April, Dani - Raven's Ranch (Siren Publishing LoveXtreme) (26 page)

The engine roared past her. The engineer, a friendly looking older guy wearing a ball cap, stuck his head out the window and waved to her. She returned his wave and gave him a smile.

The company that was in charge of running the stockyard had a dozen workers waiting by the tracks to start loading the herd. Some of the workers ran past Raven as they hurried to get the job started.

This was ridiculous. She had to face all her men together and see what happened.

She walked back down to them. The train roared by, blasting wind through her long hair. She closed her eyes against the dust the train blew up. The engine was loud as it passed. She couldn’t even hear herself think.

She came up and stood next to her cowboys. The roar of the train engine prevented anyone from speaking. Chip was the cowboy standing closest to her. He put his arm around her. She reached over and put her arm around his waist, and leaned against his chest. It felt good to be in his arms.

Tyler came to stand at her other side. She motioned for him to come to her, and he did. He put an arm around her shoulders, and when she got up from Chip’s big chest she had Tyler to fall into. She had fallen in love with both of these men.

She stepped back from the force of the train driving by on the track. Bran was behind her. He slid his arms around her waist, placed his chin on top of her head. Her butt ran up against his crotch. It was a good feeling.

Roy came and stood in front of her. He cupped her face in one of his big hands. “When are you going to let us see our woman again?”

“Your woman’s right here.”

“You know what I mean.”

“We all want to share you tonight, Raven,” Tyler told her.

She was boxed in on all four sides by her big cowboys, and off to her right, Connor stood watching them. This was the moment she had feared ever since she had taken the five men on as her lovers. Her heart was beating so fast she thought she would pass out. A million reasons ran through her head why she couldn’t.

“I don’t know, guys…” she started. She found it hard to speak with so many arms around her, hands fondling her. She was the center of the world for these five guys. There was a lot of pressure that came with that.

“Come on, Raven,” Bran urged from behind. “We’ve talked about this. I know you’re ready.”

“We’re all dirty and grimy from the drive right now,” Tyler told her. “Why don’t we go back and get cleaned up, and then the six of us will spend the night in your bed.”

Raven smiled and laughed at the mental image. She was terrified. Her legs went weak with fear. They were not going to let her out of this. She had run out of time and excuses.

“There isn’t enough room for all of us in my bed, silly,” she told Tyler. “Guys, I just don’t think those little trailers we live in are really made for an orgy.”

Chip gently pulled her out of the other guys’ arms and back against his chest. He bent and whispered in her ear. “We have a surprise for you, Raven.”

“The guys have been working on it all summer for you,” Bran said, running his hands up and down her back.

“We wanted to show you how much we love you and how important you are to all of us.” This was Roy, who still cupped her face in his hand.

“We sure as hell don’t want to frighten you, honey,” Tyler put in, taking her hand in his. “We’re your family now, Raven. Because of your hard work we’re going to stay family.”

Connor came over and kissed her while she was still cradled in Chips arms. “We’re one big family. We all love each other.”

“Do you trust us, Raven?” Chip asked her.

“Yes,” she answered without hesitating.

“Then we’re taking you back home,” Bran whispered in her other ear.

“You belong to us now, Raven,” Roy told her. “We’re not letting you go.”

She knew they didn’t mean to, but they were scaring the hell out of her. She was past any point of trying to fight them or even reason with them. The odds were five to one and she was losing. They had her boxed, in literally. She gave up and decided to go with it. There was a sense of anticipation starting to slowly build in her. One part of her was very interested in what they had to offer. She felt herself starting to go wet between her legs. Wasn’t this a fantasy for many women, even one of her fantasies? Five strong, handsome cowboys, all wanting to fuck her at the same time.

She gave them a shrug that let them know she gave up. They owned her at that moment. She might be the boss of the ranch, but they had taken on management of her personal life. She was theirs, and they could do with her as they would.

“Can we get cleaned up a little before we get started?” she asked.

“Leave it all to us,” Connor answered her.

“Do I have a choice?”

“None at all,” Roy told her with a wicked grin on his face.

Raven got into Connor’s truck, and he drove back to the trailer yard. Now that she was alone with only one of her men, she felt she could reason better. Connor was so handsome and pure he always could get her to do whatever he wanted. All of the guys had that effect on her.

“I know you all want me tonight, but can we just take it slow? This is all so new to me,” she pleaded.

He only looked at her and cocked his head.

Raven laughed and put her arms around him. “Don’t worry. I’ll probably have my legs spread all night for you guys.”

“You’re so beautiful,” he told her.

“Hey, where are we going?” Raven looked out the window and saw they had driven passed the trailers and not stopped.

“We’re just taking a ride.”

“To where?”

“Just going to ride around and then come back home.” He reached across and gave her a reassuring pat on her knee. “This’ll give the guys time to prepare your surprise.”

Raven smiled. In spite of all her reservations, she was having fun. “You guys are crazy.”

“Baby, you ain’t seen nothing yet.”

An hour later they were back at the Lazy L. It was completely dark now. Raven was feeling more relaxed and was curious about what the guys had planned for her. She only hoped she could walk in the morning.

“Now where are we going?” she asked, as once more he drove them by the trailer yard without stopping. She could see none of the guys’s trucks were parked in their normal places.

“Almost home, baby.”

They pulled up in front of her grandfather’s old house. She had not been back here since her first day on the ranch. There had never been a point in coming here. It was falling down and unlivable.

Raven climbed out of the driver’s side door with Connor. The first thing she noticed was all of the guys’ trucks parked along the circle drive of the big house. All of her men were here waiting for her. This is where it would go down.

Connor took her by the hand and led her up to the house. The lights inside were on. The outside lights on the lawn were on, too. The old place had electricity. Then she got a better view of the rest of the house. The roof was no longer falling in. It had been patched up. She couldn’t even notice where the damage had been. There was a fresh coat of paint on the outside, and with the light shining up off the lawn it looked like a showplace.

“Oh, my God, what did you guys do?” Raven’s eyes were big.

“Welcome home, darling.” Connor took her in his arms and kissed her.

She realized this really was her home. Finally she was able to come home. A tear ran down her face. The warm feeling swept over her stomach. This time it was not fear but pure happiness.

Connor led her up the steps of the front porch. Tyler opened the door. All of her guys were gathered in the living room. As she stepped inside each was there to give her a big kiss and take her in his arms. Each cowboy had the same message.
welcome home
.

“How did you do this?” She was still in shock.

“We worked hard all summer,” Roy explained.

“This is the reason you haven’t seen much of us for the last several weeks,” Bran said. “We got behind and had to start putting in overtime to get this place finished by the cattle drive.”

The guys had all cleaned up and showered. She could smell cologne on them. Each man had his own fragrance. Roy had even trimmed his whiskers. Bran was wearing an apron, his huge athletic body looking out of place in the tiny apron. He must have been preparing dinner for them all.

“Go on upstairs and get cleaned up,” Connor told her.

“No more taking outdoor showers,” Chip put in. “And we’ve got hot water, too.”

Tears were filling Raven’s eyes. She couldn’t speak and wouldn’t have known what to say if she could. She finally settled for “Thank you, guys.”

“You still remember your way around this house?” Connor asked her.

“I do,” she said, stepping down the hall to the big spiral staircase leading up to the second floor. “But what about my things?”

“Don’t worry,” Tyler assured her. “I packed them up for you. They’re waiting for you in the master bedroom upstairs.”

“Hurry on up and get showered and changed,” Roy told her. “Tonight we’re having a celebration. We’ve got a successful cattle drive and a new house to celebrate.”

She slowly ascended the stairs. Many memories from her childhood came flooding back to her. This house had been such a happy place at one time. Now, maybe it could be again.

The master bedroom was really a suite of rooms. The house itself was the size of a small mansion. There was a full-sized bathroom off the bedroom, and a sitting room that could also serve as a changing room, with three oversized closets. Raven wandered around the suite of rooms and marveled at everything. The guys had dusted and cleaned and restored all the old furniture. They had done a wonderful job. The house looked like it had been lived in all those years and was just waiting for her. No one would have known to look at it now that a few months prior, it had been a dilapidated wreck.

The small changing room off the bedroom was larger than her studio had been back in the city. Raven didn’t know what to do with all this luxury. She took her boots off and walked barefoot across the carpet. The guys must have done something to it, too. It felt delicious against her feet and smelled freshly shampooed.

The bathroom was elegant. The first thing Raven did in there was turn on the shower water and see how hot she could make it. Soon it was causing steam and too hot to touch. She loved it.

She quickly stripped out of her clothes, adjusted the temperature of the running water, and stepped into the shower. After months of not having the luxury of a warm shower, this felt like heaven. She closed her eyes and just let herself breathe. The guys had placed shampoo and soap in the shower. Raven eagerly went for these. The shampoo smelled of lavender and felt divine as she rinsed it through her hair. The soap was thick and creamy and left her skin feeling pampered and soft.

Raven could have stayed under that spray of warm water for hours and just enjoyed. She knew the guys were waiting for her downstairs. She had smelled something delicious coming from the kitchen before she came upstairs and knew dinner would be ready soon.

She got out of the shower and dried herself in a big fluffy towel the guys had been kind enough to hang next to the shower. She smiled to herself. These guys were giving her pretty good maid service. With Bran’s skills in the kitchen, she would never want for gourmet meals either.

Those three huge closets outside in the dressing room were calling her. Up until now she had never lived in a place that had appropriate closet space. That had all suddenly changed. Wearing the towel, she walked out across the carpeted floor to the dressing room and flung open the closet. Just look at all of that space to fill up. Would she ever have a good time shopping now? Chip came to her mind. She smiled.