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She kept Gideon under her coram to take them home Jacob didn&039;t like it He&039;d wanted her to lift it as soon as they&039;d left the cell Gide- on&039;s capitulation disturbed him, the lackluster look in his eyes too close to a different version of what he&039;d displayed when he thought Kyle was going to kill the look as soon as he had the thought Since she was trying to control thefilled with ared to suppress his reaction until they were safely in the liot a strong will He&039;s got to be fighting you like a son of a bitch " "Coth does not al- low that level of consciousness, Jacob " She curled her legs up under her in the seat facing the two of the to her curves and stopped at h she&039;d pulled her hair in a quick twist and hadn&039;t put on any makeup or jewelry as she&039;d informed him, she didn&039;t need any It reminded him, however, how quickly she&039;d come to their aid, and diluted some of his irritation She wasn&039;t likely in the ht noton the mood he himself was in
"It&039;s like anesthesia, " she continued, even as her eyes challenged hi down froh tio to sleep before they start cutting?&039; and then you&039;re waking up in your hospital bed, the procedure done " Her gaze shifted between hi them in a way that disturbed Ja- cob ItWhat she was up to "You&039;re right, though, " she added quietly "He does have a very strong will
He&039;s just very, very tired right now Sick to his soul Let him have the rest It&039;s not painful, I promise It&039;s like he&039;s asleep, in a dreaer you hold it, the worse it will be Please,look However, as she turned her eyes to the , Jacob sensed a change in the charged air in the liaze darted to Jacob, then back to Lyssa "How--" His eyes narrowed, pinned on Jacob with o ain if you two start pu one another like you&039;re in the back of your parents&039; station wagon Jacob didn&039;t let , Gideon He&039;s lared at her "You can let me off at the next corner " "I could, but I won&039;t " Straightening out her legs, she crossed them, folded her hands over her lap and stared back at him "You need a shower " Her delicate nose wrinkled "Food A good night&039;s sleep I&039;d offer the sa and definitely rateful, you also need sohed, startling them both because the sound of it was so easy and relaxed It rippled through the tension in the car, disrupting and confusing it "Of course you have a brother Your anger doesn&039;t change that Had Kyle done anything to Jacob, you&039;d have broken all the bones of your hand to slip the handcuffs and try to kill hihts; they go their separate ways, sometimes for years But you and Jacob are bonded You love hi betrayed and angered, perhaps even jealous, doesn&039;t change the fact " "I&039;m not jealous--" "Not of his choice Of how he feels about me The commitment he&039;s made to me, instead of to you " The knife of the truth twisted inside of Jacob She was right In Gideon&039;s ht his adversaries alone, but had oes down the wrong path and the only way to help hiht one is to leave hi virtually the saht, it didn&039;t help the aching sense of guilt He looked at Gideon, at the haggard lines of his face Felt the anger and hatred e from him as he stubbornly crossed his ar further You didn&039;t leave Rex, Jacob thought No I killed hih she didn&039;t say it, he heard it echo in the pregnant silence that followed the thought Thootten to be this close to her, be- cause she wouldn&039;t have needed a new huht was in hisof her ex- pression, he could tell she heard it When they reached the house, Jacob expected Gideon to balk at going in, but his brother had apparently decided to go along with Lady Lyssa&039;s intent He got out of the car without comment and stared at the fortresslike structure while Lyssa spoke to Mr Ingrae,him in like this I know, Jacob Don&039;t worry about it
Jacob set a record for a fast shower, pulled on just a pair of jeans and was so outside Gideon&039;s door, along with a stack of extra towels
The wolfhound padded away hap- pily as Jacob relieved hi only a cursory knock before he entered Gideon had apparently found a small towel in the bathroo his body as he surveyed the roo for vulnerabilities?" Jacob asked "Ways to con your own death war- rant She knohen a new squirrel enters her property " "Vauard, little brother " Gideon turned, held out his hand to take the towel that Jacob offered "No, they aren&039;t That&039;s why they have human servants to pick up the slack " Jacob watched hier one, tucking it in at his hip At some point, a blade had left an impressive crescent-shaped scar over his kidney area He wouldn&039;t have been surprised if the intent of the attacker had been to cut out the vital organ "But if you try to take her on her own ground, on any ground, she&039;ll cut you down before you even glance her way You&039;ve never dealt with a va? All that power in that fuck-ht-ways-to-Sunday body?" While Jacob refused to let his temper be tripped by such an obvi- ous ploy, he did experience a strong urge to raood, sturdy oak It ht withstand the blow "I&039;m here by my own choice, Gideon For my own reasons " Gideon rubbed his hands over his face, thescars into pale silver snakes rippling over his skin "Just please don&039;t tell me you&039;re with her because you think she loves you " "No " Jacob put down the rest of the towels "I&039;m with her because I know I love her " Gideonbetween his teeth "Boys " The two men turned Normally Jacob sensed when his lady was near, a feather brush of soht kiss, but this tiuised her approach
She&039;d taken down her hair and brushed it out, the task she usu- ally preferred hi strands wove down the smooth cream skin of her arms Her lips had been touched by red The dress she wore noas a black forh and clefted deep from whatever creative underwear she wore beneath it As she leaned against the wall next to the open door, her hands were folded behind her back, the position tilting her breasts upward As she watched them, she rocked one foot back and forth on a stiletto heel, riding the skirt up, showing a hint of garter Pure sex Any ht Don&039;t do this But it was a hisper against the desire being conjured in hi compul- sion on hiht and wrong In fact, wrong was looking da "What are you--" Gideon had backed up a couple of steps, was shaking his head, trying to shake off the ic Lyssa moved for- ward When she did, her approach was like a wave of heat Gideon planted his feet, his expression defiant She kept coed it away and let it drop as her eyes lowered with blatant appreciation He was already pow- erfully aroused When her fingers closed around hirowl eer and pain, " she whispered "Your body is starved for a woman&039;s touch But you don&039;t trust yourself anymore You&039;re afraid you&039;ll want her so much, you&039;ll hurt her " Gideon&039;s hands had closed into fists, histo life inside hiive you her body You want to take it Feel her surrender to you, open her heart, but you&039;re terrified of what you&039;ll do to that fragile thing"And so tired, " shebrushed his, the heh, her stiletto planted between his braced feet "You can&039;t hurtLike you, it has made me into the creature I am now " "What ifI want it to hurt?" "I can make it hurt " Her lips curved, wet sin, as she twisted hisBut Jacob wasn&039;t sure she hadn&039;t answered his brother ex- actly the way he needed her to "I can give you a night of true rest The kind of rest a ets after he&039;s fucked a woht When the body is so exhausted he has no energy left to hold on to anything " "NoNo biting " He opened his eyes, trius dwelled in his gaze He al to do whatever things Heaven or Hell de to distract hi " She nodded "You&039;re safe froht I&039; to take care of you So is Jacob " Come to me, Jacob I need to feel your touch He wanted to turn her over his knee and spank her, but he hts in his mind He noted Gideon&039;s body, hard and lean, crisscrossed with scars, abut a warrior Aall his adult life A et hirown because he wasn&039;t the one who&039;d died in an alley, like the girl he&039;d loved Or on a beach, like the parents he&039;d needed Angry Resentful of always having to fight Protect Jacob paused He resents h of impa- tience The older brother, required by his honor to protect you Of course he was angry that they left hi about you That he found love, so of his own, and it was taken away That he was left by the brother to whoht, though Not be- tween any of us There is only need Despite his resistance, his anger at herjust behind her Leaning in, he buried his nose in her hair The ache in his gut fro lessened
With her free hand, she found his arripped her hip Which inspired hi theainst hers, his hardening cock pressing against the cleft of her ass, so accessible in the soft satin She rubbed against him, a slow, sinuous circle, even as her hand turned, her knuckles feather- ing up Gideon&039;s hard belly, his broad chest Her other hand was still wrapped around his brother&039;s thick cock, her thuht his hands under her breasts, lifting theaze there as she arched in aroused re- sponse Savagethe neckline of the dress in both hands, he tore it open, baring her breasts to Gideon, holding the fabric in tight fists so she was pinned against Jacob&039;s chest, her body fully leaning against hi into the curve between his shoulder and throat Gideon&039;s gaze lingered on the ripe curves, held up so tely in the satin demi-cup bra His brother had always been a breast man While small, Lyssa&039;s were superbly shaped, firm, full Jacob slid his hand down the satin, over the hint of hard nipple Catching the slen- der strap between the cups, he yanked the bra up, freeing her breasts with a rough wobble of motion that added intensity to his brother&039;s dark blue eyes Jacob pressed the heel of his hand against her throat, his thu a soft mewl of desire as her breasts quivered Gideon&039;s hands caripped one beneath with his free hand and offered it up Gideon hesitated, then bent and closed his mouth over the nipple His other hand captured the free breast, taking pos- session She undulated beneath their hands, her head arching back even farther as Gideon suckled, squeezed He couldn&039;t knohat Gideon was thinking Jacob wasn&039;t sure if that was a place he wanted to go anyhow Soh his own blood This was the woh he knew his possessiveness amused or irritated her by turns Over the past feeeks, she&039;d offered his body to others
Coht hi to her will During those times, he&039;d found he needed her touch, her command, as a compass to find that pleasure So now the tables were turned She intended to seduce his brother, perhaps only for the reasons she&039;d stated But to immerse them all in the flood, she needed Jacob&039;s ability to arouse her That admission, so simply offered with those words--Come to me, Jacob I need to feel your touch--had him torn between an intense, ee, violent response at the thought she intended him to share her with another man His own brother Occupied as they were, bothup her skirt Up, up, showing the lace stockings, the garters, the point of her bare sex No panties I want you inside me, Jacob In me from behind, before your brother fucks me I want you there Jacob dropped his hand down,behind hers to hold her trapped between hiers into her pussy, into a wetness that sucked hilitter with lust She writhed, drawing in an uneven breath, her fangs baring "Beg ht it, but instead de- h voice He didn&039;t know if his need to punish her for this was her influence, his own or the synergy of the moment It didn&039;t matter Gideon&039;s attention flickered to him, then back to the woman be- tween them As if Jacob&039;s demand had released any last inhibitions, he surrendered to his own desires with the snarl of a rabid aniher, arching her al- ain, his suckling ferocious as he brought teeth as well as tongue into it She turned her head into Jacob&039;s throat, pricked hiainst his cock As her eyes lifted to his, she raised an arm and looped it around his neck, her pale, she raised her legs
Gideon, picking up his cue, slid his hands under her, wrapped her around him, his cock trapped between their bodies, close to the point of decision You&039;ll let your brother fuckwithyou I need you He caught the heentle, my lady You&039;ve pissed me off too much I know That makes you even harder With a muttered curse, he opened his jeans, bunched the fabric of her garainst her lower back and drove into her She&039;d apparently lubricated herself before this, for there was a slick-ness between her buttocks that took hi else as Gideon drove into her in front They were both big men, and their sizeable cocks filled her to the point that Jacob could feel the pressure of his brother in the channel of her pussy as he fucked her ass Raw, visceral need Nothing soft and fe the it, even as Jacob sensed her genuine intent to give Gideon a female port in the storm he&039;d created of his life It hadn&039;t been a lie, he knew She did understand his pain and sorrow, even if Gideon didn&039;t believe she did Whether it was a woman&039;s intuition, herher husband or whatever coic that ht out re- sponses and emotions in Jacob he hadn&039;t even known he had He couldn&039;t deny that, whether she was still co this moment or not As she bucked up, the paleness of her throat was displayed, the bumps of her sternuh he knew her to beof her body in his grasp and the vulnerable offering of her throat to both an active and a former vampire hunter told hiasth It drew out the notes of his own response, hten until he was sure when he exploded it would rip him apart Gideon&039;s shoulders were bunched into rolls of hardforce His forear her ass harder onto his cock, her buttocks pressed against the top of Jacob&039;s thighs Gideon&039;s eyes fastened on her throat, and he worked his way up her sternuht his chin, even as her breath rasped out of her "NoGideon No biting " The smile was in her voice, but Jacob also heard the strain, for she was so close He gave another powerful thrust, taking himself deep Gideon&039;s face contorted as he did the saasrips, her cries elevating to a screaht clench of her htly, for Gideon was thrusting into her just as hard, neither of the to feel the sa pleasure Jacob closed his eyes and rode the release Jetting hard, he bathed her inside with his seed as he heard his brother bellow in the grasp of a climax just as intense Over all that, he reveled in Lyssa&039;s cries, the rake of her nails that s rapped around Gideon, Jacob buried so deeply into her that his feet were almost on top of his brother&039;s Air moved over his own balls each time his brother&039;s testicles slapped the base of her cunt When they finally ca halt and he opened his eyes, he saw she had marked Gideon&039;s shoulder with the nails of her other hand Gideon&039;s forehead had fallen to her shoulder, his own shoulders rising and falling fast, his hands still clutched on her hips As if they were melded on every level, Jacob lifted his own hand as Lyssa reached up Their hands overlapped to rest on Gideon&039;s head, giving reassurance and co was too deep and shuddering to be only from physical exertion
In the midst of the maelstrom of response, this moment was quiet, separate The eye of the storh the years to touch his brother as he did now, to give him peace, to let him know he&039;d done well, help him heal To let him know that he loved him, no matter what None of the resthis lady&039;s shoul- der blades pressed into his chest, her hair soft against his jaw When he touched her chin, needing her, she obliged, lifting her face for a ue, the scrape of a fang He was still learning how to kiss her without daabond Sainst her lips despite the intensity of the past fewher h the third mark as well as lover&039;s intu- ition, he felt her siain soon, too He was still hard Fro in her ass, he suspected Gideon was also He ruffled his brother&039;s hair, tugged on it, not to make him raise his head, but to continue that sense of coht about the words Gideon had said to him at the diner, words that had cut so carelessly and brutally, he knew theyHadn&039;t Lyssa proven ashe didn&039;t have a brother? While he ht want to have a heart-to-heart with her about her methods, Lyssa had shown hier in a way separate fro to say the words that caood care of me, Gid, " he ood job, I don&039;t need you to do it any for yourself for once Give yourself happi-ness again so you can re for and what&039;s not " Gideon slowly raised his head Lyssa&039;s fingers were still tangled in his hair, and as he moved, her palm slid down his face to his neck, to a bare shoulder
As he blinked at her, Jacob could see the e in his face "You made me do that, " Gideon said at last "I could lie to you and say yes, " Lyssa responded, "but the only compulsion I used on you, either of you, was in the first five minutes When I took your towel, it was your free will that let it go " Gideon withdrew froh he did it with courtesy Even so, Jacob&039;s hands tightened on her protectively, uncertain of Gideon&039;sher feet touch the floor, his brother apparently caught the wariness of his stance, for a muscle ticked in his jaw "She&039;s safe with uest or your prisoner, Lady Lyssa?" She surveyed hiht a flush to his cheeks and made his cock jump, such that he turned away and picked up the towel Jacob felt a ripple of ah her at his muttered curse "While I do like the connotations of the word prisoner when it refers to a handsouest, Gideon "
Wrapping the towel around his waist, Gideon sat down on the edge of the bed, ht stance with visible effort "Then you have my word " His attention went back to his brother "While I&039; to cause her harm " As if he could Yes, my lady He could Please, for my own peace of ing on the arht the towels Jacob retrieved it at her un- spoken coarments When she put her arms back, he slid it onto her shoulders, satin onto silk, while Gideon watched She didn&039;t belt the robe Rolling off the sheer stockings, she stepped out of the heels she&039;d kept on during their violent encounter It made Jacob wonder if Gideon had stiletto marks on his ass Despite that, as she padded away from him and toward his brother, with her hair down and feet now bare, he thought she looked like an innocent girl
However, Jacob knew the view Gideon was get- ting was much different Not just the sensual beauty of her naked body, shadowed tely under the reen eyes that held all theof tih to know When she reached his brother, for a couple of breaths, she si at him Jacob couldn&039;t see Gideon&039;s face, but whatever she saw in it pained her, for a syh her When she reached out, his hand shot up, caught her wrist Jacob started forward, but Lyssa&039;s sharp mental command stopped him She was in control of the situation She lifted the other hand When Gideon caught that one, she used her body, pressing forward, one step, two steps, until she stood between his knees, hi her hands so the robe fluttered out to either side like wings Abruptly, he let her go, dropping his head so his hair brushed her bare breasts A treh his broad, scarred back He whispered so Jacob didn&039;t quite catch Lyssa repeated it for hi her head over his "I think you&039;ve had far too much of that in your life Those who&039;ve left you, and those you&039;ve driven away Now it&039;s time to sleep, " she said soft ly "Just sleep Because soon I&039;ht, Gideon I can&039;t draw all the poison out, but I can draw out enough to help you remember what it was like to be whole " "I can&039;t I don&039;t want this " Jacob silently left them to clean hi down the bed, easing Gideon into it on his side, then herself behind him When she reached a hand back, Jacob slid in behind her, spooning around her body "Jacob will protect us while we sleep He&039;ll protect us both " "Who&039;ll protect himFrom you?" Gideon muttered sleepily
Her hand paused, but then she resu it on his shoulders "SsshJust sleep "
Jacob, I&039;ry Gideon&039;s breath was even Lyssa passed her hand over his bare flesh, drawing the covers up over him Then she turned and nestled into Jacob&039;s ar his throat like a kitten Thank God the third ular man, for she&039;d lived up to her pro on how adeeply, the sleep of a asm multiple times in just the past hour and a half The last time, she&039;d laid her robe over Gideon&039;s face to forled his wrists in the sash without tying it, giving him the illusion but not the reality of restraint Then she&039;dhim to fist his hands in the iron bars of the bed and yank hard as he thrust himself into her h in the air, and Jacob had stood on his knees behind her, thrusting into her wet pussy this ti her slowly, stroking her the way she liked until he was rewarded by her cry of release against the flesh of his brother&039;s erection, the heat of her breath pushing Gideon over as well Just the recollection of her slick folds rippling over hiain Apparently the third mark conveyed some of the vampire&039;s sexual appetite with it Or maybe it was just her ef- fect on hiainst his jaw I know that She laid her hand on his forearentle As always, he felt a shadow of regret froht she&039;d done it, she&039;d tried to kill herself, thinking she was beco the monster her husband, Rex, had beco with a terminal illness who had lashed out at the loss of control she was beginning to expe- rience froone toht the question We&039;ve broken open an infected wound Drained off the pus He&039;ll have to decide if he&039;ll let it heal or get it infected again He rolled her to her back and she let hi pressure of his cock An arch and the head was seated in her opening, her eyes darkening Jacob began to ease forward, pressing his knees into the bed,slowly, quiet He wanted his brother to sleep, and not just because of his own desire for privacy at thehis full weight down on her so she could nip at his throat, lick, make his cock harden further inside so that her own ainst her hair even as her teeth pierced hiue as she began to take in his blood, replenishing the strength the evening had taken froet what they faced Could pretend they&039;d have years and years to explore one another Years to be infuriated by her, amused by her Besotted by her She&039;d seeht, omnipotent So beautiful and powerful, she was beyond the touch of death and sickness But she needed his blood, his strength As he&039;d predicted, the third th in a way he hadn&039;t been able to offer with just the second abond? His lips curved against her teers curled into her hair, the other hand dropping below the covers He slid down the nip of her waist and flare of hip to grip her thigh, press deeper at a better angle It caused a hitch in her focus, both in her ht in her throat even as she sed his blood S your leave to indulge it Clever tongue I think I&039;d have it cut out of you if it weren&039;tSoClever He kept his movements torturously slow As such, they were both without breath or words at the end as the clih them
She pressed herthe same with his face pressed between the pillow and her hair, his body drawn into a bow over her tres intertwined in a way he never wanted to untangle When he turned his head, he saw Gideon had rolled over, his eyes half-open though still full of drowsiness It made Jacob wonder if his brother was truly awake or would think the moment was just a dream when he woke later Then Gideon reached out, stroked a hand of gruff affection over his head, grunted and turned away again He&039;d have pulled the covers off theed at the keythe blankets equally distributed "He used to do that all the time e shared a bed at my aunt and uncle&039;s, " Jacob ust at his brother&039;s wide back One night, to tease hiot into bed He had to dump me on the floor to unroll me "It wasn&039;t easy for the two of you " Surprised, he raised his head to look down into her face, illuht earlier "No, it wasn&039;t But it could have been a lot worse Our aunt and uncle were good to us, even though they had three other kids That was okay " His gaze drifted back to Gideon "We had each other Always " A shadow crossed his mind, a familiar specter, one he&039;d alrestled with, but nowThe woman beneath him had lived for centuries While there were ainst her sense of superiority, he couldn&039;t help but wonder at her thoughts You did what you had to do You weren&039;t helping hier As I said, there cohtrab hold when he finally reaches up out of it Be easy on that Nevertheless, he laid a hand on Gideon&039;s back, pressing his palh touch, brand it on Gideon&039;s heart like a map home
It&039;s there, Jacob It&039;s there "You don&039;t give up, okay?" Jacob whispered to his brother&039;s sleep- ing form "I need you to be somewhere in the world, you dumb, he- roic son of a bitch Find a woman of your own Laura would like that And ashter in hisher in his arms so he could hold her close under his chin as he suc- cuain