Page 21 of Messenger of Death (Ouroboros Academy #2)

I got the whole sex thing out of the way as soon as I was in a country where my father wasn’t a celebrity.

If I tried it back home, my first time would have ranged from men who would have dragged me back home to Blue Matthews or some asshole would have filmed it and uploaded it somewhere because I would have been a trophy fuck for someone.

I’d tried it a few times, and it ranged from decent to completely mediocre. Maybe it was a lot to jump into inviting all three of them in the shower, but I was nineteen and in my first year of college. I was supposed to be doing stupid shit. And was it really stupid if we were all connected?

I’d say this for Ouroboros Academy. This might be an old castle, but there were plenty of modern upgrades on the inside.

Our bathrooms were one of those places. I did shared bathrooms at the hotels I’d been staying at, so it was a luxury to just have to share this one with Morgana and eventually Iman if she decided not to be a cat anymore.

The shower was huge, so I was pretty sure at one point, the occupants of this room shared a shower and then it was eventually converted into one giant shower. So, there was room for all of us.

I was all eyes as Liam and Khalid stripped down. Lucian was just staring at his feet. I felt like shit. I knew he was okay with me touching him, but he might not be okay with all of this.

“Lucian—”

“No, Sage. I’m not a prude. I’m okay with all of this. Even Liam gets my boundaries. I will join in when I learn to make my bite feel good. Ask Liam. It hurts right now.”

Liam just shrugged.

“A little pain can be kinky during sex, but I don’t know if Sage is into that. Mate, I feel bad you’re left out. Do you think you can control it enough to bite me instead of Sage?”

“It’s a bad idea,” Lucian said. “I heard enough over the smoothie bar with the other vampires, that if I get excited and bite you, I could get lost in the blood lust and bite her. Probably Khalid, too. I could kill all of you.”

Yeah, I got that, and it wasn’t even a vampire thing.

It was a control thing. I grew up in a controlling environment.

It was the only thing I knew. When I got kicked out, I went a little wild for a bit because I’d never been allowed to be human in that house.

Lucian might be one of those people that rarely lost it, but when they did, it was very bad.

“We could try stopping you,” Khalid said.

“No, I think I’ll benefit from watching until I figure this vampire thing out,” Lucian said. “I can learn what she likes so I don’t make the same mistakes you did when it’s my turn.”

“That’s cheating,” Liam said. “I didn’t know you had it in you. Good for you.”

“Proceed,” Lucian said, sitting on the toilet and waving his land like we were actors and he was our director.

I finally got a good look at Liam and Khalid. Liam was lean, but ropy with muscle and covered in beautiful tattoos. I didn’t know much about the Irish mafia. I was sure Blue Matthews was involved with white-collar criminals, but none of them looked like Liam.

Khalid was a little shorter, but more muscular. He might like his dusty books, but he clearly worked out, too. He had a quote tattooed across his ribs, but I didn’t speak the Arabic. I ran my finger over the tattoo while Khalid looked at me like he wanted to eat me.

“What does this say?”

“ Knowing ignorance is strength. Ignoring knowledge is sickness. It’s the seventy-first verse of the Tao. I like studying other religions and it resonated with me. I’ve got a few more planned, but I was saving up for Oxford. Turned out that didn’t happen.”

I let my hand slip lower and wrap around his cock. This wasn’t my first time around a naked man, but it was my first time around men with cocks this big. Was that a god thing or a supernatural thing? I didn’t want that photo of Blaize naked, but he wasn’t a small man, either.

“Shit, I smell like hot dog water after all that running. Let’s get in.”

“I like your stink,” Liam growled.

“I don’t,” I said, turning on the water.

They’d brought my bag from the hostel, so it had the cheap soap and hair care products I was using.

Morgana’s stuff smelled amazing and was made by witches.

I had a very generous allowance now, so I’d ordered some off the website she gave me and was just waiting for it to come in.

The stuff I had now was cheap, but it would wash all the nastiness off me from running.

Except they wouldn’t let me do that. Khalid grabbed the shampoo bottle and started washing my hair. Liam took the soap and was lathering me up. Shit, this shouldn’t even be foreplay. I was just getting clean, but Khalid was massaging my scalp and Liam’s fingers were definitely roaming.

Mine were, too, since Liam was right in front of me. I felt it when I started stroking his cock.

“Uh, Liam, is your dick pierced?”

“Of course, it is. Why wouldn’t it be? Dicks are ugly. If you can decorate them to make them prettier and make it feel better for a lass, you should do that. It’s your duty to Queen and country. I’ll be making appointments for Khalid and Lucian to get theirs done tomorrow.”

“I’m not befouling my body with metal and ink,” Lucian said. “My parts work just fine without it.”

“Yeah, but your dick is still ugly because it’s just how it works. I don’t make the rules,” Liam said, circling my nipple with a soapy finger.

“I’m also not piercing my dick,” Khalid said, working conditioner into my hair.

“Well, shite. I’m shocked we survived the entrance trials because the two of you aren’t team players at all:”

“I’m not sure I can handle one, let alone three. Keep doing that,” I gasped as Liam pinched my nipple.

I was grinding against Khalid and gripping Liam’s cock. Liam grabbed me and shoved me under the water.

“Rinse,” he growled. “Damn, you look beautiful wet.”

“She smells beautiful wet. Jackal senses.”

“I can smell it, too,” Lucian groaned.

“Take it out and stroke yourself,” I said.

He was watching me, but I wanted to watch him, too.

I wasn’t sure if he’d actually do it, but he did.

Liam had bright-blue eyes, Khalid had chocolate-brown eyes, and Lucian had black eyes except for when they glowed red.

They were glowing red now as he gripped his cock and stroked it.

I saw his fangs pop out, and I wondered what it would be like for him to bite me.

“I have an idea,” Lucian said.

“Well, keep it to yourself. Sage is naked,” Liam said.

“I know,” Lucian drawled. “And you’ve been talking incessantly about tasting her. They are related.”

“I’m listening,” I said.

I felt terrible Lucian couldn’t participate, but I got why he wasn’t. I still wanted him to feel involved. Lucian looked me right in the eye and told me what he wanted.

Oh, my god.