Salvation (Surrender 3)

We clean our mess and say goodbye to the parents as all the girls leave to get ready.

A soon as they are out of earshot, Declan glares at me. “Robbie, you better have a plan, because there is no fucking way I want Raven out tonight without me.”

“Hell yeah, I have a plan. Play it cool until they leave. Then we’ll be thirty minutes behind them. Finn and I can trace Raven’s phone to where they are. No fucking way those girls are out on the town in a strange city. Fuck, it’s bad enough Ember specifically chose a room with two beds, but no way her ass is out with that crew again without me.”

“Sweet and wholesome, man, I told you.”

“Shut the fuck up.”

We sit around for another hour, shooting the shit, until Finn whistles beside me. “Dec, before you lose your shit, remember we have a plan. Don’t fucking go crazy.” He talks to Declan, but gives me a look, relaying the same message.

I vaguely hear Nate offering to escort the women out, but my eyes land on Ember, and suddenly, my mouth is dry. She’s wearing another dress that highlights the color of her eyes and drapes across one shoulder. Dizziness clouds my vision as I quit breathing.

When she stops in front of me, I have to control the urge not to throw her over my shoulder and drag her back to our room. Twin beds or not, one of them will suffice while I fuck her senseless. She must know what I’m thinking because heat creeps up her cheeks and she shakes her head.

“You look fucking incredible,” I say against her lips, kissing her softly. “Promise me you’ll behave tonight.”

“Absolutely.” She nods, dropping her forehead to mine.

“I’ll see you when you get back. Call me if you need me.” There’s a flash of something in her eyes, but she smiles.

They all say their goodbyes, and one minute after they are out of sight, Declan jumps up like a man on a mission. We all follow

him to the condo and hear a painful cry when he walks in.

A note that reads ‘Didn’t fool us’ lies on the table next to seven cell phones.

“Fucking shit!” both Gabe and I say at the same time. Declan makes a call and then disappears downstairs.

I run my hand through my hair, thinking of every which way I am going to punish Ember. If she had any question about my possessiveness, she won’t doubt it after tonight. I may not be as bat shit crazy as Declan Collins, but knowing that my girl is out in a strange town, looking like she does, has me on edge. The idea of another man hitting on her has me seeing red.

Finn, Tripp, and Kendall’s boyfriend, Brian, watch me closely with amusement. I’m about to question their stupid looks when Declan comes up and tells us the new plan. We’re going to look for the girls with his driver, Chris. It takes two vans to fit us all, and somehow I’m forced to sit by Declan, whose nervous energy is driving me crazy, and Cooper, who keeps talking about being pussy-whipped.

We find them in a bar downtown, completely shit-faced. My eyes scan the crowd until they land on Ember dancing. When I get to her, she looks at me with glassy eyes and then throws her head back, giggling.

“What the hell is so funny?” I lick up the column of her exposed throat.

“The look on your face.”

“Glad to amuse you, babe, but you won’t think it’s quite so funny when I punish you for your little stunt.”

“Whatever you say. It was innocent.”

“Innocent? You’re in a bar in a strange city, with some of the craziest girls in the world, looking like a fucking sex kitten, and you call that innocent?”

“You think I look like a sex kitten?” Her voice goes low.

“Absofuckinglutely. Hottest girl in this room. The hair, the body, the outfit… Every guy in here, with the exception of our friends, wants to fuck you. Lucky for me, that’s my job. And when I get you alone, that’s exactly what I’m going to do.”

Her eyes grow hazy with lust, and she licks her lower lip. “Can you tell me more about this punishment?”

I move her to a dark corner and pin her against the wall. “Stop looking at me like that, Ember. I’m not above fucking you against the bathroom wall.”

“Ummm, sounds like fun. What else.” She taunts me, and I grow hard against her pelvis.

“You like that? You want me to talk dirty and tell you I want to eat your fucking pussy until you beg for mercy for leaving me tonight? Make you come silently against my mouth, fingers, and dick while we’re in a house full of people?”

“Yes, I want that. I want you any and every way I can get you.”