Page 35 of Apricity
I’m barely here but Cole’s everywhere.
“Check in, beautiful,” he says as he wipes my forehead with a cloth then lifts me in his arms, placing a bottle of sports drink to my lips. I didn’t realize how thirsty I was and drink from the bottle greedily. When I finish, he takes it away from me, waiting for my answer.
“Green. So good.” My voice sounds like a butterfly being carried off in the wind but I’ve never felt better. He takes another look into my eyes before nodding and looking up over my shoulder.
“Jax, you’re up. Check in.”
I tilt my head to the side, resting it in the crook of Cole's shoulder, to see Jax looking strangely sedated. The fiery tenacity is gone from his eyes, replaced with what looks like peaceful tranquility. His shoulders and every other muscle in his body is relaxed. All except for his cock which stands attention at full mast, angry and red. Jax clears his throat, pulling on his ropes a little before responding.
“Green.” That’s it. Nothing else, but his eyes tell an entire encyclopedia of words meant only for me. The lust in his gaze is enough to have me leaning toward him, achingfor him as much as I did for the others. It doesn’t matter how tired I am, or what I’ve been through already.
“I want him. Need him.”
“You got it, pretty girl.” Cole and Hawk each take a side and together, position me over Jax’s kneeling form. He looks up at them, opening and closing his mouth a few times as they move my legs on either side of his.
“How…? I can’t hold her. She can barely sit up. This isn’t going to work.”
Cole lifts his eyebrow at him, not hesitating as he grabs and repositions Jax’s cock at my entrance before he and Hawk press down on my shoulders, impaling me on his length. I moan softly at the exquisite feel of him within me and, with no energy to my name, I rest my forehead on Jax’s shoulder as I wait for what Cole has planned for us.
I hear a bit of rustling around the room and then feel pressure on my back. Lifting. Suspending. I groan at the sudden loss of Jax, missing the full and complete feeling of him inside of me. Turning my head, I peek out of the corner of my eye and see I’m hanging from the exposed rafters, my body strung up and my pussy at the perfect height for Jax to retake me.
I feel heat at my back and turn my head slightly, resting it on his chest.
“I’ve got you, sweetheart. You’re not going anywhere. Cole knows his shit. Just enjoy the ride.” Hawk presses his body further into mine, acting as a counter balance for Jax.
“You’ve been edging over here this entire time,” Cole says to Jax. “Letting go. Trusting us. Watching us take care of our girl, bringing her to heights unimaginable.” Allthree of them focus on me, their eyes full of adoration and lust and love. “She’s on the brink. Wanna bring her the rest of the way for us? Show her the way to paradise?”
“Fuck yes, I do,” Jax groans out as Cole loosens his ropes, freeing his arms from their prison. His large hands brace my hips as he slowly eases deep within me. His thrusts aren’t as punishing as I've known them to be, but in my blissful state they take me right to Heaven. I have no concept of time anymore as I come a final time, crashing headfirst into ecstasy with Jax. His orgasm seems to go on for hours. It’s overpowering, all-encompassing, and Jax is helpless to his convulsing body as he curls into me. Cole is there for him, however, and between him and Hawk behind me, they gently bring us down until we’re lying on the bed next to each other.
The tightness of the ropes vanishes. My arms lift into ones massaging the entire length of them, from my shoulders to my wrists. My sluggish eyes open slightly to see the same being done to Jax, next to me: Cole takes care of him while Hawk takes care of me.
“How’re you feeling, pretty girl?” Cole asks. His voice, so soft, it’s like his words live inside me. How am I feeling? There’s only one way to describe it.
“It’s like a winter day… after weeks of the dark and the cold and the misery… but then the sun…” I smile, carefree and deliriously happy. My voice sounds like a dream, distant and euphoric. “The sun peeks through the clouds… and the warmth caresses my face… and the feeling is so indescribably fulfilling that you never want it to end.”
“Apricity…”
I turn towards the sound. To Jax. His face as serene as I’ve ever seen it.
“What you’re describing… it’s called apricity… and it’s absolutely true… because that’s what I’m feeling as well,” Jax says as a single tear slides down the side of his face. His eyes stare deeply into mine as he smiles and takes my hand in his. He nods, first to me, then turns his head back to Cole kneeling over him.
They don’t say anything more. They don’t need to. This has been eye-opening for all of us, but I know, this is just the beginning.
Chapter 23
Alessandra
Three weeks later…
“Come on, Hawk, it’s freezing out here! Can I please come inside, now?”
“Five more minutes, sweetheart! Almost done!”
I turn to look at Jax behind me, but it’s useless. I can’t see a damn thing. His big, meaty hands are covering my eyes and half my face in an attempt to keep whatever Hawk is doing inside a complete secret from me.
When I asked Hawk why I couldn’t stay inside where it was warm while he did whatever it is he’s doing, he threw his arms up in a tizzy spouting some nonsense like,“There’ll be no surprise if you’re all up in the middle of it!”
It's been two hours and, although the snow dancing around us is absolutely breathtaking, my toes are about to fall off from being so numb. Jax distracted me for the first hour and a half by checking the traps again. We managed to get a few squirrels and, by sheer luck, managed to bag a turkey on the way back. It was a pleasant surprise but now he says he needs to teach me how to pluck a fowl. With my limbs on the verge of abandoning the rest of my body, I’m not entirely sure now is a good time to do so. Frost bite and hypothermia are serious medical conditions people! Fucking freezing out here!
