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Chapter Three
Dakota
Becauseyou’vealwaysbeenOURS.
I’ve never wanted to believe a statement more in my entire fucking life. These men have haunted my life for years. Every date I’ve been on has consisted of me comparing them to these guys and always finding something falling short. They’d given me impossible standards… until I thought they were cheating of course.
It’s been a confusing evening and I’m not sure of much. But the only thing that’s ringing true is how fucking much I want them. Seeing him take over and make me feel safe all over again was everything I’d been missing. But it’s not just him. Felix was always my calm spot in a sea of chaos. We’d bonded over our mutually shitty families and he was always there for me. Then there’s Austin. He was hilarious and knew how to make me laugh, when he wasn’t pissed off at me at least. And now that we’re sitting around eating I can see his old personality shining through a bit.
“So what happens now?” Felix asks. His scent is familiar, refreshing, a crisp mix of citrus and sage that brings back the good memories. But right now it’s bitter with fear. “Do you go back to New York and pretend none of this happened?” My gaze flickers to his and I get lost for a moment in his emerald green eyes. They’re flecked in brown and have a dark brown ring on the outside. I always thought they were unique. With his freckled skin, copper hair, and grin, he is handsome. The kind of person who you couldn’t help but smile around.
“I don’t know that I could do that,” I admit. “I don’t even know what to say, honestly.”
“Say you’ll give us another chance,” Austin counters. His usual cinnamon and coffee scent hits me as he leans in and I have to fight to focus on the words he’s saying and not how perfect he smells. “And actually give us one.”
“But… we don’t even know each other. Not anymore,” I remind him.
“That’s okay, it’ll make things more interesting,” he shoots back without any hint of hesitation. They were serious about wanting to try this again. My mind flickers back to NYC and the lonely apartment I have there. Outside of my cat and coworkers, and of course the kids at the center, I’ve got no one to spend my life with. It’s been lonely and the thought of them wanting me close, of getting to know me, well it’s tempting.
“I have a whole business down there,” I say weakly.
“Do you teach?” I shake my head no at Felix’s question.
“You know, the city was tossing around the idea of a fine arts center. Maybe you can make a proposal here,” he tries again. The fact they were poking holes in my defenses and my arguments was a sign of how badly they wanted me to stop and think about this.
“I do have a director running the place now,” I sigh. “But that’s a big commitment guys.”
“Then give us tonight. And I’ll ask again in the morning,” Monroe proposes. The hope in his voice has me nodding slowly.
“Alright,” I whisper. “One night.”
“Then I’m not wasting it here, Dakota. I want to take you back to our place and fuck you. Convince myself that you’re really here.”
The determination in his brown eyes is strong and fiery, mixing with lust, and that with the heady scent of cloves and tobacco and I’m sold.
“My hotel is closer.”
Monroe stands and throws cash on the table, ignoring the fact we left our food untouched for the most part, and pulls me with him out of the diner.
The walk to the hotel is silent, but heated. Every brush of their hands on my exposed skin or the way Monroe leads me with a gentle hand on the back of my neck, I’m a goner before we even walk in the front doors. The guy who told me about the club is still working and grins at me as I pass. I duck my head and feel my cheeks flame, but keep walking.
Roe takes the card from me and lets us into my room. Austin and Felix both kick off their shoes and walk inside like they weren’t just riling me up in the elevator.
“Come here,” Roe demands as he clicks the lock shut behind us. I turn and walk closer, stopping just before him. He puts a hand on the side of my face and I can see all of the hurt I put there. “I thought I’d lost you forever, Dakota.”
“I know it doesn’t make it better, but it took me months to recover. And honestly I never stopped wishing things were different,” I say softly.
“It does make it better. To know we weren’t so easily thrown away,” Austin reassures me as he steps in behind me, running gentle hands over my sides and hips. Felix joins us, their scents enveloping me and settling something I’d been missing for too long.Them.
“Remember your first heat?” Monroe asks as he leaves a trail of kisses down my neck. “I bet the next one will be even better.”
“And who says you’ll be involved,” I tease. “I have a battery operated knot that works just fine.”
He growls at that and tosses me on the bed. “You don’t need that anymore. I think we need to remind her that we’re better than that bullshit, betas.”
“Gladly,” Austin says as he strips out of his clothes. Felix does the same while Monroe rids me of mine then his own. They all surround me, staring down at my naked body.
“Should I just touch myself then?” I taunt as I slide a hand toward my pussy. A hand clamps down on my wrist right as I pass my navel and I laugh at Monroe’s annoyed glare.
