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Delaney

One Week Later

Every day that I wake up next to Talon is a blessing. Every day our bond grows stronger, and comfort comes easier. We are finding a sense of normalcy in our lives and our relationship. It has been amazing to get to know him on a deep personal level. He is just as sweet as I thought he was, but he fucks like a monster. My favorite thing is when he calls me Daddy’s little whore.

During the day he does a lot of managing his bars and we have even looked into buying a new one. He has been in meetings today for it. He hates having to put on a suit, but holy fuck, he looks incredible. It doesn’t hide the tattoos on his neck or hands, but even then, it’s sexy as fuck. I still prefer him in jeans and a T-shirt, though.

Talon is in a meeting with the bank and has been for most of the day. Viper, Rogue, Torch, and Knox have been doing inventory at the bars. I figured if I had to sit around and do nothing all day, I wanted to do it here. I’ve been sitting by the pool for most of the afternoon. I’m alone, so I just have my bikini on.

Approaching footsteps force my eyes snap open. I sigh when I see it is Fang. He’s not supposed to be here. “What are you doing here?” I ask simply.

“Just thought I’d stop by. Where is everyone?” Fang asks as he stops at my feet.

“Busy. You aren’t allowed here without them. You know that,” I say.

“Why? Think I’ll do something, Raven ?“ he asks mockingly.

“It doesn’t matter why. Those are the rules,” I snap as I sit up.

“You know… I’m about sick of your attitude,” he frowns. “All I wanted to do was come keep you company.”

“You knew I was alone?” I ask.

“Yeah,” he laughs, inching closer to me.

“Why did you ask where they were?”

“Wanted to see if you would lie and try to save yourself,” he smirks.

Save myself? Oh fuck.

I don’t know what he is implying by saying that, but I don’t trust it. I stare at him for a second, but the moment he moves, I throw myself out of the chair. Before I can run, he grabs hold of my ponytail and yanks me back. “Let go of me,” I scream.

“What’s wrong, Raven? Not so confident without Hawk, huh?” he cackles as he shoves me onto the lounger. I try to get up again, but panic when he grabs hold of the ties of the bottoms of my bikini.

“Stop! Stop it,” I scream, my voice cracking as the realization sinks in.

“Aww. Poor little Delaney,” he mocks as he yanks my bottoms off. I kick at him, trying to get up but he just laughs and grabs my ankle and drags me closer.

“Please don’t,” I sob as he shoves my legs apart. “Please, stop. Please.”

“I’m so sick of bitches like you,” he growls before slapping me across the face. I put my hands on his chest and try to push him away as he pulls his dick out. He ignores my fighting and shoves himself inside of me.

“No!” I say with a shrill scream as I hit him as hard as I can. He grunts as he starts to thrust deeper. Until this point, I only saw it as rape. When he wraps his hands around my throat, it’s a death sentence. Talon humiliated him and his revenge is taking me away from him. His grip is tight and no matter how much I claw and pull at his hands, he doesn’t stop.

“No one mocks me,” he growls. “Fight me, bitch.”

He continues to shout at me, but my hearing is becoming more and more impaired as my impending death comes into view. I am weakening fast as he rapidly stabs into me, chasing down a release. He is getting off on how much power he has, knowing my death will devastate Talon. His previously cold demeanor will be welcomed compared to what my death will bring.

My arms go slack and fall to my sides. The world is darkening, and I can’t fight it anymore. As I start to slip away, oxygen suddenly rushes into my lungs as Fang is ripped off of me. I roll off the lounge chair and gasp for air as I cough and gag. Arms wrap around me, but I hear Viper before panic can sneak back in.

“It’s me. I’ve got you,” Viper says softly as he wraps a towel around my waist and pulls me into his lap. I instinctively curl myself up as he holds me. He rocks my body but stays silent as he rests his cheek on the top of my head. I know the others are here, but Talon isn’t.

“What the fuck are you two…” I hear Talon boom, but he abruptly stops. “What happened?”

“Fang attacked her,” Torch says with anger in his tone.

“Laney,” Talon says as he gently touches my shoulder. It’s like a switch flipping and I abruptly turn and throw my arms around his neck as he scoops me up and sits with me in his lap next to Viper. “What happened, Jude?”

“We stopped by here because she had been home alone all day, and we didn’t know when you’d be back… I pulled him off her,” Viper says softly. “She doesn’t have bottoms on… so I wrapped her towel around her.”

“Laney, baby,” Talon says softly as he lifts my chin. “What happened, my love?”

“He tried to kill me,” I choke out. I swallow hard, a dull ache throbs in my throat from the force used. “He was going to kill me.”

“He was strangling her. Her lips were blue,” Viper says.

“What else?” Talon asks me, keeping his voice gentle.

“He… He raped me,” I whisper. Talon sighs and kisses me softly before speaking.

“I want you to sit with Viper for a moment, okay?” Talon says. “You absolutely do not have to be here for this. Just tell him and he can take you inside.”

“Are you going to kill him?” I ask.

“Yes,” Talon says simply. I nod and he moves me back into Viper’s lap. He kisses the top of my head before Viper hugs me to his chest, almost afraid to let me go again. Viper, Rogue, Torch, and Knox are seemingly just as protective as Talon, and it makes me feel safe. They care so deeply for Talon and me in association. I have never second-guessed my safety with them.

Torch drags Fang up from the ground where he was sitting with his arms tied behind his back. Fang flinches when Talon rips the tape off his mouth, likely taking skin with it. I think for a second that he is going to have a conversation first, but Talon isn’t up for talking. He just wants to hear him scream. He grabs him by the hair and punches him one… two… three times in the face before dropping him to the ground.

Talon drops down and starts punching him over and over again, making Fang cry out in pain. When he grabs the sides of his head and starts slamming his head against the concrete, the cries turn to grunts but eventually he is silent and limp. Talon doesn’t stop and he is covered in blood as he destroys his head. He is putting every bit of rage behind his movements. There is no way Fang is still alive. This is made evident when we see brain matter on the concrete. Talon still isn’t stopping, so I get out of Viper’s lap as slowly approach him. The others are right behind me, but when I gently touch his shoulder, he snaps out of his rage and turns away from Fang to grab me. He pulls me into a tight hug, and I wrap my arms around him as he picks me up.

“Go. Take her upstairs. We will handle this,” Viper says gently.

Talon takes me inside and up to our room before sitting me on my feet in the bathroom. We are both covered in blood now, so he takes my top off before getting himself undressed. As soon as we are in the shower, I can see the adrenaline rushing out of him. I take over and start washing the blood off him. He is so mentally exhausted that he doesn’t fight me. Taking care of him is what I need right now. I need a distraction, and he needs someone to care for him.

“I should be…”

“Shh,” I say, washing his body.

“I should be caring for you,” he says anyway.

“You just beat someone to literal death and beyond. Shush,” I say. He nods and lets me finish before I thoroughly wash my body. When I get done, I shut the water off and get us out of the shower, wrapping myself in a clean towel before drying his body. He is dazed but cooperative. I dry myself and brush my hair before moving us into the bedroom. I lay him down but as I go to walk away to shut the light off, he grabs my waist and pulls me on top of him. He has me lay on him so he can wrap me in a tight hug. His cock is hard and pressing against me, but his primary concern is just keeping me close to him. After a while, he realizes that he’s hard and tries to shift me so that I won’t notice.

“Why are you hiding from me?” I ask.

“I’m not. I just don’t want to…”

“To what?” I ask. “I understand consent. If I had an issue, I’d say something. I did before and I will now.”

“Laney, I…”

I suddenly pull away and move down to take his cock down my throat. I do it so suddenly that I pull a beautiful gasp from his lips as he fists my hair.

“Oh, fuck,” Talon groans as I suck hard and bob up and down on his cock. I go slow but take him as deep as I can, gagging myself in the process. He nearly moans when I make myself gag on him, but he doesn’t force me down. He lets me keep control and I draw out his pleasure as much as I can.

“Hmmm,” I hum around his cock.

“Fuck, Laney… God, I love your fucking mouth. Holy shit, that’s good,” he moans.

I move up so I can place my hands on his chest, and he can grab my waist as I abruptly push him inside of me. “Shit,” I groan.

“My God, woman,” he groans when I start to rock my hips. He helps keep me steady, but I lead all my movements.

“God, you feel so good,” I moan. “I need more. I want to forget, Talon. I want to forget every man who’s ever touched me except you. Please.”

“Take what you want from me, Little Flower. I am yours,” Talon reassures. I lean into him a bit more before I start nearly bouncing on him, taking his cock deep. I find a pace that I can maintain that has us both writhing in pleasure. I want him to absolutely fucking wreck me, but we need this moment to last a little longer. I need to see that he wants me, even when I am leading. Even when I am the one taking. I am leaning into him enough that my tits are in his face. He takes this opportunity to bite and suck my nipples, forcing moans and whimpers from me as it adds to my pleasure.

“Oh God,” I moan. “Please fuck me. Please.”

Talon rolls us, and panic slams down on me hard. “No, no, no. Look at me, Little Flower,” Talon says, brushing the hair out of my face when I abruptly start to cry.

“I’m sorry,” I whimper. “I’m ruining it.”

“You’re not ruining anything,” he says softly. “Who’s inside of you, Laney?”

“You are.”

“Hmm?” he asks.

“Daddy,” I whisper.

“Louder, baby. Who is inside of you?”

“Daddy,” I say, forcing the words out louder.

“That’s my girl. I’ve got you, okay?” he says as he slowly pushes into me. I expect him to slam into me, but he slowly and gently fucks me. It’s relaxing at first, but it starts to frustrate me.

“Talon,” I whine.

“What’s wrong, my love?” he asks, kissing me softly. I tighten my muscles around his cock, making him groan into my lips. “If you want something, Little Flower, speak up.”

“Please fuck me, Talon.”

“I am,” he remarks, groaning again when I tense up around him. I whine when he pulls out of me, and he chuckles.

“Fine. Please fuck me hard. I don’t want to think. I just want to scream and get rid of the feeling of him inside of me,” I explain. Talon growls at the reality that another man was inside of me. Even nonconsensual, I can feel the rage move through his body. “Tal, I need you to fuck me like I don’t want it and make me come like it’s a punishment.”

“You know I’d never punish you for that, right?” he asks.

“I know. But the most comforting place is under you, and I desperately need a reminder that I am yours and no one has the right to use my body but you,” I say. “It’s not that I want you to hurt me; I want us both to see that you are the only person I want inside of me ever again. Brutal can be blissful when you trust the person leading.”

“You tell me if I hurt you, okay?” he says, and I nod happily. Talon brings my legs to his shoulders before placing his hands on the bed beside me. The last time he had me like this, he nearly broke me.

“Fuck,” I yell out when he slams his cock deep inside of me but instantly starts pounding me into the bed. “Oh… fuck… Oh God… Tal.”

I involuntarily try to straighten my legs and push him away. “Don’t move,” he growls as he presses into me and quickens his pace.

“Fuuuck,” I yell and continually try to push him away. Talon grunts before hooking his arms behind my legs so they are spread far apart, and I am folded in half. I lose all leverage to push him and now he can reach even deeper as he suddenly finds an unrelenting speed. At a certain point, I stop fighting him and I let myself get lost in this feeling of being destroyed from the inside out.

Talon drops my legs and wraps his hand around my throat. Instead of squeezing, he kisses me hard, and I whimper against his lips with every thrust he makes, and he grunts as he bottoms out. By the time we come together, we are exhausted. I pull Talon down to lay on me and I quickly start to doze off.

I am suddenly jolted awake when I hear Viper’s voice. “Hey… oh. Sorry. Shit, my bad,” he says.

“You’re good. Just shut the door,” Talon says as he gets up.

“I’m too naked for people to be awkwardly standing around,” I mutter.

“He just cradled your nearly naked body earlier; it’s not a big deal for him to see me clean my come off you,” Talon says.

“I’m to tired to argue,” I smile.

“What’s up?” Talon asks Viper.

“Torch is handling his body. Everything else is taken care of,” Viper says.

“We need to just lay low and not bring attention to anything,” Talon says.

“I agree,” Viper says.

“Why?” I ask.

“Vince is friends with Fang’s father, Grim, who runs an underground gambling ring. We think he might also be running girls and Fang was a connection to us to have more access to girls for him to set up.”

“You mean he’s connected to trafficking?” I ask.

“I don’t know about Fang for sure, but his dad is well known in that regard,” Viper says. “We learned that today. That’s why Fang wasn’t with us.”

“What do you mean, you just learned?” I ask with an attitude.

“It was assumed that his father was dead. To the government, he is. According to the hidden camera we placed in Fang’s apartment, he’s alive and Fang has known for a while,” Viper says, ignoring my attitude.

“So, he’s just been playing everyone?” I ask.

“Mhmm,” Talon says. “I kinda feel like an idiot for how much I trusted him.”

“It’s not like people come with a warning label,” I say. “Sometimes bad people disguise themselves well.”

“You two get some rest. We are going to stay here with y’all for a while longer,” Viper says.

“Thank you, Viper,” I say softly. He smiles and leans down to kiss the top of my head.

“You’re welcome, Laney,” he says. “We will always protect you.”

“I appreciate that. I’ve always wanted annoying older brothers,” I smile.

“Mhmm. Get some sleep,” he laughs. “Night, Laney.”

“Night, Jude,” Talon says.

Talon gets into bed with me, and I move to snuggle into his chest. We are both mentally exhausted so neither one of us speaks. He holds onto me tightly and I stay as close to him as possible until we finally drift away.