Chapter four
‘Heroes Dress in Black’ Blues Saraceno
JAZ MONROE
“You have no idea what kind of trouble taking me will bring to your doorstep.” I tell the two men as they drag me back into my room. Gold tosses me to the bed as Platinum grabs a rag and cleans away the blood from his foot, a sinister smile on his sharp face. His black sweatpants hang low on his tapered waist, and I can’t help but lick my lips, tasting remnants of him on my tongue. He tastes like lemon grass we used to pluck as children, and I hate that I want to taste him again.
“I thinkyou’rethe trouble, but I love a good challenge. Especially one with a body like yours.”
I roll my eyes at Platinum’s bold words, but secretly I feel my wolf and myself preen.Chill out, Jaz. Get your hormones under control. These men don’t want you, they’re the devils, come to take you home.
Platinum shoves me down on the bed and rolls me to my stomach but before I can try and fight him off, he pulls my arms back roughly and cuffs my wrists together.The fuck?
“Do you just go around with cuffs? Is that your kink?” I wink at Gold before adding, “What’s my safe word?”
I get a hard smack to my ass before Platinum growls, “You don’t get one.”
“Oh, you like it wild, huh,Daddy?Or do you prefer,sir?”I know I should probably shut the hell up, but I can’t help myself. It also doesn’t help that I recently watched a funny video where some dude gets arrested, and he says all these crazy kinky things to the cops. Hilarious, and I plan to antagonize the devilish wolves with it.
“I prefer,master…” Gold says, earning a growl from the possessive wolf who rolls me on my back and straddles my hips just as Bronze walks in the room.
“With the stunt you just pulled, you’ll never have a safe word. You’ll take what I give, little wolf.”
I use his weight to do a sit up and bring my face to his chest, looking him in the eye, I lick from one pec to the other, humming as I go. Just when I get to his pierced nipple, yes that’s right, Platinum has barbells through his nips and I fucking love it on him, Gold spits out a late warning.
“Watch out brother she’s vicious—”
He doesn’t finish the sentence because Platinum growls when I sink my teeth into his pec, blood pouring quickly. Grabbing a fistful of my hair, he rips my face away while the other two bozo’s howl with laughter.
I smile at him, blood coating my teeth, “I think you’ll be the one who needs a safe word, wolf.”
He grins viciously as his eyes flash with his wolf rising to the surface. He leans into my face, his teeth elongating with his power, “Remember, the big bad wolf has bigger teeth.”
“Hey, Prez. Jones will have the bikes here at dawn,” Bronze says as Platinum nods and stands from the bed,and me.I feel like I can breathe better with him a few feet away.
“I’m taking my bike,Prez,” I hadn’t meant to put authority in my voice, the slight dual voice catching them off guard.Oops.
Platinum—I really need to learn their stupid names—narrows his eyes, “You’re an Alpha female, aren’t you?”
I shrug my shoulders, unwilling to answer because I am, and I submit when I damn well feel like it. Just as I did the night with Cree. I acted like his order held me down on that ceremonial bed. I acted as though his Alpha command had me willing to give my body to him. But Iwasn’twilling. I wasn’t going to be his fuck doll or the submissive little bride at his side.Fuck all that noise.
And I’m not willing to be commanded to bend to these ungodly men. Nope. Not happening.Maybe. Okay, so I might bend a little for Platinum, but it’ll be on my terms…yeah, that sounds good.
I can feel my wolf huff and roll her eyes knowing damn well I’m gonna tap that ass.
Being alone for so long, even just a month, can kill a wolf’s spirit. In my world, we crave the touch and community of our pack. It’s even said that if you’re blessed, you’ll gain more power when you find your fated mate.
The Ancients we pray to are the original shifters. We call them Ancients, but their real name isArchetypiswhich simply translates toOriginals. Scripts say they were a human family at one point, triplet brothers and triplet sisters, neither set related to the other except through mated bonds. No one truly knows what happened to them but we, their descendants, follow their way of love and family. Using our ceremonial Choosing Night to find our fated mates just has they had theirs.
“Of course, she is,” Bronze says, pulling me to the here and now, “How else would she have been able to break your submission command on her?”
I growl, my lips pulling back from my teeth, “Only a coward commands submission for sex.”
Platinum growls over me so loudly it shakes the walls, “I, nor my brothers, would ever use our power to warm our beds. We get that easily without saying a fucking word,” He gets in my face, disgust written in his beautiful features, silver eyes blazing green with anger, “My command was for you to stand the fuck down before we had to kill you.”
He straightens and strides from the room. I continue my low growl as I watch the door slam behind him. I don’t give a flying fuck what he says, even if it’s true and I’m labeling him with something he didn’t do. He has no fucking clue whatI’vebeen through. What I did to survive my cruel Alpha. What I’ve done to save my helpless pack.Fuck him.
“You’ll learn your place soon enough, pup,” Gold says as he runs a hand through his hair, “We aren’t like whoever you’re running from. But because of what you’ve shown us tonight, you can’t be trusted. Until then, you’ll be on lock down.”