Broken Fae

by Caroline Peckham

I held out a hand to him to help him up and he looked at me for a long moment before letting me tug him to his feet. Whatever this bond was growing between us, I could tell it wasn't one-sided. Me and him were becoming somewhat fucking inseparable and I had to wonder if I'd wasted a lot of my life pushing everyone away so forcefully. And I was slowly accepting that that wasn’t the way I wanted to live anymore. And maybe I didn’t need to be so afraid of making friends, especially when those friends were as powerful as Ryder Draconis. But of all the Fae in the world to form a friendship with, I could never have imagined it would be him. I’d even given him Bill. Bill. The closest Fae to family I had was now hunting down whoever had betrayed Ryder amongst the Lunars. And it felt damn good to be helping him too. Bill was the best man for the job, and once he had some solid evidence that Scarlett or any other members of Ryder’s gang were responsible for thwarting the peace deal with the Oscuras, he would be able to use his Cyclops gifts to extract the definitive truth from their heads. All while Ryder was no doubt holding them down and making them suffer.

  "I can't be seen sneaking into a room on the Oscura levels of the dorms," he muttered and I smirked as I patted my sweatpants’ pocket.

  "There's always room for a little snake in here," I offered.

  He scowled at me then cursed as he gave in and shifted into a snake small enough for me to hide in my pocket. I lifted him gently while his tongue flickered out irritably and I tried not to laugh my fucking head off. I strode out of the tent and the cold immediately whipped around my bare chest sharply. I tied the door over to keep in the heat of the fire crystals I had beneath the bedding, but something in my bones told me I wouldn't be returning here tonight.

  I took the fire escape down to the top floor where Leon and Elise's room was and moved along the metal platform past my room before reaching their window. The curtains were wide, the moonlight spilling over my shoulders and falling onto the huge bed where Leon and Elise were covered in a huge duvet. My shadow fell over them and I took out my Atlas, texting Elise instead of just forcing my way in there like a creeper. Her Atlas lit up on the nightstand and her arm shifted out from the covers as she looked at it.

  A second later, her head popped up and she shot out of bed to the window, pushing it open. "Gabriel," she breathed with a grin on her lips. "What are you-"

  I silenced her with a kiss, my heart aching for her touch and I sighed as the closeness of her eased the tension in my soul. Whenever I was with my little angel, the world seemed at peace. Since I'd come to terms with her needs and surrendered to my own, I found that this arrangement, though strange, felt oddly right.

  "Is that a snake in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?" she murmured against my mouth and a laugh erupted from my lungs as I took Ryder from my pants’ pocket.

  "It's a real life trouser snake, gorgeous, but I'm happy to see you too." I winked and she cast a silencing bubble around us as she laughed, taking Ryder into her grip and holding him up to her face.

  "Oh! You are so cute like this!" she exclaimed, rubbing her nose against his. I didn't know if snakes could scowl, but I swear this one did.

  I quickly made a tiny top hat out of leaves in my palm and balanced it on his head, making Elise practically bounce up and down in delight.

  Ryder suddenly shifted and a huge, pissed off man with tensing muscles stood there before us instead. "I am not fucking cute."

  Elise bit her lip as her eyes flipped to the top hat still balancing on his head as she tried not to laugh, but I didn't even try to stop myself as I spotted it.

  He snatched it from his head, crushing it in his fist as his eyes narrowed on me, but as I continued to laugh, he cracked a smile. I climbed into the room and Elise pushed the window closed, her eyes shining brightly like Christmas morning had come all over again.

  "What are you doing here?" she asked and I took in the sexy grey night dress she was wearing with my pulse racing.

  "Maybe we're demons and we’ve come to collect your soul," Ryder purred and Elise's eyes dropped to his junk which was rock hard and looking her right in the eye.

  "Oh," she breathed, a playful smirk dancing around her lips. Her lilac hair was sticking up in all directions and I wanted her roughed up a little more before I was going to let her go back to her sleeping Lion.

  Ryder caught her hand, tugging sharply and flipping her around so her back was to his chest and her ass was firmly against his dick. One hand gripped her waist while the other slid up to hold her throat and immobilise her against him.

  "What are we going to do with you, hm?" he breathed in her ear, running his tongue piercing around the shell of it. She shivered visibly and my blood heated as I stalked forward, looking down at her and carving my thumb along her lower lip.

  "Can you be quiet for us?" I asked and she nodded, her fangs growing as she sensed the closeness of my blood. She dropped her silencing bubble, a dare in the action and I grinned darkly.

  I kept her locked in my gaze as I let my hand explore her body while Ryder held her at my mercy. Vines coiled around her wrists and bound them to her sides as I skimmed my fingers over her breasts, binding this beautiful creature just for us. She arched into my touch, but I didn't give her nearly enough, my fingers barely a whisper against her body as I ran my hand lower, over the firmness of her stomach then skirting down to her right thigh where the lace edge of the night dress tickled her flesh.

  Elise tried to look down to follow my hand and see what I was doing, but Ryder gripped her throat tighter and bit down on her ear hard enough to make her yelp.

  I glanced over at the lumpy duvet, but there was no movement within it and I smirked as I looked back at Elise.

  "That's not quiet," I growled and she smiled seductively as if this was a game, but I was taking it deadly seriously.

  I slid my hand beneath her night dress, groaning as she parted her legs wider for me and I found her bare and soaking for us. I pushed three fingers into her pussy, making her stifle a cry as I pumped my hand hard, showing her who was in charge tonight and taking no prisoners. Her gaze never left mine as she moaned and her hips writhed, making Ryder groan as she rubbed against him. I scored my thumb over her clit with a slanted grin as I watched her fall apart for me and she opened her mouth, about to scream so I pulled my hand free and stuffed my fingers between her lips to keep her quiet.

  Ryder laughed and she growled, biting my fingers as she was forced to clean her desire from them, her fangs slicing into my skin so she got a taste of me, too.

  "You were warned, baby," Ryder chuckled and I met his gaze, the thirst in his eyes telling me he wanted to take this further right now. He slid his hands up to toy with her breasts, freeing them from the silk and pinching her nipples hard enough to make her gasp. I pulled my fingers from her mouth and used the wetness coating them to slicken her tight buds while Ryder continued to torture her, being rough with her as he squeezed and kneaded her breasts for his own pleasure, the words lust and pain angled at me from his knuckles. She seemed to like the way he touched her, her eyes hooded and her lips parted as she panted for him.

  I reached down to tug up the little nightdress, wanting to free her flesh and torture more of her, every damn bit of her.

  "Arms up," I instructed, severing the vines that bound them. She did so as Ryder released her and I tugged it over her head.

  I tossed the material away, taking in every inch of her with a ragged breath leaving me. She was so beautiful, but it was far more than that. This girl held my soul in her grip. Her body was that of a goddess and I was just some lowly fucking beast who didn't deserve a piece of her. But she had promised me that I owned her as much as she owned me. And if that was true, I didn't know how I'd ever let her go. If this time was waning then I would greedily take as much as I could of her now and brand her onto the inside of my skin. Because losing her was better than never having her. And I was too weak to fight my need for her now.

  Ryder pulled her back against him once more, but this time he pre
ssed his cock between her legs and slowly pushed himself inside her. Her head fell back onto his shoulder and I lowered myself down, running my tongue between her breasts, over the tattoo across her ribs and down further and further until I knelt on the floor and the tip of my tongue flicked over her clit.

  Ryder's hand clamped over her mouth just as she cried out, his hips moving slow and controlled as he possessed her body. I licked and sucked her until she was shaking all over and moaning against Ryder’s palm. I didn't let her finish though, the two of us working together to bring her to the edge of insanity before drawing her back again. Ryder grunted and groaned with his own pleasure, his tattooed fingers clamped over her hip as he took control of her while still covering her mouth with the other.

  As she started to shudder with need, I tilted my head back to look up at her, her eyes hooded and locked with mine, a desperate plea in them. But when she came tonight, she was going to shatter entirely. We weren't aiming to make her come a thousand times, a silent agreement between us said we were going to make her fall once, but it would be powerful enough to leave her weak and helpless for fucking hours after, something Elise never was. But tonight, the queen would fall spectacularly just for us.

  I got to my feet and Ryder pulled out of her, releasing her and a half growl, half whimper escaped her. I laughed low in my throat, tugging her toward me and sinking my tongue between her lips. She clawed at my back as she kissed me, her fingers carving lines over my shoulder blades and sending a deep tremor through to the centre of my being. I was hard as stone for her, my cock aching for attention and it was going to get it at last. I looped her hands around my neck, binding them there with a vine so she was held in place and her eyes widened as I dropped my sweatpants, kicking them away. I lifted her right thigh over my hip and guided the tip of my cock to her wet centre. Her eyes almost rolled into the back of her head as I slowly pushed into her and a deep groan rumbled through me as her perfectly tight body gripped my throbbing length. I took her inch by glorious fucking inch, staking my claim and making her nails dig into the back of my neck as I filled her. When I was firmly inside her, I lifted her other thigh so I was supporting her whole weight and Ryder clutched her ass to keep her upright as he stepped closer behind her. His teeth sank into her shoulder and she lurched forward to bite into mine to stifle her scream, the keen sting of pain making me hiss between my teeth as her fangs drove in deep.

  Ryder laughed and I held her still as he dropped to his knees and licked between her cheeks, making her shiver against me as I fought the urge to start fucking the life out of her. My cock was burning with the need to move, but I held her still as Ryder prepared her to take him too. Elise lifted her head to seek out my mouth and her tongue met with mine as we shared a dirty kiss that had my heart racing and my load about to blow even though I hadn't moved a damn inch inside her.

  "Ryder," I snarled as I broke the kiss, frustration gnawing at me.

  He laughed like a cocky asshole and stood up, smirking at me over her shoulder. "Ready, baby?" he asked her all sweet as fucking pie like he wasn't the biggest, scariest asshole in Alestria. And really, I was starting to believe that shit was mostly an act.

  "Yes," she panted, turning her head so she could steal a kiss from him while he clutched her hips and lined himself up to take her.

  I knew she was about to scream so I gripped the back of her head and kept her mouth against Ryder's as he pushed into her. Her cry was muffled against his lips and he swallowed the loudest notes away before he broke the kiss and started fucking her slow. I clutched her hips hard, matching his rhythm so her body could cope with us both claiming her at once and she bit down on her lip so hard she broke the skin, a bead of blood rolling down her chin. I licked it away and her forehead fell against mine, our heavy breaths mingling as we took and took from her. But maybe it was her taking from us, because I didn't feel so in control right then. Our movements were quickening, Ryder speeding up at the same moment as I did until the two of us were grunting, cursing, trying to hold back while Elise swallowed her moans and cries as best she could.

  "Fuck, you'll be the end of us, Elise," I growled and she laughed throatily as we eased our pace. Ryder's hand gripped my shoulder as he braced himself and I realised I was doing the same to him, each of us with our other hands on Elise's hips as we controlled her.

  We still had to make our girl come, to bring her to fucking ruin and I wasn't going to lose my mind over her until I'd done just that.

  "Ryder," I growled, looking to him, finding a purely carnal glint in his eyes telling me he was as close as I was to finishing. We had to keep our shit together.

  He took his hand from my shoulder and started rubbing her clit while I did the same but focused on her nipples, coating my thumb in ice as I tormented her and she started to buck her hips and ride us faster. I didn't realise I was laughing until I heard Ryder doing the same and Elise was suddenly tightening around my cock and screaming without either of us bothering to muffle the noise. It was too perfect, too fucking sweet. She practically howled like a damn wolf and the covers were thrown back on the bed as not one head, but two appeared.

  Leon and Dante sat up, looking ready to dive into battle, but instead found themselves watching Elise arched between us as she came all over my dick. I couldn't stop to give them much thought as I started driving myself into her harder again, needing to find my release before I went mad from waiting. Ryder evidently felt the same as we took her savagely and all she could do was enjoy the fucking ride.

  I finished with an epic thrust that had me almost blacking the fuck out and Ryder was two thrusts behind me as we pushed her down onto us with bruising holds that would no doubt leave a mark. Pleasure danced through my flesh as I came and relief washed through me like a fucking wave hitting the shore. I severed the vine binding her hands behind my neck and she sagged forward against me with a heavy breath of exhaustion.

  We guided her off of us and she collapsed onto the bed like she'd actually melted, making Leon's mouth pop open in surprise.

  "I can't believe you didn't wake me up for the party," Leon growled.

  "Who says the party is over?" Ryder shrugged, helping himself to some of Leon's sweatpants from the closet as I pulled my own back on too.

  "It is fucking over," Elise panted and I grinned satisfactorily as I bent down and scooped my fallen queen into my arms. "Unless you wanna do that to Dante, Leon, and I can watch." She chuckled and Leon looked to Dante with a raised brow like he was game and Dante thumped him in the arm.

  "You've had your fun, get out," Dante said, speaking to Ryder mostly as the Lunar King leaned back against the closet door and folded his arms.

  "Stay," Elise called as I carried her into the en-suite and planted her ass on the surface beside the sink.

  I helped clean her up while she kissed me intermittently and giggled whenever my touches tickled her.

  "You are going to stay, right?" she asked hopefully and I nodded, leaning in to kiss her properly.

  "If that's what you want, little angel," I agreed, finding it impossible to deny this girl anything anymore. Besides, I wanted to hold her, and if I had to sleep with three other guys and fight for prime position to do it, I would.

  I headed back into the bedroom to fetch her a new night dress, finding Dante still scowling at Ryder and Leon still pouting because we hadn't included him.

  "Wait, are you really staying?" Leon asked hopefully as I tossed my Atlas onto the nightstand with his, Elise's and Dante's.

  "If you're cool with that." I shrugged and he nodded eagerly, looking to Ryder, his bad mood apparently evaporated.

  "You'll stay too, right, Rydikins?" Leon asked and Ryder shifted his gaze to Dante with a glare.

  "Don't call me that," Ryder growled, but didn't answer the question.

  I slipped into the closet, grabbing a dark blue night dress and returning to Elise with it. I pulled it over her head and she smiled at me with a glimmer of light in her eyes.

  "Y
ou don't have to wait on me, you know?" she said and I kissed the corner of her mouth.

  "I want to," I said simply, pulling her off of the vanity unit and taking her hand as I guided her back into the bedroom.

  Ryder was moving to the window and my gut dropped as I realised he really wasn't going to stay.

  "Wait," Elise called, breaking away from me as she hurried to catch him and he turned to her with a frown written into his brow.

  "Baby..." he sighed, looking over at Dante and Elise followed his gaze.

  "Please, Drago. Can't we just stay together tonight?" she asked Dante and the fight went out of his posture.

  "Fine, amore mio, he can sleep on the opposite end of the bed to me though."

  Leon bounced excitedly on his knees and beckoned us all over, throwing the covers back further in an invitation. Maybe this was fucking weird, but it strangely didn't feel all that wrong as I moved onto the bed and sat next to Leon.

  Ryder slid in beside me on the end of the mattress and Elise just looked at us all with the widest fucking grin on her face before she dove into the middle between me and Leon with a laugh of excitement. Ryder and Dante set to work casting silencing bubbles and Elise nuzzled into me as she was sandwiched between my body and Leon's. I sighed contentedly as I held her close and breathed in the cherry scent of her, my heart feeling at peace, and no dark in the world finding me for once.

  ***

  I woke with the most terrifying feeling of dread surrounding me.

  A shadow on the ceiling made fear rake through my core. I bolted upright and found men and women pouring through the window using a silencing bubble to hide the sound of their movements. A hurricane tore through the room before I could react, throwing us all from the bed in opposing directions. My head hit the wall and I smashed to the ground as I raised my hands in defence, confusion and terror rattling through me as Elise and Ryder scrambled upright together on the opposite side of the room.

  Vines held Dante against the wall to my right, but his storm powers roared through the air, electricity sparking from him as four of the assholes ran at him. I used my magic to sever his binds half a second before they made it to him and he fell into a furious fight with them as another motherfucker collided with me. The huge blonde guy was burning hot, using his fire magic to coat his body in a raging heat which seared my flesh. I shouted in fury and pain, wielding my water magic to cast a barrier of ice onto my own body to protect me from it.