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Holy fucking hotness, Ash praising me does all the things to my body, and when he starts moving too, I relax into their possession and let myself go under once more. Ash continues to hold my face, demanding I keep my eyes on his as they fuck me.

“Ash–fuck–Kai—” I babble incoherently, the intensity in my dark Knight’s gaze undoing me just as sure as the movements of his hips. His other hand is gripping my hip, yet I feel fingers wiggle between us to play with my clit, and I look away for a second to see Loki’s arm disappearing between our bodies.

“Eyes back on me, wife,” Ash demands, and I do as he says, holding his gaze as they work to build me up once more.

I feel a large palm wrap around my throat, and I don’t need to look to see that Jax is the owner.

“Just once more, angel,” he tells me, his thumb caressing my racing pulse. “Come all over Kai and Ash, Baby Girl. Show them who owns that pussy and ass.”

At Jax’s dirty words, I explode, tears springing to my eyes when my orgasm hits me like a fucking sledgehammer. I can feel myself clamping around the guys, demanding that they join me in the abyss as my body tries to milk them. Their growls and rumbles, combined with the sudden stillness, tells me that they indeed followed me over the edge.

I feel weightless, my whole body liquifying as I give myself over to the exhaustion that only incredible sex can bring. We lie together, tangled in a heap of limbs, and the last thought to float through my mind before sleep takes me under is that Jax was right.

My Knights own me, body and soul, and no one can take that away from me.

CHAPTERTWENTY-THREE

LILLY

The next week is finals week and passes by in a blur of frantic revision and nervous, frenetic energy. Apparently—and luckily for me—Highgate holds its exams later in the year than most, some shit to do with giving its bright, young students the best possible start in life. I guess it worked out for me as I didn’t actually miss my finals, so at least I have a chance to pass.

I’ve no idea how well I’ll do, or if I even stand a hope in hell of passing any of them. When I mention this to the guys one evening, Ash just gives me a mildly condescending look and calmly declares that I don’t need to worry about failing, as I won’t. When I jokingly state that he can’t just buy me a high school diploma, his answer, without missing a beat is, “Why not?”

With the week finally over, we spend the weekend lazing around the dorm and just relaxing before the graduation ceremony the following week. It’s Sunday evening now and we are watching Marvel on the huge TV, Ash on one side of me and Kai on the other as we snuggle while eating hot, buttered popcorn, homemade of course.

Ash’s phone dings with a text, and I watch as he picks it up off the arm of the sofa before he frowns as he reads the message, his lips set in a grim line.

“What’s up?” I ask, not able to see the screen but shifting so that I’m sitting up straighter and facing him. Someone pauses the film as Kai keeps a hand on one thigh, Ash still holding the other. His grey eyes lift up to me, and the set of his brow tells me that he’s not happy with the content of the message.

“There’s a Black Knight board meeting on Monday morning, first thing,” he begins, still looking at me intently. I shake my head slightly, holding his gaze.

“And?”

“And my dad requires your presence, Princess. As the majority shareholder.”

My jaw loosens, a hot flush creeping over my skin like ants crawling across my body.

“She’s not fucking going anywhere near him!” Jax growls from across the room, and I look away from Ash to see Jax sat bolt upright, his lips flattened and his huge arm muscles flexing, which in any other situation would have me drooling.

“I know she can’t go. I just don’t know what his game is,” Ash answers, and my gaze swings back to him as he grips my thigh tighter.

“He likely just wants to fuck with us,” Loki adds, and I look over to see him sitting forward. “We can just say that she’s sick or something.”

My spine stiffens, eyes narrowing as they continue to discuss the subject as if I’m not in the room. Warmth coats my back as Kai leans closer to me, sensing my tension.

“Enough!” I yell, all conversation halting, and three sets of eyes swing my way. “For fuck sake, you talk about me as if I’m some weak and feeble female who needs coddling, and I’m fucking done!”

I get up—Kai and Ash letting me go—and begin to pace in front of them, the red of my ire colouring my vision. I pause in my steps, taking a deep breath and closing my eyes as I try to formulate in my mind what it is I want to say.

“I’ve been controlled my entire life, not trusted to make my own decisions, even though I wasn’t given all the facts in order to make sensible ones,” I tell them, my eyes still closed as I unburden my mind. “Even coming here was Adrian pushing me more than my own free choice. The first thing I truly ever decided for myself, was loving you all.” I open my eyes then, looking at them, and my forehead creases as I look into each of their faces. Jax has his fists clenched, his gaze on the floor as his jaw works. Loki looks poised to leap up and wrap me in his warm embrace. Kai gives me a pained smile, an apology in his amber depths, even though he remained quiet before. I look at Ash last, his face an unreadable mask, his shoulders tense as I catch his eye. “Don’t take my control from me too. I couldn’t bear it.”

“Shit, Princess,” he grunts out, standing up and stepping up to me until I have to tilt my head to look at him.Tall fuckwallop. He lowers his head down, pressing his forehead to mine and tangling his fingers in my hair. My lids drift shut once more at his touch. “I’m an asshole, and I swear I will never leave you out like that again.”

My throat goes thick, and I have to swallow hard.

“I know it came from a place of concern, Ash, but I need to be in charge of my own destiny,” I tell him softly, my lips almost brushing his.

“What would you like to do, Lilly?” Kai asks, and I tilt my head to look over at him, giving him a grateful smile.

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