Page 35 of Veiled Vengeance

I gasp and my heart picks up speed. Do I want that? I’ve never done that before. I’ve heard women whisper about it. Some say it’s fun. Some say it’s miserable.

But my body still yearns for their touch and my panties are even more wet than they were before. I’d say it’s safe to assume I want that too.

Rio leans down so he’s right in my face. “Run.”

They all let go at once, but I don’t move. Shock, fear, excitement, and arousal all surge through me, leaving me paralyzed and speechless.

“One, two, three—” Rio begins to count. That snaps me out of my stupor, and I bolt. A quick glance behind me reveals Asher removing his sling and wearing a huge smile.

I didn’t get a good look around when I was on my weapon shopping spree. So, I’m relying on instinct and adrenaline. But after what Asher said, do I even want to hide? Yes and no. I want to prove I can hide well, even if this game seems childish. However, this version of the game seems anything but youthful. I want them to own my body. To take what I’m willing to give. And I want them to give me what they’re offering: pleasure I’ve never experienced before.

“Twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four—” Rio continues.

Shit. I need a hiding spot.

Sweat begins to form on my brow as I keep running.

Feeling like I’ve gone far enough, I stop and look around. There’s a wooden crate filled with . . . binoculars.

What the hell? Who needs a whole crate of binoculars?

“I hope you at least make this a little difficult for us!” Zane shouts.

Fuck. Okay. Time for instinct.

Immediately, I’m drawn to the metal shelf. Here goes nothing. The top is easily above their heads, and I can hide behind the cardboard boxes sitting up here.

I feel like I can hear my own heartbeat as I place my foot on the first shelf and give it my weight. There’s no creaking sound, so I continue.

“Forty-six, forty-seven, forty-eight?—”

I reach the top and give the last shelf my weight. But as I do so, I accidentally nudge a box with my shoe on the shelf below, and it’s not silent. Not at all.

“Don’t give us too many hints!” Asher taunts.

Fuck. Now I need to hurry. I doubt they’ll notice one box moved over slightly—this place isn’t exactly squeaky clean. I hurry and make my body as small as possible by bringing my knees to my chest and sitting down behind the boxes. There’s a gap so I can see between the two boxes.

“Sixty! Are you ready for us, Spencer?” Rio asks in a singsong voice, still taunting me.

I attempt to slow my breathing, thinking that’s going to be the thing that gives me away, and watch for them from my makeshift peephole.

Or peep crack?

I don’t see them walk by once, and I strain to hear the smallest sound, but there’s nothing. Minutes go by and stillnothing. They didn’t give up, did they? No. They wouldn’t do that. They want their prize as much as I do.

Maybe I still am that good. But before I can mentally pat myself on the back, the two boxes that make up my temporary haven are yanked apart, and my heart is instantly lodged in my throat.

“Hermanos! Look what I found over here!” Rio announces to Asher and Zane as he yanks me to the edge of the shelf and hops down, looking up at me.

My breathing picks up in anticipation, waiting to see what he’s going to do next—what they’re all going to do.

“Well, well. Looks like we caught ourselves a little angel,” Zane says as he rounds the corner of another shelf opposite the one I’m on. His eyes are wild and completely zeroed in on me. Asher is right behind him.

“Did you think we wouldn’t find you? Or did you make it easy on purpose?” Asher teases. Each step he and Zane take toward me has purpose and, dare I say, swagger.

I thought I could possibly be the one to outsmart them in this scenario, but now I know that I was always the prey.

All three men line themselves up in front of me—eyes and attention on me and my body. It’s a heady feeling, having the complete focus of three very powerful and dominant men. Instead of cowering under their gaze, I decide to revel in it. Bask in the heat and fire their passion gives me.

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