Forbidden

by R. R. Banks

  "I don't think that they would agree that making chocolates matters," she said.

  "Look what you accomplished tonight, Gabrielle," I said. "Look what you did. In the last two weeks, you have made sure that my brothers and I had corporate gifts for our clients, sweets for Talon's birthday, and incredibly decadent desserts for this gala. I would say that that matters. Wouldn't you?"

  Her eyes were soft and her lips curved up into a bigger smile. She leaned forward and kissed me softly, then sat back down, picking up a piece of fruit.

  "Tell me about you and your brothers," she said. "Is it just the four of you?"

  I nodded.

  "Yes. Our father died about five years ago and our mother died when Aiden was a baby."

  "I'm sorry to hear that," she said.

  I shook my head, feeling like we were drawing closer to each other. It felt like the opportunity to tell her about the will and the arrangement that we needed was coming sooner and opening in front of me. I had to take my time, though. I had to make sure that the rest of my brothers were completely sure.

  We talked for a few more minutes before Gabrielle yawned, ducking her head and covering her mouth. I smiled at her and brushed the hair that she had loosened from its complex style away from her face. It framed her face, making her look softer and younger.

  "Are you tired?" I asked.

  She nodded.

  "Yeah. I feel like the whole day just caught up with me."

  "Let's get a few hours of sleep," I said. "Unless you have another pressing chocolate emergency to handle tomorrow."

  She laughed.

  "No," she said. "No chocolate emergencies. I would be perfectly happy to not see any more chocolate for a while."

  I cleaned off the bed while she finished getting ready for sleep. When she was finished, we slipped under the covers and I tucked her up against me, reaching to turn the lamp beside me off.

  Gabrielle

  I woke up to the feeling of fingertips tracing down my spine and the blanket moving off of me. I could still feel Jackson sleeping beside me and when I opened my eyes I saw that it was Lucas kneeling beside the bed. The moonlight coming in through the window was enough to let me see the warmth of his eyes and I immediately remembered the touch of his lips and the taste of his kiss. Without a word, he brought his head forward and caught my mouth in another kiss. It was exploratory, almost cautious, at first. He pulled his face back and looked at me, then kissed me again, his tongue touching my lips to coax them apart. I complied, willingly accepting his tongue into my mouth so that we could explore each other more thoroughly. He slid his hand across the mattress toward mine and picked it up, pulling on it to guide me to a sitting position. I swung my legs off of the side of the bed and Lucas tucked his arm under my knees and around behind my back to scoop me up out of the bed. He continued to kiss me as he carried me off of the platform and across the room toward the bathroom. I had only stepped into the small first section the night before, but he continued past this portion and toward a mirrored door. Opening it, he revealed a much larger bathroom that seemed to be designed specifically for luxury and relaxation.

  A sunken tub was set in a windowed alcove on the side of the room and a series of marble shelves lined the wall on either side. Each shelf held bottles and containers, and a basket set on the bottom shelf contained soft-looking sponges. Lucas set me on my feet beside the tub and turned on the faucet. The sound of the water rushing into the tub broke through the silence that we had maintained since I first saw him in the bedroom, but thoughts of it left my mind when Lucas wrapped his hand around my waist again and drew me up against him. His body was hard and chiseled beneath his clothing and I wanted to feel it without the clothes between us.

  Lucas began to undress me, slowly removing each article of clothing and brushing his lips across each expanse of newly exposed skin. His tongue along the swell of my breast caught the breath in my throat and I bit down on my bottom lip. Finally, I was completely bare and he stepped back from me to select one of the bottles from a shelf on the wall. The water was still rushing into the deep tub and he poured some of the shimmering purple liquid into the cap of the bottle and then under the stream. Almost immediately, the tub began to fill with lush, iridescent bubbles. A sweet, warm smell filled the air and I breathed it in, feeling it both relax me and sparked a sultry feeling within me. Lucas took my hand and guided me up the two marble steps beside the tub and then down into the water. I settled onto the bench integrated into the side of the tub and moaned happily as the water rose up over my breasts and washed across my skin. I rested my head back against the side of the tub and let my eyes flutter closed. I listened as Lucas undressed beside me and I turned my head, opening my eyes to watch him. His body was as sculpted and irresistible as Jackson, and I sat up slightly to get closer to him.

  His cock was already deliciously hard and I watched as he wrapped his hand around his shaft and stroked it a few times. I looked up into his eyes and he reached forward for my head. He curled his hand behind it and drew it forward toward the engorged head. I brushed my lips across it and then parted them, taking the tip into my mouth. I sucked on it softly and, drawing some of the salty droplets from the slit. I rose up slightly higher so that I could take more of him into my mouth. The pressure of his hand around the back of my head guided me as I let my lips and tongue glide along him for a few moments. He withdrew from my mouth and picked up one of the soft sponges before stepping down into the water with me. Still not saying anything, he dipped the sponge down into the water and ran it across my skin. The bubbles burst on my chest and along my arms, dancing across my tightened nipples.

  I arched into the attention, seeking out more of his touch. In a matter of hours, I had gone from being completely inexperienced and knowing nothing of what lay before me to an unquenchable hunger. I had already given myself to one brother that night and I was eagerly seeking another. It was beyond anything that I could have ever imagined doing, yet there was nothing in my life that had ever felt so right and so intensely needed. He bathed me for several minutes and then placed the sponge on the side of the tub. He sat down on the seat beside me and I felt his hand squeeze my thigh beneath the water. It ran up to my hip and he applied slight pressure with his fingertips to guide me up off the seat and around so that I straddled his lap.

  I felt my breast brush against his chest and my breathing slowed and deepened. The combination of the water and the bubbles had made our skin slick and warm, and it moved across each other freely. Though I knew that he was right there in front of me, the bubbles had risen up around us to conceal our bodies from one another. This had only intensified the excitement as I added even more, compelled to reach out and touch him in order to compensate for not being able to look at the beauty of his skin and sculpted muscles. Lucas leaned forward so that he could take his head into the curve of my neck and shoulder and hold me close with one arm wrapped around my waist. He held me tightly while the other hand stroked along my back and shoulders, occasionally sweeping forward to just barely touch the upper swell of my breast. The tip of his tongue touched my collarbone and I rocked my hips forward to show my willingness to him.

  "Is there room in there for me?"

  I looked toward the bathroom door and saw Jackson standing there, leaning against the door frame. He was already undressed and one hand was wrapped around the base of his cock as his eyes explored my body that was visible over the surface of the water. I licked my lips and nodded. He smiled at me and walked across the room, stepping down into the water so that he was behind me. His hands ran along my back and then found my hips below the water. He squeezed them and subtly eased them forward so that I felt Lucas's erection nudging at my opening. I stood up and turned around, settling into Lucas's lap again so that I was rested back against his chest and facing Jackson.

  Lucas's mouth immediately found my neck and his hands slid around my hips and onto my stomach before settling on my inner thighs. Jackson reac
hed forward and rested his hands on my breasts, kneading them until I let out a sigh and leaned back to settle my head onto Lucas's shoulder. I reached down into the water and found Lucas's cock between my thighs. I brought it up to press it against my belly. I used one hand to stroke it into my skin, savoring the feeling of its thick, hard length and tucking my hips forward to cradle the base with my core. Lucas tightened his grip on me and lifted both of us up so that he was perched on the side of the tub. Jackson slipped forward in the water and tucked his mouth between my thighs, sweeping his tongue through me again to awaken tissues still sensitive and tingling from his attention earlier in the night.

  Lucas leaned back and reached onto one of the shelves on the wall beside the tub. When he came back to sitting straight up, Jackson sat up and caught the condom that Lucas tossed him. I turned to watch Lucas tear the package of the condom in his hand with his teeth and pull out the condom. He settled it onto the head of his cock and then pulled his hands away. I knew what he was encouraging and I wrapped my hand around his cock, rolling the condom into place. Jackson had stood so that he was no longer in the water and rolled a condom onto himself. He leaned forward and sucked on one of my breasts before looking me directly in the eye.

  "Can we bring you back into the bedroom?" he asked.

  I shook my head.

  "No," I said.

  Jackson looked startled and a hint of worry seemed to flicker across his eyes.

  "No?" he asked.

  "No?" Lucas asked, his voice overlapping with his brother's.

  I shook my head and reached up for Jackson. He leaned down so that I could take hold of his face and kiss him deeply. I pulled back so that I could look into his eyes the way that he had looked into mine.

  "Here," I said.

  I rolled my hips against Lucas and felt his cock twitch in response. He gripped my hips tightly and lifted me up off of his lap enough that the tip of his erection touched my opening. Jackson caught my mouth, kissing me as Lucas lowered me down onto his lap so that he filled me completely. I moaned into Jackson's mouth and reached forward to grasp his cock. It already seemed familiar in my hand and I stroked it hungrily.

  After a few moments, Jackson grabbed me by my upper arms and pulled me up so that I stood in the bath in front of him. He crushed his mouth over mine and as we kissed I felt Lucas shifting behind me and taking off the condom. Jackson turned me and in an instant, I was on my hands and knees on the ledge of the tub. I cried out as Jackson's tongue slid across me, slipping between my folds and immediately focusing in on the throbbing bud at my peak, bringing it forward with a promise of more of the intoxicating pleasure he had already provided. He repeated the lick and I arched my back, crying out at the waves of pleasure he sent through me and seeking Lucas. He stepped up in front of me and I filled my open mouth with his stiffened cock. I felt Jackson immediately, pushing all the way inside me with one intense thrust that created a shock of pain that immediately melted away into warm, filling pleasure. He buried his hand in my hair and the other gripped my hip to hold me steady as he pounded into me. I relaxed, giving myself over to his control. This allowed my mouth to glide over Lucas at the rhythm and pace that Jackson created. I whimpered with each deep stroke, the intensity of the sensation that he was creating, and the combination with Lucas's erection in my mouth making it difficult for me to support myself on my shaking arms.

  Jackson's hand moved off of my hip and dipped between my thighs so that his fingers could play across me again. It didn't take long for the feeling to overwhelm me and I screamed out, pressing back against Jackson so that I could find more of the pleasure of his body. He slammed forward in a final thrust that made his cock throb. And at the same moment, Lucas growled and came into my mouth, feeling me in a new and enrapturing way. Jackson bent forward, his arm coming up around my waist to support me and guide me up onto my knees so I now leaned back against him as he kissed along my shoulder and Lucas did the same down the center of my chest.

  Chapter Nine

  Gabrielle

  The next morning I stood in the shower, luxuriating in the warm water washing down over my body. I used the same sponge that Lucas had use to wash me the night before to clean my skin and then a bottle of sweetly almond scented shampoo to wash away the lingering tangles from my gala hairstyle. There was still a smile on my lips from waking up half an hour before, tangled in both of the men. I couldn't tell whose arms and legs were where and I could hear both heartbeats on either side of me. It was a blissful few moments as consciousness settled over me and I became more aware of my surroundings. Had someone told me just weeks before that I would be in this position, I would expect that I would feel strange and awkward waking up with both of them. I would think that there would be a sense of discomfort when I faced them in daylight. From the moment that I started to wake up, however, I didn't feel any of that. Everything still felt right and comfortable, as though this is where I was always meant to be.

  I was supposed to be meeting Jackson and Lucas for breakfast and I knew that I should be hurrying, but I was enjoying the morning too much to rush it. This was nothing like anything that I had ever experienced. I felt like I had taken a step out of my life and was experiencing a day in someone else's existence. I didn't know how long this ecstasy was going to last, and I wanted to savor every moment of it before I had to return to normalcy. Even when I did, though, I knew that I was never going to be the same. The two men had awakened me, introduced me to myself in ways that I would have never known, that I would have never imagined. I felt like they had awakened me and I treasured the feeling, wanting to discover more.

  Finally I dragged myself out of the shower and got dressed. I wished that I had brought something more interesting to wear than the black jeans and sweater, but I hadn't intended on doing anything more than slipping out of the Club in the morning if I stayed at all. I did my makeup and slicked my hair back into a ponytail, hoping the curls would behave as they dried, and left the room to meet the brothers. They waited right outside the door to their wing and both turned and smiled at me as I stepped through the door toward them.

  "Good morning again," Jackson said, kissing me on the cheek.

  "Good morning," I said.

  Lucas repeated his brother's greeting and I smiled as I accepted his kiss. I knew that there were others milling around the Club, but I wasn't thinking about them. I didn't mind if they saw us. We went to the restaurant and talked about the gala the night before as we ate. Keeping our voices quiet so that the few other people filling the tables around us wouldn't hear, we shared stories about the things that we had seen, and laughed about the reactions of some of the guests to the party. It felt comfortable and easy talking to them and I felt a moment of sadness when the meal came to an end and Jackson signed the bill that the waiter placed on the table. I assumed that it would be charged to a family account since I had seen no exchange of bills or cards.

  We walked slowly away from the restaurant and I prepared myself to say goodbye to the men, but Lucas turned toward me just before I started for the wing.

  "Can we show you around a little?" he asked. "Unless you have something you need to do."

  "No," I said. "I don't have anything to do. I'd love to look around."

  They smiled.

  "Good," Jackson said.

  We roamed through the Club and I listened as the brothers told me about its history, the founding families, and the important moments that had occurred there. I had to admit that I was impressed, intrigued by the mystery of the opulence and unspoken formality of the space. I wanted to know more about it, but even more than that I wanted to know more about the brothers.

  They led me outside, and through the soft snow that was beginning to fall, to explore a labyrinth set in the grounds. I shivered slightly as I turned a corner and a voice from behind us startled me.

  "You're going to bring her out here and let her be cold?"

  I turned around and saw Talon and Aiden coming d
own the path toward us. I smiled at them, feeling a rush of excitement at seeing them. Talon slipped out of the coat that he was wearing and wrapped it around my shoulders. I could feel the warmth of his body still in the fibers of the fabric and I felt myself smiling as I cuddled further into it.

  "Thank you," I said.

  "Of course." He stepped a little closer to me and stroked along the side of my face. "I heard that we were lucky enough to get our hands on a virgin," he said.

  I was surprised by the comment and felt my cheeks burn slightly. I didn't know how to respond.

  "Talon!" Jackson hissed.

  "What?" he said, tucking his finger beneath my chin and lifting my face up so that I looked at him. "She's not offended. She knows exactly how we feel about her. Don't you?"

  I realized then with a delightful shiver that the heat that I had felt from all four of the men was as real and intense as I had hoped that it was. I nodded and Talon smiled at me.

  "See?" he said. He licked his lips and I felt sparks tingling to the tips of my fingers and throughout my satisfied body. "I'm very happy to hear that," he said, speaking directly to me now. "It means that you will belong only to us."

  There was something in those words, something that went beyond the fantasy of having all four men to enjoy and to enjoy me. I felt the intensity of something pulling us together, linking us in a way that I didn't yet understand. I looked into Talon's eyes, trying to better understand the words.

  "Talon," Lucas said, sounding almost as though he were warning his older brother.

  "What?" he asked.

  "They haven't talked to her yet," Aiden said.

  A strange feeling rippled through my belly. That sounded ominous and I worried about what he could possibly mean. I looked at each of the brothers and saw that they were exchanging unsure glances.

  "What's going on?" I asked.

  Aiden