STORY EXCERPT

Michael winced at the slam of Joanna’s bedroom door. “Damn it. What the hell did she mean by that shit?”

“If I’m not mistaken, she’s in love with you, and because you want to share her with your friends for sex, it means that you don’t love her.” Simon dropped into one of the two chairs at her small kitchen table. “We should have met her sooner.”

Clenching his jaw, Michael went to the kitchen cabinet where Joanna kept a bottle of the scotch he preferred, got a glass, and poured himself a healthy portion. “She wasn’t ready. How the hell can she think I don’t love her? I’ve been calling and visiting her ever since I met her. I waited until she was older and had a chance to be on her own before I took her.”

Thomas took Michael’s drink and helped himself to a small sip. “We could have handled this differently, but I don’t see any better way of letting her know our intentions without shocking her.”

“She was a virgin.” Michael closed his eyes, his hunger for her stronger than ever. Keeping his voice low as the others did, he blew out a breath. “I couldn’t believe it.”

Thomas dropped into the seat across the table from Simon and took another sip, his gaze going toward the small hallway. “At least you told her about our desire to dominate her. Well, your desire.”

Michael got another glass and poured himself a drink with a sigh. “Yeah, and I gave her the time to think about it. I was getting ready to pay her a visit when I got the call that she was in the ER. Scared the hell out of me.”

Simon poured himself a glass of wine and opened the container that held their appetizers. “Scared the hell out of all of us. Hell, after all these years of talking about her, learning about her, I already feel as if she’s mine.”

He looked up at Michael. “I don’t know about the two of you, but I’m not leaving here tonight. I want to be here if she gets up tonight, and if not, I want to be here when she wakes up in the morning.”

Michael leaned against the wall, staring toward the hallway. “The way she looked at me…She’s never looked at me with hurt in her eyes. I’ve never hurt her. Damn it.”

He didn’t think he’d ever forget that look.

Straightening, he set his glass on the table. “I can’t leave this until morning. The only way to deal with this is to talk it out. I can’t let her go on thinking she’s nothing but a fuck toy for all of us.  Frankly, I just don’t understand how she could think something like that. I thought I’d already established a relationship with her and that I had her trust.”

Thomas lifted his gaze from his drink and inclined his head. “I’ll give you five minutes alone with her and I’m coming in.”

“So am I.” Sitting back, Simon sipped his drink. “We all need to have a nice long conversation with Joanna.”

Michael went to Joanna’s door and, finding it locked, went back out to the kitchen, opening the drawer where she kept a few tools.

Raising a brow, Thomas turned in his seat. “Problem?”

“Just have to unlock the door.”

Armed with the small screwdriver, Michael made his way back to the bedroom and unlocked the door. Quietly opening it, he paused in the doorway, taking in the sight of her lying on the bed, the moonlight coming in through the window illuminating her.

Still dressed in her black dress, her stockings in small puddles on the floor, she stared at the window, her hand, fisted around a bunch of tissues, lying limply near her face.

He took a step toward her, setting the screwdriver on her dresser and pausing when he saw that her eyes were closed.

Moving around the bed to the other side, he stood watching her, enthralled by the vision she made in the moonlight.

Picking up the small throw she kept at the foot of the bed, he covered her. When she didn’t move or react in any way, he concluded that she had, indeed, fallen asleep.

The sight of a glistening tear on her cheek and on her lashes ripped a tear in his heart.

He must have stood there longer than he thought because Thomas and Simon came silently into the room and stood next to him.

ADULT EXCERPT

Thomas opened the bottle and squirted some on his finger and leaned over her, covering her chilled back with the warmth of his chest. “Look at me, Joanna.”

With her head against Michael’s chest, Joanna looked over her shoulder, meeting Thomas’ steady gaze, the possessiveness in his eyes keeping her gaze riveted to his.

“Michael was the first to have that sweet pussy, something I’m very much looking forward to having for myself. Simon was the first to have that mouth, something I plan to have when we get to my condo. But I’m going to be the first to take this delightfully rounded and virgin ass. Be still.”

Joanna sucked in her breath when Thomas touched his fingertip to her forbidden opening, gripping Michael with a cry.

Her breathing became ragged again when Thomas circled her opening, spreading what she now knew to be lube around her puckered opening.

Her bottom clenched, the anticipation of having him press that finger into her increasing her trembling all over again.

How can I want it?

She’d known that, by becoming theirs, they would expect it.

The suddenness didn’t surprise her, especially since Thomas and Simon were slightly jealous because she and Michael had already established a relationship between them.

But her own response did, and she couldn’t help but object. “No. Don’t put your finger inside me.”

Please don’t stop!

Thomas raised a brow. “This ass belongs to us now. Every part of you does. Are you really trying to deny me what belongs to me?”

“Yes. No. I don’t know.”

Thomas’ smile somehow held delight and an erotic threat. “I’ve got news for you, baby. I’m going to enjoy the hell out of this ass when we get to my condo. For now, though, just a little lube to get you warmed up.”

“No. Not in my bottom!”

She tried to straighten her legs, but Michael’s grip on them firmed, preventing it and exciting her further.

Thomas’ eyes narrowed. “You’re very well aware of your safe word. Your ass is going to be used well and often. It’ll be filled with butt plugs and fucked frequently so we’ve got to get you over that shyness.”

“No!” The feel of Thomas’ finger pushing past the tight ring of muscle and inside her had her shaking all over.

“Yes. Damn, even spread, she’s tight.” He leaned forward, kissing her stitches. “I’m going to get a great deal of enjoyment out of every inch of you, and once I break this ass in, you’re going to be trained to relax these muscles in your ass whenever we want you to.”

Joanna cried out when he pushed against the inner wall of her ass, the pressure something so decadent and erotic, she had to look away.

“Uh-uh.” Simon gripped her face and turned her back. “There’ll be no hiding anything from any of us. How do you like having Thomas’ finger up your ass?”

“I don’t.”

Thomas bent forward again, scraping his teeth over her shoulder while pulling his finger to the side and making her ass burn. “Lying like that has earned you a spanking. One more delight to anticipate.”