Siren in Bloom

Chapter Sixteen

Shelley felt her whole body trembling. She ached in more ways than one. Her legs were starting to hurt, but the hollow feeling in her pussy was worse. She was ready to take Leo’s crop if it just meant he would do something, but the sadistic bastard just stood there, his hands caressing her gently.

His gentleness was starting to get to her.

“You look so lovely like this. I can see your pretty pussy. Do you know how wet you are? All that cream is just coating your flesh. It’s like your cunt is begging for me to taste it. Do you want that, baby? Do you want my tongue in your pussy? Do you want me to shove my face right between these legs and eat your pussy until I’ve had my fill?”

That was the easiest question he’d asked all day. “Yes, Sir.”

His hands, so close before, moved up, stopping on her lower back. Shelley nearly moaned with frustration. Leo chuckled. “Or I could just sit back and watch you. I can see your pouting pussy and I can see something else.”

He pulled apart the cheeks of her ass.

“I can see your asshole.”

She closed her eyes, forcing herself not to move. God, she wanted to move away from him.

“It’s so tight, baby. No one’s ever fucked this asshole, have they?”

“No, Sir.” God, they were really going to do it. They were going to fuck her ass. She was scared and aroused all at the same time.

“Excellent.” He pulled her cheeks even further apart, and she would have sworn she could feel his eyes on her. “Did Wolf brutalize your little asshole, baby? Did he stretch it and make it burn? Did he fuck you with his fingers first? Tell me how my brother plugged this ass.”

His words were seduction in and of themselves. Holding the position was making her shake, but he’d given her a task. She would focus on it. She would think about the task ahead of her and ignore the way her limbs ached. “He was rough at first.”

“He was rather angry at the time.” Leo stepped away. “Keep talking. I’ll be right back.”

He was going somewhere? Damn him. She heard the drawer to his desk open and close. He placed something on the top, and then she could have sworn she heard him unzip and the sound of something crinkling. Talking. She had to keep talking. “He made me undress. He inspected my body.”

“Was he pleased with your body?”

She could still remember the way Wolf had stared at her. He’d reached out and tweaked her nipples in turn. He’d plucked at them until they had been hard berries, begging for his affection. She’d been forced to turn and look at her naked body in the mirror. “He made me watch as he played with my breasts. He made me spread my legs and watch as he dipped his fingers in.”

There was a low growl from behind her. Leo was back. “In where? Don’t you leave anything out.”

“My pussy, Leo. He sank his fingers in my pussy.” Wolf had played with her, those big, long fingers fucking in and out of her pussy. “He used one and then two on me.”

She felt something cool and wet dribble on the crack of her ass. She stiffened, praying he wasn’t doing what she thought he was doing.

She heard a deep chuckle. “No ginger, baby. Just lube. I want to play. Wolf got to play with this asshole. Now I want the same chance. Tell me more.”

Her jaw clenched. She knew what she’d heard. She’d heard him lower his zipper, and she’d heard the very distinct unwrapping of a condom. What was he waiting for? He was making her crazy. And he was also a brick wall. He wasn’t going to give her what she wanted until she’d obeyed him. “He played with my pussy for a long time. He made me watch in the mirror. He made me watch as his fingers got coated in my arousal. He made me watch as he licked his fingers clean. He told me how good I tasted.”

Just talking about the way Wolf had tortured her made her hot all over again.

“I know how good you taste.” Pressure. Erotic pressure made her spine tingle as Leo started to work her asshole. He rimmed it, working the lube in and all around. “Did Wolf get you off, baby? Did he make you come?”

She sniffled a little. “No. He wouldn’t let me come.”

Wolf had played for what felt like forever, those big fingers teasing her until he had her shaking and begging. He’d made sure to stay away from her clit. He’d skimmed and taunted that little bit of flesh, but he wouldn’t press down in any meaningful way.

“He was angry, baby.” Leo growled a little, the sound sparking across her skin. “He was mad that you had disobeyed. Little brats don’t get orgasms. Little brats get crops and whips across their ass. Little brats get to please their Masters and take nothing for themselves.”

Tears nearly blurred her vision. He was going to punish her. Damn it. If she survived the day, she would be surprised.

Leo’s finger penetrated her ass, making her squirm. She was so open, so vulnerable in the position he’d put her in. She felt stretched and shaky, totally bent to his will.

This was what he wanted. It finally kicked in. He wanted her to let go, to be totally focused on the moment and not thinking about anything except pleasing him. He wouldn’t demand it in their daily life, but he was giving her a place to go when the world became too much. She relaxed and let go of her frustration. She breathed in and found an odd place of peace.

Leo’s finger sank into her ass. “What just happened, baby?”

She felt herself smile, a lazy, relaxed expression. Even her legs felt softer now. “I gave in.”

Leo’s finger rimmed her ass while his free hand ran down her spine. “You won’t regret it. Shelley, this is a good place. Find your subspace. It’s safe to do it with me. Wolf, too. Neither one of us will ever hurt you. We’d rather cut off our dicks than cause you a real moment of pain. Pain can enhance pleasure, and that’s all we’re trying to do.”

But she wasn’t so afraid of the pain. She knew neither Leo nor Wolf would really hurt her physically. Her heart was another matter. But Leo was here. Leo wouldn’t be standing here with her if he wasn’t serious. He might play around with her when Wolf was there to take care of her, but this felt different. This felt like commitment.

“Are you going to stay with me?” Shelley asked, knowing the answer. Leo Meyer might be a tough nut to crack, but he was loyal and stalwart. She’d said she loved him. If he was going to walk away, he would have done it. As his fingers were currently deep inside her rectum, she had a feeling he was planning on staying.

“Say you love me.” He didn’t sound like a Dom. He sounded like a man. A man she’d burned before.

“I love you.” They were the easiest three words she’d ever said. She’d loved Leo for years.

“I love you, too, baby. And it will work out with Wolf. It will. He’s my brother. If I don’t share with him, my mother will show up on our doorstep, and I would like to avoid that. She’s a bit crazy. But she’s very sweet. She just thinks aliens impregnated her and that everything is made better with beets. I hate beets.”

She groaned a little as he added another finger. God, he was stretching her.

“So you’re going to have to deal with my family, and I’ll deal with your lamentable lack of discipline.” The Dom was back, that hard edge in his voice making her heart flutter. “Now, tell me what I want to hear. Tell me how my brother tortured this little asshole.”

Rather like Leo was doing. “He stretched me. He used the lube on me. At first it was just warm, but then it burned, and I squirmed a lot and I pleaded with him.”

Leo’s voice was warm, as though he’d found his own happy place. Dom space. She had subspace, and he had Dom space. “I bet he liked that.”

Wolf had liked her pleas. She’d also known all along that he would respect her safe word. She could have used her slow-down word or her stop word, and Wolf would have obeyed. He would have slowed and talked to her or stopped all together. Despite her precarious position, she was really in charge. She was giving her Doms what they needed and taking what she needed.

“He was very hard, Leo, but he wouldn’t give me his cock.”

“No, cock is for good subs. Cock isn’t for little brats who give her Masters heart attacks.” He fucked into her ass with his fingers. “I’ve never seen a man move as fast as Wolf. If you try anything like that again, it won’t just be ginger lube on a plug. I’ll buy the largest piece of ginger root I can find, and I’ll carve a massive dildo and that will be your plug. Don’t think I can’t do it. I’m actually quite the artist.”

Yes, he was a deeply perverted artist. She was getting used to the burn of his fingers in her ass, beginning to feel the first stirrings of pleasure from the way he stretched and fucked her.

“Let go of your ankles and grab the desk, baby. I think Wolf tortured you enough, and given what he’s probably planning to do tonight, I think a little respite is called for.”

Very carefully, she released her ankles. Blessed relief flooded her. She sighed at the feeling that wouldn’t have been possible without the previous discomfort. And she felt an odd pride. She’d taken what he’d dished out, and now she was ready for her reward. She softened her knees and reached for the edge of Leo’s elegantly appointed desk.

“Master Wolf did say you were in charge of me,” she said, tilting her head to look back. Leo’s hair was down, falling around his shoulders. There was a deeply decadent look on his face.

“Yes. Don’t you forget that. Eyes front or you won’t get your treat.” He barked the order in that low voice she would bet he’d used to get many a sub to do his will. But she was his sub. As far as Club gossip went, he’d never collared anyone outside of his wife.

His fingers kept up the slow fuck on her ass.

“Do you know how much I want to fuck your ass, baby? It’s going to feel so good. But this will have to do for now.” He pressed in, and she suddenly felt something large forage between her legs. “Think about this, Shelley. Is this what you want? Do you really want to be full? Do you want to be packed full of cock? Because that’s what’s going to happen. Your pussy and your ass will get stretched and filled with your Masters’ cocks. The next time someone plays with this asshole, it won’t be fingers. It’s going to be that monster of my brother’s fucking you. Think about that while I play. But you really couldn’t make an informed decision without a little test drive. I won’t leave your pussy lonely.”

The head of his dick moved around her pussy, pausing at the entrance. She stopped breathing. God, she wanted him so much. She held still. He hadn’t given her permission to move. She wanted to be so good for him. Everything else fell away. Her self-consciousness floated away as she simply allowed herself to be in the moment.

She bit back a groan as Leo’s enormous cock began to invade. He pushed his fingers into her ass as his dick began to work its way into her pussy.

“Oh, you feel it now, don’t you, baby? You feel stretched out and invaded.”

“Yes, Leo.” And it felt magnificent. It was the right side of pain, and she closed her eyes, imagining that Wolf was here with them, his big hands on her flesh, his cock moving in time with Leo’s. Leo worked her masterfully. He fucked in and out, finding a rhythm that had her panting and moaning.

“Come for me, baby. Come for me. I’m not going to last long. I can’t. You’re too fucking hot. You’re so goddamn tight. I love you, baby. I love you so much.”

The words worked magic on her, filling her heart and soul as Leo filled her body. She was off the leash. She moved against him, pressing back to take him as far as she could. His cock hit a perfect spot inside of her, and the orgasm blasted through her system, making the world seem hazy and everything unreal except for the man behind her.

Leo’s fingers came out of her ass, and she felt both of his hands on her hips, gripping her as he shoved in one last time and shouted as he came. He pressed in as though grinding out every bit of cum he had.

A sweet, heavy languor swept through her system. She could feel the blood pounding through her veins. Leo swept her up in his arms. She looked into seriously blue eyes. His sensual lips were turned up in a little smile.

“You said it,” Shelley said on a breathy little sigh. He’d said it.

Those frequently chilly eyes were warm on her now. “I said it. I meant it. And I mean it when I promise you that Wolf and I will work something out. When I get overly possessive or obnoxious, he can just try to hit me. He’s bigger anyway.”

She laughed at the thought of having to play referee to her men. “I’m not going to let him hit you.”

A superior look crossed Leo’s face. “I said he could try. He’s bigger, but I’m way more flexible, and despite allowing him to do the majority of the running today, I’m actually faster than him. Remember that the next time you try to run.”

No more running for her. Leo set her gently down on his sofa.

“I’m not going to run again.” She stared up at one half of her world. He was so beautiful, and he was finally hers. “I promise the next time someone tries to kill me to let you or Wolf take the bullet.”

“Damn straight,” Leo replied, winking. “And again, Wolf is really half metal. He’s like the bionic man. We should let him take the bullets.” He kissed her lightly. “Let me go clean up, baby. Actually, we should both clean up. Come on. There’s a shower in the bathroom.”

“You need a shower in your office?” Shelley asked, getting back on her feet. She knew she should be self-conscious, but that seemed to have fled with those three little words from his lips. He loved her. He loved her. That meant he had to love her cellulite, too.

Leo shrugged. “I’ve had to listen to some weird shit. Just listening to some of Kitten’s fantasies made me want to take a shower. There’s a reason I shipped her over to my ex-wife.”

Shelley laughed. She had the feeling she was going to have to get used to the oddities of her boyfriend’s secretary.

“Come on, baby. Let’s get washed up. I haven’t even kissed you properly.”

Leo opened the door to the bathroom, and Shelley walked through with a serenity in her heart that had been missing for years.

Wolf stared down at the delicate choker he’d ordered the day before. It was lovely, something Shelley could wear all day and no one in the vanilla world would see it for what it was—a commitment, a promise, a future.

Of course, none of those things belonged to him. Not when it came to Shelley.

His mind leapt back to an hour before. Standing outside the door to his brother’s office. He’d opened it a crack, and then he’d heard Shelley’s passionate words.

I’ll love you for the rest of my life and through whatever comes after. That’s the only sure thing here. It’s either enough for you or it isn’t.

Wolf had stopped. Shelley had made her play for Leo. He’d known it would happen. He’d wanted it to happen, and still, hearing those words struck through him a little. She hadn’t said them to him. She hadn’t said them in front of him. She’d said them from the comfort of Leo’s arms. He’d been able to see her gorgeous face shining up at his brother, her love for him plain for anyone to see. She loved Leo.

That was okay. He wanted her to love Leo. The whole ménage thing wouldn’t work if she didn’t love them both. He’d stood there and forced himself to concede that Leo had known her longer. He could have the first I love you.

He’d been just about to walk in when he’d heard Leo’s response.

I don’t know if I can share you long term. What are we going to do about Wolf?

With those low words, Wolf had felt everything fall apart like a house of cards imploding under the smallest of winds.

He’d shut the door and walked from the office, his feet feeling leaden.

“Sir? Is it what you wanted?” the immaculately dressed clerk asked.

“Dude? Are we going to stand in Tiffany’s all day?” Logan asked, giving him a little punch. Logan looked at the clerk as though just realizing something was wrong. “Could you give us a minute? I think he’s figuring out if it’s the right one.”

The well-trained clerk nodded. “Of course. Sometimes these things look different in person than they did on the website. Please let me know if you would like to look at something different.”

The clerk walked away.

“Wolf, what the hell is going on? Don’t shrug me off again. I’m not stupid. You were fine and then you turned into a morose ball of goo. What the hell happened when you went to tell Leo how long you would be?”

Wolf tried to focus on the small necklace. There was a circlet of white gold and through it came two tails, each with another circlet. Three circles connected. Wolf had seen it and thought about how he and Leo wouldn’t be getting close again without Shelley. Three circles, the two lower ones flowing from the one in the middle. Shelley was the sun, and he and Leo were the planets that worshipped and orbited around her.

He sighed and placed it back on the velvet display case. He couldn’t waste that much money on something that wouldn’t mean a thing after tonight.

“She’s in love with Leo.”

Logan’s brows came together. “Okay. I thought we knew that. I don’t see the problem.”

Of course Logan didn’t see the problem. In Bliss, it would be a simple thing. Wolf would just go after her until she loved him, too. Hell, it was practically expected in Bliss. If someone told a Bliss woman she had to pick between two men she wanted, she just might start shooting. But he wasn’t in Bliss.

“Leo won’t share.”

Logan gasped. “Shit. Wow. Does your mom know?”

Crap. He missed Jamie sometimes. James was the more mature of Wolf’s best friends. “I’m not calling my mom in. Shelley loves him. Leo loves her. There’s no place for me. I’m going to do the only thing I can do. I’m going to hand her over to my brother and wish them well.”

It made his heart ache. He’d fallen for her completely. She was the sunshine he’d been missing for most of his life. He even loved the bratty way she tried to manipulate him. He didn’t want perfection from her. He wanted her beautiful body and the sassy, loving soul that went with it.

But those belonged to his brother, and he owed Leo a lot, too. He couldn’t take away a woman his brother loved. He’d made his play, and he’d lost.

“Fuck, man. I don’t like the sound of that.” Logan crossed his arms over his chest. “Shouldn’t you, like, beat the shit out of him until he sees things your way?”

“That wouldn’t work with Leo. He’s smaller than me, but he’s mean in a fight. And he’s a stubborn asshole. And he’s my brother. I don’t think he’s ever really been in love before. I can’t take it away from him. I love her. I really do, but it can’t work like this. If I press my claim, it’s only going to make her miserable. And in the end, she’ll pick him and then I won’t have a relationship with either of them. I need to bow out gracefully. I need to make a good show.”

“That sucks, man.”

Yep. Logan was succinct. Wolf raised a hand, and the clerk came over quickly. “I need to see something different. Do you have something more like a lock with one key?”

“Absolutely, sir. I’ll bring you several to choose from.” He swept away the necklace Wolf had chosen. It was gone like the future he’d briefly had.

“You’re going to hand her over tonight, aren’t you?” Logan asked.

Wolf nodded. “I’m going to pretend like it was my plan all along. Like this was my gift.”

Logan looked at the tags on the jewelry surrounding them. “It’s a pretty fucking expensive gift.”

Yes, it was. In more terms than just money. It was going to cost him a piece of his soul. And he would pay it. He would pay it because his brother had never faltered. Leo had been the one to make sure he’d eaten breakfast and gotten to school. Leo had sat up with him explaining homework and reading to him when their mother had to work late. It was a debt Wolf could never really repay.

He selected a pretty lock with a small key. It was gold and would look lovely against Shelley’s skin. Leo would hold the key. Wolf would be the kinky brother who had once played into his sister-in-law’s fantasy. After a while, they wouldn’t think about him at all. He would just be part of the family. Neither one would know that he would love her until the day he died.

“I’ll take this one,” Wolf said.

“You’re a better man than me,” Logan said as the clerk placed his selection in its blue box and got it ready to go.

“I don’t know about that. I’m just doing what I have to do.”

Logan looked at him seriously. “Come to New York with me. I have a friend I’m going to see. He’s kind of a crazy billionaire. You know that search engine everyone uses? Yeah, he invented that. His granddad kept a summer cabin in Bliss, and he came up every year from June to late August. We called ourselves summer brothers. Come with me, man. His place is incredible from what I hear.”

“You’re leaving The Club?” He handed his bank card to the clerk. “Logan, you’ve had two sessions with Leo.”

Logan shrugged. “He’s good. I’m totally fixed. I haven’t tried to kill anyone in like a week. Haven’t even wanted to. I just needed to be away from Bliss. I’m staying for another day or two and then I’m headed to Manhattan. Seth can get me a job. He can get you a job, too. Come on, man. Let’s try the city out.”

Wolf was pretty sure that was a bad idea. No matter how calm Logan seemed now, it was still there, simmering under the surface. But he hadn’t shown a single crack last night during the scenes. Wolf knew Leo had been watching Logan for a reaction.

But no one had set up a scene that played on Logan’s trauma.

It was a horrible thing to do, but if Logan was really fine, then what Wolf had in mind wouldn’t faze him.

“I’ll think about it,” Wolf told Logan. “Hell, I don’t have anywhere else to go.”

But if he had his way, Logan wasn’t going to New York. He would stay and let Leo help him. All Wolf needed was a little help from some new friends. When he had a chance, he called Jack Barnes and gave the cowboy the game plan.

Tonight he would help all the people he cared about.

And then he could walk away with a clear conscience and a heavy heart.