His fingers stilled, resting lightly over the scar.
“Even this.”
Then he dipped forward.
His lips brushed the scar, tenderly pressing slow kisses along its length. The contact made my breath hitch. He followed the line carefully, as if he were memorizing it, until he reached my nipple. His mouth closed around the ruined peak, drawing it in with a soft pull.
My back arched off the mattress.
The sight of his brother's lips on my breast loosened Silas' rage. Heat crept back in as he watched, hovering closer.
“Do you like his mouth on you?” Silas asked.
The words came out rough, teeth clenched around them like he was trying to cage whatever he was feeling.
I nodded, glancing up at him just before my head tipped back again, a quiet moan slipping free as Knox’s lips tightened around my nipple.
“Fuck,” Silas muttered.
The mattress shifted as his knees hit it, body settling between my legs.
“I’m going to put my mouth on you too,” Silas said, “Right here. Okay?”
His fingers brushed the inside of my thigh, gathering my dripping slick, then lightly grazed my core.
Knox stilled for a moment, lifting his head to look at me.
“He wants to apologize,” Knox said. “For growling. For scaring you. Let him, runt.”
I nodded.
Silas didn’t hesitate after that.
He bent forward, burying his face between my legs, his mouth moving with intent. His long tongue licked slow, lazy strokes, testing and learning what I responded to, before deepening the pressure.
Knox returned to my chest at the same time, his mouth working over my nipples again, alternating between them.
It was so touching.
So much contact.
For years that kind of closeness would have sent me spiraling, every nerve screaming for escape.
But this time—
I wanted more.
More.
More.
I had been starving for so long. Starved of kindness, of comfort, and of contact that didn’t come with pain.
And this… this was good.
Better than good.
So instead of bracing, instead of shrinking away, I let myself drown in it. I disassociated, drifting into every sensation, every careful touch, and every place their mouths lingered.
