The Lightning Bearer

by April Zyon

  “More or less,” Ares said. He, too, was looking everywhere but at Thomas. “She’s currently being watched over by some very chipper goddesses who are politely chastising her for being a naughty goddess. She’s in her version of hell. What Hera should really be worried about is when Zeus finds out what she’s done.”

  Thomas hugged her in closer and pressed kisses to her face. “Let’s get you back inside. No more wandering off without one of us for a while. An extremely long while if you wouldn’t mind, please.”

  “I think you are right.” She had her arm around his waist and walked close to him. “I thought it was Kasper. I really did.” She had been a fool. She had fallen for a disguise. “I should have known that the guys would never have asked one of the ladies for help.” They were old fashioned like that.

  Thomas stopped long enough to grab up his towel causing complaints from behind them. “Fuck you, guys, you’re just jealous, and you know it.”

  “Hera did it on purpose because the bitch knew you would always lend Kasper a hand,” Ares told her. “She was betting on that bond you have with your cousin to override any thoughts or worries that might crop up. If not for our always watchful, and super paranoid, sniper friend here she might have gotten away with the plan. I can’t believe she had the balls to try that.”

  “Last ditch effort,” Mikhail said quietly. “She must know that there’s no way the guys will not proceed with the bond after all that’s happened. How she knew the timing was right though worries me. That and how that guy got into the house to begin with. Looking and sounding like Kas is one thing, but getting past everyone without someone cluing in is another.”

  “That’s an excellent question.” Pepper looked to the god, Ares. “Do you have any idea how she was able to do that?”

  She watched Ares get a faraway look on his face, a frown of concentration, and then he cussed. A lot. “Fucking bitch found a weakness in the shielding. The gods can’t flash here, but they can flash someone human here. That’s something we need to correct, now.”

  “How the hell did you not think of that?” Thomas asked. Stopping, he turned around, causing the other two men to avert their eyes to anywhere else.

  “For fuck's sake, put your fucking towel back on, Thomas,” Mikhail demanded. “I do not need to be seeing all of you in this way. I’m finally getting sleep at night, and this here.” He waved a hand vaguely in the air. “It’s giving me flashbacks. Camilla will kick your ass if I keep her up all night. You know that, right?”

  “Camilla loves me, shut it.”

  “Lord have mercy, you guys are too funny.” And they were hers. Well, Thomas and Lincoln were at least. “Where is Lincoln?”

  “Probably still searching the house top to bottom,” Thomas told her. He pulled the door open for her when they reached it. Then he wiggled his ass at the other two getting more swearing out of them. With a smirk, he led her deeper into the house while winding the towel back in place. “Lincoln, I found her,” he called out loudly.

  Rapid footsteps headed their way until Lincoln skidded around the corner. The second he saw her he clutched his chest for half a second before stalking forward. He came right to her and scooped her up into his arms, burying his face in her throat.

  Pepper wrapped her legs around Lincoln’s waist when he scooped her up. Her face was against the side of his neck, and her tears, stupid things, were flowing once more. She bit back a sob and shook her head. “No more. No more waiting, no more letting her have a chance at me. Please, no more?”

  He squeezed her closer before she felt his nod. “No more waiting,” he agreed in a gruff tone. Leaning his head back he looked her up and down. “I’m tired of these fuckers trying to snatch you away from us. No more, sweetheart, no more.”

  “Thank goodness.” She was not in a place where she wanted to wait another moment. She wanted the bond with them, now, birth control be damned. “I’m never letting the two of you go.” She looked back at Ares and Mikhail, who walked off in the opposite direction and left just her, Lincoln, and Thomas. “I say we go to our bedroom and do this whole bond thingy?”

  Lincoln gave a nod, and Thomas smiled at her. Brushing a finger to her cheek, Thomas leaned in to kiss her. “The only thing I hate about this is the feeling like they are forcing us to push ahead of your timeline, darling. We wanted you to take all the time you needed, and they are tearing that choice from your hands.”

  She pulled back and looked at them. “I want the two of you. I’ve waited for the two of you. This isn’t moving things ahead. This is finally taking that last step that we need to take for the rest of our happily ever after. I need this with both of you.”

  “Good enough for me,” Lincoln told her. Turning for the stairs, he shifted her slightly in his arms before he went up them quickly. Thomas came thundering along on their heels but stopped with a mischievous grin. He tossed the towel and turned to wiggle his ass at where she knew one of the cameras was hidden. “I don’t want to know what he’s doing, do I?” Lincoln asked when she started to giggle.

  “No, you really don’t.” She rubbed her cheek to Lincoln’s.

  Lincoln eased her into the bedroom and carried her straight to the bed. Kneeling down, he settled her on the edge of the bed.

  “We will talk about that later. Right now, I think we should just think about making love, forming our bond, and being done with that embarrassing part.”

  Lincoln rubbed his hands over her thighs while staring up at her. Thomas strutted in a moment later taking his time to close, lock, and then shove a chair up under the door handle. “No one will harass you about it, Pepper, if that’s what has you worried. They’ve all been through this. We’ve all been through this with the others. It’s to be celebrated, not made fun of. No one in this house would ever do something that crass. Not even Thomas.”

  “I know that. It’s just that something this personal should be only for us. I know that I’m weird and all, but that’s me.” She wanted to keep every moment of their loving for hers and theirs alone, not to allow others to share in it. She was rather jealous of the others knowing, now that she was thinking about it.

  “I know, sweetheart.” Lifting his chin, Lincoln kissed her slowly before pushing away, and back onto his feet. He quickly yanked off his shirt and tossed it to the side. The fact it smacked Thomas might have been a fluke. Maybe.

  “You should probably get naked, too, darling,” Thomas told her with a glare at Lincoln the other man didn’t seem to notice.

  “I love getting naked and you two watching.” She tugged her shirt off first and then her bra. Pushing her pants and panties down in one motion, she stood before them naked. “I’m eager to do this.” Heck, who was she kidding? She was willing and ready if they just looked at her.

  “Then get up on the bed,” Thomas told her. “I want to see how ready you are, darling. I want you to show me how ready you are for us to take you with nothing between us. Are you actually ready for our cocks to fill you, and then our seed?”

  “God, yes.” She couldn’t think of anything else she wanted at that moment in time. She wanted them, both of them. She wanted to be so full of their ejaculate that she had it running out of her. She climbed on the bed and looked to both of them. “You are both so beautiful.” Thomas with his surfer boy good looks and Lincoln with his dark olive skin that she wanted to lick all over. She adored these men, and she loved how they loved her.

  Lincoln went to work ditching his own clothing as quickly as he could. Thomas, though, distracted her with a grin she wasn’t sure she should trust. Then he was moving to the bed, and climbing up. He came toward her in such a manner she could almost picture a large, predatory cat would stalk its prey.

  Pepper reached out to touch Thomas. Her fingers lightly traced over his lips. That grin that he had was infectious and made her smile as well. “I need you.” She was desperate for both men, and she needed them inside of her more than she needed her next breath. She had no fear when she was in bed w
ith them, heck, when she was near them period. When they were near, she was safe, and she was beyond happy.

  Stopping over her, he nipped at her fingers. “I need you, too,” he said quietly. Another nip and he leaned in closer to press a kiss to her lips. He licked over her lower lip and gave her quick bite to her full lip. One hand burrowed into her hair to tip her head back more, and he took the kiss deeper.

  Pepper moaned as Thomas kissed her. He was remarkable in all things he did, but when Thomas kissed her she felt like he was sharing a bit of his soul with her. When they parted she licked her lips and grinned, and she watched Lincoln join them on the bed now that he was naked as well and merely smirked. That’s all she could do at that moment because she was so utterly and completely happy.

  Lincoln crawled up on the bed, pausing only to stroke his hand up her inner thigh to run a finger over her pussy. “Wet already,” he said quietly. “I like this a lot.” Lowering his head, he pressed a kiss to her hip, and then her lower belly before he continued up to give her a kiss as well.

  Pepper was moving restlessly under the men. She looked down at Lincoln as he came closer and smiled. She couldn’t seem to help herself. “You both just look at me, and I’m in need, I’m wet,” she admitted. “It doesn’t take much before I’m wet when the two of you are close. That’s the God’s honest truth.”

  “I like that,” he said with a smile. “Makes the near constant erections worthwhile.” Lincoln pressed a kiss to her neck and then nipped at her skin. She shivered in reaction to the sensation of his teeth scraping her skin lightly.

  “See, exactly.” She whimpered and moved under both men. “I love knowing that you are both as needy for me as I am for you. At least no one can see my desire for the two of you, right?” She grinned. “But then again the two of you are excellent at hiding your erections.”

  “I think most of the men in this house have learned not to notice anyone else’s pain,” Thomas told her. He squeezed her breasts firmly before letting up enough to get his fingers on her nipples. Plucking them steadily, he dipped his head down to suck on one while toying with the other in time to the pulls of his mouth.

  “Oh God yes.” Pepper put her hand on the back of Thomas’s head and tugged him close. She arched against his mouth and bit her lower lip. “That feels so good.” She loved the way that it felt to have Thomas’s mouth on her body while Lincoln teased her as well.

  She heard Thomas’s laugh and felt it vibrate throughout her body. Lincoln slowly slide down to his final destination, stroking his hands over her slowly as he went. He pressed her legs apart and settled between them. She could feel his breath on her damp flesh seconds before the first lick of his tongue to her moist folds.

  Pepper’s eyes closed, and she felt her whole body tense for only a fraction of a second. When she let go, she felt every muscle in her body relax and cried out when his mouth closed on her clit. “Oh yes.” She shuddered and moved so that she could put her hands in his hair and hold him close.

  His mouth lifted from where she wanted him, and though she tried to push him back down, Lincoln was resisting. “Hands over your head, Pepper. Hold onto the headboard nice and tight. If you let go, I stop, but if you hold on I’ll let you ride my face into orgasm.”

  Pepper nodded and put her hands over her head. She held onto the headboard and watched both men. “I will always do what you ask me to. I am yours for the taking.” Always. She would always be theirs.

  It earned her a slow, heart-melting smile from him. Then he lowered his head once more to slide his tongue through her folds and toy with her clit. Lincoln took his time fanning the fire burning deep inside her. When he added two fingers to pump in and out of her pussy, she couldn’t help but twist and attempt to get closer.

  She was now riding Lincoln’s fingers as he thrusting them in and out of her body. She was ready to scream, ready to fly, and they had only just begun. She loved the way that it felt, the way that he felt when he touched her, both of them actually. “Please, more.” She sobbed those two words in eager desperation.

  Thomas twisted her nipple and gave it a tug. The one in his mouth he bit down on gently before lifting his head and letting the nub scrape through his teeth. “Come for us, Pepper. Let us see you fall apart. Then we’re going to fuck you hard, fast, and deep.”

  “Thank God,” she whispered and moved with both men. She wasn’t in control of her body, they were. They owned her, and she loved it. It wasn’t more than two minutes later when she heard herself gasping, and she came, hard. She screamed with her orgasm.

  Chapter Thirteen

  Pepper’s body was loose, her mind a haze, and all she knew for sure was that she was floating in her happy place. That and the men she loved were rearranging her body on the bed. They were talking, but all it sounded like to her was a melodic hum of sound. Then she felt the coolness of lube on her ass. That brought her back into the moment right quick.

  She found Thomas grinning at her, which meant Lincoln was behind her. “How you doing, darling? Back with us again I see.”

  “I’m doing fabulously.” She reached out and put her hand on Thomas’s cheek, her thumb lightly stroking over it as she did so. She felt the lube that Lincoln was working in and out of her anus and had to bite her lower lip to keep from crying out. “Again, more. Please?” she asked hopefully.

  “Anything our lovely lady wants,” Lincoln told her. She felt the brush of his lips on her arm and turning her head a little she saw him smile. “Are you ready for what’s to come?” he asked softly.

  “Yes. Very.” She had turned slightly so she could look at him over her shoulder. “I’m ready for everything that you have to give me, us. I need you. Now. I need this bond with you both, forever.”

  She let out a moan when Lincoln spread his fingers wide in her ass, and slowly withdrew them. “Then we shouldn’t keep the lady waiting any longer.” Another kiss to her arm and the men began to sort themselves out. Once in place, Thomas drew her leg up over his hip while she felt Lincoln press in closer, his cock rubbing between her buttocks.

  “Yes, there.” She opened herself even more for both men. She shifted so that her leg was higher on Thomas’s waist and closed her eyes while she waited for them to both enter her. “I am keeping you both, forever. Oh, and just so you know.” She paused and leaned in to brush her lips to Thomas’s.

  Cupping her face, Thomas kissed her back. He deepened the kiss with a small bite to her lower lip that he soothed with his tongue.

  Behind her, Lincoln pressed the head of his cock to her ass and began to push in. She tensed for a moment before forcing herself to relax. Slowly he filled her up until he was locked deep inside her body.

  It had taken her several calming breaths to be able to accept Lincoln inside of her body. She trusted them, however, so she took his shaft as a part of her. “There. God, yes.” She felt so full. There had been a slight burning pain, but it was gone now and instead there was only pleasure, pure and simple. “Thomas, please.” She asked now for him to be part of her, for them to finish their bond.

  Another slow kiss to her lips, then Thomas drew back to grab hold of his cock and press it to her weeping pussy. He slid the head of his cock through the moisture on her folds before touching it to her opening. With a push of his hips forward, his cock slid in deep to fill her on a single stroke. It stole her breath for a moment to have them both buried inside of her.

  “Oh God, yes.” She gasped, stunned at how good it felt to have both men inside of her like this. “Yes, that feels so good.” She shivered in reaction. “Move. Please. I need you to move.”

  Thomas took hold of her leg in a tight grip. Withdrawing his cock, he slowly pushed it back in with a low groan breaking free. “Fucking hell, you feel so good. Hot, wet, and tight.” He leaned in to kiss her hard before moving his mouth to her throat to lick and nibble.

  Once Thomas seemed to find a rhythm, Lincoln finally moved. His hands were wrapped around her, one on her belly, and the other pl
aying with a nipple. He thrust his cock at a faster pace than Thomas was moving, giving her no real way to figure out how to move between them. They’d done this before, all to drive her insane a little bit at a time.

  Pepper’s eyes were closed, her head back and leaning against Lincoln as he thrust in and out of her ass. “Yes.” She clenched at Thomas’s shoulders, pulling him closer to her body with every thrust. She felt it, the way that they alternated their movements, and she loved it. “Harder,” she begged. She needed them to fly with her.

  Her demand earned another bite from Thomas, this one to her jaw. They continued as they were moving. After a few more thrusts Pepper realized they were picking up the pace, only in a manner that she hadn’t been able to discern at first. But her body was reacting to the quickening pace as it always did.

  When she felt the difference in their movements, she began to move with them. It was a little odd at first, trying to find their rhythm, but once she did she moved right along with them. “Yes.” She undulated between both men, her pussy squeezing Thomas’s cock and her anus squeezing Lincoln’s. She was close, so close, but she had to wait for them. She felt their bodies tightening just as hers was starting to.

  Lincoln’s hand slid from where he’d been massaging her breast to rest over her pounding heart. She felt his lips brush to her shoulder a moment before he nuzzled at her neck. Thomas lifted his head to kiss her, his hand on her leg rhythmically squeezing just above her knee in near perfect time to each of their thrusts.

  Pepper kissed Thomas back, and when he pulled back she smiled. She was happy, crazy happy. “So good,” she whispered. “You feel so good inside of me. Both of you, so good. I’m so close,” she confessed in a broken whisper, her body tense and eager for more.