STORY EXCERPT

As she got into her car and started the ignition, she saw the tire light was still on. “Shit, I should have called Shay or someone when I was at the diner,” she said aloud and then thought about what had distracted her since the morning. First seeing Aldreck on her way in, then Candice and her situation and how empathetic Aldreck was, then all the Forester brothers arriving and watching her while she got hit on. Those men were so big they were beyond intimidating. And good-looking? Jesus, she was having palpations. She had to remind herself that she didn’t want another relationship. That she was fearful after being abused, and also embarrassed that it was obvious all four men knew about her situation and about her broken ribs.

As she drove out of town and then toward the developments before getting to the ranch, she heard the tire pop and gripped the steering wheel before she wound up in the ditch on the side of the road. Her heart hammered inside of her chest. She looked around her. She didn’t know any of the people who lived in the houses way up the dirt driveways. In fact, she could barely see the roof of one up ahead. She wasn’t that far from Bridget’s place. She could walk. That’s when she thought about the Forester men. “What the hell?” She was shocked and then angry. “I don’t need looking after. Jesus, this is going to suck.” She got out of the car and popped the trunk. She moved some things out of the way and grabbed the jack but also the tire iron. Despite how nice of a town she knew Cherry Hill was, it was very quiet, and especially out here on the side road all alone. At least it wasn’t dark out. Just as she started to unscrew the lug nuts, she heard a car approaching and coming pretty fast. When she looked up and saw the state police car, she gulped. It came to an abrupt stop, and Manderine got out.

“What in God’s name are you doing?” he yelled at her, and she nearly fell over.

“What does it look like?”

“Jesus.” He looked around them. “Get up, come here.” He grabbed her upper arm. He spoke into his radio. “On Burrens, got a woman with a flat on the side of the road. Handling this.”

She pulled her arm free. “What are you doing? What do you want?” she asked him, and fear gripped her insides. She couldn’t help her reaction. He was abrupt, rough, and the tears spilled from her eyes.

“Fuck.” He pulled her into his arms. “I’m sorry. Jesus, Autumn, I’m sorry. A call came over the radio ten minutes ago about a break-in right up that way. We’ve been driving around and trying to find the guy.” He swallowed as he pulled back and cupped her cheeks. He was staring down into her eyes. “I see you out here all alone, and holy shit, it scared me, baby. Jesus, don’t cry. Don’t be afraid of me. I wouldn’t hurt you.” He brushed the tears away.

She was still shaking, but she understood. He was concerned, and then it hit her. “Candice’s brother?” she asked.

“Yes.”

“Oh God. Well, at least she’s at the shelter and nowhere near her place,” she added.

He stared down into her blue eyes. “You’re so beautiful, and your eyes, they just stand out so much.” He stroked her jaw.

Her lips parted, and she started pulling back. “I should hurry up and fix this.”

“I’ll help you, and then follow you to the house.”

“Is that really necessary?”

“Hell yeah, and this car needs to be checked over thoroughly. You can’t be breaking down anyplace and all alone. Anything could go wrong,” he said and then took the tire iron from her hands and began to help her change the tire.

His cell phone rang, and he answered it. “Yeah, it’s Autumn and her tire I’m changing. … I know. … Yeah of course. … You want to talk to her, she’s right here. We’re almost done, and then I’ll follow her home.” He looked at her. “Shay on the phone.”

She cringed and finished up the tire. “Hi, Shay. … Yes, I’m fine, and I would have been able to change the tire myself but—”

She stopped talking, and then she apologized. “I know. I forgot the cell phone you gave me. I’m not used to having it, and when the tire light came on this morning, I thought I had more time.” She listened and then said thank you and handed the phone back to Manderine. He put it on his hip as he stood up and placed the flat tire into the trunk of the car.

“The tire light came on this morning and you didn’t think to tell anyone? Not Aldreck, my brothers, hell, our fathers?” he asked.

She wrung her hands together and looked away. “I was too caught up in what happened to Candice this morning, and then hearing about her brother, and of course you and your brothers all showed up and were saying I need looking after and it annoyed me. Then the old timers are trying to play matchmaker, and then several men asked me out today at work and were handing me numbers, and I was so frustrated and annoyed and just wanted to get home and then the tire happened.” She was rambling.

He grabbed her hand as he leaned against the side of her car. “Men were asking you out and giving you their numbers today?” he asked, feeling jealous, and it shocked him. She looked up at him with those baby-blue eyes, that platinum-blonde hair coming out of her ponytail making her look sexy as sin, and of course being so feminine and petite he couldn’t help himself. He pulled her between his legs, and she gasped.

He wrapped one arm around her waist, and the other he used to cup her cheek and chin as she tilted all the way back to lock gazes with him.

“Aldreck is always right,” he whispered and then pressed his lips to hers. She tightened up, but then he remembered her broken ribs, could feel the bandages beneath her blouse, and eased up a little and kissed her gingerly.

When he softly released her lips and kissed her jaw, and her cheek, she exhaled. “Why?” she asked.

He stroked her jaw, let his hand slide a little lower on her back and ass. She had one hell of a body on her, and he felt very possessive and protective. “The better question to ask is, why the hell not?” He stared down into her eyes and was surprised by the tears that filled them. He squinted at her.

“You aren’t scared of me, are you?” he asked. She pulled back, and he didn’t want to frighten her so he released her.

“You shouldn’t have done that.”

“But I wanted to, and you had to have felt the attraction that’s between us. Between all of us and you.” Her eyes widened, and she shook her head and backstepped. He reached for her hand and stood up straighter. “We’ll take things slow. Don’t panic. This was bound to happen.”

“No, I don’t want this. I don’t want to be scared, intimidated, or hurt. I said no to every man for a reason. The answer is no, Manderine. I’m sorry, but I can’t.”

ADULT EXCERPT

Aldreck kissed her lips and then lifted up. “All ours, and we’re all yours,” he said, and then she gasped as Hill slid fingers to her cunt while he smoothed one palm up her belly and chest to cup her breast.

“You were made for us,” Hill said and then lowered his mouth to her cunt and began to feast. They went at it again, taking turns suckling her breasts, fingering her cunt to the point of her wanting more and more. As she came for Hill he suckled and licked her clean then switched spots with Aldreck. She was panting for breath.

“Oh God I feel so weak,” she said and then cried out as Hill thrust fingers into her cunt and then lifted her thighs over his shoulders before replacing his fingers with his mouth. She was panting and moaning.

“Don’t worry, baby, you’ll get used to having four lovers. Four men bringing you pleasure over and over again,” Manderine said to her and pinched her nipple. They were wild, relentless, and as Aldreck got his fill, lowered her thighs, and then lifted her up and hugged her to him. She wrapped her legs around his midsection tight and squeezed him.

“Please be real. Please,” she said and he squeezed her.

“This is only the beginning, Autumn. Only the beginning.”

* * * *

Aldreck lifted Autumn up off the counter and carried her to the bedroom. He set her down before the bed and stared down at her sexy body, curves and all, and licked his lips. “We belong to you, too, Autumn. I need to feel your hands on me. Exploring me, and to know you want me like I want you.”

“I do. Oh God I do so much. I want all of you. I want to give you what you’ve given me. Pleasure, happiness, just be patient with me, Aldreck. This is all new.” She began to lift his shirt up by his waist. He helped her and tossed it off. When she stared at his muscular chest, his cock got even harder. Then she pressed her mouth to his skin as his brothers gathered around, pulled off their shirts, their shoes, and got comfortable and waited their turn.

When she hugged him, her cheek against his chest, he was shocked. He felt so much and caressed her hair, her back. “Baby?”

“Keep touching me, Aldreck. I need it. Need to feel you guiding me, helping me.” She tilted her head up toward him, her head barely at his chest. She was so petite in comparison to him. He caressed her hair, tilted her chin up toward him. They locked gazes.

“I want to make new memories. New visions to replace the bad ones trying to interfere with this moment,” she said to him and then began to undo his pants.

He stroked her a hair, then cupped her cheek. “Only happiness here in this room with us, Autumn. I need to feel more of you,” he said to her, and she undid his pants and pushed them down. She lowered her mouth to his cock and took a taste. “Sweet Jesus.” He exhaled, holding her shoulder. Trying to not grab onto her hair and head and stroke into her mouth to claim her, to feel more, to possess her in every way and know she was his and his brothers’ and no one else’s. He felt barbaric, needy, and he calmed his breathing best he could as she began to really suck his cock good and hard. Up and down she bobbed her head, and then Hill moved in behind her. She moaned over his cock.

“You are coming like a faucet, baby. Your body knows you belong to us. You like us watching you suck our brother’s cock because you know we want that too. Want to fill you up in every hole and claim you our woman.” She moaned louder and came.

“So giving. Your body knows, baby. Knows you belong with us,” Hill said to her, and he felt his cock getting thicker and thicker. “I’m going to come, Autumn. You got me there, baby,” Aldreck said.

“She has me there, too,” Hill said and continued to stroke her pussy from behind as he suckled against her shoulder. He was rocking against her as if his fingers were his cock. “There, baby. Fuck,” Aldreck said and grunted as he came. She sucked and licked him clean and he nearly fell backward, but Flex was there to hold him.

“Oh God, Hill. Hill!” she cried out.

Flex lowered to his knees, cupped her cheeks as Hill thrust his fingers into her.

“Let us make love to you tonight. Let us claim you our woman as you claim us your men.”

“Oh God. Yes. Yes, I want to try.”

Flex stared at her and then pressed his mouth to hers. Hill pulled back.

“Me first.” Hill lay on the bed and Flex released her lips. He lifted her up, and she straddled his hips. “Do we need protection?” he asked and stroked her jaw.

“No. I have an IUD. Oh God. Is this too soon?” she asked him and he smiled.

“No fucking way. Tomorrow, we go to the sheriff and we claim guardianship with him officially. That means no other men and no other women. Just the five of us, baby. A family.”

He pressed his lips to hers, and she squeezed him tight before he turned her around to face Hill. Arms open wide, Hill smiled up at her. “I’m yours, Autumn. All yours,” he said. And they watched as she lowered her mouth to Hill’s lips and began to kiss him.