Page 45 of The Hunt


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“Violet, stop!” Blake joins him.

I can’t stop. I have to run until I get a hold of myself. What an idiot I am, thinking that all of them would still want me. Obviously not. Of course not.

I run down an overgrown trail that used to have a yurt at the end of it but was too bug infested to keep, so I was planning on turning it into a fire pit area at some point. Branches and leaves smack me as I go, cutting my skin. It’s okay, the sting keeps me grounded.

The pounding of footsteps sounds behind me, gaining ground and I dart off the path, deeper into the forest.

“Damnit, Cherry. Stop!”

“We’re not upset, Violet.”

I can’t outrun them, I know I can’t, but I keep going anyway. Even as my lungs burn with exertion I don’t stop. I’d take the physical burn over the emotion sting of rejection any day.

It isn’t even true rejection. It’s all in my head. Reasoning with myself isn’t possible right now, though. All I know is that my heart dropped to my feet seeing them like that. I just need a minute to think and stop the fucking feelings.

Strong arms close around me and then we’re both falling. Cody takes the brunt of the impact, but immediately rolls on top of me. He pins me to the ground as I struggle against him, his hazel eyes almost gold and completely feral after the chase. I hear another set of footsteps coming through the brush, but before Blake breaks through, Cody crashes his lips against mine.

Primal energy radiates from him, and I don’t know if it’s the chase, the crash, or leftover desire from his kiss with Blake, but he’s animalistic in his assault of my lips. I want him, but I’m so confused.

I struggle, but he doesn’t relent, his lips slanting over mine until I give in to him. His fingers link with mine where they’re pressed into the damp forest floor and he grinds his pelvis against mine, groaning.

“Cherry, fuck.” He breathes against my lips. “You taste exactly how I remember.”

My thighs fall open as he nestles closer between them. When we kiss again, it’s less frenzied but deeper, as if we’re both trying to imprint on each other. Blake drops to his knees beside us and I try to break the kiss, feeling guilty and intrusive.

To my surprise he lies down right beside us, stretched out, as he slides his hand over the bare skin of my stomach. Then his lips are on my neck, his fingertips dipping under the waistband of my leggings in torturously light touches. I moan and arch against Cody who breaks our kiss to watch Blake.

“Cherry, nothing gets me harder than chasing you. Haven’t you figured that out yet?” His lips take the other side of my neck as I struggle to figure out what the fuck is happening.

My eyes meet Blake’s deep brown gaze, but before I ask him what’s going on here, he leans down and presses a soft kiss to my lips. It’s the same light touch as his fingers moving further and further down my belly. His tongue strokes mine with slow, deliberate caresses as his hand dips inside my panties, immediately circling my clit. He drinks every gasp of breath, every moan, from my lips with sweet intention.

Cody grips my wrists in one hand, using his other to push my sports bra up. He takes one peaked nipple in his mouth, sucking and biting while pinching and rolling the other between his fingers. The scent of the damp earth, covered with leaves and pin needles, mixes with both their scents as they drive me closer and closer to the edge.

Blake releases my mouth and Cody takes over kissing me again. He shifts so Blake’s hand has more room to maneuver and he immediately sinks two fingers inside me. We moan in unison at how wet I am for them both. Blake pumps faster and faster, circling my swollen clit with his thumb until I come with a cry, my back arched off the ground as my body spasms around him.

“Fuck, Cherry. I forgot how sexy you sound when you come.” He circles my nipple with his finger.

“Such a good girl to let us chase you like a scared little bunny.” Blake surprises me as he pulls his fingers from me and slides them between Cody’s lips.

I watch, wide-eyed, as Cody hollows his cheeks around him. Blake’s eyes darken at the move and he grabs Cody’s golden strands and pulls him to his lips, kissing him across my body. I don’t know if it’s okay to be turned on by this, whether it’s meant for me. Voyeurism isn’t something I ever thought I’d be into.

“Are you… gay?” I blurt.

They break apart and look down at me then back at each other. Then they erupt into laughter. My cheeks heat in embarrassment. I’m so confused. I try again to wiggle out from under them, but they still have me pinned against the ground between them.

“We’re not gay,” Blake says.

“Bisexual, I guess,” Cody says. “I honestly haven’t ever really labeled myself.”

“Are you together? In a relationship?” I ask, brows furrowed.

“Again, Cherry, we haven’t labeled what we are.”

Blake’s eyes dull just the slightest bit at that response. He covers it by looking down at me. “You’re bleeding.” He pulls my bra back down.

Cody launches to his feet and helps me stand, taking my hand in his as he leads us back through the forest. “I’ve wanted to kiss you all fucking day, Cherry.” My chest warms at his confession and he winks. “You don’t have to say anything, I know you did, too.”

“Does West know you two are . . .” I pause to search for the right word. “More than friends?”

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