31. The Taunt
The Taunt
Luke
Eli and I sit at the table in the cafeteria, waiting. That’s all this seems to be. A waiting game to see who’s going to break first. We haven’t had much luck getting more information.
Jack sits down across from me and smirks. His leg bounces up and down, but he looks rested at least and not completely strung out.
“Did you enjoy your night with our girl?” I watch the door.
“Always.” Jack leans in. “Slept buried deep inside her, woke up hard and fucking her, so yeah, good night.”
I shake my head. That’s something I’d do. It’s something I’ve done. Many times.
Caden carries Nico’s backpack as Nico and Harper come into the cafeteria. She’s hovering over Nico like he might break. He doesn’t need it. I want to laugh, but it’s part of Harper’s appeal. She cares for all of us.
Zach gets up from his table and walks over to get in their way. Harper lifts her gaze, but there isn’t any fear in it. Caden steps up against her back.
When I start to rise, Eli shakes his head. “Don’t play into his game. He wants to see what happens when he approaches our girl. This is safe, controlled. Chill.”
I relax into my chair again and watch as Zach says something. Harper nods and then he moves out of the way. Zach’s eyes lock with mine, and he gives me a knowing smile.
I give him the appropriate nod before turning my attention back to Harper. Part of me wants to draw her onto my lap, but she settles Nico onto a chair with his leg up. When she glances my way, I let our connection fill the space between us, and it helps settle me.
Eli draws her down on his lap. “How are you, kitten?”
She glances at me before Caden sets a tray of food in front of her. “I’m good.”
Eli’s hand rests possessively on her thigh. Her cheeks grow pinker.
“What did he want?” Eli’s words are low, but if someone’s listening in, they’re already aware that Zach stopped our girl and already know what he said.
“He wanted to know if I was wearing this to the bonfire tonight.” She smooths her hands over her skirt. “Though now that I think about it, I might change into jeans.”
“That might not be a bad idea.” Nico puts his hand on her knee, and she covers it with hers.
“It does get cold, even with the bonfire.” Eli tips her chin so he can search her eyes. “Don’t get separated from us, kitten.”
She nods and rests her head against his shoulder. Some of the fight drains out of her. Zach wants to crush us through her. He’s not going to charm his way into her life like Tanner tried. After the drugging at my house, I’m worried he might try something like that with Harper.
We can’t police everything she ingests, and there’s always the possibility he’ll just inject her with something. He has access to drugs and the equipment to do that. I don’t like him being around her, but we have to stay the course.
We could try taking him down. He’s selling drugs, but he’s smart enough to not get caught. That, and he’s got an in with the police because of Sidney. And who knows her game?
Sidney laughs at the basketball table, drawing my attention. What’s her plan? She can’t get me back, so how’s she going to change the game? She may have just talked to my father, but my father would have fucked her in a heartbeat if she offered. He has no issues using someone her age.
But what does that gain her? He’s not devoted to the women he fucks. He vowed to never remarry. Was it just to fuck with my brain and somehow make me want her back? Or maybe that was her last fuck you to me.
I’m just waiting for the moment she tries to throw it in my face.
Harper touches my shoulder. I didn’t even realize she’d gotten up, so lost in my thoughts. I lean back in my chair and she straddles me, facing me.
That ponytail has been teasing me all morning. I wrap it around my fist and tug her head back. She gasps but doesn’t fight me. There’s something possessive and wicked in her eyes. My cock hardens.
“Did you need me, princess?” My words are quiet, for her only, but I know the guys hear them.
“Always, Death.”
I capture her mouth, and she whimpers as she falls into the kiss. I can’t lose her. She’s mine. I tug her head to the side and whisper in her ear, “How needy are you, princess?”
I lean back to look into her eyes. They’re molten pools of desire. Fuck it.
“Heading to class early.” I lift Harper off my lap and stand to take her hand. The others smirk, but I don’t give a shit. “Catch up with you guys later.”
Harper trails her fingers across Caden’s shoulders, and he gives her a wink. I need her to myself. I pull her out the entrance closest to our table and into the hallway. Some people sit by the lockers eating or talking, but I ignore them as I steer us toward somewhere no one will find us.
There’s a hallway toward the back of the school that is mainly used by maintenance. The lights are off and only the emergency lights are on. Harper moves in closer to me and her vanilla scent fills my nose.
Only our footsteps echo in the hallway. When I reach the door I’m looking for, I open it, pulling Harper into an abandoned classroom. I make sure it’s empty before I close the door. There’s very little light. Someone drew the shades to keep the temperature down.
She lets out a little breath. I can make out the shadow of her in the darkness.
The key doesn’t work anymore, but the lock still does. No one locks it and maintenance hasn’t gotten around to changing it. We found this room ages ago.
I lift Harper against me and carry her over to the teacher’s desk.
I keep my voice low. “Did you ever imagine being fucked on a teacher’s desk, princess?”
“Not particularly.” Her voice is a little higher like she’s nervous.
I lower her to sit on it and part her thighs, stepping between them. She clenches into my shoulders.
“Should we be in here?” Her breath is warm against my face and smells like mint.
“We can be wherever we want to be.” I grab her ponytail and tip her head back, sliding my lips against her neck. She shivers against me as her arms wrap me, drawing me in closer.
Her surrender is always subtle. This girl loves me. She likes the way I play with her. Craves it. There’s something so powerful in that.
“You wore this skirt to torment me.” I nibble at her jaw and her fingers slide into my hair as she releases a breath. “You knew I’d take you to a closet to fuck you today, didn’t you, pet?”
“I didn’t know you’d take us somewhere no one else goes. Seems dangerous.”
I chuckle darkly. “You’re with me, princess. No one would dare attack you when you’re with me.”
She runs her hand down my chest to rub my cock through my jeans. It jerks beneath her touch.
I kiss her jaw. “We don’t have much time, pet.”
She grabs my belt and undoes it. I continue to kiss my way to her lips but avoid actually kissing them as she works on opening my pants. When she has them open, I step back and lift her to her feet.
Spinning her around, I push her chest down on the desk and grab her ponytail to hold her how I want her. Arched with her ass up in the air. Mine to control.
“Luke,” she whispers.
“Don’t worry, pet, I know what you want.” I finish freeing my cock and lift her skirt. I tug her panties to the side and press my cock to her entrance. Pulling her hair, I sink my cock inside her warm cunt.
She lets out a low moan.
I chuckle. “Might want to be quiet, pet. The maintenance guys might need to check this room. They have a key to everything.”
She clenches around me as she looks at the door. That fear of being caught is potent. She doesn’t need to know the key doesn’t work.
I reach between her legs with my free hand and stroke her clit, remaining deep inside her. She tries to rock, but the way I have her held, she’s not moving an inch. Her breath comes out in sharp pants as I work her higher and higher.
I need her to come so I can fuck her fast and hard and not worry about needing to get her off. I need to possess her, consume her, but I want to take care of her needs.
She’s trembling and her pussy ripples around my cock as she bucks in tiny movements against me. Her little noises make me want to fuck her hard, but I’m relentless in my pursuit of her release.
“Ah,” escapes her mouth before she clamps her lips shut and muffles her moan. Her pussy clenches all around me, milking me, making me want to unload, but I’m not ready.
“That one was for you, pet. This is for me.” I pull back and thrust hard.
She braces herself against the desk with her hands and groans.
Over and over, I fuck into her, feeling her here with me, but seeing her trembling next to Zach at the announcement last night.
Watching him stop her in the cafeteria today.
Knowing that he’s being methodical about getting to her.
Remembering that first night after someone knocked on her doors when she was alone and she asked me to stay. The guy who had terrorized her and wanted to fuck her for no other reason than she was the last virgin.
She made me stay because she was afraid to be alone. Now it’s me who’s afraid to be left alone. Whatever his plans for her are, it could destroy all of us. If it came down to having to go to my father for help to save her?
I’d swallow my pride and do it. It doesn’t matter the cost. Harper is mine and I’ll protect her no matter what.
Her hips press back into mine over and over until she shatters against me, collapsing on the desk. Her pussy milks my cock until I explode with a roar. Claiming her. Filling her.
I jerk her upright as my cock unloads inside her. I tip her head so I can kiss her lips. When I slide my hand beneath her panties and stroke her clit, she sucks in a breath and pulses all around me again.
She cries out against my lips as her orgasm clings to her. I hold my finger still over her clit, feeling the pulsing as we come down. Our breaths mingle as I rest my head against hers.
“I’ll do anything to protect you, princess. Anything.”
Harper
Luke’s words echo in my ears for the remainder of the day. Anything. Fuck. He doesn’t realize I’d do anything to protect them too. I worry what his anything may be. I don’t want him to go to prison for me or die for me.
The last bell rings, and I startle to find myself the last one sitting as everyone else hurries out the door.
“Are you okay, H.?” Kenz tilts her head to the side as she looks down at me.
“Yeah.”
Luke offers me his hand and pulls me up. He kisses my temple. “See you later, princess.”
I touch his jaw, and his eyes soften. Jack touches my back. When I turn, he kisses me. This is my life now. Five boyfriends. Kisses and touches all day. I can definitely get used to this.
“Come on, I’ll walk you and Kenz to Nico.” Jack wraps his arm around my shoulder. I love the weight of him on me.
Kenz gives me a smile as Luke heads out of the classroom and toward practice. We head the opposite direction toward the parking lot. When we draw close to the doors, Eli sits next to Nico on a bench, waiting for us.
Jack holds out his keys. “Figured it’d be easier to get my car back.”
I nod and don’t say anything. The guys don’t want it to be general knowledge where I’m sleeping. And we can’t risk someone overhearing us. Jack tips my chin up and kisses me one final time.
“You’ve got what you need to work on.” His words are for Kenz.
She nods.
Jack looks at me like he wants to kiss me again. A tingle rolls through me, but he smirks and backs away before turning and heading to practice.
“Behave, kitten.” Eli brushes his thumb over my lips before he hurries to catch up with Jack.
I sit down next to Nico and rest my head against his shoulder. “How was your day?”
He wraps his arm around me and squeezes. “Easier than yesterday.”
“Do you guys want me to come over?” Kenz looks at me with wide eyes like she’s actually asking if I want to be alone with Nico.
I smile and meet Nico’s eyes. “I think we can handle it from here.”
Nico adds, “We should be fine.”