Their antics are helping me to overcome whatever lingering fear I might've had because in the real world I should be hiding away somewhere afraid to leave the house. And at night, when I'm in bed with Quinn, after he's melted my bones, and I drift off to sleep with his scent in my nose and the feel of his strong capable arms wrapped protectively around me, his whispered 'I love yous' makes me feel like anything is possible. I feel like I'm living in a dream and we haven't even touched the surface of anything resembling a relationship yet. But somehow I feel in my very core that this is real. Each time I have a doubt I only have to turn to any one of the women here for some reassurance. Their own story gives me hope, especially Kat, whose relationship is the oldest. I watch the men with their women and can see the love and adoration with my own two eyes, my daddy taught me how to read people. And if all these couples were lying they should be on a Broadway st
It was easier to fight my own feelings when it was just me, but if she wants me too... "Go back inside baby it's chilly out here." And you're not wearing nearly enough. I hadn't said anything earlier because I didn't want to start an all out war, but just who the fuck had given her the little number she was wearing? I knew the short flouncy skirt with the camisole top wasn't hers. Probably Susie's. One that Cord hadn't destroyed yet. I'll be sure to help him burn the shit as soon as we get back. Instead of following my order and returning to the others, she came and stood beside me, looking out over the moonlit water. "Devon, are you mad at me?" "No baby I'm not mad at you, I just...." Send her away Devon, it's for her own good. Instead of following my mind I turned to her, looking down at her amazing face. There was so much feeling in her eyes, such vulnerability. I moved in closer and lifted my hand to her sassy ponytail and her hand
"We've got to stop baby." My dick was too hard and I was just at the point of no return. Wrong fucking place and time. "Just one more Devon please." She kissed like someone who'd never done it before and her naivety just drew me in even more. But the strange thing was, as much as I wanted her, I wanted to take my time with her. I want to show her all the ways I can love her. The idea gave me such a rush. Days spent teaching her all about lovemaking, holding hands as we walked on the beach. And when we get back home, my home, which she'd never seen, we'd spend all our nights together, wrapped in each other's arms. I was weaving dreams in my head like one of Tyler's bitch made skells but didn't care. From the very first time I saw her I knew need and want. She was the first woman to ever make me want more with her and somehow I knew she would be the last. The fact that she was willing to give herself to me only heightened my senses and I p
But there was always something missing. Except with my brother Track. From a very young age he's been my little protector. He's the first human being I loved unconditionally, until now. He never understood, never accepted the way my life was. Until him, I didn't know to question, because I knew no other way. The story I told Devon earlier is just one of the many ways in which my little brother had tried to change my life. While I stayed home all day getting my lessons through the computer, from disembodied voices of the men and women who taught me, he got to go off to school and meet people. He's the one who started bringing the outside world to me. My parents did their bit there too, but Track was the one who brought me video clips of real people, the kids he went to school with, his friends. He let me into his life in the most invasive way, sharing everything he could with the sister he loved and did not resent for making his life the disaster it wa
Now the fear isn't as strong because of him. I like the others too. I've learned what sort of men they are through the women. I also know they're very secretive because their women know nothing of my situation. I shared what I could with them without putting myself in danger, but in the end I don't know that much either. They didn't treat me like a freak the way I half expected, but instead drew me into their circle, like I was one of them, with one glaring difference. They each belonged to one of the men here, whereas I was...what am I? It was them who got the truth of my feelings for Devon out in the open because it was just that easy to talk to them, what with all their prodding. I tested out all the things I'd learned over the years on them and was never more excited than when I was able to come up with an answer for one of their issues, of which they seemed to have plenty and all surrounding their men. They're brave these women, brave and st
As soon as we got back to the island the women were rushed inside and the kids rounded up to make sure they were all in one piece. The night was still young since we'd ended it early so the women decided to settle down in their favorite room while the kids went back to what they were doing. The men headed up to the private room where Mancini made a call while the rest of us waited. "Nothing yet, but we have another problem; her brother." "Track, what about him?" I'd grown fond of the kid because of the stories she told me about him. Since I knew more about her story than she did, the fact that the kid had gone above and beyond to make her life better made my respect for him grow even more. "He's been digging his nose in again and he's getting too close. I don't think he understands the danger." "I'll talk to him." I should've thought of it once we realized what the kid was up to, but I figured since his sister was safe with us he'd give up his quest.
"Damn, I thought the women were in the media room; bitch made motherfuckers. Listen, we have a business, the women have jobs and school. Once we send Khalil's ass to the hereafter, we'll go back to life. She's not going to be locked away brother, unless of course you don't get your head out of your ass and the old king drags her back to Saudi Arabia." "Tyler what the fuck?" "Well what do you think is going to happen if you hand her over to him? You'll never see her again I can tell you that much." "I've already decided that's not gonna happen." That was tantamount to me announcing to the room at large that she was mine. From the slaps on the shoulder and the congratulations I guess it didn't go right over their heads. "Welcome brother, now prepare yourself." "For what Lyon?" "To never have a moment's peace." "To sleeping with one eye open." "To losing your fucking mind." Everyone had something to say. "Okay I get it." I won
I almost fell over my damn feet in the sand. I tried to answer her but there was a frog in my throat, not to mention the python behind my zipper. "I don't think you're ready for that yet." "Why not?" "Why not? Because we just met and you need time to..." "But Kelly and Quinn had sex the first time they met." What the fuck! "Don't you want to have sex with me?" "Baby, haven't anyone ever talked to you about this?" "Uh-huh, the girls said it's one of the best parts of having a husband. Kat said every time Colton looks at her he mounts her." "Whoa, okay-okay-okay, baby, don't tell me anything else that the girls say okay." For fuck sake what the hell do these women be getting up to? "Well don't you?" "Don't I what?" "Want to have sex with me?" "Baby, Ariel...of course I want to have sex with you, but I don't think we should...you're not..." "I want to have sex with you, but only when you're ready."
*** "Stop being so nervous, everything is going to be fine." We were about an hour out from the wedding on the beach and she was the one reassuring me. I don't know why, but now that we were down to crunch time I have this fear that some shit is gonna go wrong. Maybe because I know that she's the best thing that ever happened to me. Or maybe it's because I still don't think I deserve her. Whatever it is, I have this feeling that some shit's gonna go wrong. "Come 'ere." I wrapped my arms around her and felt myself settle. "I love you, I'm not nervous about marrying you, I just don't want anything to go wrong on our big day." I hope Ty the fuck isn't lurking around somewhere listening to this or he'd ride my ass for sure. "Nothing's gonna go wrong, now go be with your brothers while I finish getting dressed." Dani and Gaby had been pounding at our cottage door for the last half an hour trying to get me to release her. The women were getting dress
"Lyon your daughter is fucking adorable." "Dude what the fuck, she's sixteen." I glared at Mancini the fuck ready to take him out. "Not the teen you ass, the little one." That shit made me snort like Kat does. "Oh yeah?" She's been working her con on her new uncles. To a man they melt whenever she bats those lashes of hers at them. She knows better than to try that shit with me. That ship sailed when the little shit was three and I caught her making her own damn glue to fuck with her big sister's hair. "What's she doing that makes her so adorable this time?" I hadn't seen her in a little bit, figured she was with her mom and the other women. Thank fuck. We were here to relax after all and that one don't know the meaning of the word. "She's reading to Zakira, very hush-hush. Must be some story the way the two of them have their heads together whispering." I flew out of my chair two seconds later. "Lyon what the fuck?" Tyler and the others looke
Three weeks later we were back on the island, which looked like a completely different place. Cierra had shown up a few days early to get the place set up. There were flowers everywhere leading from the lawn down to the beach and a canopy that looked like it would hold a couple hundred people easy. We hadn't been let in on any of the plans. After all the threats the women had made about making us help them plan. In the end it was decided that as men we didn't know the first thing about it and were left to our own devices. We'd used the time to take care of our business and make sure that the people we'd left in charge had done a good job, which they had. The CO and his boys had been busy in that time and once the news broke about the trafficking ring and all those who were involved, everything was total chaos. As Mancini had predicted, there were a lot of people with their heads on the chopping block, including the fuck up who couldn't hide behind his
No one else spoke and I know my brothers like me were still coming to terms with what we were seeing. I've never experienced shocked joy before but I can't say I didn't like it. "I thought I covered my tracks pretty well, but something went wrong and that's when I tried calling you in. When you were sent into a trap, I knew I had to do something or we'd all be fucked, so I came up with a plan." "I know how the general operates, so when he invited himself here under the guise of friendship I was ready for him. I'd already taken the antidote for his little surprise so when he slipped me the poison I pretended to be dead while he ransacked my place looking for what I had." "So that's why the closed coffin." Connor asked as he too looked over the commander as if not quite believing his own eyes. "I had to do it this way boys. I knew once I was gone that you'd take care of it once you got wind of what was going on. I didn't want you involved, but I couldn't get c
It was a long fucking thirty-six hours but once we landed all my fatigue went away as soon as I saw her waiting for me. The others were there as well, but I only had eyes for her. She ran to meet me as soon as I stepped off the plane and I grabbed her up in my arms. Nothing had ever felt this good. "Is it over?" She had tears in her eyes. I put her back on her feet and dried her face, my heart breaking just a little at all that she'd had to go through. "It's over baby. Don't cry anymore okay, I can't bear it." She held my hand to her chest and nodded as the last fear fell. I pulled her into my chest and kissed her forehead before heading after the others. "Boys I hate to do this to you, but you only have a few hours down time, we have to get back to your compound ASAP." "What the fuck Mancini, why what's going on there?" "You'll see when we get there, get some sleep." He just walked away with his arm around his woman leaving the rest of us look
No one breathed easy as we flew through the night, heading towards the gulf, which is where Mancini informed us Khalil was meeting with the senator. "So that's how he's always evaded us, he uses a decoy." Logan looked around at the rest of us. "Yep, I guess for the criminal element it pays to be paranoid." Con stretched out his legs and closed his eyes. "But how did he know we were coming?" Ty dropped his head back and rubbed his eyes. "I'm not sure he did, but after the move on the general, he must've decided to be extra careful." Mancini filled us in. "How sure are we that he's the one with the senator?" "Track seems pretty sure, like I said, he has eyes on him and they're in a convoy tent. Lots of security so we have to go in hard and fast." It only took us half an hour to land and we hit the ground running. I'm pretty sure my brothers like me, were hoping that this was it. Sure we'd hit and missed before with the Fox, but we all knew
We arrived in full dark the next day and immediately went into high gear. This place is crawling with military intelligence and a host of unsavory characters on a good day, so we had to get in and out in as little time as possible without being seen. Mancini had a station set up in the desert, not sure how he pulled that off, but it looked like any other bivouac we'd ever seen and would cause no undue interest. In the last few hours before we landed once everyone had rested, some better than others, we'd gone through the plans again. Only a few of us were going into the camp where the signals from Khalil's phone were pinging, because it would be too dangerous for us all to go. Had this been a military Op, it wouldn't have mattered, but some might call what we were doing illegal. So while we were going in the others were going to stand guard around the perimeter. It wasn't easy choosing who were gonna go in, but in the end it was Lo, Con and Zak who
I covered her lips, distracting her as I removed her skirt and slid her panties down her thighs. "I love your kisses." I smiled down at her, not believing how happy I was just to be here with her like this even with the danger awaiting me. Maybe that was the lure of a good woman. What have made men fight and die for centuries. I pulled back and looked down at her spread out beneath me, my wanton princess. Her body was an astounding thing of beauty. And I made myself take the time look, to enjoy all that was mine. Though I had no real fear that I wouldn't come back to her, there was no sense in testing fate. I wanted the memory of her like this to carry with me. High firm breasts, flat concaved stomach, and slightly flared hips that cupped her pretty hairless pussy. Shapely thighs that had I taken the time to really look before I would've noticed were well toned and defined. Dancer's legs. I held her eyes with mine as I ran my hand over her heated fle
I caught up to him on one of the paths that lead to the beach where he stood waiting for me. "I know your mind went back there again and I know we've all told you more than once that your uncle was a piece of shit asshole who had no fucking brains." "Yes I think I've heard one or more of you say something along those lines a time or two." "Who do you trust brother?" "My brothers." "So why don't you believe us when it comes to this one thing? Put it away and put it away for good. You deserve the same happiness as everyone else and fuck anyone who says different." "Dani says she's in love with you." "Who Dani?" "No you fuck, Ariel. You know how these women talk, which is good for us that they get along so well, but that also means there are no secrets. It's going to be interesting when we get back home to the compound." "Anyway, she says the girl's in love with you and you'll be a fool to let anyone get in the way of that. I don't