Team: Echo (8 page)

Cupping her face James looked into her eyes. “We’re very sure
but are you? We’re not your average Joe,” he reminded her. “We’re a
lot more than we were and will always be more intense and
possessive of everything. Some of that can be blamed on the tech
but mostly it’s our alpha personalities in high gear.”

She might be as alpha as they were in her work, but privately
Penny was as submissive as it got. “I’m very sure. I have been
attracted to the two of you from the first moment that I watched
you in the trees behind Daisy’s place and playing games with Honey
in the backyard.”

“
Then we will go home and we will see if you can handle us
both,” Dieter said with a nod. “We should go before it gets too
late, do not need her falling asleep on us as soon as we arrive. It
would not be nearly as productive with her unconscious.”

Chuckling James grinned at that. “The big guy does have a
point there.”

“
Oh I am wide awake now. Just the thought of what we are going
to do has me all kinds of. Well, wet,” she blurted. “So home as
soon as possible will be good. One of your rooms or mine?” she
asked with a grin. “I take it that you guys have big beds? Mine is
only a king size, not nearly big enough for all three of
us.”

“
We have very large beds,” Dieter told her. “Large enough for
a small army I think.”

“
Easily a small army,” James agreed, stepping back and waving
her toward the door. Setting a hand on her back he walked with her.
“We’ll use my room since it’s the furthest from Honey’s. While the
place is soundproofed that kid has hearing that defies even
ours.”

“
Good lord no kidding,” Penny said with a nod. “Then take me
home boys. We can either stop for condoms or not use them since I’m
on the shot, your call. I’m completely clean and I know that you
guys are as well.” She had never invited a man inside of her body
without a condom, what the hell was she thinking?

“
I’m sure there are still a couple of crates at the house,”
James grinned at her. “And I mean that. Literally crates. We had a
delivery of not one but two skids of condoms delivered to the house
as a care package from our boss. We’re not sure if he was serious
or if it was a ha-ha kind of joke.”

“
He likely doesn’t want any children coming about that would
distract you. I know that he was pretty pissed about Honey but I
reminded him that if anything at all happened to that child he
would not only answer to me, but would have every one of you
breathing down his neck, not to mention Gareth and Mikhail ready to
pull him apart.”

“
Honey’s over ten years old, he can’t get pissy about
something that didn’t even happen on his watch,” James snorted.
“Besides, the making of babies is the best part, everyone knows
that.”

“
This is very true. Well then you boys can dive into the
crates of condoms I guess.” It made sense that they should be safe,
after all they didn’t know how well the tech in their bodies worked
on their reproductive organs and she would not be one of those
women who got knocked up when just looking for a good time. “How
soon can we be home?”

“
I’d ask the German who is going to be driving the American
made vehicle,” he said, opening the passenger door for her. “Slide
to the middle or else I’ll have to climb into the truck bed and
pray he doesn’t lose me when he hits a pothole on purpose even
though he says he doesn’t.”

Penny slid into the middle of the truck and was brushing
shoulders with both men. Grinning she said, “I could totally get
used to being in the middle of the two of you guys. I mean come on,
what woman wouldn’t? You are both totally hot, and sweet.” Yep, she
could really get used to this.

Starting the engine Dieter looked to her. “I would get used
to us all being naked instead, a much more fitting situation.” That
said he reversed out of the spot and headed for the
road.

“
He doesn’t say much but every now and again what he does say
is right on the money,” James commented with a grin. “So Penelope,”
he looked her up and down. “Any favorite positions you’d like to
mention to us now? Any requests, demands, or things you won’t ever
do or consider doing?”

“
Nope. I’m all yours. Never had anal sex but I’ve always
wanted to try it. Never had rough sex, always wanted to try it,
never been tied up, always wanted to try it. In other words the
only sex I’ve had is very bland, very vanilla and I hoping that you
boys will teach me something new.” Blunt, that was how she knew she
would have to be with these guys. “And just so that we are clear,
this won’t mess up our working together, right?”

“
Not even a little,” James told her quietly. “Even if you kick
us to the curb and call us all sorts of names it won’t affect the
job Penny. I don’t hold grudges unless you try to kill me or steal
my food out from under my nose. And Dieter tends to just ignore
everything that bothers him.”

“
Sounds good to me. As long as this won’t affect our working
relationship I’m good with it. And don’t worry; even when you boys
kick my ass to the curb I won’t hold it against you. I swear I
won’t be one of those ‘crazy exes’ people hear about.”

Reaching out James pulled her closer to him. “Who said
anything about kicking your gorgeous ass to the curb?” he asked
softly. “I don’t intend to let you go sweetheart and I know the big
guy is rather partial to you as well so you won’t be getting away
easily should you find something more interesting than
us.”

“
I seriously doubt that there is anyone or anything out there
that is more interesting that you boys,” she murmured. “Because the
two of you are incredibly amazing.” And gorgeous, damn those men
were drop fucking dead gorgeous.

“
We know,” Dieter said and grinned when she looked his way.
“You’ve mentioned it a few times this evening so I am taking that
as fact. James is cocky enough to just expect that
though.”

“
And then he opens his mouth and spews shit like that,” James
muttered. Shaking his head he looked at Penelope. “But he does have
one valid point, you have mentioned it a couple of times. It’s
actually a rather nice stroke to the ego given how our lives have
been tumbling rapidly out of control of late.”

“
Well I guess that’s why I have the job that I do, to help you
boys be lifted up.” She paused and then felt the need to add., “But
know this now, I will not, and I repeat, will not be with any of
the other men like I want to be with you. Only the two of you I
want to be with. The others are hot, but they are not the ones that
I want to get my freak on with.”

“
Good, then we won’t have to kill them for touching you in
that way,” Dieter said.

“
Agreed,” James nodded with a grin to the other man. “Very
well said, Demon,” he chuckled, tucking Penelope in against him.
Stroking his fingers up and down her spine lightly he let out a
breath. “While we can share amongst the two of us Penny, we don’t
like sharing with the others.”

“
That’s very strange,” she said with a grin, but shrugged.
“But I’m totally there. Do some of the others pair up like that as
well? It’s pretty obvious that Mik and Gareth pair up, so who else
pairs up?” Penny asked and moved her hands down James’s arm and
then leg.

“
Mik and Gareth have always paired up but until the tech none
of us really did except on rare occasions,” Dieter answered her.
“But of late, since the tech we all received, we seem to have
paired off with our best friends in the units, the ones that
understand us most and best. You will see tomorrow at breakfast if
you are up early enough or when we are out working, if you watch
you can see who they are.”

“
Well I hope that whoever pairs up with Victor will be good to
Sara.” At James’s blank look she grinned. “Sarafina, the flower
shop owner. She’s a sweetheart, but she’s had a hellacious life.
Evidently she was married at sixteen in some kind of freaky cult
and got out when she was twenty, got out because she had been left
for dead by said cult.” She only knew because she had run a
background on Sara. Some of the things that the woman did pull up
had gotten Penny’s red flag waving. After a visit from the Marshals
Service she knew just how bad the poor kid had had it.

“
That doesn’t sound good for her,” James murmured quietly.
“The cult, not the Victor part. And since you brought him up I’ll
tell you that it’s Stefan that he seems to be pairing with mostly
of late. They have an odd gaming addiction that gets them very
competitive with one another but laser focused when taking on the
rest of us.”

“
Not gambling, right?” she hoped. “Because that would just be
bad,” she murmured.

“
And good, she needs the stability,” Penny told them. “The
poor kid has been through hell and back. Well, I know she’s not a
kid, she’s twenty-five, but still she might as well be one with
having been raised in the cult as she had been. She is finally
flourishing, much like her floral shop.”

Chuckling he shook his head. “Videogames,” he told her with a
smile. “We have a few that are multi-player oriented and while you
can easily play with only two it’s a lot more fun to have four or
more going at once on the multiple screens we have set up in the
backroom of the house.”

“
Oh god,” she laughed and shook her head. “It figures, you
boys are all competitive so it only makes sense that they would be
like that. Well as long as they are good for her. If they can get
past her defenses that is. Hell why in the world am I talking about
someone else when I have such hot men in this truck with me?” she
asked with a laugh.

“
I was wondering the same but you seemed to be on a roll and I
didn’t want to interrupt,” James told her chuckling softly.
“Besides, I love listening to your voice so I’m partially to blame
for not doing something to distract that gorgeous mouth of
yours.”

“
Yeah? And just how were you going to distract my mouth?” she
asked him with a grin. “Because really, sometimes I get to talking
and I don’t shut up just because I can talk.” Okay so she was
blowing shit, but really. “So tell me big guy, how you going to
shut me up?”

“
Oh darling, I have ways,” he said cupping her cheek. Pulling
her in closer he ducked his chin and kissed her, sliding his tongue
slowly over hers when she opened for him. Gently tugging he got her
straddling his lap and slid his hands under her shirt to press one
to her back and the other to tease the bottom curve of her
breasts.

“
Sure we should be doing this while driving?” Penny wasn’t
going to stop him because damn it felt good to be in his arms and
having him touching her like this. “Although I really, really like
this,” she told him, rubbing her jean clad pussy against the rigid
line of his cock. “A lot.”

“
We’re not controlling the vehicle,” he stared up at her with
a grin. “Lucky for me Dieter is a bit of a control freak who hates
having me behind the wheel.”

“
Only because you insist like driving like a lunatic,” Dieter
put in.

“
And I’m liking it too,” James continued, as if the other man
hadn’t spoken, cupping her breast and pinching the nipple through
the silky material.

“
God I hope that Honey isn’t awake when we get home,” Penny
grumbled. “I would hate to have to explain to her why we are half
naked and running through the halls.” She then lifted his shirt
from his jeans and began to undo the buttons. “I would leave you to
explain that James while Dieter showed me the room.”

“
Well I doubt you’d want to do that since I’m pretty sure
 you or her mother would like the explanation I gave,” he
grinned at her. “But I doubt she will still be awake. Gareth will
have worn her right out and she’ll be unconscious to the world for
many hours to come.”

“
That’s very good,” Penny said, reaching behind her back to
undo her bra, “I think that getting naked sooner rather than later
is a damn good thing, what do you think?” Yeah they were on the
road but she didn’t give a flying fuck. Tonight was a night to be
reckless, to grab onto what she wanted and hold on for as long as
she could and she wanted these men.

Yanking her bra off James slid his palms over the tight buds
of her nipples. “Naked is best,” he agreed. Pulling her forward he
took a tight bud into his mouth and sucked hard, his teeth scraping
over the taut skin as he massaged her other aching
breast.

Her hands worked between them and she worked on the buttons
of his jeans. “God keep that up and I’m going to cum before you
even touch my pussy,” she stated bluntly. “I love having my nipples
tugged and teased.” Finally undoing the last button of his jeans
she reached in and cupped his growing erection.

Thrusting his hips up he tugged on her nipple between his
fingers. “Good to know,” he breathed out over the damp nipple
before his mouth. “You don’t mind a cock piercing or six do you?”
he asked, just as her fingers found the little barbell piercings
along the base of his cock. Six in a row, neat as could
be.

“
Oh god no. As long as you don’t mind a clit piercing,” she
grinned wickedly. “I’ve never had anyone who’s had a cock piercing
but damn I can’t wait to see what it feels like. I wanted to get my
nipples pierced but you could see the rings through the shirt and
bras, dammit.”