She needs us.

Kirby shakes off the fog of the past and crosses her arms under her tits, pressing them up without a hint of shame while the glint in her eyes tells us that she knows exactly what she’s doing. “You have two choices, you can leave so I can go and find a way to occupy my time, or you can stay and fill in for the good boy you chased out of here with all your hulking,” she waves a hand in our direction to encompass our bodies, “that.”

“You want us to sub for you?” Wolfe is the one to float the question, his voice slightly choked and filled with disbelief.

Our woman’s painted red lips curl into a sinister smile. She doesn’t think we’ll take her up on her offer and will be able to call our bluff.

“We’ll fill in and be your good boys, little Phoenix,” my words are firm, leaving no room for questioning whether I’m sure or not.

She has no idea just how far I’m willing to go to make this woman mine. I know my best friends, men I have bled with and trusted with my life, feel the same way.

We’ll play her game for now. Who knows; it might be fun.

CHAPTER 6

WOLFE

The naughty smile playing at the corners of our woman’s mouth has my cock throbbing as my heartrate picks up. It’s pounding in my chest to the point that I should probably be concerned, but I’m not. I know why my body is responding the way it is. It’s all her.

It’ll always be her.

I can’t believe I didn’t know about her trip to Seattle. Sure, I had been focusing on Volkov and the issues here since I knew she was still under contract in Miami. I’m kicking myself now because I should have paid closer attention and known she was coming here sooner.

If I had known, I would have mentally prepared myself for seeing her again. Because there was no way I wasn’t going to see her, not with her coming back to the place it all began. Honestly, I never thought she’d come back to Seattle. She hasn’t been back in ten years, at least not to my knowledge. I figured it wasn’t ever going to happen, but here she is.

Right in front of me looking like a fucking leather clad goddess.

And she wants us to follow her directions, I’m not about tostart complaining. I’m man enough to let her take control.

For now.

It might help her build some trust in us and that is worth whatever she might throw our way.

As I tell my cock to calm the fuck down as he’s trying to punch a hole through my slacks to get to the woman I’ve been wanting for ten years, I step forward. “What do you want, our Phoenix?”

I’m not sure why Dominic let that nickname slip from him, but it’s fitting as fuck. She rose from the ashes of her trauma and became someone, something, new. And just look at her now.

She’s glorious.

Kirby’s eyes narrow and she lets out a small huff of annoyance as she stands to her full height. She’s not necessarily short for a woman, especially with the addition of the heels she’s wearing, but she’s still probably topping out at 5’9”. Compared to where we land, closer to 6’5”, we tower over her between our heights and the way we’re built.

She starts to circle us slowly. Every step heightens my need for her. It feels like my body tunes into hers as she moves.

Fuck, this anticipation might just be the end of me. What a way to go.

When I glance at Hendrix and Dominic, they’re right there with me. My breathing deepens and the hair on my arms stands up.

“What isn’t going to happen is you thinking you can top from the bottom,” her voice is sharp and has me standing at attention in a way that I haven’t felt compelled to in a long fucking time.

I start to crane my neck around to look at her, but she snarls, “Eyes forward.”

Fuck if my head doesn’t snap back around as my body follows her direction without a second thought. Her time walking in front of us is far too short, but I take in as much as I can, the view burned into my mind. I have no doubt that I’ll be pulling out this memory for the rest of my life because it’s hot as fuck.

Her ass looks fucking incredible in her skirt. I desperately want to drop to my knees and take a bite out of it. Then there is my unanswered question about the stockings she’s wearing. I have no doubt they’re those lace top kind, but what color is the lace? I’m hoping for red. Or black.

Fuck. I don’t even care.

I just want to explore her legs and find out.