by Lana Dare
Hawke’s hands closed over her shoulders at the same time that Phoenix moved in beside her. “We won’t allow you to hide anything from us, including whatever’s bothering you.”
Phoenix reached out to touch her hair. “If you’re scared, all you have to do is tell us. I’m sure a lot of things are going to be new for you, and you’re going to be scared, but you’re our wife now. We won’t hurt you and will protect you at all costs.” He flicked a glance at Blade. “Stop torturing us. Move her shirt aside.”
Although Blade spoke to his brother, his eyes never left hers. “Patience, Phoenix.” Running the tip of his finger just inside her loosened shirt, he tightened his hold on her wrists. “Nice and slow. Take the time to savor.”
“She’s scared of men, and had good reason to be.” Hawke pressed his cheek to her temple, watching Blade’s hand over her shoulder. “She’s beautiful, isn’t she? She’s shaking. Are you scared, Sarah?”
Before she could form an answer, Blade spoke again. “She’s a little skittish, but she’s getting aroused.” He smiled again. “It’s in her eyes. She has no idea what’s going on inside her yet.”
Aghast that he could see so much, Sarah hurriedly lowered her gaze, sucking in another breath when Blade lifted her chin higher.
“No. None of that. There’s no reason to hide, and Hawke already told you we won’t allow it.”
Moving slowly, Blade bent his head. “I’m going to kiss you. It’s not going to be a quick kiss like the ones we gave you in town.”
A dark brow went up, the challenge in his eyes unmistakable. “You do know that this is going to be a real marriage, don’t you?”
Gulping, Sarah nodded, bracing herself for whatever he wanted to do. Whatever he had planned had to be better than what she would have faced if she’d stayed in Waco. Aware that all three men watched her, she took a deep breath and let it out slowly. “Yes. I’m ready.”
Blade’s grin sent a surge of something warm and unfamiliar through her, the stirring between her thighs both alarming and exciting. “You’re not even close to being ready, Sarah.”
Not knowing what he meant, she said nothing, unwilling to make even more of a fool of herself.
The intense tingling in her nipples made her restless, but she forced herself to remain still when Blade released her wrists and his hands closed on her waist.
“Easy, Blade.” Hawke rubbed her shoulders, his presence giving her the confidence she needed.
The hands at her waist tightened as Blade bent his head and touched his lips to hers, the sharp pleasure of his lips moving on hers startling a gasp from her.
Pressing his advantage, he slid his tongue between her lips, exploring her mouth with a possessiveness that caused a funny sensation in her knees, making her feel as if she might fall. Without meaning to, she lifted her hands to his shoulders for support, the feel of hard muscle beneath the smooth buckskin enticing her to lean into him.
The sound of a moan shocked her—especially when she realized that it came from her.
She vaguely remembered that allowing her to see that she enjoyed this wouldn’t gain her respect, but she found her desire to resist swept away in the warm rush of sensation.
Blade’s tongue swept her mouth again and again, pausing to tangle with hers in an exciting dance that she couldn’t resist.
He tasted so good. So clean. So warm and inviting that she found herself touching her tongue to his, thrilling at his deep groan.
Cupping her breast, he ran his thumb back and forth over her nipple through the material of her shirt, the surge of heat to her slit startling a cry from her.
Blade lifted his head, his eyes hooded as they searched hers. “So soft. So responsive. See? There’s no reason to be afraid. We’ll go as slow as you need, but the sooner you come to terms that you’re married to all of us, the better. Right now, you feel safer with Hawke holding on to you, but eventually, you and I will spend time alone.”
Smiling, he reached for the next button, his eyes sharp on hers. “I want to see a little more.” His smile held both hunger and a tenderness that made the tingling in her nipples and slit even stronger.
“Yes.” A strange sense of yearning consumed her, a heat that came from deep within her, demanding satisfaction.
She wanted to be touched in ways that she’d never dreamed she’d want to be touched.
Her body felt different—tight—as if her skin had become too small to contain it.
She wanted to rip her clothes off, to bare herself to him. She needed him to touch her nipples and secret place between her legs, and to relieve the unbearable ache he’d caused.
Letting out a cry of frustration, she arched, leaning back against Hawke. “Please.” She no longer cared that he knew that she wanted to be touched. She ached so badly, it no longer mattered.
Blade’s slow smile and the appreciation in his eyes made the yearning even stronger. “Feels good, doesn’t it?” He undid another button, and then another, pausing between each one to slide his fingertip inside and slowly caress the upper curve of her breast, each time getting closer and closer to her aching nipple.
Sarah gasped when another button came loose and then another, squeezing her eyes closed and crying out again when Phoenix touched her other breast. “Too hot. Everything feels too tight. I need something.” A sob escaped, and she reached back to hold on to Hawke. “Help me. I don’t know what’s happening.”
Phoenix leaned closer, waiting for Hawke to straighten before bending to touch his lips to hers. “You’re becoming aroused.” He kissed her again, deepening his kiss the way Blade had as Blade finished unbuttoning her shirt. “Guess what? It’s going to get worse.”
The feel of the sides of her shirt parting drew another gasp from her. Her eyes flew open just as Phoenix lowered his head, the attention to her nipple creating such an intense rush of heat that it startled another cry from her.
Phoenix’s kiss tasted different than Blade’s, but it made her just as dizzy. Hotter. Hungrier. His fingers moved continuously over her nipple, making her wish he’d remove the binding so she could feel his fingers on her bare flesh. He shocked her by nibbling at her lips, whispering her name before he took her mouth again.
Blade sighed. “So beautiful—and all ours.”
Phoenix lifted his head, staring down at her with narrowed eyes. Frowning, he tugged the material binding her breasts the rest of the way free. “Is this part of making yourself look too young to work for Rose?”
“Y-yes.” Sarah closed her eyes against the pleasure of the fingertip sliding back and forth over her nipple.
The intense heat shocked her, the feel of flesh on flesh nothing short of incredible.
Phoenix laughed softly, bending to touch his lips to hers again, brushing them with his own in a teasing way that made the muscles in her stomach quiver. “There’s no reason to hide anymore. Let’s unwrap you and see just what you’ve been hiding.”
Hawke slid her shirt, still tucked into her skirt, from her shoulders to pool at her waist while both Blade and Phoenix began to unwrap the material she’d used to bind herself. Sliding his hands back up her arms and to her shoulders, Hawke began to softly caress her, urging her to lean back against him. “So soft.” He kissed the top of her head, his lips lingering in her hair. “Our wife.”
Blade and Phoenix worked the material free, leaving her naked from the waist up and completely exposed to a man’s gaze for the first time in her life.
It was scary. Freeing. Confusing. Exciting.
Watching her with hooded eyes, Blade reached out and touched a fingertip to her nipple, moving slowly while watching her reaction. “Look at you. My wife.”
Biting her lip, she tried to swallow a moan at the delicious hunger that increased with every stroke of his finger, but it escaped before she could prevent it.
“Our wife.” Phoenix’s eyes glittered with hunger as he reached out to touch her other nipple with his fingertip, his touch so light, she couldn’t keep
from arching against him for a firmer caress. He lifted his gaze to Hawke’s. “If I’d let you talk me out of marrying her, I’d be kicking myself in the ass right now.”
Blade pulled out one of the chairs at the table and dropped into it, pulling her onto his lap to straddle him. “Look at her eyes.”
Sarah lowered her gaze again, knowing that if she let them see how much she liked being touched in such a decadent way, they’d never be able to respect her.
Moving to stand beside her, Hawke lifted her chin, staring down into her eyes. “She’s not afraid anymore. She’s aroused.”
Sarah stiffened, fighting the hunger that grew with every touch. “No! I’m not aroused.”
Oh, God! How could anything feel this good?
Phoenix wrapped his arms around her and bent low, touching his lips to her nipple, tightening his hold when she jolted and cried out. “Oh, no?”
Blade began to work her skirt up, sliding his hand slowly up her leg. “Oh, yes. You are. But, my darling wife, there’s one sure way to find out.”
Hawke bent to brush his lips against hers. “I’m more interested in why she’s trying to hide it from us. I hope it’s not out of fear.” Firming his hold on her chin, he reached down to stroke the nipple Blade had released. “When we know her body as intimately as we know our own, and know what pleases her, she won’t be able to hide anything.”
Sarah gripped Hawke’s forearm, the unfamiliar sensations raging through her so overwhelming she couldn’t catch her breath. She wanted something and didn’t even know what, but she trusted Hawke to know. “Hawke. Please. Help me.”
Crying out again when Blade lifted her and settled her at the edge of the table, she writhed restlessly, grateful for Hawke’s solid warmth closing in behind her. She tried to close her legs against Blade’s slow, wicked caress, but he and Phoenix held her thighs parted wide while he continued to slide his free hand higher.
Keeping an arm around her from behind, Hawke tilted her head back against his shoulder and watched her face while his finger tightened slightly on her nipple. His eyes flared with heat when she cried out and gripped him tighter, a slow smile curving his lips. “You’re ours now. We’ll take care of you. Blade, lift that skirt out of the way. I want to see her pussy while you make her come.”
Shocked that the man who’d been so gentle to her would say such a wicked thing, she looked up at him, stunned at the sharp hunger in his eyes.
Hawke closed his finger on her nipple, sharpening the hunger and making her slit tingle hotter. “You know what I’m talking about, don’t you?”
Sarah nodded, swallowing a cry. “Yes. I’ve heard the girls talk—oh!”
Blade pushed the material of her skirt aside, baring her mound. “You’re about to experience some things for yourself. Hmm. Beautiful.”
Phoenix lifted his head, running his thumb over her damp nipple while reaching down to stroke her thigh. “Damn.” His gaze lifted to hers briefly before settling on her slit again. “Such a pretty pussy. Let’s pet her and see if we can make her purr.”
“Oh, God!” Her body screamed with hunger, every touch much more intimate and arousing than she’d anticipated.
She’d never have imagined that this kind of pleasure existed.
She’d never have imagined that she’d ever allow herself to be touched this way.
Still, she wanted more, and fought to hide it, a fight she feared she couldn’t win.
With a groan, Blade sat in the seat in front of her and pushed her thighs wider, spreading her legs and pulling her forward until her bottom rested at the edge of the table. “I want to see her better.”
Hawke moved to support her back, his hands covering her breasts. “Push her knees back, but be gentle with her.”
Phoenix gripped her left knee and pulled it back, while Blade did the same with the other.
With his eyes steady on hers, Blade ran a finger through her slit. “You’re soaking wet, darlin’. You still want to try to convince me that you aren’t aroused?”
Mortified, Sarah looked away, only to have Blade turn her face back to his.
“It’s nothing to be embarrassed about. It’s supposed to happen. It means you like the way we’re touching you.”
“I can’t. I’m not supposed to like it.” Her stomach tightened at the thought that she could be just like her mother.
Hawke tightened his fingers on her nipple again, the shock of need to her slit making her jolt. Sill, Hawke held her steady. “We’re your husbands. There’s nothing wrong with letting us touch you this way. You’re not sharing your body with everyone. Only us.”
Blade touched her between her thighs again, using his finger to caress her slit, the sensation so alarming that she arched and reached for Hawke again. “Oh, God!” She tried to close her thighs, but Blade and Phoenix held her knees firmly pressed wide.
Blade made a sound in his throat, a crooning sound that vibrated over her skin as he slid a fingertip into her. “Easy. I won’t hurt you.” His eyes narrowed, his expression hard as he pushed at something inside her, creating a burning sensation that had her crying out again and grabbing at Hawke. “She’s still a virgin.”
Hawke’s voice lowered again, becoming soft and silky. “Easy, Sarah. He’s only using his finger to explore you a little. Tonight, when we go to bed, my cock’s going there.”
Her pussy clenched on Blade’s finger, making it feel even tighter. “It burns.”
Blade said something low under his breath. “It’ll only hurt the first time.” He slid his finger free, lifting his gaze to Hawke’s. “She’s so damned responsive. I’ve got to taste her.”
Phoenix ran his hand up her thigh and under her, his fingers clenching on her bottom as he lifted her. “Do it. Make her come. I want to watch her. While she’s aroused, I’m going to see if she’s just as responsive somewhere else.”
Blade stood, his gaze holding hers for several long seconds while he caressed her folds. “I’m going to use my mouth on you. It won’t hurt. As a matter of fact, it’s gonna feel real good.”
With Hawke’s hands on her breasts, his fingers dancing over her nipples, Blade’s attention to her slit, and Phoenix’s fingers firm on her bottom, Sarah didn’t know how long she could attempt to appear unaffected.
Supporting her weight, Hawke focused his attention on her nipple, his eyes unreadable. “I’ve got her, Blade. Go ahead.”
Sarah sucked in a breath, the sight of Blade lowering his head between her legs making her heart beat so fast so thought it might burst. “Oh, God!”
The first swipe of his tongue over her sensitive flesh felt so raw and wicked that she couldn’t help but cry out and try to jerk away, but Hawke’s hold kept her in place.
To have such a private place on display and touched both thrilled and alarmed her, the pleasure so intense she fought it.
Blade concentrated his attention on an extremely sensitive bundle of nerves that had her bucking on the table, her cries filling the cabin.
She’d lost the fight, but didn’t care. It felt too good to be touched this way—every slide of their fingers building the pleasure to a point she didn’t know if she could bear.
She wanted it to go on and on forever.
The feeling of being wanted—of being cherished for the first time in her life—brought a lump to her throat.
They wanted her, but they made her feel special.
Phoenix gripped her bottom, the caress of his finger over her bottom hole taking the raw sexuality to new heights.
She fought to escape it, but their firm hold and the pleasure of Blade’s tongue made escape impossible.
Blade slid the tip of his tongue into her pussy opening, the carnal act almost more than she could stand.
Hawke groaned from behind her, tilting her head back again. “So sweet. So giving. Taking her virginity will be a great honor.”
Sarah opened her eyes to stare into Hawke’s, holding onto him—the only solid thing in her world.
; A strange pressure continued to build inside her, and she shamelessly writhed on the table, desperate for something that remained just out of reach. “I can’t stand it. Please. Something’s happening.”
Hawke’s eyes narrowed to slits, his jaw clenching as he tugged at her nipple. “Let it happen, little one.”
Phoenix lifted her knee higher and adjusted his hold on her bottom. “Easy, honey. Don’t be scared. If I’m right about you, it’s going to feel good. If it doesn’t, I’ll stop. I promise.”
Sarah sucked in another breath, shaking even harder at the feel of the tip of Phoenix’s finger pushing into her bottom hole.
“What are you doing? Oh, God!”
The slide of Blade’s tongue on her clit had to be the most incredible pleasure in the world, the pleasure made even sharper by the feel of Phoenix’s finger moving just inside her forbidden opening.
Without warning, the tingling heat and pressure exploded in a shower of tingling sparks that seemed to shower her in sensation.
Her body jerked, shaking so hard that it scared her. “Hawke!”
Hawke’s eyes flared, the heat in them mesmerizing. “I’ve got you. We’ve all got you. Your clit’s very sensitive, Sarah. We can give you a lot of pleasure by caressing it. There are many things we can do to you to give you pleasure. Trust us, Sarah. We won’t hurt you.”
The pleasure intensified—so good she thought she might die of it. Crying out, she threw her head back, wrapping her arms around Hawke’s neck, thrilling when he groaned and caught her against him.
“Easy. You’re safe. Just let it happen.” Hawke’s deep voice seemed to vibrate over her, the warmth and strength in his voice and his hold providing a safe haven that eased some of her fears.
When he pulled her closer with a hand cupped at the back of her head, she went willingly, burying her face against his neck. “Hawke.”