“Hey.”
I shifted to peer through my open doors and into my room. In doing so, I dislodged the head of Raiden’s slack dick and became completely empty. No, I didn’t pout. At least, not out loud.
I had one of the few bedrooms that you didn’t enter via the massive closet. Instead, there was a sitting room outside my door. Notus stood in the doorway, his arms crossed as he looked at us with a smile. “Want to watch a movie with us?”
“Yeah,” Raiden said. “We’ll be down.”
“Hadley’s family is going out for a while. So it’ll just be us. A little family time,” Notus said. “Meet you downstairs.”
I nodded, shifting so I could get out of Raiden’s lap, but he didn’t let me go. “It’ll be okay, Bronte. I don’t know how and it won’t be next week, but this will pass. We’ll find a solution. I promise.”
“How can you promise that?”
“Because we onlyjustbecame whole and I will stop at nothing to keep us that way. Not one of us will. We know the threat now. We won’t be caught unaware again.”
Swallowing, I nodded. “I hope you’re right.”
“No, that’s not enough. I need you to believe in it.” Raiden shifted me on his lap, turning me so he could cup my face in his big hands. “I know it’s hard, but don’t you dare let in any doubt. Wewillsurvive this. All of us. Understand?”
The determination in his eyes made me smile. It wasn’t just that, though. He believed it. My heart gave a pang, the thorn lodged there reminding me that even this moment could be fleeting. But I believed him. With him being so sure, it was hard not to commit to the idea that our future could have a sunny outlook.
Maybe there was a new day after the storm. That the storm hadn’t even started yet was another story.
I nodded. “Okay.”
“Good.” He kissed me, pushing his tongue into my mouth and kissing me hard. Making sure I felt his certainty. His promise that we’d protect each other, come hell or high water. He kissed me until I wasn’t sure I was breathing anything but him.
“Come on,” he murmured. “Let’s get cleaned up and go downstairs.”
By ‘let’s clean up,’ Raiden really meant he’d clean us both up. Because that’s just the kind of guy he is. Sweet. And totally a slut for aftercare when I’m all wrung out.
We found our men and lady in the cinema, already curled together over the chairs. They were all single person loungers, but not one of them held a single body.
Raiden kissed my temple and urged me towards Arat and Neph where a third big man could not, but did manage to fit in the chair with them. They wrapped around me, tucking a blanket in the sides so that we were cocooned together.
Saar had Hadley in his arms, laying bridal style over his lap, her head tucked on his shoulder. Tem and Koh were back to chest. Notus and Tara were actually spread across the floor, tucked together like spoons. Raiden squeezed into a chair with Gale and Zilan in the same way I did. Not at all challenging the chair’s durability.
I wasn’t sure who had the remote, but the screen that hung down on the wall lit up with a movie. I didn’t watch it, though, because I didn’t care what was on. All being together was what I wanted.
“You know, I’m questioning why we chose chairs in here,” Gale said. I glanced at him to see the three of them shifting. I snorted in amusement. “Why not loungers or a big bed that stretched across the room so we can fuck comfortably?”
“You mean watch a movie?” Notus asked.
“That’s what I said.” Gale bit into Raiden’s shoulder, making him laugh.
“We can make that happen,” Saar said.
“Or somehow make both an option?” Tem suggested. “We have friends here regularly enough and I’m not sure a fuckfest among friends is necessary to keep them close.”
“Depends on the kinds of friends,” Taranis said.
“Astro might need new content,” Hadley piped in.
I laughed, as did my husbands.
“I see you’re warming up to the erotic channel idea,” Tem said, leaning forward and grinning at our blushing wife. “We’ll talk later, princess.”
Hadley covered her face, burying it in Saar’s neck.
