Ruthless Reign

Chapter 29

All of us needed rest, but as soon as we were done setting up a makeshift sleeping area, I had a feeling none of us would be using it.

Madefrom emergency bedrolls and dusty pillows in the area of floor space in front of several rows of curved auditorium seating, it looked like the last place I wanted to lie down and shut my eyes.

Itwould just make it all come so much quicker. I wanted to live in the last hours before dawn. And judging by the vending machine coffee in Kaleb’s hands, I knew he wouldn’t be closing his eyes anytime soon, either.

Aodháncleaned and double checked the arsenal of weapons Damien left with us, Hardin beside him—the two of them working in silence to get ready for what was to come.

“Are you scared?” Kaleb asked me, and I shifted to face him.

“Aren’t you?”

“Terrified,” he admitted, the skin between his brows pinching as his eyes roamed my face. “I wish we could get you out.”

Igave him a tiny smirk. Of course he did. “I wouldn’t have left,” I told him honestly.

“If this is it, I want to be here. Ineed to be. I have to see him die.”

AndI needed to help.

Morethan that, Iwanted to, and for the first time in years, I felt like I actually could.

Icould shoot.

AndI’d proven I wasn’t completely useless with a blade, either.

Iwasn’t stupid enough to think I wasn’t still a liability compared to the others here, but I wasn’t useless anymore and that was something.

Actually, for me, it was everything.

IfI could stop even one Saint from dying tomorrow—if I could kill just one son—then it was one more person to fight with us or one less to fight for them.

Itcould be the difference.

Icould be the difference.

Kaleb’sjaw tightened, and he nodded to himself. I could tell he was having trouble accepting it. ThatI’d be here when all hell broke loose. I got it. Because part of me wanted to lock Hardin, Kaleb, and Aodhán in a supply closet until it was over.

IfI thought I could get away with it, I just might.

Myphone chimed in my pocket, and I reached for it, wondering who the fuck would be texting me at almost one in the morning.

Thetext was from an unknown number, but as I read it, my pulse spiked and I jumped to my feet.

“Hawk?” Hardin called. “What is it?”

“Oh my god, they’re coming.”

Iread the message again, my heart singing in my ears even while my stomach dropped with dread.

Unknown

Phones are compromised. We’re on our way, Becks. Hold tight.

“It’sAvaJade. They’re coming. She and the Crows, I think.”

“How did they get out?” Kaleb asked, but it was obvious.

“They didn’t have to,” I said, my mouth dry. “Their place is just outside of town. They were already out from the start.”

“My da must not have known.”

“Shit. I doubt they’re on their way with Diesel’s blessing,” Kaleb said with a grimace, and I knew he was probably right. Diesel wouldn’t want them coming in guns blazing to an uneven fight. Those were his kids, and I didn’t think I’d ever met a man who loved his kids more than DieselSt. Crow. Aside from maybe DamienSt. Vincent.

Thesemen, for all their hardness, had some of the softest hearts for the people they loved.

“How will they find us?” Aodhán asked.

“I shared my location with AvaJade way back when I was first moving here,” I remembered. “It was probably how she knew I was headed back to SantaClarita when I borrowed?—”

“Stole,” Hardin corrected.

“Stoletheir Rover. And how she knew I’d gotten home safe after the PrimalEthos concert. Actually, it’s probably the only reason she let you guys take me back with you.”

“Have you shared your location with anyone else?” Aodhán asked, his forehead lined with worry, but I shook my head.

“No. Never. Not even with Hardin and Kaleb.”

Henodded. “Good. That’s good.”

Evenfilled with anxiety over my best friend getting hurt, I couldn’t help also feeling hopeful. If there was anyone who could turn this tide, it was the Saint’sDagger—my best friend. And her lethal Crows.

Iwouldn’t sick Rook on even my worst enemy.

Well, actually, I guess I would. AndI was willing to fucking bet he was absolutely euphoric at the thought that by sunrise, he’d have sent a handful of more souls to hell.

“We should tell Dad,” Kaleb said, getting up, but I stopped him, gripping his hand.

“Maybe we shouldn’t,” I blurted. “Not yet. Séamas could be watching the roads. There’s no guarantee they’ll actually make it into the city. And if Diesel doesn’t know?—”

Amuscle in Hardin’s jaw flared.

Ifthey fought me on this anymore, then I wouldn’t stop them from telling their dad. Mydad.

Partof me wanted someone to stop AvaJade and the Crows, but I also just knew it in my bones that if they got here in time, there was no way we could lose. Maybe it was naive. Maybe it was completely idiotic. ButI wanted to hold onto that feeling and not let it go.

“Okay,” Kaleb said. “We’ll tell him only if it becomes necessary. Good?”

Inodded. “Yeah.”

Theshift in mood dislodged something that’d been choking the atmosphere in the room, sweeping away all the gloomy cobwebs.

Kaleblet out a long sigh, tipping his head back. “I can’t believe this will all be over in a matter of hours.”

“IfSéamas actually shows up,” Hardin said.

“He will,” Aodhán was quick to reply.

Kalebran the back of his knuckles down my arm, leaving goosebumps in their wake. “How about we save the doomsday talk for later, yeah?”

WhenI met Kaleb’s eyes, they were hot with burning silver. His lips curled into a wicked smirk. “I don’t know about you, Vixen, but I can think of a few things I’d rather do than sulk or fuckin’ sleep.”

Mymouth went bone dry as a flush of anticipatory warmth rolled down my body, bringing life into every nerve ending. Making my nipples harden beneath the thin bra and black t-shirt I wore.

Kaleb’seyes zeroed in on the soft peaks and reached out to softly take me by the ribcage, his thumbs brushing over the swell of my breasts.

“Yeah?” he asked me, some color in his face. Way more than there had been earlier. I swallowed, biting my lower lip.

“Yeah,” I replied. “But only if you promise to try to sleep after.”

Heneeded it more than the rest of us. He wouldn’t heal if he didn’t rest.

“Fair deal. I accept.”

Hishold on me tightened, and he lifted me until I was seated back atop the lowest desk, the jolting motion making my breath catch.

Iwrapped my arms around his neck, feeling eyes on me. Not his.

Hardin’s.

Aodhán’s.

Ididn’t know what the rules were here. If they’d changed.

Mystomach warred with aching anticipation and nervous tension.

Ididn’t seem to know what to do with my hands. What to say.

Thiswas always something I’d been good at, but right now I felt like a damn virgin about to get her cherry popped. My heart fluttering like it wanted to fly right out of my chest.

AsKaleb leaned in to kiss a trail down my neck, I let my head fall the other way and found Hardin and Aodhán watching me. Hardin looked like he might spontaneously combust, and I wasn’t sure if it was out of rage or desire. Maybe both.

Aodhán’sgreen eyes burned into me, tracking every movement of Kaleb’s hands. Of his mouth on my body as it slipped from my neck to my collarbone, and I let out a little gasping moan.

Beneathhis jeans, I could see the curve of his cock thickening behind the zipper. His throat bobbed, and he blinked, breaking the spell, looking away.

Hegrabbed a gun from the table and a bottle of water, turning to leave.

Thewarmth in my stomach turned sour, and I tried not to let it show on my face.

“Hey,” Hardin said, his hands curling into fists at his sides. “Where do you think you’re going?”

Aodhánpaused, eyes darting between Hardin, Kaleb, and me.

Hardincame to join me and Kaleb, lifting me with ease before he sat in my place, pulling me onto his lap.

Somethingwordlessly passed between Hardin and Kaleb with me between them.

Ialmost asked what they were thinking when Kaleb nodded and stepped back, sweeping an arm from Aodhán to me.

“Is this what you want, Hawk?”

Hardinwrapped his hand around my middle, reaching upward, between my breasts, until he could possessively curl his fingers around my neck. His warm breath fanned over the side of my neck, the heat going straight to my greedy pussy.

Hisother hand found that, too, giving it a cruel squeeze through my panties beneath my trademark black skirt.

Mythighs clenched.

“You,” Hardin snarled against my neck, but I knew he was talking to Aodhán. “Come here.”

Kaleblicked his lips like a hound before a feast, his brows lowering as he palmed his erection through his pants.

Aodhán’sjaw flexed, and I could tell he was thinking about it. Making a choice.

Ihoped he knew what I wanted. I’d been so scared to admit it, even to myself, from the first moment I met him—and was completely, inexplicably drawn to him.

Stay, I said with my eyes. With my lower lip between my teeth.

Heset the weapon and water down on the nearest desk and shrugged out of his jacket, striding over.

Hestopped in front of me on Hardin’s lap, seeming to catalogue every inch of each of us.

Hardin’shold on my throat tightened. “Go on, Galway. This is your chance. I can’t promise you you’ll get another.”

AndI knew what he was doing. Hardin was testing his limits. Staying in control. Using me to literally hold himself back by placing me on his lap. Placing me between us.

Uncertaintycrossed Aodhán’s sharp features, and I reached out to him, tugging the chain of his necklace until the small silver clover tumbled from the collar of his shirt. I rubbed it between my fingers like I’d seen him do a hundred times.

Hisgaze turned deep. Hungry.

Ilet the clover fall, fingers tripping up the side of his neck, making him shiver. When my fingertips pushed into his soft golden hair, I felt his resolve shatter.

Hetugged my chin, lifting my mouth to his as he kissed me fiercely. And like the first time out in the street, through all the fear, all the uncertainty, my belly flipped and squeezed, filling with an exquisite ache that I felt all the way to my cunt.

Irolled my hips, grinding into Hardin beneath me, stroking myself on his hand that still had me by the pussy. He grunted against the back of my neck, laying his forehead there as his fingers started to move, rubbing tight circles into my clit through my panties until I felt my own wetness soak them.

UntilI felt him harden beneath me, his cock a hard iron bar against my tailbone.

Aodhánshifted in closer, inhaling me as his kiss deepened and he swept in with his tongue. His fingers dropped from my chin, and I felt a hard tug on my chest and then cold air on my tits as my shirt tore and the thin wisp of fabric connecting the cups of my bra split.

Roughfingers brushed over my right nipple, pinching, pulling, rolling the tight little bud until I shook, back arching from the zap of pleasure.

Ifelt Aodhán’s smile against my lips and smiled back.

Itwas working.

Hardinwasn’t killing him, so I was calling this a win. A massive, massive win.

CouldI really have this?

Havethem?

Allof them?

Irealized as I moaned into Aodhán’s mouth and rolled my ass into Hardin’s cock that there wasn’t a damn thing on this earth I wanted more.

Icouldn’t think of a single better way to spend these last few hours. Fuck. IfI could have them all tonight, I figured I could probably die happy tomorrow.

Pullingback from Aodhán, I craned my neck, lifting an arm to find Hardin behind me so I could guide his mouth to mine. I needed him to know that I hadn’t forgotten him. That there was room in my heart for all of them.

Hardinsqueezed me hard as he kissed me, claiming me, at least for a moment as he stole all the breath from his lungs and bit my lower lip between his teeth until I was whimpering, my pussy aching. Throbbing.

“Hold on, baby,” he said in a husky tone, shifting himself back to balance me on his knees as he undid his fly and let his cock spring free. My mouth watered at the sight of it.

Andwith Aodhán’s hands still tracing my tits and falling lower to take the place of Hardin’s, his fingers brushing my soaked clit, I was about three fucking seconds from coming undone.

“Get those panties off,” Hardin growled at Aodhán, and he gave me a coy look as he slid his hands up my thighs and hooked his fingers into the waistband, tugging them down my legs agonizingly slow. Knowing exactly what he was doing as he lifted each of my ankles to get them off, kissing each raised knee in the process.

Fuck.

Hecould touch me like that all day, and I didn’t think I would ever get tired of it.

Butright now, I was completely fucking cockstarved and aching to be full in a way I knew Hardin could fill.

Asif he read my mind, he shifted forward on the table, lifting me up with ease, pulling me back, seating me on him.

Hisgrip around my waist tightened with each inch of cock he pushed into my pussy, and I groaned as he filled me.

“Jesus,” Aodhán muttered, and when my heavy-lidded eyes opened, I saw him watching me. Well, not me, exactly, but watching my pussy take every inch of Hardin’s cock as if it were the hottest thing he’d ever seen.

“Do you like how I take his cock?” I choked out around the dam of pleasure clogging my throat.

Aodhánclosed his open mouth and swallowed, nodding darkly. Dangerously. AndI could see that even though it turned him on to watch, he was jealous, too.

Hedidn’t need to be.

Itugged him closer by his belt as Hardin moved his hip, thrusting up into me in short, sharp movements that made him hit something so deliciously deep inside me that I was damn near seeing stars.

Aodhánlicked his lips, reaching up to cup my face, watching my pleasure as I unbuckled his belt and tugged it free, discarding it on the floor. Then his zipper. He wasn’t wearing boxers beneath his jeans, so as soon as I had his fly down, he was there. Warm and thick and long in my hands.

Helet out a raw sound of pleasure as I caressed him, kissing me as I explored every vein, every ridge, of him. He was exquisite. Large enough to rival Hardin and Kaleb in size, which really should’ve been impossible. I was glad Hardin couldn’t see what Aodhán was packing from behind me, too focused on what he was doing between my legs.

AsAodhán broke our kiss, I held his gaze, dipping three fingers into my mouth to wet them before returning them to his cock, using my slippery saliva to tease his tip in a way that had his whole body flexing with tight muscle.

Igrinned.

“Fuck,” he hissed, dropping his forehead to mine as I stroked him.

Hewas so close that if he just moved in another few inches, his cock would be about level with my pussy.

Adeliciously wicked idea stole through my mind and even though I wasn’t sure if it was possible, I realized I wanted to try. Badly.

“I want you both in my pussy,” I croaked, feeling Hardin’s motions beneath me falter as the words left my lips.

Theyboth hesitated at my request.

“At the same time,” I added, wanting there to be no confusion.

“Holy shit,” Kaleb said, and I flashed him a dopey smile to rival the one on his mouth as he bit his closed fist. I noticed his cock was out, now, too, and he stroked it languidly in his other hand, leaning against a desk for support as he watched us.

He’dbetter not finish himself off. I wanted him, too. I wanted them all.

Igave him a look I hoped conveyed that, and his smile grew.

“I’m not sure if it’ll fit, love,” Aodhán said, looking at where Hardin and I were joined.

“Hawk, I…” Hardin trailed off.

“Please?”

Iconvinced myself it was okay if they said no. I didn’t want them to do anything they didn’t want to, but then I saw Aodhán peer over my shoulder and watched as some kind of understanding passed between him and Hardin.

Hardinshifted us forward until my pussy was at the very edge of the table, legs dangling from its edge. “Do it.”

Ohmy god.

Icould’ve passed out from the anticipation.

“Lean back, mo mhuirnín.”

Idid as he said, leaning back on my hands, letting Aodhán lift my legs until my feet were planted atop Hardin’s bent knees and I was open to him with Hardin still deep inside me.

Kalebcame closer, licking his lips. “Fuck,” he drawled. “I need to see this shit.”

Aodhángripped himself at the base, inching closer. “Are you sure?”

Inodded. “I want you.”

Sofucking badly.

Iwished my first time with Aodhán could’ve been just the two of us, but there would be time for that later. At least that was what I was telling myself as he pushed the tip of his cock against the tiny seam between Hardin’s cock and the top of my opening.

Astuttered breath fell from my lips, and I nodded fervently, telling him to keep going. I looked down, wanting to watch. Needing to see it.

Aodhán’sjaw clenched, and I felt Hardin stiffen with a curse on his lips beneath me as Aodhán pushed into me. The pressure threatened to split me apart. So full. So perfect. I groaned, the sound almost animal as Aodhán thrust the rest of the way in.

Icouldn’t breathe.

Couldn’tthink.

Forwhat could’ve been minutes or maybe only seconds I was lost in the feel of them. The fullness. I could see in Aodhán’s face how good it felt for him, too. AndI could feel it in the way Hardin gripped me tight around the hips, grunting as he made tiny movements to adjust himself inside me.

“Move,” I begged Aodhán. “Please. I need you to move.”

Aodhánpulled his hips back, slipping back into me slowly with the first stroke and faster on the second and third, finding a rhythm.

Itfelt like pure magic. The pain pleasure combination sweeter than any other sensation I’d ever experienced except maybe one.

“That’s so fucking hot,” Kaleb murmured, and when I found him again, he had his hands on either side of his head like he couldn’t believe what he was seeing. It was almost…comical and I let out a breathy laugh.

Fuck. I loved him.

Iwas an asshole for not saying it back before. For not saying anything when he told me he was falling for me.

Ibeckoned Kaleb with my eyes, breathing hard as his brother and Aodhán continued fucking me, both of them barely containing their own pleasure.

“Vixen,” Kaleb breathed, and Aodhán leaned back as he approached, giving Kaleb room to lean over me and take a kiss from my lips.

“You’re a fucking goddess, you know that?” he said as his lips left mine, whispering the words against my lips, making me shiver with pleasure at the praise.

“Then…what does that…make you?” I managed through panting breaths, moaning as I neared a release I knew was going to absolutely break me.

“Your god, baby,” he replied with a coy smile, reaching down my tummy to find my clit, glancing at Aodhán for permission to get close to his junk in order to touch me.

Aodhánnodded, and Kaleb’s eyes gleamed with mischief as he looked back at me, his fingers finding the sensitive bundle of nerves, making me twitch and buck. “Want to show them what you can do, Vixen?”

Myface heated, and I knew I was cherry tomato red as I remembered the sensation. One of the best, if not the best, orgasm I’d ever had. WhenKaleb made me squirt.

Ishook my head. I couldn’t. It would be too much. But then I was also nodding because yes.

Fuckyes.

“Watch this,” he told Aodhán, and I whimpered as Kaleb touched me. “Lean back a bit,” he guided Aodhán. “I need you to hit a spot just there.”

Ifelt a tap above my pubic bone and then Aodhán adjusting his angle accordingly. The new spot he was hitting…

Yep.

Thatwas the one.

“Oh god.” I let my head drop back, my chest heaving, and Kaleb’s fingers doubled their pace, rubbing me so viciously that I was seeing stars go supernova behind my eyelids.

Hekept going until my legs shook.

“Faster,” Hardin told Aodhán, and Hardin swore and began thrusting beneath me, too, chasing his release.

Hekept going until my mind went blank and my heart felt like it might stop in my chest, and then I was screaming.

Andthen came the flood.

“Fuck, Vixen,” Kaleb groaned, still sliding his fingers back and forth over my clit as I squirted all over all of them, scattering my release everywhere.

IfI had any presence of mind to feel embarrassed, it completely vanished as my release clenched in my core, bringing tears to my eyes with the force of it as I came on two cocks with Kaleb still touching me.

Hardinroared beneath me, and Aodhán bared his teeth as they both found their releases only a few seconds after I came, making my orgasm stretch longer, go deeper. Pulse harder in my core as they filled me up with cum.

Iwas still shaking between them, only half here, when Aodhán slipped out of me with a hiss and Hardin pulled himself free.

Ahand wrapped around mine, tugging, and before I registered what was happening, Kaleb was wrapping my legs around his waist, carrying me, his face in the crook of my neck, whispering words to me I was almost too far gone to hear.

“Such a good fucking girl, Vixen,” he crooned against my skin as I dropped my head onto his shoulder.

Igasped as my back connected with a hard surface and came back to myself enough to realize he had me pressed against the chalkboard.

Hescattered bits of chalk onto the floor, resting my ass on the cool metal ledge where the chalk had been before he kissed me.

“Kaleb,” I moaned between kisses, somehow still so starving for him, even with the aftershocks of my orgasm continuing to shiver through my body.

“Yes, baby girl,” he said gruffly, nibbling on my lower lip. “I’ve got you. One more big ‘O’ and then you can rest.”

Isighed, the back of my head knocking against the chalkboard as he reached between us, dipping his fingers into me.

Achoked sound of ecstasy tumbled past my lips as his fingers worked the over sensitive flesh. He finger fucked me against the chalkboard until I came for him, a hard sob in my chest as my pussy throbbed, pulsing around the digits with each thud of my heart in my chest.

Kalebwithdrew his fingers, lifting them to inspect my release glistening there and the remnants of Hardin’s and Aodhán’s, too.

Ilooked past him, finding Hardin and Aodhán watching us. Aodhán sat on a desk with his fingers steepled over his lips. Hardin acted as if he were cleaning himself off, not really paying attention, but I could see his interest as Kaleb brought those glistening fingers to my lips.

AsI parted them, letting him dip them into my mouth, the heady salt of our mixed releases met my tongue. I moaned, closing my mouth around Kaleb’s fingers to suck off the taste.

“You like how we taste, Vixen?”

Inodded as he withdrew his fingers, letting them pop out of my mouth.

“You’re so fucking sexy, Vixen. The most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. You know that?”

Thepraise settled into my skin like a balm, making it tingle. Making me feel drunk on it.

Kalebshifted his position, and I felt the brush of his tip against me, and it pulled my attention from Hardin and Aodhán to meet his bright eyes. “I lied,” he said with a wicked smirk on his lips and thrust into me in one brutal motion. “I want one more.”

Theair left my lungs, and I struggled to get it back, clawing at his back as he adjusted to the feel of me. I adjusted to the length of him in all the beautifully abused places inside me.

“Think you can do that for me, Vixen?”

“Fuck yes,” I managed. I was already primed. Ready to go. I was willing to bet a good amount of money that I didn’t have that I’d come within minutes as soon as he started moving.

Kalebwrapped his thick hands around my thighs, holding me up as he began to fuck me into the chalkboard.

Distantly, I heard Aodhán cough and say he was going to get some more water. HeardHardin’s gruff reply of “I’ll come with you.”

ButI didn’t care if they stayed or went as Kaleb kissed the sensitive spot where my neck joined with my shoulder, each one of his thrusts battering me against the board at my back.

Myhead hit the board hard, and he reached up, cupping the back of my head with one of his hands to prevent me hitting it again, making my chest swell with an emotion I didn’t know why I’d ever fought.

Hisbreathing turned heavy, grew faster as he picked up his pace, rolling his hips into me, pounding my pussy until there was only him. Only the feel of his cock inside me, his mouth on my throat, his hand on the back of my head. And the sound of his pleasure grunted against my skin.

Thechalkboard rattled behind me, starting to shift. Kaleb must’ve felt it, too, because he swept me off the ledge, spinning us, the movement making me dizzy.

Myback connected with a table, and I let myself melt into the surface as Kaleb pulled himself over me like a warm blanket, fucking me slower now. Each one of his thrusts measured and purposeful. Perfectly executed. A goal point toward a game he wasn’t going to lose.

Iwrapped my arms around his neck, holding him tight against me as I moaned into his ear, moving my hips to meet his until I felt it coming. Like brakes giving out on a long hill.

Iclenched my teeth to keep from shouting as I came hard, letting myself fall down that hill and crash and burn. Burn so fucking bright.

Kalebcame after three more quick thrusts, my pussy milking him as my climax rattled through me, forcing him to come with me.

Andit was perfect. All of it.

Everyfilthy, intense, beautiful minute of it.

Kaleblay like that, tangled with me atop the table until my vision wasn’t hazy anymore. Until our hearts stopped pounding against each other in our chests like they were trying to break free.

Iran my fingers lazily through his hair, and he pressed into my touch, lifting his head to look at me with a lopsided grin.

“There’s something I’ve been meaning to tell you,” I said with a ball in my throat.

Hisbrows drew together.

“I’m sorry I didn’t say it before,” I added. “ThatI didn’t really say anything, actually. I was—you just surprised me and?—”

“Vixen, what?—”

“I love you, too, Kaleb.”

Hisface softened, surprise clear in his eyes.

Ibrushed the hair from his forehead.

“You’re not just saying that because I’m amazing in bed, right?”

Isnorted, shaking my head. “No. I’m not just saying that because you’re amazing in bed.”

Henodded to himself, pursing his lips, soaking it in.

Eventhough they were brothers, it was incredible how different they were.

HowI knew telling Hardin that he owned part of my heart was what he needed.

Andhow Kaleb actually needed to hear the words. I was willing to bet he’d never said them to anyone else, save for maybe his mother, and I was fucking honored to be worthy of his love.

“Thank you,” he kissed my nose, and I made a face before shoving him off me.

Icleared my throat, wobbling on my feet as I attempted to stand and found my knees were all but completely useless. Kaleb clenched his jaw to keep from laughing at the state of me. The bastard.

“It’s time for you to make good on our deal. Go clean yourself up and get some rest. I’ll keep first watch.”

“Fuck that,” Hardin said, coming back into the room with Aodhán. “I’ve got first watch. All of you go to fucking sleep. We’re going to need it.”