one had as far as he knew, but now Tiny needed to catch up so they didn’t lose the assholes. If they did, John could find out through their license plate. He’d also taken note of the make, model, and color of the truck as well as the gleaming sports roll bar on the back of the cab. He’d know that truck anywhere.
It shouldn’t be too hard to find it if they lost them.
* * * *
Danny glanced about the Athens library kitchen as he took in the red splattering the walls, ceiling and, pooling on the carpet.
He’d snuck into the library while the old bitch had been putting books back on the shelves and hidden in the men’s restroom. He’d peered out through the slightly open door as the cunt had turned most of the lights off, and when she’d gone into the room beyond the serving desk, he’d raced across the carpeted floor and stood just inside the doorway.
She’d gasped and placed a hand over her heart when she’d seen him. The slut had been so scared she’d started backing away from him.
Excited anticipation had surged through his blood, his body, pumping up his muscles with inhuman strength. He’d felt the power radiating to every corner of his frame. That voice had laughed in his head, urging him on.
“Where’s my sister?” Danny had asked as he stalked the cunt across the room. He hadn’t stopped until the bitch had bumped into the opposite wall. She glanced about fearfully, looking for a way to escape, but there was no way in hell he was letting her get away from her. She’d lied to him and needed to be punished for her sins.
“I-I don’t—”
Danny smirked as he slowly pulled the knife from the sheath he had clipped to his belt. His excitement grew when she began to tremble and pant for air, paling as the blood drained from her face when terror assailed her.
He stepped closer, caressing the back of the blade down over her neck toward her chest. When she lifted an arm as if to ward him off, he spun the blade in his hand and pressed the tip against her jugular. “Where’s my sister? If you tell me where she is, I’ll let you walk out of here alive.”
Danny was laughing on the inside with Gravelly Voice. His god was telling him what to say, and it was working. The gullible cunt actually believed his lie. She sighed with relief and lowered her hand back to her side. “She applied for a position as head librarian in a town called Slick Rock, Colorado.”
Ask if she got the job, Gravelly ordered.
“Did she get the job?” Danny asked.
“Y-yes.”
“Now that wasn’t so hard, was it?” Danny stared into her eyes and knew the second she realized she wasn’t getting out of her alive.
Power surged through him as he made the first slice, but he made sure not to cut her too deeply, too soon. There was no fun in killing too soon. She had to suffer in agony to pay for her sins before she was given the relief of death.
Danny shook his head as the whispering voices all began talking at once. The forgotten knife in his hand fell to the floor when he saw the dead bitch’s purse. He hurried across to the other side of the room, upended the contents on the table, rifling through her stuff. He snatched the wallet up, opened it, and took five hundred dollars stashed in a zipped side pocket. There were also two credit cards, which he grabbed and stuffed into his pockets.
He headed back to the men’s room, placing the money and credit cards on the counter, and stripped off. He wet his body with handfuls of water after washing the blood from his hands and then scrubbed his skin with paper towels. He dumped his dirty, blood-coated clothes in the trash, grabbed the plastic bag with a change of clothes in them, and got dressed. After collecting his hard-earned money and the credit cards, Danny exited the bathroom, hurrying toward the emergency fire exit. He didn’t want anyone seeing him leave the library and being able to give a description of him to the cops. Not that he cared. After he’d found somewhere to eat, he was going to find a way out of Athens, Ohio.
He was heading to Slick Rock, Colorado, ASAP.
* * * *
Tane woke with a smile on his face and his arms wrapped around Shyann, his front spooning her back. Her head was resting on his arm, and his other was around her waist. She’d fallen asleep in the truck last night on the way home, her head resting on Brigg’s shoulder.
Brigg was lying on her other side, his head resting on his hand, his elbow braced on the bed, staring at her with so much love in his eyes, even Tane couldn’t miss it. He wondered if he looked as sappy as his older brother. He mentally shrugged as he answered his own question. Probably. Tane didn’t care who or how many people knew he loved his woman. He yearned to tell her how he felt, too, but he wasn’t sure she was ready to hear any declarations yet.
Tane had seen her looking at each of them with love in her eyes when she thought they weren’t looking, but he wasn’t sure she realized or acknowledged what she felt for them herself.
She whimpered and moved restlessly, shoving the covers down before kicking them away. Tane was about to tighten his arms around her and whisper soothing nonsense into her ear, but she bolted upright. Her eyes popped open as she gasped in a breath, and then she screamed.
The sound ripped his heart in half. It was full of horror, pain, and grief. Tears rolled down her cheeks in two steady streams, her body trembling and swaying as if she was about to pass out, but Tane didn’t think she was even awake.
Her blue eyes were glazed over, and while she was staring straight ahead, he realized she wasn’t seeing anything that was in the room. She was locked in a nightmarish dream.
Raiden rushed into the room from his own bedroom. He shoved the door open so hard the handle hit the plaster wall, leaving a dent. He caught the door in his hand before it hit him in the face. Tane reached for Shyann at the same time Brigg did. Brigg beat him. His hands grasped her upper arms as he spoke. “Wake up, darlin’. You’re safe. No one is going to hurt you.”
Shyann was panting shallowly, struggling to get away from Brigg. She yanked her arm out of his clasp and swung at his face with a closed fist. Brigg caught her fist before it connected with his face, her flesh slapping against the palm of his brother’s hand.
“What the fuck?” Raiden asked, hurrying toward the bed.
“Nightmare,” Tane said as he shoved up to his knees. Shyann had also managed to get on her knees, her back was toward him, and she was still struggling to escape Brigg. He wrapped his arms around her shoulders. “Wake up, Shyann,” he said in a louder voice.
She somehow got out of his and Brigg’s hold, rolled toward the end of the bed, her feet kicking out as she fought her imaginary enemy. Tane’s breath left his lungs in an “oomph” when her heel slammed into his solar plexus.
“Fuck!” Brigg groaned, dropping to his side as her toes glanced over his balls. He cupped his groin, staring at Shyann with concern.
Raiden pinned her to the end of the mattress by covering her body with his, his hands cupping her face between his hands. “Shyann, wake up, now!” he shouted.
Shyann stilled, breathing heavily, and blinked her eyes. Tane sighed with relief when he realized she’d finally woken up. “Oh god,” she sobbed.
Raiden removed his hands from her face, wrapping his arms around her shoulders and waist before sitting them both up. He lifted her into his lap, hugging and rocking her as she cried her eyes out. Tane crawled down the bed until he was sitting next to his brother, rubbing her back, trying to give her comfort and soothe her.
Brigg rolled to his feet, walked to the end of the bed, knelt on the floor, and caressed her head and hair.
It felt like
she cried forever, but it couldn’t have been more than five minutes before her tears slowed and she hiccupped. Tane’s heart was aching in sympathy. He wished he could take her pain and grief away, but that wasn’t possible. He hoped that now they were in her lives, her sorrow would lessen.
“Shh, baby. You’re safe,” Raiden crooned.
“We won’t let anyone hurt you ever again, darlin’,” Brigg said.
“They’ll have to go through us to get to you, sweetness.” Tane squeezed her shoulder.
Shyann lifted her head from Raiden’s chest and met his gaze. “I’m sorry.”
Tane took her hand in his, lacing their finger together. He lifted it to his mouth, kissing the back of it. “You don’t have anything to be sorry for, sweetness.”
She shook her head, wiping the tears from her face with the back of her other hand. “I hurt you, didn’t I?”
“No, you didn’t.” Tane smiled. “It’d take a lot more than a kick to knock me on my ass, sweetheart.”
Shyann sighed with relief before turning to gaze at Brigg. “Are you okay?” She glanced toward his crotch.
“Yeah, darlin’. I’m good. Your little toes barely brushed against me.”
“Are you sure?” Shyann chewed on her lip, looking guilty and uncertain.
“I’m sure, darlin’.” Brigg shoved up higher onto his knees, leaning forward to place a soft kiss on her lips.
She gazed up at Raiden with a frown. “Did I try and hurt you?”
“No, baby. I was in my own bed when I heard you cry out in your sleep. I got here just as you fought off your enemies. I’m proud of you, Shyann.”
“You are?” Her eyes widened in surprise. “Why?”
“Because you didn’t give up.”
She shook her head. “There was no need for me to be fighting anyone. I hurt Brigg and Tane.” A sob escaped from between her lips, and she covered her mouth.
“No, you didn’t,” Tane and Brigg said simultaneously.
“Yeah, there was.” Raiden pulled her hand from her mouth, lacing their fingers together. He grasped her chin before she could look away. “It doesn’t matter that it was only a dream. You didn’t stop fighting. Remember that if you’re ever in trouble again. Okay?”
“Okay.” Shyann wrapped her arms around his waist, embracing him.
Tane was glad to see the guilt leaving her gorgeous blue eyes as she snuggled into his brother. Shyann was so fucking beautiful. Just breathing in her scent made his dick hard. In fact, just thinking about her turned him on. She didn’t have to even be in the same room. She was so damn sweet and innocent. Yet she wasn’t a pushover either. He loved it when she got all feisty and stood up to them if she didn’t like what they were saying. He had a feeling that there would never be any dull moments in their lives. That was, if she agreed to stay for the distant future. Life without Shyann in it wouldn’t be worth living. She meant that much to him.
She was every breath he took, every beat of his heart. She was the meaning of life for him, and he hoped to spend the rest of his life showing her just how important she was.
Shyann Bowler was his everything.
“You’re hungry.” Raiden smiled before kissing the top of her head. “I can hear your belly growling.”
Shyann blushed and smiled at the same time.
Tane loved that she was still able to show her emotions on her face. Not many women reddened anymore. Some of the women he’d seen prowling for a man in a nightclub, bar or other venue, seemed so hard. Those women always seemed to have hard determined glints in their eyes, but their woman was nothing like that. She had such a big heart. He just hoped it was big enough for him and his brothers to crawl into. He wanted her love so fucking much. He wanted to get down on bended knee and ask her to marry him and his brothers.
He didn’t care that he hadn’t known her for very long. He knew what was in his heart, and that was Shyann. Maybe the more time she was around them the more she’d come to care for them. At least that was his current dream. After that he wanted to have babies with her. It didn’t matter to him who fathered their children. Any kids they had would be all of theirs. He imagined how Shyann would look rounded with their child. His cock twitched, beginning to harden. With a sigh of resigned patience, he pushed his dreams aside. Shyann was the most important person in his world, and her needs came before his own, no matter what they were.
“Let me help you in the shower, sweetness.” Tane stood, holding his hand out to her. She clasped it as she slid off Raiden’s lap. “By the time we’re done, hopefully these two will have breakfast ready.”
Brigg and Raiden rose before heading toward the doorway. Brigg halted, glancing at Tane and Shyann. “Do you want anything in particular to eat, darlin’?”
“Pancakes? Do you have the ingredients and know how to make them?”
“Sure we do, baby,” Raiden said as he peered around the doorframe. “It should be ready but the time you and Tane have showered.”
“Thank you.”
Tane guided Shyann into the bathroom. He turned the water on, warming it up while she used the facilities before washing her hands and brushing her teeth. He stepped in under the water, smiling at her as she walked toward him. When she tugged the sleep shirt over her head, his breath stuttered in his throat, his cock began to engorge, and his heart raced inside his chest.
She was so fucking sexy, she took his breath away. All those svelte curves were making his hands itch. He wanted, needed to feel her soft, warm skin under his hands. He wanted to lift her into his arms, pin her against the wall, and fuck her until she screamed, but he could tell by the way she was walking that she was still tender from the previous day’s lovemaking. She’d taken all three of them, one after the other. She was such a passionate little thing. Not many women would have been eager to have sex with three men consecutively. That made him think that she was feeling more for him and his brothers than she was letting on.
Please, let her be falling in love with us.
Chapter Thirteen
Shyann couldn’t believe how turned on she was. She hadn’t had anyone wash her hair and body since she was a small girl but having Tane’s hands rubbing her all over, had her desire heating up with each caress. Her breasts were swollen, her nipples felt as hard as stone, and her clit was pulsing. Luckily, she was in the shower because she was so horny cream was dripping down the inside of her legs. Although from the way Tane’s gaze was heating up, she knew he could see her body’s response.
Once he was done bathing her, she grabbed the body wash and loofah from his hand. After rinsing the feminine scent from the sponge, she grabbed the other bottle of piney citrus gel, poured some onto the cloth, and began to wash his chest.
“Let me do that, sweetness.” Tane reached for the loofah, but she snatched it behind her.
“No. I want to do it.”
Tane groaned and closed his eyes. He lifted his lids, meeting her gaze again. “I don’t think that’s a good idea, sweetie. I’m so fucking hard I ache. I know you’re tender.”
Shyann pouted her bottom lip slightly and gave him what she hoped was a sad puppy-dog look.
Tane sighed, scrubbed a hand down his face, lifted his arms out to the side, and tilted his head back. “Have at it, sweetness.”
Shyann had to bite the inside of her cheek to stop the giggle forming in her chest from developing. She had every intention of putting Tane out of his misery, but he didn’t know that. Her mouth watered as she smoothed the sponge over all those gorgeous muscles, over his body, avoiding his groin, for now.
When she was mostly finished washing his front, she urged him to turn around so she could bathe his back. She gnawed on her lip as she skimmed the loofah over his shoulders, under his arms, back, and lower. He had such a sexy ass, she couldn’t help but linger as she washed his glutes. When she’d finally finished torturing them both, she got him to face her again. After squirting more gel onto the loofah, she took her time washing his cock and balls.
She stared at the ruddy head, admiring his cock while she began to pump her hand up and down his shaft. She’d never thought a penis was anything much to look at before, but she’d only ever seen them in pictures. She hadn’t even gotten to see her ex’s cock. Now that she’d seen Raiden’s, Brigg’s, and Tane’s cock in all their naked glory, she changed her mind. Their dicks were beautiful.
Tane gripped the hair at the back of her head, lowering his gaze to hers. She blinked the water from her eyes as she glanced up at him. His was clenching his jaw so tightly she could see the muscles on either side flexing. He growled as his fingers tightened in her hair. “I don’t think—”
Shyann didn’t give him a chance to finish whatever he was about to say or tug her away from his cock. She leaned forward and licked over the head of his dick. He groaned, his lips parting as he sucked in fast breaths.
Shyann swirled her tongue around the head of his cock, and when she felt the muscles in his thigh twitch, she realized she was bracing her hand on his leg. She licked the underside of his dick, and again his quadricep flexed. Deciding she’d found a sweet spot on him, she opened wide, sucking his cock into her mouth, and rubbed her tongue over that spot again, and again, all the while pumping her hand up and down his erection.
“Fuck, sweetness. Your mouth feels amazing,” he rasped out. Tane wrapped his hand over the top of hers, tightening their grip, and began to show her how he liked to be stroked. She moaned when her pussy clenched, sending juices out onto her folds. She was so turned on she wanted Tane to make love to her, but she was still a little too tender to have him fucking her pussy.