FAZER LOGINChapter 131AureliaDreyden’s hand stayed firm at my waist while the others watched, and the low light made their identical faces look softer than they had any right to. Dreylen’s fingers closed around my wrist and he guided me onto the mattress between them, the sheets warm from their bodies. Drayton shifted to give me room, the sheet falling lower on his hips, and when I settled, Dreyven’s palm slid along the small of my back, steady and warm through the thin fabric of my sweater.Dreylen kissed me first. His mouth was careful at the start, yet when I opened for him he deepened it without hesitation, his tongue sliding against mine while one hand cupped the side of my face. Drayton leaned in from the other side and pressed his mouth to the curve of my shoulder, his teeth grazing lightly through the sweater until I shivered. Dreyden stayed close behind me, his chest against my back, and his hands slipped under the hem of my sweater to rest against the bare skin of my stomach, thu
Chapter 130AureliaSurprise moved across his face so clearly that for a moment I thought he might set me back on my feet and ask me if I was sure.Yet his hand stayed warm against the side of my neck and he did not step away. I kept my eyes on his and let the silence stretch just long enough that the distant traffic below us felt louder than my own breathing.When I spoke again my voice stayed soft even while my pulse hammered against his palm.“Please,” I said.Something in his expression shifted, the last visible thread of restraint giving way, and he kissed me again without the careful beginning he had used the first time. This kiss was immediate and deep, his mouth claiming mine with a hunger that made my fingers tighten in his hair while his tongue stroked against mine in a slow, thorough rhythm that pulled another quiet sound from my throat.When his hand slid down to grip the back of my thigh and lift me closer against him I went willingly, the cool night air against my bare
Chapter 129AureliaDreyden went very still beside me. His hand stayed on the railing, close enough that I could feel the heat of it, but he didn’t reach for me again.The city lights kept moving below us while I waited to see whether the careful version of him would hold or whether the question I had just asked had already shifted something he had been trying to keep steady.“We haven’t lost interest,” he said, low. “If anything it’s the opposite. We didn’t want to… rush you. Not after everything. Not when you’d only just said yes.”I turned toward him, letting the city lights catch on my face so he could see the softness I was carefully placing there, and I made sure my voice stayed quiet when I answered because quiet felt more convincing than anything louder. “It doesn’t feel like care. It feels like you’ve decided I’m fragile again. Or that saying I want all of you was enough and the rest doesn’t matter.”“It matters.” His voice had gone rough. “You have no idea how much.”I step
Chapter 128Aurelia"I'm sure," I say, and the word comes out steadier than I feel.Dreyden's hand finds my jaw, tilting my face up to his, searching for something in my expression that I don't let him find. Whatever he's looking for, he decides he's seen it, because the last of the careful tension in his shoulders finally lets go."Then you're ours," he says quietly. "All four of us. However that looks.""However that looks," I echo.Drayton lets out a breath like he's been holding it for an hour, and crosses the room to drop onto the edge of the bed beside me, taking my other hand like he can't stand not touching me for even a second longer. Dreylen stays where he is, watching, the way he always watches, but something in his face has eased too, some private calculation he's been running finally landing on an answer he likes.Dreyven doesn't say anything at all. He just kneels in front of me, resting his forehead against my knee, and I feel his shoulders shake once, like a man setti
Chapter 127Aurelia "To prove it to you, just wait. Soon enough, they're going to ask you to belong to all four of them. They'll share you, Lia, because to them, you're just property they lost and reclaimed."He let go of my shoulder, turned around, and walked out the door, pulling it shut behind him until the latch clicked into place.I stood alone in the hallway for three long seconds before my knees buckled completely. I hit the floor hard, my hip striking the wood, but I barely felt it. I pulled my knees up to my chest, wrapped my arms around my legs, and buried my face against my knees. No sound came out of my throat at first...just a terrible, dry gasping for air as tears burned through my closed eyelids. They knew. Every gentle touch had been a lie. Every word had been a performance to keep the broken girl quiet.They did it again. They succeeded in making a fool of me again.A raw, ragged sob finally tore out of my throat, shaking my entire body until my chest ached. I cr
Chapter 126AureliaMy skin still felt warm where Drayton’s heavy palm had rested against my waist hours ago. I sat on the edge of the sofa with my knees pulled up to my chest, my toes tucked under the hem of an old grey sweatshirt.I stared at my cane leaning against the side of the coffee table. I took few breaths till my hands stopped shaking. Only then did I allow sleep to take me.That night, I dreamt about five of us together as one. And for once, I wanted my dream to be a reality........For the past four days, the four of them had visited... one by one. First Dreyden, standing in my hallway in his dark, tailored suit, dropping his executive mask the moment he pulled me against his chest. Then Dreyven, arriving with rain dripping from his hair, his big hands trembling as he carried me to the bed and pressed his lips to my throat like a man begging for absolution.I had slept with all four of them. I leaned my head back against the cushion and took a long breath. I was tire







