The NSC Boxset: Heart of Stone (291 page)

You know your love,

Keep on lifting,

Higher,

Higher and higher,

I said your love,

Keep on,

Lifting me,

Higher and higher.”

“Jesus Christ!” I laughed when he finished his song and jumped off the stage.

“How good was I, baby?” He scooped me up and carried me towards the doors.

“You were awesome, Mason!” He grinned and nodded as he nudged the double doors open with his backside. “Uhh, where are we going?”

He smirked at me as he took the foyer steps two at a time up to the first floor. “Why Mrs Fox, you are going to show me your new tattoo.”

I bit the edge of my tongue and smirked at him. “Ahh, is that all. I thought for a moment you were rushing me to the bedroom to make mad passionate love to me.”

He tutted and shook his head in disappointment. “Ava, Ava, Ava,” he sighed as he inserted the key card and kicked open our door. “Since when have we ever made love?”

He dropped me on the bed, rolled me onto my stomach and started to peel me out of my dress. He growled when he found my tattoo.

His monster of fortitude

“We fuck, baby. We fuck each other, we fuck with other’s but most of all we fuck like there’s no tomorrow.” He nibbled at my arse and I yelped when he slapped it. “And now . . .”

“Now?” I asked when he paused and ran the tip of his finger up my arse cheeks.

“And now we fuck like the infamous Ava and Mason Fox.”

I gasped when I looked over my shoulder and found Kade and Grace grinning at me. “I love you,” Mason whispered in my right ear.

“Fuck, I love you,” Kade breathed in my left ear.

Grace smirked, straddled my back and then shrugged, “Ahh fuck it, I love you too.”

And holy shit, did we fuck. Just like Mason had said. Just like his little warrior and my glorious bastard always did—with each other, with others and until there was no tomorrow, because at the end of the day, who knew what tomorrow would bring. And today? Well, today was a new day and I was hell bent on living it to the full.

And yes, there was innuendo in that sentence. I was very full, every—single—which—way.

But hey, I was his little warrior. And I kicked ass! I kicked fucking ass, and I grew old with my husband and my lovers right beside me, right beside the sea, right where George had wanted me to be and right where I continued to live life to the full.

I am Ava Fox, and I am his monster of fortitude.

The End

Please continue for an after note from Mason, Ava and DH

Ava and Mason

Ava:
*waves*
Hi all. . . . Say Hi Mason.

Mason:
Hi.

Ava:
*Rolls eyes*
Well I’ll start shall I?

Mason:
You usually do, baby.
*Bites on a chocolate digestive*

Ava:
*glowers at Mason*
Okay, well . . . well I’m here—at the end. Lots of you didn’t think I would be did you? Be honest!

Mason:
I know, they’re ecstatic Ava. Can you hear them all cheering?

Ava:
Fuck off you surly bastard.
*Clears throat*
Sorry, where was I? Oh yes, the end. Well I’m here, I kicked cancers ass.

Mason:
You kick ass fucking brilliantly my little warrior.
*Kisses Ava’s forehead*

Ava:
*Beams and nods*
I do don’t I!
*Sighs happily*

Mason:
Get on with it, baby.

Ava:
Yes, sorry. Right umm . . . oh yes—cancer. Well I got through it but I’m gonna be honest here, if it wasn’t for you lot out there, I wouldn’t have made it.
*Turns to DH*
Someone was going to kill me. Weren’t they DH?

DH:
*Shakes head slowly* Nooo.

Mason:
She was baby, I saw the plot line in that little pink book of hers
. *DH kicks
Mason’s shin*
Ow Fuck! That hurt!

Ava:
*huffs*
BUT . . . as I was saying . . . what the fuck was I saying? . . . . . . . . Oh! Yes, I made it and thank you everyone that shouted at DH and told her not to kill me. You have no idea how much I appreciate that.

Mason:
Mmmm

Ava:
And, well that’s it really. It’s time to go now. Time to say goodbye but hell, it’s been fun. Some of the stuff we’ve got up to
*Chuckles*
Oooh Mason, do you remember that time in the Panther’s stockroom.

Mason:
AVA!
*glares*
Shush . . . William will be reading this after.

Ava:
Ooh, shit yeah. Remember that time we DIDN’T smash those expensive whisky bottles he got from that Scottish fella he entertains all the time when you slammed me against the shelving unit?

Mason:
*Groans and shakes head*
FML!

Ava:
Eh? What does FML mean?

Mason:
It means. . . . . . . Forever my love.

Ava:
*grins happily*
Aww, baby.
*Kisses Mason hard*
That deserves something special tonight.

Mason:
*smirks*

Ava:
Anyway, I want to thank you all for taking my hand and coming along for the ride. There’s been some ups and downs, actually there’s been a lot of ups and downs. But I wouldn’t change it for the world. We made some good friends, amazing friends actually. . . . What’s that noise?

Mason:
(Whispering under his breath)
You know your love, your love keeps lifting me, keep on lifting, love keeps lifting me.

Ava:
Will you stop singing that damn song!

Mason:
Sorry
*smiles apologetically*

Ava:
. . . And you all made them with me. But one thing is for certain, through it all, I got stronger, I got wiser and I got. . . .

Mason:
(Singing louder)
I’m so glad, I’ve finally found you. Yes, that one, in a million girl
*Rolls lips, smiles at Ava*
You got what baby?

Ava:
*stares at Mason*
Fuck knows!
*laughs*
What did I actually get out of it all?

Mason:
You got me.
*Grins widely and nods enthusiastically*

Ava:
I got blonde hair!

Mason:
Perfect.

Ava:
(climbs onto Mason’s lap)
I got you! *SHUT YOUR EYES EVERYONE!*

DH:
Anyway
*Kicks Ava and Mason*
I want a quick word to say, thank you, each and every one of you for taking the Fox’s into your hearts alongside me. They have been a joy to work with but broke me bitterly, yet through it all, as my writing progresses and new characters are created, there will only ever—
ever
be one Mr & Mrs Fox. And I will miss them so much.

And as the wonderful Warner Brothers always said . . . That’s all folks!

Chapter One

Stocking Filler

Mason

SHE SMILED AT me. That was all it took. My balls slammed hold of my lungs and squeezed tight. My dick hardened, throbbing and rigid, lengthening in my jeans until I couldn’t stand the friction against the zip.

Her eyes locked on to mine, that wicked smile that brought me to my knees every time, stirring the lust in my belly, firing shots of adrenaline through my veins until my lips parted and I had to pant to keep up with the warfare going on under my skin.

Her teeth sank into the plump flesh of her bottom lip. And then she uttered the words.

“Own me, Mason.”

For the longest moment, I couldn’t move, couldn’t get my brain to tell my legs to shift my feet towards her. Fuck I needed her so bad.

She watched me, her eyes dark and lustful as she slid her finger under the silky strap that was holding her skimpy see-through slip against her delicious body,

My world ended and began when it glided down the length of her body, sliding over the luscious contours of her body then pooling around her ankles, her sleek legs taunting and oh so fucking smooth. Her skin glowed with her tan, with her health. Health I thanked God for every—damn—day.

“Come here,” I ordered, giving up on my weak body.

She scoffed and shook her head slowly. “You want me, baby. Then you come and get me.”

“Ava.” My warning was strict, leaving no hint of negotiation, yet she shrugged. My warrior wanted to play. Her Monster wanted to be freed. And if that realization didn’t make my fucking cock grow even more.

“Mason. Ava wants to play. . . . So fucking play,” Kade whispered in my ear. I growled at him, it was all I could manage.

A year had passed since we’d come back home, a year where I’d rediscovered my wife. Time had taught me many things, things that I didn’t like to face but things that, if any different, wouldn’t see Ava stood before me now, glowing, happy and fucking perfect.

I stood silent and hard, staring at her, my body eager for her, my heart full of her. She cocked her head slightly, both mocking but inviting. A small smile curved my lips as I dropped to my knees. She frowned at me.

Running my tongue along my bottom lip, I kept my eyes trained on her.

“You want my tongue, baby? On your pussy . . .
in
your pussy.”

Her brow lifted as her throat bobbed with excitement. I held her eyes, looking up at her through my own hooded ones.

“Bring your sweet cunt to me. Come and fuck my face, let me feel your thighs tremble around my ears as your arousal slides down my chin.”

I knew she wouldn’t be able to resist, her legs moving her towards me almost as soon as the words left my lips.

Grace came into view when Ava moved. She was sat in the window, her long lithe body perched on the cushion, watching us with parted lips and narrow eyes, her own lust potent on her face. Kade was still stood behind me, waiting, or just simply watching. I could hear his heavy breathing, knew his cock would be hard for every single one of us. But he’d wait. Tonight, I was in charge.

My eyes roamed over Ava’s body when she came to stand in front of me, my gaze travelling from her ankles, up her shapely legs, over the trim of her pubic hair. Then her small rounded tummy and new tattoo just above her hip bone.

And me, you

My gaze paused for a moment on her scars, my heart appreciating every single one of the wounds, loving them for how they took her breasts but gave me my wife back.

And then I found her beautiful face, her soft smile fuelling my soul. “You’re so fucking beautiful.”

“And you,” she whispered as she cupped my face, her eyes echoing her declaration. “Inside and out.”

Trailing my fingers up the path my eyes had just taken, her soft skin under my touch, I heard her breath hitch, her chest lifting and falling quickly to accommodate her rapid pants. Kade moved from behind me. “Wait,” I ordered.

He stilled immediately, letting me control for a change. Although I was what Ava called,
alpha,
Kade was usually the lead in our sex lives, but today, it was my turn.

My fingers brushed Ava’s mound, triggering a faint moan and a small circle of her hips to encourage me.

“Mason!”

Looking up at her, I smirked, noticing the heat in her eyes, the blush on her cheeks. “Patience, baby.”

I looked round her and over to Grace. “Lift your skirt and open your legs.”

She did as I asked, slowly bunching her long, loose skirt in her hands, pulling it up and around her waist then slowly shifting her legs apart, giving me a view of the white cotton covering her pussy, arousal dampening the customary simple fabric.

I sighed happily, bringing my gaze back to the apex of Ava’s legs, noticing the sheen on her skin and the dampness already trickling over her soft flesh, the scent of her arousal driving me wild.

Her head fell back when I slid a finger across her groove, collecting her lust and slipping it in between my lips, teasing my tongue with her taste.

“Mmm,” I murmured, my body shivering with the need coursing through my veins. “You taste of Kade’s cum and yours.”

Her groans increased when I moved her lips apart with my thumbs and circled her swollen clit with the tip of my tongue, their combined climax now bursting wildly in my mouth, making my cock throb until it was painful.

Her fingers threaded through my hair, her fist grasping and tugging me closer. She yelped when I sucked her clit between my lips and tickled the tip, her hand screwing tighter. I pressed the palms of my hands between her thighs to hold her legs open enough for me to ravage her. She was vibrating above me, her whole body twitching and wriggling as I tortured her under my tongue, her soft moans mixing with my groans of satisfaction and when her thighs started to tremble, I slid a finger inside her and stroked the little spot that always pushed her over the edge.

“That’s it baby, give it me all.” I gazed up at her, watching as her beautiful face morphed into something of pure rapture, her mouth open as her orgasm ripped through her, my name bursting from her soft lips as her hands on my head supported her weak legs.