by Rose Nickol
Grant and Seth came as fast as they could after Jake explained what happened. There was no way Stacie was going to be alone, if they all three had to stay with her.
While his brothers were with Stacie, Jake went to his office and made some calls. His first call was to the sheriff to let him know that Ramona had threatened Stacie and put him on alert.
His second call was to their attorney. “Find out how much it will take to pay her off. We want her gone and gone for good, but make sure she understands that this is a one-time deal. She’s not going to be calling here every few years wanting money like she did with Stacie’s dad. We pay her off and she’s gone, or no deal.” Jake was firm on that point. He wanted the woman gone for good and wasn’t playing games.
Mike understood what needed to happen and decided to do some digging on Ramona. From what he had been told, she didn’t have a claim to the house or insurance policies. She just sounded like a bully to him.
Chapter Ten
Luke was sitting with Ron at their favorite bar in Rapid City.
“So that’s the story, man. I think I need to come clean with the brothers.” Luke had just finished explaining what was happening with the case he was working on and what was going through his head. He knew he couldn’t keep Ramona quiet much longer and that she wouldn’t wait forever for him to make a move. He was afraid she would find someone else to do what he wouldn’t.
“I know Jake Ransom. They are pretty good, reasonable guys. I think it would be safer for everyone involved to bring them in on this. You’re right, the bitch won’t wait much longer to make her move and if you won’t do it, she will find someone else. We need to move the girl into protective custody until this is settled,” Ron told Luke, taking a sip of his beer.
“Those brothers aren’t going to let her out of their sight, Ron. We need to come up with another plan. They won’t leave the ranch or the girl.” Even though Luke had only been working at the ranch for a few weeks, he could see how devoted the brothers were to it and to Stacie.
“You’re right, I don’t know what I was thinking, must be the beer talking,” Ron said with a laugh.
Ron and Luke discussed how he would go about telling the brothers, deciding it would be best to have Ron there when he did. It would give credibility to his story.
The next day, Luke took Seth aside and asked for an appointment to talk to not only him and his brothers, but also Stacie, saying he had information about Stacie’s mom. Seth immediately found a time for all of them to meet in the house to talk, knowing Stacie would be more comfortable there. They could use Jake’s office. It would be big enough for all of them.
The next day, Ron Ayers came to the ranch and they all went into Jake’s office. Stacie sat staring at Luke, wondering where she knew him from.
“Let me start by introducing everybody.” Ron started the conversation. After the introductions, he noticed Stacie staring at Luke. Luke and the brothers must have noticed it, too, because everybody was quiet for a minute.
“Stacie, why do you keep staring at Luke?” Grant finally asked.
“He was in the casino.” Stacie finally figured it out and scooted closer to Jake, who was sitting beside her. She suddenly didn’t feel so safe anymore.
“Is this true?” Seth was starting to see red. He started to stand, when Ron put a hand on his arm.
“Let him explain,” Ron said quickly.
Luke quickly explained who he was and that he was undercover for the FBI investigating Ramona. He had been in the casino that night to watch and make sure nothing happened to Stacie. He had been watching her and the brothers since Ramona made her first call to Stacie.
The brothers all started talking fast, explaining why they couldn’t leave the ranch and that Stacie was going nowhere and who did he think he was, when Ron stood up and let out a loud whistle.
“Okay, we got it. Nobody’s leaving. Luke will stay and work like he has been, and everything will look normal from the outside. If Stacie needs more protection, we will have some of my officers work as ranch hands until this is over. The FBI is closing in on Ramona and the people she works with. It won’t be long before she is in custody. We just have to keep Stacie and all of you safe until then. Stacie, you are not to leave this ranch or go outside the house without an escort. There is no way on a place this big that we can watch all the borders. It’s too easy for someone to sneak on here. I think you are safe with the brothers and Luke for now. What do you guys think?” Ron asked the brothers.
Everyone agreed that, as long as Stacie was never left alone, she would be safe, and since Seth had been teaching her to hunt and shoot, she was to have a gun close at all times. They also decided that, for now, her rides around the ranch would have to stop as they didn’t want her leaving the house. They were going to make her as safe as possible.
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It had been a week and Stacie was going stir-crazy. She was never alone in the house. One or more of the brothers were with her all the time and it was starting to get on her nerves. It wasn’t so bad when Jake stayed with her. He would go in the office and she was kind of on her own, but knew he was just a scream away. But when Seth or Grant stayed in, they followed her around constantly, getting in her way or asking questions. She was lucky she got any work done when one of those two was in the house.
Finally, she couldn’t take it anymore. “Look, you two,” she told Seth and Grant, “when you’re in here, you have to let me work. This place is a mess and you two following me around isn’t helping.”
“What about Jake, doesn’t he bother you?” Grant asked.
“Jake stays in his office and lets me do what I need to. You two follow me around like lost puppies.” She let them have it, hands on her hips.
At that, Jake wandered in.
“We do not.” Seth wasn’t going to put up with this.
“What did you do when I was trying to do laundry yesterday? You followed me up the stairs to gather it, then insisted on carrying it down, then dumped it all on the laundry room floor, where I had to pick it up again. Then you decided to distract me and we ended up playing all afternoon, and the laundry is still on the floor.”
She wasn’t really mad, but she needed to get some things done. Playing with Seth all afternoon had been fun and she enjoyed the time alone with him, but it didn’t get stuff done.
“And you,” she said, turning to Grant. “You were in here the day before and I started to make cookies, remember?”
Grant had the nerve to look sheepish. “Yeah, you bent over to get the cookie sheet out.” Grant was grinning like a fool.
Stacie stood there, glaring. “So tell Jake where the cookies are,” she told him.
Grant looked at Jake and said, “Well, when she bent over, you know how she looks. I couldn’t help myself, and I guess she never got around to making them.” All the men burst into laughter.
“You all think it’s funny, but none of you got yelled at when the cookie monster couldn’t find his cookies this morning.”
Jake was a bit of a cookie monster and Stacie made really good cookies. She always kept some in the jar for him, and when it was empty this morning, he did kind of yell.
‘I’m sorry, babe, but you always have cookies for me.” Jake did apologize.
“And I would have today, if not for your brothers. You two need to go work off some energy in a different way and let me get some laundry done and make Jake his cookies. If you have to stay with me, find something besides me to do,” she yelled then stomped off.
The three brothers decided it was time to take Stacie to the playroom again. They all needed to work off some nervous energy, and the playroom was the perfect place to do it. They couldn’t wait.
That night after dinner, Jake took Stacie up to her room and gave her an outfit to put on, while Grant and Seth set up the playroom. They were going to have fun tonight.
Even though Stacie was nervous about going to the playroom again with everything that was going on, she was
excited, too. The men had been sleeping with her and making love to her every night, but she hadn’t played with all of them at the same time for several days, and was looking forward to being with them again.
Things had been quiet since their meeting with Ron and Luke. They had hired several more hands and the ranch was swarming with people. Stacie was still worried. If Luke managed to sneak in and be hired, didn’t that mean that someone else could, too? What if her mother sent someone else to kidnap her?
When she expressed her concerns to her men, they responded by hiring more people. Everybody was now watching everybody and no one but the brothers, the foreman, and Luke were allowed in the house. Some days, Stacie thought everyone was going crazy, including her.
After she was ready, Jake helped her into her jacket and walked her to the barn. Although she had asked several times, Jake wouldn’t tell her what they had planned and she was filled with anticipation.
When they got to the playroom, it was filled with candles. Seth and Grant had changed into leather pants and all three men were wearing leather vests and no shirts. Stacie was almost drooling looking at the three of them standing side by side, legs spread and arms folded over their chests. Seth was in the middle with Jake to his left and Grant to his right.
“Strip,” Seth commanded her, his voice lower than usual.
Stacie felt a thrill run down her spine. This was it. There was music playing softly and Stacie decided to do a little tease for her men. She was going to have some fun, too.
Slowly removing her coat, she let it slide down her arms and pool at her feet. Then she kicked off her shoes, making sure they flew high enough that they hit one of the men in the chest.
Giggling, she slowly unbuttoned the tight shirt Jake had given her to wear and left it on, but gaping open, while she unfastened the button and zipper to the short, hip-hugging skirt he had given her. Shimmying her hips, she let the skirt fall, then turned around, bending at the waist to pick it up. Twirling back around, she threw it at Seth, who caught it and handed it to Grant.
Walking up to where the men stood, she trailed a fingertip down each of their chests, dancing away before any of them could touch her. Twirling and dancing to the music, her blouse fluttered and swayed with her, giving the men a tantalizing glimpse of her breasts with her movement.
Seth watched with amusement for a few minutes, letting her play. The next time she flitted close to him, he hooked an arm around her waist and pulled her to him. “Enough teasing, Now it’s our turn,” he whispered into her ear, pulling the shirt off her.
He handed her to Grant, who wrapped her in his arms and bit the place where her shoulder joined her neck. Then he walked her over to the St. Andrew’s Cross standing in the back of the room. Backing her up to it, he lifted one hand, then the other over her head for Jake to fasten. Using one booted foot, he spread her legs wide and Jake quickly attached them to the cross also.
While Jake was fastening her to the cross, Grant was running his hands over her body, telling her how beautiful she was and how much she meant to them. “You’re so special, baby. We’ve waited our whole lives for you,” he whispered against her skin, licking and nipping his way down to her breasts, taking each nipple between his teeth and pulling.
Seth walked up to her, and he had a hank of rope over his arm. “I like to practice rope art. Will you let me wrap you in my ropes of love?” he asked as he stepped in front of her, where Grant had been, gently kissing her lips.
What girl could resist something like that? Stacie nodded yes in reply and closed her eyes.
“Open your eyes, baby. I want you to see me,” Seth told her as he started wrapping the rope around her body. He wrapped it over the top of her breasts and tied a knot in the back, then passed the rope under her breasts, knotting it again. He worked back and forth until he had her wrapped the way he wanted. “Next time I will suspend you. It will feel like you are flying,” Seth told her, running his hands over her body.
He wanted to work up to the suspension slowly. He could tell she was excited by the idea, but a little scared. “Is it too tight, honey?” Seth asked, running a finger under several of the ropes, making sure they weren’t biting into her skin.
“No, they feel good,” Stacie answered breathily. It was true, the rope was soft and if felt like it was caressing her skin. She had been a little scared when Seth started wrapping the ropes around her, but when he was finished, it felt amazing. It was as if a thousand little fingers were caressing her torso and back. He had wrapped the rope around her breasts several times and it was like a tight bra. She could feel her breasts swelling, but it wasn’t painful. The looks she was getting from all three men made any discomfort she felt worth it.
“We won’t leave them on long, honey, since this is your first time. I want you to get used to the feel of my ropes. We will play with them often,” Seth told her, leaning down to kiss her. While his lips were taking her mouth, he started pinching and pulling her nipples, making her breasts swell even more.
Before he took her out of the ropes, Seth wanted to use a soft flogger on her swollen breasts. He hoped the intensity of the feelings would send her into sub-space. He and Jake were going to take her together again tonight and he wanted her floating before they took her ass again. Although they had all been playing with her, they hadn’t taken her together again since that first night.
“Babe, I’m going to put a larger plug in you tonight. You need to relax. If it gets to be too much, use your safe word. Seth and I are going to take you together tonight again and we need to stretch you more,” Jake told her, kneeling down between her legs and applying lube to his fingers to start to stretch her for the plug.
When Jake had the plug seated, he and Grant pulled the small loveseat over closer to the cross and sat to watch Seth with the flogger.
He slowly started warming her up by touching her. He ran his hands all over her body, pinching her nipples and again checking the ropes. He knew her skin would swell slightly, and while he did want to see a few rope marks on her, he didn’t want any abrasions or anything that would last more than an hour or so. He was being very careful with her.
Stepping back, he pulled the flogger out of his back pocket and started slowly twirling it while walking toward her. The first few passes barely touched her, creating more of a breeze than anything else. Slowly, he advanced and more of the strips touched her skin, stroking the skin exposed by the ropes.
Stacie enjoyed the feeling of the flogger against her skin. It was starting to create a warm feeling and she felt like she did when all of her men were loving her at the same time. It wasn’t at all painful like she thought it would be.
She let her mind drift and it wasn’t long before she felt like she was floating above the room. She could see and hear what was going on, but it was like it was happening to someone else. She was totally detached. Nothing and no one mattered. All her cares and worries had floated away.
Not aware of what was going on, she found herself lying on the bed in the master suite with all of her men surrounding her.
“Hey, beautiful, welcome back,” Grant told her softly, brushing her lips with his.
“What happened?” Stacie asked, a little confused, not sure how she had gotten from the barn to the house.
“Honey, you went into subspace. It’s a little like blacking out, but not quite the same. Can you tell us how you feel?” Seth asked, stroking his hands up and down her body.
“I feel good, really good, like I had the best sleep in the world, but better. Everything is tingly and super sensitive. What you're doing with your hands feels wonderful,” she answered with a sigh.
“That’s good, baby. We removed the ropes and carried you in here. Now we’re all going to love you. I’m going start lubing your bottom and take you there. Are you ready?” Seth really hoped she didn’t answer no. They really wanted to love her all together again, and this was the only way for all of them to be with her at the same time.
Seth an
d Grant helped her straddle Jake, impaling her on his throbbing erection. “God, you feel so good, babe,” he told her as he used his hands on her hips to guide her down. Helping her get adjusted, he pulled her down to lay on him, leaving her bottom exposed for Seth.
Seth removed the plug, pushing it in and out a few times before finally pulling it all the way out. Adding more lube to her and himself, he slowly starting working his way inside her.
She was so tight with Jake inside her, too. The brothers had shared women a few times before, usually at the club in Rapid City, but none of them had meant anything to them like Stacie did. Once Stacie had started working at the ranch full time, the trips to Rapid City had come less and less frequently. They didn’t really want anyone else after they had gotten to know Stacie.
Chapter Eleven
The next morning, Stacie woke up with all three men still in bed with her, something that never happened. She loved it, but wondered what was going on. She knew the ranch was a busy place and the men didn’t often take time off.
As much as she loved the idea of laying there, her body was demanding something different. How to get up without waking any of them was the question. Slowly moving legs and arms, some belonging to her, some to the men, she managed to untangle herself and crawl over Jake without waking any of them.
She did what she needed and grabbed some clothes. Slipping quietly out of the room, she dressed in the hall and ran down the stairs to make breakfast. It was a rare opportunity to have a few minutes alone and surprise them. She wanted to make something special that they didn’t have often.
Checking to make sure she had everything, she started her breakfast casserole, hoping she had time to make it before the men woke up. It was really good and the men loved it, but it took a little time to make. She added sausage, cheese, eggs, and hash browns with some diced onions and peppers, so it was very flavorful.