Kairo's icy stare pinned me in place. The damning photo still glowed on my phone screen between us.
"He didn't just blacklist your father," the anonymous message had said. "He had him killed."
My heart hammered so hard I could barely breathe. Kairo's expression didn't change, but something dangerous flickered in his eyes.
"You saw it," I whispered, voice breaking. Tears burned hot down my cheeks.
He reached for the phone. I let him take it. Zane and Draco stirred awake on either side of me, instantly alert.
Kairo read the message in silence. Then he deleted it.
"That's not true," he said quietly, but his voice carried steel. "I didn't kill your father, Nova. I protected my sister from him."
The words hit like a slap.
Zane sat up, pulling me into his arms. "Baby, breathe. Kairo's telling the truth."
Draco's hand stroked my back soothingly, but tension radiated from all three of them.
I pushed away from Zane, scrambling off the bed on shaky legs. Naked, cum still drying on my thighs, collar locked around my neck - I had never felt more vulnerable.
"Protected your sister?" My voice rose, trembling with anger and hurt. "By destroying my family?"
Kairo stood slowly, towering over me. "Your father was blackmailing powerful people, Nova. Including my sister. He threatened to expose her private life - her submission - to the press. I stopped him. Legally. Nothing more."
I wanted to believe him. God, I wanted to. But the photo, the message, the years of wondering why my father had suddenly lost everything... it all crashed over me.
Tears streamed down my face. "Then why hide it from me?"
"Because I didn't know you existed until last night," Kairo said, stepping closer. His hand cupped my cheek, thumb brushing away tears even as his touch sent fresh sparks of heat through my body. "And because the moment I saw you, I wanted you more than I've wanted anything in years."
The confession cracked my heart open.
Zane moved behind me, pressing his chest to my back, his hard cock nestling against my ass. "We all did," he murmured, kissing my shoulder. "From the second we touched you."
Draco knelt in front of me, large hands gripping my thighs gently. "Let us show you the truth, little one. Not with words. With trust."
Before I could respond, Draco's mouth descended on my pussy again, licking me slowly, tenderly, as if trying to heal the pain with pleasure. Zane's hands roamed my breasts, pinching and rolling my nipples until I moaned. Kairo tilted my chin up and kissed me deeply - not dominating, but pouring raw emotion into every stroke of his tongue.
I melted between them.
Draco's tongue pushed inside me, fucking me with slow, deep licks while Zane ground his cock against my ass. Kairo broke the kiss only to whisper against my lips, "We'll protect you now. All of you."
The words made fresh tears fall even as pleasure built low in my belly.
They moved me to the bed again. This time it was slower, more intimate. Kairo entered me first, eyes locked on mine as he thrust deep and steady. Zane slid into my ass from behind, stretching me perfectly. Draco fed me his cock gently, letting me set the pace.
We moved together like one body - slow, deep, emotional. Every thrust carried apology and promise. Every moan carried surrender and hope.
I came first, sobbing their names as waves of pleasure mixed with overwhelming emotion washed over me. They followed soon after, filling me with their release while whispering praise and soft words against my skin.
Afterward, they held me in a tangle of limbs and soft kisses, aftercare more tender than ever.
But as dawn broke over the Manhattan skyline, Kairo's phone rang again.
He answered, expression turning grim. "The Shadow Court knows she's with us. They're moving against The Veil tonight."
Zane tensed behind me. Draco's arms tightened.
Kairo looked at me, eyes burning with determination and something deeper - fear for me.
"They want you, Nova. As leverage."
He set the phone down and pulled me closer, voice low and possessive.
"Then we'll give them a show they'll never forget. Tonight at the club... you'll be collared, trained, and claimed publicly in front of the entire society."
My breath caught.
Draco's hand slid between my legs again, fingers circling my clit as if sealing the promise.
"Get ready, baby," Zane whispered hotly against my ear. "Because tonight, every dominant in The Veil will watch while we make you ours completely."
A sharp knock sounded on the penthouse door - loud and urgent.
Security burst in a second later, face pale.
"Sir, we have a problem. The ex-submissive is here... and she's threatening to expose everything about Nova unless you take her back."
The three men froze around me.
Kairo's eyes met mine, dark with warning.
