Chapter 77
Chapter Seventy-Seven: Hold me
It was too much. I had thought that I was ready to handle anything that they could do to me. But I was
wrong.
“Tillie, fuck. Jason, fucking uncuff me.” Travis snarled before his voice softened. “Matilda, look at me.
Tell me you’re okay, sweets.”
Sucking in onest lungful of Ryan’s scent. I opened my eyes, shifting around on hisp to look over at
Travis. I couldn’t help but feel like I had let them down. Like I wasn’t enough for them. I felt weak and
bro ken. “Yeah.”
“Oh, sweet girl,” Travis said, shaking his hair out of his face as best as he could. He struggled again
and the wood of the footboard creaked louder. “Jason,e on, man.”
“I’m okay,” I said, trying to sound a little stronger even if I didn’t feel like it. I couldn’t let them see me
like this. Like I was weak. I needed to be strong to show them that I was worthy of being theirs.
Swallowing hard, I looked over at Jason and pain shot through my chest at the nk look in his eyes.
His face had gone deathly pale and he hadn’t moved from where he had been crouched.
“Jason?” | whispered his name and his eyes met mine.
“I hurt you.” He said, swallowing hard. “I hurt you.”
“Jason.” | gasped, wishing that I had words that couldfort him, but I couldn’t. I didn’t know what to
say
“She will be okay, alpha. Our mate is human, even if she fucks like a shifter. She’s still human.” Ryan
said, his hand shaking as he moved it over my back in soothing circles. I could feel a calmness moving
over me. “She just needs us to be tender with her. She did so good for us and now it’s our turn to take
care of her. To be tender with her. Good girls like ours need tenderness, don’t you, baby?”
I bit my lower lip, feeling that warm feeling in my chest. At least Ryan wasn’t upset with me for letting
them down.
Tenderness sounded so good right now. Well, that and a long nap.
Ryan tucked my head against his shoulder. He leaned over grasping the sheet and pulling it around me
to cover my nakedness. I tried to focus on the weight of it, and how soft it felt on my skin.
“Jason, if you will uncuff Travis for me?”
Jason’s shoulders shook and he looked over at Ryan. Slowly Ryan repeated himself. I watched Jason
move like he was in a daze. Climbing over to the edge of the bed, he picked up the key to the
handcuffs from the nightstand. I watched the way he moved slowly, like a scared animal, as he walked
over to Travis. Leaning down to unlock one cuil, before walking around him to uncuff his other wrist.
“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean“ Jason started to say, but Travis cut him off.
“Don’t, don’t apologize to me. I can handle your games.” He snapped. “But if you ever push her that far
again, alpha or not, I’ll”
“Travis, please stop,” My voice was soft, but I knew they both heard me from the way their bodies stiff
ened. “Please, it wasn’t. He didn’t mean to”
“Sweetheart.” Travis said, turning away from Jason to look at me.
“Not now, Travis. Save it, let’s take care of our girl” Ryan said, his hand still rubbing those soft circles
and I felt my muscles start to rx. “Jason, can you grab me a t-shirt?”
Jason didn’t look over at us as he moved to the dresser. Opening one of the bottom drawers, he pulled
out a dark purple well-worn concert t-shirt. He stepped closer to us, handing the shirt to Ryan. I looked
at the band’s logo, a panther’s skull with guns beneath it.
It wasn’t a band that I was familiar with, but I supposed that didn’t matter.
Ryan took the shirt from him, pulling the sheet away from my shoulders. He let the fabric pool into my
Ryan
scrunched up the material of the shirt before looking at me. “Arms up, baby.”
I lifted my arms up, letting him slip the shirt over my head before I shoved my arms through the arm
holes. He smoothed the material down over my stomach. It was snug but I felt better being covered up.
“Tillie, did you want anything to drink or eat? Maybe a soft nket or something?” Ryan asked and I
shook my head. “If you don’t tell me what you need, I won’t be able to give you good aftercare and I
want to take care of you, baby.”
I looked around at the three of them. I knew that we should get cleaned up, but the thought of being
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away from them filled me with panic. I just wanted to know that I hadn’t messed this up and that I hadn’t
ruined our night. .
“Sweets, anything you need. Doesn’t matter. It’s our job to take care of you.” Travis said, taking a half
step closer before stopping, almost as if he were afraid that he was going to scare me away.
“Could you, could you guys just hold me?” | asked, worrying the inside of my cheek with my teeth as I
gripped the sheet in myp.
“Of course, sweets.” Travis said, his body visibly rxing as he stepped closer to Ryan and me.
“We can do that, baby.”
I nodded, letting Ryan help me lie down. Heid down beside me, grabbing my hand and holding it
over his heart. I tucked my body tightly to his side, trying to make sure that Jason had plenty of space
to join us.
Travis crawled onto the bed behind Ryan, wrapping himself around the other man. He propped his
head up onto his hand, looking over Ryan’s shoulder at me. His hand moved to my side and he held it
still; lock ing eyes with me. “Is this, is this okay?”
I nodded, waiting for Jason to join us. When he didn’t, I looked over at him. He was still standing beside
the dresser, still watching me. Worry and self loathing were written across his face. I hated that I had
made him feel like this.
“Jason,e join us.” I said, “!, I need you too.”
His gaze moved to mine and he dipped his head before moving to the other side of the bed and climb
ing in behind me. I could feel the heat of his body against my back but he didn’t touch me,
Reaching behind me, 1 grabbed his hand. Threading my fingers with his, hoping that he could feel that
I was okay. I just needed to rest,
I let their soft breathing rx me and before I knew it, I was asleep.