When even more silence follows, Sai laughs, delighted.“Oh, this fucker. Iknewyou were lying!”
“She asked me not to say anything.”
“When?”Kane’s voice is sharp.
“The night before the Lead Commanders meeting.”
“Fuck, that’s why you looked so smug.”
“And the morning of…”Ezekial adds, barely audible.
Julien chuckles under his breath. Sai scoffs. Kane feels…curious.
“Well, what about you two?”Ezekial throws back.“She was half dressed, and ready to flee when I arrived.”
“Fuck me, she was,”Sai moans, fully immersed in the memory, even before he shares a snippet.
Flushed skin, wild-haired, only wearing Kane’s hoodie.
The room groans in unison.
“Until your dark ass showed up and ruined it.”
“I doubt my brother would sayruined…”Ezekial’s soft murmur entices Sai and Julien, their emotions flaring with interest.
“Come on, Kane,”Sai goads.“Share with the group.”
Rather than answer, Kane shows the moment.
The image of Ezekial and me in bed together. How his brother was holding me so tightly as Kane lurked in the shadows. But then he’s closer and I’m pulling back the covers, encouraging him, accepting him without words, without hesitation. I pull him closer, touching him, hovering my lips over his.
He even shows how he crumbles beneath that brief kiss, cutting it off just as he starts to devour my mouth.
“We are fan-ta-stic at wooing,”Sai declares proudly.
“That’s not wooing,”Ezekial groans.
“Wooing is about spending time together, learning about each other, allowing her to see who we are and let her choose,”Julien explains, then his voice lowers.“Kane has shared his past, as have I and Sai.”
Ezekial’s warmth brushes closer.“And me.”
“So at least she has an idea of what she’s getting into,”Sai mutters, trying for flippancy.
“She deserves more,”Kane states simply, his conviction sending a cool shiver down my spine.“We share everything, every part of ourselves, every piece we once buried. Whatever she needs, whatever it takes to show her what she means to us...”
I feel Sai’s apprehension before he speaks,“And what if she asks for more… space?”
“Then we’ll listen,”Kane replies.“We’ll listen to every word she says. We won’t rush her, we’ll be whatever she needs us to be, even if it’s just silence.”
A cool hand brushes over my hair,unknowingly soothing my racing heart after such earnest words.
Kane’swords.
“Well, Daddy Darkness might not know how to flirt, but he definitely knows how to woo.”Sai sounds genuinely impressed.
“We should wake her,”Julien repeats Kane’s previous suggestion, albeit sounding more reluctant.
This time, no one protests.
