by Roxie Noir
Kade’s mouth fell open, and he stared at her.
“You think I was keeping you prisoner?” he asked.
Kade marched to the front door and flung it open.
“Go!” he shouted. “You want to go so badly, just leave!”
“Fine!” Charlie shouted.
She got one step toward the door before Daniel’s hand was on her arm and he stood, looking down at her.
“He doesn’t mean it,” he said. “He wasn’t keeping you prisoner, he was guarding you.”
“I don’t see the fucking difference,” Charlie snapped. She tried to pull her arm from Daniel’s grasp, but he was too strong, and it hurt to move her arm, anyway.
“I tried to get him to sleep in the bedroom, but he was convinced that you were going to stop breathing, or that the wolves were going to come back for you in the middle of the night,” Daniel said.
Charlie looked at Kade. He was still standing by the front door, glowering, his arms folded over his chest. The afternoon light slanted in, making his chest and arm muscles stand out, since he still wasn’t wearing a shirt.
“If you want to go, you can go,” Daniel said, more than a hint of sadness in his voice. “But I don’t think it’s a very good idea.”
“Is that true?” Charlie asked Kade.
He turned his head and looked outside for a split second, clearly working through something. Charlie had the feeling that he wasn’t the most expressive guy, or the best at talking through his feelings.
“I didn’t want to lose you,” he finally muttered. “I couldn’t sleep if I wasn’t sure you were safe.”
Charlie’s heart turned over in her chest, and suddenly, she was totally unsure that what she’d thought of Kade was right.
What a typical guy, she thought.
Charlie hobbled over to him, keeping herself perfectly upright. When she stood a foot from him, she had to crane her neck up, and she could feel the heat coming off of him in waves as he stood in front of the door, arms still crossed.
“Why’d you save me from the wolves?” she asked, softly.
Kade shrugged.
“I want an answer.”
Finally, Kade looked down at her, his eyes filled with a combination of terror and longing.
“I don’t know,” he said. “I had a split second to decide, but when I saw you, all alone and still pointing a gun at a grizzly, I just... did it,” he said. “Something snapped. I had to keep you safe.”
“Even though I was about to shoot you?”
The side of his mouth twitched into a slow smile.
“I kind of liked that about you,” he admitted. “Not a lot of human women will head into the forest and take down a shifted grizzly on their own.”
“You weren’t afraid?”
Kade just shrugged. “I’ve been through worse,” he said.
Charlie had no idea what to think. A tiny part of her just wanted to leave, still — even though Kade had just admitted that he liked her, hadn’t she left these sorts of mind games with boys behind fifteen years ago, along with middle school?
Give him a chance, she thought.
“Do you want me to stay?” she asked.
Kade started to shrug, and then he looked at her face. He stopped with his shoulders in the air, then uncrossed his arms and put his hands in his pockets.
“Yes,” he said at last.
“Me too,” said Daniel, and Charlie jumped. She hadn’t realized that he was right behind her.
He put his hands gently on her shoulders, and Charlie felt herself lean into them.
“Okay,” she said. “Close the door.”
This time, Kade allowed himself a full smile, then swung the door shut again.
“Just for now,” she said.
Kade looked at her again, his face unreadable.
“If the FBI’s going to rescue me, they’re going to take me back east,” she said. She looked down at her hands, and suddenly, felt tears welling behind her eyes. “But I can come back once I get Olivia out.”
“How long?” Kade asked.
Charlie shook her head.
“I don’t know,” she said. “My back’s got to heal, but I can come visit in a month, maybe? Six weeks? It’ll depend on when I can take some vacation, and how much the flights are...”
She let her voice trail off.
The thought of her apartment in DC was completely unappealing. Even though these guys didn’t have internet, a TV, or even a microwave, for some reason, she felt at home in their little cabin.
Charlie swallowed.
Take it slow, she reminded herself. Don’t just leap without looking. That never works out.
“I promise I’ll come back sometime,” she said.
Kade reached his hand out and touched her cheek, moving a strand of hair away from her face. Charlie knew that, for days, she’d only had quick sponge baths, and her hair was a greasy mess.
“Can I at least have a good bye kiss?” Kade asked. He either didn’t notice or didn’t care that her hair was disgusting.
We’re not going until tomorrow, Charlie thought, but she didn’t say it out loud.
Instead, she nodded, and her heart hammered inside her chest.
This is probably stupid, she thought. Didn’t you decide to only date men who acted like adults?
Then Kade bent down and kissed her, his hand moving to grip the side of her face gently, and Charlie stopped worrying about what she’d decided in the past.
Kade’s kiss was much, much gentler than Charlie had imagined, almost as if he was afraid of breaking her. At first, their lips barely touched, until Charlie rose up on her tiptoes, wrapped her hand around his head — her back protesting — and pulled him firmly toward herself.
Right away, Kade’s lips parted and his tongue darted through, entering Charlie’s mouth, and she met it with her own, sparring as the sudden heat in her body traveled from her navel downward.
She’d thought that Kade didn’t like her, true, but she’d thought that he was super-hot all along.
Finally, her libido thought.
As soon as Kade came up for air, Daniel was still right behind her, his face nuzzling hers, and he bent over her shoulder and she turned her head, kissing him a little awkwardly.
I wish I could move my back, she thought, but every time she tried, it screamed in protest.
As if he understood, Daniel’s lips moved away from Charlie’s to a spot just under her ear that made a shudder run down her spine. She turned her head toward Kade again, seeking him out, making a little gasp of pleasure as Daniel’s mouth moved down her neck, slow and tantalizing.
Kade chuckled before covering her mouth with his own, kissing her harder this time, his need becoming apparent. Without touching her bandaged back, he took her by the hips and held himself against her, just hard enough for Charlie to feel the clear outline of his erection through the jeans he was wearing.
He’d also never put a shirt back on after his altercation with Buck.
Charlie didn’t mind.
In for a penny, in for a pound, she thought, and she put her own hands tentatively on the sides of Kade’s torso. His muscles rippled under his skin, and Charlie could feel the pure strength in them, just waiting.
She bit Kade’s bottom lip, and he grunted and pulled back as she felt the soft flesh between her teeth.
He grinned.
“You play dirty,” he said. His chest heaved, and Charlie couldn’t help but watch the light play off the muscles on it.
Charlie just shrugged, though she couldn’t help but let a smile surface on her face.
“You’re the one who parades around naked half the time,” she said.
“I’ve been wearing clothes,” he said, looking down at himself. “Mostly.”
“You’re not even the feral one,” Daniel said from behind her. “No excuse, really.”
Now his lips were on her shoulder, slowly pushing aside the open neck of the bathrobe she still wore. His fingers slipped u
nderneath, whispering along her skin.
“Are you saying you mind?” Kade asked. He still had that grin on his face, and it could have been annoying, but Charlie was too hot and bothered to find it anything but charming and infectious.
She let her eyes really drink Kade’s body in. He obviously didn’t care that she wasn’t model-skinny, that her hair was dirty, or that her back was torn up and she’d been wearing the same bathrobe since she woke up days ago.
“No,” she said at last, making eye contact. “I guess not.”
“Good,” he said.
Then Daniel pulled the neck of her bathrobe down, letting it fall open just enough to expose her left breast, her pink, pebbled nipple quickly hardening.
His hand followed it, his fingers slowly looped around the nipple, caressing her and finally brushing his hand, the palm flat, over it as she shuddered and leaned her shoulders back against him.
Charlie reached her right hand back and looped it over Daniel’s hard, muscled shoulder, trying to bring him closer to her. She could tell that he had a massive erection, too, and she ached to feel his body against hers, for him to press himself against her.
“Careful,” he murmured, his lips somewhere over her right ear. “Don’t want to rip your stitches out.”
Kade’s hand found the other side of her bathrobe and pushed it aside, revealing her other breast, and this time Charlie made a small, soft moan, letting her eyes slide closed.
When she opened them again, Kade’s fingers were caressing her nipple, and he was kissing Daniel ferociously, both of their mouths open, his other hand around the back of Daniel’s neck.
It was the single hottest thing that Charlie had ever seen. Her hands wandered down to the hard lump in Kade’s pants, and at the same time she arched her back, feeling Daniel’s erection behind her.
Kade’s hand tightened in Daniel’s hair, and the two men parted for a moment, resting their foreheads against each other, breathing hard.
Charlie just watched, enraptured, as their lips met again, Daniel growling.
Before she knew it, the tie of the bathrobe had come undone and blue flannel puddled on the ground at her feet.
Kade growled, looking her body over appreciatively from head to toe
The two men broke apart and Daniel looked down at her, his dark eyes filled with lust, and he started to bend down, an arm around her shoulders.
Then he stopped, a look of consternation on his face.
“What?” asked Charlie, slightly annoyed.
Daniel stood up straight, looking perplexed.
“Well, I was going to be gallant and carry you into the bedroom, but I don’t want to hurt your back,” he said. His brow furrowed slightly.
Then he turned around and bent down.
“It’s not sexy,” he said. “But I’ll give you a piggyback ride, how’s that?”
Charlie couldn’t help but laugh.
“Put your arms over your head and stand up,” she said.
Daniel followed orders, and Charlie grabbed the bottom of his shirt and pulled it over his head.
He stood there, shirtless, his back muscles rippling in the light.
“There, now it’s sexy,” she said.
Kade smacked her lightly — very lightly — on the ass, and Charlie giggled.
“Get up there,” he said, pretending to sound gruff.
Then Daniel bent down, and very carefully, Kade helped her onto his back.
It wasn’t the least sexy thing she’d done, that was for sure.
In the bedroom, Daniel set her gently on the bed, still sitting up, and Kade sprang onto the bed behind her. She noticed he wasn’t wearing pants anymore.
The bed was huge, and Charlie sat on the edge of it for a moment, wondering why it was so big.
Then she realized: beds in Cascadia were made for three.
Despite being naked, Charlie felt herself blush, just a little, but then Kade was behind her, lifting her up by the arms and turning her around until they were both on their knees, facing each other.
Instantly, his mouth was on hers yet again, but this time his erection pressed into her belly and his hunger for her was palpable.
Quickly, he slid his fingers lower on her, over her belly and past her mound until, before Charlie knew it, his hand was rubbing her gently, his fingers tracing over the folds of her lips and deftly circling the sensitive nub.
Charlie gasped, and Kade pulled his body back slightly. She took hold of his erection with one hand, and he groaned, letting his eyes shut. She felt one finger slide between her lips and then penetrate her just a little.
Behind him, Daniel was also kneeling on the bed, and Charlie watched with fascination as he bit Kade’s shoulder and then slid his hand around hers, pressing her between his own and Kade’s shaft.
Charlie bit her lip. She ached for more, but before she knew what was happening, Kade’s hand was gone.
In a flash, he was on the bed, sliding his head between her thighs and then Daniel was in front of her, kissing her fiercely, one hand pinching her nipples gently.
Kade’s arms slid around her thighs, holding her tight, and she felt his tongue flick out and lick her, slowly.
Charlie moaned into Daniel’s mouth, breaking off the kiss.
Daniel chuckled and moved his hand around the back of Charlie’s head, helping to keep her upright.
“Oh my God,” Charlie whispered, her forehead leaning against Daniel’s.
Kade’s tongue slowly moved into a rhythm, almost as if it were exploring her most intimate parts. He ran the tip of it down, from her clit to the very edges of her lips, then in between them, flattening his tongue as he moved up again, flicking his tongue lazily over that sensitive button.
Charlie felt like she might explode. Her whole body felt like it ached with desire, and there was nothing that she wanted more than for Kade’s tongue to keep working at her, driving her closer and closer toward the sweet edge.
Barely able to stay upright, she leaned her forehead against Daniel’s shoulder, letting him prop her up. She was afraid that her still-ravaged back muscles might completely fail, and that was the last thing she wanted.
Kade’s tongue kept working, and now Daniel took her hand, leading it to Kade’s thick, strong erection — along with his own.
Charlie let him wrap her hand around both their shafts at once, feeling an extra bolt of heat surge through her as Daniel’s hand squeezed hers, and she pumped her fist up and down on both their cocks at the same time.
Below her, Kade groaned. She could feel his tongue vibrate against her, and Charlie gasped, still leaning against Daniel’s strong body for support.
Liquid was beginning to collect at the tips of Daniel and Kade’s cocks, and Charlie absent-mindedly rubbed her thumb over it, sliding it against the sensitive heads of their cocks, and Daniel gasped.
Charlie chuckled, just a little.
“You like that?” she whispered.
Kade began licking faster, harder.
“Yes,” Daniel groaned. “I can barely wait until it’s my turn with you.”
Charlie didn’t know what that meant, but she liked the sound of it. She could feel heat spreading downward in her body, until it was almost intolerable. She was glad that she had Daniel for support, because she suspected she’d be flat on her back and writhing in pain already if it weren’t the case.
“Kade, if you don’t stop I’m gonna come,” she gasped.
Daniel’s hand around hers tightened, the steel in her fist hardening.
Kade just licked her faster and harder.
“I’m serious,” she said, but by then it was too late, and Charlie’s world exploded in front of her, her vision shattering into a thousand pieces as every muscle in her body contracted, the pleasure blossoming upward as she leaned hard into Daniel, gasping and moaning with pleasure.
It was the longest she’d ever orgasmed, and the spasms rocked through her body for much longer than she’d thought they would, the sp
ikes of pleasure still driving themselves through her brain.
When it was finally over, Kade pulled himself up and faced the two of them, Charlie still leaning on Daniel just a little. Kade kissed Daniel fiercely, and Charlie could see their tongues tangling together.
Then Daniel turned and kissed her just as fiercely. She’d have fallen over backward if the two men hadn’t held onto her, making sure that she didn’t hurt her back even more.
She grabbed Daniel around the waist, trying to pull him backwards, nearly dizzy with desire. Now that she’d had Kade, she wanted to try Daniel as well — and from the looks of things, he was more than willing.
Charlie propped herself up on her elbows, feeling flushed with desire, and Daniel knelt between her legs, holding himself over her.
Then she thought about it for a second.
“Hold on,” she said, pushing Daniel off her.
She tried to flip herself over, but her back protested.
This is so unsexy, she thought.
“Flip me over?” she asked, and seconds later, she’d been positioned on her hands and knees, where she wouldn’t rub her bandaged back against the bed.
Instantly, Daniel was on top of her, his lips and teeth on her neck, sucking and biting over to her shoulders. She could feel the thick rod of his erection sliding between her wet, swollen lips, the tip of it teasing at her over-sensitized clit.
Charlie gasped and her legs shook. She tried to arch her back, desperate for Daniel to simply take her, but her back protested again. She made a frustrated noise, only to be rewarded by a hand pinching her nipples again, and the noise turned into a moan.
“Come on, Daniel,” Kade said, his voice low and dusky with desire.
Then the tip of Daniel’s erection was at her entrance, and without thinking, Charlie pushed back against it, letting him slide inside her.
She gasped, her hands tightening on the bedspread, feeling herself filled slowly. He was the biggest guy she’d been with, but it wasn’t exactly surprising — no one else had been 6’5” in bare feet, either.
Behind her, Daniel exhaled hard, one hand squeezing her hip so hard she thought he might leave bruises.