Page 52 of Run, Little Rabbit (Blood & Bonds #1)

Chapter Forty-Four

Echo – Two Weeks Later

M ax is the worst patient. He gets bored easily and refuses anything the nurses want to do for him to the point where he ripped a stitch going to the bathroom.

I had to get Niki to tell him off for that.

The asshole only seems to be willing to take orders from Niki, so whenever Max starts trying to be defiant, I ask Niki to go in and set him straight. Works like a charm every time.

Although, I did have to ask the nurses to leave. It wasn’t their fault; Max was being impossible, and they were getting frustrated. Angel taught me how to do most of the stuff anyway, and he can change all the dressings so that we didn’t really need them anymore anyway.

It’s my turn to sit with him today, and I’m reading him one of my favourite books. It’s all about vampires and legends and sex. There’s lots and lots of sex in it and I love torturing him.

What ? Serves him right for jumping in front of a fucking bullet for me.

I finish a chapter and look up to find him observing me from under a scowl. At least his colour has returned to normal. When he’d first come home, he’d been so pale. Every time I looked at him, I had to keep reminding myself that his colour would come back and that he’d be fine— that he’s not dead.

No amount of reassurance would’ve stopped me from obsessively watching his chest for three days straight, though.

We'd all taken turns watching him that first week, including Veon now that he was back on his feet, but I believe it was more out of pride than anything else. He didn’t want people worrying about him when Max’s injury was so much worse.

I didn’t let him do too much, though. Veon was still healing, and he still needed his rest. I just had to find subtle ways of coercing him to do what I wanted him to.

Max’s eyes are stormy as he watches me put the book down.

“What is it?” I ask, my tone light.

“You’re mad at me, aren’t you?”

“No,” I reply quickly.

Too quickly, judging by his smirk.

He pats the spot on the bed beside him. “Come here, pet.”

I groan. “That’s not fair. You know I can’t resist you when you call me that.”

His chuckle is light, and it warms my soul. I love that I still get to hear it and that Max is still here to make that sound.

Max shuffles to the side so I can lie down next to him, facing him on his pillow.

I trace the contours of his mouth with my finger, feeling his breath flutter against it. God, I love that he’s still breathing. “You shouldn’t have taken a bullet for me.”

He grabs my hand and stills the movement of my fingers.

“Echo, I would take a thousand bullets if it meant saving you. I’m not a good man, pet.

A good man would sacrifice you to save the world.

Me? I’d eradicate the world if I thought it would save you.

So yes, if I have to make a choice between saving you or myself, I’ll choose you every time. ”

His words burn me alive, igniting something hot beneath my skin and making my chest feel like it's about to explode.

“Well, I’m not going to let you jump in front of a bullet for me again. I won’t lose you, Max. I won’t lose any of you.”

“You’re not going to lose me, Echo.”

I thump his chest playfully. “Then don’t jump in front of bullets, you asshole.”

He laughs and runs his hand along my jaw, letting his fingers play with the hair at the back of my neck. “I love you, pet, and—”

The door to Max’s room slams open, and Angel and Niki pile in.

“Nope,” Angel says as he marches towards us. “He needs to be resting.”

“I am resting, love,” Max replies with a warm smile. “Echo just happens to be resting with me.”

Niki looks between the bed and Angel, a calculating look in his eyes. “ Fuck it. I’m getting in, too. ”

“Absolutely not,” Angel cries. “There’s barely enough room for Echo. I will not have you—”

“Angel,” Max says, and the way he draws the word out sounds like a goddamn warning. “Take your shirt and pants off and get into bed.”

Niki is already down to his boxers and sliding into the spot behind me.

I gasp as he slots his erection between my ass cheeks and sinks his teeth into my earlobe.

His hands slide up under my oversized tee, and I let him lift it over my head, and he throws it away somewhere behind him.

I didn’t put a bra on, and Niki’s deft fingers immediately find my nipples, tugging on them and pinching them until my spine arches backwards.

“Come on, love,” Max purrs. “I’ve followed all your orders for two weeks; now it’s my turn. Strip and get into bed. Now.”

Fuck, Max’s dominant tone has goosebumps pebbling over my skin, and my hips roll against Niki’s cock, trying to find some sort of blessed relief.

“Fine,” Angel grumbles. “But you have to stay on your back, and if anything hurts, you say so and we stop immediately.”

“I agree,” I gasp as Niki buries his hand in my underwear and his thumb brushes against my clit. “Your health comes first, Max. Tell him, Niki.”

Niki pulls his hands from me and rolls me onto my back beneath him so he can kneel between my legs. “Max. Don’t you want to be a good boy for me?”

Max huffs a shaky breath, and Niki looks down at him with a predatory gaze.

I freeze beneath Niki, watching the way he stares Max down, his blue ice fierce and unwavering.

“Yes,” Max finally says, and Niki’s smile widens sadistically.

“ Good. Now listen to Angel; he’s only trying to take care of you.”

Max nods. “Okay.”

Niki leans down and presses his lips against Max’s. It’s not quite a kiss, and I see Niki’s lips move, saying two little words against Max’s mouth.

Good boy.

Fucking hell, that’s hot .

Max shudders beneath Niki before relaxing into the bed and doing as he’s told.

Niki turns his attention back to me and anticipation slithers over my skin. He reaches over to the side of the bed and grabs the remote. A mechanical whirring sounds, and the top portion of the bed lowers until Max is lying flat.

“What are you planning?” I ask Niki a little breathlessly.

He smiles wide. “ Just a little bit of fun. Angel, why don’t you let Max get your pretty little hole ready, and you can suck his dick at the same time as Rabbit?”

Fuuuuck. “What are you going to do?”

His pupils dilate as he leans a bit closer. “ Anything I fucking want. ”

He wraps a hand around my ankle and yanks me towards him.

My yelp turns into a moan as his mouth closes around my nipple, and I tangle my fingers in his hair, holding him close.

His teeth nip at the bud, and the sting is sharp, making my body jerk beneath his touch.

He pulls back and blows air against it and I feel the bud tighten even more.

“ You’re fucking perfect, Rabbit, and I’m going to make you scream for us,” he says, his eyes a little wild. “ Are you ready?”

I turn to look at Max beside me, but I've been so engrossed in Niki that I've missed the fact that Angel has climbed on top of him. His face is in Max's groin, and he is sucking his dick as deeply as he can, while Max has his tongue stuck in Angel's ass.

Fucking Christ .

A sharp sting cuts against my clit as Niki slaps my pussy.

“ I asked you a question, Rabbit. Are you ready?” He rips the thin sides of my underwear, pulling them from me and tossing them carelessly behind him.

Yes. Absolutely fucking yes . My pussy is dripping and clenching air, just begging to be filled.

“I’m yours, Niki. Do what you want.”

His breath hitches and his smile widens, baring his teeth in a feral grin. “ Rabbit, you don’t know what you’re letting yourself in for.”

I smile right back. “I trust you and I love you, He-Man. Pretty sure you aren’t going to break me.”

His grin stutters. “ Say it again .”

“I love you—” I barely get the words out before he’s slamming his mouth against mine in a brutal kiss. His teeth scrape against mine as he forces my mouth wide, devouring me with every scrape of his tongue.

When he pulls back, there’s a flicker of something soft in his eyes, but then he grins, and it’s gone. Replaced by the mania that I know and love so much.

He rolls me onto my stomach and pulls my ass into the air before giving it a playful slap. I giggle as he positions me where he wants me, between Max’s thighs, and I’ve suddenly got a front-row seat to Angel sucking Max’s dick.

Niki taps my thigh, and I look back at him over my shoulder.

“Join Angel. I want to watch you both suck him off while I eat you out. ”

Christ, the mouth on this man.

I lock eyes with Max for a brief moment, and his gaze is full of heat and desperation.

I wrap my hand around the base of his cock and wait until Angel pulls his mouth back to the tip.

Then I press my lips against his shaft, capturing it between mine and Angel’s mouth.

We slide down together, our lips and tongues touching as we work Max’s dick together.

It’s messy and sloppy, and I’ve got saliva dripping down my chin, but this has to be one of the hottest things I’ve ever done. Angel’s tongue tangles with mine when we reach the top of Max’s dick and I catch a glimpse of Max watching us, his eyes bright and full of lust.

I wrap a hand around the back of Angel’s neck and pull his mouth off Max’s dick and press it firmly to mine.

He stills for a moment, but then he pulls my tongue deep into his mouth, sucking on it like he did with Max’s dick.

The kiss is made even more intense by the fact that I can still taste Max on Angel's tongue.

“Fuck,” Max hisses. “That’s hot.”

Angel grins against my mouth. “Definitely.”

Niki takes that moment to thrust two fingers deep in my pussy, making me cry out against Angel’s lips. The man practically licks the sound off my mouth, swallowing it down with a devious grin.

“Think you can squirt again?” Angel asks on a groan as Max sinks his fingers into his ass.

“Why? Did you enjoy that?”

He sinks his teeth into his bottom lip as Max works him open. “Yes.”