When he pulled out, Charity stayed where she lay, looking blissed out while licking me softly.
“All finished?” she finally asked, in a hushed voice.
“Yes.”
Hulk had wiped his dick, and now he kneeled to clean Charity and examine the burned-in signatures. “Property of Hulk and Priest.Nice.”
“That means you’re ours, forever,” I whispered, and leaned down to lie face to face. I had a lump and a glow in my chest I’d never had before.
“Mmm.” She licked my finger that her own fingers were curled around. “Lucky I like both of you then.”
I snorted, grinned.
“I heard that, miss.” Hulk hauled himself onto the stage and lay behind her. “I’d spank you for insolence, but I can’t.”
Charity giggled. “Thank god for that. Hey, does this mean I can be all—”
“No,” we both said in unison.
I met Hulk’s eyes over the top of her, distantly aware the crowd had whistled and cheered when Hulk climaxed. “We can still string her up and flog her back?”
“Or suture her mouth shut.”
“Better,” I agreed, teasing her while also wonderingif…
“Pfft. Threats will never deter me.”
That was a challenge if ever I heard one. “There’s a bed for us here?”
“The whole shebang. Ensuite, bed, balcony. We stay the night. After all, I own this house.”
Fuck.How much did I not know about this man?
“That’s a secret,” he added.
So now I was in on secrets. It gave me serious pause in the middle of all this kinky mayhem.
“Let’s go shower,” he said. “We can climb into bed and discuss how to punish our brat when her rear is off limits.” Hulk elevated himself above her, took her jaw, and made her turn her head to look at him. “You have a week, approximately. That’s the extent of your grace. After that—”
“Buttageddon?” I suggested.
“Buttageddon? What the fuck?” Charity chortled, chest heaving as she laughed.
Hulk hooked fingers into the corner of her mouth, abruptly silencing her. “I think I like the sound of that.”
I guess I had Armageddon on the brain tonight.
I had to wonder why. It wasn’t all joking. Life never was, and nobody ever gave anything to you for free. Those secrets of his—I knew so few of them. What Charity had said—about how the photo of the other man looked the same as Hulk—was she trying to say they really were the same person? Was that why she was so reluctant to tell me?
Until now, I hadn’t had time to really wonder about her words.
29
CHARITY
The soundproofing in the house must be excellent, was my first thought on waking, as I lay on my back in bed staring at what seemed to be butterflies made of light dancing on the ceiling.
My second thought was about the dream I’d had. I vaguely recalled the three of us having a big talk in the dream, and everything was revealed and then…then the doctor realized Cassius and I had betrayed him. I wasn’t sure what happened after that except it had involved a long endless chase through a darkened house.