Page 32 of Are You Gonna Run?
Next to speak is the fox, still casually flipping around his switchblade. “So cliché.”
Humming, the wolf cocks his head to the side like he’s studying me. “We were right. She played right into our hands.”
How similar their voices are is so jarring I want to snatch the masks off their faces. Did they fucking rehearse this? And which one is my goddamn boyfriend?
“Are you scared?”
The fox’s movements stop with the knife locked open, making me wish we’d picked a fucking safeword before this. Not to stop it, just to clarify that he’s really here and this is still a game, not something I wasn’t prepared for.
If Eris isn’t one of these men...
“I’m not scared,” I lie too loudly, pacing slightly to the left to see if they’ll follow. I just need to get them away from the door long enough for me to run back out. I’m far too cornered here.
Completely in sync, all three of them say, “Run!” and step out of my way, but the second my legs oblige and I dart past them, I feel all three of them on my heels. They’re stomping their feet as they run to scare me more, and all three of them release a menacing laugh.
“The crowd won’t save you,” one of them says, but I’m far too focused on being around other people again to turn and see who it was. “I’ll still fuck you.”
Okay, that definitely sounded like Eris.
Relief and lust have me moving just a little slower. He’s there, and he’s so possessive of me, he won’t let the others do anything I don’t want them to do. I’mstill safe, but the adrenaline pumping through me is a rush.
I make it halfway across the dancefloor before I’m being snatched up from behind. Strong arms wrap around my torso, slamming me back against his strong body, and when I inhale my man’s cologne I know this has to be him.
With a smile, I tilt my head up just right to catch sight of his chin underneath the wolf’s mask, and my whole body relaxes when I see his lips. Yeah, this is Eris. My man.
My wolf.
“Gonna fuck me then, wolf? You caught me, after all. I think you’ve earned me.”
“Have I?” he asks, gaze darting around like he’s looking for someone. “Whatever you want, baby girl.”
Baby girl?
That’s definitely not something he’s called me before, but when his hands start roaming my body all over my clothes, my skin sings with the desire to be touched. Maybe a new pet name isn’t so bad.
Yet his hands feel different. They’re too... soft. Too hesitant. Eris wouldn’t be hesitant.
Swatting him away, my stomach flips violently. “You’re not him either.”
“Aw, come on, babe. It’s me.”
He laughs like he knows I don’t believe his lie for a second, and when I back away, I bump straight into another one.
This time it’s the fox, and where the wolf was hesitant with his touch,heis not.
Immediately his hands find my skin underneath my shirt, setting me on fire. My hands itch with the desire to rip his mask off to be sure I’ve got it right this time, but I remind myself Eris wouldn’t let someone else touch me like this. Over the clothes is one thing, but his hands are demanding. One of them slips straight into the front of my fishnets, a pleased growl leaving him when he feels how soaked I am. “Who’s this for, baby?”
His other hand wraps around my throat as he slowly backs us up against the far wall, and the movement is so familiar that I think I’m really sure this time. “For you, Eris. I’d know you anywhere.”
“Good girl. Fuck, I can’t hold back anymore.”
His fingers curl into me as he presses his hard length into my back. God, I hope I’m not wrong this time.
The bear and the wolf follow us, turning to face the dancefloor and the crowd as they block us from view. If Eris really is in front of me instead of behind me, I’m dumping him for the man behind me. I’ve never felt this alive.
“So don’t hold back. Take it. Take me.”
I feel him lift up my skirt to expose my ass, his hands squeezing it so hard I whimper, and then with one sharp tug I feel my fishnets snap. “Eyes ahead, sweetheart.” Anticipation swirls in my stomach as I hear him unbuckling his pants, and the first touch of his throbbing cock burns my skin when he slaps it down. “You’re gonna come on my cock in front of all these people, and you’re gonna say my name when you do. Understood?”
