St. Andrew’s Cross 🌶🌶🌶

MADDIE

As soon as the words were out, I wondered if I’d been too harsh.

~“So, you’re either the most powerful being either of us know...or a walking timebomb.”~

But Zayda let out a sharp sort of bark.

“Sorry, that sounded weird,” she said with pinkening cheeks. “I guess I haven’t laughed in a long time.”

We shared a glance.

My heart broke for my friend.

She put on a brave face, and I knew she was genuinely happy to see me, but her pain lay right below the surface, threatening to break her down at any moment.

My vision flashed red as I thought of Xander.

“I’m going to kill that motherfucker,” I growled.

“I know.” Zayda’s smile faded. “But honestly… I’m worried what his next move will be, now that I’m...like this.”

“He doesn’t control you,” I said sternly.

“I know,” she sighed. “It’s just that...he did. He’s more powerful than I ever imagined.”

Fear swam in her eyes as she looked at me.

“Zayda, look. From now on, it’s you and me. We’re a team. Against Xander. Against everyone. Okay?”

I meant it. There was no way she would be fighting him alone.

Zayda let out a big breath.

“Thanks, Maddie. You have no idea how much that means to me.”

“We’re a kickass team.”

“That’s for sure.” She smiled.

We walked in silence for a moment, angling back toward my apartment. Morning had broken, and I was exhausted.

Thinking of both Loch and Hael waiting for me in bed made me shiver with excitement.

“Oh, right. There was one more thing I wanted to tell you…” she went on. “I’ve been having...visions or something.”

My ears pricked up.

“I like, black out,” she went on. “And they’re almost like nightmares. But I think they’re really visions of the future.”

My heartbeat quickened.

“Zayda, something similar has been happening to me! But last time, I was a baby in my vision. And once I was sent back to the Middle Ages, right after a woman gave birth…”

We were quiet for a moment, lost in our thoughts.

“Oh my god, Maddie,” she burst out. “What if I see the future and you see the past?!”

I broke out in a smile.

“It’s almost like we...complete each other or something.”

She nodded and began to smile too. But the smile made her cry.

“Thank you so much for this, Maddie,” she said meaningfully. “I can’t even tell you how much you helped me. I think you saved me.”

“Oh, please,” I insisted, and pulled Zayda into a hug.

When we released each other, I knew we both looked like we’d been through a war.

“This conversation isn’t over, okay?” I said. Zayda nodded. “You won’t be alone now, will you?”

I worried for her, but she waved away my concern.

“I live with Harry and Thea. And Darshan, basically.” She shrugged. “So, I’ll be fine.”

She blew me a kiss, and then I watched her walk away down the sun-drenched street.

***

“Ohmygod,” I cried.

Loch and Hael were in the hallway waiting for me the moment I closed the penthouse door.

They were wearing their signature outfits: leather pants and smirks.

“I was trying not to wake you guys up,” I explained, making my way toward them. “But it seems like you’re already awake…”

I ran my hand down Loch’s inseam and felt Hael materialize behind me.

I was surrounded. Again. And it felt ~so right.~

Loch was already hard, and I fingered the outline of his erection.

When I reached back, Hael’s body rose to my touch.

He pushed his manhood into my open palm, and I closed it around him.

The three of us let out a collective shudder.

“Let’s go,” I sighed. I was ready to get into bed.

“Not so fast, mouse,” Loch whispered darkly. “We’re taking you to the treasure room.”

I raised my eyebrows.

I hadn’t been in the treasure room in...ages.

Though I had no interest in getting back in the cage, the room did spark my excitement.

My mates led me through the penthouse, up the back stairs...and through the vaulted metal door.

Inside, the space overwhelmed me, as it did every time.

The piles of gold and gemstones alone were enough to get me hot.

And as I took in the whole space—all the black leather, the red velvet, the brushed chrome—I felt my body tense in anticipation.

I was so absorbed in the scene that I didn’t notice that Hael and Loch had removed their pants.

My breath caught as I eyed their massive girths.

It had been so long since I had had two at once, and I was more than ready.

“Strip, mouse,” Hael ordered in a low growl, and I willingly followed his command.

I pulled down the tight shorts that hugged my hips, and then I turned and bent over to give the twins a good look as I removed my underwear, too.

I stripped off my t-shirt and threw it aside. I wasn’t wearing a bra, and my breasts hung freely. My nipples hardened instantly under my mates’ gaze.

Loch had his hand around his member, slowly pleasuring himself.

The look in his eye told me he couldn’t wait a moment more…

“This way,” Loch said with his voice low.

He touched my waist and led me right to a new addition, a St. Andrew’s Cross.

The giant, red velvet X stood in the corner dangling leather handcuffs.

Hael grabbed my wrist and lifted it over my head. He secured it into a handcuff while Loch bound my other wrist.

The velvet was a provocative combination of rough and soft on my wrists’ sensitive skin.

Strung up on the giant X, I gazed out at my mates.

They were looking at me like I was a snack.

Hael’s eyes were locked on my breasts, which rose and fell with my breath.

“Shall we give her what she wants, brother? Or make her wait?” Loch asked.

I could have guessed the answer.

“Make her wait.”

Loch perused the wall of leather floggers while Hael approached me.

His fingers touched my waist lightly, and my nerves lit on fire. His touch was gentle, but my reaction was fierce.

I wanted him to grab me. To take me. Instead of teasing me like this.

He grazed over my belly button before he moved up, running his finger below my breast.

A little moan escaped my throat, which made Hael smile.

With his one finger, he traced my erect nipple, making me writhe under his touch.

Then he moved to my other breast. Loch returned to my side, and I hoped he would use his hands, too, but he just watched his brother’s work.

Ever so slowly, Hael lowered his mouth to my chest, driving me crazy with his warm breath.

He lapped my sensitive skin with his tongue. His kisses were slow and studied, and he took his time until finally, he took my nipple in his mouth.

He sucked on me slowly. My feet struggled up the big cross as I tipped back my head in ecstasy.

~Crack!~

I was pulled from my reverie by a slap to my hip. I drew a breath and opened my eyes to see Loch brandishing a riding crop.

Hael continued his gentle tantalization, caressing every inch of skin on each breast.

~Crack!~

Exploring me fully.

The unpredictable sensations contrasted in a breathtaking experience.

I was pressed between an angel and a devil. And they were treating my body like a toy.

Hael’s teeth closed around my nipple, biting down slightly.

“Take me,” I exhaled.

Loch’s erection pressed against my thigh.

“You need it?” he whispered in my ear before biting down.

I yelped.

“Yes,” I begged.

“Who do you want first?” Hael asked.

“You,” I said.

I pulled on my restraints and wrapped my legs around Hael’s waist.

He angled his cock into me and pushed inside one delicious inch at a time.

“Fuck!” I cried.

I was defenseless to his soft torture as his cock penetrated me slowly and softly.

I wanted him deeper—harder—but it was clear he wouldn’t give me what I wanted.

“More,” I begged.

Loch cracked the crop against my ass, and I cried out again.

Hael rocked inside me, caressing my ass like I was made of porcelain. Like if he moved too quickly, I would break.

Really, my body was begging to be broken down. To be pounded into submission with the force I knew he was capable of.

Hael ground his hips inside of me, his cock pressing against my G-spot in maddening swirls.

The pace remained slow, but my breathing grew more and more shallow, and I knew I was going to cum ~hard~ from all of his soft touches.

“Fuck!” I screamed.

Loch slapped my ass with the crop, and I came like a waterfall was crashing over me. I pulled on my restraints and begged for more.

Hael pulled out of me and Loch took his place.

I knew that Loch would give me what I wanted. He would make me wish I never said “harder.”

Sure enough, the moment his massive cock was inside me, he worked me hard.

He pounded into me relentlessly, so all of my breath came out as cries of ecstasy.

Hael kissed my neck slowly, sucking on my earlobe and grinding his cock against my right thigh.

I wanted to touch it, but my hands were compromised.

I met his gaze. “Cum on me,” I ordered.

With every thrust, Loch pushed me higher, and already I found I was nearing another peak.

Hael’s breath was uneven in my ear; I felt a burst of warm wetness on my hip as Hael stroked his cock against me and released his seed.

“Little mouse,” Loch said unevenly, his chest glistening with sweat from his effort. “If you want me to cum...you better scream for it...”

“Yes!” I shrieked. “~Cum!~”

As his pace increased even more, I lost control, my head throbbing as another orgasm rocked my whole body.

ZAYDA

As I walked, I felt a twinge of resistance in my right leg.

What ~was~ that?

Could I possibly, finally, be tired?

When I said goodbye to Maddie early in the morning, all I wanted was to go to bed.

But I didn’t ~want~ to go to bed.

My body kept speeding along with its new hyper-stamina.

Even though I had been up all night, and the night before that, I knew that when I lay my head down on the pillow, my mind would race with dark thoughts.

And that absolutely couldn’t happen.

Now, finally, after many mindless hours in the city, I was tired.

I followed the trail out of Requiem Park, watching children kick a ball back and forth.

They didn’t have a care in the world. Nobody in Requiem City was hurting like me.

And it was time for me to go to bed.

I continued down a quiet side street, watching the light play through the green leaves.

On the sidewalk, the glowing patterns on the sidewalk looked like stained glass.

Suddenly, everything went black.

But it wasn’t another vision. Someone had thrown a bag over my head.

I struggled as hands gripped my neck through the canvas bag. I was clubbed in the head with something hard and blunt, and my consciousness dissolved...