Laid Bare

by Lauren Dane

  Apparently, yes. Her eyes gleamed with the light of desire and she nearly panted.

  Ben petted a hand down her hip. “You all right with that, gorgeous? He tastes mighty fine. Will you share him with me?”

  “Yes.” Erin gasped. “It was beautiful.” She meant it and Todd only loved her more for it as he quickly unhooked the cuffs, helping her turn over.

  “Ass up high for him,” he murmured as he reconnected the cuffs to the straps so that she was once again bound.

  “This work is gorgeous,” Ben said just as he slid into her pussy. “Give her a hand, Todd. She needs to come again, don’t you think?”

  “Mmm, yes, and she does it so beautifully too.” He stretched out beside her, her face turned toward him, her gaze locked on his.

  He kissed her, nipping her bottom lip, before reaching up and tracing the line of her spine, bent as she pressed back to take as much from Ben as she could.

  When his fingertips brushed her clit, she moaned deep and low. He felt the rumble through her flesh. ’Round and ’round, he circled the hood, knowing she was too sensitive to want a direct touch on her clit.

  Ben groaned as Todd’s fingers stroked against his cock, moving to bring Erin’s slick lube back up to her clit. Todd slid the pads of his fingertips along the slick line of Ben’s cock as he fucked Erin. They’d been friends a long time. Touching Ben’s cock didn’t freak him out any more than kissing him had. It was hot, in the sum of what they were all doing together, that they could freely touch each other without worry.

  Erin made that low sound Todd loved so much, a needy sort of groaning gasp, edged on a whimper, as he kept the movement around her clit steady. She’d come soon, and by the looks of Ben’s face and the way his thrusts moved Erin up the bed, he wasn’t too far away either.

  Erin caught part of the blanket beneath her in her teeth as climax hit her so hard it felt as if her bones turned to pudding. Ben continued to plow into her cunt. She’d begun to fall back into that dreamy rhythm when the sharp nip of Todd’s teeth as he bit her back, just below her shoulder, sent her into an aftershock climax. An orgasm so deep, it brought her breath in short gasps of pleasure.

  She didn’t know what it was about the biting, but it did something to her. Maybe it was that it was an indicator that normally controlled, well-mannered Todd Keenan was so moved by her he had to take a bite. It didn’t really matter; the pain of it sent a rush of endorphins through her, much like when she got inked or when she’d been pierced. It made her drunk with him, and soon she fell into a place he’d taken her only a few times before, most recently when he’d tied her ankles to a chair in his kitchen and tied her upper arms with his belt. A soft, dreamy place where she floated on sensation and the world felt like honey, slow and sweet.

  “Whatever you just did, she’s gone all soft.” Ben looked to Todd.

  Todd grinned at his friend. “She’s so sweet, I had to take a bite.” And he sure as hell couldn’t deny it made him want to shove Ben out of the way to put himself inside her now. He’d look at the mark tomorrow and know he made it. Know she allowed him to make it if for no other reason than that he wanted to. Christ, that was hot.

  “Here we go,” Ben said through a clenched jaw, pushing in deep. His head fell back as he gave a strangled moan.

  Erin moaned, low and sexy, her eyes glassy as she smiled at Todd like she’d just woken from a nap.

  Ben bent and kissed the base of her spine before getting up to take himself into the bathroom.

  “You ready for me? Or do you need to rest?” Todd stroked his fingers up and down her spine and she moved into his touch like a cat.

  “I want you in me,” she said, her words desire-soft.

  Lickety-split, he had a new condom on and he’d unmoored the cuffs from the straps. He rolled them, bringing her astride him. “Fuck me.”

  She blinked and moved slowly, sensually, rising enough to reach between them and to guide him to her. As she slid down onto him, engulfing him with her body, he watched the sway of her breasts, the flex and play of her thigh muscles and the curve of her lips as she watched him watching her.

  Ben returned, settling in behind her, kissing across her shoulders. She leaned back against him and rode Todd, wearing a smile just for him. The hasps on the cuffs she still wore on her wrists made a slight metallic sound as she moved, and the scent of new leather mixed with sex and heat and skin. Todd hoped the room kept that scent for a very long time. Then again, if it lost it, they could make it anew.

  “What’s that smile for?” she asked, humming her pleasure when Ben’s fingers found her nipples.

  Todd laughed. “You, honey.”

  “Good answer.” She added the swivel he loved so much, circling her hips on each down thrust. He felt her clit, hot, swollen and wet, as she ground it against his pubic bone.

  “That’s it, take your pleasure.” He slid a fingertip against her, letting her provide the friction and level of pressure. He was close, really close, but he wanted her to go off again at least once more before he came. “Give me one more.”

  She nodded and undulated, moving her hips in a slow forward-and-backward motion more than up and down. It felt so fabulous he dug the fingers he held her hip with deep into the muscle, and her breath caught, in a good way.

  “You’re so fucking hot,” Ben whispered against the skin of her neck. “Gorgeous. Sexy. Come for us again.”

  Her internal muscles tightened and loosened in rolling waves, her eyes blurred, her lip caught between her teeth and she came all over Todd in a hot rush. Her nails dug into the skin of his belly just above his hips where she’d been holding on for purchase as she fucked him.

  Freed now that she’d come, Todd surged up, as deep as he could, meeting her movements. Her tits bounced, delighting both Todd and Ben, and at last, with a gnash of teeth and a rush of pleasure, he shot, coming deep inside her for so long he sweated and it nearly hurt.

  When he got up, she fell laughing to the mattress in a tangle with Ben.

  21

  Erin woke up early, as she had done for years. She snuggled back into bed for a moment, aware two men bracketed her body. They’d all had a very good time the night before and she hoped things would be okay in the light of day.

  Quietly, she made her way into the bathroom and started the shower. It was Saturday for the guys, a lazier day than a weekday, but she still had the café to get to.

  Her muscles ached, but in a good way. Together they’d made her come a grand total of six times. Each time she came she was sure she would not be able to again, but they’d kept at her, coaxing her body to new heights.

  When she finished dressing and went into the hall, she smelled coffee and saw Ben sitting at the table. He was truly beautiful with the sun streaming in, casting him in a golden light. He wore little more than his jeans and her mouth watered just a tad.

  “Morning, gorgeous. Gotta go to work?” He smiled easily.

  “Yeah. Duty calls. Um, I don’t know what the next-day etiquette calls for after a three-way, but thank you. It wasn’t just hot, it was, I don’t know . . . I feel closer to you now on a totally different level, and I don’t just mean that sexually.”

  He got up and hugged her. “Good. I feel that too. I want you to know I respect what you and Todd have. I’d never do anything to harm that. I care about you both.”

  “Thank you for saying that. And I know you wouldn’t. I trust you, and not just because Todd trusts you. I’d love to stay for coffee, but Ella—she’s one of my part-timers—has had a rash of trouble with her ex this summer and I don’t want to stress her out by being late.”

  He took her arm, looking very serious. “You’re safe? Do you want me to come with you?”

  She smiled. “It looks like he’s obeying the order. She has a protection order, fat lot of good it does really, but so far, he seems to be heeding it. Probably because he knows Brody would kick his miserable ass if he didn’t.”

  He relaxed a bit but eyed her thro
ugh narrowed lids. “Okay then. Please let one of us know if you need anything, all right? I’m your friend too, right?”

  Nodding, she hugged him. “You are, truly. I don’t have a lot of friends. Trust doesn’t come easy for me, but I know I can trust you and I want you to know I appreciate that.”

  “I’ll see you soon, I’m sure.” He walked her to her car and she drove off wearing a satisfied smile.

  When she arrived, she noted the stress on Ella’s face but waited until after the rush to talk to her about it.

  “What’s got you so upset?”

  “I had to call the cops last night. He tried to break in.”

  Erin turned to face Ella. “Are you all right?”

  Ella nodded. “I am now. They came quickly and arrested him. I just hate that he won’t let go. I hope that because I called he’ll get it into his thick head that I’m not interested anymore and leave me alone.”

  Erin had her doubts about that, but she was relieved Ella had stuck to her guns and called the cops on the protection order violation.

  “Would you like to stay with me for a while? My building is really safe. He can’t get inside.”

  Ella burst into tears and hugged her. “I am so glad you’re my friend. But I’m good. I won’t let him chase me away. My apartment manager replaced the locks on the outer doors. I called that place you told me about, the domestic violence advocacy place. They were so nice, Erin. I’m going to go to a support group they have.”

  “Good for you! I hope you can meet some friends there. It seems like a good organization.”

  She smiled for the rest of the afternoon, thrilled Ella had taken so many really positive steps in her life. If only the asshole would finally leave her alone.

  A week later, Todd strolled in at closing time looking better than any man had a right to. She smiled as she took a slow tour from head to toe and back again. “My, you’re very pretty.”

  He laughed and gave her a kiss.

  “You should have woken me before you left.”

  “You were sleeping so deep you were snoring. I didn’t want to wake you.”

  “Are you free for the afternoon? Wanna go to a movie or something? I just found out I have to go back to Boston. I’m sorry, it’s all the disability stuff. There’s an administrative hearing I need to be at. My dad is going along; he wants to go fishing afterward. DJ and Joe are meeting us in Yellowstone. I’m taking a road trip from Boston to Montana with my father, god help me.”

  She laughed. “So you’re taking me to a movie to assuage your guilt?” She wiped off the counter and set the dishwasher as she came back out into the main room. “I’m kidding, jeebus, don’t look so guilty.”

  “I hate leaving you. I won’t be seeing Sheila or anything.”

  “I should hope not.” Erin laughed. “Todd, I don’t suspect you of trying to cheat on me with your ex. And I like that you’re going to do something with your dad and brothers. It’s a good thing.”

  “I don’t want to be gone for two weeks. But Ben will check in on you. I expect Cope will too.”

  “Two weeks?” She pouted. Just a little bit. “I suppose it’s a good time of year and all. And I have work to do at Adrian’s that I’ve been neglecting. I like to tend to his yard in the back.”

  She paused and looked at him. It was the perfect time to do something she’d wanted to do for a while now.

  “When are you leaving?”

  “Tuesday.”

  “All right then. Don’t make any plans Monday night. But you and I need to have lots of sex before then.”

  He caught her, pulling her close. “That’s not a problem. What do you have planned?”

  “I’d like to get my clitoral hood pierced. You’re not supposed to have sex for three days, and then there’s a two-week healing period. My nipple piercings healed really fast; I have a superquick metabolism. I had to do it twice, you know. I took them out when I was nursing Adele, and they closed up, so I did it again.”

  His breath caught and his cock pressed against her belly insistently. “Did it feel good?”

  “The nipple piercings? Yes. I like a little pain. You know that. I feel a bit more worried about the hood piercing pain-wise, but there’s always ibuprofen. And you’ll be gone, so there won’t be any action in that area anyway. I want a vertical piercing so the ball sits right on my clit. Raven says it’s amazing.”

  He scrubbed a hand through his hair. “Christ. If your brother wasn’t next door, I’d fuck you right here.” He pulled her hand, drawing her to the front door, and she grabbed her bag.

  “Hang on there, speedy. You can’t fuck me if you yank my arm out of the socket.”

  He laughed. “My place is closer and currently empty. I’ll meet you there in a few.”

  When Erin walked through his back door he was lying in wait, grabbing her around the waist, pulling her shirt off before they’d even made it to the living room, where he promptly bent her over the couch arm.

  His mouth met her shoulder, hot and wet as he laid a kiss there, then a bite. He kissed down the line of her spine, pulling her pants off as he did.

  Todd pressed the pad of his middle finger over her clit. “Here? Is this where the jewelry will touch?”

  She arched into his touch, undoing him completely.

  “Yes. It makes me wet just thinking about it,” she murmured.

  He groaned. “Touch yourself for me. I want to watch.” He sat back on his haunches, at eye level with her ass and pussy and watched her fingers questing between her body and the couch arm. The breath shot from him when her fingers disappeared into her pussy and came back out, glistening.

  He loved to watch her masturbate. She was fearless in taking what she wanted, from him and from herself. He didn’t know anyone who had as much self-assuredness as she did about sexuality.

  “I want to hear you.”

  She turned her head to the side so her sounds weren’t swallowed by the couch cushions. Low, deep moans slid from her lips, buffeted by her breath, which came shorter and shorter. Greedy thing, she made herself come in moments usually, never dragging it out.

  She wriggled her perfect ass, fucking her fingers into herself while she worked at her clit with her thumb, until she gasped and he knew she was coming. He surged to his feet and pushed her hand away, guiding his cock to her and thrusting deep.

  Her muscles jumped and flittered around him as orgasm still rang through her body. Once he was inside her, he wasn’t going anywhere fast. No, he took his time, loving the curve of her back, the way she felt against him—soft skin, round where a woman was supposed to be.

  He made love to her, touching her deep but not nearly as deep as she touched him. This wisp of a woman owned him heart and soul and he couldn’t remember what his life had been like before her, except that it had been colder and lonelier.

  “Give me your teeth,” she whispered, thrusting herself back at him.

  With a groan, his resolve to continue to fuck into her until his knees gave quickly flitted away, replaced by the need to mark the smooth, creamy skin of her back in a place only he would see.

  The sound she made when he did it shot straight to his cock and he came, her skin between his teeth, knowing he had the best thing ever.

  22

  Erin lay relaxed and perfectly still on the piercing table. “You sure you want to be in here?”

  Todd jittered like water on a skillet. She knew he was torn between sexual excitement and concern. She also knew he wouldn’t leave her alone with Raven, who would do the piercing. He seemed slightly worried about Raven, but not everyone understood her. Raven couldn’t be defined or caught; she simply was. She was intensely loyal and loving, but as Brody had found out, trying to love her in return was difficult if you expected anything like a commitment from her. It simply wasn’t who she was or what she was capable of.

  “Todd, sit down right there. Don’t speak. You can look at that magazine on the counter if you like.” Raven didn’t look up from p
utting on gloves and opening up the sterile pack with the piercing kit.

  Todd exhaled sharply but sat without a word. Erin barely fought back a smirk. Raven could probably give Todd a run for his money in the domination department.

  “Okay, baby doll, here we go.” Erin closed her eyes, breathing deeply and relaxing as much as she could. Raven’s hip touched her leg briefly. Cold liquid as the spot was cleaned.

  Pain, white hot, seared her for a brief moment as she breathed through it and let it pass. That was gonna throb for a few days at the very least. Then the pressure of the bead against her clit and more liquid, the crinkle of plastic going in the trash, the tools going into a biohazard collector for the autoclave tinking against each other. And when she opened her eyes, Raven grinned.

  “All done. You can look now, Todd.”

  Raven held a mirror so Erin could see the piercing. It was shockingly pretty, silver nestled there like a pearl.

  “Wow. That’s beautiful.” Todd put a hand on her thigh briefly, his gaze shifting from the piercing to her face. “You all right?”

  “Yes. It’s good.” She sat slowly after Raven helped her get her panties in place and her skirt down.

  “Salt water soaks will help. No sex for three days. You can skip underpants at home. Keep it dry, or as dry as you can.” Raven snorted, looking at Todd. “Two to three weeks and you should be fine.”

  Erin took the instructions Raven handed her and walked out. The sensation was already totally different.

  “Let’s go to your place, okay? I’ll drive you to the airport in the morning.”

  “You don’t have to do that.” But he smiled prettily and she laughed.

  “I know. I want to.”

  He took her back to his house and made her rest on the couch. He brought her a bowl of ice cream and handed her the remote too.