Chapter 25
MIA
I f Bones, Aries, and Draven think I don’t know that it’s them behind the masks, they don’t give me enough credit. But I’ll play their little game. I’ll act scared and scream for help. It turns me on as much as it does them. I am not their helpless victim. I never have been. Even when Aries locked me in a cage, deep down, I enjoyed it. Every depraved fucking second.
But I didn’t survive this long on my own by being na?ve or stupid. Do your worst, boys. Your little lamb has come to play tonight.
I run away from Bones and sprint down the hall. As I slide around the first corner, I smack straight into another wall of solid muscle. With broad shoulders and a puffed out chest, he towers over me by at least a foot. Aries .
I scream in his face as he grabs my arms and pins them to my side. “Please, don’t hurt me,” I pretend to plead.
He slams me against the wall and presses his body into mine. I feel his cock pulse against my middle, and my juices trickle out. This is more fun than I thought it would be. It’s hard not to grin up at him. But I keep the horror frozen on my face.
He tilts his head toward my neck and takes a full breath, breathing deep as he laps up my scent like a hound dog. It sends shivers down my back. The anticipation is fucking killing me.
In a split second, he drops my arms and steps back. And I make a run for it again. He stalks me down the hall, slow enough to make me think I’m going to get away. My adrenaline spikes as I reach my bedroom door. As soon as I enter, the door slams behind me. I spin around to see the third masked man blocking my only way out.
He creeps toward me, forcing me backward until I’m pressed against the window. I know the darkness that hides behind the mask. And I want it. I crave it.
He pins my wrists over my head and sniffs my neck the same way Aries did. I quiver as the mouth of his mask brushes my cheek.
“Stop edging me, Draven, and come get your peace.” I nuzzle his face with my own.
He stiffens and then releases a deep breath. “I knew as soon as I looked in your eyes… Now I’m not sure who’s hunting who.”
“I will always know it’s you. All three of you. Our bodies know each other even when our minds are confused.”
His grip tightens on my wrists as the door opens behind us and Aries and Bones walk through.
“Welcome to the party, guys,” I breathe out.
“She’s known this whole time,” Draven rasps. He lets go to pull his mask off but I stop him.
“No, leave it on.” I clench my thighs together. “I wanna keep playing.”
“Take off your shirt and get on the bed.”
The three of them watch me like snakes about to strike. I take my time peeling off my T-shirt, letting them get a full view of my hard nipples and gooseflesh. In nothing but my white cotton panties, I crawl onto the four-poster bed and slither back against the black satin sheets.
“Take off your panties,” Aries orders.
With trembling fingers, I push them down slowly and toss them onto the floor.
“Spread your legs.” Bones adds to the list of demands.
I’m on fire, my pulse racing. This is different from the woods and the graveyard. This is sexy and sensual and intimate. I part my legs for them.
“Wider,” Draven growls.
As I unfold for them, more of my juices leak out. “Please,” I whisper. “Destroy me.”
They let me suffer in silence as they each remove their own clothes save for the masks. Their bodies are beautiful, smooth, chiseled, and tattooed.
Bones’s black and grey ink stretches over every inch of him from the bottom of his chin all the way down to his feet. Including his thick cock. Aries’s chest and back are covered but low enough to hide under a suit. And Draven… fuck, his tattoos are black and intricate with thin lines of filigree woven in between. They swirl across his chest, down his arms, and across his thighs. The three of their bodies are works of art. Psychotic canvases ready to devour and swallow me whole.
They join me on the bed, Aries and Bones on either side of me while Draven takes the spot between my legs. He runs his hands down my thighs until he reaches my apex. He slides a slender finger down my slit. I whimper as he teases me.
Bones circles his knuckle around my taut nipple. “You’re ours now, little lamb. You belong to the wolves.”
“And we’re going to tear you apart limb from limb,” Aries groans in my ear as he pinches my other nipple.
I let out a soft moan and arch my back. “Yes, please.”
Draven thrusts his finger deep inside my pussy and pumps back and forth. The pressure increases in my belly as I spasm around him. “Please,” I beg again.
“I want you to get on top of Aries and slide this tight little pussy down his cock,” Draven orders.
I whine when he pulls his finger out, but I do as he says. There’s nothing that I want more in this moment than to be defiled by all three of them.
As I climb onto Aries, he yanks my hips down and fills me. I gasp at the size of him stretching my walls. “Rock back and forth, baby.”
I move my hips in a circle as I struggle to accommodate him fully inside me. He’s long and thick and hard as fuck. I take deep breaths as I sit all the way down on him. Until I can feel him in my lower back.
“Thatta girl. You’re doing so good,” he coaxes.
Bones caresses my lips. “Mi amor… I can’t wait to cum inside your pretty mouth.”
Fuck. The only thing that terrifies me now is how I could get used to this. They are slowly becoming an addiction. And unlike the baneberry, there’s no antidote to them. If they shatter me, I’m dead. If only Nox were here, it would be a perfect kamikaze of love and destruction. I swallow down the guilt of his absence, heartbroken that he can’t be here.
Draven slaps my ass. “Don’t wander off, Mia. Stay with us in this moment.”
I nod and work my hips forward and backward. I clench as I slide up and down on Aries’s cock. “I’m so tight. Fuck.”
“Mmm, yeah you are. But we are going to get you nice and stretched for all of us.” Aries swells inside me, his cock growing even more. Fuck, I thought he was already fully erect.
I suck in a sharp breath as I rub my clit against his abdomen. “Fuck… ”
Draven probes at my entrance from behind. “Relax for me, Trouble. You’re doing so good.” He wedges a finger inside my ass.
Oh, fuck. Another spasm erupts from my core. “What are you doing?” I can’t hide the panic in my voice.
“Shhh, I know you can take two of us at the same time. I’m going to get you nice and wet. Do you have any lube in the bathroom up here?” Draven eyes dart around the room.
Of course I do. It’s in a drawer next to my vibrator. I point to the bedside table. “You better give me all of it.”
Aries thrusts up hard, reminding me who’s in control. Reminding me that this is what I signed up for. That I want whatever they give me. I moan louder as he hits my G-spot over and over again until I’m on the verge of cumming. Then he stills himself, edging me to the point of blacking out.
My teeth chatter, and my legs shake from the buildup. “I need to cum. Please.”
Bones rubs my lower back. “Not yet, baby. Deep breaths.”
Fuck. My head is spinning. I gasp as a burst of liquid shoots into my ass. “Oh, fuck.”
Draven dips two fingers inside my anus, pushing the lubricant deep inside. “See how slick you are? Now, relax and open up for me. I don’t want to hurt you.”
I lean forward to give him a better angle. “Go slow, please.”
Bones caresses my lips again. “He’ll be gentle at first, baby girl. You just gotta let him in.”
Draven lines his cock up to my entrance. “Be a good girl, and give me a deep breath.”
I force myself to relax as I lock eyes with Aries. He stirs inside me again, and it takes everything I have not to fall apart. I want us all to cum together. So I unclench and take a deep breath.
Draven nudges my hole. I gasp as he pushes the tip of his cock inside. Fuck, I’m already so full. May the devil have mercy on me .
“Good girl.” He spreads my ass cheeks apart and burrows in another inch. “Almost there. Fuck you feel so good.”
I’m a whimpering mess as the girth of his cock stretches me. I’ve had Nox in there before but not like this. Not with my pussy already full to the brim. Fuck.
Aries pulls me forward until I’m lying flat on my stomach against him. “Mmm, you’re the first woman we’ve done this with,” Aries coos. He tugs on my hips, urging me to grind on him. “And you’ll be the last.”
Another burst of liquid seeps into my ass. It sends a shiver up my thighs. But it’s what I need so he doesn’t rub me raw. I take another deep breath as Draven slides in another few inches.
“Thatta girl. I’m so fucking deep. Just a couple more inches now. Mmm…” He pulls my hips up, angling my ass toward him for leverage.
“One more deep breath for us, baby girl,” Bones coaxes with his hand around my throat.
I’ve never felt anything like this. The pain is masked by the spasms in my core. Every time he pushes in deeper, it hurts for a few seconds and then an obscene wave of pleasure rolls through me.
“Come get your peace, Draven.”
He growls as he thrusts his entire length inside my anus. “Mmm, I could cum right fucking now.”
An animalistic whimper escapes from my throat as I’m stretched as far as I can go. They are both deep inside me now, their cocks pulsing with need.
Aries lifts my hips. “Now we’re going to do this together, little lamb.”
I cry out as I’m see-sawed between them. I’m lifted up and back onto Draven’s cock and then back down to Aries. My eyes roll back as tingles erupt from both of my tender holes. They take turns thrusting so I always have one of them fully inside me.
Bones shifts to his knees next to us. “You’re doing so good, but you’re not full enough.” He fists his cock and presses it to my lips. “Open up so I can fuck that pretty mouth of yours.”
Oh, fuck. I’m crumbling, shattering all over their cocks like a fucking junkie. I don’t think I can handle one more.
“It’s too much,” I whimper.
Bones pinches my chin, yanking my face toward his cock. “It’s just right, baby girl. Now part those lips for me.”
I moan softly as his thick cock enters my mouth. He tastes so fucking good.
He grabs my head and thrusts to the back of my throat. “Oh, yeah. Mmm. Just like that, little lamb. Swallow me whole.”
My eyes glaze, tears filling them, as they fuck me senseless. I’m a rag doll, limp and defenseless against their hunger to destroy me. But it’s what I asked for. And my juices are spilling out like from a faucet.
Aries rubs his abdomen against my clit as he pumps in and out, backing me into Draven’s torturous cock. It’s unearthly, depraved, and so fucking hot.
Bones swells, punishing my mouth with his pierced cock. The metal of his barbell clanks against my teeth. I can’t stop moaning and whining like a greedy slut for them. He thrusts harder, slamming into the back of my throat. My belly twitches as I gag on him.
“Breathe through your nose, baby girl.” Bones wipes the tears from my cheeks as he looks down at me.
Aries squeezes my hips and yanks them down hard. “I’m cumming. Don’t you dare fucking move.”
Draven growls and burrows himself to the hilt. “Oh, baby. Stay nice and still between us. We’re going to fill you up together.”
I cry out as I feel the rush of liquid bursting into me. The two of them moan like wild animals, growling like rabid dogs.
“Make her cum with my cock in her throat,” Bones snarls, his expression darkening.
They push and pull me, rocking me back and forth on their sticky cocks. The tingle starts in my nub and spreads like wildfire. I try to cry out but Bones thrusts to the back of my throat again. I’m overstimulated, cumming all over them while he unleashes inside my mouth.
He holds my head tight in his hands, his fingers threaded through my sweat-soaked strands. “Drink it down, little lamb. Mmm, fuck. Swallow every drop.”
My orgasm grips me as I clench around both Aries and Draven. I moan as Bones’s hot salty cum shoots down my throat.
“That’s my fucking good girl,” Bones roars. He moans and thrusts harder, using my mouth as his own personal fuck toy.
It makes me cum harder. The way they all use me, the pleasure and pain that they promise and deliver is everything I yearn for.
Bones finally pulls out of my mouth and wipes my lips with his thumb. “This mouth is off limits to anyone but us now. Do you understand?”
Draven slides out and pulls me with him, lifting me off Aries. He wraps one arm around my chest while his other hand encloses around my throat. “Your mouth, your pussy, your ass… all ours.”
My chest heaves as I struggle to steady my breath. I can’t deny that being possessed by them sends butterflies to my belly… But they are asking me to make a promise that is impossible to keep.
I climb off the bed and throw on my silk robe. My heart is pounding. My body wants more from them. But they are forgetting that my soul has been bonded to someone else since the moment I came into this world.
“I can’t do that to Nox.”
I finish towel drying my hair as I walk downstairs. The shower helped soothe my muscles, but I’m still sore. Even with the ointment Draven rubbed on me, my flesh is still tender and raw. But it’s a small price to pay for what I let them do to me. It’s the aftermath I’m more worried about.
I find the three of them in the library, their masks off. Bones lounges on the sofa with this feet up while Aries and Draven lean over the fireplace, basking in the warmth from the flames. While they were destroying me upstairs, a storm has been ravaging the grounds outside. It’s extra chilly tonight, especially with the icy draft slipping in through the cracks and crevices.
“What did you decide about the baneberry?” I ask. “Do you accept my terms or are we going back to you trying to bully me into selling?” I hope for the former, but Draven is hard to read, and I wouldn’t put it past him to want full control.
Aries ruffles his blond locks, smoothing back the fallen strands off his forehead. “My father conceded. We control the poison fields now.”
“I will accept your offer under one condition… Pledge your loyalty to us forever.” Draven grabs my hand. “Swear you’ll never leave.”
It’s never been about the money with them. They have enough to foster generational wealth for decades, even centuries maybe. This has always been about control and leverage.
“Only if you promise to accept Nox. I am his too.”
“I thought you were plagued by him, Mia. I don’t understand,” Bones protests.
“We are trying to find a way to free you from him,” Draven adds.
My stomach knots. Maybe I’ve realized that I don’t want to be free. “He’s the only one who’s never abandoned me. Through my birth and my time at the orphanage, then when I lived on the streets, and when my ex broke things off… Nox is the one who has always been there. He’s part of me. I won’t let him go.”
After a long pause, Aries blows out a deep sigh. “Very well. Then we have to find a way to bring him to our world. You can’t keep slipping into a coma for days on end, Mia. I’ve seen the toll it takes on you. You’re exhausted and over-caffeinated all the time.”
“I know,” I murmur.
Draven, still grasping my hands, presses his forehead to mine. “No matter what happens, we will not abandon you either. You are ours .”
Bones chuckles. “What he means to say is you have all three of us in a chokehold. The baneberry is yours. We are yours. You can have everything, baby girl. We finally met our fucking match.”
I nod. “I have to talk to Nox tonight.”
“Will he accept us?” Aries asks.
“Yes. He’s the one who told me to embrace my feelings. He just wants me to be happy and cared for.” I choke back a sob.
Draven wipes my tears. “I have something I need to tell you…”
“ Dray, don’t ,” Bones warns. “It doesn’t change anything.”
“Well, he’s already started now. Can’t walk that back.” Aries snickers.
My stomach is in knots. I don’t know if I can handle any more family secrets getting dropped like bombshells.
He pulls me to the couch and sits down next to me. “Your parents ignored the curse and decided you would be born here. That part you know. What you don’t know is that it was my grandmother who had your mother committed to Absentia Asylum. The price of her freedom was you. Your grandmother Emma sent you to Wickford Hollow Orphanage in exchange for your mother’s release. She was wracked with grief and took her own life shortly after coming home.”
All the blood in my body rushes to my feet, dizzying me. “What the fuck? Penny Blackwell made them give me up?”
Aries takes a seat on the coffee table across from us. “Your father drank himself to death a few years later. Emma spent the rest of her life with deep regret. In the end, this is your legacy. Nightmare man or not, she knew you deserved to be here. ”
Draven nods. “She left the entire Harker estate to you as a fuck you to Penny and as a way to make amends with you. What sickens me even more is that my grandmother would have done the same to me if she found out my secret.”
The more I learn about Ever Graves, the more I understand why everyone here is so fucked up. Penny Blackwell was so afraid of the devil that she became one herself.
I think Emma always knew I’d come back here. She wasn’t trying to protect me from a fate that had already been decided; she was just trying to prolong it until I was ready.
“What if my mother didn’t ignore the curse? What if she had me here on purpose to make sure I’d always have someone watching over me?” I find it hard to believe that a Harker woman would intentionally turn a blind eye to a curse that has been plaguing our family for generations.
Bones taps a cigarette against the table, packing the tobacco down tight. His upper lip twitches when we lock eyes. “We can’t know for sure. That’s why I said that it doesn’t matter. We can’t change the past. Trust me, I wish we could…”
My heart breaks for him as I see the sadness haunting his eyes. I know he’s referring to the death of his brother and the blame he still carries for it.
Aries clasps his hand. “It’s not your fault, Bones. You have to let it go before it eats you alive.”
A nagging feeling in my gut tells me that this darkness inside us isn’t going anywhere. We will always carry these burdens and secrets. They’ve been forged into us, branded into our bones like tattoos. We hide our scars from the rest of the world but not from each other. Because our scars all come from the same place. Ever Graves. We have to learn to live with them. To embrace our dark flaws and shadows.
“It’s who he is,” I murmur.
Draven nods. “It’s who we all are. ”
Aries is the last to give in, refusing to accept the things his father has done to their family. But he knows we’re right. We should hold zero shame for what has been done to us. Our trauma doesn’t define us, but it took part in shaping who we’ve become.
I move toward the fire, warming my trembling hands in front of the flames. “I already know how to bring Nox here. I’ve always known. I’ve hesitated because I don’t know what will happen if he’s no longer in my nightmares. He is darkness personified, an extension of the devil himself. He won’t hurt me or you, but it could either break the curse or make it stronger.”
Draven lights a cigarette and blows out a slow stream of smoke. “Do it. I’m ready for whatever comes.”
A shiver races up my back as Aries and Bones give their approval as well. After tonight, Nox will be here in this house. There’s no taking it back.
I nod. “Then it’s settled. Tonight, I will sell the rest of my soul to the devil.”