Page 13 of Drop His Mask

His breath hissed out into my ear and I trembled. “You just woke up from your deathbed. I am not fucking you,” he growled.

“I’m a big girl. I know my limits.” I rolled back against his cock that was now hard as steel pressing into me. I needed relief. “And besides, I’m basically healed now.” The lie fell from my lips before I could catch it.

But I knew Jayce and Levi wouldn’t go along with this if they thought I was in pain and could hurt me.

I needed Jayce and Levi to solidify our connection before we got to the chaos that would ensue once Enzo confessed to everything he had done.

Shit would be hitting the fan then.

“Please?” The word came out a raspy plea, but it landed.

“Red,” Levi grumbled our safe word into my ear. “Get over here, Jayce.”

“I—” I spluttered the word out as Levi practically threw me onto the bed, flipping us so that he now hovered over me. It hurt when I landed on my back, but I welcomed the pain.

After the last game where my body was numb to everything, I wanted more than anything tofeel.

I blinked a few times, meeting Levi’s concerned stare.

“If this is too much you need to tell us.”

I lifted my lips and continued looking into Levi’s eyes. They were brewing with concern, adoration,lust.

“I need this. I need to feel alive. To have control over something in my life. And like I said, my body had time to heal. I’m not in pain or anything.” At least not anymore than I could handle.

My words seemed to be the final hammer against his concern.

“Okay, darlin’,” Levi obliged as he rolled carefully off of me.

I immediately missed his warmth and began to protest, but the bed shifted.

“Oh hey there my sweet Raven.” Jayce’s face was swirling with emotion. For the first time in the entirety of knowing the man, he almost appeared unsure.

My anger at Jayce had long since faded. I was aware enough to admit that I had never fallen out of love with Jayce. He would always and forever hold my heart. We were connected.

He used one hand to balance over me and the other found my cheek, caressing it with his calloused fingers. “I’m sorry I failed again. I couldn’t save you.” His voice cracked.

Levi laid next to us, but instead of feeling intrusive, it was comforting to have both men so close.

“I couldn’t keep Sparrow safe,” I confessed. A wall that I had firmly placed around the piece of my heart for her crumbled just a bit.

Levi stiffened, but he didn’t say anything.

Jayce peppered kisses across my cheeks and nose before resting his forehead against mine. “No, that wasn’t your fault.” His hand on my face moved to the back of my neck, his long fingers digging in. “She will always live on in both of our hearts.”

I couldn’t continue on with this. I wasn’t emotionally stable, I needed to ground myself.

Reaching my hands up to Jayce’s face, I captured his lips. The move took him by surprise, but it wasn’t long before the grip on my neck tightened and his lips moved against mine in only the way an old lover’s can. The memory of our past encounters mixed in with the present. Comfort, reassurance, warmth. My hips lifted off the bed, trying to find friction against something. Anything. “I want you. Ineedyou. It’s been too long.”

“Raven.” Jayce pulled back. “Are you sure you’re healed? That we won’t hurt you?”

“Jayce, stop treating me like the girl I was! I know what I can handle. Don’t you trust me?”

Of all the things I expected, it wasn’t for Jayce to laugh. He turned his head to Levi and ordered, “Help me.”

I was surprised when Levi didn’t argue; he simply chuckled along. “Sure thing, anything for our girl.”

Ourgirl. The words sent a heavy dose of warmth into my heart.

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