Page 72 of The Broken Imperium


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Too much? Keane asked, immediately stilling.

No, I gasped, rocking gently between them. Perfect. Don’t stop.

They began to move—Cyrus from beneath me, powerful and urgent; Keane from behind, smooth and controlled. They weren’t fighting for rhythm. They were creating one. My body became the bridge between them, between their magic and mine, everything timed like it had always been meant to fit this way.

And then Elio balanced in front of me, his eyes soft and unreadable. His cock was hard and flushed between us. He didn’t speak. He didn’t need to.

I reached for him.

Wrapped my hand around him and looked up, holding his gaze as I took him into my mouth—slow, unhurried, savoring. He shuddered, his hand finding my hair, not to guide but to stay connected.

Cyrus gripped my hips tighter. Keane pressed deeper. Elio’s illusion magic pulsed like light behind my eyes.

We were a circle now. A system—the same way we fought, just… closer. Magic and motion and trust.

The heat built fast, pleasure spiraling through every nerve, every breath. But even in the chaos, I felt steady. Held.

And loved.

Right in the center of it—Cyrus inside me, Keane surrounding me, Elio’s heat against my mouth—something inside me cracked wide open.

This was what safety felt like. This was what love, unguarded and unconditional, actually meant.

But just as the wave crested, a flash of thought threatened to unravel it.

Raven. Solstice. The master’s voice in the compound. She’s mine now.

My breath hitched. The spiral started. Fear lanced through me, sharp and cold.

Marigold, Elio said, his hand on my cheek, his voice low but firm, cutting through everything. Stay here. With us. Right now.

But…

Right now, he repeated, gentle but absolute.

Cyrus’s arms wrapped around my waist, pulling me closer against his chest. We’ve got you.

Keane’s fingers found mine, threading through. He didn’t say anything. Just anchored me.

And it worked.

The fear loosened its grip, pushed back by the heat of their bodies, by their magic tangled with mine, by the steady pulse of being held.

They began to move again—Cyrus’s thrusts slow and deep, Keane’s rhythm syncing to match, each stroke landing with deliberate precision that made my bones hum. Elio’s hand guided me gently back to his cock, his voice a whisper of want and wonder as he watched me fall into rhythm again.

Magic rose, tangled and humming.

Keane’s portals shimmered silver at the edge of my vision. Cyrus’s fire flared gold, scorching the air without burning. Elio’s illusions glowed across my skin. My necromancy reached toward theirs, threading through each current until we weren’t four separate forces. We were one.

When it broke, it broke in all of us.

Cyrus came with my name on his lips, heat blazing under my skin. Keane groaned into my shoulder, silver light sparking along the curve of my arm. Elio gasped as I swallowed around him, his magic blooming like stars behind my eyes.

And then—me.

Pleasure crashed through me, radiant and devastating. My body shuddered as all our magic spilled into each other, curling together into something fierce and whole. Something only we could make.

We collapsed together in a tangle of limbs and sweat and breath. I couldn’t tell where one of us ended and the next began.