Tears filled her eyes and I wanted to do whatever was necessary to take them away.
“I want to talk to Ashley. Do you think you can arrange that?” Emily asked.
Caleb nodded. “Of course. We still have two problems, and he promised he wouldn’t go anywhere else until the matter is resolved.”
“I can’t believe you guys are working together over this,” Emily said.
“Neither can we. Don’t forget, we’re still in shock as well. He wanted your virginity.”
Emily laughed. “I know. His obsession for a virgin is scary. It makes me wonder if he’s even any good in bed.”
We all tensed up and Emily shook her head. “I don’t mean I’m going to try him out. Wow, what kind of woman do you think I am? I’ve already got four men. I worry about Ashley.” She dropped her gaze, wiping beneath her eyes before lifting up to look at me. “And today, when Marshall was strangling me, all I wanted was to get back to all of you. I don’t want to live my life without you guys in it. I love you more than anything else in the world.” She sniffled.
She sat up, pulling away from me. Then she turned toward me, cupping my cheek and kissing me. I sank my fingers into her hair, holding her close, wanting her and only her. She pulled away, kissing Gael with the exact same passion, before going to Vadik, finally, Caleb. She showed us her feelings with a single kiss.
I smiled.
“I love you all so much. I don’t want to ever be anywhere than where I am right now.”
“Good, because we were never going to let you leave,” Caleb said. He stroked her face and Emily sat back.
“However, we are going to need some ground rules,” she said.
We all groaned.
“You were only buttering us up and letting us think you’d play nice.”
She laughed. “I think it will work for all of us. I don’t want you guys to push me out. I get that I’m a woman, and I’m not part of your little crew. I do, but don’t manhandle me to the bedroom. It pisses me off. I can protect you as much as you can protect me. I’ve proven myself to you time and time again.” She glared at Caleb. “Yes, I’m talking to you. No more marching me into a bedroom because you think it’s the best place for me. It’s offensive and rude.”
“I will only ever act in a way to protect you.”
“Yeah, I’ve got a feeling you’re going to be my biggest rule-breaker,” she said.
I couldn’t help but laugh. Even though her voice was croaky and less than twenty-four hours ago someone had tried to kill her, she was back to being our woman.
“Is that your only rule?” Gael asked. “I don’t like sticking to a whole lot of them. I enjoy breaking them.”
“You’ve all got to promise me you’ll kiss me every single chance you get, love me more and harder each day. Never get jealous. To love each other, and to never fight.”
“We can’t promise you we won’t ever fight,” Vadik said. “It’s in our blood.”
“Well…” She stopped as though to think for a few seconds. “Then you have to agree not to do any permanent damage. I don’t want any of you to be in pain or hurting. We’re a family now, right? We’re all together and this means we’re all we’ve got for the rest of our lives.”
I took a deep breath and waited for the others to respond.
“I agree,” Gael said. “It’s not like any of those are going to be hard.”
One by one, we all agreed to her terms.
Emily came toward me, straddling my waist. “Your throat,” I warned.
“I don’t care. I don’t want to miss a single chance with all of you.” She took possession of my lips. “Unless, of course, you’re not up to the job?”
I gripped her ass tightly. “Emily, you could never be a fucking job.” I pulled her down and slammed my lips down on hers, kissing her harder than before.
Chapter Eighteen
Gael
My cock was rock-hard.
We hadn’t discussed us being present when she was fucked by one or more of us. I’d seen her with Caleb, and I’d been the first one to freely get my cock out and to watch that pretty show.
Like now, fuck, she looked so beautiful. Those perfectly large tits with tight nipples, they were a dream.
River, he licked and sucked at those buds, and I already had my dick in my hand. I’d changed from the tight confines of the trousers into a pair of sweats. Working my cock up and down, I rubbed my pre-cum into the length and groaned. River laid Emily down on the bed and took care of her panties, tearing them from her body.
Her neck was badly bruised. I had stayed to see Marshall’s body get taken care of. Dean and Daniel, they were close, I could sense it.
My dad, I’d gotten used to the kind of pain he caused, and I knew he would gladly take Emily away from me. He’d see pleasure in my pain. When he finally came out into the open, I wanted to be the one to finally kill him. I’d wanted to a couple of years ago.
Caleb’s plan to hurt them in that way hadn’t been mine. He’d been the one to decide their fates. I knew I should have fought harder, but I’d wanted them to suffer. Even though we’d taken over from the empire, their fear still ruled. Slowly, we’d obliterated all of their traces, at least, we thought we had, but we’d been mistaken.
Pushing those thoughts to the back of
