Chapter 84

Ryder saw Tercero approaching in his peripheral vision, but he didn’t tear his gaze from Jane’s bedroom window. She wasn’t home anymore, and he knew she wouldn’t be at school today, but her window was the only thing keeping him calm as he prepared to go through with his piece of shit life without her.

It was stupid, but the little boy inside of him hoped she’d suddenly push open the curtain and tease him.

His anger flared for a few seconds at the remembrance of the early hours of Sunday morning. He had promised Jane he’d stay all night, and he had. It was five in the morning when he’d finally gone for a piss and a drink, and when he returned, his world felt wrong. Like her presence was suddenly gone.

That’s when the sound of a car traveling down the road had him panicking. The only reason he hadn’t jumped in his own car to follow was because her bedroom light turned on.

Minutes had ticked by, then Sarah peeked out and told him that Jane was gone and wouldn’t return until the end of the school year.

He’d nearly gone over to grab her by the throat and demanded she brought Jane home, but Luc had been up. His piece of shit brother had waved Jane’s bitch of a mom good day and told him to calm down.

When Mrs. Leodegrance was out of sight, Luc informed him that Jane had willingly left with Kingston. And when Kingston spotted Luc getting into his car to leave, he allowed Jane the chance to say goodbye, giving Luc the warning to not come looking for her. Kingston promised retaliation if any of them were caught searching for her, then Jane spoke up. She told Luc to let him know that she was okay—that none of them should wait for her.

Silly, beautiful girl. If she thought he was leaving her because her stepdad was hiding her, she was . . . well, just his silly girl. She wasn’t stupid, but she had a problem seeing her worth and a hard time accepting she had his heart and soul. No, she had every piece of him.

Tercero finally arrived. For a few seconds, he stared up at the window before sitting in the lounger next to Ryder’s. “If Jane has learned teleportation, she would teleport straight to you.” “Or to you,” Ryder retorted, not changing his posture.

“Or to David,” Tercero said. “Or to Luc.”

Ryder didn’t respond. He didn’t love that Jane wanted Tercero, that she loved David and had, by the looks of her Saturday morning, been fucked hard by his rival. No, Ryder didn’t love any of that shit, and he was still struggling with accepting Jane had a thing for Luc. That smooth fucker slipped in without ever letting any of them know he’d been watching her.

After a while of silence, Tercero said, “She likes you most.”

“Of course she does. She fucking loves me.” He smirked now, lighting up a cigarette. He needed to quit for Jane; she was allergic.

Tercero chuckled, relaxing completely. “David’s taking things better than I thought he would.”

“Yeah, Mr. Perfect is always doing shit like that for her.” Ryder released the toxic fumes. “As long as he doesn’t decide because he fucked her that she’s more his, I’ll tolerate him.”

“You do more than tolerate him.” Tercero gave him a serious look. “I know you’re both trying to be with her at the same time. Be careful. She’s still getting used to everything.” Ryder threw him a glare. “She’s not even here, dumbass.” “We’ll find her,” Tercero said with a dismissive wave.

That was true; Ryder wasn’t going to stop looking for her. It was only pissing him off that not only did he feel like Kingston was saying he wasn’t good enough, but that Jane’s choices were being stripped from her the moment she was trying to grow into herself.

“Luc can probably find her fastest,” Tercero said quietly.

“Luc can stay the fuck out of this,” Ryder spat.

“She likes him.” Tercero closed his eyes, stretching out more. “What if she asked you to invite him into your threesome?”

It was a good thing Tercero was sitting far enough away that he wouldn’t land a hit on him right now. “She won’t want Luc.”

“You mean after she has you two together?” Tercero smirked, though he kept his eyes shut. “Did she tell you I remind her of you and David together? Maybe she’ll decide one of us—I—am enough.”

Ryder knew his stare could be felt, and he had no idea when Tercero had gotten the balls to provoke him like this.

“Did you tell her you made sure she could handle your dick?” Now Tercero glanced at him, amused. “It was cute, brother.”

“Shut the fuck up.” Ryder dropped his cigarette, watching it slowly die out. He didn’t care if it was a stupid thing to worry about or not know, but he knew Jane was small and he was big. His dick was big, too. It wasn’t like he had the biggest dick ever, but he was bigger than most guys. He just didn’t want to hurt his girl, so he researched weeks ago.

They’d caught him and laughed because he didn’t know some weird shit happened when a girl was turned on that made her able to accommodate a dick at all. Tenting—whatever the fuck that was. It wasn’t like he was out trying shit out or paying attention when they taught Sex Ed. He wanted to learn with his baby.

Tercero laughed at him. “Archer didn’t know either. He had been the one to bring it up to me.” “Archer asked if my dick would fit in Jane?” Ryder didn’t want Archer thinking about Jane at all.

With a smile tugging at his lips, Tercero explained, “That night she almost flashed you, and he joked that you were going to have to find someone to fuck to get the hard-on you had to go away . . . He was eating a peach later, and he asked me if it was possible to kill a girl with a big dick.” Ryder snorted, shaking his head.

“He was serious,” Tercero said, chuckling. “He likes her—”

“What?” All Ryder’s humor fell away at the thought of another of his brothers after his Jane.

“He thinks she’s hot,” Tercero said, “but he doesn’t like her more than a potential friend. He was worried you’d be too much for her because he said Jane was definitely into you, and it was only a matter of time before you two started fucking. He was going to warn her to prepare for you.”

“Fucking idiot.” Ryder leaned back now as he slid his phone out of his pocket. He doubted Jane

got her phone back, but he hoped to see a message from her. There was nothing.

“Not really,” Tercero said. “You left bruises on her after your car sex.”

He winced, sliding open his photo gallery. Taking Jane’s virginity in the front seat of his Camaro wasn’t what he’d ever planned with her, but she’d been hungry for him and no way was he letting her run back to David after she’d held shit off with David for him. So, it meant tight quarters, hard and fast; definitely not as gentle as he probably should’ve been for her first time.

The bruises on her hips were visible the night before, and he’d noticed how she’d been a lot more tender when he was with her then. His research hadn’t been a waste because he found out there was another way to prepare a woman for a big dick, and he’d gotten good at making sure he had her ready for him so that she was moaning from pleasure and not from pain.

Ryder stared at the first photo of them, the one he’d taken just ten minutes before he’d become her first. She was so fucking beautiful. Her cute blush whenever he was too close to her always put a smile on his face, and she was all pink in the photo of the two of them at school.

“She liked them,” Tercero said, probably referring to the bruises.

Ryder grinned because she had liked them. When he’d noticed them after their second time together, he’d kissed them and tried to tell her he’d learn how to be gentle. She told him not to change at all. “Little masochist,” he said, chuckling.

Tercero nodded. “She likes to have reminders.”

He darted his gaze to Tercero and narrowed his eyes. “I didn’t see a reminder of you.”

“No?” Tercero smirked then reached up to the collar of his shirt, pulling it down enough to reveal a hickey. “Because she insisted she was yours to mark up, but she’d make sure anyone who looked at me saw who I belonged to. She was sneaky—it was all I allowed her to do.”

Ryder glared at the hickey. “Why the fuck wouldn’t she mark me?”

“Because she doesn’t want anyone staring at you longer than they need to.” He shrugged. “You know her more than even I do. I’m sure she imagined you’d be able to see each other at school, but I would’ve been her secret. Plus, she thinks you’re beautiful. I imagine she would consider it ruining you.” Tercero smiled. “I’m jealous.”

He didn’t stop scowling because he was jealous too. “Did you—”

“—have sex with her?” Tercero finished. “Really, brother, she wouldn’t have been able to walk out of here if all three of us had been with her. It’s a miracle she did with all I heard between you.”

“That’s right, bitch.” Ryder felt a little better that he was still Jane’s number one. It stung from time to time that she didn’t choose him alone, but he would do anything for her. Even swallow the bitterness at the realization that Tercero had likely fucked her with his mouth and David had taken advantage of her needy state after he’d left them alone in her room.

“Did you taste her?”