Their eyes met. Thick heat surrounded them. Aidan's cock twitched against her palm. "Open," Zack said softly. "Taste her."

Aidan opened his mouth, eyes fastened on Zack's face. Zack slid his fingers inside and Aidan's lips closed around them. His eyes fell shut too as he sucked Maddie's taste off Zack.

Zack's thumb lingered on Aidan's bottom lip when he withdrew. "Good?"

"Yeah." Aidan's throat worked.

"If I wasn't wet before, I am now." Both guys choked out surprised huffs of laughter. She cupped one breast with her free hand, gently squeezing it with the pressure she craved there. Her hips moved. "Need you inside me."

Aidan groaned as she rose up and moved above him so she could center the head of his cock at her opening. "Fuck yeah," he moaned. "Wet. So hot. Do it."

She bit her lip and eased herself lower onto him. His girth stretched her, filling her with delicious force. She planted her hands on his chest and watched his face as her body closed around him.

Zack moved from the side of the bed to the foot, behind her. She felt his presence like a vibrating energy field. "You have no idea how hot that looks. Watching his cock slide inside you like that. Watching your pretty pussy take him."

His velvet voice stroked over her like a touch. She shivered and her toes curled in her shoes. She looked over her shoulder at Zack. His eyes smoldered and he tapped the handle of the flogger against his other palm like he was dying to use it. Their eyes met with a jolt of electricity.

He stepped closer again, wrapped his fist in her hair and turned her face to his to kiss her. Their mouths met in a hard kiss that seared her senses. Aidan inside her. Zack's mouth on hers. A sharp forbidden thrill ran through her.

Zack released her hair, but kept his hand on her back. With gentle force he pushed her down so she lay on top of Aidan. Her feet pressed against Aidan's thighs. Aidan curled one hand around the back of her neck and pulled her down to his mouth. She kissed him too, then buried her face in the side of his neck. Anticipation curled through her, dark and edgy.

Zack started teasing them, dragging the tails of the flogger over her back and her ass, down over Aidan's legs, making him shudder. She felt Zack linger on Aidan's inner thighs, then stroke down over her butt cheeks and lower. He had to be stroking Aidan's balls. His cock jerked in her pussy. Oh yeah.

The flogger traveled up her back then down. And then he pulled it away and she felt the air move as Zack twisted it. She squeezed her eyes closed, longing for a sharper touch spiking inside her. The first slap made her start, from the feel of it and the sound. It wasn't that hard, but she felt it, a flash of fire. He set a slow rhythm.

Each slap of the tails on her ass intensified. At first her body stiffened, but as the fire turned into a glow that spread through her body, she relaxed into it. Near her ear, Aidan murmured, "Holy shit. He really knows what he's doing."

Distantly she recognized Aidan must be watching Zack wield the flogger. It would be something to see. But at that moment, all she wanted was more of that sensation.

The pressure intensified, vibrating to her core. She sank into it, letting herself go.

"Fuck her," Zack ordered Aidan. Aidan bent his legs and planted his feet into the mattress, lifting his hips to fuck her.

"Christ, Maddie, you're like liquid around me. Never felt you so wet. This really does it for you, doesn't it?"

He didn't know that she couldn't speak, couldn't form words, barely registered his question. All she could do was whimper. Sensations flowed together, the heat on her skin, the pressure of Aidan inside her. It was drugging her, making her high.

She wanted to come. So bad. She ached for it, burned for it. It wasn't quite there...and Zack was slowing the slaps of the flogger on her. She whimpered another protest.

"Yeah." Zack paused and laid a palm on her ass. "Sweet. Okay, Maddie?"

She whimpered a protest. "Don't stop," she managed to say.

Zack chuckled, his hand caressing her. "You want to come, baby?"

"Mmhmm. Please." Her voice had gone high. "Oh please." She craved it, shook with need for it.

"You need to be patient, little girl." He stroked down the backs of her thighs, then the sensitive undercurve of her buttocks, and a shiver worked over her body.

He was torturing her. She ached with enormous need, pulsing around Aidan's thick shaft inside her. Aidan whispered words of encouragement to her.

"Please," she begged.

"Okay." And he resumed his strikes, slow at first then picking up speed and force. It was amazing. She floated, weightless and glowing, letting her mind drift. Sensation curled inside her, a delicate twist that built. And built. Higher. God. Oh god, it kept going up and up and...and then she got scared. The intensity of it all scared her. She was so high, panic rushed over her.

Her head reared back and she pushed up on her arms. "Stop," she tried to say. It came out a mumble. "Stop, please. I mean...red."

The flogger immediately stopped and Aidan went still. Then she was flipped onto her back on the bed and Aidan lunged at Zack.

Aidan grabbed the flogger. "Stop it," he snarled.

"I did stop," Zack said calmly, relinquishing the tool. "What the fuck?"

"She used the safe word. You were hurting her." Aidan shoved at Zack's chest. Zack stumbled back a step, frowning. "Jesus Christ."

Maddie blinked, dazed, knowing she needed to stop what was happening but physically unable to move and barely able to form coherent thoughts.

Chapter Sixteen.

Aidan went to go after Zack again, ready to punch him in the face, but Zack stepped aside, closer to the bed. "For fuck's sake, she needs to be looked after. You can't just stop and leave her there."

Guilt slammed into Aidan and he squeezed his eyes shut briefly. Yeah. Maddie. She was the one hurting. He'd punch Zack's lights out later.

He climbed back into bed and pulled Maddie into his arms. He stroked her hair. "Okay, sweetheart?"

Zack watched with eyes full of concern, crouching on the bed on the other side of her, hands on his thighs.

She nodded against Aidan's chest, small and soft and trembling a little in his arms. Christ. Christ, what were they doing? Playing at this crazy kinky shit, and now she was hurt.

"I'm okay."

"Take a deep breath," Zack said quietly. "You're okay, baby. We're here for you." He reached out and set his hand on her bare leg. His calm presence subdued Aidan's jittery nerves as much as Maddie's. Aidan sucked in a breath.

"Talk to us," Zack continued. "Tell us what was going on for you. I thought it was all good."

"It was. It was good. So good." Then she laughed. What the fuck? "I got scared. I was so high."

Aidan squeezed her, relief coursing through him. She was okay. She was giggling.

"I'm sorry," she continued. "I just...got scared."

"It's okay." Zack smoothed a hand down her leg. "I get it. It is scary. You were doing great, babe. So great."

"I was." She flashed a little smile at both of them. Aidan's heart squeezed. Fuck, he didn't know what to think. "I can do it. I know I can do more."

"We'll try some other time," Zack said.

"No. I want more. I want it now."

"We'll wait a bit. Maybe I went too far, too fast. You got hypersensitive. It can be stressful for you, mentally and physically."

She nodded.

"I thought you were hurt," Aidan said.

"Well, yeah. But...I liked it." She tipped her head and met his eyes. "I'm okay, Aidan. Really. Please don't blame Zack."

"Maybe I need to flog Aidan," Zack said. "So he knows what you were feeling."

The air in the room went static. Aidan looked at Zack and saw the teasing glint in his eyes. He shook his head slowly, reluctant to admit his own curiosity about how that flogger would feel in the hands of someone experienced and knowledgeable. Someone with that edge of sadism that Maddie sure as hell didn't have.

"Erotic pain is different than just regular pain," Zack said to him. "It's a rush. The endorphins made her feel like she was high. It adds another layer to the pleasure she was getting from you fucking her. It's different than just hitting her."

"I get that."

"It might have looked like I was hitting her hard, but it wasn't that hard."

"You said he knew what he was doing," Maddie reminded Aidan.

Aidan looked down at her and nodded. When he'd seen Zack start to flip the flogger around he'd been amazed. The way his wrist flexed, the way he swung in that smooth figure-eight shape, bringing the tails down on Maddie's ass with perfect control, had impressed him. It was nothing like his own feeble attempts. It was powerful and graceful and erotic.

He wasn't jealous. He admired that. Did he want Zack to use the flogger on him? His breath stuck in his throat. When Maddie'd done it, it somehow hadn't been as exciting as he'd hoped. Maybe... "He does," he affirmed in a low voice. He sucked in a breath and let it out. "I could see he knew what he was doing. It was...amazing, actually. I just...lost it when I thought you were hurt."

"I'm sorry." Her big blue eyes stared at him, then she turned to Zack. "I'm sorry I ruined it."

"You didn't ruin it," Zack soothed, his hand caressing her leg. "It happens. I should have known it was too much, too soon. You don't know yourself yet. It takes time." He lifted one shoulder. "It takes a lifetime. There's always more to learn."

Zack's experience and composure continued to reassure Aidan. He said, voice gruff, "Sorry, man. I overreacted."

Zack met his eyes steadily. "We're all learning. Right?"

Aidan nodded.

"I'll get you some water." Zack moved off the bed. Aidan cuddled Maddie closer, feeling protective of her.

"I really am okay, honey." She touched his face. "It was amazing. So good."

Zack came back and handed her a glass. She drank some and handed it to Aidan, who shook his head. Zack took the glass and also drank.

"Okay, I'm ready," she announced.

Zack chuckled. "Babe. Maybe we really should stop for tonight."

She bit her lip. "But..."

"What?" Aidan smoothed hair back from her face.

"I thought we were going to...I've always wanted..."

Her cheeks flushed a pretty pink and Aidan lifted his eyebrows.

Her gaze darted all around the room, then dropped to her hands. "Double penetration," she whispered.

Whoa. Aidan's eyes snapped up to meet Zack's. One corner of his mouth lifted. "Maddie," he said softly. "You kinky girl, you."

She lifted her head, smiling too. "It's a fantasy."

Aidan's lungs seized. She'd fantasized about that? Jesus. "You never told me that."

"I know. I think there are a lot of things we never told each other." Again, their eyes met.

Yeah. This time with Zack was stripping them bare, revealing all the things they'd kept hidden...from each other and maybe even from themselves. There were things he wanted too that he'd never been completely honest about. He nodded slowly. "Yeah. So. Thanks for being brave enough to share that."

Her pretty smile deepened. "I'm getting very brave these days."

Fuck, she was, and it was beautiful.

"And so are you." She laid her palm on his cheek.

Yeah. Letting Zack take control and order him around made him feel more naked and vulnerable than he ever had in his life. The fact that Maddie recognized that and saw inside him and still loved him anyway...Christ. His heart rose into his throat and he crushed her to him in a brief, powerful hug.

"How was it for you?" she asked him softly. "Inside me while Zack flogged me."

"It was..." He choked on the words and swallowed. "It was fucking amazing. Feeling how you reacted. Your pussy squeezing me more and more, every time... Giving that to you. Both of us. Fuck, Maddie."

"Thank you. So. Can we go on?"

She looked at Zack. Looking to him to take control.

"Yeah," he said. "Good girl for using the safe word if you were scared. Always do that if you need to, yeah? If you want to slow down, yellow."

"I got it." She gave a nod.

"Let's give our girl what she wants," Zack said to Aidan The idea of both of them fucking her turned him on painfully, but more than that, he wanted to fulfill her fantasy. Once more, he wanted to give her everything he could. "Yeah."

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Relief filtered through Zack. Okay. He hadn't fucked it up. Maddie was fine, and Aidan got it. It was all good.

For a few minutes there he'd been terrified. Had he misread Maddie's signals? Was Aidan ready to call this whole crazy thing off? And was he about to get beaten to a bloody pulp by his best friend?

He wasn't so worried about that. He could defend himself, even if he probably wasn't as fit as Aidan. The guy's muscles had muscles. Zack had been working out since he'd been back, but Aidan put some serious effort into his body. Which Zack appreciated. Looking at him. Touching him. Not getting the shit beat out of him.