My nerves were on edge as we had dinner that evening. Lucas wasn’t around, which wasn’t uncommon, and tonight I was glad. I imagined trying to sneak past Lucas would be a hell of a lot more challenging than handling Maverick. There was the added tension of having Asher at the table. He and Maverick chatted about the island and Asher’s current work projects, but I stayed quiet. Asher couldn’t speak to me without a definite strain in his voice, and eye contact was practically non-existent. It hurt like crazy, and I found it was easier to just sit and listen to the two of them. He clearly found it easier to talk to Maverick than to me, and I didn’t want to force him into anything.
It was hard though. I missed him so much, despite the fact he was still living in the same house. I missed his easy-going nature, his jokes, and his gentle touch. I knew Maverick loved me and Lucas felt something, though I couldn’t decide what yet, but Asher had cared for me. He’d made looking after me a priority beyond protecting me and wanting the blood of my enemies. He’d made me feel cherished for the first time since Jaxon had died, and I missed that. I missed him.
I couldn’t deny I still felt a pull towards him beyond that. I’d thought about what happened in the kitchen all the time. It was difficult to make a cup of coffee without remembering it and reacting to it. My body craved his touch, and I found it difficult not to just reach out and touch his hand or arm. He’d made it clear how he felt, though, so I was trying to respect his wishes.
When he finally made his excuses and got up from the table, I felt both relieved and sad. I watched him leave the room, wondering if it would ever get better.
“You have feelings for him,” Maverick murmured quietly.
My head snapped around. “No, no, I...”
“Nova, please. Honesty is important to me. I have already told you that I would have no objections to you taking Asher as a mate as well, just don’t try to hide how you feel from me. You’re a bad liar, and it hurts that you won’t trust me with your feelings.”
I reached out and took his hand. “I’m sorry. It’s more... I’m not sure how I feel about him, and it’s confusing. I can’t tell you about it if I don’t understand it.”
“You want him,” he said simply.
I nodded. “Yes, but that could just be an alpha and omega thing.”
Maverick shook his head. “No, you’re mated now. That shouldn’t be an issue. If you want him, then it’s you, not some biological bond.”
I sighed. “I was afraid you’d say that.”
“Why don’t you just tell him?”
“I... I have, kind of, but while you’re completely comfortable with the idea of sharing me, I don’t think he is, and I don’t want to make him do something he doesn’t want to. Besides, maybe he just doesn’t feel the same way.”
“Oh, he’s smitten, Nova. Don’t doubt that.” Maverick smiled at me and squeezed my hand. “But it’s up to you. If you want him, you should fight for him. He’s my little brother, and I love him, but he can be one stubborn ass when he wants to.”
I laughed and got up, walking around the table to climb into his lap. “Personality trait that runs in the family then?” I asked, running my hands through his hair.
He shifted me on his lap so I sat astride him. “I don’t know what you mean.” He grinned, pulling me down for a kiss that left me gasping. “Maybe we should take this upstairs?” he suggested, his eyes on my lips as we pulled apart.
I nodded, and he stood, slipping his hands under my thighs to hold me as he carried me out of the room and up the stairs. I wrapped my legs around his waist, and by the time we reached his bedroom, I knew exactly how much he wanted me.
He sat on the edge of the bed, kicking his shoes off and holding me close. He kissed along my jaw and down my neck, and I sighed. I reached down and dragged his top up, pulling away to yank it over his head, then I ran my hands over his chest. He went to return the favour, grasping the hem of my shirt, but I stopped him, climbed off his lap, and headed for the door.
“Going somewhere?” He sounded amused.
“Just to turn the light off,” I answered, flipping the switch and plunging the room into darkness.
“But I want to see you. If you feel self-conscious—”
“Oh, I don’t. I just have a little bit of a headache, and the light wasn’t helping,” I said, hoping it would placate him.
“Oh, well, we can stop if you want to.” The disappointment in his voice was apparent, and I climbed back onto his lap with a laugh.
“It’s not that bad, and I already feel better with the light off. Now stop complaining and kiss me again.”
He obliged with a gentle kiss that explored my mouth and sent tingles racing over my skin. I leaned back to pull my top over my head, and he reached around me, unclasping my bra. How he managed in the dark, I have no idea, but he leaned me backwards, and I gasped as his mouth fastened around my nipple. Both hardened in response as he nibbled and sucked the sensitive flesh, and I rubbed myself against him as I felt myself grow wet with desire.
He moaned, dropping his hand to my hip to rock me against him, and I gasped as the hard seam of his jeans rubbed against my clit, sending waves of pleasure flooding through my body.
With one slick move, he rolled over, laying me on the bed with him leaning over me. I felt his hands at the fastening of my trousers, and then the fabric sliding down my legs. An instant later, I felt his hot breath against my underwear, his tongue softly stroking down the edge of the fabric so close to where I needed him. I slid my hands into his hair, trying to urge him closer, and he laughed.
“So eager, little omega.” He hooked a finger under the edge of my underwear, pulling them to the side, and I shuddered as he dragged the tip of his tongue up my seam.
“Mmm... So good. You’re already so wet for me.” He moved backwards, sliding my underwear down my legs and leaving me completely bare. “I bet Lucas will be disappointed he’s not here. He does love eating you out so much. Hmm, I wonder…”
I opened my mouth to ask what he meant, then sucked my breath in as I felt one of Maverick’s fingers slide slowly inside me, in and out, teasing and slow, until a second one joined it. I closed my eyes, revelling in the sensation as he fingered me slowly, knowing I needed so much more.
“Hello?” His voice made me open my eyes, despite knowing how dark it was. He was still standing between my legs, his fingers continuing their gradual torment, but his other hand held his phone to his ear, and the light spilled over his face, revealing the wicked smile he wore.
“Do you have a few minutes? I know you’re on a job... Oh good. I just thought you might want to listen to our girl come... Thought so.”
He leaned forward and placed the phone in my hand. “He wants to listen to you.”
My mouth dropped open as I stared at the phone, and I was glad that even with the screen light, he wouldn’t be able to see how hard I was blushing.
“Put the phone by your ear,” I heard Lucas command.
I did what he said, laying it on the mattress next to me. The light timed off, but I could hear him breathing down the line. I felt Maverick shift position, then I cried out as his fingers curled inside, rubbing and pressing against that one spot that had my back arching in delight.
“What’s he doing, Nova?” Lucas asked. “Tell me what he’s doing to you.”
“I can’t...” I blushed again.
“Tell me, or I will have to punish you when I get home.”
I took a deep breath. “He’s… His fingers are inside me, and he’s moving them... Oh...”
“Keep going, Nova,” Lucas commanded.
I closed my eyes. “His fingers are moving, curling inside me, and I can feel his breath on my... On me...”
“On your pussy?”
“Yes.”
“Say it, Nova.”
I was breathing hard, but I bit my lip at his order.
“Nova.” There was a warning in his voice.
“I can feel his breath on my... my pussy. It’s hot and oh, oh moon... He’s licking my clit, and I can’t... I can’t... Maverick!”
He circled my clit with his tongue over and over as he applied pressure from inside, and I was spiralling up and over almost instantly. I cried out as I came, pressing my hips up and craving even more friction. He was being so gentle, and I needed more.
“Oh fuck, I love hearing you come, Nova,” Lucas growled.
I couldn’t reply, still gasping for breath as I came down from the heights I’d reached. Maverick hadn’t paused. He was sliding his tongue inside me with his fingers, then slipping up to circle my clit, and I was building again.
“Mmm... Nova, I do love hearing you, but I’m going to need to hear more. I’ve got my hand around my cock, and it’s so fucking hard.”
I groaned at the image of Lucas jerking himself off over me, and he laughed softly.
“Grab the phone, Nova. I want you to hold it down near your pussy just for a minute.”
“What?” I gasped.
“I want to hear those fucking hot sounds of him lapping up your cum, Nova. I want to hear how wet you are.”
I swallowed, doing as he instructed and holding the phone near Maverick’s head. The sounds were suddenly clearer to me, and I blushed at how wet I was. I pulled the phone back up to my ear. “Okay?”
“Fuck, that was so fucking hot. Are you close to coming again, Nova?”
“I’m close,” I admitted.
“Tell him to stop.”
“What? Why?”
“Because I gave you an order, Omega. Tell him to stop. Now.”
“Maverick, Lucas says you have to stop,” I said, a hint of a whine in my voice.
Maverick pulled back and stilled, as though waiting for something.
“Good girl. Now, I want you to give him my orders. Tell him to turn you over.”
My mouth fell open. “I can’t do that.”
“Oh yes you can. You’re going to give him every order I tell you, word for word.”
“Oh moons.”
Lucas laughed. “Now, Nova.”
“You have to... He says you have to turn me over.”
“That’s not an order, Nova, that’s a request. Order him.”
I took a deep breath. “Turn me over, Maverick.”
He did, gently rolling me onto my front as I kept the phone close to my ear.
“Tell him to put you on your knees and to put that huge fucking cock of his in your mouth. Word for word, Nova, or there’ll be repercussions.”
“Put me on my knees, Maverick... and put that...”
“Huge fucking cock,” came Lucas’s voice. I bit my lip, more out of irritation than anything else. He was trying to embarrass me, but I didn’t want to risk his punishment. I didn’t quite know how far he’d go, and although I trusted him, and I had my safe word, the idea still made me a little nervous.
“Put that huge fucking cock of yours in my mouth,” I repeated.
“Oh yes, that’s my good little omega.” Lucas’s praise came over the line, and despite my irritation, I felt an odd sense of warmth in his words, warmth and lust.
Maverick’s hand slid into my hair. I’d not even heard him open his jeans, but the head of his cock pressed against my lips, and I opened my mouth for him to push inside. I heard him breathe out heavily as my tongue swirled over his hot skin.
“Get him wet, Nova, I want to hear him sliding in and out of your mouth, so he needs to be wet.”
I obliged, licking Maverick’s shaft until it was slippery enough, then taking him deeper and deeper into my mouth. He held my head, but more to support me than the way Lucas would control me, so I could set my own rhythm. Lucas talked to me the whole time, and I could hear the slap of skin against skin as he fisted himself wherever he was. It made me feel strong and powerful, knowing that even when he wasn’t in the room, I could make him hard, and I pushed myself further, taking Maverick deeper.
“Oh, Nova, I can just see you in my mind right now, with that pretty little mouth of yours stretching around his cock. I bet he’s being gentle. You know I wouldn’t be gentle, don’t you, sweet one? You know I would fuck that little mouth so hard.”
“Mmm…” I moaned around Maverick’s shaft. His breathing was getting heavier, and I wondered if he could hear Lucas too. I thought he could.
“Good girl, now stop.”
It took me a couple of moments to realise what he’d said, and I pulled back, gasping.
“Enough playing. I want to hear him fuck you until you scream his name. Tell him to take that cock and ram it inside you. Tell him he can’t be gentle, no edging inside. One hard thrust. I want to hear you scream with the feel of him destroying that pussy for me. Tell him, Nova.”
I stuttered out the words, my face flushing red as Lucas made me repeat them another two times until he was satisfied at the command in my voice. Maverick said nothing but moved behind me. I felt the head of his cock at my pussy, and I had a moment of nervousness. He was big, but I was so ready for him. He leaned down to whisper to me.
“Ready?”
“Yes,” I answered.
“No, Nova. Not yes. Tell him to shut up and fuck you.”
I swallowed. “Shut up, Maverick, and fuck me.”
He did, hitting me so hard that I gave a strangled cry as I fell forward onto the bed. His hands were on my hips, dragging me back up against him, and then he began to fuck me hard, setting a pace that had me gasping for breath and moaning with every thrust.
Lucas could hear everything, and his breathing picked up. I heard the clink of his piercings as he jerked himself off, and it only drove me on.
“I want his fingers in your ass, Nova. Tell him. I want to be able to come home and claim that gorgeous little ass. I want to fuck you hard in it, and he needs to get you ready for me.”
I gasped. “I can’t tell him that!”
“Tell him, or I’ll spank you so hard you won’t be able to sit down for a week,” he growled.
“Maverick,” I said, my voice breaking over the constant slamming of his hips against me. “Maverick, finger me... finger my ass... He wants me ready for him... to fuck... when he gets back.”
My face was on fire with humiliation, but there was a part of me deep down inside that felt a thrill at giving orders to this man, this alpha. He followed every command, and this one was no different. I felt the press against my back entrance and then the dark, dirty desire that flared up as he pushed first one and then a second finger inside me.
“Can you feel it, Nova?” came Lucas’s voice.
“Yes... moon, yes!” I cried out.
“I’m going to fuck you there, little omega. I want every one of your holes to belong to me. I’m going to fuck that little ass while he rams into your pussy. You’re going to be so damn full...”
“Lucas,” I cried out. I could no longer hold my weight on one arm, and I fell forward again, my ass in the air as Maverick rode me hard. The phone dropped next to my face, but Lucas was done ordering us around, and I heard his groan over my own. “Oh fuck, my fucking dirty little omega, I am going to fill you with my cum until you can’t hold any more... Fuck!”
The sound of his climax only urged me closer to mine, and I knew Maverick was close too. I reached back between us to cup his balls, scraping my nails over the sensitive skin, and he cried out, slamming into me so hard I knew I’d be covered in bruises tomorrow. I didn’t care, though, because his climax hurled me into my own release, and I screamed his and Lucas’s names into the mattress.
“Well done, my sweet omega,” Lucas murmured, and then the line went dead. Maverick reached down and pulled me up against him, my back against his chest. His knot was swelling inside me, so he guided me down onto the mattress on my side, curling up behind my back. I had never felt so content and so alive than I did in this moment, lying in Maverick’s arms. His lips pressed gently against my shoulder.
“Are you okay? That was rather... intense.”
I gave a quiet laugh. “Yes, it was, but I’m good, so good. Are you?”
“I’m... incredible.”
“Yes, you are.” I grinned, even though he couldn’t see me.
I felt his chest huff as he laughed, then it faded, and he went quiet. As his breathing settled, becoming more regular, I concentrated on the sound of it, trying not to let my thoughts go wild as I lay there. I just wanted to think about him, about us, while our bodies were joined together like nothing could break us apart. The world around us seemed to fade away until the only thing that existed was us.