I was rubbing the cramp out of my calf when Kian came crashing back into my bedroom, hair dripping wet, water droplets all over his chest, and a towel wrapped around his waist.
He raised an eyebrow at me. âSince when are you Team Vaughn? I thought it was you and me against the world?â
âYou left me for dead in the middle of a run.â
âI donât like cold water.â
âSo Vaughn said. Keep your friends close but your enemies closer.â
âWhich are we?â
I shrugged nonchalantly. âRemains to be seen.â
He clutched his heart dramatically, spun around a couple of times, and then collapsed back on my bed. âYour words wound, Little Demon.â
âYouâre making my blankets all wet!â
He stuck his arms and legs out like he was making a snow angel and waved them back and forth, wiping his wet body all over my bed.
I was sure the look I shot his way should have sent him to an early grave, but he just flipped onto his belly, leaning on his arms to watch me. âYour leg hurt?â
âNo, I just rub it like this because the skill transfers over to seasoning chicken breast.â
He sniggered and pushed my hands away. âLet me do it. I give great massages.â
âWhat makes you think I donât?â
âYour hands are too small. Big hands make for better massages. Itâs just a fact.â
I shoved my aching leg in his direction. âFine. Prove it.â
âLie on your belly. Let me get some oil.â
âDonât have any.â
âI do.â
âFor jacking off with?â
âI find strawberry-flavored lube preferable for jacking off actually.â
I raised an eyebrow with a laugh. âWhy does the flavor matter in that situation? Hmm?â
He scowled at me. âOn your belly, Roach.â
I wagged a finger at him. âNuh-uh. Only Vaughn is allowed to call me that.â
He grabbed a bottle of body lotion from my bedside table. âFine. I can make do with this.â
I rolled over onto my belly, and he squirted lotion all over the back of my strained calf.
With slow, practiced fingers, he kneaded the tight muscle.
I squirmed in pain, trying to get away, but he pinned me to the bed. âHold still. Youâll thank me once it stops hurting and starts to feel good.â
I gritted my teeth, but soon enough, I found he was right. The strained muscle eased, and his touch became pleasurable.
Maybe a little too pleasurable.
His fingers worked their way up the back of my leg, moving away from my sore spot and up my bare thigh.
A sigh of pleasure escaped my mouth.
âGood?â Kian asked.
âVery good. You are indeed the master of massages.â
His fingers brushed the loose leg of my shorts. âThereâs tension right up the back of your thigh.â
âIs there really, or is that just your coy way of feeling me up?â
âA bit of both. Tell me to stop.â
I didnât want him to. It felt nice.
His fingers slipped beneath the edge of my shorts and slid right up, until his fingertips touched the crease where my thigh met my ass. âSeriously, Rebel. Tell me to stop.â
He was right. This was going well past the realm of a friendly coach-student, after-workout rubdown. And yet, I still said nothing.
His fingers moved beneath the elastic of my panties and higher to grope my ass. To his credit, he kept up the massaging action, smoothing his thumb into my flesh.
âHowâs my booty?â I asked, turning my head to the side to peek back at him. âIâm pretty proud of her.â
âIs she as badly behaved as you are?â
âI think sheâs the source of all my evil powers to be honest.â
Kian groaned. âDonât tempt me to pull these little shorts off and spank her.â
Heat bloomed between my thighs. I flipped over onto my back before he could reach between my legs and notice. It forced him to remove his hand, but he was still on my bed. Still in nothing but a towel.
And I had a very real need building between my legs.
When he lifted my aching leg and draped it over his shoulder, I gasped.
If heâd been Fang, his next move would have been to go down on me.
But Kian straightened my leg out and leaned his weight forward, increasing the stretch.
âIf you learned this from your coach, I hope he at least bought you dinner first.â
Kianâs smile was always so bright. He had a dimple in one cheek when he smiled really big. That damn dimple did things to me.
âI slept with my track coach all through college.â
âIâm not sure Iâm surprised.â
âWhy. You want to sleep with me right now, Little Demon?â
My fingers itched to pull his towel and see what was straining beneath it. âIâve heard itâs good cardio. Much better than running.â
Kian laughed and pushed back to his knees, dropping my leg to the bed.
It fell like dead weight in disappointment.
âAs fun as that sounds, I made you a promise of breakfast, and we are running out of time.â
âWe are? Where are we going?â
âVaughn let it slip last night that youâre planning on going to Calebâs Halloween party with him.â
âUgh, of course he did. Tattletale. I guess he told Fang too?â
âNo, he was weird about it when I suggested Fang might appreciate that info. So I told him. We decided weâre coming too.â
I sat up, instantly a whole lot less turned on. âHow about no?â
âYouâre gatecrashing, why canât we?â
ââCause Iâm a tiny person who will blend in with the crowd. You and Fang might as well walk in with fireworks exploding out of your hats while shaking your hips in grass skirts. You couldnât be any more âlook at me.ââ
âI respectfully disagree. Iâm allergic to grass, so I would never wear a skirt made from one.â
I folded my arms across my chest and glared at him.
He held his hands up in mock surrender. âWeâll all wear costumes and masks. No one will know who we are. And hey, if everyone is staring at us, that gives you even more opportunity to fly under the radar.â
He actually had a point.
âI get to choose your costume,â I declared.
He raised an eyebrow. âOnly if I get to choose yours.â
âIâm not agreeing to that.â
He huffed out a sigh. âYou drive a hard bargain. But I submit. You can choose. I donât care what I wear. But thereâs no way Iâm letting you near those guys without people who are watching your back. Vaughn alone isnât enough, and it isnât fair for it to be all on him. Caleb will have an entire party on his side. You need more than just one man.â
It seemed like I somehow suddenly had three.
It was that time of year where costumes were available in every department store. But Kian had driven us into the city on a mission, with the assurance he knew the very best place to get amazing ones. Somehow, heâd talked both Fang and Vaughn into coming in the same car as us and had subjected us all to an hour of old Jessica Simpson songs on the drive in.
I was pretty sure Fangâs ears were bleeding as we pulled up in front of a parking meter, and Vaughn and Fang practically dove out of the car, desperate for silence.
Kian glanced over at me. âWas it something I said?â
âMore like something you sang. Letâs go.â
To his credit, Kian hadnât been lying about the amazingness of the pop-up costume store. Theyâd taken over an old warehouse for the weeks leading up to Halloween and filled the place with everything dark and spooky you could think of. There was everything in that one space, from decorations, toys, candies, and row upon row of costumes.
Kian made a beeline in that direction, while the rest of us followed behind at a much less enthusiastic pace.
But my mood picked up when we reached the costumes and there were hundreds to pick from. I shifted through the racks, bypassing Robin Hood, Ariel from The Little Mermaid, and a slutty nurse costume. âCanât deal with a man in tights. Ariel had no feet. And a slutty nurse is so cliché.â
Kian glanced over at me. âI vote for slutty nurse. Much better than scales and no feet.â
âHard pass.â
I took out a pig costume and held it out to him. âYours.â
He took it in. âIâd rather go as a slutty nurse.â
I grabbed that from the rack and thrust it in his direction. âEven better.â
âRebel,â he warned.
I laughed, pushing them back in. âFine. What about a farmer for you, Fang? If Kian goes as the pig, the two of you are couple dressing.â
He stared at me with wide eyes. âAre you joking?â
âCowboy for Vaughn.â
Vaughn shrugged. âThatâs not so bad. I could pull off a sexy cowboy.â
I spun the costume around in delight. âSexy indeed. The chaps are assless.â
The look of horror on his face gave me great satisfaction.
Until he took out a poofy pink fairy-tale princess-style dress and held it up in my direction. âOh, this is so yours, Roach.â
Kian grinned wickedly. âThe tulle! The beads! Theâ¦pink!â
âI hate everything about you both.â
Kian just slung an arm around my neck. âJust joking. We get you never grew out of your emo stage.â
I elbowed him in the ribs. âMy look is not emo!â
He laughed, clearly finding himself amusing. âThat Paramore T-shirt youâre wearing says otherwise.â
âFrom the man who probably has a Celine Dion tour shirt in his closet.â
His mouth dropped open in mock outrage. âYou went through my room?â
Fang, clearly sick of our shit, held up a Batman costume. âMine.â
Vaughn glanced his way, fingers pausing on the rack of clothes. âWould have picked you as a Thor, personally. All that long blond hairâ¦â
I would have too, but there was a clear reason Fang could not go to that party dressed as Thor. âThor doesnât wear a mask. Leonn knows Fangâs face. Batman is a better choice.â
âDibs on the Joker then, since I donât need to cover my face.â Kian pulled it out and held it up against himself.
I chuckled at Vaughn. âI guess that means Robin is all yours.â
âNo way. You just said you hate a guy in tights.â
I raised an eyebrow. âAssless-chaps cowboy is still available.â
He rolled his eyes. âFine. Iâm Robin.â
I nodded in approval. âGo try them on then. Make sure they fit. We do not need to get to the night of the party and have to drape a sheet over one of you and call you a ghost because you split the ass in your pants. None of you are exactly standard sizes.â
Fang and Kian were both a lot bigger than the average man. Not only tall but solid. Vaughn was slimmer but also over six feet.
I probably looked ridiculous standing in the middle of them. All five foot nothing of me, surrounded by big guys.
Canât say I was complaining though. None of them seemed to be either.
âWhich one are you choosing?â Fang asked as the others went inside the changing room.
I shoved him after them. âYouâll see.â
I picked up two costumes Iâd been eyeing, knowing one wasnât suitable since there was no face covering, but I had other plans for it.
From behind the changing room doors came the rustle of men shedding clothes for their costumes and Kian and Vaughn bickering about the Halloween theyâd worn the same costume. Both thought theyâd worn it better.
Fang was quieter, and my excitement grew as I shed my own clothes in the little cubicle and slipped into the combination of leather and lace.
A biker girl costume. A kinda slutty one.
But when I took in my reflection in the mirror, it was one I definitely wanted Fang to see me in. Short pleated black skirt. Knee-high black boots. A lacy bralette worn beneath a leather motorcycle cut. And an old-school, open-faced helmet I perched on my head, leaving the straps dangling.
I peeked out through the curtains that didnât quite fully close on my dressing room.
Fang was already out of his, checking out the fit of his Batman costume in the full-length mirror set up by the costume racks. He didnât have the mask on, but the suit clung to him like a second skin. It hugged every toned muscle of the manâs body, shaping over his perfect ass, broad shoulders, and washboard abs.
My mouth went dry.
I stepped out from behind my curtain to stand slightly behind him.
In the mirrorâs reflection, I had the pleasure of seeing Fangâs expression when he caught sight of me. He did a double take of surprise, and his gaze turned hot.
Without turning, he murmured quietly, âYou pick that for me?â
I nodded, ignoring Kian and Vaughn who both stepped out of their changing rooms, mid argument, and stopped to stare at me too.
Fangâs growl of approval was exactly what Iâd been hoping for.
I wasnât expecting the way he spun around and picked me right up off my feet. I squealed in surprise, but it didnât deter him. Neither did Kian and Vaughn standing in the way. He barged through, me with my legs wrapped around his waist, his hands beneath my ass. Vaughn and Kian had to scurry out of the way or be bowled over.
Fang wasnât waiting for anyone.
He carried me into a changing room and jerked the curtain closed behind us.
It didnât quite close the entire way, and I went to tell him, but then he had me pressed up against the solid back wall of the cubicle, his big body against mine, and his tongue in my mouth.
There was no room for thought after that. My entire being became all about him and the way I could feel every inch of his solid dick beneath his flimsy costume. He ground himself against me, rubbing my clit with his erection through our clothes and kissing me until my head spun. God, I wanted him so bad. Every time he stared at me with those eyes, I lost all willpower to say no.
One look. One murmur of âI need you now,â and I was ripping off his costume, trying to get him naked.
He tried doing the same to me. He moved my panties to the side and pushed two fingers up into my pussy. Then kissed me harder to muffle the sound of my moan.
âShh.â He moved his mouth to my neck. âEveryone will hear you.â
Iâd completely forgotten we were in the middle of a store, with Kian and Vaughn on the other side of a barely closed curtain.
I was shocked to realize some part of me wanted them to hear me.
Maybe even wanted them to be watching through the crack of the curtain.
The thought filled me with heat, my entire body flushing hot. I kissed Fang harder, rocking my hips against his and whimpering in frustration that he wasnât already inside me.
I didnât dare open my eyes.
I didnât want to know whether Kian and Vaughn were watching us or not. I wasnât sure I was ready for the answer.
Finally, we got Fangâs costume down far enough that his cock slid through the arousal gathering between my legs.
I so badly just wanted to drop down onto him. Sink onto his massive cock while he held my weight. But⦠âCondom,â I breathed, panting because his dick was so torturously close to where I wanted it. It was agony to hold myself still.
âFuck. Thereâs one in my wallet, but this isnât my changing room.â
I looked down in surprise at the clothes on the little bench.
âItâs mine,â Vaughn said dryly from the other side of the curtain.
I widened my eyes at Fang and clapped a hand over my mouth to stop myself from laughing. âUh. Sorry about that.â
Fang seemed like he was batting back laughter as well. âGot a condom in here by any chance?â
I choked on the fact he had the audacity to ask. But I suspected Fang might have chosen Vaughnâs dressing room on purpose, just to needle him.
Couldnât say I was mad. Needling Vaughn was a fun pastime.
âPlease,â Kian sniggered. âVaughn has zero need for condoms since heâs only screwing his wife. But here you go.â
Kian stuck his outstretched arm between the gap of the curtain, a condom in a silver packet clutched in his fingers.
âOh my God. Kian!â I yelped.
Fang shook his head but then shrugged and plucked it from his fingers.
I just stared at him.
âWhat?â he shrugged. âItâs either that or weâre doing it bareback.â
I buried my face in the side of his neck, some weird combination of embarrassed and horny as hell.
Kian twisted his hand into a thumbs-up sign before I batted it away and he withdrew it from the cubicle with a good-natured laugh.
âThank me when youâve come then, huh?â
Fang ignored him, already ripping open the condom and rolling it down his length.
He was inside me in the next instant, seating himself fully, plunging in deep.
The âOh!â of lusty surprise I let out was indecent.
âFucking hell, Roach,â Vaughn complained in a hiss. âThereâs people working out here!â
I couldnât stop though. Fang pulled out and then slammed back home again. Every time he did it, his dick touched my G-spot and his pubic bone hit my clit. Heâd managed to find the perfect angle, and there was no stopping the orgasm barreling down on me.
Iâd never been much good at being quiet. It had never been in my nature.
From outside, a song was hummed.
The tune slightly off-key but familiar.
Fang picked up the pace, driving into me in the same rhythm that Kian hummed outside the curtain.
âYou are not humming âMy Heart Will Go On,â right now, are you?â Vaughn asked his childhood friend, all pissed-off frustration.
âDonât knock Celine, brother! You know how I feel about her!â
His humming rose to a crescendo, and I probably would have laughed if Fang hadnât ripped aside my bralette and squeezed my nipple.
With him deep inside me and the added sensation of him working my tits, Kianâs performance outside the cubicle drifted away.
The orgasm took hold, blocking out all other sounds and sights in a blinding flash of color.
Fang covered my mouth with his, burying my shout of surprise with his tongue when my pussy clenched around his solid, thick cock.
âFuck,â he groaned into my mouth. âYouâre so tight when you come, Pix. So fucking tight.â
âCould have done without that informationâ¦â Vaughn complained from the other side.
Fang extended one arm above the top of the curtain and flipped him the bird.
But he didnât stop fucking me. He slid in and out, the two of us coming out of our orgasms to grin at each other and kiss like horny teenagers who couldnât keep their hands off each other.
Like we had all the time in the world, he drove in and out of me until he couldnât take it another minute.
He finally let me drop to the floor, but didnât move away, his body still pressed against mine. He kissed the top of my head while we caught our breath then nudged my head back so I was staring up into his eyes.
His expression turned serious. âYou canât wear that to the party. I will fuck you on every available surface if you do. That costume is catnip.â
âI already chose another one for the party.â
He ran his finger down the center of my chest, between my tits and down my stomach to circle my belly button. âGood. Get dressed. But tell the cashier weâre taking both.â