Page 84 of Ever Dark

He holds my head tight in his hands, his fingers threaded through my sweat-soaked strands. “Drink it down, little lamb. Mmm, fuck. Swallow every drop.”

My orgasm grips me as I clench around both Aries and Draven. I moan as Bones’s hot salty cum shoots down my throat.

“That’s my fucking good girl,” Bones roars. He moans and thrusts harder, using my mouth as his own personal fuck toy.

It makes me cum harder. The way they all use me, the pleasure and pain that they promise and deliver is everything I yearn for.

Bones finally pulls out of my mouth and wipes my lips with his thumb. “This mouth is off limits to anyone but us now. Do you understand?”

Draven slides out and pulls me with him, lifting me off Aries. He wraps one arm around my chest while his other hand encloses around my throat. “Your mouth, your pussy, your ass… all ours.”

My chest heaves as I struggle to steady my breath. I can’t deny that being possessed by them sends butterflies to my belly… But they are asking me to make a promise that is impossible to keep.

I climb off the bed and throw on my silk robe. My heart is pounding. My body wants more from them. But they are forgetting that my soul has been bonded to someone else since the moment I came into this world.

“I can’t do that to Nox.”

I finish towel drying my hair as I walk downstairs. The shower helped soothe my muscles, but I’m still sore. Even with the ointment Draven rubbed on me, my flesh is still tender and raw. But it’s a small priceto pay for what I let them do to me. It’s the aftermath I’m more worried about.

I find the three of them in the library, their masks off. Bones lounges on the sofa with this feet up while Aries and Draven lean over the fireplace, basking in the warmth from the flames. While they were destroying me upstairs, a storm has been ravaging the grounds outside. It’s extra chilly tonight, especially with the icy draft slipping in through the cracks and crevices.

“What did you decide about the baneberry?” I ask. “Do you accept my terms or are we going back to you trying to bully me into selling?” I hope for the former, but Draven is hard to read, and I wouldn’t put it past him to want full control.

Aries ruffles his blond locks, smoothing back the fallen strands off his forehead. “My father conceded. We control the poison fields now.”

“I will accept your offer under one condition… Pledge your loyalty to us forever.” Draven grabs my hand. “Swear you’ll never leave.”

It’s never been about the money with them. They have enough to foster generational wealth for decades, even centuries maybe. This has always been about control and leverage.

“Only if you promise to accept Nox. I am his too.”

“I thought you were plagued by him, Mia. I don’t understand,” Bones protests.

“We are trying to find a way to free you from him,” Draven adds.

My stomach knots. Maybe I’ve realized that I don’t want to be free. “He’s the only one who’s never abandoned me. Through my birth and my time at the orphanage, then when I lived on the streets, and when my ex broke things off… Nox is the one who has always been there. He’s part of me. I won’t let him go.”

After a long pause, Aries blows out a deep sigh. “Very well. Then we have to find a way to bring him to our world. You can’tkeep slipping into a coma for days on end, Mia. I’ve seen the toll it takes on you. You’re exhausted and over-caffeinated all the time.”

“I know,” I murmur.

Draven, still grasping my hands, presses his forehead to mine. “No matter what happens, we will not abandon you either.You are ours.”

Bones chuckles. “What he means to say is you have all three of us in a chokehold. The baneberry is yours. We are yours. You can have everything, baby girl. We finally met our fucking match.”

I nod. “I have to talk to Nox tonight.”

“Willheaccept us?” Aries asks.

“Yes. He’s the one who told me to embrace my feelings. He just wants me to be happy and cared for.” I choke back a sob.

Draven wipes my tears. “I have something I need to tell you…”

“Dray, don’t,” Bones warns. “It doesn’t change anything.”

“Well, he’s already started now. Can’t walk that back.” Aries snickers.

My stomach is in knots. I don’t know if I can handle any more family secrets getting dropped like bombshells.

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