Broken by Silence, page 30
The villa sits high above the water, whitewashed stone and blue shutters, sunlight spilling through every open window. Inside, everything smells like citrus and clean linen. Crew drops the bags in a pile and flops onto the couch. “If anyone needs me, I’ll be pretending I’ve never seen blood in my life.”
Oscar lets out a breathless laugh, tugging me toward the balcony. “Come on, Wife. You should see this view.”
The others drift inside, voices blending into easy conversation. I follow Oscar out, and the sight steals my breath—endless blue, the sea moving like silk beneath the sinking sun.
He looks at me, softer than I’ve ever seen him. “It suits you. This peace.”
I rest my head against his shoulder. “It doesn’t feel borrowed anymore,” I sign back.
Behind us, Roman opens a bottle of alcohol-free champagne, Elijah’s laughter carries through the doorway, and Crew starts arguing with Archer over who gets to cook dinner first.
For once, there’s no urgency. No ghosts waiting in the corners. Just the sound of the sea and the warmth of the people I love.
Home, finally, doesn’t feel like a place. It feels like this… like them.
“Shall we make this marriage official?” Oscar’s hands move, eyeing me. “Shall I get your other husbands to come to the bedroom and make you ours… all of ours.”
A thrill runs through me at the idea of finally being with all of them at once, and I nod.
“Then go put on what I left on the bed for you. You’d better be ready for us, wife.”
“Are you ready for us, wife?”
The question echoes, a low murmur from Archer against my neck, but it’s Oscar’s clever fingers that make me gasp, dragging the lace of my new panties aside to find me already wet and wanting. I can only nod, my breath catching as his thumb circles my clit with a precision that makes my knees weak.
This. This is how it was always meant to be.
Roman’s large, calloused hands slide up my bare thighs, a stark, thrilling contrast to the delicate silk of the black negligee Oscar laid out for me. Elijah’s mouth follows the path of one strap, teeth grazing my shoulder before his tongue soothes the sting. Crew watches from the foot of the king-sized bed, his eyes dark and hungry, slowly unbuttoning his shirt. Archer and Oscar box me in from each side… Oscar’s lips on my neck, his hardness pressed against the small of my back, his signing hand now splayed possessively across my stomach. Now, Archer’s fingers are inside me, and I'm melting against Oscar’s chest. One finger, then two, curling and stroking a spot that makes stars burst behind my eyelids. I cry out, a soundless, breathy shape of pleasure.
I am surrounded.
I am claimed.
And I have never felt freer.
the end…
Acknowledgments
Thank you so much to everyone who read Bound by Threads and pre-ordered Broken by Silence. Your support means the world to me, and because of you, we now have an audiobook deal with Podium!
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It’s been a tough year, and I don’t think I’ve ever taken this long to write a book, but I wanted this duet to be perfect.
Truly, thank you all for believing in it—and in me.
400 preorders! I’m in complete disbelief. Thank you so much.
I want to keep this short, but thank you to my Alpha and beta teams.
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And my family, who believe in me, while I have existential crises when my characters go off script.
Thank you
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