Replay Book 7: Wing Men
Page 7
The French pilots climbed out first. Alex caught her hand, pulled her to him, and kissed her with all of passion’s promise. “We will, you know. We’ll meet again. I cannot tell you how or when, but I swear, somehow, we will make it happen. For now, I need you to look to the sky, and watch for us. There now. Don’t cry, love.”
She couldn’t help it. Looking into his eyes, seeing the unspoken promises they held, for the first time in months…in years…she dared to dream of what might be.
“Sorry.” She rubbed at her eyes. “I will. I promise. It’s just…I hate goodbyes.”
Alex cleared his throat. “I am afraid that we shall have to say ours before the battle. You’ll be leaving at its end, and Dmitry and I have a duty that requires us to depart as well. Until then, let us enjoy each other and the day.”
They were required to leave their cellphones with their luggage. When Lara took her android from its case to turn it off, Dmitry took it from her and punched in a number. His device rang once before he ended the call. He did the same thing, connecting hers to Alex’s. “Now we have you,” he said firmly, handing back her phone.
The possessiveness in his voice made her smile. “Yes, you do,” she agreed. Her wingmen did have her, for however long they wanted her, and for whatever they might need.
Chapter Twelve
Their shuttle to the airfield was the antique Pierce Arrow that she and Alex had used yesterday. This time, Dmitry joined them in the backseat. Because they shared the ride with other reenactors, they had to behave themselves.
The men left her with orders to stay in the shade of the large dining tent. She wore their collar and found herself touching it often, a tangible reminder of the night that they’d spent and the way they had claimed her body, her heart, and her soul.
Alex and Dmitry returned after their preflight inspections were done. The caterers were just setting up the buffet lunch. The St. Legers invited the three of them to share their table. Lara loved listening to the two cousins swap stories from childhoods with nannies, boys’ schools, wealth, and rank. What a contrast to Dmitry’s family’s struggles! And yet you’d never know from Alex’s demeanor that he’d come from such privilege. He was amazingly unpretentious, conducting himself as an equal with the other pilots, even though his and Dmitry’s flying skills were clearly superior.
Instead of taking a table in the casino, Lara, Alex and Dmitry visited with Sir Piers and Eleanor until just ahead of the battle. For today’s scenario, the Union Jack flew at the hangar, and the airbase again came under attack from the Germans. But this time, the British fought back successfully. The riflemen kept shooting. The British planes launched their defense. One by one, the German planes were “shot down,” until only two were left. A pair of British biplanes pursued the one German fighter. Alex alone engaged Dmitry. Their planes’ renowned climbing ability was put to the test as they dueled in the sky. After some amazing aerobatic maneuvers, Dmitry’s plane began streaming blue smoke. Seeking escape, he headed for the far horizon, with Alex hot on his tail.
Lara watched until they were out of sight. After long minutes, it was clear that they wouldn’t be coming back here. Evidently, they’d flown straight from the reenactment to whatever duty they had been called to perform.
Geoffrey picked Lara up at the airfield.
“Your phone, Miss Eastman,” he said, handing it to her.
Lara tucked it in her purse.
“Everything else is in the trunk. If you are done here, I’m to take you to the airport.”
She was done, for now. The realization was bittersweet. But Alex had promised that they’d meet again, and tomorrow was another day….
Geoffrey helped her into the back of the limo. She scooted to the far side, thinking that she’d be sharing the ride to the airport, but the door closed behind her, and Geoffrey took off.
She settled in for the hour-long drive, already missing Dmitry and Alex. Remembering their time together, she was so lost in thought, it took her a moment to realize that the limo had stopped and the engine was silent.
Fishing in her purse, she made sure that her return ticket was readily available for when she checked in.
The door opened, and Lara stepped out…onto the tarmac of a different, smaller airport.
“There’s been some mistake,” she told Geoffrey, struggling with her rising panic. She’d be lucky to not miss her flight, and God knew, she couldn’t afford to buy another ticket.
Geoffrey crooked a smile and pulled out his cell phone. “Miss Eastman,” he said, already punching numbers, “I suggest that you turn yours on and check your missed messages.”
“What?”
He pointed to her purse and turned away, walking to the front of the limo for a private conversation.
Lara turned on her phone and found three missed calls, one from Alex and two from Dmitry.
Crap.
There was one text message, as well. When she opened it, Alex’s text read: Look for us in the sky. Watch, wait, and see.
She was about to delete it…until she saw that it was from five minutes ago.
Looking up, she scanned the horizon, listening for the drone of their planes. Soon, she heard the now-familiar stutter of Alex’s Sopwith Camel and saw the bright red wings of Dmitry’s Fokker. The two planes maneuvered overhead in a vertical climb. Blue smoke began streaming from the tails, and the planes veered away from each other, forming twin arcs before diving down. They angled their flightpaths, and she held her breath, watching, praying that they didn’t collide. When they reached the bottom point, and she realized what they’d done, Lara burst into tears.
She’d been praying for a sign, and now she had it.
High in the sky was a perfect heart.
The planes landed and rolled to a stop. Lara stayed where she was. She’d been told to watch, wait, and see, and so she did.
Alex and Dmitry came towards her like a pair of lions. Alex nodded his approval. “You waited.”
“You said to. But, Sir, I’m supposed to be at the airport. I’ll miss my flight.”
“Nyet.” Dmitry shook his head. “We take.”
He pointed to a private jet that was rolling their direction. The corporate logo on the side read ABDC Air.
ABDC, the aviation industry’s hottest new competitor.
ABDC. Alex Boulton and Dmitry Chezhekov.
Oh, God. She’d heard about them. Kind of. The news media called them “the billionaire and the brain.”
Alex caught her before her knees buckled. “In case there is any question as to how we feel about you, might I remind you of our recent display of affection and point out that we have arranged for our private jet to take you wherever you wish to go. We were rather hoping for Ohio, but you must tell us, Miss Eastman. We need your consent before we proceed.”
Geoffrey was already ferrying luggage to the jet, hers and theirs.
“Ohio,” she repeated, resisting the urge to pinch herself. “What’s in Ohio?”
“Us,” Dmitry rumbled. “Work. For now.”
Alex shook his head. “What he means is, we’ll be scouting out locations here, with thoughts of moving our corporate headquarters closer to family and friends. It won’t be soon. We’ll need to build. Chances are, the three of us have different tastes in houses. It will take a miracle to agree on one. However, we went so far as to speak with Ian McGregor this morning. He has tentatively agreed to do the work, when we are ready to proceed.”
“Plane waits,” Dmitry reminded her. “Delay take off, and I take off belt. Now. Ohio. Us. Say yes.”
“Wait. Ohio. Do you two live together? I mean, where am I going if I say yes?”
“My place,” they both answered at once.
Alex shook his head. “Word of warning, Miss Eastman. Chezhekov here is stubborn to a fault. He’ll insist that we move in with him, when my home is clearly better situated for the three of us.”
“Mine is closer,” Dmitry said. “We have more time to fuck.”
Dmitry said nothing.
Alex sighed. “See how he is?”
Lara angled her head and tapped her chin. “You both have valid points. And there’s nothing to stop us from staying at both places. I think that each of you should kiss me. Convince me to come to Ohio. The most persuasive kisser names where we go first.”
She was already in Alex’s arms. He thrust five fingers in her hair, wrapped his other hand around her waist, and gave her a breath-stealing, toe-curling kiss.
“Mmm. That was good. Very good. Dmitry?”
Her Russian bear grabbed her biceps and pulled her to him. A low growl sounded at the back of his throat. He fisted her hair and angled her face to meet his. Mouths clashed. Tongues dueled. His massive erection prodded her belly. When he reached between them and twisted her nipple, she orgasmed then and there.
His kiss—and Alex’s—spoke as clearly as the message that her wingmen had written in the sky. They wanted her, enough to keep her with them rather than let her go, even for a little while. They’d done the most romantic thing that two pilots could do. They’d given her their heart, as she had given them hers. Earlier today, she had dreaded returning home. Now, she was being offered two new ones, to share with the Doms who had collared her, accepted her submission, and introduced her to BDSM. And sometime, in the months to come, they would return here, to share a home and live among like-minded people, family, and friends.
There were bound to be challenges, beyond getting her family to accept her decision. They were adults used to living alone. To mesh as a threesome, there was going to be a learning curve, especially when one of them was so very, very stubborn.
Her Russian bear smirked, certain that he was the winner, but Lara had a little devil in her, too. “I’ll have to think about it,” she hedged. “On the way to Ohio. And while I don’t think I delayed our take off too much...”
She bit her lip and asked Dmitry, “Can I have your belt anyway?”
REPLAY SERIES
CAST OF CHARACTERS
with main book appearances
Adriana – Sir Josef’s ex-lover; Replay Book 5: Night Music
Adrienne Elizabeth St. Leger, daughter of Piers and Eleanor (Dubois) St. Leger; Replay Book 7: Wing Men
Alexander Patrick Boulton – British WWI flying ace reenactor, co-owner of ABDC Air, Piers St. Leger’s cousin, in a relationship with Lara Eastman and Dmitry Chezhekov; Replay Book 7: Wing Men
Alexis MacDonald – daughter of widower Micheil MacDonald; Replay Book 2: Triple Play
Ashley Slade – actress portraying Marie Antoinette during filming at Replay; Replay Book 5: Night Music
Aubrey Wolfe – gifted pianist, legally blind, submissive, in a MMF ménage with Dr. Josef Brandt and her mentor Luc Vashon; Replay Book 5: Night Music
Beatrice Hammersmith – Nanny to Piers and Victoria St. Leger, Nanny to Piers’s daughter Adrienne; Replay Book 7: Wing Men
Breanna Campbell Falk – Replay resort musical director, married to Gunnar Falk; Replay Book 1: Viking Raid
Cade Madden – actor portraying Louis XVI during filming at Replay; Replay Book 5: Night Music
Dmitry Gregori Chezhekov – Russian aerobatic pilot, German WWI flying ace reenactor, co-owner of ABDC Air, in a relationship with Lara Eastman and Alex Boulton; Replay Book 7: Wing Men
Don – period musician who plays the lute, in a relationship with Jon; Replay Book 1: Viking Raid
Eleanor (Elly) Benoit St. Leger – psychologist, friend of Rowena Campbell MacDonald and Marcus Vos, married to Replay resort owner Piers St. Leger; Replay Book 3: Honour Bound
Geoffrey – chauffeur for Replay resort; Replay Book 2: Triple Play
Ginger Owens – children’s author, pen name of Rowena Campbell MacDonald; Replay Book 2: Triple Play
Gini (Virginia) Shelton – librarian and 5K runner, in a relationship with Marcus Vos; Replay Book 4: Hooked
Gunnar Falk – Viking Dom at Replay, married to Breanna Campbell Falk; Replay Book 1: Viking Raid
Henry – Sir Josef’s ex-lover; Replay Book 5: Night Music
Ian McGregor – architect, Highland dancer, Dominant, in a relationship with Jannet MacDonald; Replay Book 6: Highland Fling
Jannet MacDonald - sister to Micheil and Xander MacDonald, former ballerina, homeschools her niece Alexis, in a relationship with Ian McGregor; Replay Book 6: Highland Fling
Jewell Fraser – Domme wardrobe mistress at Replay; Replay series
Jody “Savage Joe” Greene – Native American Dom, personal coach, and former MMA cage fighter; Something Special (The Three Graces Book Six), that introduced Replay BDSM theme resort
Jon – period musician who plays the bass viola da gamba, in a relationship with Don; Replay Book 1: Viking Raid
Jorge – Josef Brandt’s groundskeeper, married to Nadine; Replay Book 5: Night Music
Dr. Josef Brandt (Sir Josef) – Replay resort psychiatrist; Replay series/Replay Book 5: Night Music
Kitten – Sir Piers’s secretary at Replay; Replay series
Lara Eastman – singer, songwriter, music historian who does first person impressions (Lillie Langtry, Nora Bayes, etc.), in a relationship with Alex Boulton and Dmitry Chezhekov; Replay Book 7: Wing Men
Leda – wardrobe assistant at Replay; Replay Book 2: Triple Play
Lenore – Replay chauffeur; Replay Book 5: Night Music
Luc Vashon – French-Canadian piano instructor/professional musician, aide to Aubrey Wolfe, a switch in a MMF ménage with Dr. Josef Brandt and Aubrey; Replay Book 5: Night Music
Madeleine – Chez Cuisine’s owner’s wife; Replay Book 5: Night Music
Marcus Vos – private investigator who vets members for Replay resort and provides personal protection on occasion, an amputee veteran with PTSD, in a relationship with Gini Shelton; Replay Book 4: Hooked
Melody – bookstore owner; Replay Book 2: Triple Play
Michael Holliday – singer with WWI band; Replay Book 7: Wing Men
Micheil MacDonald – Scottish billionaire software designer, widower, now married to Rowena Campbell MacDonald; Replay Book 2: Triple Play
Michelle – Aubrey’s friend who helps her shop for women’s things; Replay Book 5: Night Music.
Mr. Zelznick – Big Band conductor (WWI); Replay Book 7: Wing Men
Ms. Bryan – Replay attorney; Replay Book 5: Night Music
Nadine – Josef Brandt’s housekeeper, married to Jorge; Replay Book 5: Night Music
Nanny (Mrs. Beatrice Hammersmith) – Nanny to Piers and Victoria St. Leger, Nanny to Piers’s daughter Adrienne; Replay Book 7: Wing Men
Nathan Roth – literary agent to Regina Wright and Ginger Owens (aka Rowena Campbell MacDonald); Replay Book 2: Triple Play
Piers St. Leger – British Replay resort owner, kinbaku master, and husband of Eleanor Benoit St. Leger; Replay Book 3: Honour Bound
Raphael – Driver at the Paradiso Luxury Resort; Replay Book 7: Wing Men
Ray – Replay bartender; Replay Book 7: Wing Men
Regina Wright – erotic blogger, alter ego of Rowena Campbell; Replay Book 2: Triple Play
Rex – Marcus Vos’s PTSD service dog; Replay Book 4: Hooked
Rich/Richard Benjamin Franklin – Replay Dom; Replay Book 4: Hooked, Replay Book 6: Highland Fling
Rowena Campbell MacDonald – Replay musician, author, artist, married to Micheil MacDonald; Replay Book 2: Triple Play
Sabrina Wright – stage name of Breanna Campbell Falk; Replay Books 1 & 2: Viking Raid and Triple Play
Samael – Replay personal assistant; Replay series
Stephen Howard – talent agent for Regina Wright, bisexual Dom; Replay Book 2: Triple Play
Trent Blackwell – assistant to talent agent Stephen Howard, a switch; Replay Book 2: Triple Play
Victoria (Tory) Elizabeth St. Leger – sister of Piers St. Leger; Replay Book 7: Wing Men
Xander MacDonald – software designer, brother
of Micheil and Jannet MacDonald; Replay Book 2: Triple Play
Author’s Biography
Nia Farrell is the author of one of The 50 Best Indie Books of 2016, a 2016 Golden Flogger Finalist, and a founding member of the Wicked Pens. A multi-genre writer published in nonfiction, poetry, music, articles, and children’s books, with one documentary screenplay under her literary belt, she’s an old soul and a period reenactor who’s been into corsets for centuries, although she wears them more to Civil War events these days.
Nia has been involved in the metaphysical community for over twenty-five years. She is a Reiki Master and crystal healer whose work encompasses this and other lifetimes. In her book Something More, BDSM and submission are tools for healing post-rape PTSD, earning a nomination for Best BDSM Book of the Year, Ménage Category, in the 2016 Golden Flogger Awards.
Her debut books from The Three Graces series, Something Else, Something Different, and Something More, are kink with a paranormal twist. Soul mates, reincarnation, karmic fallout, shamanism, and psychic abilities come into play. Personal experience and extensive research go into crafting her characters, but it’s her sense of whimsy that has made fictional Posey, Minnesota, the ménage capital of the United States, with a Monty-Python-inspired diner that’s central to the plotlines.
Nia was fortunate enough to meet her soul mate early on. She married her high school sweetheart, raised two children, and began writing at her husband’s suggestion. She has been published in erotic romance since 2015.
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