Page 26 of Stone Cold Bad (Stone Brothers #1)

TWENTY-ONE

COLT

W ith no covers on the windows, the morning sun poked its head through the glass like an annoying, nosy neighbor. I turned over to find that Jade wasn’t next to me. I sat up with a start.

She walked out of the kitchen with a cup of coffee and her new hair color. “I’m getting used to the brunette look,” I said. “Of course, you could have a shaved head and you’d still be hot.”

“I think I’ll stick with the new color. A shaved head sounds cold.” She’d pulled on one of my t-shirts. She glanced down at it. “Hope you don’t mind. I’ve grown very fond of wearing your shirts.”

“I love when you wear my shirts. Now get your cute ass over here, so I can take it off of you.”

“Actually . . .” She smiled and yanked out one of the fabric strips I’d used last night to tie her up. “I had another idea.”

“Fuck yeah. You want to be tied up again, darlin’. I’m all for it. Now get back into this bed.”

She walked over swinging the fabric piece around in circles. She stepped onto the mattress, and I reached for the strip of cloth. She held it up out of my grasp. “Nope. It’s my turn.”

She straddled me, took hold of my hands and put them up above my head. She bit her lip as she struggled to tie them together. It was fucking cute to watch, and it was making my cock stand straight up, especially with her pussy rubbing against me.

“You realize I could probably rip that strip of cloth with one pull,” I said.

She sat back with a satisfied smile. “I know,” she said confidently.

“But, if you do, I’ll stop my plans, and—” She scooted back and knelt between my legs.

Her hand wrapped around my cock and she moved it up and down the shaft, making sure to rub her thumb in the liquid pooling at the tip.

“I don’t think you’re going to want me to stop.

” She leaned down and licked the same liquid just before taking my cock in her mouth.

She lowered her lips down, taking in as much as she could.

Her mouth tightened around me. I lifted my tied hands and tangled them in her hair.

I held her head over me as she moved up and down my cock, coaxing even more pre-cum from me.

One of her small hands held the base of my cock while the other fondled my balls.

I tightened my ass and pushed farther into her mouth. Her tongue slid over me.

“Fuck, baby, I’m going to come, but I want to be inside of you.”

I ripped the fabric strip. She looked up stunned.

“I warned you.” I reached forward and pulled her toward me. “Now drop that pussy of yours over me right now.

She giggled wildly as I grabbed her hips and positioned her over my cock. Her laughter faded, and she closed her eyes as she lowered herself over me. She braced her hands on my chest and rocked her body against me.

Even though we’d gone at it all night long, the two of us were so completely turned on by each other, so damn connected, we both came almost instantly.

I reached up, and she pressed my hand against her face.

“Do you think it’s possible we’ll ever get bored of this?” she asked.

“Not a chance.” I looked up at her. “I don’t see myself ever being without you, Jade. Our boat was sitting on that dock for a reason. It was meant to be there to carry you home, to me.”

She climbed off of me and stretched out next to me, resting her head on my chest. I placed my arm around her. “It sure is quiet here,” she said.

“The highway is just far enough away that you can’t hear any traffic except for the occasional truck horn.

If you listen really carefully though, you can hear the ocean rolling in.

I think that calmness was what brought my brothers and me here a lot.

That and Noddy’s cookies, of course.” I thought about those afternoons when we’d ride over here on our crummy bikes.

Mine always had a flat tire, but I pumped it along behind Hunter and Slade.

We knew we’d get here, and for that short period of time, we’d live without fear and the uncertainty my dad’s temper brought with every new day.

For that short span of time, we were no longer the rowdy, out of control, severely neglected Stone brothers.

We left all the ugly shit behind when we stepped through Noddy’s front door.

“I’m glad you had her,” Jade said. “And, with how quiet and remote it is out here, I’m glad she had you boys.”

“Yep, occasionally you just get lucky in the people part of your life.” I squeezed her against me. Sometimes I wanted her so badly I worried that I would crush her.

Jade pointed to a place on the wall where I’d painted on three color samples. “That’s interesting.”

“I was trying to decide on a color.”

She laughed.

“I know, it looks funny.”

“No, I’m just picturing you tapping your chin and trying to decide on a color. You’re not exactly the interior decorator type.”

“Hey, I have a sensitive side. I appreciate beauty.” I reached down and spanked her once. “As you may have noticed.”

“I guess every hard exterior has a soft core.”

“I know you’ve landed right on my soft core. I don’t think anyone has ever come close to finding it.”

She looked up at me and kissed my chin. “Ouch.” She rubbed her lips. “I’ve also found your less than soft beard stubble.” She relaxed her head against my chest and stared up at the paint samples. “The pale teal color,” she said. “I think that’s the one Noddy would have picked.”

“Then that’s the color I’ll use.” My phone buzzed. I reached to the floor and picked it up. “Hey, Street, what’s up? By the way, I got Jade a phone, I’ll have her call you to give you the number.”

“Oh good. I was afraid I wasn’t going to get to talk to her. Figured you were going to keep her all to yourself.”

“Damn right I’m keeping her to myself. What’s new? Did you guys yank those flyers?”

“Yeah, think we got most of them.” There was a knock on the door. Jade startled. I placed my finger against my mouth to tell her to keep quiet, and I grabbed my jeans off the floor. I stuck the phone in between my shoulder and ear and pulled the pants on.

“Hey, Street, got to call you back. There’s someone at my door.” I glanced around looking for something to swing that would dent a skull.

“I know there’s someone at your door, dork. It’s me. Now, open up before I spill the coffees.”

Jade was standing with her arms crossed around herself looking pale and shaken.

“It’s just Amy.”

She smiled with relief.

I swung open the door. “Fuck, Street, I was just about to grab a chair to clobber you with.”

“Real nice greeting for the breakfast delivery girl.” She swept in past me with a tray of coffees and a white bag.

I glanced out to the yard and the long gravel road that led to the cottage. It was deserted.

The girls took the coffees into the kitchen where I’d set up a rickety coffee table and some old boxes.

I grabbed my cup of coffee. “You’ve got to be careful coming out here, Street. We’re trying not to draw attention to this place.”

She broke off a piece of pastry and licked her finger. “Too late. You two, it turns out, have already been drawing attention all over town. I mean the town bad boy and heartthrob hanging out with the new, pretty stranger— it’s the stuff for tabloid headlines. Can’t make that shit up.”

“Actually, I think most of those headlines are made up,” Jade noted. The color had returned to her cheeks as she sipped her coffee.

“Shit, do you mean there really isn’t a boy who is half human and half bat?

Those pictures were so convincing.” Street shoved another bite of pastry between her lips and drank it down with some coffee.

“Anyhow, everyone knows Jade is the girl on the flyer and that she’s hanging with you.

But here’s the kicker— Hunter was up the coast at the pool hall.

” She rolled her eyes. “He said he was going up there to trash the flyers, but I saw right through his excuse. He’s hot on the trail of a new bartender up there.

” She twisted her mouth, and her expression softened.

“Asshole,” she muttered under her breath.

“Anyhow, he dragged his sorry ass in after midnight. I fell asleep on the couch.” She pointed a finger at me.

“But I wasn’t waiting for him, so don’t say a fucking thing, Colt. ”

I lifted my hands in surrender. “Didn’t say a damn word.”

She sighed. “My mom’s been talking in her sleep like crazy, and I’m about to go nuts. So, I crashed on the couch. Slade came in right after him, and Hunter was telling him that the asshole you guys keep meeting out on the water was there asking questions about Jade.”

“You mean Ace?”

“Didn’t hear a name. He told Slade ‘the motherfucker who likes to shove his gun at Colt’s head.’ I’ve got somewhat of an idea of what you fishermen are doing out there on the water but sounds like you guys need to shift professions.”

Jade was looking at the side of my face, but I didn’t want to talk to her about any of it right now. “He likes to shove his gun at you?” she asked.

I shook my head. “It’s nothing. It’s just how he does things, but I’m more worried about what he’s up to. He wants that reward money, and I’m sure there are plenty of others with the same plan.”

Jade didn’t look too satisfied with my answer, but I wasn’t about to get into details about our drug running business.

I was sure it wouldn’t score me points with her.

I grabbed up a pastry. “Since I’m out here I’m going to do some patching on the roof so the house is ready for the next rainstorm. I’ll leave you two to your breakfast.”