Stay True

by C B Jean

  “Sweetness, we have a surprise for you.” Jackson sang into my ear catching me out of my stupor. He was now standing behind me, his large hands on my shoulders slowly running up and down my arms.

  “Is it a cat? I want a cat.” My tone was sarcastic but there was no feeling in it. He licked my ear, making me shiver. I definitely felt that and I almost purred.

  “No, it’s not, you can have all the cats in the world once you get home safely, I promise, but it’s something a bit better and a treat for us as well.” He hummed, his hot breath on the back of my neck. Warm heat slid down my spine and all the way to my toes.

  “Don’t make promises if you can’t keep them.” I gave him a sad glance. He gave me a look that was seconds away from making him pinch the bridge of his nose in exasperation. I threw my hands up in surrender to appease him.

  “Alright, I’m sorry I’m kind of out of it at the moment. What’s this surprise you have for me?” He took my hand in giving me a side half smile, abandoning the magical food to my dismay and leading me upstairs to our room with the other two males close on our heels. He wrapped a silky tie over my eyes once we reached our door and I wanted to laugh, I wasn’t able to see anything besides darkness and led me inside. One of these surprises eh? I was nervous, not from worry or fear, but from the anticipation and it was thick in the air. He led me a few steps into the room and I raised my arms up instinctively reaching out for anything I may bump into but I didn’t, he guided me by placing his large hands on my waist and kneading my skin. They felt warm, safe and the simple touch was starting to drive me wild with need. He let go of me once he stopped my feet, standing me still and I felt his warm body disappear and instead I heard rustling in front of me, curious. I was dying for a peek for what they hand planned.

  “Open.” Someone nearby told me, husky and deep. I ripped off the blind, glad to have my sight back and gasped in awe. The guys all stood in a line at the foot of the bed holding giant bouquets of dark red roses. There must have been at least thirty roses apiece in their hands. They were a dark crimson red, and as big as my hand. I couldn’t even see Luke’s giant torso from how big they were. Behind them, the bed was also covered in roses and petals, falling onto the floor and around my men, surrounding us in a sea of red petals. At their feet were gift bags and boxes? One in front of each man. Gift bags? Above us, little lights floated around our heads. But they weren’t lights? They looked like firefly’s, each pulsating with different colors every couple of seconds. Red, blue, yellow, green, and there was THOUSANDS of them. I flip you not.

  I stood there with my mouth open, dumbstruck at the sight and I swooned. Like literally swooned. I clasped my hands over my mouth and stared at them, my eyes wide as saucers. Killian had a big old mouthful of teeth gleaming at me, that panty dropping smile, matching his exuberant personality and charisma. Jackson had an eyebrow raised with a slightly open smirk on his lips. Flip, those big lips of his. Luke, my Brute, had no smile adorned on his face like always, but it was red with a blush and he looked fifty percent nervous and the other half was pleased? Shy?

  I felt a rush of tears to my eyes and I kept my hand over my mouth still, one now on my rapidly beating heart. Luke’s face turned to alarm, then panic and he lowered the flowers in his hand a bit.

  “Cub?! What’s wrong?” He took a hesitant step towards me. One cool tear slipped down my cheek and I felt it on my hot flesh. I didn’t want to speak. I was choking up with emotion, but if I didn’t soon Luke was going to wrap me up and never let me go until I told him.

  “This is beautiful…. No one has ever done this for me before. I can’t believe you all did this for me.” I sniffled. If I cried, it was going to be an ugly one and I did not want to ugly cry and ruin this romantic moment. I tried to blow it away, fanning my face feeling red and hot. Luke visibly relaxed and gave a soft chuckle. Another tear I didn’t manage to lock up, escaped, then my resolve broke loose. I ran to my guys. Mine. I sobbed as they held their arms out for me and I ran into them. All three of them embraced around me, forming a cocoon around me made from love and belonging.

  “Told yea she’d love it.” Killian mumbled into my hair after I sobbed for a moment and I couldn’t stop the breathy laugh from escaping me. It gave me the air I needed to stop crying and wipe my eyes. Jackson looked into my face as he pulled away, his face tilted with a smile and warmth. He ran his thumb over my cheek wiping away the tears. I looked into his black eyes, dark as the night sky. I was enthralled by them, they made me feel innocent, like there was no evil in the deep gaze and it was as if there was a whole world in his eyes waiting for me to explore. A whole lifetime to live my life. I wanted that.

  I blurted, “I love you!” I didn’t even think about it, I really did mean it. I loved all of them so much It physically hurt. My mom always had told me, that the heart was not made just to love one person, it was made for many. The more you loved, the more your heart grew and your soul brighter. I understood now. Before I came here into the world of Horizion, I only had one person in my life, my Dad. Now my world was expanding like my heart and now I had three incredible, amazing guys who cared for me unconditionally. Fate? Flip no. It was chance and I was taking it by the horn.

  “I love you all so much, this surprise is amazing! Thank you.” I made sure to look all three of them in the eyes, one by one, sincerity seeping into my voice and face.

  “We love you Cub.” Luke whispered, encasing me in his embrace. In their embrace. All thoughts of Aiden, the choice, all my worries and fears washed away and all I could think about was the pounding in my chest and the throb between my legs.

  “Show me, show me how you love me.” I panted. They took the hint, someone growled picking me up and throwing me onto the giant rose covered bed. My long hair fanned out around me when I landed in the middle making flowers and petals bounce and exposing my face. I didn’t want to hide anymore. I was done hiding.

  They caressed my skin, my body, my heart. They showed me how much they loved and wanted me and more. I never wanted to leave this room again… maybe only for food, but even then. For hours we hid away in our room, the four of us and our hot, sweaty bodies. A couple times in the bed, a couple in the tub and once even on the balcony. It was my last day with my guys, even if they didn’t know it and I couldn’t tell them. I still couldn’t forget, but it would be the best day I would never forget.

  Chapter 22

  REMI

  I completely lost track of all time, we spent most of the day cuddled and making love in our little haven, never wanting to leave. It was the most amazing moment… until my stomach growled.

  “I swear, if you don’t eat in the real world like how you do here in this game, I’ll be so devastated.” Killian moaned into my ear, biting my ear. I giggled swatting him away with the last of my energy.

  “So. Hungry. Must. Feed. Or. Die.” I announced face down into the duvet, my body and limbs sated. Jackson huffed an entertained laugh and kissed the back of my head, rolling out of bed. Naked I must say. I got quite the nice side glance of his glorious and vey fine ass as he stretched with a groan and attempted to put on his clothes. Yea, I did that. Killian was still on my other side, now tracing lazy fingers over my thigh and legs, making my body breakout in goosebumps. Luke emerged from the balcony, holding a pipe looking very relaxed and a bit buzzed. Cheeky bastard. Couldn’t really blame him. I guess he acquired it and some tobacco in the… gift shop? The same place where they got my new outfit and a few other things where they sold supplies, weapons armor and charms and so on. I was hoping to check it out myself before we left the temple. The guys argued with me that It was an actual general store or something, and just so happened where you could get odd knick knacks. So yeah, it was basically a glorified gift shop in my opinion. Not sure where they were getting all this coin to buy stuff, unless they preloaded their accounts with coin pack purchases. Stupid microtransactions. Besides the unfortunate incident in the mirror, I was really, really digging this place.

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p; Luke walked out almost with a spring in his step, holding the pipe and man he looked so happy. With everything going on, I didn’t blame him after he sat me down and asked me if I would be okay with him smoking in the game. It was so cute and nice of him to ask and I didn’t have a problem with it, so I told him to go head and sealed it with a kiss. I’d rather him smoke here in the game in a virtual setting where it wouldn’t wreak havoc on his body, compared to it ruining his lungs or some shit in the real world. Plus, it didn’t stink here, it was like smelling a fresh baked pie or pizza. Mmhmmm… pizza. No, not really, it didn’t smell like pizza but flip I was so hungry. Right on cue, my stomach growled again.

  “Alright, alright I’m going, I’ll be back in ten. Open mine last.” Jackson kissed me after I rolled over, giving me a big ol’ smooch, half smile, our lips made that funny wet sound like something wet plopping to the ground, and I always had uncontrollable laughter when I heard it, unable to stop. I think that’s why they did it, to make my stomach hurt from laughing so hard. Luke came and scooped me up after Jackson left, Killian following close behind us to the bathroom. After all that sex we had, I was only feeling a tad sore, so score! But I also felt dirty and achem… sticky, so I let the dudes clean me up, this time only no hanky panky happened. Once clean and thoroughly dried off dressed in a towel wrapped around me, Jackson returned in time with mountains of food, I flip you not. Like bringing in a whole cart full of food. Best. Day. Ever. I managed to eat like a respectable adult this time, not a cavewoman and let out a happy groan when finished sitting back against the headboard.

  The guys nonchalantly gathered in front of me, each holding those gift bags again. It only proves my point. Gift shop. I eyed them curiously, one eyebrow raised in skepticism.

  “What’s that? Ya’ll better not have gotten me anything else.”

  “Hush. We decided on picking something out for you to wear tonight to the ball thingy happening downstairs. You still wanna go right?” Killian said, cocking his head. I suppressed a sigh. Flip no I didn’t want to go I totally forgot about it, but I mean I kind of had to. Evil ex-boyfriend stealing me away and all.

  “I’d like that. Only if you guys come with and promise me a dance.” I tried to force a believable smile on my face. They nodded happy.

  “There yea go then. Open mine first Baby Blue.” Killian offered me his gift bag with that wittle dimple smile again, stuffing paper exploding out the top. Opening presents was so awkward. I’d rather someone just hand me the thing without going through the whole wrapping process. Don’t waste paper and all that. My Dad waved me off each birthday and Christmas, insisting I just let him do it as it would please him, and it would have been mom fussing over it if she was here. Yea, she would have, that sounded like her. I suppressed another inward sigh and tore the paper out. Inside were two of the most beautiful jewelry boxes I have ever seen. Made from silver and inlayed with crystals, they looked as if the boxes would be more beautiful and expensive then the contents inside. I was wrong. Inside one held two silver dangly earrings, a red ruby hanging from each. It was dazzling but simple and I gasped, not hiding my shock. I hurriedly open the second box, and it held a matching silver chain with another red ruby inlayed in a silver pendent that seemed to pulse with a vibrant energy. These were perfect, I loved them.

  I gave Killian a small smile to show my gratitude. “Thank you it’s beautiful.” I whispered, to shocked to speak or say more. His face lit up and it made him more handsome than ever. I leaned over and gave him a soft kiss on the lips.

  Luke handed me his next, his was in a box tied with a white bow. I hauled the lid off and pulled out a pair of heels. They must have been only four inches but seemed like ten to me. I didn’t do well in heels. They were a deep red color, the heel was blocky and tied around my ankle with a single strap. They didn’t have any glitter or crystals on them, but that only made them better because simple was always best in my opinion.

  “They had these in the gift shop?!” I asked amazed. Luke shook his head, looking a bit embarrassed.

  “They had some other crazy shoes, these were the simplest heels I could find, but I had to do a special request for them… it’s worth it for you Cub.” Smooth talker that one. My face softened and I gave him a kiss in return.

  “These are perfect! I’ll only wear them if you promise you will hold my hand the whole time and won’t let me fall, wearing heels is my krypto and I’ll most likely fall on my face.”

  “Deal. I won’t let you fall, you’ll look amazing attached to me all night.” He didn’t even hesitate to say that and I blushed. Jackson handed me his, the last gift. It was in a much bigger flat box, but also had a white bow on top. I held my breath for a moment to brace myself then released it, popping the top off. My eyes fell upon it and my mouth opened wide once again. Flipping hell. I glanced back up to Jackson and he urged me to take it out.

  Inside was a beautiful red dress. I held it up to me as I gazed upon it in awe. It was definitely a short dress. The bottom would barely reach the tops of my knees, more like mid-thigh. The bottom half ruffled out into layers, adding outward dimension. The top half was strapless, as it would leave my shoulders bare, but it had lacy intricate patterned sleeves going to my wrists. The cleave was classy in a mild V, as it would cover enough but leave my upper chest and collarbones uncovered. It also would leave my shoulder blades exposed in the back as it would fit snugly against my chest. The waist portion was cinched and would give my middle a stunning figure, matched well with the ruffled bottom. I. flipping. Loved. It.

  “Flip… this is beautiful, I’ve never owned a dress like this in my life… thank you.” I looked back up to Jackson who know looked sheepish, shrugging slightly.

  “Only the best for our girl.” I tried holding back the tears and had to look up at the ceiling to clear my throat.

  “Thank you, guys, this is amazing. I didn’t get you anything.” I pouted and winced, feeling guilty. They waved it off.

  “It would pleasure us if you would wear these gifts tonight, as you will be the most stunning creature there tonight and we would have no greater joy then to accompany you.” Jackson stated. I laughed out in glee, nodding away franticly. I embraced them all once again, telling them how amazing they all were. How did a girl get so lucky?

  “We will leave you to it then, it will start in an hour, so go primp yourself or whatevea you girls do. We picked up some makeup stuff you can use if you want, although I love you enough already just like this.” Killian tossed a hand back, as if throwing his imaginary hair over his shoulder dramatically and then attempted to chase me off the bed, making a grab for me. I giggled again and dodged it racing into the bathroom with my new gifts.

  Only forty minutes later I was primped and pampered, ready to go. When the guys saw me walk, or wobble out of the bathroom, they dropped whatever they were doing prior and their mouths followed. They ate the image of me up, branding me into their minds. I did the same as I took in their own outfits. Each was dressed in a suit with black shoes, it looked as if they were all custom tailored to fit their tall and bulky physiques. God damn. It felt like I was going to prom, not my horrible demise. They all looked so good, and I knew only a couple hours from now their lives would be turned upside down again. I wanted to tell them, but I knew I couldn’t. I couldn’t risk my Dad or anyone else getting hurt with me. Instead I focused on the three of them, remembering this moment forever.

  Luke was in a dark green suit, perfect for his eyes and blonde hair with a black cuffed shirt underneath. He didn’t have on a tie or bow on, so the top of his chest was unbuttoned and exposed to my peering eyes. The sleeves of his suit were rolled up to his elbows, showcasing his many, many tattoos and holy Flip. His hands were in the pockets of his pants and his chest bulged out. I’ve died and gone to heaven.

  Jackson was in a dark navy-blue suit. Not one thing on him was out of place. Everything was ironed and creased to exact corners, sharp and tidy. His dark suit with white underneath was a good choi
ce for the dark chocolate completion of his skin. Flliiippp. I wanted to eat him right up. He gave me one of his famous smirks and I blushed.

  And lastly my Killian, decked in a charcoal grey, his coat jacket unbuttoned, but he had on a vest underneath with a white collared shirt and a black thin tie around his neck. He had a folded hanky in his coat chest pocket and was eyeing me up and down with those piercing blue eyes of his. He was so checking me out and I did not give one crap.

  If anyone so much, and I mean any female other than moi, dare touch what is mine, I would tear someone’s throat out and I meant it. I swear to the man above, gods so help me. These guys are mine, and I will be territorial and bitchy if anyone stepped in on what is mine.

  “You guys… look so… holy flip. I’m warning you all now… I will be territorial tonight and will cut a bitch if anyone dare look at you in the wrong way. You all have been advised.” My voice had a hint of a growl in it. They only chuckled.

  “Sweetness, we should be the ones saying that, but to other males. They may get their hands chopped off and shoved down their throats if anyone so much as talks, looks or approaches you.” Awe. How cute. I blushed and blew him a kiss, pleased now. Was this what prom was like? Perfect gentlemen dates, girls in astounding dresses, feeling like the most special girl in the world.