Authors: Gabrielle Evans
“I miss them, too,” Syx replied. “I imagine they could use our help as well.”
“I like the way you think.” Fiero released Syx and took a step back. “Okay, so who’s going to tell Hex?”
“Not it!” they all three chorused.
“Not it,” Myst repeated as he came up behind Fiero. “What am I not doing?”
Fiero, Eyce, and Syx turned to look at Onyx. “Congratulations.” Eyce beamed at him. “You get to tell the boss man that we want to go home.”
Myst howled with laugher. “Oh, that’s dirty, but I’m so glad it’s not me!”
Onyx spluttered for a second then finally sighed in resignation. “Fine,” he grumped and spun around to go find their alpha.
“That probably wasn’t very fair, was it?” Syx couldn’t stop his chuckle, though. Poor Onyx always got the shit jobs. Maybe they could make it up to him when they got home.
“Cowards,” a deep voice called from behind them.
Everyone whirled around and fidgeted like little boys caught with their hands in the cookie jar. “Oh, uh, hey, Hex.” Syx rolled his eyes at his foolishness. “We want to go home.” Oh, that had been ever better. Now, not only did he look childish, he sounded it as well. “We, this is I, well, I guess we…” Syx just stopped talking and scrubbed a hand over his face. “I give up.”
His lovers burst out laughing, falling against each other and clutching at their stomachs. “I think what Syx is trying to say,” Eyce spoke up when he’d calmed himself some, “is that we think we need to regroup and possibly bring Mac and Echo in on this. We’re not getting anywhere.”
“As much I don’t want Echo anywhere near this place—and I’m thinking Gage shares my feelings in regards to his mate as well—I think you’re right. We’re just stumbling around in the dark here.” He paused dramatically and smirked at them. “Let’s go home.”
Syx joined in with the other warriors, whooping and shouting. No one would ever suspect they were rogue warrior demons from the Underworld the way they were carrying on. Well, those people could go fuck themselves. Things had changed since Echo came into their lives, and Syx liked to think it was for the better.
“I’ll go find Onyx,” Fiero offered with a snort.
“I’ll get Gage and Sony,” Eyce announced, then trotted off through the trees.
“Don’t look at me.” Myst held up his hands when Syx and Hex did just that. “There’s no one left to get.”
“You could start loading up the gear,” Hex suggested with just a hint of command.
Myst deflated and stomped off in the direction of the camp. “You suck,” he mumbled just before he disappeared out of earshot.
“Should we call home?” Syx asked when he was alone with Hex.
“We haven’t had reception this entire time. I’m sure the guys are worried about us. I bet we each have a hundred messages a piece from Echo and Mac.”
Syx nodded but waited for Hex to continue his thought.
His lover smiled impishly and cocked an eyebrow. “Let’s surprise them.”
“Echo’s going to freak.” Syx could just picture his little mate’s face when they came strolling into the house without announcement.
“Oh, yeah,” Hex agreed. “I’m counting on it.”
Chapter Fourteen
Echo jumped up from the couch and gasped when he heard the crunch of tires pulling up in front of the house. Mac leaped up from his armchair as well, and they looked at each other with wide eyes.
Jinx and Syn cuddled together on the loveseat, watching them with keen interest. Then a warm weight pressed against Echo’s back, and Vapre nudged him forward. “Go get ’em, baby. I’m right behind you.”
Echo didn’t have to think twice. He grabbed Mac’s hand and dragged him along, running for the door at top speed. There was a little hang-up when they both tried to wrench the door open at the same time, but eventually, Echo shoved his friend out of the way, yanked open the door, and bolted out into the night.
Gage stepped down from the first vehicle, Sony scrambling out right behind him. No one spoke as Mac raced to them, throwing himself into Gage’s arms and kissing the living daylights out of the man. “You’re home,” Mac chanted over and over between kisses.
“Hurry,” Sony whispered desperately. Gage wrapped his fingers around Sony’s wrist, lifted Mac into his arms, and hurried them into the house.
Echo stood a few feet from the SUVs, trembling and waiting for his men to emerge. Then all the doors flew open at once, and his men slid out of the vehicles slowly. They moved together, forming a tight group with Hex in the middle. Echo felt hot tears streaming down his cheeks even as little clouds of white smoke streamed from his mouth on every exhale.
“C’mere, baby.” Hex held his arms open wide, and Echo finally shook off his momentary paralysis.
Bolting across the distance that separated them, he launched himself into Hex’s arms, crawling up his big frame and locking his legs around his warrior’s waist. His hands flailed at his sides, searching out his other mates and pulling them close as he attacked Hex’s mouth like a starving man.
“Need you,” he panted, jerking his head away from Hex’s mouth and turning to claim Eyce’s in another soul-shattering kiss. “Right now. Right here.”
“It’s too cold,” Myst whispered reasonably, but Echo could hear the strain in his voice, read the desire in his eyes.
Releasing Eyce, Echo twined his fingers in Myst’s hair and jerked him forward roughly, thrusting his tongue through the demon’s parted lips. “Now,” he growled.
“I had a feeling we might need this.” Vapre strolled toward them, carrying an extra-large blanket and three bottles of lube.
“Gods, I love you,” Syx breathed as he rushed forward, grabbed Vapre’s face in both hands, and crushed their mouths together.
Echo squirmed until Hex set him on his feet then began ripping at his clothes, tearing them off at lightning speed. “You are all going to fuck me until I don’t walk right for a month. Then, if I’m not satisfied with your performance, you’re going to do it all over again.”
“What the hell did you do to him?” Fiero gaped at Vapre as though he were a god.
Vapre chuckled and shrugged. “It seems our mate has quite the little dominant streak. We explored that,” he finished cryptically.
“I’m waiting.” Echo fisted his hands on his hips, standing completely nude under the moonlight and shivering in the frigid wind.
“I have an idea.” Fiero stepped away from them while everyone else started undressing. He retrieved his lighter from his pocket and flicked it, capturing the flames in his palm. Then he lifted his arms to the side, closed his eyes, and all at once, a ring of fire encircled them, and warm air bathed Echo’s naked body.
Sighing in appreciation, Echo dropped to his knees on the blanket Syx and Vapre had spread out for them, grabbed one of the bottles of lube, and flipped open the lid. Slicking his fingers generously, he dropped the bottle beside him, reached back and pushed two fingers into his needy hole. He moaned and writhed, fucking himself on his own fingers as he inserted a third, stretching himself quickly for his mates.
His men had finally caught on to his urgency and were scattered around the blankets in twos and threes, their damp bodies twined together as the firelight flickered over them. A hand wrapped around Echo’s wrist, pulling his fingers free of his opening, and he glanced over his shoulder to find Onyx staring at him with hunger and need.
He pressed his palm between Echo’s shoulder blades, urging his chest to the ground as he lined up the thick head of his cock and shoved into Echo’s ass roughly. Rolling his head against the blanket, Echo cried out, his inner walls clamping down around the enormous length. “Harder,” he panted when Onyx began snapping his hips, gliding in and out of Echo’s twitching hole.
Taking him at his word, Onyx’s fingers held Echo’s hips in a bruising grip, pulling him back to meet every forceful thrust. “Yes!” Echo hissed. Damn, he needed this. He needed
more!
As though reading his mind—
oh, right, he could
—Syx crawled across the blanket to Echo, rose up on his knees, and presented his leaking cock, stroking it slowly as his fingers tangled in Echo’s hair and forced his head back. “Suck me,” he growled.
Moaning like a twenty-dollar whore, Echo licked his lips and dove forward, wrapping his lips around the head of Syx’s cock. A couple of slow bobs to slick the hard shaft, and Echo let his warrior take over, relaxing his throat muscles as Syx rocked his hips, pushing his dick to the back of Echo’s mouth.
Seven sets of strong hands touched him everywhere, stroking his skin, smoothing his hair, pinching his nipples, and jerking his throbbing cock. His men were home, and Echo was in heaven.
Hex and Fiero appeared on either side of Syx, fisting their heavy erections and pointing them toward Echo’s mouth. Turning his head one way and then the other, Echo rode Onyx’s cock as he lavished attention on the three men in front of him. One after the other, he sucked each gorgeous prick to the back of his throat, letting his lovers thrust into his mouth for several minutes before moving on to the next.
Then he felt Onyx tense behind him, his hips stilled, and a loud roar rent the air around them as scorching lava painted the inside of Echo’s tight passage. Groaning deep in his chest, Echo closed his eyes and gloried in the sensation.
Onyx pulled out, and before Echo could even miss the fullness, another cock filled him in one swift slide. Peeking over his shoulder, Echo smiled up at Vapre as he pushed back against him. His lover’s hand landed on his ass, and the sharp sting pulled a strangled cry from Echo’s panting lips.
Myst’s hand continued to work Echo’s cock, jerking him in time to the unrelenting pounding Vapre delivered to his hungry hole. His head was jerked back around by the hair, and Syx pressed the tip of his weeping prick to Echo’s lips. “Open for me,” he demanded.
So Echo did. He opened right up, sucking Syx in to the root and swallowing around the spongy crown. His mate groaned, his head dropping back on his shoulders, then pulled out and turned Echo’s head toward Fiero.
It didn’t take long for Vapre to find his release. Apparently, he was just as happy to have his men home as Echo. He overflowed Echo’s channel with his seed, growling and groaning as his fingers dug into Echo’s hips. Echo knew he’d have marks the next day, but he couldn’t bring himself to care.
Vapre eased out of him, and Echo felt more cool lube dribble down his crease. He smelled the slightly minty scent, felt the tingle and numbing around his fluttering muscles, and whimpered in anticipation.
Hex stretched out beside Echo on his back, then grabbed him around the waist and lifted him to drape over his hips. Panting, moaning, and trembling, Echo lowered himself over Hex’s cock, impaling himself in one quick drop and crying as his dick jerked and throbbed, begging for release.
Eyce’s warm chest pressed against his back, and Echo leaned forward obligingly, bracing his hands on Hex’s shoulders. “Deep breath,” Eyce whispered as the head of his cock pressed against Echo’s opening just above Hex’s prick.
He’d done this before and loved every second of it, but that didn’t stop a sliver of unease to pass through him. Before he could get too worked up, though, Myst knelt beside him and pulled him into a mind-numbing kiss that melted every bone and muscle in his body. He felt Eyce’s cock slip into his straining hole, stretching him wider, and the pressure stole the breath from his lungs.
Myst released Echo’s mouth and stood, replacing his tongue with his cock and pushing it between Echo’s parted lips. Echo gulped him down greedily, humming around the thick shaft as Eyce and Hex began to move in slow, tiny movements, sliding their pricks together inside his clenching ass.
“Oh, fuck,” Eyce moaned. “I didn’t realize it would feel this good.” His sweaty forehead pressed against the nape of Echo’s neck as the warrior continued to move his hips in slow, sensual waves. His arm slithered around Echo’s chest, holding him close as the tempo increased. “Love you, Echo.”
Echo couldn’t respond with Myst’s dick in his mouth and his brain all mushy from erotic overload, but he hummed a little to let Eyce know he heard him. Myst groaned his approval of the faint vibrations and caressed the side of Echo’s face with his fingertips.
Fiero stood beside Myst, Syx came to kneel on Echo’s other side, and he could see Vapre and Onyx locked together just behind Fiero. Damn, he loved these men.
Eyce gave a sharp jab of his hips, and lights danced in Echo’s vision as his orgasm rocketed through him, blasting from his cock and painting Hex’s chest with reams of pearly cum. His inner walls tightened, clamping down on the cocks in his ass. Hex growled, Eyce groaned, and more sticky heat filled Echo’s overflowing passage, leaking out and sliding down the insides of his thighs.
Though he didn’t think he could move, Echo found he’d been wrong. Eyce slid from his convulsing hole, Myst pulled out of his mouth, and Hex lifted him into Syx’s waiting arms. “Tell me if you’re too sore,” Syx mumbled as his luscious lips glided over the side of Echo’s neck.
In answer, Echo rose up, gripped Syx’s cock, and lined it up with his loosened hole. “Fuck me,” he demanded as he began rising and falling, riding his lover with wanton delight.
Syx eased back to the blanket, careful to not unseat Echo. His arms looped around Echo’s back, pulling him down to his chest as he bent his knees and planted his feet on the ground. His hips jerked upward, slamming into Echo as his chest vibrated with the primal sounds pouring from his mouth.