While Onyx enjoyed the attention, something was wrong. Taking Echo’s hands in his, he stilled their frantic movements and waited for Echo to meet his gaze. Tears welled in Echo’s eyes before spilling over and sliding down his soft cheeks. He wiped at them roughly with his fingers and groaned. “I’m leaking.”

  Onyx chuckled softly. “You look gorgeous.” He took Echo’s hand, brought it to his lips, and brushed a tender kiss over the knuckles. “Why are you so upset, though?”

  Pressing his lips together, Echo glanced up at Syx. When his eyes settled back on Onyx, he tried to smile, but it just looked painful. “Are you hungry, love?”

  If it would give Echo something to do and take that lost look out of his eyes, Onyx would eat every damn thing in the kitchen. “I could eat.”

  “Great. I’ll be right back.” Echo scrambled off the bed, pulled on a T-shirt and boxers, and hurried over to the stairs.

  He’d made it halfway up when Onyx suddenly realized where his mate was going. “What time is it?” he asked Syx.

  “About four in the afternoon.” Syx tensed around him, catching on to the same thought Onyx was having. “Echo!”

  Echo had already reached the door, though. “Be back in a second,” Echo called to them then pushed the door open. Warm rays of sunlight slipped down the stairs to illuminate part of the basement, and Echo screamed.

  * * * *

  “You scared the hell out of me.” Echo placed a hand over his racing heart as he glared at Hex. “What the hell?”

  Hex stared at him, his eyes rounded and his mouth hanging open. Footsteps pounded up the stairs, the warriors yelling his name the entire way. Echo jumped out of the way just before Syx could grab him. “What is wrong with everyone?” He pointed at Onyx. “You need to be in bed.”

  “The sun,” Hex breathed. “You’re in the sun.”

  Echo’s head whipped to the back door, and he gaped at the beams of sunlight streaming in through the window. It didn’t hurt. In fact, it felt amazing. He wanted more. He craved those bright rays. A slow smile started at the corners of his lips, spreading until his mouth stretched wide over his face. “I’m in the sun.”

  “So, you are.” Hex mirrored his smile before snatching him up in his arms and swinging him around in circles. They clung together, laughing like loons. Echo could have learned to live without the sun, but he was thankful beyond words that he wouldn’t have to.

  Hex kissed him on the lips and dropped him to his feet. His eyes landed on Onyx, and he hurried over to the man, running his hands over his face, down his neck, over his bare chest. He touched him everywhere with shaky hands as his eyes followed the path. “You’re okay.”

  “Yeah, I’m fine.” Onyx took one of Hex’s hands and brought it to his chest to rest over his heart. “I’m perfectly okay. Thank you.”

  “I didn’t think I’d be able to heal you,” Hex admitted. “Do you remember anything?”

  “Just bits and pieces right now, but it’s coming back to me. I was scared I’d never see any of you again.”

  Everyone converged on Onyx, touching and kissing him, whispering soft words that Echo couldn’t hear. He caught the undertone of love and relief, however, and it made his heart sing. They still had a lot of questions that needed answering, but they were going to be fine.

  Echo crossed the kitchen and busied himself with making coffee. So what if it was the middle of the afternoon? He’d just woken up and needed caffeine. It would also give his mates the time alone they needed with each other.

  He’d just turned the coffeemaker on when big arms wrapped around his waist, and a hard body pressed against his back. He didn’t know who held him, and it didn’t matter. Leaning back in his lover’s arms, Echo closed his eyes and sighed.

  “I love you,” Hex whispered into his hair. “Thank you for helping me save him.”

  Smiling happily, Echo snuggled back against Hex’s broad chest. “I love you, too, big guy. And thank you for bringing him back to us. I don’t know how much more of this shit I can take.”

  Hex’s hands began roaming his body, smoothing down his spine, over his hips, and up his sides. “How about I make you forget for a little while?”

  Echo’s cock perked up, swelling and standing at attention inside his boxers. Forgetting sounded really good. “What did you have in mind, love?”

  Long fingers slid into the waistband of his underwear, skimming through his closely cropped curls and dancing over his throbbing length. Hex teased him, keeping the touch featherlight, caressing the underside of Echo’s cock with his knuckles. “Let me take care of you.”

  “Let us take care of you,” Onyx murmured.

  Echo opened his eyes and reached out to caress the side of Onyx’s face where he knelt on the floor in front of him. “How do you feel? Are you sure you’re up for this?”

  Onyx gripped his own naked cock, giving the hard shaft a few good strokes as he smirked. “Oh, I am more than up for it.” He nuzzled his cheek against Echo’s hip, his palm smoothing up the inside of Echo’s thigh. “I feel great, baby, promise. I need you, though. Don’t say no.”

  How could he? He’d give any of his men whatever they needed. To know he was the object of their desire made his head spin and his dick ache. Then Syx was there as well, kneeling beside Onyx and pushing Echo’s shirt up his chest while Hex finally palmed Echo’s leaking cock and stroked it lightly.

  Dropping his head back on his lover’s chest, Echo groaned and pushed his hips forward, pumping his hard length into Hex’s loose grasp. Hex tugged Echo’s shirt over his head, and Syx and Onyx worked to remove his boxers. Echo shivered and moaned when the cool air from the kitchen met his overheated skin.

  His moan turned to a yelp of surprise when Hex swung him up in his arms and carried him to the kitchen table, placing him gently on the hard wood. He was pushed and pulled, maneuvered until he sprawled on the kitchen table with his legs and arms spread wide like a sacrificial offering. To complete the picture, soft Velcro straps were wound around his wrists and secured firmly to the table legs.

  He didn’t even know where his lovers got the bindings or who had tied him. His body trembled, his skin tingled, and his brain felt mushy. Large, callused hands touched him everywhere, spiking his pleasure and leaving him begging for more. Then warm, wet heat surrounded his pulsing cock, and Echo’s eyes snapped open. Lifting his head slightly, he peered down his body, his tongue lodging in the back of his throat as he watched his glistening dick slide in and out of Myst’s swollen lips.

  Echo pulled at his restraints, wanting—needing—to touch his men, to feel their slick, smooth bodies beneath his palms and fingertips. The Velcro held tight, keeping his hands in place, and Echo growled in frustration.

  Syx and Onyx bent over him from opposite sides of the table, licking and nibbling at his nipples, biting them between their teeth and tugging. Echo dropped his head back to the table and groaned while his eyes rolled back in his head. They were trying to kill him. He just knew it.

  The suction on his cock increased, as well as the speed in which Myst dragged his lips up and down the throbbing shaft. Just when he thought the top of his head would pop off, Eyce leaned over him, claiming his mouth in a hard, hungry kiss.

  More hands began roaming his body. More lips traveled over his skin. Eyce’s tongue plunged into his mouth, licking at the moist depths and taking no prisoners. He didn’t just kiss Echo, he devoured him, laying siege and claiming what belonged to him. His skillful tongue swirled around Echo’s before Eyce sucked it into his mouth and grazed it with his teeth. He ruled, commanded, and dominated until Echo’s entire world centered on the next swipe of the warrior’s tongue.

  Echo’s balls churned, ached, drew tight to his body, and the lips wrapped around his pebbled nipples sucked harder until Echo couldn’t hold back any longer. With a muffled cry against Eyce’s lips, he arched his hips, driving his cock to the back of Myst’s throat and erupting like a geyser. His dick swelled and pulsed, flexing inside the demon’s mouth as cum spurted from his slit to bathe Myst’s tongue.

  Before he’d even finished coming, his hands were released, and Onyx lifted him from the table, urging his limp body to the floor between Vapre’s spread thighs. The demon reclined in his chair, stroking his thick cock and dipping his thumb into the slit to smear the clear beads of pre-cum around the engorged head.

  Bracing his hands on Vapre’s thighs, Echo licked his lips and dove forward, moaning like a complete slut when the spicy taste of his lover burst over his taste buds. More, oh, gods, he needed more. Digging his fingers into Vapre’s yielding flesh, Echo licked and sucked, hollowing his cheeks as he dragged his lips along velvet-wrapped, steel-hard cock.

  Strong hands caressed his upturned ass, squeezing the muscles and spreading his cheeks apart. One hand disappeared, only to return with a stinging swat to his already sensitive skin. Echo groaned, sucking harder on Vapre’s dick, and the warrior growled and thrust up into his mouth. “Fuck, do that again,” he demanded.

  Again, the large hand landed on Echo’s ass, harder than the first time and sending fire straight to his balls and up his half-hard prick. A second hand joined the first, slightly larger and more powerful, and they took turns, reddening Echo’s ass and sending him into a tailspin of need and desire.

  His cock filled once again, jerking with every stinging swat to his ass. With his renewed passion, another hunger began to burn inside his belly, claw at his throat, and ache in his gums. Echo pulled off of Vapre’s cock before his fangs could elongate, unwilling to hurt his mate even by accident. The artery in Vapre’s groin called to him like a siren’s song, filling his nose with the rich, sweet smell of the demon’s blood.

  Another smack landed on his heated backside, and Echo cried out before burying his nose against the inside of Vapre’s groin. He licked over the vein there, whimpering as he fought against the burning need to sink his fangs into the salty flesh and drink his fill.

  Vapre stroked the side of Echo’s face, then his fingers slipped into Echo’s hair until he cradled the back of his head and held him firmly. “Take what you need, little one. I’m always happy to give it to you.”

  “Thank you,” Echo whispered as his canines lengthened. He ran his tongue over them, shivering as electricity shot straight to his cock. He licked at the vein again, wrapping his lips around it and sucking. When the need became too much for him to fight, he finally pushed his fangs through the supple flesh, moaning loudly as the delicious nectar flowed into his mouth.

  Vapre roared loud enough to shake the windows, his cock exploding without touch, and long, hot strings of cream coated the side of Echo’s face. It only spurred him on, and he sucked harder at the wound, rocking his hips against the air and growling in frustration.

  Two slick fingers pushed into his pulsing hole, driving in deep and nailing his prostate on the first try. Extracting his teeth from Vapre’s thigh, Echo dropped his head back on his shoulders and screamed. His cry was cut short when Syx knelt beside him, fisting his hand in Echo’s hair and crushing their mouths together.

  Two fingers became three, three became four, and then disappeared. Echo whimpered into Syx’s mouth at the empty feeling in his ass. His lovers were quick to remedy the problem. Breaking the kiss and looking over his shoulder, Echo watched as Onyx lined up his weeping cock, nudging against Echo’s needy hole. The demon looked up, met Echo’s gaze, and held it as he thrust forward, slowly feeding his cock to Echo’s clenching passage.

  It felt like a torturously long time before Echo finally felt the brush of his lover’s heavy sac against his own. Onyx paused for only a second then pulled out until only the flared crown remained. He paused again, and Echo thought he’d kill the demon. “Stop teasing me.”

  Onyx’s hands held a bruising grip on his waist, and he jerked Echo back, slamming his cock in to the root. Echo cried out, his fingers still digging into Vapre’s thighs as his head swam in ecstasy. Fast and hard, Onyx grunted and growled as he drove into Echo’s greedy channel.

  Syx tilted his head to the side, pulled Echo’s mouth to his throat, and shuddered. “Claim me,” he demanded.

  Out of his mind with lust, Echo didn’t think twice. He sank his teeth into Syx’s neck, pushing his fangs deep and growling like an animal at the warm rush of blood over his tongue.

  “Oh, fuck,” Onyx and Syx yelled in unison as they both went off like bottle rockets. Syx’s seed splashed against Echo’s flank as Onyx filled Echo’s ass to overflowing with the molten lava of his release.

  Everyone separated quickly, and Echo dropped back to his heels, grabbing his aching cock and stroking it fiercely as the muscles in his neck bunched and strained. The need to come overpowered him, made him dizzy, left him aching to be filled, sucked, fucked, and ravished until he couldn’t move.

  Luckily, he had seven talented lovers that had made it their personal goal in life to see to Echo’s every need. Hex’s muscled arm looped around his chest, lifting him up and holding him firmly against the alpha’s damp chest. His huge cock pushed into Echo’s hole, slamming into him at a ferocious pace. Vapre and Eyce stretched out on the floor to either side of Echo, taking turns fondling his balls and laving the head of his dick with their wet tongues.

  Hex’s pace faltered before stilling completely. Frustrated and desperate, Echo snapped his head over his shoulder to find out what the problem was. Myst knelt behind the huge warrior, his face buried in Hex’s neck as his body rocked and shuddered.

  Eyce’s plump lips wrapped around the head of Echo’s cock as Vapre’s slippery tongue swirled around the base. Hex began thrusting again, slowly, but with just as much power. Onyx appeared in front of him, cradling Echo’s face and bending forward to seal their mouths together.

  Oh, gods, too much. Too much and not enough, all at the same time. Onyx’s tongue stroked in and out of his mouth, moving in the same rhythm as the enormous prick pounding into his ass, and Echo let out a throaty, needy moan.

  Vapre’s mouth disappeared from his cock, and Echo glanced down in time to see Syx tackle the warrior to the floor, push his knees to his chest, and drive into him with such force they moved across the kitchen tile.

  Eyce moaned around the head of his cock, before he, too, disappeared. Echo darted his eyes to the other side, moaning into Onyx’s mouth as Fiero pushed Eyce face down on the floor, lined up the head of his dick, and pushed into Eyce’s sweet hole.

  Clinging to Onyx’s shoulder with one hand, Echo moved the other down the demon’s chest until his fingers came in contact with the hot length jutting proudly from Onyx’s groin. Palming the heavy erection, he stroked his mate, hissing in delight when Onyx immediately returned the favor.

  Hex’s thrust became wild and jerky, and grunts and moans filled the kitchen. A feral growl rumbled in Echo’s chest, and he jerked Onyx’s head to the side by his hair, striking before the warrior could even question him. His canines pushed through the skin on his lover’s neck as easily as a hot knife through butter.

  Several ear-piercing roars filled the room, including Onyx’s as he unloaded his balls, spraying Echo’s hand and wrist with his cum. Hex howled, grinding his groin against Echo’s ass and filling his convulsing channel to overflowing.

  Still, Echo couldn’t come. His dick throbbed and ached. His balls tightened until it was painful. His belly cramped and burned, but he couldn’t come.

  Releasing his hold on Onyx’s throat, he dropped his forehead to the man’s chest and mewled desperately. “Please,” he begged. He didn’t know what he begged for, but if he didn’t get it soon, he was going to die. Overdramatic maybe, but he had no doubt he would keel over if he didn’t get relief soon.

  “We got you, baby,” Onyx whispered. He urged Echo’s head back, peered into his eyes, and slowly lowered his mouth to Echo’s neck.

  At the same moment, Echo felt another set of lips on the opposite side of his neck, and yet another ghosting over the inside of his thigh. Syx and Vapre. He couldn’t see them, but he knew, and he suddenly understood what he needed.

  The instant the three warriors pierced his skin, claimed him and marked him, light exploded behind Echo’s closed eyelids, and he screamed loud enough to shatter glass. The final bond popped into place, connecting him to all of his mates, and Echo continued to scream as copious amounts of scorching seed rocketed up his dick and exploded from the slit.

  When he came down from his disorienting euphoria, he was cradled in Hex’s lap, his lovers surrounding him as they petted his skin and cooed loving words to him. Yeah, he could definitely get used to this.

  “And just why can’t I fuck my mates on the kitchen table?”

  Echo’s head popped up, and he let out a very unmanly giggle at the sight of Craze standing in the kitchen, glaring at them with his hands on his hips.

  “We didn’t fuck him on the table,” Hex answered calmly. A wry smile twisted his lips, and he rubbed his cheek over Echo’s head. “Much.”

  Chapter Nine

  “Should we get him in bed?” Vapre whispered in his ear.

  Lounging on the sofa, surrounded by his men, Hex couldn’t remember a time he’d ever felt happier. Their friends and fellow housemates gathered on the floor, each cuddled with their own lovers, sneaking kisses and sharing smiles. This was how it was supposed to be.

  Running his fingers through Echo’s hair, Hex smiled and shook his head. “In a bit.”

  Echo snuggled in his lap, his breathing slow and even, as he snored adorably against Hex’s throat. His poor baby was so tired. Remembering the reason for Echo’s exhaustion, Hex couldn’t bring himself to feel too bad about it. In the four days since Echo had claimed them all, they’d taken the little man in every position imaginable, on every flat surface in the house.

  Yeah, life was perfect.

  So perfect in fact, Hex had almost forgotten that someone had tried to take Echo and Onyx from them. He’d also given little thought to the coming test that loomed just ahead of them. The Oracle had been unusually quiet, not visiting any of them in their dreams, or whispering encouragement into their minds.