Tainted (18 page)

Chapter Twenty-one

Sawyer slowly walked beside a still angry Kaden toward the waiting limo. The usually mild-mannered Ax was tight lipped as he and the other group members followed behind.

Kaden opened the limo door
, moving aside so that Sawyer could slide in. Before any of the others could climb in, his arm blocked the door.

“Alec, how long is the ride to the hotel?”

“Thirty minutes.”

Sawyer crossed her arms over her chest. It was going to be a long ride to have to listen to Kaden’s recriminations.

“Sin and D-mon, ride with Alec.” Kaden removed his arm, allowing Ax to climb inside while neither of the other men protested leaving with Alec.

Sawyer didn’t say a word as Kaden slid in next to her.

When the limo started pulling away from the arena, Sawyer looked forward to the dark glass that hid the driver from view, and didn’t meet Ax’s eyes who sat on the seat across from her.

“I don’t know why you’re so angry with me. It’s not my fault tha
t—
”

“Be quiet, Sawyer.” Kaden’s angry gaze shifted to her
, making her swallow the rest of the sentence she had been about to say.

She watched as he took a deep breath
, relaxing back against the seat.

“Sawyer, I have come to the conclusion
that I have been too lenient with you. You don’t take your personal safety seriously. For a woman who has been kidnapped twice and has been repeatedly reminded by Alec and myself that you are still in danger, your laissez faire attitude is fucking stupid.”

“Laissez faire?” Sawyer questioned.

Kaden’s jaw tightened. “Not helping us keep you safe.”

“I know what you meant. I’m not a dum
b ass. I just meant that I do take my safety seriously, Kaden,” Sawyer unwisely snapped back.

“I blame myself
. I let myself fall victim to your deliberate wiles, which I can only think have been perfected from years of practice.”

“I don’t have any wiles. You’ve got to be freaking kidding me
, Kaden.” Sawyer refused to acknowledge that she might have given him a smile that would work on her mother occasionally. Besides, he was a grown ass man; she hadn’t twisted his arm.

“No, I’m not kidding. I’m beginning to think that
, like all children, most of your resentment toward your mother came from the times you weren’t able to manipulate her into giving into your spoilt demands.”

Sawyer was so angry her mouth opened and closed without a word coming out.

“Close your mouth, Sawyer. Now, I did warn you that there would be consequences if there was any trouble at tonight’s concert, didn’t I?”

“Yes.” This time she could have sworn she heard his teeth grind together at her sarcastic reply.

“Since Ax was the only one to see through your wiles, I thought he deserved a reward and an apology from you.”

“
What?” Sawyer’s mind flew, not understanding just what Kaden was saying. Before she could ask, Kaden’s order had her stiffening in her seat.

“Take off your top, Sawyer.”

Her eyes flew to Ax’s unsympathetic gaze staring back at her.

“Now, Sawyer
, or you’re going to make it much worse for yourself.”

Sawyer
’s hands went to the bottom of her t-shirt, slowly pulling it off. She sat on the seat with her white bra and jeans.

“Take off your bra.”

Sawyer’s defiance fled with his order. It was finally sinking in just how angry Kaden was with her.

Her hands went to the front snap of her bra
, unsnapping it with trembling fingers. Ax’s gaze swept over her firm breasts, each with a tiny nipple ring.

“Have they healed?” Ax questioned Kaden.

“Are they still sore?” Kaden asked her, reaching out to flick one of the tiny rings.

“
N—n—
no.”

“Good.” Ax’s detached smile had her stomach doing flip flops.

Kaden’s mouth went to her breast, teasing the nipples that had been pierced before her kidnapping.

She tensed in his arms as his tongue played with the rings
, hardening her nipples and sending sensations of need to her pussy. Her thighs clenched together as Kaden’s hand went to her jeans, unsnapping them then sliding the zipper down.

The small bite of pain as Kaden played with her nipple rings increased her arousal
. When he reached to slide down her jeans, she willingly lifted her hips. It was only as he sat back that she remembered that they had an audience. She went to pull her jeans back up, but Kaden stopped her, expertly lifting her wiggling body and placing her on his lap to remove her sandals with a flick of his wrist before he then finished removing her jeans.

“Kaden.” Her hands went to his chest
, unable to believe how quickly he had undressed her in the limo. Her bare ass was sitting on his lap, and she was able to feel the bulge of his cock through his jeans.

“Since I warned you of the consequences
, I will give you my punishment first. Considering that Ax was right that you should have stayed on the bus and received an inedible hamburger for his concern, he will give his punishment next.”

Before Sawyer could react
, she found herself tossed over Kaden’s lap with her head and shoulders hung down towards the floorboards. The first smack of his bare hand on her ass had her reaching back to cover her pained posterior.

“Position
, Sawyer. Move your hand again and you’ll get twice the punishment.”

His hand landed on her ass four more time
s—
two on each cheek. When he’d finished, his hand rubbed the pinking flesh before one finger slid through the cleft of her pussy, seeking and finding the betraying wetness. He stroked her clit until a moan escaped her lips.

Gently
, he rose her back up into a sitting position.

“Sawyer.” Kaden’s unforgiving voice reminded her quickly what he required of her.

“I’m sorry, Kaden. The next time I won’t argue with you about my safety.”

“Good girl.” He nodded to Ax who slid into the seat next to Kaden and flipped her over his own lap.

“
W—
what…
w—
wait.” Sawyer’s legs kicked out, trying to stop the embarrassing spanking.

Ax’s hand landed on her ass harder than Kaden’s. “Ouch
. That hurts, Ax.” His hand landed even harder.

“Quiet
, Sawyer. I can see that you have wrapped Kaden around your finger. That stops now. Do you understand me?”

“
Y—
yes.” His hand landed another swat on her ass.

“Have you given her a safe word?”
Ax asked Kaden.

“No, frankly I haven’t pushed her hard enough to need one.” Sawyer heard the amus
ement in Kaden’s voice.

“I can see that from her behavior. Sawyer
, do you know what a safe word is?”

“Yes
,” her mumbled reply could barely be heard.

“Good
. So there is no misunderstandings, I will make it simple for you. Green is go.” Sawyer felt his finger slip between her thighs, sliding in her wetness and spreading it towards her clit, giving the tiny bud a brief stroke before removing his hand. “Yellow means you’re okay, but don’t go any further.” his hand went to her breast, slightly tugging on her nipple ring. “Red means stop immediately.” His hand returned to her ass.

“Do you understand?”

“
Y—
yes.”

“Good
. Now let’s finish your punishment.” His hand rose and landed against her ass again.

“Red
!” Sawyer wailed.

Sawyer heard both assholes
’ laughter. “Of course I will take into consideration that you’re trying to get out of a well-deserved punishment.” He administered two more hard smacks to her rear before he raised her and instead of placing her back on Kaden’s lap, placed her on his own. This time it was Ax’s hard cock pressing against her sore butt.

“Now
, what do you have to say for yourself?”

Sawyer rapidly blinked away the tears filling her eyes.
“I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have ignored your concern.” Seeing his unrelenting look, she continued, “I shouldn’t have made you a bad lunch because I was angry at you.”

“I accept your apology. Now
, what is the correct way you thank Kaden for your punishment.”

Sawyer
’s eyes lifted to Kaden’s, seeing from the desire flaming in his eyes that watching Ax spank her had excited him. Sawyer couldn’t believe what she was about to do next. She leaned over and unzipped Kaden’s jeans before pulling his hard cock out. She lowered her mouth to the swollen head of his dick, sucking it into the warmth of her mouth. His hand went to her hair, pushing her head down further on him.

“Suck me harder
,” Kaden groaned, adjusting his hips until he could thrust easily into her mouth.

Sawyer felt Ax playing with her nipple rings
, pulling and tugging on them until they became sensitive to each of his movements. One of his hands slid between her thighs, brushing against her clit before spearing her with a long finger. With Ax’s movements heightening her desire, she began sucking more greedily on Kaden’s cock, realizing the situation had long since gone out of her control.

Ax slid another finger deep inside then began a steady pumping that mirrored her movements on Kaden’s cock.
With a deep groan, Kaden released his climax, holding her head in place with her hair until he finished.

When he removed his hand
, Sawyer raised her head at the same time that Ax’s fingers slid from her pussy, leaving her hanging on the precipice of her climax. With a needy cry, she felt Kaden lift her to his lap. His hand going into her hair and pulling her head back for a tongue thrusting kiss that escalated her needs instead of bringing her down.

“Now
, thank Ax for your punishment.” Sawyer’s eyes went to Kaden’s, making sure she had heard him right.

Sawyer was definitely out of her depth
, about to use her caution light, but the desire in both men’s eyes had her doing the unthinkable. With shaking fingers, she reached out to unbutton Ax’s jeans and hesitantly pulled out his cock. The dark plum head made her pause at the size, but her head obediently lowered as Kaden’s hand guided her downward.

She sucked Ax’s cock into her mouth
, feeling her mouth stretch wide to take him. He leaned back, raising his hips to thrust further into her mouth. Kaden maneuvered her body until she was on her knees between the men and her pussy was within reach of his mouth. Sawyer’s mouth slid down further on Ax when Kaden’s mouth went to her pussy, finding her opening with his tongue and thrusting it deep before pulling it out, licking her opening and then thrusting it back inside her clenching sheath.

Sawyer wanted to scream at the pleasure and lust taking over her body. The guilt that she had
from having sex with two men at the same time—something that went against everything she believed herself capable of—was almost unbearable, yet the experience didn’t feel dirty to her. She felt cared and protected by the fact that both men had been deeply upset that she had almost been hurt and abducted. She sought to make it up to them the only way she could; by showing them she understood she had been wrong to place herself in jeopardy.

Ax’s finger
s squeezed the plump flesh of her breast as he slid his cock in and out of her mouth, barely giving her time to adjust to his size. It took several tries before she could take him comfortably, loosening her throat muscles, and she was rewarded when he groaned, giving her his climax as his hips plunged one final time. Kaden’s tongue was replaced with his cock as he lifted her backwards when she raised her head, gasping for breath.

Plunging her down on his cock, Sawyer
braced her knees on each side of his hips as she lifted hers, slamming herself down on his thrusting cock. Her back arched at finally having her pussy filled and her hips began grinding herself down on him, trying to reach her own climax.

“Do you want to come
, Sawyer?”

“Yes
,” Sawyer moaned.

“Then give Ax your tit.” Sawyer le
aned sideways, her hand going to her breast and holding it out to Ax who sucked the tip into his mouth, gently biting down on the nipple ring.

Her movement of leaning towards Ax had Kaden’s cock stabbing at a spot within her cunt that sent her into ecstatic spasms. Her screams of release filled the limo as it drew to a stop. Ax’s mouth released her now red tipped breast
as he leaned back.

“I accept your apology
, Sawyer, and look forward to you misbehaving again.”

Chapter Twenty-two

Sawyer stood looking out the hotel window, becoming more and more impatient as the day progressed and no one told her when she would be able to see Vida. The men had all disappeared this morning before she woke, and when she had tried to leave the hotel room, Alec had been standing outside her door.

“Where’s everyone at?” Sawyer had questioned Alec.

“The band is interviewing new tour managers since they have a three-day layover.”

“Oh.” Kaden hadn’t mentioned that the band would be hiring someone to replace R.J. Did that mean that he would be returning to the band fulltime?

Sawyer shoved her hands into her pockets. “I want to see Vida.”

“When the arrangements have been made
, you’ll be the first to know,” Alec replied.

Sawyer started to get angry at his evasiveness
; finding herself confined once again didn’t help her attitude.

“But I don’t wan
t
to wait
.
”

“Kaden said
that if you started to get difficult for me to call Ax.” The amusement shining from his eyes had her biting back her next remark. She went back into the hotel room, slamming the door behind her.

Controlling herself from picking something up and throwing it
, Sawyer took deep breaths until she calmed her temper. She spent the rest of the morning on the e-reader Kaden had given her.

After what felt like hours, she was u
nable to sit still any longer, so Sawyer got up and went to the window, gazing out blindly. When they had arrived at the hotel last night, they each had redressed in the limo before Kaden had unlocked the door. As soon as the driver opened the door, Sawyer had taken off, jumping over Ax before he had time to move out of the way. She almost landed on her head. Only Alec standing nearby had saved her from a nasty fall. He had set her on her feet, searching her face. Her telltale blush had been hard to hide.

His eyes went over her shoulders
, giving an imperceptible nod before leading her away. They crowded into the private elevator with D-mon and Sin in a good mood that they had the next three days off, joking with each other. The elevator opened, leading them to two suites. She held her hand out for one of the keys and he didn’t hesitate in handing her the key before moving out of the way. She unlocked the door and went inside; about to lock the door behind her until she remembered what had happened the last time she had locked the door.

Searching through the two bedrooms
, she found her suitcase had already been sent up. Finding a nightgown, she went into the bathroom and lowered the lid of the toilet where she had sat down to take a few deep breaths. Using her years of speech therapy, she was finally able to get her breathing back under control.

She showered
and then slipped on her nightgown before going back into the bedroom. A trolley had been rolled in with several trays, and her empty stomach immediately had drawn her to the appetizing aromas permeating the room.

“Sawyer.”
Her feet stopped. She hadn’t noticed Kaden in the chair in the shadows by the window.

“
K—
Kaden
I—
I really don’t want to talk to you right
n—
now.”

He stood to his feet
, taking her in his arms as her head dropped to his chest.

“
I—
I can’t believe I did those
t—
things.
I—
I’m just like those women who let Sin and D-mo
n—
”

Kaden picked her up
, carrying her to the chair before sitting down with her on his lap.

“You’re nothing like those women
, Sawyer. I saw that the first time I stared into your eyes. When you’ve lived the type of life I’ve led, you see who’s real and who’s not.

“You stutter when you get upset, you tug your hair when you
’re worried, and you’re generous and kind. That’s why you reacted that way in the limo; not because you take sex lightly. You knew that you’d scared the shit out of both us. You are aware that Ax cares about you. He would steal you from me in a second if he didn’t know I would kill him.”

Sawyer relaxed against him
, unconsciously twirling her hair between her fingers.

“Feel better?”

“Yes. I don’t want to kill you anymore. I’ll settle for castrating you if it happens again.”

“That’s a
n easy fix; just behave, Sawyer. Take your safety as seriously as we do and quit fighting our protecting you. Your friend, Vida, obviously listened to Colton.”

“I promise I’ll be more careful
, Kaden.”

***

When Sawyer heard the door opening, she turned, expecting Kaden; however, Vida stood in the doorway, grinning at her.

“Vida!”

“Sawyer!”

Both friends ran into each other’s arms, crying
, and neither could talk for several minutes.

“Thank God
, you’re safe. I’ve been so worried about you.” Vida looked her friend over carefully before hugging her close again.

“I’ve missed you so much.” Sawyer couldn’t stop crying
as she stared at Vida, noticing the changes in her. They were as close as sisters and Sawyer saw that the unhappy memories that had always filled her eyes had been replaced with happiness.

They sat down on the couch
, still holding each other’s hand. It was a habit they’d had since children when her mother would take them for walks in the park, making them hold onto each other’s hands. It had been traumatic the first few times they had went to the park after Callie’s death, each of them kept unconsciously searching for their missing friend’s hand.

“Are you all right?” Vida question
ed her, lowering her voice.

Sawyer glanced up
,seeing the room of the suite was filled to capacity. Kaden, the band, Ale
c—
with two of his security guards who were wearing FBI vest
s—
Colto
n—
who still looked the same as when he had tattooed he
r—
the biker
s—
Ice, Max and several others, wearing Predators’ jackets.

“I’m fine
, but have you counted to see who has the biggest entourage?” Sawyer joked, trying to lighten the atmosphere.

Vida laughed
, brushing away her tears. “I don’t have to. I do. There’s more outside the door and downstairs.”

Sawyer smiled gratefully at the men for making sure Vida was safe.

“How did you get away from Rick?” Vida asked.

“Kaden rented me then wouldn’t give me back
,” Sawyer answered, going on to tell her about her second kidnapping and how King had rescued her.

“He must have sent Ashley to warn me. She’s the reason I knew how to find you.”

“Why didn’t he just call and tell you himself?”

“No one has heard from him since the night the FBI raided the recording studio. He might have been afraid the police would arrest him.”

Sawyer shook her head. “King is too smart for the police to catch.” She ignored the frosty gazes of the FBI agents. “I think he’s gone after Digger.”

Vida nodded her head in agreement. “I agree. I hope he finds him. Digger is evil
and deserves everything that King does to him. He killed a FBI agent that was a friend of mine.”

Sawyer didn’t tell her that wasn’t the worst of the
sins that hell was waiting to make Digger pay for. She prayed every night for the women that Digger had kidnapped.

“Sawyer
, do you know why Digger wants us?”

“He’s trying to find a connection between King and us.”

“But there isn’t one,” Vida protested then, seeing the look in Sawyer’s eyes, she asked, “Is there?”

“No
, Vida, there’s no connection between King and us,” then she added softly, “but there was between him and Callie.”

“No, Sawyer, there wasn’t.” Vida stood up
, jerking her hand away from her friend.

“King was Callie’s father
,” Sawyer told her.

“No!” Vida started crying and Sawyer joined her. Discussing Callie was bring
ing back all the heartache they had never been able to leave behind.

“How could he just stand back and not do anything?” Vida cried.

“I don’t know, Vida. I really don’t. I know she was born during the time of his sister’s death. Maybe he thought he was protecting her. Instead, he left her in the hands of pure evil. Brenda makes Digger look like a choirboy. I told Digger about Callie, that she was a friend of ours, but I didn’t tell him that King was her father. I told him there wasn’t a connection that I knew about. I don’t think he believed me, though. His hatred of King has gone too far. He can’t back down now without taking King down, and he thinks King would try to save us.”

Vida and Sawyer both sat quietly
, thinking.

“He would
, wouldn’t he, Sawyer? He’d sacrifice himself for us.”

“Yes
. He believes he owes us for saving Callie that day. King always pays his debts,” Sawyer answered.

“This is such a mess. What are we going to do now? King and Digger are both missing.” Vida and Sawyer stared at each other
, unsure of what their next step should be. They’d always had a plan of action since they were kids.

“I can answer that question.” Kaden stepped forward
, walking to the couch and sitting down beside Sawyer. “We have the hotel secure; you two can stay here until the band has to be at their next concert. Then, you two need to be moved to a safe house.”

Sawyer started to protest then remembered her promise about taking her safety more seriously.
“Where?”

“I have a remote cabin that you both could stay in with Alec’s security guards. As soon as the tour is over
, I can join you and we can decide where to go next.”

Vida and Sawyer both looked at each other
as Colton walked over, sitting down next to Vida. “It’s a good idea, Vida. If you go back to Queen City, Digger won’t stop. If he’s finally made a move toward King, he won’t back down until one of them is dead. Digger’s operation is exposed; he has nothing to lose.”

Sawyer saw Vida’s nod of agreement. “Then I guess we’re all going to Kaden’s cabin.”

Looking at Kaden and the band, then at the rough appearance of the Predators, Sawyer thought the next few days were going to be interesting.