He fucks up into me hard, holding me in that bliss of release. He groans as he comes, filling me. I touch all of them as I lay my head against Nico’s chest, breathing them all in. The others help Nico and me shift down on the bed so that I’m over him. I kiss up his neck, over his jaw, before taking his mouth with mine. Needing that connection as my heartbeat slows down.
The sound of lube being squirted precedes wet fingers sliding over my asshole and pushing inside. I gasp.
I look over my shoulder as Nico’s cock hardens inside me. Caden grins as he fucks my ass with his fingers, stretching me open, reigniting that flame inside me.
“Dripping.” He winks at me before he slides behind me to ease his cock into my asshole. My breath catches at the possessive look in his eyes as he says, “Mine.”
CHAPTER 55
The Morning
Harper
By the time Eli sinks his cock inside my pussy for the final time, much, much later, I’m so sensitive I twitch against him. We’re in Caden’s bed. Nico lies beside Eli, and his fingers trail over my hip. Soft and teasing but not pushing for more. Which is good because I’m spent. For the past however long, we moved from one sensual moment to the next.
Any thoughts of a game were ignored as we just came together over and over again. My focus was on one of them at a time while the others kept their hands on me. Until Caden got greedy and then it was a free for all.
Touching, kissing, fucking. The overwhelm was surreal, but the emotions welling in me kept the dark thoughts from surfacing.
Caden made sure I had cum filling me just as he promised. They all did. Now we’re all sprawled on the bed. Still coming down from our last high. For a while, I forgot everything else and just existed in this bubble with them.
My head rests against Eli’s heart. His hand strokes soothingly up and down my spine. It’d be easier to come down without his hard cock buried in my pussy, winding me back up as I clench weakly around him. It’s better than the empty feeling I get when no one is inside me.
I try to close my eyes and drift off, but Homecoming is looming. And now that I’m not coming, my brain has time to process, to think, to fear. We don’t really have a plan going into this.
Zach is going to try to take me. My guys will do everything to make sure he doesn’t succeed, but what if it’s not enough? And what happens when he fails? He won’t just suddenly melt back into the walls.
The guys were right. To take him down has to be intentional and complete or he’ll keep clawing his way back up.
He’ll be a threat as long as he’s able to be. He keeps coming after me, and eventually he’ll get me.
“He’s not going to give up. Is he?” I can’t help the words that spill out of my mouth. I don’t want to think about tomorrow, but it’s hours away now. There’s no more tomorrow. There’s only later today.
Eli’s fingers hesitate on my back before returning to stroking. His chest rises and falls with his deep breath. “You’ll be with us. I don’t see how he’ll get a chance to take you.”
“I wasn’t alone at the game.” Thickness fills my throat and I swallow. Remembering the locker room, I don’t think I’ll ever be able to go back in that place. A hot tear leaks down my cheek to Eli’s chest.
His hands pause on my back. His fingers spread as if he can hold my shattering pieces together. Fuck, I love him for it.
“We won’t leave you, sweetheart,” Jack says. “You’ll never be out of my sight.”
I open my eyes and meet Jack’s. He leans up on his elbow. “The others might have tasks for the night, but mine is you. I won’t be far away. Ever. I swear.”
Nico slips his hand into mine. “I’m sorry I failed you tonight, sunshine.”
I turn and look at our hands. “You didn’t. They overwhelmed all of us.”
When our eyes meet, he doesn’t look convinced. He doesn’t take failure well, hates not winning. But they’re playing a game we need to catch up to quickly if we’re going to succeed.
“We weren’t expecting them.” Luke stares at the ceiling. “We won’t be caught flatfooted again.”
“Zach and Sidney won’t be at the dance.” Caden’s green eyes lock with mine and there’s such determination in them. “That trick tonight made sure of that.”
“You think Sidney’s mother won’t use every trick in the book to get Sidney into that dance for a crown?” Luke tsks. His blue eyes flick to mine for a second. “Don’t underestimate what lengths they’ll go to. That’s what tonight taught us. They’re willing to risk everything. It doesn’t make sense though.”
“Zach isn’t a good strategist.” Eli’s chest rumbles beneath me as he speaks. His cock twitches inside me, hard and thick. It’s weird and comforting at the same time. “He’s trying things. Striking and then retreating. He couldn’t have taken Harper tonight, so what the fuck was that about? What was his goal? To make it so some of us didn’t go to Homecoming after beating him to a pulp? Why risk that?”
“The lights were out everywhere,” Jack says. “He could have slipped out in the chaos. With or without Harper.”