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I smile up at him, and as I do, I catch Reed frowning at us both.
Chapter Thirty-Nine
Reed
IT’S BEEN A FEW DAYSsince the bear incident, and Laney’s comments about no longer feeling safe have been playing on my mind. She’s the one who suggested that we try to walk out of here, and I’m the one who’s made her stay. What if something happens to her here, and I could have done something to change it? I’m supposed to be the one protecting her, and I’m terrified I’m going to fail her. How would I ever forgive myself?
I walk into the cabin and stop short.
Laney is lying on one of the mattresses by the fire. She’s naked. Cade is between her thighs, while her head rests in Darius’s lap. Darius’s hands are on her perfect tits, squeezing and pulling at her nipples, drawing them into tight peaks. Her eyes are closed and her back arches, the most glorious sounds of pleasure curling from between her lips. I don’t know what Cade is doing with his tongue, but she’s clearly loving it.
She looks beautiful and sexy...and young.
Too young.
I can barely control the rush of emotion that hits me. What the fuck are we thinking? I’d promised I would protect her, even if that meant protecting her from me and my sons. Now we’re all using her body like she’s some kind of fuck toy for us to play with.
I see this from the point of view of an outsider, of how the public would crucify us if we ever managed to get back to normality. Two big adult men feasting on a young woman.They’re her stepbrothers, and I’m her stepfather, and I’m just standing by, letting this happen.
It’s not right.
Only Darius shows any awareness of my arrival, his head twisted toward the door. Laney and Cade are too caught up in their pleasure to notice me.
I stalk across the cabin and grab Cade’s shoulder and haul him away from Laney.
Before he’s barely had the chance to get to his feet, I swing my arm. My fist connects with his jaw, and his head rocks back. The crack of the impact seems to echo around the room.
Laney’s eyes spring open and she screams, unsure what is happening. She pushes with her heels to get to sitting, and backs straight into Darius’s arms. She grabs a blanket and drags it around herself. I hate that she feels she has to cover her body from me. It hurts in a way I can’t even explain. Darius wraps his arms around her protectively and holds her tight. She’s staring at me as though she doesn’t recognize me.
Cade is down on one knee, his hand clutched to the spot where I’d hit him. I’m sure I can smell Laney’s arousal coming from her skin, and I respond to it like a man, not her stepfather. My cock tingles, heat forming in my balls. I don’t want to have this reaction to her, and my anger rachets up a notch.
I’m a fucking hypocrite, and I know it.
Cade angles his face toward me, his brow knotted in anger and confusion. “What the fuck are you doing?”
“What the fuck amIdoing? You’re the one going down on your stepsister.”
“And? Like you haven’t fucked her as well. Why are you getting up on your high horse all of a sudden?”
“This is wrong. Can’t you see that? Jesus Christ.” I drag my hand through my hair.
Cade smirks. “Feels pretty fucking right to me.”
I raise my fist again, and he pushes himself to his feet.
“You gonna hit me again, old man? For what? Huh? You jealous or something? You want Laney all to yourself?”
I can see why he thinks that.
I lower my arm. “I’m sorry, Cade. I didn’t mean to do that. I just reacted. I—I just think this setup needs to change. This isn’t good for any of us.”
“Why are you doing this?” Laney cries. “Talk about hot and cold. You had no problem with me being with all of you yesterday.”
“You’re wrong,” I admit. “I did have a problem with it. I always have. I just wasn’t strong enough to resist. You’re so sweet and beautiful and sexy, and we’re trapped here in these crazy circumstances. We shouldn’t be treating you like this.”
“So, you stop sleeping with her, then, if you’re the one having a crisis of conscience,” Cade says. “Why the fuck should we?”
I shake my head. “You think this is going to work? You think she isn’t going to prefer one of you over the other someday? What’s going to happen to us then? Would you be able to forgive your brother for taking her away?” I turn and address Darius. “Would you, Dax?”
