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“That is quite the thought,” he chuckled darkly, his hand reaching across the bench seat and squeezing my upper thigh. His fingers gripped right across one of the marks, digging in until I hissed with delicious pain.
“Malachi,” I sighed as his fingernail scraped over the sore marks.
“Breathe,” he coaxed, and I obeyed, taking deep, slow breaths as he dug into the mark. “Spread.”
Like a slut ready for taking, I listened, opening my thighs so that he could pinch and pluck at the marks. The pain was delicious and sharp, reminding me of his head between my thighs last night as he brought me to climax over and over again.
“Good girl,” he praised, and I delighted in it. My head rested back against the seat, closing my eyes as he teased and tortured my sore flesh. The sound of the engine cutting off surprised me only moments later. We were already home.
“How do you feel about a ride today?” he asked as he helped me from the truck. I blushed, nodding my head excitedly and eying him up and down with blatant desire. “Notthatkind of ride, naughty girl,” he teased, shaking his head.
“No?” I pouted. I didn’t care if I seemed needy. The thought of riding him into oblivion sounded like a perfect way to spend the afternoon.
“No. I meant horses,” he chuckled, leading me into the house.
“Oh! Really?” My excitement doubled at the thought of finally being able to ride Whisper. He had promised me I could, but we had been far too busy with everything else to actually make good on his word.
“Yes, really. I tell you what, go get changed and when we are done with our little meeting tonight, you can ride me for real,” he growled with lust, pulling me to him. His hard body pressed against my softer one, kissing me softly before leading me into the house.
I was halfway up the stairs when the sound of the landline ringing stopped me. He waved me on, answering the phone as I quickly raced up the stairs to get dressed. When I made my way back down the stairs, Malachi’s entire demeanor had changed.
“Change of plans, love. I have to head back to the church. That was Father. The reverend wants to see us. All of us brothers.” The ominous tone in his voice was not lost on me.
“Okay. It’s fine,” I reassured him, touching his arm gently as he sighed heavily.
“Hopefully, it won’t take too long. We’ll go for a ride after, okay?” he promised. I nodded, smiling as he kissed my forehead and strode back out towards the truck.
The minutes felt like hours as I waited for Malachi’s return. I busied myself with cleaning our bedroom. The sheets hadn’t been washed since I had first arrived, a thought that filled me with more than a little guilt. I was halfway through remaking the bed when a buzzing sound came from Malachi’s bedside table. I looked over the table, trying to find the source, finally pulling the drawer open and seeing his cell phone lit up.
The screen readLevi, so I decided to answer it.
“Hello?” I answered cautiously.
“Eden, hi!” Ruth’s voice called from the other line.
“Oh! Hi, Ruth!” I answered, feeling the dread that had lodged itself in the pit of my stomach since Malachi left begin to lessen.
“I wanted to jump on a call with all the wives for a few to discuss a game plan for tomorrow’s luncheon. Give me just a minute to bring in the others,” she explained.
“Okay,” I answered, pausing when the line went quiet. I didn’t know what she was talking about, being wholly unfamiliar with cell phone use, but I waited patiently for the others to join the call.
“Okay, is everyone here?” Ruth’s voice sounded again.
“Here!” Naomi called, the rest of the women joining in the call.
“Okay, so tomorrow we have the luncheon at my sister’s house. I wanted to get a game plan, and since the men are at a meeting at the church, I figured this would be a good time to talk about it,” Ruth began again.
“I am going to have a hard time holding my tongue when it comes to your sister, Ruth,” Delilah jibed, though I couldn’t blame her. Adah was a piece of work on the best of days. Having lunch in her home felt like a nightmare.
“She can be a lot, but she is a gossip. I’m hoping we can work to gather more information regarding the abducted girls while we are there. We will have to be careful, but I think today’s meeting at the church will give us some good leads,” Ruth continued.
“What do you mean?” Talia asked.
“Well, from what Levi has told me, they recently brought Malachi in on the plan. I’m assuming today’s meeting is to bring the rest of them in as well. With that information, hopefully we can probe the other Elder wives for information that could help,” Ruth explained.
“They brought Malachi in?” Talia exclaimed.
“That’s news to me as well,” I admitted.
