Chapter 38

Nicholas

It was the morning of the council meeting, and Lilly was no better. She'd been in a funk, as we all had since Ida dropped the news about the prophecy. Ida managed to get some lunch in her before leaving, but Lilly asked to sleep alone on the couch that night.

That wasn't happening, so we compromised.

Sort of.

Once she fell asleep on the couch, Aiden and I took her to our room and slept beside her. She didn't make a fuss when she woke up; she just followed us to the kitchen for breakfast. Keir suggested training would get everyone back to a normal routine, but she didn't speak much to any of us during our sessions.

Keir slept with her last night, and as we prepped breakfast for our girl this morning, who sat at the table silently, he quietly let us know that nothing had changed regarding her state.

Lilly picked at her food while Keir tried to talk to her about today's meeting, and Aiden and I tried our best to make her smile. By the end of breakfast, she'd eaten half her food, spoke a few sentences to Keir, and failed to hold back three smiles.

It was progress.

"I have somewhere to be this morning," Keir said as he stood from the table and looked at Lilly. "I will be back before the council meeting. I promise." He gave her a small smile and nod, both of which she returned with a little less enthusiasm.

She turned to look at us when he left the room, the elevator running soon after his departure.

It was just her and us in the flat for the first time in a while.

"What can we do?" Aiden asked her. I shot him a glance, but he shrugged defensively. "What? I miss our happy girl. I hate seeing her like this. I'd quite literally do anything to make her smile—a real smile. Hell, I'd happily walk into that stuck-up council meeting without clothes on if that's what it took."

Lilly looked at him, her once dull eyes gaining a little sparkle. She seemed to fight an upward lift of the corner of her mouth. I silently willed my twin to keep going .

"I could write ‘I love Lillian' across my ass and give them a show too," he tacked on as he wiggled his ass at her.

She was about to crack. She shook her head as she tried her hardest to keep her smile at bay, but Aiden was too good at being a goofball. She was as good as gone.

Thank Satan . I needed our girl back.

"And…" He pointed in the air dramatically. "I could write a song about how much I love you and sing it at the top of my lungs." He pulled in a huge drag of air. " I am in love with this girl… She makes me craaaaaaaaaazy for her love… " He sang loud enough to warrant covering our ears.

"Hail Satan, Aiden. That's too far!" I hollered at my twin.

I had to close my eyes in pain because of his screeching, but when I heard her magical laughter, I just had to see her face. She was smiling—beaming, really—and her green eyes glittered like a bright, warm day. Her cheeks turned pink, her chest bouncing as she giggled.

She kept her hands over her ears as she yelled, "You'd only accomplish causing several arrogant men to go deaf, Aiden. Don't quit your day job."

She kept laughing as he stalked around the table at her, pointing a single finger in her direction. "My day job is keeping you safe, fed, happy, and satisfied." He wiggled his eyebrows suggestively as he said the last word. "I'll never quit."

"Luckily, she doesn't rely on just you for that, brother," I teased him, making him turn at me with his mouth hanging open.

Lilly's snickers were growing louder, and the air between us was already less heavy.

"Boys, boys," her voice broke the silence. "Don't worry. You each bring plenty to the table."

"I can remind you of just how much I bring to your table, little one," Aiden said in a low voice.

She arched her brow at him. "Is that so?" She pushed her seat back and stood slowly, taking a few steps away from him as he got closer.

"Very so, and I bet Nicholas wouldn't mind joining in on the feast either."

I chuckled, choosing to remain a silent partner for now, enjoying watching things play out.

Her eyes darted to me as I stood from my chair. I picked up our plates and took them to the sink, and by the time I made my way back to the table, Lilly was around the other side, between me and Aiden. She was trapped.

"Why are you walking away, little one?" Aiden growled. "I promise I won't bite… too hard ." He looked past her shoulder at me and flashed an unholy smirk.

"Shit…" Lilly muttered, though the way her body shivered told us she loved the position she was in, sandwiched between two men who wanted to bring her so much pleasure, she wouldn't be able to think straight.

Aiden took another step, and Lilly's retreat brought her within a couple feet of me. I could feel the tension in the room. Aiden and I hadn't had Lilly to ourselves in days, a few days before the first trial, in fact. Keir might've been getting her off, but we'd been biding our time and waiting for our turn.

"I'll run," Lilly threatened playfully as Aiden continued to advance.

"Then run," he challenged. "We've been waiting to have you again, and nothing will stop us from ravaging your body. We'll have you begging for mercy in the same breath you moan for more."

The thought of having Lilly after going so many days made my cock hard. It throbbed in my pants as I thought about hearing her moans, being the one responsible for them again.

She shuddered, and I waited for her next move. Just as Aiden reached out to grab her, she turned and ran past me. Aiden cackled as he patted my shoulder, both of us ready to catch our girl and blow off some steam.

"Let's get her," I egged him on as we marched out of the kitchen together.

She squealed when we followed her into the living room. Aiden jogged to cut her off between the couches as I took up the other opening. She paused, looking back and forth between us before jumping onto one of the couches and attempting to leap over the back of it. I lunged at her, grabbing her by the waist and pulling her down on top of me.

"I've missed you so much, baby," I murmured into the breaths we shared.

"I know I've been… unpleasant the past couple days." She paused, and I almost spoke, but then she said, "It felt like a mountain of emotions was thrown on top of me. I couldn't breathe without something rearing its head to make me feel angry or sad or overwhelmed. I just… I'm sorry."

"There's no need to apologize. You have done nothing wrong, baby. We didn't expect everything to be perfect. We were just worried about you." I kissed her forehead.

"So worried, I was willing to walk into that meeting naked and sing for you," Aiden reminded her of his earlier threat.

She smiled at us. "Thank goodness you won't be doing that."

We all laughed, the gloomy overlay that had plagued us finally dissolving. Aiden sat on the other couch and watched as my hands traveled from her hips to her ribs, then her face, pulling her in for a deep kiss.

I licked her lips, asking for permission to enter, even though I would have forced my way in had she not granted me access. Her hips moved against me as we kissed, my hard length tortured by the friction between us, desperate to be inside her.

Wrapping my arm around her, I flipped us over so I was on top. She instantly wrapped her legs around my waist, continuing her tormenting hip movements. I returned my lips to hers, grinding against her through our clothes.

"Fuck…" I heard my brother groan from the other couch.

I didn't turn to look at him, refusing to part from our girl's mouth, but I could see movement that resembled him pumping his cock at the scene in front of him. If it was a show he wanted, it was a show he would get.

I kissed her with so much force, it pushed her head back into the couch as she whimpered. I lifted off her, just barely. She had maybe a few inches to work with to get her clothes off if she didn't want them shredded by my hands.

I was impressed as she wiggled her hips, pushing her shorts and panties down below her knees before giving up and focusing on her shirt instead. Once I got to the count of five in my head, she'd gotten her shirt and bra almost over her head, but it was still wrapped around her arms, trapping them.

"Time's up," I told her before dipping down and kissing her mouth once more.

I gave her the kindness of pulling her bottoms off completely since she almost got them off, but her shirt was staying. She tried to wiggle her top the rest of the way off, but I stopped her by grabbing the space between her elbows, pinning her arms down with the fabric.

"Wha—"

"Be quiet and take my cock like a good little slut."

Lilly's eyes widened, her mouth opening as she sucked in a sharp breath.

I grabbed one of her legs and pulled it up to my hips before pushing my clothes down enough to pull out my hungry cock. I didn't have time to worry about being naked with her. I needed to feel her wet cunt wrapped around me.

I slipped a finger into her to check how wet she was before driving my entire length inside her in one thrust, making her mewl. A groan left my throat as I bottomed out, needing a second to compose myself before I came right there. She turned her head into her restrained arm, her body forcing her to fight against me for a moment as it adjusted to my savage intrusion.

"Damn. I missed this pussy so much, baby," I growled in her ear. I nipped at the sensitive area just behind it, and she bucked against me. Her movement made my cock throb inside her. I still hadn't moved, relishing in the tight warmth her pussy provided me.

"Please, Nicholas," she whimpered. "I need you to move." I pushed my hips harder against hers instead. "Fuck! Please. You're so fucking deep." Her body jerked beneath me. "I ca—I can't take this."

"Yes, you can. You're a whore for my cock, every fucking inch of it, aren't you?" I pushed her as I remained as deep inside of her as I possibly could.

Her mouth remained wide open, but no sound came out. She nodded at me, her eyes squeezed shut. I would have felt sorry for her, but the way her pussy clenched around me reminded me she was exactly where she wanted to be.

Aiden was still watching us from the other couch, fisting himself as he watched me take our girl.

"Open your eyes and beg me to fuck you," I commanded her. "Beg me to fuck you while my twin watches you scream and come on my cock."

I gave her the kindness of pulling back just enough to relieve some of the pressure, and she opened her beautiful, green eyes. She took a few shaky breaths, then said, "Please, fuck me."

As soon as she finished her last word, I pulled nearly all the way out of her and slammed back home. My name left her lips on a scream, her eyes rolling into the back of her head.

"You look so fucking sexy with my cock buried deep inside you, baby. You love being my good little whore, don't you?"

She parted her lips to answer, and at the same time, I started moving my hips, fucking her with reckless abandon. My powerful thrusts silenced her, gasps and moans being the only sounds she could make.

My body had missed hers like it had been a part of it. I was finally whole now that I was in control of her body again.

I kept thrusting into her as she moaned my name over and over. She attempted twisting her arms, her hips, anything she could to lessen the forcefulness with which I used her. There was no escaping me, though. I knew she'd been through a lot this past week, but she needed this rough play as much as I did, maybe more.

I could feel her body go rigid under me, and I knew her orgasm was about to catch her.

"Don't you fucking come unless you can keep your eyes open the entire time. I want you to look at Aiden while you coat my cock like a good little slut. You will watch him devour the sight of you coming undone under me."