Theirs To Claim (Predatory Desires Book 1) (9 page)

“Em, stop crying, baby,” Noah pleaded, looking slightly in pain from her emotions on full display. “I can’t take much more. I’m with Gabriel now. I’m ready to take you back to bed, lay you out between us, and give you something to smile about.”

She laughed through her tears and nodded. Emily looked from Noah back to Gabriel and kissed his chin. “All those moments felt like dates to me too, Gabe, though I never said so aloud. I’ve felt our bond steadily growing over the years, becoming something meaningful and permanent. And I don’t want to be without either of you, now that I know what it feels like to
really
be with you. But that leads me to the other horrible reality we face. How can we go home, if home is a deathtrap?”

“Home is this, Emily - you in our arms. Not a structure,” Gabriel said firmly. “I could give less than a fuck where we bed down for the night. As long as you’re between us, I’m at peace. But we will have to decide in the short-term where you will be most safe. Honestly, that’s not your house. It’s the primary place this perp is casing and watching, and you’re not going back there until he or she is caught.”

“No, you’re not,” Noah stated in the same authoritative tone. “If we decide to go back to Whitford Falls anytime soon, you’re moving in with us. That’s already set in stone, Em. Your safety is our top priority, and we won’t risk you in any way. If that makes me a pushy, bossy ass, I don’t care. You come first.”

“But you both come first with me, too, and I won’t risk you, either,” she countered. “I don’t think we should go back. If this person sees you with me, it’s sure to enrage them. They’ll think someone else has moved in on their territory, and that’ll make the two of you the primary target and not me. So, no,” Emily said, her voice growing louder as she became more agitated, “we’re not going to your house either.”

Gabriel arched an eyebrow and pressed his lips together, trying hard not to laugh at her burst of fire. But Emily caught his look and she narrowed her eyes at him.

“Gabriel Shaun McPherson, if you laugh at me, I
will
hurt you,” she warned. She heard Noah’s low chuckle and Emily turned to glare at him. “That goes for you too, Noah Michael Johnston. And I have full rein over your bodies now, so I
can
do some damage.”

A gleam came into Noah’s eyes, and he lifted her legs from his lap and then stood beside the couch. Without another word, he bent and snagged Emily from Gabriel’s lap, hoisting her up against his chest. He cast one quick glance at Gabriel and then turned towards the bedroom.

“What are you doing?!” Emily demanded, while he walked through the small cabin with long, purposeful strides.

“You said you had free rein over my body, and I want to see what you’ll do with it.” He winked, and then gave her a quick, hard kiss on her lips.

CHAPTER 11

This time when they entered the bedroom, Noah playfully tossed Emily on the bed. She bounced twice before she came to rest at its center. He stood at its side and began to peel off his clothes, one garment at a time, teasing her as he stripped himself bare. Emily couldn’t help but laugh at his mischievous behavior, and she got up on her knees and walked across the mattress towards him.

“I love that sound,” Noah said approvingly, glad to hear Emily’s laughter. He leaned down to kiss her again before stepping back. “And I’ll do anything to keep hearing it.”

Gabriel was beside him then, and he took the silent challenge, grabbing the back of his t-shirt and pulling it over his head. He gave it a quick toss towards the end of the bed and then reached for the button on his jeans.

“Let me,” Emily said, her voice a husky whisper that she didn’t recognize in the moment. Her fingers trembled slightly as she worked the button free and then slowly watched his zipper lower under her fingers’ direction. Gabriel reached out and threaded his hands into her hair, lightly massaging as she pushed the denim down his legs. He kicked off his shoes and then stepped out of the material.

“Is anything off limits?” she asked, looking from Gabriel to Noah.

“Nothing is off limits, Emily,” Noah answered for them both. “We are completely yours, and you can do anything you want. Explore us, touch us, taste us… Whatever makes you happy, baby, is what we want.”

“But I’d love it if you’d taste me, the same way we tasted you,” Gabriel murmured, as he leaned down to kiss her ear and nibble a trail along her neck. He gave her a quick nip on her shoulder and Emily squirmed under his mouth.

“I want that too,” she confessed. She slipped her fingers under the waistband of Gabriel’s boxer briefs and peeled that last layer of clothing away, watching his cock spring free, already hard and ready for her exploration.

Emily rose up higher on her knees and began to run a palm over each man’s chest, just as she had in the hot tub. Only now, she could really see them and she smiled as she watched their muscles contract from her featherlight touch. She skimmed lower and touched their hips, feeling how flat and taut their stomachs were. They were amazingly beautiful, Emily thought, like a Grecian or Roman statue depicting a warrior or god of old. And they were so strong, yet so gentle with her.

Then she encircled each man’s cock and gave them a light squeeze that made them groan.

“The skin is so soft here, like silk over stone,” she marveled aloud. “I never knew.”

“It has to go inside you, baby. It’s gotta be smooth,” Noah breathed. One of his hands joined Gabriel’s in her hair, and Gabe let his right hand fall away so Noah had room to touch her.

“I want to taste you now,” she said and looked up into their eyes. Eyes that looked ready to devour her in return.

“Yes,” Gabriel nodded, urging her on.

Emily kept her hand around Noah’s shaft while she lowered her lips to Gabriel’s cock. She licked over the head and ran her tongue through the seam there, catching a tiny drop of his desire. She closed her lips around the broad head and tasted more of his essence, marveling over the saltiness and hint of musky flavor she detected. He hissed as she slid more of his cock into her mouth, and she drew away, worried that she had hurt him.

“No, honey, that was perfect,” Gabriel panted, clearly reading the worry in her eyes. “Do it again.”

“Tell me what you like, Gabe. I’ve never done this before.”

“God, Em, you have no idea what you’re doing to us,” Noah managed to say in a strangled voice. “I’m about to come again, and you haven’t even gotten your lips around me yet.”

“Well, we can’t have that,” she said in a saucy tone.

“You little tease.” Noah grinned and reached forward to smack her butt lightly.

“You like to swat me now, I’ve noticed. You both do,” she chuckled and then leaned forward to take Noah into her mouth.

“’Cause I can finally touch your ass now,” Noah said, flashing a wicked smile her way. “And what a lovely ass it is,” he sighed, as she blew over the head of his cock.

“Does it bother you?” Gabriel asked.

“Surprisingly, no,” Emily grinned and cut her eyes his way. “It’s fun, and honestly it feels good.”

“Don’t talk to him right now. Take me inside you, Emily,” Noah chided, desperate to feel her lips around his cock.

She hummed and then closed her lips around the purple, straining head of his shaft. Emily tasted the pearly drop that leaked from Noah’s erection, learning the difference in their flavors. She moved further down and swirled her tongue around the ridge she felt, and smiled when he grasped her head tighter and moaned.

She sat back and let the long, thick length of Noah’s cock pop from her mouth and then she turned to Gabriel. Emily massaged Noah with her hand as she stretched her mouth wide and tried to take as much of Gabe as she could. His hand did the same, tightening and then flattening against her head to guide her movements.

“Relax your jaw, honey, and breathe through your nose. Try to keep your teeth back if you can. There you go,” Gabriel sighed and angled his head to see her better. God there was nothing like watching her lips move over him again and again, he thought. She moved down until he felt the head of his cock brush the back of her throat and then Emily pulled away abruptly and coughed as she fought her reflex to gag.

“Careful,” he murmured and brushed her hair back. “Work up to taking that much of me. The key is to relax as much as you can, and then swallow when you feel the urge to gag. Try again if you want,” he said and smiled at her.

“Oh, I want,” she smiled back, and then leaned forward again. This time Emily closed her eyes and concentrated on letting go, just as she had when they’d made love to her with their mouths. Her hand left Noah briefly and she clasped one hand around the base of Gabriel’s thick shaft and with her other, she cupped his balls. She began a slow massage of the warm sack, rolling them gently between her fingers while she took his entire length into her mouth and swallowed.

“Em, I won’t last long like this. If you don’t want me to come in your mouth, then pull back when I tell you,” Gabe warned her.

She shook her head in denial, determined to give them as much as they’d given her. Gabriel’s hands flew to her head and he began to move her in tandem with his thrusts, slowly at first and then with a rhythm that signaled his impending release. He grasped her face just as he moved up on the balls of his feet and lodged himself fully at the back of her throat.

Emily felt him erupt and then the warm slide of his release coated her there. She swallowed again and again, but still some of his come seeped from the edges of her lips. When she slowly sat back and looked up at him, she saw a feral, almost predatory look in Gabriel’s eyes. He moved in quickly and matched his lips to hers, shocking her as his tongue thrust inside. He growled, a sound of pure, male satisfaction, as his tongue plumbed the depths of her mouth. When he drew back, he used his thumbs to wipe the last of his release from her lips.

Noah cupped her face before Emily could utter a single word and he brought her to his rigid cock. In one swift push, he was at the back of her throat and then he began to move. He was tender, but forceful at the same time, and Emily had never imagined that a man could be both with a woman as he claimed her mouth.

For that was what they had both done. Claimed her. Marked her. Made her theirs forevermore. And she loved every second of it.

She moaned around Noah’s thick cock, and set about teasing his length with her tongue as he glided over it again and again. He bit out a rough curse, and his fingers tightened in her hair. She remembered to cup his balls, and felt him quake under her tender assault on his senses.

“I’m coming, Em,” he managed to say as he cried out, in a sound that almost bordered on pain.

Emily felt him swell within her mouth and then the head of his cock butted against the back of her throat. He yelled hoarsely as he let go, giving her everything he had. She managed to keep all of his release, losing none of it as she had Gabriel’s. After several swallows against his length, Noah slowly pulled from the warm clasp of her mouth. He cupped Emily’s face and leaned down to rest his forehead against hers.

“Dear Lord,” he whispered. “You have no idea how good that felt.”

“If it felt as good as what you both gave me tonight, then yes, I do,” she grinned.

“Lie down, Emily,” Noah murmured as he gently pushed her back on the bed. “I need to hold you, and I think Gabe does too.”

She curled into the sheets and watched as they each took a side, placing her firmly between them. Gabriel was the first to turn off his bedside lamp, but Noah’s was switched off seconds later. Only a sliver of light from the bathroom illuminated the room.

Two sets of hands caressed her, slipping her garments off as they went along. Emily moved over to lay her head against Gabriel’s shoulder once she was bare, just as they were. Noah spooned his body behind hers, making her feel safe and cherished.

Minutes passed in comfortable silence while their hands skated over exposed skin. Noah slowly rubbed his palm over her belly and up to her breasts. Gabriel lightly trailed his fingers along the arm Emily had draped over his waist, and he smiled over the goosebumps he could feel erupting under the path his fingers traversed.

“I haven’t done this in so long,” she whispered.

Gabriel’s hand stilled and he listened to see if Emily would say anything more. When she remained silent, he asked, “What do you mean, Em?”

“Just lay in the bed in the dark. I don’t know how to feel with the lights off. It’s foreign to me now.”

Gabriel ground his teeth together, and he heard Noah blow out a heavy sigh, so he knew his friend was feeling the exact same anger and frustration that he was. No matter how long he lived, Gabe knew he’d never understand why some humans stalked others. It was a sick mystery that he doubted mankind would ever solve. And now someone had directed that sickness at the sweetest of souls. It was beyond his scope of comprehension.

“Our guns are on the bedside tables, as is yours, and we have excellent hearing, Emily,” Gabriel reassured her. “No one is coming inside without us knowing it. You’re safe now, honey, so let yourself really rest. You need it after all you’ve been through.”

“I am tired,” she admitted and nuzzled his chest.

“Then sleep, and let us keep watch for a while,” Gabe encouraged.

Emily said no more, and after several minutes both men felt her completely relax. She went limp in their arms and her breathing evened out. Gabriel could feel the soft little puffs of air that came from her parted lips as they blew across his chest.

“I’m going to secure the doors and windows, then I’ll be back,” Noah said softly.

“Call Kaden too, and let him know we’re down for the night,” Gabe murmured. “He and Garrett should be settled in their own cabin by now.”

“Got it,” Noah said and slowly began to inch away from Emily. She sighed and he paused. But she didn’t stir again, and he was able to quietly leave the bed.

Noah slipped on his jeans and then went into the second bedroom. He opened one of the company cases they’d brought along, filled with all the supplies they’d need to make the small cabin more secure during their short stay. He pulled out sensors for the windows, infrared cameras, and additional slide-on deadbolts for the doors. Then he set to work, determined that no one would breach their temporary sanctuary.

When the last window was rigged with sensors, Noah took out one of the Sat phones his team always used while on assignment. It kept their communications encrypted and their conversations scrambled and private. He dropped onto a stool in the kitchen and scrubbed a hand through his hair while he waited for either Kaden or Garrett to answer his call.

“About time,” Garrett drawled out.

“Hello to you, too,” Noah retorted, preparing himself for the ribbing that was coming.

“Since it took you
hours
to call us, I will assume Emily is now officially off of the market,” he observed dryly.

“Damn straight,” Noah smiled, happy to be able to proclaim her as his. His and Gabriel’s.

“Well, then. It’s good to know you’ve both finally become men tonight,” Garrett teased. “I knew if you guys hung around us long enough, you’d eventually get the picture.”

“Since we’re the only ones with an actual girlfriend now, I think it’ll be the rest of you taking lessons from me and Gabe from here on out,” Noah countered.

“Don’t rub it in,” Garrett sighed, but Noah wasn’t fooled for a moment. He knew their entire team was pleased that he and Gabriel had finally quit stalling and decided to pursue happiness with the one woman who meant everything to them.

“Talk to me, Garrett, and tell me what you guys found,” Noah prompted him, their banter now at an end.

“Absolutely,” he replied, his tone shifting immediately to the business at hand. Namely, protecting the very lady they had just playfully referred to. “Lay of the land looks good around the cabin. Honestly, Emily couldn’t have picked a better spot to hide out for a while. We found no evidence that anyone has bedded down within the vicinity to watch her. And Kaden thoroughly went over her vehicle. He found no tracking devices which would lead the perp to her current location.”