Page 52 of Striker

We’ve been waiting for her to venture out of her room. She never came down for breakfast and we never retrieved her. But we all know her pride will not allow her to hide from us. She just needed time to work up the courage to face us after last night.

“Which one of you assholes left the door open?” she asks, pressing her fingers to the hollow of her neck. Her pulse flutters wildly and I want to lean down and press my mouth to the skin and feel it move against my lips. “Resorting to more taunts?”

“Reaper,” Viper says, “he never remembers to shut the door.”

Her brows knit as she looks at each of us. “He justforgets?”

I shrug and back away before I lose my loose grip on my sanity and do something foolish. Like throw her over my knee and spank that sass out of her. Then shove two fingers deep into her until I hear that greedy moan again.

It’s obvious after last night, we’re too close to the edge. I don’t know how long we’ll last before we all do what Viper did. Hold them down and force them to take our cocks.

“He was in a hurry,” Breaker adds, looking strangely at me. My brows knit, worried he can see my thoughts on my face. After a few heartbeats, he says, “The door was open last night, wasn’t it?”

She bites her bottom lip, tongue gliding over the tiny cut. “I heard screaming. I thought it was Cora and the open door…” her voice trails off, and she shakes her head. “Doesn’t matter.”

“Foxes,” Viper says. She gives him a blank look. “The screams. You heard foxes. It’s a mating call.”

“You’ve never heard a fox scream?” Breaker asks, glancing at each of us when her brows raise.

“I’m a city girl, remember?” she says. “I’ve never even see a wild animal that wasn’t in a zoo.”

“You never visited your father’s lodge?” I ask, keeping my tone even.

“His boy’s club?” She laughs. “God no. I’d rather stay here with you four than be surrounded by those old men and their dusty wives.”

Breaker’s gaze flicks over to me. I can picture his scowl. Just as we suspected, she knows nothing.

She had screamed that she hadn’t run last night. It’s clear now she was looking for Cora. Not that it matters. She still left the house, and on top of it put herself in danger by running into the woods. Delilah’s been talking to us via the cameras for days. She could have just….

Fuck.I refuse to feel bad. She still has to learn to listen to us. It’s for her own good, but she was out there because she must have thought we were hurting Cora.

That thought sends anger snapping down my spine.

I step forward and weave my fingers into her hair, pulling her to me. God. She smells like that shampoo she uses. Woodsy and dark. Like sin.

“You thought we were hurting her.” It’s not a question. Her hands land on my chest and fuck me if my cock doesn’t get instantly hard. My gaze dips to her pink mouth. “After last night, do you really believe she’d scream in pain if we touched her?”

Her entire face turns red, her eyes falling and focusing on the center of my chest.

“Those aren’t the screams we want to hear, Princess,” I tell her. “So next time you think you hear screaming, it’ll only be when Cora comes.”

She shoves against my chest and I let her go, watching as she stumbles back and grips the chair Breaker’s sitting in. She’s so flustered that I smile. I can’t wait until we have her. Fully.

She has no idea what she’s in for when we do.

She turns her back to me, resting her hands on her hips as she looks at Breaker. “I’m hungry.”

Viper chuckles. “Me too, Sweetheart. You going to spread your legs for me to feast?”

“I thought you preferred dick.”

His head twitches in that way that tells me to be on alert.

“Wait. I forgot, you only like pussy after it’s filled with Breaker’s cum.”

He shoots up so fast even I can’t move quick enough to stop him before he fists her hair and shoves her to her knees. She falls gracefully, like she knew what he’d do before even he did. “You’ve got a mouth on you,” he snarls.

She smirks, daring him to… I’m not even suresheknows what she wants. She’s figured out we will not hurt her and that may be a dangerous realization because now she’s going to test our limits.

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