Chapter 5

Mari sat wrapped in a blanket on the couch of the break room, snuggled up next to Rio, as Cisco went over the details of what had happened with the alarm.

"A small group of well-armed hired muscle. Not local," Cisco said as he walked back to them with a glass of water for each of them. He waited for them to drink before continuing. "They didn't put up much resistance. I think they were just probing our security."

"Who do you think was responsible for it?" Rio asked.

"A very good question I don't have an answer for yet."

"Father was always concerned about Esmé," Mari said. "Do we think going to meet her is still a good idea?"

After a moment of thought, Cisco responded, "I don't believe she's a threat to us, but we'll take precautions."

"My money is on Argento," Rio said with venom in his voice. Mari didn't know what that was about and wasn't sure if she should ask.

Cisco considered him soberly. "He will come for us for sure, but I wouldn't have thought it would be this early."

The manager of her father's club hadn't even occurred to her as a possible enemy when there were so many people who hated her father in Las Vegas. "Why would he want to cause trouble for us? I never thought of them as particularly close."

"They weren't. Grudging allies at best. But with Basilio gone, he might have designs on taking it all over himself," Cisco said. "And there are personal reasons he might think we're after him."

"He would be right," Rio growled.

Cisco nodded. "The fact is there are dozens of possible options. I'll put out some feelers to see if I can get more information."

"So what does this mean for us right now?" Mari asked.

"Primarily, it means you're on compound lockdown except in situations where I can set up a security detail."

Mari sighed dramatically. "This is all just a ploy to make sure I don't go shopping for myself, isn't it?"

Cisco grinned, showing his fangs. "I'll never tell."

"You're lucky I don't mind being your own personal dress-up doll."

"The only thing I enjoy more than dressing you is undressing you," Cisco said with an approving glance over her. "In all seriousness, though, if there's something in particular you would like, just let Giselle know. She has control of all the house accounts now." He turned to Rio with a smile. "That goes for you too."

Rio shrugged. "I don't need anything but what you buy for me."

The revelation that Cisco dressed Rio, too, made her aware that he did it as an act of devotion. She realized she hadn't told him she appreciated the gesture. "I love what you've picked for me."

The bashful smile that softened his face made Mari think if he was capable of blushing, his cheeks would be red. "I need to take a few swoops around the compound to make sure everything is still quiet, but I'll join you soon at the pool house."

Rio stood and then ducked to pick her up with her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist.

Cisco leaned to kiss Rio briefly. "You can give her whatever she needs until I get back."

She rested her head against Rio's shoulder, once again so thankful for Rio and everything he did to help her. "What if I need his cock?"

Cisco chuckled and leaned in to kiss her as well, his lips upturned in a smile. "He knows the rules." He winked and headed out the door, bounding into the sky as soon as he was outside.

"What did he mean by that?"

Rio held her closer. "I'm not allowed to come without permission. But you can use my dick for whatever you want short of that."

"Mmm," she murmured into his neck. "He really does want you to beg later, doesn't he?"

"I told you. He always does."

They got to the pool house, where the windows and blinds were already closed and the bedroom was blissfully dimly lit.

"How long do you think he'll be?"

"I don't know." He smiled. "Probably not long."

She gestured to the chaise in a darker corner of the room. He steered her that way and settled there with her in his lap. "So I guess the outfit was a hit?"

He rested a hand on her thigh just at the edge of the short skirt and pressed his thumb in a slow circle. "A+ for the makeover, for sure. Is that all there is in that closet?"

Mari laughed, winding her arms around his neck again. "Pretty much."

"Well, you make it look good."

"Thanks." She lifted a leg, reaching to untie the straps of one of the espadrilles. "It wasn't something I thought about at all, but I'm glad Cisco did. Wearing anything from my old closet today would have been weird." She tossed the shoe to the ground a few feet away.

He supported her as she shifted around in his lap to reach the other shoe. She slowly unwound the laces and noticed when she leaned to throw it with the other one that his cock was hard under her. She repositioned herself so she was straddling his lap while he watched her with a hungry gaze.

He rested his hands on her hips. "You doing okay? Is there anything I can do to help?"

She kissed him softly. "You're being sweet and kind and attentive, and that's everything I need right now."

Rio nodded. "Cisco knew he was going to be busy these first few days. He told me to make sure you got what you needed, no matter what that was."

"Mmhmm," she murmured, reaching for his belt. "I know exactly what I need right now." She gestured for him to lean back.

He complied with a small smile, his eyes roving over every inch of her. "What's that?"

She lifted first one of his hands, and then the other, to the top of the chaise behind him, indicating with a nod that his hands should stay up. "You, writhing under me while I ride you and drink up every bit of your desire."

"Fuck," he muttered. "He better get back here fast."

She grinned at him as she coaxed his cock out of his pants with a couple of quick strokes. "I'll go slow."

He groaned as she continued to handle him, but his hands didn't move from their position. "Not better."

She left her panties in place because she knew how much Cisco liked them, pulling them to one side to impale herself on Rio's very willing cock. He exhaled with a rush, his hips flexing to meet her before she drove them back down.

She reached to put her hands over his, leaning closer to kiss him as she rocked her hips. He moaned into her mouth, a wordless murmur of supplication as he struggled to keep still.

She pulled away an inch to look into his dark eyes. "What's your favorite thing about this outfit?"

"I liked seeing your nipples all day."

Grinning, she rewarded him with a long, slow stroke along his entire length. He groaned and arched his head back, closing his eyes.

"Well, I have good news for you. Every shirt in that closet is basically see-through."

He opened his eyes again, smiling up at her. "I'm looking forward to seeing them all on you. And on the floor."

Mari rocked forward and back gently a few times. "Do you like it when I use you like this?"

Rio chuckled. "I do. I would sit here just like this all day as you rode me."

"Without coming?"

That prompted a full-bodied laugh. "If that's what Cisco told me to do, I would do my damnedest, but honestly, you feel too fucking good to hold out that long."

She rewarded him with another slow, toe-curling stroke up and down. "How long?"

He got his breath back under control. "Like that? Maybe an hour at most. If you were more energetic, considerably less." He grinned. "If you come, a lot less."

She smiled, slow and sultry. "You want to feel me come around you?"

"I do." He stretched up to kiss her, nibbling her lips when she pulled away. "Ride me, princesa."

She started fucking herself on his cock with slow strokes, leaning back so he got a good view of her tits as they bounced around with her movement. Now that she knew how much he liked them, she was going to abuse that knowledge at every opportunity. "Maybe I should ask Cisco if I can get my nipples pierced."

"Fuck, woman," Rio groaned. "You really do want to kill me, don't you?"

Mari paused with him socketed all the way inside her. She drew on his desire for her, feeling the heat of it shimmer through her, creeping into every corner of her. "What will he do if you come before he gets back?"

"Depends what kind of mood he's in. The worst is making me come until I'm spent and then take me in the ass." He huffed a laugh. "Stings like a bastard."

"Sounds like you like that." That certainly sounded like an experience she'd liked to try.

"His punishments are usually things you'd never ask for but sometimes you need." He leaned up to kiss her. "Like making you beg today." He flexed his hips under her.

"Then why do you ever do what he says?" She started to move again, up and down along his length.

"Because hearing me call him a good boy and really mean it is so much better," Cisco said from behind her.

She turned to look over her shoulder. Cisco stood at ease with his shoulder against the doorjamb, his wings ever so slightly flexed behind him. She realized by Rio's lack of reaction that he'd likely been there watching for a while.

Cisco shrugged, reading the question in her eyes effortlessly. "Long enough to know we're getting your nipples pierced tomorrow."

His obvious enjoyment of watching them together made something delicious flutter in her belly. She clenched around Rio's cock involuntarily, and he moaned in response. "Is that a punishment for something?" That sounded exactly like what Rio had been talking about, something she needed but would never ask for.

"Teasing Rio when you knew he couldn't come." Cisco grinned as he strode across the room. He tangled his fingers in her hair. "Now ride him like you mean it. Don't stop until you come."

Mari moaned as she started to move again, nothing slow or gentle about her strokes this time.

Cisco leaned past her to kiss Rio's upturned mouth. "Do you want to come, my gorgeous gatito?"

"Not yet," Rio groaned against his mouth.

Cisco straightened with a satisfied smile, returning his attention to Mari. His fingers curled tighter in her hair. "Faster." He helped lift her a few times, demonstrating the speed and amplitude he wanted.

She gasped as Rio's cock filled her again and again, fast and harsh.

Cisco moved to slide her shirt off, pausing to fondle her tits in the middle of the action. "I think he wants to come all over your pretty tits. Would you like that? I know he would."

Mari moaned, and her hips stuttered at the dirty thought. "Yes."

Rio watched them through lidded eyes while Cisco continued to molest first one breast, then the other, his talons lightly scoring her skin and making her shiver. Rio's hips rose to meet her on every stroke, increasing the impact between them and making her tits bounce more.

Cisco murmured, "Touch her while she takes you."

Rio moved immediately, both hands reaching for her tits. His thumbs smoothed over her nipples, sending shockwaves through her body. She groaned. When he felt her reaction, he slid his hands so he was cradling both breasts, holding them firmly while she stroked along his length. His sexy smile while he watched her move made her power swell dangerously. He pinched slowly with both hands, capturing her nipples and holding the pressure as she rose and fell over his cock. The sensation was almost too much.

"Oh, she really likes that." Cisco chuckled. He gripped her hair again, pulling her head back and making her take Rio all the way down. He held her there, where she was stretched to bursting. "Come all over his cock and make him feel good with that gorgeous pussy."

Rio pinched harder, and her hips rocked as she felt his slightly sharpened claws pierce her delicately, not quite hard enough to break the skin. Though she couldn't move much, the pressure on her clit at this angle was more than enough. Held open and exposed while she rubbed herself on Rio, with his hands mauling her tits, she felt the pleasure build until it had to burst free.

She gasped when the orgasm rocked her, breath gone, her thighs shaking until she wasn't sure they could hold her up any longer. The walls of her pussy clenched around his cock, making him groan with the effort of not joining her. Her power sizzled and flared through the room, making both of the men gasp as it impacted them.

Cisco pulled her up while she was still shuddering with aftershocks and bent her forward slightly. He leaned to grab Rio's cock and jerked him off, hard and fast. The sounds that tore from Rio's throat were raw with need. He came undone almost at once, his hot cum painting her tits.

"Good boy," Cisco said with affection and leaned to press his forehead to Rio's before kissing him soundly.

After a moment of staring into Rio's eyes, Cisco turned that blazing attention on her. He put one hand on the back of her neck and bent to pull her cum-covered nipple very deliberately into his mouth. He took a long pull that made her clench her thighs to stop from arching into him. Her magic pulsed again as she drew back a portion of what she'd given them freely with her orgasm. It was the world's most delicious circuit—and it was all hers.

Grinning, he straightened and then stood, pulling her up to stand next to him. With his free hand, he unzipped her skirt and watched it slide to the floor. He took her in from head to toe with a slow, steamy glance. "Those fucking panties." His chuckle was dark and full of promise.

She turned and lifted her arms so they rested around his neck, tilting her chin to look up at him. "You're the one who picked them out."

"I know, but seeing them on you still slays me." His appreciative smile sparked her magic deep in her belly and made her try to get closer to him. He wrapped his arms around her and grabbed her ass, tugging her up so that her legs circled his waist.

He watched her in silence until she couldn't take it anymore and leaned up to kiss him. He smiled against her mouth and let her have a rare moment of control where she kissed him exactly as she wanted. She started off gently, just barely pressing with her lips. Running her tongue along the seam of his lips, she shivered when he still didn't take over. She pressed her tongue into his mouth. When she lifted herself to deepen the kiss, his hands roved her ass, but he still didn't move to take control.

She pulled away reluctantly. "Are you punishing me for something?"

His eyes sparkled. "Quite the contrary. I'm your reward."

She stared for a moment, trying to process what he meant. "What for?"

"You did everything I needed you to do today absolutely perfectly." He kissed the tip of her nose. "You were right. I needed you to make this work. And it will work with your help."

"And what's my reward?"

"For tonight, I'll do whatever you want. I'll be whatever you need to thank you for being what I need."

She ran her fingers through his hair, stroking his horns, as she thought for a few seconds. He watched her quietly, unperturbed. "What does Rio need?"

Cisco's face softened. "To be cherished. Even though he doesn't think he deserves it."

The harsh inhale that came from where Rio sat was almost a sob.

Mari smiled, finally decided. "That's what I want."

Cisco stared like he couldn't believe the words that were passing her lips. "You want for your reward to be giving Rio what he needs?"

"More than anything."

"You are a treasure." He leaned to kiss her softly. "Rio, get in bed."

"Remember, no clothes allowed in my bed," she said without looking away from Cisco when she heard Rio rise from the lounge.

"Yes, ma'am," came the soft voice from behind her.

Cisco watched him disrobe quietly with a pensive expression and then nodded. He placed her on her feet gently, then leaned to remove her panties, dragging them slowly down her legs.

She giggled as he caressed her hip gently with his mouth.