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He didn’t want my forgiveness and he knew I was giving it. I was just being so pushy. Ignoring the pain the disagreement caused I got right in Evan’s personal space.
“I’m sorry for keeping you up and I’m sorry for being disagreeable,” I said reaching up and touching his face before he could move away. “Your turn.”
The tension was thick in the air as Evan apologized. Suddenly it melted and the room thawed. The men had acknowledged Evan’s mistake.
Damien moved forward and hugged Evan with me trapped between them. The hug was brief, but it allowed Evan close enough to taste Damien’s shoulder. He moved around the room reaffirming his connection to his Brothers. They alternated between soothing and scolding him.
I stood watching the bond reassert itself between them. Damien’s arm looped around my shoulders and I stood against him feeling his warmth radiate into me. It was such a strange primal connection they shared. Although it seemed strong, certain types of stress could weaken it quickly and immeasurably.
Evan approached me last and he seemed hesitant, so I reached my hand out to him.
“So willing to forgive us everything,” he murmured dropping his mouth to my ear.
I melted a little as Evan tasted the shell and lobe of my ear. They were so sensitive and he knew just what to do. My frame slumped into Damien as Evan tasted. He knew I liked this and it was his way of making up for his behavior.
Grinning I pulled his mouth to mine for a kiss.
“Go to bed,” I smiled holding his jaw; Evan was more than willing.
“You will sit on the bed with us,” Damien demanded. “It is too cold out here,” he finished pointing me back to the sleeping chambers.
There was no space for disagreement. The Brothers wouldn’t hear of it. I was escorted with my little pad back into the warmed bed chamber.
It wasn’t clear to me how they slept while I was wide awake, but they didn’t care I was up. I sat on the bed and leaned on the pole in the center. I drew the symbol for mountain on the screen and a magnificent list popped up. I choose an unknown name and started to read.
The mountains I read about were not tame. They sat at the edge of a violent sea and took the brutal weather that circumstance provided. The pad described plant and animal life in detail, along with historical facts. The reading was complex and detailed, as I’d known it would be. I read until I dropped to sleep much later.
“Quiet,” Evan whispered, “let her sleep. We’ll just bring her food.”
The Brothers were agreed, but I was already up. They had woken at the normal time, but Evan had tried to avoid rousing me. It had almost worked, but not really. His energy flowed into me and I wanted to be up, too.
I wandered into the bathroom and blinked the sleep from my eyes. It had been a long night and I wondered what the day would bring. Evan wasn’t long in handing me the first surprise.
“I want you to put it in,” he stating handing me my plug.
I pinched it between two fingers and looked at it warily. Long ago I’d accepted it as something I did to make Bane and Evan happy. It was a choice everyday to wear it or not, but I usually did. I didn’t like touching it, though. For a moment I failed to understand why I had to put it in myself.
No, it would not go in me today, I suddenly knew.
“The first few days are uncomfortable, particularly without preparation,” Evan explained evenly. “This does not cause you discomfort anymore, but it will bother me. It is the punishment my Brothers decided on.”
Bane liked it, I thought staring up at him.
Evan shrugged and flicked hair away from my eye. “Bane found it tempting. I find it… unfathomable. It will remind me all day of the things you have done without complaint for us. This is a fitting punishment.”
“Or, I can dole out punishment,” Damien offered coming to stand beside Evan.
Damien had been forced to discipline Evan before. He did not enjoy doing it, but sometimes Evan forgot unless a lesson was instilled deeply enough. The Brothers feared this lesson would need to be driven home. No one wanted Evan to come that close to loss of control again.
I stamped my foot. There was no way I was torturing Evan’s ass and Damien was most certainly not beating him. This was ridiculous.
“You may use the oil,” Kein said passing by us to turn on the shower for me.
The men murmured in agreement. If I was going to hold out, then the lubricant would be acceptable.
“No one needs to do this to him,” I said finally. “He apologized, we all accepted it-”
Bane cut me off with a laugh. He knew Evan and his tendencies. It had been an issue when they were younger. Memories of Evan’s outlandish behavior at the Child Keeper’s astounded me. It had taken many turns of the ringed moon for the Brothers to tame him. He had been a hellion.
“He needs reminders, little Sister,” Bane reassured. “It is the only way he learns. He is not like you.”
It was going to be a weird day.
I did for Evan what I’d done for Bane and they scolded me. No preparation, just put it inside him.
“Absolutely not,” I said looking straight in Damien’s eyes. “I am not a rapist and I am not hurting him like that. If you want this done, we use the oil and do it slowly.”
Five against one made for a definite shift in the balance of power, but I was set on this. No matter the pain it caused me to disagree, I was determined.
“He won’t learn,” Kein mumbled leaning on a far wall.
“Yes, he will,” I said turning back to my strange morning task, “but we do this my way.”
Evan hated the plug. He despised the sensation worse than anything he’d ever encountered before. Sitting made it worse and he even felt it standing up.
“When I walk the damn thing moves,” he growled standing still in the middle of the apartment.
I thought we should remove it and the Brothers disagreed. This was perfect and Evan would remember this lesson. While the rest of them felt the discomfort, they weren’t unduly bothered by the circumstance. If this reminded Evan well enough, it would be worth the slight discomfort.© NôvelDrama.Org - All rights reserved.