Awaken the Elements (Elemental Trilogy) (27 page)

             
She frowned down at him. “Can I break them?”

             
“Unlikely, but we can try,” he said. “It will take some time.”

             
“We have plenty of time,” she said. Her body flared with anger as she looked into the store. She thought of what Envy said. “My magic is related to sex, right?”

             
“Yes,” he said, looking up at her.

             
“I want to know more.”

“So come to the party,” Hazel told Autumn.

“I’m not invited.”

“Everyone is invited except us. But Frank wants me to go. He wants to kiss me at midnight.”

“Have fun,” Autumn said.

“Come on! You should go with your boyfriends,” Hazel whispered the last.

“Anatha might kill me,” she replied. “The guys can go if they want to.”

“Fine. I will see you later,” she walked out of the store. Autumn heard talking, and then Rowan and River walked in and stared down at her.

“What
?” she finally asked.

“We are crashing a party!” Rowan said. River grabbed her up
, and they dragged her to their room.

“What are you doing?” Autumn asked
, her arms crossed over her chest.

“Trust us,” he said. “Arms up.”

She grumbled but put her arms up. Rowan removed her shirt. River removed her bra. “Guys, I am not in the mood.”

“Oh
, we will make you,” Rowan said, kissing along her naked skin, sending small tingles through her. River pulled on a snug tank top, and she felt him zip the back. She looked down at the shiny material, which felt paper thin.

“What
  
”

“You owe us because of the sock puppet incident,” Rowan said as
River pulled down her pants.

“Step out,” he said behind her
, laying a quick kiss on her naked ass cheek.

She stepped out of the pants. She looked at Rowan who had an evil smile. His fingers moved from her naked hips to the skin
around her bellybutton and lower. He stroked her lips a few times. Autumn tried to fight the pulsing warmness building, but his finger slipped between her lips and started to slowly rub her nub. Her hips betrayed her as they started to move, wanting his finger to do more.

“Rowan,” River said.

“Sorry,” he replied and stopped, making her body protest.

“Autumn
, step in,” River said behind her. She looked down at the black material.

“You are putting me in a skirt?” She asked
, stepping into the material. River pulled it up. It clung to her hips, but it fell to her knees. The skirt was pleated, and she knew if she spun, the skirt would spin easily.

“You look beautiful,” Rowan said as River came from behind her.

“You do!” he said.

“Okay
, our turn.” Rowan said and dragged River behind the curtains.

“Can I put on underwear?” Autumn asked
, sitting down, feeling naked.

“No,” they said together.

She waited, hands in her lap, as the guys laughed and argued, finally coming out dressed in suits.

“I thought it was just a party like all the
other parties?” Autumn took them in.  Naked, half dressed, casual or fancy; they were damn sexy.

“No
, they wanted to do a fancy New Year’s party. Suits and dresses/skirts only,” Rowan said. “What do you think?” He turned around so she could see the entire thing.

“You two look amazing.”

“You are damn right; together we are sexy bitches,” he said, and River nodded.

River came over and took her hand. “This will be fun,” he said.

“They don’t want me there,” she said.

“Who cares,” Rowan said
, taking her other arm in his. “We can make an appearance, show off, and leave.”

“Fine,” she said
, and they walked out of the store.

Frank and Hazel waited out there for them. “O
h, Autumn! I love the outfit; it screams sexy New Year’s.”

“I feel naked,” she murmured.
“I like your dress.”

Hazel
blushed. “Thanks,” she said. She had on a black strapless dress with a red bow tied in the back. It was classy but not overdone.

They entered the party in
side Lears, and the noise poured over them. Loud, groovy, and something you could dance to. There were silver and gold stars dangling with streamers. It looked pretty nice.

****

The crowd didn’t come in unnoticed. Anatha happened to glance that way and stopped dancing. “Hey, Anatha!” Jaime shouted out over the music. “Why you stop?” She walked over to Envy.

****

A new song started. The rhythm thumped, begging people to dance. “Come along!” River said, pulling Autumn out onto the dance floor. Rowan, she, and River fell into groove with the music. Their bodies moved along with the rest. Autumn got a glimpse of Hazel and Frank dancing close by. After the song ended, a slow song began, and River took the lead. Rowan bowed out and went to get some water.

River’s arm pulled her close. They gazed into each other’s eyes. “You are so beautiful,” he whispered
.

She smiled. “You are handsome,” she replied.

“I want this moment to last forever, just me, you, and Rowan.”

There was no me and you. It
was now the three of them. They felt right together. She laid her head on his shoulder. He turned his head, and his warm breath caressed her skin. She closed her eyes, putting her trust in him. She felt she might be in love with him and Rowan.

The next song picked up
the pace. Rowan and River switched spots. Again, hands touched her as well as their bodies, rubbing and moving; she felt inflamed. When the song ended she bowed out.

“Need to sit,” she told them. Rowan went
to get them something to drink. There were only a few spots open next to Hazel and Frank. They sat down, and Autumn sighed. She needed the break.

“See
, it is fun,” Hazel told her.

Autumn nodded. “So far no drama. Thank the stars.”

Rowan came back and handed out drinks. He looked for more chairs but saw none. River pulled Autumn onto his lap, and Rowan sat in her spot. After a while she became fidgety. She could feel River enjoying her in his lap a bit too much.

Anatha came over. “River
, would you like to dance?”

“Sorry
, Anatha, I am taking a break.” She walked away, and Autumn could feel her agitation buzzing in her head.

They finally decided to get up and dance some more. A slow song came on
, and Autumn danced with Rowan. He held her tight. His lips touched her neck, sending tingles down her spine. She knew people who watched them suspected there was more than the close friendship they were sharing. She sighed.
Who cares anymore?

“Autumn,” Rowan whispered.

“Yes,” she said, lifting her head and looking at him.

“I just want
ed to see those green eyes. I never want to stop looking at them.”

She smiled.

The song ended and a livelier one started. Her feet were getting sore, but she loved dancing with her guys. They did silly moves, and the group around them laughed along. Anatha made her way over.

“River, want to dance
?”

“I am dancing!”

“With me!”

“
I’m dancing with Autumn.”

“But we can dance,” she said.

“I thought we were dancing?” Jaime asked behind her. But she ignored him.

“Next song?” she asked River.

“Maybe,” he said and turned back to Autumn.

After the song, Autumn told them she couldn’t dance anymore. “I need a break!” she shouted over the music.

They were chatting with Frank, Stefan, and Drake when Anatha walked over to Autumn. Autumn knew it was coming. She didn’t want a scene. She would leave.

“Autumn,” Anatha said, “Can I talk to you?”

“Sure,” she said and left the guys. Anatha took her away from the party.

“You need to leave. You weren’t invited.”

“That’s fine,” she said.

“What is going on between you and River?”

“We are friends,” she said.

“I want you to leave.”

“Fine, let me say goodnight
  
”

Anatha shook her head. “No
. Now.”

“Okay.” She turned and left the store.

****

River noticed Anatha came back without Autumn.   “Where did she go?”

“Restroom?” Rowan asked.

Anatha walked over to him and grabbed his hand. “Come dance with me,” she said.

“I don’t want to
, Anatha,” River said.

“You don’t have Autumn to dance with for the rest of the night
, so come dance with me.”

“Where is Autumn?”

“I told her to leave. She was not invited.”

“I
really don’t want to dance with you.”  He turned and told Rowan and Frank about Autumn.

“I don’t want to be here anymore,” River said
, and the two left. They found Autumn sitting with her feet up on the futons out in front of LS Denny’s. She smiled when they came over.

“You guys didn’t have to leave,” she said when they came over.

“It’s almost midnight! We have to be with you at midnight,” Rowan said.

“Are you okay?” River asked.

“I had fun,” she said and smiled.

“But Ana
  
”

“I don’t care,” she said.

“Aw, here she is,” Hazel came over with some cups.

Frank pulled a bottle of champagne from his jacket. “They won’t notice it’s gone.
”

“I am glad this year is over,” Hazel said.

“It’s almost midnight!” Autumn said as she heard the countdown begin at the party.

“How do you know which one to kiss first?” Hazel whispered to her.

“They flipped a coin,” she said, and they laughed.

“Five-
four-three-two-one...Happy New Year!!” Everyone shouted. River popped open the champagne as Rowan gave Autumn a toe curling kiss. River poured out cups while Rowan took his turn kissing Autumn.

They drank their
champagne and chatted about plans for the upcoming year. Autumn was tired, and people were finally leaving Lears.

“Bed calls,” she said
, yawning.

“Sure,” Hazel whispered
, winking.

She rolled her eyes and let the guys lead her to the music store. 
She watched, amused as Rowan and River stripped each other, and began kissing and groping, making Autumn bite her lip.

“She likes it,” Rowan whispered to River. “Should we give her more?”

“Yes,” he said, and their lips clashed, hard and hungry. Autumn watched, mesmerized as they stroked each other’s dicks. Rowan moaned deep in his throat. Autumn did too.

“
I’m sorry about the puppets!” she exclaimed.

Rowan and River walked
toward her. They looked down at her like hungry predators. “Prove it,” Rowan said.

She nodded. She reached out with both hands and grabbed their silken shafts. She ran her hands up and down
, slowly stroking. River was closer, so she ran her tongue over his head, making him gasp. She took him in her mouth.

“Fuck,” he said
, shuddering as her mouth moved over him. She switched to Rowan. He threw his head back and grabbed her hair. She looked up as her mouth moved over Rowan’s shaft and saw River kissing him on the neck.  She nearly imploded on the spot. Her guys were hot and almost too sexy for her.

She stopped
, and Rowan pulled her from the bed. He undid the silver tank top, and River pulled off the skirt. They climbed on the bed and kissed each other. River kissed down her body to her thigh. He moved her leg and greedily plunged his face between them. She cried out as his tongue and finger teased playing her easy. Mindless, amazing pressure slowly built.

Rowan got on
his knees beside her, and she took his length in her mouth, sucking him as his hips moved. Her hand went to his firm ass as she forced more of him in her mouth, hitting her tonsils.  He pulled away, breathing hard.

With her
attention back on River, he shoved his finger inside her wetness. And as his tongue made lovely long strokes over her clit, he moved his finger in and out. Rowan rolled off the bed and went to the other side. Autumn gasped as Rowan took River in his mouth.  Her body started to shake, and she could not take her eyes off of Rowan. An orgasm ripped through her.