CHAPTER 8

It has been considered rude to stare and drool at something delicious. However, Olivia stared at Aidan as he removed his clothes and was grateful for being wet in the pool. It would hide any evidence of her drooling.

He unbuttoned his button-down shirt and slid it off his arms. He wore an undershirt tank that hugged his body in the most delectable way. He removed his pants and stood in his tank and boxer briefs. He then removed his tank.

Oh holy shit, is he going to get completely naked?

Aidan walked to the edge of the pool, then dove in. Graceful under the water, he swam toward her. He came up and wiped his face with his hand.

“Hello, beautiful,” he said. His smile put his fangs on appearance. “Have you enjoyed yourself so far?”

She did not answer immediately, giving consideration to her answer. She stared into his golden eyes. Had she enjoyed herself? Sure. Was it pleasant? Yes. Was she happy, though? She wasn’t quite sure.

“Hmm, I like a woman who has to think about her answer instead of popping something off,” he told her.

Olivia gave a crooked smile. “Honestly, it’s a hard question to answer.”

“Oh?” he asked and rested his arm on the side of the pool. “Has something happened to make you think this was not a good pairing?”

She shook her head. “No, not in the least. I think,” She paused for a moment, then continued. “Let me see how I can word this.”

“Don’t think, just speak,” he told her.

She nodded. “I was born into this life. This is not something I would have chosen for myself. My right to have free will was taken from me the moment I was conceived. My life belongs to you five, now. I have no choices in what I do from this point forward.”

“Is that what you think?” he asked.

“Is that not the truth?”

He shook his head. “No, not at all. Yes, you’re under a conditional agreement, however, you are not a slave to this home, or to us. You are welcome to leave if you’re not happy, but you will be paired to someone else.”

Victor crossed her mind and she shifted her gaze toward the other side of the pool. “I know that. I appreciate what I have here, please know that.” She turned back to him. “My life turned around and upside down the morning I woke to my pairing. I walked in expecting to be paired to one vampire, and instead, I have five.”

“Yeah, baby, you hit the jackpot, didn’t you?” He grinned and moved in closer toward her.

She laughed and shook her head. “Yeah, you could definitely say that. Everyone has been so nice, patient, and no one has tried to force me into anything.”

“Well, that’s good,” he said. “I’m not a fan of rape or the rape culture, myself.”

Her eyes widened. “Ohmigosh,” she blurted. “That is not what I meant.”

He chuckled. “I know, baby girl, I know.”

She lifted her brow. “Baby girl?”

He nodded. “Is that okay, if I call you baby girl?”

Her smile slipped into something of her own version of a Cheshire grin. Then, she nodded. “Yeah, I like it.” She wondered about Aidan’s background and where he came from. The stories she’d heard so far, everyone had been involved, one way or the other. “Aidan, would you mind sharing your story with me?”

He nodded. “Absolutely. I met Ethan almost one hundred years ago. I was already a vampire. He introduced me to Jared, and the rest is history.”

Olivia waited for more, but when he did not offer, she pushed. “That can’t be all.”

“It’s not.” Aidan lowered his gaze and a vulnerability overcame him. “Ethan found me at the lowest point in my undead life.”

She rested her hand on his arm. When he met her gaze, she smiled in hopes he would continue. Aidan returned her smile, then looked past her, as if he were looking into his own history.

“I had been paired shortly after being turned. My maker did not stick around to see me through. I was a bit reckless, but my lady helped me through the change and getting accustomed to my new life.”

“Your lady?” Olivia asked.

He nodded. “My concubine.”

She raised her brows. Of course, they have had other concubines in their existence. She would not be their first. Definitely not their last.

“We were together for a long time,” he continued. “Her name was Maxine. She was everything to me. I never mated with anyone and took her as mine. We were happy. Then, one day, I came home to an empty house, or so I thought until I came upon her body in the kitchen.”

Olivia gasped. “Aidan, you don’t—”

He continued on. “She was murdered. A part of me died with her that day. I fell into a darkness I never want to venture into again. Ethan found me soon after and he, along with Jared and the others, saved me from myself.”

“Oh, Aidan,” she whispered. “I’m so sorry.” She cupped his cheek and leaned in, pressing a soft kiss to his forehead. “I didn’t know.”

He nodded and met her gaze. It was as if he switched off the past and turned the present back on. “Well, you’re here now, and we’re all looking forward to next steps.”

She grinned. Pushing his story to the back of her mind, she felt a new kinship with Aidan. “Me, too.”

Aidan stalked her even closer. “Good. Because we plan on making you scream our names.”

Her body shook and her breath came out in a rasp. “Aidan,” she whispered.

“Yeah, baby girl?” he asked and reached for her. He slipped an arm around her waist and pulled her against his body.

She wrapped her arms around his neck. Olivia became fixated on his lips, his fangs seeming to grow the longer she stared. “I’ve never been with more than one man at a time.”

He grinned. “Then, I’m looking forward to giving you another first.”

“Another first?” she asked, then realized what he meant. There were few times as an adult one would have a ‘first experience’ on anything. This would be a first experience Olivia would never forget. And, if she were lucky, they would remind her of this experience over and over again.

“Oh,” he whispered. “What’s on your mind? You just blushed a red so bright, it makes me feel dirty to imagine your naughty thoughts.”

She laughed out loud and relaxed in his embrace. “I was thinking how it would feel, to have all five of you feeding from me at once.”

He repositioned them to where her back rested against the pool. “I need to steal a kiss. I feel I cannot breathe properly unless I have felt your lips on mine.”

“That has to be the sexiest, sweetest thing—” She was cut off when his lips claimed hers. Olivia opened her mouth for him and his tongue teased hers in an erotic, suggestive, arousing way. She moved her legs to wrap them around his waist.

Unless he removed his boxer briefs, and she removed her bathing suit bottoms, there was no chance of penetration, but it would not stop any teasing, titillation from occurring. She was on the crest of masturbating in the pool, but now, with Aidan between her legs, she rubbed his rock-hard cock against her throbbing clit.

She gasped and her head lolled back. Aidan took advantage ofher exposed neckline. Fear reminded her she was in the arms of a vampire, but trust she had acquired since being in this home told her he was safe.

He caressed her neck with anticipated eagerness, the need for blood clearly intense, but giving into what she longed for instead; a much-needed release. Aidan gripped a handful of her hair and pulled hard. She gasped as he nibbled on her earlobe. His body moved with hers, causing friction between them. Her clit responded with a massive throb and she moaned, her voice echoing in the pool's chamber.

“Aidan,” she whispered. “You’re going to make me come.”

“Mmm,” he groaned into her neck. “Give it to me, baby girl. Give it all to me.”

She gripped his shoulders. Giving into the moment, she opened her legs wider as his cock rubbed against her throbbing clit. The sexual frustration that had built over the last few days culminated in this moment. The orgasm rushed through her body and she yelled out. Her body shook and she rode out the wave of sensations. She came hard, warm, and yelled out his name.

Aidan slowed down and released the grip on her hair. He brushed his lips across hers in a gentle, loving way. He held her close to his body, massaging her back. “Are you all right?” he whispered.

She nodded and rested her forehead against his shoulder. “I will be.” She laughed and shook her head. “I can’t believe we just did that.”

“Well, if I may be so bold, I cannot wait for the real thing. I’m looking forward to the day we claim you, all five of us.”

She fidgeted for a moment and bit her lip. “I am, too,” she whispered. “I’m also scared to death about five sets of fangs in my skin.”

He chuckled.

She looked at him and frowned. “Why is that funny?”

“Baby girl,” he said. “I’m not laughing at you. What I found humorous is five dicks pointing at you gives you no fear.”

“I don’t even know what to say that.” She laughed.

“Come on, let’s get showered and cleaned up.” Aidan climb out of the pool and when he turned to face Olivia, his cock was at full attention.

Good lord, he’s huge. She stared at him, at least until Aidan chuckled.

“Take my hand, baby girl. You can ogle my dick later.”

She gasped andher eyes widened. “I wasn’t…” she paused, then laughed. “Yeah, I was. I won’t lie. I ogled you, as you said, like the cartoon wolf, tongue and all.”

He bent down, offering his hand for her, and she grasped it. He pecked her on the cheek, then patted her butt. “I’ll see you later, then.”

“Yeah, I’m looking forward to it.” Olivia watched Aidan as he jogged out of the pool area, disappearing behind doors. She sighed and laughed to herself. She had an orgasm in the pool by friction.

What would it be like with all five of them on me?

Holy hell, they will ruin me, in the best possible way.

She grabbed a towel and wrapped it around her, then headed to the showers. She thought about Aidan’s story. He lost what he considered to be his mate. Was it the love of his life? Maybe, but with the eternal life of a vampire, Maxine would not be the last.

Next on her list was Jared, but first, she needed a moment to herself. She would raid the kitchen for baking goods and see what she may be able to create. She needed to bake, and figuring out what each man meant to her in terms of flavor would be just the thing to do.