Page 53 of Strays
“Look at you,” I breathe into her mouth. “You’re perfect, Jo. Just perfect.”
Her whole body tenses. She arches, head thrown back, and a raw scream rips out of her as she comes again.
“Yes, Jo. Fuck, yes!” Shane’s voice breaks, rough and desperate. “That’s it. I’m going to do it. I’m going to knot you right now!”
His face shifts from pain to relief, the fear in his eyes replaced by joy. I keep circling her clit, working her through it, even as she trembles and collapses.
Shane lowers himself, pressing his forehead to hers as he shudders, locked inside her by his knot.
Her upper body is still cradled between me and Jay, and we keep kissing her, stroking her skin, murmuring how beautiful she is.
She’s wrapped in all of us: arms, mouths, hands, hips.
When Shane lifts his head, I see her smile, eyes glassy with pleasure. She threads her fingers through my hair and pulls me in for a slow kiss. I run my hand over her body and shiver at how soft she feels. She deepens the kiss, and my pulse goes wild.
When Shane finally pulls away, Jay’s already moving off her side to kneel between her legs. I catch her before she can slip, sliding my arm under her back until Shane moves in to take over holding her.
She opens her eyes and looks straight at Jay. “I want you,” she murmurs.
He’s inside her in half a second.
He starts slow. Controlled.
But then, panic creeps across his face. His jaw tightens, shoulders stiffen. I know it’s the rut trying to take him. He’s scared of slipping the same way Shane did.
“It’s okay, brother,” I say, trying to anchor him. “We’re here. Nothing’s going to happen to her, or to you. You can let go.”
For a second, he hesitates. Then his pupils bloom wide, black and consuming, his expression shifting from fear to pure hungry. He surges forward, pushing deeper into her, his thrusts growing rougher as his hips snap against hers.
The hum in his chest gets louder, syncing with the ragged sound of her breathing as it turns short and shallow. Her hands clutch at his shoulders, fingernails digging in, pulling him closer. She moans, voice breaking, her hips rolling to meet Jay’s every thrust.
Jay buries his face in the crook of her neck, his groans muffled against her skin as his pace turns frantic, like he’s chasing the edge.
“Don’t stop… just like that…” she gasps.
Jay lifts his head and looks at her, his voice strained. “I need… I need—”
Shane slips his hand between them, and Jay seems to understand what Shane is doing because he lifts his torso, giving him space. Shane moves lower, his fingers slipping between her thighs, stroking her clit in quick, firm circles, pushing her higher and higher. He looks into Jo’s eyes, voice rough with awe. “You took my knot so well. You’re amazing, my love.”
Her whole body tenses again, tight and trembling, and then she shatters, screaming as she convulses around Jay. He growls loudly, losing himself as he locks inside her, shaking hard through his release.
Shane massages her shoulder and arm, while I comb my fingers gently through her hair.
Jo whimpers softly as Jay groans one last time, still caught in the aftermath. When his knot finally deflates, he presses a kiss to her forehead and carefully pulls out.
My mind blanks. I can feel my senses dulling until she’s the only thing I can see clearly. My chest is humming loud. My cock’s ready to explode.
I shift until I’m in front of her. She smiles at me, and I lean in, kissing her mouth, her neck, then licking my bite mark.
She wraps her legs around my waist and pulls me close. I align myself with her entrance and thrust in.
Wet heat surrounds me, her soft walls so tight they squeeze my entire length. Her scent is everywhere, flooding me completely.
I feel my mind slipping, the instinct clawing at my brain, hungry and insistent, and I understand now why Jay panicked. If I let it in, it will drag me under. I won’t be able to think. I won’t be able to stop. I’ll lose myself.
For a second, fear grips me. The pressure builds in my skull, in my chest, tightening around my ribs. But then I look at my brothers, alert and steady, watching me, watching her. The fear loosens its hold, and I let go.
For the first time in my life, I fall into a rut.
