“You’re too beautiful to cry, Shasta.”
Fuck, those brown eyes did me in. I was sinking fast and hard, like I was looking into a sea of endless quicksand. That damn vulnerability was a straight connection to my cock, and if I were any other man… any man that wasn’t loyal to his Prez, I’d be claiming her as mine.
“You think I’m beautiful?”
No, babe… I think you’re everything.
The words sat heavy on my tongue, dripping with illicit need and desire. Her face nuzzled my palm, and I had to catch the breath she was slowly stealing away from my soul.
Without thinking, I removed my hand, stepping back just a little to put some distance between us. Then it was back—that look of abandonment I often saw in her eyes—that unworthiness she felt every time Sabbath snuck around behind her back. I couldn’t do that to her again, not when I had the power to build back up that confidence that made her so sexy.
“Yes, Shasta. I think you’re very beautiful.” My whole body leaned into her as I brought my lips so close to her skin, I could smell the fragrant perfume wafting off her neck. A sly smile toyed with my lips when I saw my brothers watching me with envious eyes. They all wanted her, but it was me that was getting close—closer than any of them ever could—any of them but Sabbath.
“We all do,” I whispered against her fair skin, smirking when the cutest gasp exploded from her throat.
Her eyes roamed around the room, taking in all the hungry stares. Stares she invoked. Desires she was leaving unfulfilled.
“What are you saying?” she whispered back, her skin suddenly prickling with aroused goosebumps.
Pulling back, I tucked a piece of her beautiful jet-black hair behind her ear and smiled. “I’m saying he has no idea what he has right in front of him. But all of us do.”
It was daring, dastardly, devious, and a dick move. Fuck, it was so many d-words I could barely keep up with them all, but that was the power Shasta Hall had on all of us. One slight glance from those come-hither eyes, and you were instantly hers—a needy clay that she could move and mold into whatever the hell she wanted.
Her bottom lip quivered, and more tears pricked her watering eyes. I knew I had awoken a fire inside of her that couldn’t be contained. What I didn’t expect was the vicious slap that followed it, and her running away from me like I just dropped-trou and asked her to suck my cock.
Robust laughter sounded behind me as Clash came up and slapped me on the back. “Damn, dude, I didn’t think any of us had the balls to make the move, but you did. Hot damn, you did.”
I shook my head, attempting to rid myself of the impure thoughts that were slowly ruining me.
Moving out of his grasp, I turned to face him. “I couldn’t help myself, Clash. It’s her eyes… they had me sinking in.”
“So, what now?” he asked, both of us staring at the door she ran out of.
“I don’t know, but I have a feeling that if this temptation to claim her doesn’t null soon, I’ll either end up dead, or I’ll be the first fucking brother to invoke myHall pass.”
Chapter Three
Shasta
The vicious sting throbbing my palm was nothing compared to the sudden blindside Snyder threw my way.
They all wanted me?
All of them?
What the hell was this shit? Some kind of fucked up club orgy?
I mean, I’ve seen enough men fucking women around here to get a visual STD, but that didn’t mean I wanted to fuck them all too… or did it?
It wasn’t like I was blind. Sabbath’s club was filled with tempting man candy, but I always stayed loyal to the man I loved. I didn’t stray; I didn’t cheat; I didn’t…
OH FUCK!
It was like my feet instantly became glued to the floor, staring through the small crack of the open door that was usually off limits to me.
I blinked in total disbelief.
Then I blinked again, trying to wash the image away, making sure I wasn’t seeing things.