She rested her head against my arm. “Thank you.”
I kissed the top of her head.
The door to the room opened, and we both instantly stood, on alert. I tensed up as I saw not one, but three men enter. One looked to be a priest, and he stepped back.
What the fuck was happening?
“Sian. Gideon.” One of the older-looking men nodded at us. I didn’t recognize him.
He handed out two envelopes for us to take.
I let go of her hand to take my envelope and tear into it. Out fell a female wedding band. Holding it up, I looked at him.
“By order, The Society wants you to join together today, right now, in Holy Matrimony. You will be wedded and it will be consummated today,” the man said.
I noticed the man in the back stood very still, and I didn’t like the way he looked. “And if we refuse?” I asked.
This wasn’t exactly Sian’s choice. I was very conscious of the fact Sian’s decisions about her future were being taken from her, one by one.
I’d been the one to take her virginity, and I doubted I was her first choice. Now they were telling us she had to get married to me.
“Then we will handle things. Mark my words, there will be punishment as she failed her initiation.”
“She had her fucking initiation along with me!”
“That was your initiation along with Dante, Mateo, and William. It wasn’t hers. Sian’s was going to come after. This is her chance.”
Sian put her hand on my shoulder. “Don’t worry about it,” she said.
“Don’t worry? They’re forcing you to marry me.”
She cupped my cheek. “It could be much worse.” She turned toward the man talking to us. “I accept.” Her gaze fell back on me. “Unless you don’t want me?”
I wrapped my arm around her waist and pulled her against me. “I will always want you, but I don’t … don’t do this if you don’t want to.”
“I do.” She chuckled and then looked back at the man.
The priest stepped forward, and this had to be the fastest wedding on record as within a few minutes, he’d said all the necessary lines, decreed us man and wife, and I kissed my bride.
“You are now bound to Gideon Flores, and he is bound to you. From this day forward, you will belong to him and your other three selected. Take your futures seriously and do not let anyone or anything come between you.”
With that, they turned on their heel, and left.
Sian and I were … shocked.
I had a single gold band on my wedding finger. Sian was mine. No, not just mine, she was ours, and I knew why they’d done it.
“This is because of our parents,” I said. “And Alexander.”
“What do you mean?”
“Think about it. They didn’t force them to marry, did they? It gave Alexander the perfect opportunity to meddle in their affairs. This is them cleaning up all potential and future messes.” I laughed. “No one can manipulate this situation if we’re already tied together.”
“I didn’t picture myself married at nineteen.” She held her hand up. “It’s a pretty ring.”
“You’re sad?”
“No.” She shook her head. “Maybe. Yes? I’m not sure. I think I’d have liked the others to be here, you know? I don’t want them to believe we’re starting a future without them.”
“Shall we tell them?” I asked, pulling out my cell phone.
Even now, Sian refused to have a cell phone of her own.
She put her hand on top of the phone. “Before we do, they said we had to consummate this marriage. You know what that means.” She took a step toward me, and her hands went to the buttons of my jacket.
One by one, she slid them through the loop, loosening them. “I’ve got an idea.”
She ran her hands up my chest and spilled the jacket onto the floor.
My dick was instantly hard. I wanted to be balls deep inside her, feeling her tight heat surround me. I didn’t say a word as she stepped back and began to open her shirt.
Stepping close to her, I took over. She was taking far too long, and within a matter of seconds, I had her shirt off, followed by her bra.
Cupping her tits together, I pressed my face against the mounds and groaned. She was so fucking perfect. After biting the side of each breast, I moved to the front and sucked a nipple deep into my mouth.
She was so tasty.
Circling her nipple, I glided my tongue across to the next, dedicating the same attention. Then I slid my hands down her front, going to the button of her jeans to flick it open and push the zipper down.
We came apart long enough to take off the remainder of our clothes and then my arms were on her, and I couldn’t get enough of her.