by Lacey Thorn
With a contented sigh and a head already full of epic dream material, I finally let my mind relax. The sooner I slept, the sooner morning would get here. And I had little doubt that it would be better than I could imagine.
Chapter Four
I was dripping sweat. No workout had ever been this hardcore. Xanthus was a task master. Drill, drill, drill. That was what the morning had held. I’d gone to sleep dreaming that I might be awakened with a kiss and another bout of sex play but no such luck. Instead, I got a firm smack to the butt and Kain telling me to get my ass up and moving. I’d have to work on this method of waking me up.
“Run it again.”
I gritted my teeth to prevent nasty comments from escaping as Xanthus shook his head.
“Radek, you’re moving too slowly.”
“Fuck you, Xanthus.”
“You keep watching Soph and it’s throwing you off. We have to be able to trust her to be our equal out there. No exceptions.”
“She’s not our equal. No offense, Soph.” Radek looked sincere when he said it but the words still stung a little. But realistically? He was right and we all knew it. “You’re good, Soph. Incredible. But you’re slow on the turn. Your kick is too low. And I can’t promise that I won’t be watching you instead of where I need to if it stays that way. I won’t let anything happen to you.”
“Radek, Kain, take a break. Shower, grab lunch and get the conference set up for our intel meeting.”
“What about me?” I was ready for a cleansing and food. Food sounded like heaven right about now.
“You’ll stay with me and repeat the drill until you get it right.”
“Fuck you, Xanthus,” I snapped, repeating Radek’s earlier words.
“Xanthus?” Kain stopped by the door, a question in his voice.
“Go, Kain. She’ll be fine.”
I watched Kain and Radek step out and pull the door closed behind them. We’d been running drills for the last three hours. I was exhausted, and unfortunately, Xanthus knew it.
He shed his shirt and tossed it aside then sat down to remove his boots and socks until he wore only his black Enforcer pants.
“Take your boots off. We’ll work on movement.”
“I know how to do the damn kick.”
“Then you should have done it hours ago.”
That was all he said but the cut was deep. Mostly because he was right. I should have been able to execute the move perfectly from the first run-through. It made me wonder if I was Enforcer material. This was my dream. This was everything I’d ever wanted. And I was failing.
One swipe of his leg and Xanthus had me flat on my back, his body looming over me. He pinned my arms over my head and softly tapped his forehead to mine.
“You know what the problem is, Soph?”
“What?”
He tapped our foreheads together again. “You’ve got something up here holding you back. You’re overthinking. Stop. Stop thinking about it and just do it.”
He went back on his heels, took my hand and pulled me up to my feet as he stood.
“What motivates you?”
“What?”
“I’ve spent the last hour trying to make you angry. That’s what motivates most Alpha Enforcers. Make us angry and we won’t come up for air until someone is dead.”
“Anger skews focus. I can’t work that way.”
“So what does motivate you?”
I shrugged. “I’m not sure. I’ve never needed motivation before.”
Xanthus looked at me, really looked at me as if attempting to see into my very soul. “You weren’t an active-duty Enforcer, were you?”
I’m sure he could see the answer in my eyes. His gaze pierced me to my soul. I waited, waited to hear his disappointment, his disgust at being misled.
“So that’s what holds you back.”
“What?”
“I’ve seen the vids so obviously you’ve trained as an Enforcer. It’s their stupidity for keeping you on a desk. I assume that’s where you were?”
I nodded.
“I imagine that you were offered your tiger for agreeing to join this unit.” He nodded before I could. “Of course they would do that. I’m sorry, Soph.”
“For what?”
“We all jumped at the chance to form this unit.” He sighed. “It gets lonely. The fifth is hell. You’ll see what I’m talking about when we go over the intel later. We even have some vids to show you. Part of me wants to wrap you up and send you back, keep you far away from there.”
“No!”
He smiled sadly. “I couldn’t do it now if I wanted to. You signed the contract just as we did. There’s no going back for any of us. But, Soph, you have to start believing that you are an Enforcer. No reservations. No doubts. No questioning if you can do this.”
I felt a single tear slip from my eye to slide down my cheek and in that moment I loved Xanthus. I walked over to him.
“Don’t cry, Soph.” He wiped the tear from my cheek and brought the moisture to his mouth.
I laughed. All doubt washed away. I was worried they would feel that I wasn’t good enough, that they would sneer and think I’d earned my tiger symbol on my back. But those thoughts were mine alone. I was the only one doubting my ability. I was done.
“Thank you.” I reached up and brought his lips down to mine. Soft and warm, just as I recalled. I took from him and he let me.
When I broke free, I turned and stepped back to the center of the room. I began the last drill. My execution was flawless. I knew it. I could feel it. The kick was perfect, striking exactly where I needed it to, a swish where it struck nothing but air.
“Again,” Xanthus commanded.
I went back to my starting stance. I hadn’t heard the door open but Radek and Kain took position with me. We ran the drill flawlessly. This was the formation we would be in when on patrol. Every time Xanthus yelled “Attack!” we executed our kicks, our hits, our turns. Xanthus joined us and we ran it again and again and again. No one was slow. The more we ran it, the more confidence I built. I was born for this. No matter how the opportunity had presented itself, I was an Enforcer.
“Enough.” Xanthus finally stopped us. “It’s past time we had something to eat.”
“I got it all set up,” Radek stated.
“And I set up the conference room,” Kain added.
“Do I have time to clean up?” I was more than hot and sweaty now. I was a complete mess.
“I like you the way you are.” Kain’s voice was husky and seductive. “It makes me think of how you looked last night, during and after.”
His lips met mine and stayed, tasting and exploring, taking me right back to what we’d shared last night as well. I leaned into him, my arms reaching up to wrap around his neck.
“Where’s mine?” Radek stepped up and tugged me from Kain.
I went with a laugh that turned quickly into a moan. I was primed and ready for an encore. I wanted our clothes off and their hands all over me. I wanted my hands all over them. I wanted to lick and taste every inch. I was hungry all right but it was no longer food that I needed to sate me.
I grabbed Radek’s shirt and ripped it down the front. I was panting with need. I scraped my nails down his chest, loving the way he jerked and moaned. I saw Kain pull his shirt over his head and toss it aside. I watched Xanthus watching me.
“There’s one thing you should know about me.” I spoke to all three of them as I released Radek’s pants and shoved them down. His cock was hard and thick and filled my palm as I caressed it.
“What’s that?” Kain asked the question but they all waited for my answer.
“I like to be woken with a kiss, a caress even. Tender touches or soft licks that remind me how lucky I am.”
“We’ll try to remember that.” Radek breathed out as I stroked him.
I let my eyes meet his. “I hope you do.” I dropped to my knees in front of him, lining his cock up with my mouth. “Then I can show you how luck
y you are.”
I sucked his cock deep, taking as much as I could and using my hand to stroke the rest of him.
“Fuck. I need to feel lucky,” Kain murmured and I snickered around Radek’s cock.
They were stripping. I could hear as clothing was quickly removed. I focused on Radek and how good he tasted as I ran my tongue over him. There would be just as much attention shown to the others when the time came.
Radek’s hands were buried in my hair, his hips thrusting, though he let me control depth. I flicked my tongue around the head as I sucked, tapping the notch underneath as well as the slit at the end. I wanted his cum on my tongue, washing down my throat in a salty spray of sated passion.
Xanthus moved behind me. I watched from of the corner of my eye until I could no longer see him without pulling off of Radek and turning my head. I refused to do that. I moaned as I tongued his shaft, knowing what the vibration of sound would do to him, for him.
Xanthus lifted my bottom off my heels, bringing me up onto my knees. His fingers made quick work of my pants and tugged them down over my hips until they caught on my knees. He slipped a hand between my thighs and found the engorged bud of my clit. His fingers tapped and rubbed over it, making me cry out as pleasure rocketed through me. I was primed and ready. Any second I’d be begging him to take me.
His fingers thrust inside me, fucking me. Kain moved to stand next to Radek and he was deliciously naked. My other hand reached out to caress him. I trusted them to help me keep my balance. Xanthus was stroking me closer and closer toward orgasm and I wanted to take Radek over with me.
He must have sensed my intention. He pulled back from me. Before I could complain, Kain stepped in, feeding me his cock. I took it, sucked, nipped and bathed it with my tongue. Orgasm was stealing my breath as well as my concentration. I did my best to focus on Kain but my mind was centered on that promised pleasure.
I came with a harsh cry. Releasing Kain’s cock from my mouth, I gasped for air, panting as Xanthus continued to work me with his fingers. I was the one feeling lucky. This was how we should have started the morning. This was how I wanted to start every morning and end every night.
Xanthus pulled free and rose to his feet behind me. Kain reached down and gripped my hands, helping me stand. I eased out of the rest of my clothes. Radek moved something to the center of the room. It was a padded bench, no back or sides. He sat on one end of it and patted his thighs.
“Come here, Soph. I want to feel that slick pussy wrapped around my dick.”
I walked over to him.
“I was waiting for someone to say those words to me.”
“We’ll all be saying them,” Kain promised. “Over and over again.”
“I’m counting on it.”
Kain and Radek helped me get on the bench so that I was straddling Radek’s cock. I took his shaft in my grip and placed him at my opening. Slowly I eased down, taking him inside. We both moaned at the sensations that coursed through us.
“Now it’s my turn to feel that luck you were showing Radek earlier.” Kain worked his hand up and down his shaft as he moved to the side.
Radek pulled me down so that my breasts rubbed against his chest.
“You feel so good on top of me.”
“You feel so good inside me.”
“I think we should all feel good.”
Xanthus spoke from behind me. I looked back to see his cock and palm slick with lube he’d obviously found. I knew what he planned and I was eager for him to do it.
“Do you want it?”
Of course I did. I braced my legs beside Radek’s hips and thrust my ass up a bit, letting him know without words that I wanted him to take me. I wanted the hard thrust of his cock filling my ass while Radek fucked my pussy. And I wanted to suck Kain while they were fucking me. Luckily, they all wanted the same thing.
Xanthus moved into position behind me just as Kain reached down to cup my chin and lift my head a bit. Both cocks entered me at the same time. One thrusting deep into my ass while the other softly breached my lips. We were as one, all of us linked with me as the central figure.
Radek and Xanthus took turns fucking me. One of them filled me completely while the other pulled almost free. Then they switched. I moaned and panted around Kain’s cock. My hands were braced by Radek’s shoulders so I had to trust Kain to feed me what I wanted.
I sucked and licked greedily, swallowing around his cock head as it bumped the top of my throat. Good, it was so incredibly good. Xanthus’ hands caressed my ass cheeks as he rode, while Radek’s palmed my breasts. My nipples were plucked and pinched, driving my lust higher and higher. Every nerve in my body was alive and screaming in the throes of pleasure.
Radek jerked beneath me, burying his cock fully inside me as he came with a harsh cry. I could feel the hot jets of his semen pulsing out of his cock and filling me. Xanthus fucked me hard and furiously now. Each thrust had me crying out around Kain’s cock. The pleasure was so good it was painful.
“Watch the teeth.” Kain’s words pierced the veil of pleasure I was wrapped in and made me realize I’d nipped him a little harder than I’d meant to. He pulled his cock free of my mouth. “I’ll just let you enjoy this later.” He stroked his shaft and grinned at me.
“Soph,” Xanthus panted my name as he began a hard and fast pounding. Radek slid a hand between our bodies and found my clit. His fingers toyed with it, rubbing with just the right pressure. I was close, so close. I could feel the tingles of orgasm.
“Come with me,” Xanthus demanded, and as if his words had released a dam, I did.
He pushed deep and held there while he joined me. I could feel the heated wash of his cum in my ass. I collapsed down onto Radek’s chest and felt the rumble as he chuckled.
Xanthus patted my ass and slid his spent cock free. “You are something else, Soph.”
I chuckled softly.
“Hope you’re not too exhausted.” Kain’s deep voice reached me before his hands did.
Gently he lifted me from Radek and pulled me into his arms. But gentle wasn’t what he wanted. He spun around and lifted me against the wall, coming up between my legs. His cock nudged my pussy then thrust deep. I rocked against the wall as he pounded in and out. My hands gripped his shoulders, my nails gouging into his flesh. I wrapped my legs around his waist and held tightly.
“Kain!” I screamed as I rushed into another orgasm. My head slammed back against the wall and I swear I saw lights.
I could tell when he joined me. His cock seemed to swell inside me and his muscles all clenched as he came with a roar. I shuddered against him, tiny tremors running through me.
“You’re right,” Kain panted.
“What?”
“This is how we should wake you up every morning.”
Masculine chuckles filled the room as I groaned. I wasn’t sure my body could take this much attention every day but I was sure willing to try.
Chapter Five
We ended up taking lunch into the conference room with us. There was a lot of stuff we needed to go over. Things that were important for me to know before we reached our first post. Our shuttle was like all of those for Enforcers, automatically piloted from headquarters. We would only be alerted if there was interference that obstructed our flight path.
In a few days we would reach our destination and I would get my first real look at the fifth quadrant. I’d heard the same stories as everyone else but now I was going to see the truth of it. I was excited, nervous and scared as hell. I didn’t doubt that my squad mates would keep me safe. I only hoped I would be able to keep them safe as well.
“Get comfy, Soph,” Radek said as he dropped into a chair behind me. “We’ve got a lot of stuff to brief you on.”
“First off, let’s go over roles. I’m lead in the field. You will check with me before doing anything. No option. I will nail your ass to the ground if you do not follow orders. Are we clear?” Xanthus asked.
He was all Alpha Enforcer n
ow. There was no doubt he was in command. I’d just had sex with all three of them, but looking at him right then made me horny as hell again.
“Kain is our tech specialist. He can operate any system known and figure out any that we haven’t come across yet.”
Kain smiled and nodded, giving me a wink.
“Radek is logistics. He knows every inch of the fifth. If we need anything, he knows where and how to procure it. He has the entire zone mapped in his head. If we ever get split apart, you go with him. He’ll know where the safest place is.”
Radek patted my hand. “I’m your guy, Soph.”
I smiled.
“You are going to be intelligence. I’ve read your file. You’re good at memorization and organization. I’m going to bombard you with information. I need you to remember all of it that you can. You never know when we might need it. Names, numbers, places. It will all come into play.”
Xanthus held up an electronic device that I was more than familiar with. It was a storage unit. I’d used it several times when transferring files from one system to another. Just one of the many duties of a desk lackey.
“I can see you’re familiar with these. This one’s a little different. Kain will go over it with you in more detail later.”
I nodded.
“Kain, queue up the first images for us.”
The lights in the room dimmed and images projected on the wall. Vivid pictures that showed a life I wasn’t familiar with. Xanthus’ voice filled the darkness, explaining what I was seeing.
“Sex is a big business here. The women who are found here are generally not there by choice. Most have been kidnapped. At least one is a female Enforcer who was captured three years ago.”
“What?” I hadn’t heard anything about that.
“She was captured during a patrol ambush. She was with two men who were not happy to have a woman on their team. Both were killed when she was taken.”
“Do we know where she is? What happened to her?”
“This man.” An image appeared of an ordinary-looking man, except for his eyes, which seemed cold as ice. “He is known as The Auctioneer. Anything you want, he can find and get it for you. He runs most of the crime syndicates in the fifth. Drugs were his mainstay for years until he discovered something that the men of that quadrant wanted more. Women.”