Vanquish opened the door and let his identical brothers in.
They both eyed him with blatant betrayal.
"What have you done?" Racer asked.
Hunter passed by them both arguing and ripped away the blanket I was scrambling to tuck under. Revealing I was naked. And my upper shoulder bled from where Vanquish's teeth had sunk into me.
He turned to Vanquish. "What have you done?"
"We share everything!" Racer expostulated. "Why would you mark her for yourself?"
Racer shoved him.
"She asked me to." Vanquish admitted.
"What?" Racer shoved him again. Looking from me to him. "We were all going to mark her tonight. We agreed on it!"
"She belongs to all of us!" Hunter said. Looking from me to Vanquish in disbelief. "You can't have her!"
"I already did." Vanquish gestured limply. "Every inch of her."
"I wanted her ass." Racer descended on him. "You've betrayed all of us."
"I'm going to have her anyway." Hunter was undoing his breeches and let them fall while the
other two fought.
He climbed over me while I watched in horror.
"No. Hunter please."
"You let him have you!" Hunter gestured behind him. His face was written with uncharacteristic emotion. "Why would you choose one?"
"I-I-"
"Vanna Rae!" Racer turned to chastise. "You have all of us."
"No!" Vanquish roared. Charging over to rip a naked Hunter off me. "She's mine."
They both eyed him, stunned.
"I've marked her. You can no longer have at her without her and my consent. She belongs to me..." His voice dropped as his green eyes landed on me. "I possess her."
"You can't possess her!" Hunter launched to his feet. "She isn't yours to own! Not like a cloak or a fine bit of rope."
"She is." Vanquish said flatly. But it pained him to betray his brothers. I could see his anguish.
He's never done it before.
And they're unwilling to accept it.
Both Hunter and Racer were suddenly written over with rage. And I realized that what I thought would be so simple was much more dangerous than I'd anticipated.
Racer and Hunter both, shoved him back.
Surprisingly, it was Hunter that threw the first punch. Hitting Vanquish squarely in the jaw.
Vanquish pushed him away.
Racer followed up with a hit to the other side. They forced him to the floor. Both the blue-eyed brothers were soundly thrashing him.
He roared and stood, throwing them off him.
He's strong.
There was a burst of motion, and they were all abruptly fighting. Everyone was hitting someone and there was mass chaos unleashed in my hut.
They were bruising and bloodying each other.
I launched to my feet. Tossing the blanket around me as I marched between them. Forcing them all apart as I wedged between the bunch.
They stood over me. Towering silhouettes circled tightly. One at each of my shoulders and one facing me. So stifling in their fury, that I felt like I couldn't breathe.
They have to stop fighting. Despite everything I'd thought before, I realized I couldn't bear the sight of them all hurting each other.
"What is it, Vanna Rae?" Hunter shifted.
Looking at the three of them, I registered each one of them was insane with emotion.
Hurt, jealousy, anger, betrayal. Whatever they were feeling, it was on their faces.
Faces which were almost always playful or severe.
But never emotional...