Page 46 of Brutal Reign (Shadowed Heirs #5)

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ONE WEEK LATER

R iver’s arms tighten around my waist as I hit the throttle and speed into the curve, the trees on either side of the forest road blurring into a colorful mosaic as we zip past them. Her thighs bracket mine, the heat of her chest at my back while she leans with me into the turn. She tucked her hands up underneath my shirt at some point, so her warm palms are right against my abs, my muscles flexing beneath them as we clear the curve and straighten out again.

I could get used to the feeling of her riding on the back of my bike like this. I know she’d never give up the Chief, though, and I’d never want to give up racing with her. The rush is different, but it’s just as good.

I ease off the throttle as we near the end of the road at the peak of Pine Mountain, a large silver wolf coming into view when we reach the top. I figured Ace would beat us up here since he could run a direct route rather than cruising the winding road. He shifts back to his human form as I pull off to the side, rising and striding toward us in all his naked glory while I squeeze the brake and toe down the kickstand.

“Took you guys long enough,” he teases, a smirk pulling at the corner of his mouth.

“We were enjoying the ride,” I remark as I tug off my helmet and glance back at River over my shoulder. “Right, babe?”

“You play it too safe when I’m riding with you,” she replies flatly. “Could’ve really opened up the engine on that last stretch…”

My mouth drops open in disbelief. “Are you fucking kidding me right now? You threw a fit about my reckless driving the first time we raced up here!”

“Well now you’re driving like a grandpa,” she scoffs, pulling off her own helmet and dismounting my bike. She slips the backpack from her shoulders and tosses it toward Ace so he can put on the sweatpants and hoodie we brought him, pivoting to face me again as I climb off after her.

“So you won’t get all pissy if I drive faster on the way back down the mountain, then?” I question as Ace starts getting dressed.

“No, because I’m driving on the way back down,” she fires back, folding her arms across her chest.

“The hell you are,” I scoff. “What’d I say about riding bitch on my own bike?”

“That you’d totally do it for your mate,” she quips, waggling her brows.

“No.”

“Yes.”

“Would you two give it a rest?” Ace sighs exasperatedly, dragging a hand down his face. “We’re supposed to be celebrating.”

“Then let’s get comfortable and pop that champagne,” River quips, nodding to the backpack now resting at his feet.

He bends at the waist to reach inside, pulling out the picnic blanket we lifted from the storage room at the squad complex. While he unfolds and arranges it on the ground for us, I step over to the backpack and take out the chilled champagne, getting to work popping the cork. Then the three of us settle down on the blanket, sitting shoulder to shoulder with Riv in the middle.

I pass her the bottle and she eagerly snatches it from my hand, lifting the rim to her lips and tilting her head back to take a sip. How she makes something as simple as drinking champagne look sexy is beyond me, but I’m instantly captivated by the way her lips wrap around the tip of the bottle, her delicate throat bobbing as she swallows.

Wiping her mouth off on a wrist, she passes the champagne over to Ace with a smile. “Here’s to making the squad,” she remarks.

He grins back at her before taking a long pull from the bottle, grimacing when he swallows and quickly passing it back over. “Ugh, that’s gross,” he mutters.

“It’s not about the taste, it’s about the toast,” she replies matter-of-factly, turning to offer the champagne up to me.

“To joining squad leadership,” I say as I take it from her, lifting the bottle to my smirking lips.

As of today, everything’s official. The squad leaders announced which of the final recruits at training camp will be inducted as warriors, and they also invited River, Ace, and I to join the leadership team. Me and Riv already knew we’d be squad leaders since we’re future Alphas, but it was a nice gesture for them to ask Ace, too. Clearly, they recognize that the three of us are now a package deal.

“So, what’s the plan from here?” Ace asks as he sparks up the joint he’d stowed in the pocket of his sweatpants. “Live in the dorms, focus on the squad for now?”

“Pretty much,” River shrugs, stealing the joint from his fingers the moment it’s lit. She takes a drag before passing it back over, then turns to snatch the champagne back from me.

“At least until one of us takes Alpha rank,” I muse, watching her intently as she takes another sip from the bottle. My eyes zero in on her lips again and I raise a fist to my mouth, biting down on it to stifle a groan.

River licks her lips as she lowers the champagne again, seemingly oblivious to how she’s torturing me. She must feel the weight of my stare, though, because she flickers me a side-eyed glance, arching a brow. “What?”

“Just imagining that bottle’s my cock,” I admit.

Her lips pop open, brows shooting up. At this point, my bluntness really shouldn’t shock her.

Ace snorts a laugh, reaching over River to pass me the joint. “Glad I’m not the only one picturing that,” he chuckles.

“My dick or yours?” I question, narrowing my eyes as I take it from his fingers.

He shrugs a shoulder. “Either. I mean, I’d rather it be me, but it’s hot as fuck to watch her take yours, too.”

“You guys, I’m right here ,” River admonishes, rolling her eyes.

“Yeah, and?” I challenge. “Don’t act like you don’t love it when we talk about all the ways we wanna fuck you. Bet you’re getting wet just thinking about sucking us off.”

River shakes her head, her cheeks turning red.

I cock a brow as I pinch the joint between my lips. “No?”

She turns to gaze out at the picturesque landscape ahead. “I didn’t say no,” she murmurs.

My pulse kicks up a notch, all my blood rushing south. Taking a couple puffs of the joint, I reach over River to pass it back to Ace, meeting his eyes for a brief moment before looking down at my mate again. “So, should I take my pants off, then?” I ask with a hopeful grin.

She snaps her gaze to mine. “What?”

“You heard me,” I chuckle, reaching down to blatantly adjust myself in my jeans. “Ace wants to watch you suck my cock, babe.”

“For the record, I never said that,” he mumbles.

“I’ll watch her suck yours, then,” I shrug.

Ace sits up a little straighter, seemingly liking that idea.

“How ‘bout both of you just take your damn pants off?” River huffs.

The two of us blink back at her, stunned to silence.

“What, isn’t that how we celebrate things these days?” she asks, a soft laugh slipping from her throat as she glances between us. “Or did we really come up here just to stare at the view?”

River pushes up to her knees, and I’m not sure which of us moves faster– me or Ace. Within seconds, we’re both on our feet with our pants around our ankles, hard dicks in hand. Riv’s lashes flutter as she blinks up at us coquettishly, but rather than wrapping those pretty lips of hers around one of our cocks, she raises the champagne bottle to them and takes another pull.

I growl in annoyance, thinking she’s playing games, but then she holds the liquid in her mouth and leans forward to kiss Ace’s tip, champagne escaping the corners of her lips as she parts them to take him in. A shudder racks his body as she glides down his shaft, his head dropping back on a guttural groan.

Judging by Ace’s reaction, it looks like it feels fucking awesome. The muscle in his neck strains as River bobs up and down on his cock a few times, champagne dribbling down her chin. Then she pops off, taking another mouthful from the bottle and turning her attention to me.

The moment her cold lips land on my dick and she starts taking me in her mouth, my body jolts, the signals in my brain misfiring.

Ho-ly fuck . As if getting head from her wasn’t already the fucking best, the fizz of the chilled champagne tingling against my sensitive skin puts me in sensory overload. I shudder a breath, clenching my jaw tight as she swallows me deeper. Her tongue swirls against the underside of my shaft as she slurps and sucks her way up and down my cock, then plants a kiss on the head before turning back to Ace to give him another turn.

I strip my shirt off while I wait for River to come back to me, my dick getting even harder at the sight of her sucking off my best friend. I don’t know what it is about watching the two of them together, but when she pops off his cock and takes me in her mouth again, I’m harder than fucking concrete. She hollows out her cheeks, taking me all the way to the back of her throat.

“ Fuck ,” I groan, pulsing my hips to chase the heat of her mouth as she starts pulling back, not wanting this feeling to end. There’s one distinct problem with our current scenario, though. Nobody’s taking care of her yet.

“Ace, get down there and let her ride your dick,” I growl as she slides off my own, all too eager to watch our girl shatter for us. Pulling River up to her feet, I start stripping off her clothes, unwrapping her like a present. Ace watches with rapt attention as he drops down to sit on the blanket, taking off his own shirt and stroking himself as his heated gaze roams her tight body.

“Come here, babygirl,” he murmurs once she’s completely bared to us, beckoning her with a lift of his chin.

I slap River’s ass and push her toward him, Ace catching her by the waist and guiding her down to straddle his lap. She loops her arms around his neck, leaning in to kiss him as she starts rocking her hips, grinding her center over the hard ridge of his cock. I fist my own as I watch them get lost in each other, eager to join but taking a quick detour to the backpack first, retrieving the small bottle of lube. We came prepared.

Ace’s fingers flex around River’s hips as he lifts her up, lining his tip up with her entrance and pushing inside. Her head falls back on a soft moan, her long hair brushing the base of her spine as he slides home, burying himself to the hilt in our girl’s perfect cunt.

“Fuck,” he grits out, the tendons in his neck straining. “You feel so fucking good , babygirl.”

She moans louder as she starts bouncing up and down on his lap, gripping onto his shoulders for leverage as she rides his dick with enthusiasm. I step up behind her, Ace widening his legs so I can drop down and kneel between them, reaching around Riv’s body to palm her tits.

“You’re taking him so well,” I growl against the side of her neck, pinching a hard nipple between my fingers. “But I think you can take more.”

“Yes,” she gasps, arching her back and craning her neck so she can press her lips against mine. I claim her mouth fiercely, popping the cap on the lube and dribbling it down the crack of her ass.

She moans into my mouth as I spread the lube against her back hole with my fingers, pressing one against the tight ring of muscle. “You need both of your mates’ cocks inside you, don’t you, dirty girl?”

“Fuck yes,” she whines, her breath hitching as I ease the tip of a finger in.

“Then relax and let me in, baby,” I coax.

Ace lays back, slowing his thrusts so I can prepare her back hole for my cock. Her muscles clench around me as I work a finger in, pumping it a few times before stretching her further by adding a second. She bucks her hips, moaning low in her throat as her body adjusts to the sensation.

“Seb, please,” River whimpers, pushing back against me to take my fingers even deeper.

I band an arm around her waist to pull her back against my chest, hooking my chin over her shoulder. “What do you need, Riv?” I murmur, kissing along the curve of her jaw.

“I need you inside me,” she pants.

I nip her jawline, easing my fingers out of her back hole. “You want my cock in your ass?”

“Y-yes,” she chokes.

I reach down to grip my dick, lubing up the head by rubbing it between her cheeks. “Say it,” I demand.

“Fuck my ass!” River huffs impatiently.

“Goddamn, I love when you beg for it,” I chuckle, pressing my tip against the tight ring of muscle.

Ace stills his own movements as I push forward, clenching my jaw tight as I ease inside. It’s a tight fit with her pussy already stuffed full of Ace’s cock, and it takes everything in me to go slow, her breath coming out in staccato pants while I slide in, inch by torturous inch.

“Fuck, Seb,” she rasps, clenching around me as I pulse my hips, pushing a little deeper with each thrust until I finally bottom out with a guttural groan.

“How does it feel, baby?” I grit out, dropping my forehead against her shoulder.

“So… full…” she pants.

Ace starts moving again, a string of nonsensical curses leaving River’s lips as the two of us fall into a natural rhythm, alternating our thrusts in and out of her tight holes. As her body adjusts to the intrusion and her muscles slacken, we gradually increase our pace until both of us are pounding into her with wild abandon, three moving together as one.

It feels way too fucking good. We pant and moan as we chase the euphoria of release, River the first to tip over the edge. Her scream sends birds scattering from the trees as she freefalls into a body-shaking climax, me and Ace following closely behind. I come so hard I see stars, burying myself deep as I empty inside her, gritting my teeth against the intensity of the sensation.

We collapse into a heap together on the blanket, Ace and I pinning River between us to stroke her hair and kiss her skin while we all fight to catch our breath. An overwhelming sense of peace washes over me as I come back down to earth, sweaty and sated and content.

“Where’d the champagne go?” River yawns, sitting up and looking around for the bottle. By some miracle, it wasn’t upended by a flailing limb during our romp, and she snatches it up from the edge of the blanket and takes a long pull, wiping her mouth off on a wrist. “So,” she sighs, waggling her brows as she lowers the bottle. “Round two?”

“Already?” Ace asks incredulously, barking a laugh. “You’re insatiable, babygirl.”

“C’mon,” she urges, the corner of her mouth kicking up and her hazel eyes sparkling as they bounce between us. “Dare you.”