Chapter 9
The Bait
Caden
I don’t like most of this plan, but I like the outcome. Jack brought Harper back after playing with her on his own. She looked completely worked over and a little sleepy when I brought her up to the closet to pick something to wear tonight.
“You going to be good to go, little nympho?” I arch an eyebrow as she covers her yawn with the back of her hand.
“Mmhmm.” She takes a deep breath and pulls out a little black dress with a swing style skirt.
I’m not sure she’ll make it far in that dress. At least not far from me because even sleepy my girl is a beauty.
She hands me the dress and then moves to the dresser to find some panties. When she pulls out a pair, I make a disapproving noise.
“What?” Her eyebrow arches.
“Next drawer down.” I lean against the doorframe and give her a little smirk. “The black ones with the silver lace.”
She closes the drawer and opens the second one down. Her eyes widen when she spots the ones I’m talking about. She holds them up and gives me a questioning look.
“You’ll feel sexy and confident wearing those.” I shrug as I imagine her in that thong and all that ass for me to feel when she’s sitting in my lap. Not to mention I can tease her a lot easier in those than in normal panties.
She sets them to the side and takes her shirt off. Her pants go next. Little marks from us are everywhere on her body. The possessive streak inside me puffs up. There’s no doubt that Harper is ours.
When she reaches behind her for her bra, her brown eyes collide with mine. Hers heat up as she drops the bra to the floor and reaches for her panties. She’s slow and deliberate as she shimmies them over her hips and lets them fall to her ankles.
While I adjust my hardening cock, she slips her feet from the panties.
“You don’t worry these will be too revealing?” She holds up the lacey thong as if I can see anything besides her naked body. Fuck, I’m already amped up about what’s going down tonight, but add Harper looking like a fallen angel ready for the taking... I’m going to need release.
“Just revealing enough, little nympho.”
She smirks before turning her back to me. That’s fine. The curve of her ass is nice to admire too. When she bends over to hold the panties down for her to step into, she flashes that wet pussy at me.
I growl and she freezes.
“You’re being naughty, little nympho.” I set the dress to the side and undo my belt.
“Am I, War?” A glint of mischief shines in her eyes.
Fuck, this girl knows how to get under my skin. “Don’t move.”
“This position isn’t exactly comfortable.” Her hair falls down to brush the floor and her eyebrow arches as her eyes meet mine.
I step up behind her while I undo my jeans and pull my hard cock out, stroking it while taking in her position. “Hands behind your back, little nympho.”
She tries to rise, but I put my hand on her lower back.
“No, you wanted to be a tease.” I stroke my hand between her parted legs.
She moans so softly I almost don’t hear it.
“Now, give me your hands.” I slide my fingers into her pussy, thrusting a few times while I wait.
“I could—”
When I pull my fingers out, she whimpers. “If you don’t obey me, I’ll spank you.”
She hesitates. This girl.
“And I won’t fuck you afterwards.” I thrust my finger back into her pussy. This time her moan is louder. “You want to get fucked, don’t you, little nympho?”
She releases the panties onto the floor and reluctantly puts her hands behind her back. I smile and take hold of both wrists in my free hand before pulling my fingers out and smacking her ass.
“Ow.” Her fingers wiggle in my hold, but I just guide my cock to her entrance.
“You wanted to tease me with a flash of that pretty pussy and didn’t expect me to take it?” I chuckle as my cock rests against her wet pussy. Her asshole is right there, but fuck, I don’t have time to do this even. I definitely don’t have time to prep and fuck her ass.
“Caden,” she whimpers.
I thrust deep into her. She gasps.
“Just relax. I’ve got you, little nympho.” I take her wrists in each of my hands and pull out before thrusting in deep. Her breasts and hair sway with the force as I pull her back into me. Her breath comes out in pants as I build up to a steady pace, fucking in and out of her sweet, tight cunt.
The tension leaves her arms as she submits to me fully and something inside me unlocks. I’m nearly twice as big as this woman and she trusts me fully to keep her safe, to protect her.
If I asked her to, she’d stay in this closet all night letting me fuck her.
She’s mine.
But I’m hers too.
She may not physically protect me, but she takes care of me in other ways.
“Right there. Fuck.” She widens her legs a little and bends more. To the point if I wasn’t holding her wrists, she’d fall. That’s how much she trusts me in this.
“Caden,” she moans. “Don’t stop.”
Fuck. I thrust into her over and over and over as she makes these little noises that tell me she’s so fucking close to exploding. But every thrust gets me closer to release.
I could do this forever, but we have things to do before I can bury myself in her tight cunt for the night. The others can use her mouth and ass. Tonight, this pussy is all mine.
Taking her wrists into one hand, I slip my free hand between her legs. I stroke her clit in tight little circles.
“Oh, fuck!” She trembles.
“Come for me, little nympho. Come around my cock so I can fill you with my cum.” I thrust harder.
She stiffens and cries out as her release coats my cock. Pride swells in my chest as her pussy milks me. My cock thickens and my release bears down on me. My cum drenches the warm walls of her cunt, filling her up, marking her as mine.
She hangs limp in my hold. I’m still fully clothed while she’s naked before me. I pump my still hard cock into her and she shivers as an aftershock works through her.
“Fuck,” she whispers.
Chuckling, I pull out and thrust my fingers inside her to hold my cum inside.
She sighs. “You know it will eventually come out, right?”
“Not if I get it deep enough.” I thrust my fingers a few times inside her.
She blows out a breath. “I’m getting a little headache from all the blood rushing to my head.”
“Pick up your panties.” I release one of her wrists and pull my fingers out of her pussy. As soon as she picks up the panties, I wrap my arm around her waist and lift her to stand with her head against my chest.
“Oof, headrush.” She grins.
I kiss her shoulder. “Wear the panties. I like the idea of you being full of me when we’re out there amongst the snakes.”
She turns and our gazes lock on each other’s. “Are you sure you want me to wear these? They’re very nice.”
I catch her chin and lower my mouth to hover above hers. “Worth it.”
Harper
I’m fucking glowing as I walk into the party with Caden’s large hand on my low back. We follow Luke and Nico, while Jack and Eli bring up the rear. Everyone has their part to play and I have to work this to perfection.
The guys move through the crowd, but stay encircling me, protecting me, guarding me. Caden’s fingers flex on my back and I look up at him, but he’s looking across the room. I follow his gaze and see Ethan and another guy I recognize from the football team talking.
Caden steers me to the leather sectional and pulls me down on his lap. Luke sits beside us and the others surround us. Now we wait. The party gets more dense as the night goes on. People are getting drunk and silly or making out in corners.
Ethan stays away from the guys, but he glances my way every now and then. I let him catch me looking before I turn away. It’s a delicate balance of showing interest and not being too obvious.
Caden keeps his hand on my thigh, possessively, but he talks to the guys around me. That’s part of the plan.
Penny comes over and smiles at me before glancing at Luke. I don’t like the way she looks at him like she wants him to notice her, but I can understand it. Luke is gorgeous. Tonight he wears a black t-shirt that makes the pale blue of his eyes stand out.
The girls can eye fuck my guy all they want, but he’s not open for the taking. None of my guys are.
“Hey, Harper.” Her brown eyes settle on me after getting no encouragement.
“Hi.” I even wave a little like a dork. Part of it is because I’m nervous. I could fuck this up and it could end really badly.
“Can I talk to you for a few minutes?” She bites her lip and does that little girl sway.
I glance at Luke and wait for him to nod his head.
“Okay.” I breathe. This is it.
Caden helps me stand. His hand lingers on my hip and I let my fingers brush over his softly. He’ll protect me. He always does.
I step away to the edge of the couch and sit down with Penny.
“Okay, this is where we look like we’re talking.” Penny smiles.
“We could actually talk.” I raise an eyebrow. “I mean, people are supposed to think you’re my friend.”
Also part of the plan to give her an in with Sidney and the Cheermonsters.
She takes my hand. “I want to be your friend, Harper. I think it’s stupid what’s going on around you. The cheerleaders are trying to take down your guys. And I know more shit has happened to you.”
“You do?” Now I’m a little nervous. How does she know what else has happened?
“Yeah, I mean the football players we’ve been hanging out with talk. They told us about your car tire. And we know the guys are worried about people targeting you.”
Okay, that makes my heartbeat settle. I don’t need anyone else to know about what happened in the girls’ locker room. How my hands were sweating. How I didn’t know how much longer I could hold on.
A shiver races through me. Tonight won’t be like that. Nothing will ever be like that again.
I straighten and glance over my shoulder at the guys before letting my gaze fall on Ethan.
When he smirks and puckers his lips at me, I smile and drop my gaze like I’m okay with it.
While inside, I want to make him pay. Fuck, I want to make all of them pay for thinking I’m the easy target.
For thinking I’d just roll over and let them walk all over me.
“Are we ready for the next phase?” Penny leans in close to me like she’s confiding something.
“I think so. We need to be as discreet as possible,” I whisper back.
“Okay, then a few more seconds here,” she whispers. “Did you know Ethan and Nat dated freshman year?”
“No.” My eyes widen. Crap, what if Nat still wants him and this is all a double cross?
“Yeah, she said they never made it past kissing and he really sucked at it.” Penny giggles before glancing Ethan’s way. “He also spread a really vicious rumor that she blew him beneath the bleachers during P.E. class.”
“What an asshat,” I whisper, but keep the smile on my face.
“Let’s take this fucker down.” She squeezes my hand.
I turn to look at Eli behind me. His dark eyes meet mine and give me strength. “I need to go to the bathroom.”
He nods and starts to get up.
“I can go with her.” Penny stands and I join her.
“Yeah, Penny can go with me.” I take her hand and look at Eli with what I hope looks like hope in my eyes and not dread.
Eli nods and gives me a fierce look. “Behave, kitten.”
We turn and walk to the bathroom. Or rather to wait in the line for the bathroom. It’s late and everyone has been drinking. The line is long and I’m glad I don’t actually have to use the bathroom.
“Now what?” I sneak a glance toward where Ethan was. I don’t see him. For a second I panic.
“It’s okay.” She squeezes my hand. “We’ll stay in line and then we’ll head back the long way which should put you right in his path.”
Nodding, I lean back against the wall. It’s odd but I haven’t been at a party like this. Just me and a friend hanging out, waiting for the bathroom. What else did I miss out on because I chose to hide from the horsemen?
The line moves every few minutes, and Penny and I creep closer to the door. It’s also out of sight from the horsemen. Though I know Jack is watching me. I glance up at the corner and smile slightly at the little camera.
No one would even know it was there with the room as dark as it is. But I know he’s watching me and that gives me courage. The music gets a little louder as a bunch of rowdy people start dancing. Penny and I talk about music and TV shows as we wait.
It’s nice and I really have to wonder why I thought this wouldn’t be worth it.
So what if a horseman harassed me because I was fuckable?
Maybe I could have gotten a boyfriend before any of them were the wiser.
Maybe I could have been like Penny and lost my virginity to my high school boyfriend and then tried to hookup with one of the horsemen later.
But then I remember this afternoon in Jack’s bed. The closet with Caden. This morning with Eli and Luke and then Nico in the shower. And last night... A shiver works through me. I could have had parties like this where I wasn’t welcome into their circle. Where none of them even knew who I was.
I still would have been invisible, but only to them. My insides twist.
Jack is right. I wasn’t ready for them and they weren’t ready for me, but now we are. Maybe letting my walls down is a good idea. Maybe letting them in and loving them just a little won’t be a mistake.
“Hey, Harper.” Ethan braces his arm against the wall beside my head as he leans over me.
Penny giggles and I force a smile. “Hey, Ethan.”
“I’ve been waiting to get you to myself.” He glances at Penny like he wants her to disappear. “I can take her from here.”
I give him a little pout. “If the horsemen see her and not me, I’ll be in trouble.”
He chuckles and leans in closer to me. “You don’t have to worry about them for long.”
I swallow down the bile rising from him being so close and the fear his words spark in me. But there’s a part to play and tonight I’m on center stage. And it’s time to start the show.