Page 120 of Bound to Three Fae Beasts

“Of course not. I hope you get some rest,” I told him.

He smiled briefly, gave me a searching look, and slipped away. I made my way to the great hall by myself and quietly joined the golden boys. Flora, Red, and Savannah had rejoined them. Savannah had a bandage around her head and Red’s arm was in a sling, but Flora seemed to be in high spirits. She ignored me, laughing and joking like usual.

The awards were handed out, with Rusco receiving the highest marks of the school. His kill count was fifteen. In total, over a hundred students had died in the Surrender. Every student who was unbound when they went in died, except for Silas.

Celebrating at this point felt like a slap in the face to all the dead, so eventually I slipped away. I didn’t want to go to the empty Alegro room or my dorm, so I went to the next best place. Thunderwood’s room. There, I stripped off my clothes and sank into the huge, hot bathtub to wash off the horrors of the school year.

Gareth joined me shortly. “Mind if I come in?” he asked, already stripping.

“I’d love the company.”

A little while later, Jasper joined us. Seb was last. He looked pensive, and I wondered what would happen with him and Flora now. Oh, but that was another thing to worry about, another fear that I didn’t want to think of right now.

“Seb,” I whispered. “I want you to hold me.”

Seb let out a gasp as though I’d offered him escape from the noose. He took me into his arms, pulling me so tightly to him I could feel his racing heart. One hand tangled into my hair and he buried his face into my neck. My skin flared with heat and I gasped. I straddled his hips, my body already swelling to prepare for him.

“Azriel,” he breathed into my skin. “Azriel. I don’t know how. I fucking don’t know how.”

His voice broke. I combed my fingers through his hair as he kissed my shoulders, then worked down to press his lips tenderly between my breasts.

“Don’t know how what?” I gasped.

He lifted his head, his face wet. I’d never seen him cry before, but now tears tracked down his cheeks. “I don’t know how to protect you. I don’t know how to change the world so I can be with you. I want to give you everything, but I don’t know how.”

My vision blurred as his words struck me deep inside. Even now, with our bodies pressed so tightly together it felt like we were melting into one, I wanted to be closer to him.

“You don’t have to do anything,” I promised him. “Just hold me. This is all I want from you.”

Seb let out a soft laugh and kissed me. His lips parted mine as he dropped a hand between my legs, parting my folds to find my clit. The water made his fingers textured, and it sent bolts of heat and desire through me.

Jasper and Gareth drew closer. Their hands came to my body, touching me soothingly. Jasper nibbled at my neck while Gareth licked down my arm. Every touch set my nerve endings on fire, making me feel as though I was glowing. All the worry, the regret, the anger, it all melted away as they touched me. They pressed closer, each of them growing hard against my skin.

I reached down between Seb and me, finding his cock. I stroked him, bringing him to hardness, and positioned him at my entrance. He let out a strangled moan.

“You’re not ready yet,” he gasped.

“Let me be the judge of that,” I purred in reply, then sank down onto him.

He was right.

My body hadn’t fully prepared itself, and the entrance wasn’t as smooth as it was before. My pussy clenched around him as it stretched to accommodate his size. I gripped his shoulders tightly, trusting Jasper and Gareth to support me as I started to move. When Seb kissed me, it was full of longing and desperation. He rocked his hips upward as I lifted myself, almost as though he couldn’t stand to be parted from me, even if it was for pleasure.

“You are my mate,” I told him as I sank back down. The movement grew easier as my body realized what we were doing. Pleasure tingled in my skin, more from his closeness than the sex itself. “Nothing is going to change that. Do you understand me? You are my mate.”

Seb groaned in response. His hands caught my hips under the water and he thrust upward, causing my body to bounce. Jasper and Gareth still supported me, kissing me, touching me. Seb dropped his head to my chest, sucking on first one nipple then the other. Bolts of pleasure sang through me so strongly that everything else was washed away.

Jasper found my clit, rubbing circles around it while Gareth ground himself on my bouncing hip. He kissed my neck, nipping lightly, and roamed his hands all over my body, as though he was checking for himself that I was still whole.

“Azriel,” Gareth whispered in my ear. “Azriel.”

He said my name like a plea. I leaned against him while still matching Seb’s thrusts. He was getting close. His face turned red and he looked up at me with a face of exquisite torture. I smiled at him, kissed him, and thrust down hard, taking him even deeper inside of me. Seb gave out a cry that tapered into a groan as he released into me.

My body throbbed. It needed more. I wasn’t anywhere close to release. I kissed Seb again, then pulled myself off him. His hands tightened briefly on me, but I just turned around, still in his lap, and wrapped my legs around Gareth’s waist. He laughed, already hard, and sank into me.

“Gods, you feel so good,” he groaned, letting his eyes shut. “Being inside of you is like saying a prayer. If anything is holy in this world, it’s this. The way it feels to be inside of you like this. Azriel….” He pressed his forehead to mine, his hand cupping my cheek tenderly. “You have no fucking idea how … happy…”

He trailed off, kissed me, and picked up his pace. The feeling of his cock moving inside of me, nudging the pleasurable spots, made me gasp. With Seb’s warmth on my back and the sounds of the water sloshing around me, it was as though I’d been transported into a little bubble, where all that mattered was right here.