Bound: Highgate Preparatory Academy, Book 2

After lunch, Loki suggested we go down to the beach, so we spend the rest of the day on the golden sand or in the beautiful turquoise waters, relaxing and listening to music, because of course, Loki has a playlist. He told me that you need a playlist for every occasion; from torture to chilling on the beach. I mean, he’s not wrong.

Although this time of year in Bali and the surrounding islands is often quite wet, the rain holds off, and the temperature is balmy and the perfect amount of heat. I can feel my troubles and worries melt away as the sun warms my skin, and the sea breeze kisses my body.

Kai is still a little distant, yet I can see him trying to act normal, to hide the darkness that has surrounded him since that night on the boat. But even though he is a part of our group, sitting on a colourful outdoor rug on the warm golden sand, he’s lost in his own mind, gazing out over the water. His face is a blank mask of indifference, his eyes intense, staring at the horizon. It’s frightening to see him so…closed off. I’m sure the others notice. I see Ash looking Kai’s way as much as I am, a frown marring his brow.

“We’ll get to the bottom of it, Ash,” I tell him, reaching out for his hand as he sits next to me.

“If anyone can, it’s you,” he replies, squeezing gently as he wraps his inked fingers around mine. His faith in me is warming, and I can only hope that it’s not misplaced.

He looks mouthwateringly good, positively edible, in just some loose black swimming trunks and his ink covered skin. Her Vagisty is going all kinds of crazy, the horny bitch!

As I look at Kai once more, a wicked, bratty idea comes to mind, which will hopefully lighten the mood a little and chase some of that darkness from Kai’s eyes. A flutter of nervous anticipation alights in my stomach; what if he rejects me? I brush it aside. I’ll take the risk if there is even a small chance that it’ll help him.

Letting go of Ash’s hand, I get up, going over to the bluetooth speaker and Loki’s phone, scrolling until I find the song I’m after. The beginning of Sexual Healing by Azee starts to play, the slow sensual beat washing over us like the caress of the waves on the shore.

Ash’s grey lust filled eyes are fixed on me, and I glance over to see Loki and Jax who are in the water. They look up, pausing their game of catch—I know, boys, eh?—watching to see what I’m up to. I turn and fix my stare on Kai, who’s still looking out at the sea, his arms draped on his bent knees, and walk towards him, coming to stand in front of him as he sits in his koi fish print swim shorts.

Finally, he looks up, his honey eyes dark, and gives me a small smile that makes my heart ache, and butterflies flutter in my stomach all at once. It’s such a beautiful, lost, sad kind of smile that I have to hold in the cry that wants to escape my soul.

Keeping eye contact, I reach behind me, undoing the string securing my cherry print bikini top. Moving up to my neck, I do the same to that tie, letting the fabric drop between us on the rug. I reach for the strings at my waist next, undoing them one at a time until I’m standing before him, our toes touching, fully naked, and the sun licking every inch of my body.

I close my eyes briefly as a fragrant breeze teases my nipples, hardening them to tight nubs, and pebbling bumps all over my skin.

“I will risk sand in Her Vagisty, Kai, if that’s what it takes to make you smile,” I inform him, my lips lifted in a smirk. I open my eyes as a husky laugh falls out of his own lips, transforming his face into something worthy of the gods. “There he is,” I say, my voice a rusty whisper, full of swirling emotion.

“Lilly, I’m sorry…” he starts to say, frowning, but trailing off as I get to my knees, one thigh on either side of his lap, my bare pussy hovering over his crotch.

His hands come up, caressing my thighs in a touch that leaves me shivering and aching, his eyes lowered as he watches his hands. Pausing at my arse, his fingertips dig into the flesh until I gasp, desperate for more despite the lingering sting from Ash’s punishment yesterday.

“Please don’t apologise, love,” I tell him in a slightly breathy voice, and a bright smile lifts his lips at the endearment. “Talk when you’re ready, but until then, use me as you need to.”

My own hands embrace either side of his face, tilting it upwards so that our eyes meet, and we’re gazing into each other’s souls. I let him see all the love I have for him, hoping that he knows it’s unconditional, and won’t change regardless of what is going on in his head.

“You are too good for me, Lilly Darling,” he murmurs, his own voice catching as his eyes glisten slightly, and my heart bleeds for him.

“No,” I murmur back, leaning down so that the next part is said against his lips. I want him to take my words inside of himself, to taste their truth. “I am just right for you, as you are for me.”

He pauses, his hands tightening even more on my lower cheeks before he closes the distance between our lips. The kiss starts out slow, a tentative exploration of each other, a rediscovery. I let him take charge, opening myself up to him as our tongues tangle and caress. Soon our embrace becomes heated, the sun above us eclipsed by our passion for each other, as we devour one another.

Kai pulls me tighter to him, my core lining up with his hardness. A groan leaves both our throats at the contact, and we start to move in unison, seeking more of that delicious friction. I shamelessly grind down on him, unable to help myself as Kai uses his firm grip on my arse to guide my core, so that it rubs up and down his shorts covered shaft. It feels as though the sun has somehow come down from the heavens, and is now in the centre of me, burning me up from the inside, making me desperate for more of Kai.

“Kai, love, sir…please,” I moan when Kai’s lips leave mine to trail a blaze of fire down my neck.

His head dips, capturing one of my hardened nubs into his warm mouth, teasing it with his tongue. My hands pull his head closer, trying to show him what I want, what I need. He pops off immediately, looking up at me with hard, hot lust in his eyes.

“Ash,” he says, voice soft yet commanding. “Hold Lilly’s hands behind her back.”

His stare doesn’t waver from mine, and I feel Ash’s hot skin press up behind me, my breath shuddering out of me at the touch. His smooth palms glide down my arms from behind, leaving a cascade of shivers in their wake. Placing a soft kiss on my bare shoulder, he grasps my wrists, then brings my arms behind me, holding both in one hand.

I whimper as he slowly, torturously, smooths the other hand around to cup one of my breasts, squeezing hard enough to turn the whimper into a gasp. Kai gruffly chuckles, then lowers his head once more. I watch as his tongue darts out, teasing my nipple again, his teeth occasionally grazing the sensitive nub.

His hands leave my hips, and I watch as he pulls the waistband of his shorts down, freeing his beautiful, fully erect cock. It stands straight up, and a moan escapes my lips at the sight of his piercings glinting in the sun. Bringing his hands up to guide my hips once again, he closes the distance between our bodies so that I’m grinding on the underside of his hard length, his metal adding a layer of sensation that’s driving me wild. Ribbed for her pleasure as they say!

I rest my head back on Ash’s shoulder with a deep breathy sigh, and Ash uses the access to pepper kisses and nibbles along the column of my neck. A sharp pain makes me jolt, and I look down to see Kai using his teeth to pull my nipple taut. He lets it go, then begins on the other side, Ash holding both my breasts out like an offering, massaging the one that Kai has just released.

I can feel the familiar burn of an orgasm begin in my core, and I start to move faster, desperately chasing the elusive pinnacle. But I need more.

“Please…” I murmur, my head once again on Ash’s shoulder, my arms still trapped behind me in his strong grip. My eyes are closed, the rays of the sun making even the darkness bright.

Ash ceases his assault on my neck and breast, clearly waiting for Kai’s instruction. Kai pauses, leaving us in stillness, me panting and exquisitely aching.

I crack my eyes, just catching Kai’s nod, and a thread of excitement sizzles through me as Ash’s hand leaves my aching globe, making its way slowly down the front of my body.

“Are you going to come on my fingers with just a touch like you did so prettily for Jax last night?” he asks me in a husky whisper.

“Yes…Ash…” I beg, almost crying with need as Kai resumes the movement of my hips, building me up again so that I’m on the edge of the precipice, looking down, but needing a push.

“When Kai says you can, Princess,” he tells me, and I part moan, part cry with the need for release.

I open my eyes and look down at Kai to see he’s leaned back a little, his eyes focusing on the way my pussy is rubbing up and down against him. There’s precum glistening on his lower stomach, and my mouth waters for a taste.

Kai picks up the pace, rubbing me along his length furiously, sending jolts of sharp pleasure up from my core, his body at the perfect angle. I can’t tear my eyes away from the sight of us, with Ash’s tattooed fingers waiting to one side but not obstructing our view.

“Now,” Kai growls out, and I watch as Ash’s fingers finally make contact and pinch my clit hard.

That’s all I see as the world detonates around me, my eyes closing with the force of my climax, my fingernails digging into my palms behind me as wave upon wave of intense pleasure rolls over me. My cunt clenches around empty air as I come, my release definitely soaking the front of Kai’s shorts, which are pooled beneath me.

I hear his guttural moan moments later, his body going rigid underneath me, and I look down with a satisfied smile to see that he has climaxed too, ropes of glossy cum covering his stomach, my pussy, and Ash’s fingers.

“I don’t blame him, Princess,” Ash whispers in my ear, nipping my lobe as he pushes his own hard-on into my arse crack.

“Fuck, Ash,” I gasp, pushing back but stopping when he takes a sharp breath.

“Trust me, Princess. If I wasn’t still sore, I’d fucking destroy this pretty ass and cunt right now,” he tells me, pulling back a little. His words cause a full body shiver to whisper over me.

Finally, he lets go of my hands, and I roll my shoulders back, enjoying the tingling feeling of being unbound. I grab Ash’s hand, the one covered in Kai’s cum, and bringing it to my lips, I suck each finger, then lick anywhere that still has the salty liquid on it. Both men give a low moan, and I look down to see a satisfied heat in Kai’s amber eyes.

I give him a cheeky grin, then push gently on his shoulders so that he lies back on the rug. Bending over, and shuffling down on my knees, I force Ash to back up until my face is hovering over Kai’s cum covered stomach and crotch. With long sure strokes, I lick his seed off, loving the burst of salt on my tongue.

A soft warm tongue runs up my slit, an animalistic groan falling from my lips as Ash begins cleaning me with his own tongue. I’m still so sensitive, and the idea that Ash is also tasting Kai on my cunt is so arousing that it doesn’t take long for him to build me up again until I’m quivering and shaking, and on the brink of a second climax.

Kai’s abs tense, and I roll my eyes up to see his hooded gaze staring down at me as I squirm and gasp. His hands come up into my hair, gripping it between his fingers and forcing me to look at him as I get closer and closer to release.

Suddenly, Ash’s lips seal around my clit, sucking hard and then biting down, and with a cry, I explode once more, my whole body flushing hot then cold. My arms give way, and I collapse on top of Kai, his fingers releasing their grip. I’m panting and sweaty, my heart pounding as I lay my head on his damp stomach and relearn how to breathe.

I hear Ash’s deep rueful chuckle behind me. “Never thought I’d taste your cum, bro. It’s not that bad.”

Kai’s stomach moves with his own gruff laugh, and I lift my head to look up at him through heavy lids. There’s a wonderful sated look on his face, a smile gracing his lips as he looks down at me.

“I love you, Lilly Darling,” he murmurs, and the heat from the sun’s rays on my skin are nothing compared to how his words make me feel.

Delicious warmth floods my body, and I know that he’ll be okay. We’ve not lost him, and hopefully, he’ll feel comfortable enough to share whatever it is that’s bothering him soon.

“I love you, Kai Matthews,” I tell him back. “More than I knew was possible.”

We spend the next few days in utter bliss, playing and lounging on the beach, or in the crystal clear sea. We eat delicious food made by Mama Dewi until we’re fit to burst, and we make love as if there’ll be no tomorrow. Well, apart from Ash who, although drives me wild with his fingers and tongue, won’t even tell me what his piercing is, let alone show me. I don’t hold it against him too much, seeing as he’s currently healing, but still, it’s a dick move, pun intended.

I know that it’s not all about sex, but it’s part of our bond, it’s how we heal and work through things. And I don’t care if people say it’s not healthy, screw them. Seriously, sex is a completely natural way to express your feelings for someone and to connect in the most primal way. Not to mention, orgasms are great for your health and wellbeing so…yeah. I’ll be carrying on, thank you very much.

I’m awoken in the middle of the night by the vibrating of my phone on the bedside table. Grumbling, I try to ignore it, but it starts up almost immediately again.

Untangling myself from the angel on one side of me, and the viking on the other, I scramble out of bed to grab the offending device, intending to hurl it out the window. Looking down at the flashing screen, I see it’s a British number, from London, I think.

My brows draw down as I contemplate for a moment who would be calling me from the U.K. with a number that I don’t know, but coming up blank, I decide to answer. If it’s a cold-call, they can pay the fucking extortionate overseas call rate.

“Hello?” I ask, voice low and croaky, sitting down on the edge of the bed.

“Is that a Miss Lilly Darling?” a well spoken British male voice asks.

“Y–yes, I’m Lilly Darling. Who are you?” I query, sitting up straighter on the side of the bed, and blinking more sleep away whilst rubbing my eyes with my free hand.

I feel the rustle of bedsheets behind me, then a warmth presses against my back, and the comforting smell of vanilla washes over me. Leaning back into the embrace, Loki’s arms come around my naked body, and I tune back into what the man on the phone is saying, just in time to hear his reply.

“Firstly, can you please confirm your date of birth, and the address that you were living at until January of last year?” he enquires, and because I’m still half asleep, I give him the information.

“Thank goodness. You are one hard young lady to get hold of, Miss Darling,” he says with a rueful and relieved sounding chuckle. “I’m Richard Payne, from Payne & Sons Solicitors, in London.”

Confusion wraps around me like a foggy blanket. Why have solicitors in London been trying to get ahold of me?

“Oh…I wasn’t aware of any solicitors trying to get ahold of me?” I say aloud, wondering why my uncle has never mentioned it. Perhaps he doesn’t know?

“Well, we’ve been trying to reach you since January of last year, but with no forwarding address, it’s been quite a challenge. Especially as your mother was most insistent that only you were to know that we were even looking for you.”

“My mother?” I question, my brows lowering even further and my heart rate picking up. Loki pulls me closer so that my entire back is touching his front, as if he can sense that I need comfort.

The bed dips next to me, and my hand is taken into a huge one. I look up to see Jax sitting next to me, a look of confusion over his face too. Both guys don’t say anything, just lend me their strength and support, letting me know that they’re here if I need them.

“Yes, I’m calling about her will, as you are the sole beneficiary.”

I feel a wind rushing in my ears, and my hand tightens in Jax’s grip. Taking a deep shaking breath, the room comes back into focus.

“My mother’s will?” I ask, my voice quivering. Loki’s arms around me tighten, and Jax starts rubbing my knuckles in a soothing motion.

“Yes, her last will and testament. Would you be able to come to the office in London? We really need to verify your identity, and talk this through in person,” he asks. “I’m free tomorrow, anytime if that’s convenient?”

“Ummm…I’m not sure, I’m in Bali, but maybe…” I trail off, not quite knowing what to say, and looking to Jax. “Can you hold on a second, please?”

“Of course, Miss Darling,” he replies.

Bringing the phone away from my ear and looking down, I press the mute button on the screen.

“What is it, Baby Girl?” Jax questions when I look back up at him. He’s all washed out in shades of grey, the tattoos on his arm standing out in stark contrast in the predawn light.

“A guy claiming to be a solicitor in London,” I tell him and Loki, who snuggles even closer to my back. “He says my mum left a will, and he wants to see me tomorrow to talk through it.” My mouth feels dry saying the words, my tongue darting out to lick my lips. My head is spinning with all the possibilities, with even more secrets that she must have kept. Why could no one else know about this?

“Hey,” Loki says gently from behind me, bringing his face round so that he’s looking directly at me in the dim light. “If you need to go to London, we can go to London.”

“Really?” The sense of relief that floods through me at his words is palpable. My whole body sags into his embrace, which tightens further.

“Absolutely, baby,” Jax replies, squeezing my hand reassuringly, and I turn to give him a small relieved smile.

Bringing my phone back up, I take it off mute and bring it up to my ear.

“Mr Payne?” I enquire.

“I’m still here, Miss Darling,” he responds kindly.

“Can I give you a call when we land? I’m not sure when that will be, what with the time difference and the flight, but maybe we can arrange a time to meet then?”

“That sounds like a grand plan, Miss Darling. I shall ping over my personal mobile, and this is the office number. Just drop me a line, and provided it’s not after midnight, I shall answer.”

“Thank you, Mr Payne,” I say, feeling lighter now that we have a plan.

“You are most welcome, Miss Darling. I shall speak to you soon. Goodbye.”

“Goodbye,” I return, ending the call.

I sit staring at the screen for a moment, my head swirling with the phone call, and what it all means.

“Let’s go wake the others,” Loki suggests, kissing my cheek. “One step at a time, Pretty Girl.”

I nod. “One step at a time.”