Page 45 of Thick as Thieves
Everyone is laughing around us as Tamzin and Evie walk behind us all, grinning like lunatics.
“No peeking, otherwise you’re out of the line up. Anyone else up for it?" Evie shouts out, and three others flop to their knees in total submission—one of them a woman who came with Levi.
“You’re all a set of weirdos!” I shout at them. They all start to laugh—they’ve heard of my reputation.
We hear the crack of the whip, and the shout of the victim.
From the corner of my eye, I can see Evie’s not moving. She’s not whipping the others. I smirk as I hear them shout out in ecstasy.
I finally see her move as she gets to Kell and me. The sound the whip makes is slightly different, but it stings just the same. I fucking love it. She hits us twice more with the lash, and then I feel a soft leather slap as she scrapes a leather flogger down our backs.
“I think I just came,” I shout, changing it into a moan.
I hear Kellen groan next to me. His eyes are so fucking wide as he jumps up, spins round, and heads straight for Evie, picking her up and wrapping her legs around his waist as he walks away, kissing her.
Tamzin is still treating the others to her own form of personal gratification.
I watch as Gabe, as if in a trance, goes to move towards Kell and Kitten.
I jump up and move to cut him off.
“Gabe, stay the fuck away, man.” His eyes are wild, and I can see his haze of lust. I shake my head at him. “Leave them.”
“Why the fuck should I? You haven’t.”
Kellen drops Evie down his body. Smiling and stroking her face, he buries his face into her neck, talking to her. She looks up, we lock eyes, and she moves towards me, pulling Kellen with her.
Taking my hand, she asks “Are we going?” but then turns to address the elephant in the room.
“Hey, Gabe.” She’s checking him out, her voice soft and calm as she speaks. Touching his arm and trying to settle him as she can see he’s all over the place. “Did you enjoy Tamzin? She’s great with that thing.”
She laughs as Tamzin comes up and pulls her away to the bar, leaving us band brothers standing together.
“Stay away from her, Gabe,” Kell warns. “She’s off limits.”
His eyes bug out of his head. “No fucking way. You let him fuck her but it’s a no for me?” He nods towards me.
“We’re together, all of us, no one else. It’s not just fucking,” I tell him.
“Fuck off,” he laughs scornfully. “You two and her, no fucking way.” His lips are curled in disgust. Levi strides over, and the four of us are stood alone, out of ear shot of anyone else.
“She’s off limits,” I tell Levi before Kell or Gabe get a chance to say anything.
He looks from me to Kellen, and nods. “Bout fucking time. I’m pleased for you all.” Levi breaks out into a massive smile, smacking our backs.
“Are you fucking kidding me? You agree with this shit show?” Gabe is starting to shout, losing his cool.
“Keep it down, Gabe,” I say, trying to pacify him.
“Why? Everyone will fucking know before long. What the fuck will Tim say? It’s fine for one night, but all the fucking time? No way. NO. We’ll be crucified.”
“I don’t give a fuck,” I tell him. “And you better get behind us, the same way we would with you.”
He starts to laugh. “What a joke. Fuck you, Xan. You said it was a no go. You fucking said.” He turns to Kell, pleading. “Marcus are you for real? You’re going to do this with him and her? What the fuck, man?” He looks at Kell in desperation, begging with his eyes for it not to be true.
Kell nods at him. “I am, Gabe. I want them.”
Gabe looks like he’s going to cry. “I can’t fucking believe this shit,” he chokes out, and walks away across the lawn, back towards the tent.
