LOGINThe first peak had barely faded when the second one started climbing and every mouth in the hall stayed open to meet it.I kept my tongue on Tessa. She held my head and spoke between every breath. “Faster. Right there. Do not stop talking.”“You taste stronger now,” I said. “Come on my tongue again. Let them hear it.”Wren kissed Tessa’s neck and added her own words. “Do it. I want to feel you shake. Keep speaking.”Tessa’s legs tightened. “Yes. Now. I am coming. Keep licking.”Her cry rose high and clear. I stayed with her until the shaking slowed then lifted my head. “Still free?”“Still free,” she said. “Someone fuck me while I watch the others. I need both.”Rook moved in behind her and pushed deep. Tessa moaned and reached for me. “Stay close. Talk to me while he takes me.”“I am right here,” I said. “Tell him how it feels.”“Thick. Deep. Keep moving. Do not stop.”Silas still had Vespera riding him. She leaned forward and braced her hands on his chest. “Harder. I want another on
The heat climbed higher and every voice in the hall rose with it until the stone itself seemed to tremble under our feet.I stayed deep in Wren. Her light pulsed with every thrust and her voice stayed steady. “Harder. Keep talking. I feel it building.”“I feel it too,” I said. “Tell me when you get close.”“Soon. Do not stop. Talk to Tessa while you take me.”Tessa was still on her knees taking Rook. She looked back at us and spoke between gasps. “I see you both. It makes me tighter. Rook, deeper. Say my name when you come.”Rook drove in hard. “Tessa. Take it. Keep talking so everyone hears.”“I am close. Fill me. Do not pull out.”Silas still had Kael under him with Vespera riding Kael’s cock. Vespera’s voice cut through the noise. “Kael, lick me again. Silas, do not stop. I want to come with both of you.”Kael’s tongue worked her while he thrust up. “Wet. Sweet. I am close. Keep riding.”Silas thrust deeper. “Talk. Both of you. Let the hall hear it.”“Yes,” Vespera cried. “Now. Com
The last cry still rang off the stone when the air turned hot and thick and every body in the hall pressed closer like the sound itself had become another touch.I stayed buried in Tessa. Her legs locked around me and her voice kept spilling. “Do not stop. Keep talking. I still need the words.”“I hear you,” I said. “Tell me what you want next.”“Someone else. Hands on my breasts. Mouth on my neck. Keep fucking me while they do it.”Wren leaned in and put her mouth on Tessa’s throat. Sable crawled over and cupped both of Tessa’s breasts hard. “Talk while we hold you,” Sable said.Tessa’s voice shook. “Yes. Squeeze. Bite. Do not let go.”Silas pulled Kael into the middle of the pile and pushed him down on his back. “Open your legs. Vespera sits on your face. I take you again. Talk the whole time.”Kael spread wide. “Do it. Both of you. Make me loud.”Vespera sank onto his mouth and rocked. Silas thrust deep into Kael and the three of them moved in one hard rhythm. Kael’s voice came out
The pile kept growing and the last quiet spots in the hall finally cracked open under the weight of every cry.I still had my hand between Mira’s legs when another man pushed through the bodies and grabbed my shoulder. “Please. I need in. I need to hear myself again.”“Then talk while you take her,” I said. I pulled Mira’s mouth off Rook and turned her toward the new man. “Open for him. Say every word.”She did. He pushed into her mouth and she moaned around him. Rook drove harder from behind. “Tell him how deep I am.”Mira pulled off just long enough. “Deep. Stretching. Keep going. Both of you. Do not stop.”Sable was still under Lira with the first man behind her. Lira’s voice rose higher. “Sable, harder. I can still feel the quiet trying to crawl back. Push it out of me.”Sable thrust up. “You feel that? Talk. Tell the man behind me what you need.”“I need him deeper in you so I feel it too. Keep moving. Someone put hands on my breasts. Pull. Make me louder.”I reached across and d
The next call hit before we even caught our breath and it stole every sound from the air.I felt the quiet first. It pressed on my chest like a heavy hand. No voices. No breath. Just empty space where words should live.Silas stood fast. “This one locks their throats. They cannot speak. If they stay quiet too long they fade.”Vespera’s eyes narrowed. “We make them talk. We force the words out with every touch.”Draven checked the links. “Stay loud. They will try to swallow our voices too.”Rook cracked his knuckles. “I will make them scream if I have to.”Wren’s light flickered bright. “Keep talking the whole time. Do not let the quiet win.”Sable grabbed my wrist. “I hate silence. Let’s break it open.”The portal tore wide and black. We stepped through and landed in a long stone hall. People sat along the walls. Mouths sealed shut. Eyes wide with need. About thirty of them. No one made a sound. Hands clenched. Shoulders tight.A woman near the front tried to open her mouth. Nothing c
The call slammed into us like a wall of ice the second we sat down and every link went tight with cold.I felt it in my bones first. A hard pull. Empty space between bodies that should have been close.Silas stood at once. “This one keeps them apart on purpose. Real far.”Vespera’s voice stayed low. “They built walls inside so no one could reach. We tear those down.”Draven checked the air. “No soft start. If the distance holds they turn to stone.”Rook grinned sharp. “I will drag them together if I have to.”Wren’s light pulsed. “Stay linked. They will try to push us apart too.”Sable took my hand hard. “I hate distance. Let’s close every gap.”The portal opened gray and wide. We stepped through and landed on a flat plain of pale stone. People stood in perfect rows. Each one alone. Arms crossed. Eyes down. About twenty-five of them. No one touched. No one looked at the next person for long.A man with tight shoulders spoke first. His voice stayed flat. “Flame keepers. We learned to k
Chapter 3: The Stone TouchThe clawed hand was inches from my throat when a sharp voice cut through the dark.“Enough.”Silas stormed down the hallway like thunder. He grabbed Rook by the back of his neck and yanked him back hard. The half-shifted Alpha growled but stepped away. Wren melted out of
I was theirs now. And I had never been more terrified in my life.The echo of the slamming doors still rang in my ears when Silas gripped my arm again and pulled me up the wide staircase. My bare feet dragged on the cold steps. Every shadow in that massive hall seemed to watch me. I did not fight h
They sold me like I was already dead. I stood there barefoot on the freezing stone floor, chains heavy on my wrists, the thin white robe doing nothing against the cold or the shame burning in my chest. My heart hammered so loud I could barely hear anything else. This could not be real. After ever
The house wanted me dead.While Silas argued with Rook in the doorway and Wren whispered from the hall, I saw my chance. The lights kept flickering and the walls groaned like they were in pain. Everyone was distracted. I grabbed the blanket, wrapped it around my naked body, and slipped through the







