by Avery Gale
Jace had seen her bare back and hadn’t noticed any scarring, when he spoke that thought out loud, Mitch responded with a chuckle that didn’t contain any humor at all. “Her mother was pissed that she had gotten herself into this mess and had caused herself to become ‘disfigured.’ Her word, not mine by the way. Anyway, a few months later, she sent Holly to Switzerland for plastic surgery.”
“Why Switzerland? Christ, they have some of the world’s leading plastic surgeons in New York.”
“Seems the visit was twofold. Not only did her mother want the scars erased, but evidently Holly was exhibiting some post-traumatic stress symptoms and her mother wanted that addressed at a clinic that has a reputation for fiercely protecting the identity and medical records of its patients. Their records are supposedly hacker-proof. Fucking beginners, I was in and out of their system in less than a minute—and that included the time it took me to put everything I wanted in my backpack.”
Jace shook his head at Mitch’s dark humor as Colt’s voice came over the speaker, “Yeah…yeah, you’re fucking boy-wonder. Now give the man what he’s after so he can get back to bed with his woman—hell, at least one of us oughta be getting some lovin’ tonight.” Jace had worked with Colt Matthews a few times on combined missions and knew when he started using slang it was straight-up sarcasm. He appreciated the man’s efforts to break up the tension. It was obvious why his leadership skills were so well-respected.
“Damn, Matthews, what crawled up your ass? Oh yeah, now I remember, your woman and son are off enjoying some sun and fun, and you chose to stay home and work. Well, suck it up buddy, not my fault.” This time Mitch’s chuckle was sincere and Colt’s answering growl made Jace smile for the first time since they’d begun their Skype call.
Jace watched as Colt seemed to zero in on the screen in front of him and frown. His muttered “fuck” put Jace on alert immediately. Colt Matthews’s reputation for calm amidst chaos was nearly legendary, so anything eliciting that reaction wasn’t going to be good news. “Seems there are several feeler threads out there tagged to Holly. Your woman has a couple of well-established aliases related to work she’s done—Christ the woman is busy. Anyway, several folks seem awfully anxious to get her back on-line because she makes them a lot of money. And they are actively looking for her.” Jace watched as Colt typed quickly and immediately Jace’s inbox started pinging. “I’ve forwarded you what I’m looking at, but I’ll save you some time and give you the penny-tour. Her parents are leading the charge, seems they have some financial interests tied to Holly’s ability to produce screenplays for the company her dad owns. The fact that he owns it isn’t well-known and I’d wonder if she knows to be honest with you. Anyway, there are people on both coasts who would really like to find her, she has several works in progress and they don’t seem to be happy about her disappearance.”
Jace could hear Mitch muttering to the side and could hear him typing furiously on a nearby keyboard. “They were trying to track her cell phone, but I’ve diverted them for the time being. For a couple of days, they’ll be looking for a guy in the mountains of Idaho. Yeah, let’s see how that works out for ya’ ass-hole.” Jace knew Mitch was talking to his computer and smiled at his friend’s ability to personify the devices he was working on. Mitch didn’t miss a beat, “But in the meantime, you might want to get her a new phone and disable hers. I’ve already backed up everything from hers so don’t worry about destroying it.” Mitch finally looked up and smiled and Jace shook his head.
“Damn glad you’re a friend and not my enemy Grayson.”
“Keep that in mind, Garrett. I’m a real pain in the ass when I’m mad.” Mitch’s words didn’t hold any heat, but Jace didn’t doubt their accuracy for a minute.
Chapter 19
Laying in the warm sunshine alongside Abby Garrett listening to the soft swishing sounds of the family’s pool was as close to blissful relaxation as Holly had enjoyed in far too long. Just knowing she didn’t have to do anything today was enough to make her want to dance for joy. “Well, girlfriend, what’s put that smirk on your face? And good Lord, please don’t tell me anything intimate about my brother or bonus brother, because that would just be too much information, I assure you.”
Holly laughed at Abby’s comments, there wasn’t any doubt, but what she and Abby were going to be great friends. The young woman’s off-beat comments and observations alone were enough to endear her to Holly. “No, I was just thinking how good it feels to not be facing some looming deadline. I used to write because I loved it…and I had stories to tell, but now…Well, now the pressure to produce work has sucked a lot of the joy out of it. And since I’ve lost my cell phone somewhere, I haven’t checked in to see what kind of nasty-grams await on voice mail, text and email.” Holly didn’t mention that she’d already closed her Facebook and Twitter accounts because the stalking had gotten so out of control.
When she looked over at Abby, she was surprised to see her new friend staring at her with a look of total disbelief on her face. “What the hell? Why are you allowing people to push you around like that? Oh brother, I’m really gonna have to teach you to step up your game, sister. You are entirely too nice, well, shit…of course you are…why else would you be hanging out with Tweedledum and Tweedledee.”
Holly saw Jace and Gage standing behind Abby with their arms crossed over their bare chests and almost gasped, but Jace put his finger to his lips in a gesture for her to keep quiet. Looking back at Abby it was clear from the gleam in her eyes she knew full well they were standing behind her and intended to play with them a bit before letting them know it. “They’re probably the most overly protective pair of testosterone beakers in the lab, if you know what I mean. Ah hell, better add Chip and Dale to that, too. Damn, they tried to interrogate me last night…as if.” Oh shit, I hope she knows what she’s doing. And I really hope she knows Chip and Dale have joined her brothers.
“Maybe they’re worried about you? They all seemed concerned when you left the table last night.”
Holly knew instantly that Abby was onto the game because she gave her a sly wink. “Oh sure, they’re all worried because I’m meek and helpless. If you haven’t been through Special Forces training you’re a weak fool…oh woe is little ole me!” Holly nearly burst out laughing at Abby’s dramatic southern imitation of Scarlet, complete with the back of her hand to her forehead. “Whatever would I do without them to look out for me? Why, I don’t know a thing about birthin’ no babies or anything else apparently.”
Holly actually saw Gage’s lips twitch as he suppressed a laugh and Jace’s eyes rolled, but it was the growling from Logan and Kalen that had Abby breaking out into a fit of giggles. “You yo-yos wanna sneak up on a girl, then you need to choose one without a buddy sporting nice shiny sunglasses. Geez, no wonder this country is in big trouble if that is the most clandestine its operatives can be.” Holly watched as Jace and Gage each took a step to opposite sides opening up a space for the other two men to step in. In a move so fast Holly barely caught it, they picked Abby up and tossed her unceremoniously into the pool and dove in after her.
Laughing out loud at the antics in the pool, Holly suddenly realized Jace and Gage were watching her rather than the craziness playing out in the water. She felt the heat of their combined gazes and her body responded as if it had been programmed to. Her nipples peaked so quickly she was sure they wouldn’t miss the change because the thin fabric of the barely there suit Abby had leant her wasn’t going to hide anything. Her pussy was suddenly soaking wet and she hoped they wouldn’t notice the dampness that was probably already visible from the outside. The flush she felt working itself up her chest to her neck and then her face was going to be impossible to hide though.
“Take off the glasses, pet. We want to be able to see those beautiful eyes as need and lust race through you.” Jace’s voice was low and heavy…she was quickly recognizing it as his Dom-voice and her body responded before her mind even processed the words. So much for
hoping they hadn’t noticed her response to them. Lowering her glasses, she blinked at the bright sunshine.
“What’s in your glass, sweetheart? Abby didn’t fix you anything with alcohol in it, did she?” Gage’s eyes hadn’t left hers, but he’d obviously noted her margarita glass filled with limeade. Abby had deliberately chosen the bar glasses, saying it was just a way to gig her brothers.
“No…it’s just limeade.” She wouldn’t have had an alcoholic drink anyway, but she wasn’t going to share all of that with them just yet. Holly had found out a long time ago, that once a man found out alcohol worked as truth serum on her, he was usually all too eager to use that information to his advantage. And with these two, Holly knew she was going to have to retain any advantage she could, because they obviously had a lot of experience with things she had only dreamt about.
Jace held out his hand to her, “Come on, pet, let’s get in the pool. I want to enjoy the water before Abby stops playing with those two and shows them what all those years of self-defense training have taught her.”
Gage laughed, “Yep, probably going to be blood spilled before long, so let’s enjoy it while we can.”
Holly placed her hand in Jace’s much larger one and felt Gage’s hand fit against the small of her back. The feel of his palm against her bare skin sent a shiver through her, and the wave of lust that followed it nearly brought her to her knees. Oh brother, how do they do that? Why does my body seem to know them?
Jace pulled her flush against his chest and leaned down so that he was speaking against her ear, “Your body recognizes its Masters, pet. You are a submissive—it radiates from your very core. Have you noticed that you don’t respond like that to Kalen or Logan?” Her mind was racing and she suddenly realized he was right. Her sudden intake of breath must have been answer enough, because his chuckle was rich, “They are Doms, too, pet. But your body is already programmed to Gage and my commands alone. Some of the club’s subs respond to any Dom, but that isn’t who you are, is it, my love?”
Her voice sounded airy and light even to her own ears, “No…no, it’s not. It’s just you and Gage. I don’t understand it…not really, but I recognize it.” She felt Gage step up behind her, pulling her back against his chest he wrapped his arms around her.
“Are you wet for us, sweetness?” When he slid his fingers under the top of her bikini bottom and through her slick folds, there was no hiding the truth. “Oh, baby, you are soaking wet.” She couldn’t stifle the soft groan that came from deep in her chest as his finger circled her clit. “I think our sweet sub needs some relief, Master Jace. What do you think? Should we help her out?” Holly suddenly remembered that they were standing out in the open…right in Jace’s parents’ backyard for God’s sake. His parents will think I’m some two dollar hooker they picked up from some seedy bar.
* * * *
Gage had felt the instant Holly realized they were out in the open because every muscle in her lush little body had gone on alert, but her whispered words had shocked him. Was she fucking serious? For just a few seconds he wasn’t sure Jace had heard her, but when he looked up at his friend he saw the fire in his eyes. “Pet, you may not remember it, but you were warned about these self-deprecating comments. We want them to stop—right now. And remember, pet, my mom has been married to two men for almost forty years. I’m absolutely sure knowing that Gage is finger-fucking you and I’m watching is not going to shock her.”
“Well, it seems our little sub enjoys this type of play. Feeling your sweet honey coat my fingers while you listen to your Master is a huge turn-on, baby. Right now my cock is aching to slide through these folds, just like my fingers are—close your eyes and listen to my words, sweetness.” Gage felt Holly stiffen again and then her knees buckled. He was grateful he’d already had her tucked against him because she didn’t drop more than an inch before he had her.
Jace stepped up and cupped her chin, “Pet? Are you alright?”
She seemed to sag in Gage’s arms as she relaxed. “Oh yes, it’s just that…well, I remember this. I mean, we’ve done this before, and I remembered it. Master Gage’s words…his hold…his touch, well it brought it all crashing back so suddenly I couldn’t believe it.” Now it was Gage’s turn to sag, but his was pure relief.
Jace was stroking his fingers along the side of Holly’s face and smiling down at her. Gage was sure his friend was giving him a minute to regroup. Jace knew the guilt he’d been plagued with over Holly’s injury and Gage was certain his friend wouldn’t have missed the wave of emotion that he was sure had been in his expression. “Well, this is cause for celebration. We’ll talk about exactly how much has come back to you in a few minutes, my sweet pet. But first, I’d like very much to watch your lovely face as Master Gage makes you come.”
Gage wanted nothing more than to feel her shatter in his arms—well, maybe it would be better if he was buried inside her sweet ass, but this was going to work just fine. Moving his fingers through her smooth pussy he pressed his lips against her neck just below her ear and felt her pulse kick up. “Spread your legs just a bit, sweetness. Good girl, we want Master Jace to be able to hear the sweet slurps your wet cunt makes as my fingers fuck you. Your greedy pussy is milking my fingers, tugging them in and then tightening around them like a fist trying to keep them inside you. You have no idea what that does to your Dom, baby. Knowing that I am fine tuning your body to respond to my touch gives me great pleasure.”
Knowing he’d already gotten her to the point that she was hovering just before cresting over the edge of orgasm was pure joy. Gage listened to Jace telling her that she wasn’t allowed to come without their permission, he smiled when she gasped. “Hold it, pet, it’ll be all the sweeter. And when you come, we want to hear your screams, don’t you dare deny us the pleasure of hearing your orgasm. Do you understand?”
When she didn’t immediately respond to Jace’s question, Gage watched as he lowered his fingers to her tightly peaked nipples. Holly moaned at Jace’s touch but still hadn’t answered. When she jerked in his arms and her pussy flooded his hand, Gage knew Jace had pinched the nipples he’d been rolling between his fingers. “Pet? I asked you a question. You need to always answer the questions we ask you. Answer immediately and with complete honesty. Oh—and love, remember what we told you earlier, lying by omission will always be considered lying.”
“Yes, I understand. I’ll be embarrassed screaming in front of your sister and friends, but if that’s what you want…” Gage knew she hadn’t noticed the other three had stepped around the side of the hedge to the small bar area, so they weren’t in view of anyone else at the moment. But her agreement to do as he’d commanded, despite her misgivings, was a gift he intended to reward.
“Such a good girl. Now, let’s see what we can do about that release your body needs so badly.” Jace smiled up at him, and Gage knew his grin was reflecting how pleased he was that his cock would soon be sliding in through the thick honey now flowing over his fingers. Her soft gasp as his callused fingers worked their magic on her gave Jace his next cue. “Now, while we have your undivided attention, I’ll be asking you a few questions.” Gage felt her entire body tense as she tried to focus her attention on Jace rather than the pleasure her body was chasing. He knew she was worrying she wouldn’t be able to track the conversation much longer. And she was right, but he knew Jace didn’t intend for his conversation to last long either.
“Are you on birth control, pet?”
“Um…yes, to regulate my cycle.”
Gage was pleased that she’d answered so completely and knew Jace was too. “Your complete answer pleases me, pet. You’re obviously a very bright woman and I can see how fast you’re learning. Now, when is the last time you had sex?” Obviously, Jace was trying to find out just how much of that night had come back to her, because they both already knew the last time she’d had a cock. “We already know you’re clean, because your recent hospital stay provided an abundance of information. Don’t look so shocke
d, you were registered as Holly Garrett or didn’t you notice that fact?”
“Oh my, no…I didn’t know that. But…why?” Gage could feel her confusion and wanted to put it to rest quickly so they could get on to the main event.
“It was Daphne’s idea. It was a way to shelter you from the media I suspect. Now, about that sex question—when was the last time, pet?” The answer didn’t actually matter, but he’d like to see her have at least one orgasm under her belt before he slid into her so her muscles would be relaxed and well lubricated. While Jace was a bit longer, Gage’s cock was wider and was definitely going to stretch her tender tissues.
“Years…three…well, almost four. But it’s all good, because I’m pretty sure I remember the ba…basics. Oh my God.”
Gage smiled at her because she was obviously regaining some of her sense of humor, something her Aunt had told them she had noticed was missing since Holly’s accident. And it was obvious his fingers were hitting all the right spots. Gage knew she had just given Jace the perfect opening, “Well, as a matter of fact, pet, it hasn’t actually been that long. I have already had the pleasure of feeling your pussy milking every ounce of seed from my body, so it is going to be Master Gage who slides into your hot pussy. But first, let’s get you ready, shall we?”
Not missing the cue, Gage began fucking her with his fingers. He added another finger and then slid in a third so that he was using three of his long thick digits and he could feel her go liquid around them and knew she was on the cusp of release. Leaning down he bit down on the spot where her soft shoulder met her neck just as he heard Jace’s growled, “Come for us, pet.”