Page 38 of Wings of Valor (Silver City University #4)

“ W here are you taking me?”

Raphael and Theo placed a soft scarf over my eyes five minutes ago, and we’ve been walking ever since. Zeke is here too, somewhere up ahead.

“So many questions,” Theo teases, lightly trailing a finger down the back of my arm.

“You could try answering at least one,” I pout, though there’s no conviction behind it. I don’t really mind that I’m blindfolded and being led to some undisclosed location by my boyfriends. After the day we’ve had and what’s coming for us tomorrow, I can’t imagine anything better.

I listen, hoping something will give away our location, but other than the sounds of our feet, all I hear are crickets. With the breeze on my cheeks, it’s not hard to guess that we’re outside, which tells me they’re taking me somewhere private. But where?

The ground shifts from cobbled stone to something smooth, and my guides help me navigate a few short steps.

Up ahead, a door creaks open, and I know the moment I step inside the building.

There’s a faint scent of ink and leather, but it isn’t overly familiar.

This isn’t a library. Not a barn either. So where could this be?

The door shuts behind me, making me jolt in surprise, and then Raphael says, “Are you ready for this to come off?”

I purse my lips and nod, then the scarf is pulled away to reveal a large open room.

The glass ceiling is tall and domed around us with a perfect view of the night sky, but it doesn’t meet at the top.

Instead, it’s like the walls have retracted to allow free access to the outside world.

In the center of the room is a large machine that I can’t decipher.

Is that a huge-ass telescope? Beyond it is a makeshift bed made up of blankets and pillows.

There’s a table laden with fruits and cheese next to a bottle of some type of sparkling beverage that’s resting in a bucket of ice.

“This is …” I trail off, unable to find the words. Everywhere I look, I find something new. A bookshelf filled with leather-bound tombs. A desk with quills and ink pots resting beside aged parchment. It’s like we’ve stumbled into another dimension.

“We wanted to do something special for you, and when Theo found this place, we knew it would be perfect.” Raphael leans in to press a kiss on my forehead.

My eyes sting with tears, and I laugh. “I don’t know what to say.”

“You don’t have to say anything, firefly,” Theo says, holding out his hand. “Come explore!”

Without hesitation, I take his hand and do just that. I pass by Zeke and offer him a dazzling smile and kiss before perusing the shelf beside him. They’re full of books on planets, stars, constellations, and meteors. It’s incredible and impossible to pick only one to read.

“I’m really glad we’re all here for this. Thank you for putting it together.” I reach out to each of them, holding their gaze and hoping they sense how much I mean the words.

“While we’re on the topic of gratitude, I don’t think I ever properly thanked everyone for rescuing me.

” Zeke’s deep voice is raw with emotion.

“I know we haven’t always seen eye to eye—and that’s mostly my fault, which I deeply regret—but you put yourselves in danger for me anyway.

I’m still working on overcoming my baggage, but when I’m with you guys, it doesn’t feel like it’s between us.

Here with you, it just feels like home.”

My gaze is glued to Zeke—mouth agape—because holy shit. Did he just apologize, thank Raphael and Theo, and admit how he feels all in one go? The guys must be equally in shock, because it’s silent for several moments.

“Too much?” Zeke asks, looking abashed for maybe the first time ever.

Theo steps forward and places a hand on Zeke’s shoulder. “Unexpected is all, but in a good way. We feel like home to me, too.”

“A family—one we get to choose instead of being saddled with,” Raphael adds, placing his hand on Zeke’s other shoulder.

“I love you. All of you,” I tell them. I’m not sure whose mouth finds mine first, but suddenly, the room feels extra charged, heavy with tension. They pass me between each other until I’ve felt each of their lips on mine, but they don’t progress things further because Theo speaks.

“Wait, wait, wait. The telescope first.”

“The telescope?” I ask, breathless.

Zeke sighs, his chin resting on my head. “Right. Okay, let’s do it, then she’s all ours.”

My stomach flutters at his words, and part of me wants to tell them to screw the telescope. I don’t need to see shit. I just need them. But it’s clear they put thought into whatever they want to show me, so I go along with it even though my pussy throbs in dissatisfaction.

Next to the telescope sits a stack of papers. Star charts, I realize. All I catch from the top is the word nebulae before I’m parked in front of the telescope and Raphael commands me to look.

It takes me a moment to get the right angle, but when I do, I find the most beautiful thing. It almost looks like the inside of a geode, full of glittering specs and colors. “What is this?”

“That’s the heart and soul nebulae. Two distinct nebula where stars are born, and sometimes you can even witness them mingling together,” Theo whispers in my ear, his breath hot on my neck. “You are our heart and soul, Hayliel.”

A shiver races down my spine, but I don’t stop looking through the telescope.

Raphael is on my other side, his fingers dancing along my thigh. “It’s because of you that we’re here, together, fighting to unite our city.”

“You make us better men,” Zeke says from behind me, his hard body pressing against my back. I hear him breathe in against my hair, and it takes everything not to let out a moan. I lift my head, but he carefully pushes me back. “Enjoy the view while you can.”

I do as I’m told, but I can’t focus on the sight through the telescope while they shift around me. Every touch makes me jump and squirm with the need for more. Someone shifts the telescope, and although the view is different, it’s also not. The nebula are linked, inexplicably, just like us.

Hands find the button of my jeans, then my zipper.

“Oh,” I manage to get out.

“That’s right, little sun. We’ll give you what you need, but you have to earn it.”

“Earn i-it?” My mind refuses to focus on Raphael’s words while Theo is undressing me.

Zeke pulls away, and I immediately feel the loss.

“That’s right, baby.” Raph tilts my head, his lips locking with mine in a kiss that has my head swimming.

Theo rises, my pants still trapped around my legs.

He turns me toward him while Raph takes over undressing me.

Their kisses, while similarly passionate, are so different.

Raphael’s is intense, with nips of his teeth, while Theo moves slower, his tongue gliding across mine in a way that has my core spasming.

I feel like a pinball, bouncing between them. And I love it.

There’s a sound from somewhere in front of me, then I hear Zeke command, “There. Take another look, hummingbird.”

I almost object, not wanting anymore of this damn telescope when I’m currently naked from the waist down, but they don’t give me a choice. Theo and Raph pull back enough to nudge me forward.

Well, looks like I’m stuck using this damn thing again.

I barely manage to see something blue through the telescope when I feel it. Two sets of hands on me. Then fingers dip between my thighs and swirl through my wetness. I suck in a gasp, my legs trembling already.

“Keep looking if you want to come,” Zeke says, not letting me off the hook. “All you have to do is name that planet, and they’ll make you feel good, won’t you, fellas?”

“So good, firefly,” Theo whispers against my skin while he and Raphael tease my entrance.

“Oh, fuck.” I whimper, unable to focus at all. Planets? What the fuck are those? I can’t think straight, and they want me to name a fucking planet?

“You want to feel good, don’t you, little sun?” Raph asks, pressing a single digit inside me and withdrawing it completely.

“Yes,” I say on a breath.

“Then be a good girl and do what Zeke says.” This time, it’s Theo’s finger inside me.

With a shuddering breath, I lean forward and look through the scope. There are two circles; one white and one blue. Two planets? Or maybe a planet and its moon.

Just as I think this might not be so bad, two fingers enter me at once. When I glance down, I find my two men working together, each fingering me at the same time in alternate strokes.

Oh, gods.

I look up to find Zeke sitting in a chair, cock in hand, and my panties wrapped around his shaft as he strokes. He looks dark and dangerous, his shirt unbuttoned, chest bare. He’s getting off on this.

Theo and Raph shift, each inserting another finger until somehow I have four inside me. They take turns licking and sucking my clit until I feel like I’ll collapse. I’m so fucking horny.

“Please,” I moan, utterly desperate as my hips gyrate, helping them finger-fuck me.

Zeke grunts, and I see the satisfaction in his gaze. “You know the rules. Name the planet and you’ll get to see stars.”

Fuck. I barely know my own name right now. How the hell am I supposed to name a stupid fucking planet? As if sensing my frustration, Raphael and Theo have backed off a little, and as much as I hate it, it’s enough for me to find one singular ounce of concentration.

When I look through the lens again, they hike it up a notch, nearly making my knees give out, but I put everything I have into focusing. If I want to come, I have to do what Zeke says. That’s what they told me.

Eventually, I’ll recall how hot this is, but now I’m desperate, horny, and needy as hell.

Blue. Which planets are blue?

Neptune is the obvious one, but I know there’s another. Uranus maybe?

Theo’s tongue increases in pressure against my clit, making me shout out, “Uranus! Fucking hell, please be Uranus.”

The licking stops and the four fingers inside me grow still, my orgasm fading.

Shit!