Unlock and Bind: (Maya Strom Series - Book 2)

by A. B. Marie

  “Nice! I’m from Seattle. Do you miss home?”

  She shakes her head. “No, I think I’ll stay here. I come from a pompous family that uses their wealth and power for nefarious reasons. My dad is running for governor and I want away from that life.” I nod at her. Ah, human problems.

  “Makes sense. Well, you’re welcome over any time you want.” Polly and Lola come into the room and Danika squeals and gets down on the ground with them.

  “Holy shit! Where did you get the lemur from?” She starts to rub their heads and I tell them to stay calm through our mental connection.

  “Ah, I brought them over here with me from Seattle.” I look at Penny with panicked eyes and she just giggles. The bitch. I lead everyone back to the living room and we put on some TV. Danika chose some girly romance bullshit, so I spend my time talking shit to Lola and Penny in my head. After the movie, I walk them to the door and give them both a hug. “It was so nice to meet you. We’ll have to all go get lunch or something soon.” They wave and walk down to their car. I look out towards the gate and see someone jump back into their car and leave.

  “Hey, Gerard?” I walk back into the house and try to find him. “Can you look at the cameras and see who was out in front of the gates?”

  “Of course, give me a moment.” He walks down towards his quarters down the hall and I stay in the foyer looking out the window. “Looks like they were there for about half an hour, just staring up at the house. I couldn’t get a good read on their face or the license plate on the car. Would you like me to call Markus?”

  I nod at him. “Yeah, I’m going upstairs. Let them know I’m going to bed.” I call Penny to be careful and to let me know when she makes it home. I take a long bath and crawl into bed naked, too tired to lift my arms to get dressed.

  I wake up to Mark kissing down my neck and I moan into my pillow. I rock my hips back into his erection and he chuckles at me.

  “Good morning, baby.” He rolls me onto my back and kisses and sucks on my nipples and rubs on my clit. I’m rolling my hips to the rhythm he’s set and push his head down from my nipples for him to eat my pussy. “Mmm. Use your words baby, or I’m going to stop.”

  I growl at him. “Please eat my pussy, Mark.” I start to trail my fingers down my body, and he stops me right when I’m about to slip my fingers in.

  “Nope. Put your arms above your head.” When I do, he leans back down and starts eating my pussy like he’s been starving. He stretches me out with two, then three, fingers and I come all over his hand. “Roll over for me and get on your hands and knees.” I do what he says and wave my ass in the air at him. “Good girl.” He spanks he a few times and lightly grabs my hips and plunges in. He pumps in and out, faster and faster, and I moan and writhe wanting to come again. I look over when I hear something at the door and Graham is standing there pumping his cock through his jeans.

  “Come here, Graham cracker.” I moan out at him and he walks to the bed and takes off his clothes. I open my mouth for him, and I suck him down while Mark slams into me from behind. I hum around Graham’s cock and deep throat him while I’m rocked back and forth. I scream around his cock when I finally come, and Mark follows me right after. Graham pumps into my throat a few more times and releases down my throat and tongue.

  “Fuck.” Graham growls out and lays down next to me on the bed.

  “Mmm. Good morning, boys.” I look over to Mark and he has his eyes closed. “Where are the others?”

  “Collins and Nolan went back to campus this morning, and the twins are at the new club talking to the contractors about something. Tell me about what you saw with that car outside the gate last night.”

  I get comfortable on my side and pull Graham’s arm around my body. “I was walking Penny and Danika out and saw someone watching from the gate, as soon as they saw me, they jumped into their car and drove off.” I grab my phone from the nightstand and see that Penny sent me a message last night letting me know she made it home okay. I throw my phone on to the bed and get comfortable again.

  “Nope, time to get up. Malek made breakfast and I was supposed to bring you down.” I slowly get up to use the restroom to clean up and brush my teeth. I walk over to my closet to get into a cute, black maternity dress and throw my hair up into a messy bun. The guys are already gone so I make my way to the kitchen and sit down at the island.

  “Good morning, Malek. Thank you.” I smile at him and eat some fruit off of the platter while Mark plates my food for me. After breakfast, we decide to shower and head into town to the magic and weapons shops to get out of the house and we buy a bunch of shit to help fortify the wards around the house that Gerard requested. The guys grab everything they need to top up their magic supplies and I buy more toys for all of the familiars. I look through my emails and see that the contractor finished the plans and got the permits for the work at the estate and can start next week, fuck yes! A gym and a BDSM room. I can’t wait.

  “Ready to head home?” Graham asks as he’s walking up to me in the aisle I’m in.

  I nod over to him and place a few more things into my cart and we check out and put everything into my SUV. We head back, unload, and I decide to go change into a bikini and do a few laps around the pool before dinner. On my way down I call the contractor and add another room I want on the second story; we need a magic room that’s spelled and has enough shelves and lighting for various herbs and vials. We’ve all just been keeping what we need in our closets, but I think an actual space would be nice.

  I swim for about an hour before the twins come into the pool house and join me. Troy swims over to me and picks me up. I throw my legs around his hips and bring his head down for a kiss.

  “Hey baby, I missed you today.” I moan into his mouth and he slowly strips me out of my bathing suit. Ross comes up behind me and prepares my ass and they both fuck me until we’re leaning up against the wall in the pool catching our breath. Troy has me float on my back and rubs my stomach like I’m a fucking genie. “Your belly is so fucking beautiful.” He kisses it and starts talking to the baby about how he’s the favorite daddy and he will spoil her silly. I roll my eyes and look over to Ross.

  “Hey, have you guys heard from Amelie since her little show in the foyer?”

  He shakes his head. “No, I’ve tried calling her a few more times. I don’t know what her fucking problem is. She needs to be out of the house by next week, and when I look at the cameras, she hasn’t even been home. Who knows who she’s spending her time with lately?”

  Troy nods. “I used our PI connections and unless we really want to waste time chasing her around, I think it’s pointless. Seems like she pulled her SIM card out of her phone since I can’t track it. We will just need to stay vigilant. If she’s not back to the house by next week we will just hire a company to pack it all up so we can sell it.”

  I shrug my shoulders. “I don’t mind keeping the house if it’s important to you guys?”

  Ross shakes his head. “No, it’s fine. Go ahead and sell it, we don’t need it for anything, unless you want to rent it out for another investment?”

  “I’ll think on it.”

  Chapter 7

  Mark

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  It’s been a week since that fucker was staring at the house at the gate. No one has been by since and we spent the week mostly staying in, just to be safe. Gerard shows someone into the house, and I have no idea who this man is.

  “Mr. Kreuss? This is the contactor that Maya hired, Brant. Brant, this is Markus, one of Maya’s men.” Gerard takes his leave and I walk over to him and shake his hand.

  “Nice to meet you. When did Maya hire you?”

  He laughs out loud. “Wow, she wasn’t kidding that this was a secret. Well, my crews are arriving within the hour. I wanted to start the demo on the two rooms on the second floor that she chose, and the others will be in the yard to start setting a foundation for the building.”

  I just stare at him and nod slowly. “Um. Sure
. Let me grab Maya, since I have no fucking idea what’s going on. Typical.” I lead him to the living room while I go and look for Maya. The little shit is reading in the library. “Hey, there’s a guy here saying he’s a contractor ready to start demo on two bedrooms?”

  She giggles at me. “Perfect!” She walks down to the living room and gives the stranger a hug. “Hi! Nice to meet you in person, finally. Let me show you the two rooms upstairs.” I follow behind like an idiot and she opens up a bedroom on the other side of the house from her master, and it’s almost just as big. “I think this one would be good for the magic room. Leave the bathroom as is, and I think the closet should be filled with shelves for storage or vials that need to be out of the light. I would like the windows to be larger and have shelves all over the room for herbs, other plants, and storage space for other items. Then I would like desks… along this wall… and some cushions and blankets in the middle of the room for either meditating or astral projecting. I think that’s it for this room.” I just stare at her with an open mouth and follow along. We walk out of the room and she opens the door to the left. “This one for the BDSM room. I would like the windows walled up, some extra shelves in the closet. Leave the bathroom as is… I would like a bed that fits from wall to wall in the back of the room with a canopy that has hooks for ropes and chains. I would also like everything else I sent you in the email all along the rest of the walls. Deep red walls, hard wood flooring… Anything else we need to go over in here?” She looks over to the contractor, and he still has amusement in his eyes.

  “Perfect.” He finishes tapping out on his tablet and we make our way downstairs. “The crew will be here in a few minutes to start on the foundation in the back. Holler if you want any changes made. I’m going to grab some tools and head back up to start demo.” He waves us off.

  “Really, Maya?” I just shake my head and laugh.

  “What?” She winks at me and we head into the kitchen for a snack.

  “What’s going to be in the building out back?”

  “A gym, combat center, and a gun range! Since I’m not going back to school, I figured we needed everything here.”

  I roll my eyes at her. “Whatever makes you happy, baby.” I kiss her on her forehead, and we sit on the back deck and watch the crew set the foundation. Brant is making a shit ton of noise upstairs, so there’s no way Maya can nap in her room. “Want to lay in the hammock and I’ll grab lunch?” She nods at me and she lays in the hammock with her Kindle. After we eat, she falls asleep and I make sure to text the rest of the guys and let them know what our little hellion has been up with our house. Crazy woman.

  The rest of the week is loud in the house, I need to get out before I lose my mind. Maya is heading into town with Penny, Graham is helping the twins at the new club, and I have nothing to do. I look over the baby registry and see that we still need bottles and other items that look like they go on the floor for the baby to play with. I get on my bike and make my way to the shops and spend the day ordering everything else that was on the list and to delivered tonight. With that done, I head to the magic shop and order everything we need to start setting up the new magic room at the house. A bunch of different seeds for plants and herbs, empty vials, markers, spelled paper, and all of the filled vials we will need. I have it arranged to be delivered within the next two weeks and head home.

  Maya pulls up just as the delivery truck is leaving and she glares at me. “What did you order now?”

  I kiss her head and lead her up to the nursery where I had the boxes set up against the wall. “Take a look.” She walks around the room and smiles at me.

  “Holy shit, did you buy everything off of the registry?”

  “Sure did.” I lead her back to her room to get her in a bath and I set up the bed to give her a massage. “Go relax, mama. Come to bed when you’re done.” After her massage I leave her in bed for her to sleep and head down to sit with the rest of the guys in the living room.

  Collins looks over to me when I sit down. “Classes start in two weeks, have you decided what you want to do?”

  I grab a beer off the table and nod. “Yeah, I’ll be staying home with Maya. Someone should be with her, since the twins will be busy with their work, and Graham is going back with you and Nolan to campus all week.” Everyone nods and we relax and watch TV.

  Troy pauses the show and looks over at everyone. “Well, it’s been two weeks and Amelie still hasn’t been back at the house. I’m going to go over there in the morning to take a look around and will set up the movers to put all her shit in storage, empty the place, and see what work needs to be done before we put it on the market. Anyone want to tag along?”

  Nolan and Collins nod and say they’ll go with him. With that settled we continue watching the show then split up into different bedrooms to sleep. Graham comes into the master with me and we move all of the familiars to the other side of the bed so we can get closer to Maya.

  The day passes slowly. Maya and I tackled the nursery and put everything in its place. We took the boxes of bottles and pacifiers to the pantry downstairs to be washed after she has the baby. I take her to town to shop for some more maternity clothes and she chose a sexy lace maternity gown for the club opening. The twins say it’ll be ready to be open in two weeks, depending on how the new managers, bartenders, and all of the other staff are coming along. Collins and Nolan are taking Maya out for a date tonight and staying at a hotel with a spa so she can have a prenatal massage done tomorrow. Graham and I decide to go with the twins to Killian’s for a few drinks.

  The guys all get home from spending the day at the Strom’s old house and they say the place was completely trashed. They think it was just Amelie having a temper tantrum, but something just sounds off. Troy said that everything was torn out from their drawers in every room and even Amelie’s room was a mess. They cleaned it all up and boxed up what they could for the moving company arriving tomorrow to spend the day emptying out the house.

  After Collins, Nolan, and Maya leave for the night, the rest of us get into the black Escalade and head to Killian’s. We grab some drinks and head up to the roof to relax and listen to some music.

  “Ross, is that Amelie over by the jacuzzi?” Graham asks and we all look over to where he’s looking.

  Ross grumbles under his breath. “Fuck, you’re right. I’ll be right back.” He gets up to go talk to her and Troy just shakes his head and stays where he’s sitting.

  “I’m not dealing with her bitch ass again. After her show at the estate, I really don’t want to hear her voice.”

  We watch Ross throwing his hands in the air and shaking his head at whatever she’s telling him. She’s basically naked and drunkenly all over several men that are sitting around her. After about ten minutes, Ross comes back with a red face and looking pissed.

  “She’s saying she moved out and went through the house a few weeks ago looking for money. I don’t know, man. She seems out of her mind. It could be fucking drugs.”

  Troy just shakes his head. “I don’t know what else to do. The house will be empty tomorrow and I’ll make sure to set up more cameras and change the locks. We’ll give her the keys to the storage unit when she asks, I’m not going out of my way to track her down.”

  We ignore her as best as we can until a bouncer walks up to her and requests that she leaves. The night manager is talking quietly with Ross and Troy in the corner and they’re all just shaking their heads watching their sister make a fool out of herself.

  “I don’t have to leave! I own this fucking bar!” She’s screaming at the bouncer and everyone else around her.

  “I’m sorry, ma’am. But several people have complained and it’s time to go.” He tries to corral her towards the elevator and she just flips out and tries to use magic on him to get him away. Ross and Troy step in and knock her out with an incantation and wrap her up in a towel to take her down the elevator. The manager walks over to the jacuzzi to apologize to the patrons and gives them voucher
s for the new club.

  A while later the twins come back up and tell us that they put her down on the couch in the office for her to sleep off whatever the fuck she’s on. It’s too late to call Beatrice, but I text Collins to see if he can send over any healers that he knows.

  “Collins said that he called a reputable healer that lives around here and will be here soon. Why don’t we go down to the first floor to keep an eye on the office to make sure she doesn’t wake up or try to go anywhere?” We head down and sit at the bar. The healer walks in and the twins go with her to the office and stay there for a while. “Well, this an interesting night, huh?” I look over to Graham who’s staring down at his phone typing something.

  He looks over to me and nods. “Yeah, after dealing with Whitney, Caroline, and June for all these years, I have very little patience for entitled cunts.” Ah, those bitches. Maya calls them various nicknames, those girls really had it out for her while we were at the academy.

  I just laugh. “Fuck, I am so glad I don’t have to deal with them for at least a year. Good luck!” I toast him with my glass, and we wait for the twins to come back so we can leave.

  “She’s fucked up on fucking heroine, man.” Ross sits down next to me with his head in his hands.

  “Fuck, I’m sorry. Why don’t we look up a treatment facility and take her there in the morning? Let’s take her to a hotel for the night, let her sleep off what she can, and drop her ass off in the morning?”

  Ross and Troy just shake their heads. “Yeah, that’s a good idea. I’ll ask the healer for more information when she comes out. She’s put her in a healing sleep and is trying to work on what she can.” The healer comes out and gives them a number for a supernatural facility that’s a few hours away and leaves. We load Amelie up in the back seat and I drive to a nearby hotel and drop the twins off with her.