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Contents
PROLOGUE: EMERSYN
1. CHAPTER ONE: EMERSYN
2. CHAPTER TWO: EMERSYN
3. CHAPTER THREE: BENNETT
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Brother/Sister Incest
Ott/Jp H
Both Virgins
Grumpy × Sunshine
Small Town
Touch-Her-And-Die
Explicitly Vulgar/Descriptive
HEA
PROLOGUE: EMERSYN
Three Years Ago…
He staggers into my room. Everyone is shouting and screaming downstairs. I can hear the wail of sirens outside and yet, here he is in my bedroom, blood all over his grey Tshirt and hands as he closes the door shut and locks it.
I curl myself up on my bed, pulling my knees against my chest, not wanting him to come any closer. He isn’t here to hurt me. I know that. I remember the words from his call right before he showed up here.
“I killed him for you, Em.”
He comes onto my bed, moving towards me. Tears roll down my cheeks and my shoulders jerk as I cry silently.
“You understand why I did it?” He reaches out and touches my cheek and an ugly sound escapes my throat as I feel the sticky blood connect with my skin.
I blink and more tears rush down my cheeks as I look up at him. His hazel eyes are dark and unrecognizable. There’s a look in them that I have never seen before. Something dark and depraved lurks in those beautiful depths.
Someone starts pounding at my bedroom door. I hear my mother scream my name from the other side.
But I zone everything else out as he comes closer and brushes his soft lips against mine.
“Talk to me Em.” He presses his forehead against mine.
“Please.”
I exhale once and again and then someone is crashing into my bedroom, pushing the splintered door open, and then they grab him and pull him away. Away from my bed, from me.
CHAPTER ONE: EMERSYN
Now…
“Are you sure you’ll be fine?”
I almost roll my eyes at the question that my father has asked me for the millionth time.
“Yes, Daddy. I’m twenty now. You do know that, right? I know to keep all the doors locked and windows too. I’ve already checked everything.”
It’s been forever since he left the house. Mom’s death really took a toll on the family and Dad needed a trip to the family cabin. I would have gone with him, but I know he wants to do this on his own.
And it’ll be good for both of us because I need some space of my own too. I’ve been holed up in this house for as long as he has.
Maybe I’ll go out for a drink.
White Ridge is a ridiculously small town and although there isn’t much to do, the bars are a great place to hang out for some downtime.
“Do I need to tell you about going out?” My dad asks.
Jeez, it’s as if he can read my mind.
“You do not. Besides, I’m only planning on going out when I need stu in the house.” Lies, but it’s for his own good. The less he knows the better for me.
“Alright, just call me if you need anything, okay?” I hear the worry in his voice. “You have a phone, Emersyn. Answer it when I call and I’m here.”
“Dad, I will answer the phone and I have so many of your tools here if I need to whack someone in the head,” I said, trying my best to reassure him. “Look after yourself, okay? Love you and bye!”
I cut the call before he can give me a curfew too and a small part of me feels bad for ending the call on him. He’s just worried because these last few years haven’t exactly been a walk in the park for us.
First, it was the whole shitshow with my older brother Bennett. Gray, the second eldest, disappeared soon after everything, and then Mom. I’d just applied to college and had come home to find her in the upstairs bathroom floating in a pool of blood and water in the tub.
Some would say we were dealt a hand by the devil himself, but I try to convince myself that these are everyday tragedies that assumably a lot of families experience.
But I am so done with this unlucky shit. I haven’t lived in the last three years. My nights are consumed with nightmares, most of them filled with Bennett and all that blood on him and then once in a while, I’ll dream about Mom floating in a pool of blood.
The one person who I care about the most isn’t here to be with me. Bennett. I miss him more than I’d like to admit. Out of everyone in our family, I’ve always been the closest to him. Maybe it’s because he’s my older brother and I’m the only girl, but Bennett has always made me feel like I’m the only girl in the world that matters.
Now I’m all alone and it fucking hurts.
Putting my phone down on the countertop, I decide to head upstairs and get ready to go out into town. It’s only six p.m. and it’s still bright outside, so if I want to get a drink, now would probably be the best time.
CHAPTER TWO: EMERSYN
I’m sitting at the bar with a cocktail in front of me, texting my dad. I know he’s worried that I won’t be fine on my own, but he’s checked on me three times in the span of half an hour. I shut my phone o and stu it back into my jeans pocket. I’ll just call him once again when I get home. Then it’ll put his mind at peace.
I hope.
Glancing around the bar, I feel eyes on me. Obviously, White Ridge being a small town, everyone knows everyone’s business and my family drama is basically the biggest thing to happen in this town in the last few years.
But besides all the usual staring, I can’t shake the feeling that something is o and I finally realize what it is when I see him seated across the bar from me. Watching me with those dark, hazel eyes. He’s still the same as when I last saw him. Bennett.
When the fuck did he get out?
I’m tempted to get up from my seat, but he’s already up and walking over to where I am.
I suck in a nervous breath, not quite understanding how he is here and why now of all times.
“Hey, Em.” He runs a hand through his dark hair and then reaches out to move his fingers against my cheek like he used to before.
“Bennett.” I can barely hear myself say his name, but he hears it because a ghost of a smile touches his full lips.
He’s always had a handsome smile.
“When did you get out?” I ask.
He shrugs. “Like a month ago.”
I feel a pang of annoyance. He’s been out for a month and didn’t come home.
“Why?” is all I ask and he doesn’t say anything else because he knows what I mean.
Why didn’t you come home?
Why didn’t you tell me?
Why didn’t you call me?
Why didn’t you care enough?
“It’s complicated,” he says.
I roll my eyes and he lifts his glass to his lips before throwing back the rest of his drink. “So complicated that you couldn’t tell me?”
“You…” he trails o , unsure of his words. “I just needed time to think. I was at the farm by the way and I was gonna come in, but I saw you leave so I just came here.”
“I’m sorry, Em,” he says when I don’t say anything. I mean what do I say? That I’ve been obsessing over him for the last three years? That I have nightmares about him sometimes?
“I just wish—” I begin but the older man next to me bumps my shoulders.
“Hey, Sugar. Is he troubling you?” the creep asks.
“Um, no,” I say and try to move closer to Bennett, but the man reaches out and grabs my left arm.
“Are you sure, baby? A pretty, young thing like you looks like you need a man to take care of you and your needs if you know what I mean,” he says and comes closer so that he can grope my butt with his other hand.
“Excuse me, but do you fucking mind asshole?!” I snap.
“If you know what’s good for you, you’d take your fucking hands o my sister,” Bennett says to the creep with his hand still attached to my ass and his other hand tightly wrapped around my arm.
I see the rage in Bennett’s eyes. The same rage I saw all those years ago when he found out what Aaron had done to me. The same rage when he’d seen those pictures of me and heard rumors of Aaron sending my nudes to everyone in town. I see it now, lurking in those dark dangerous depths of his eyes and I know it’s going to take everything in me to make him not crush this fucker’s head with his bare hands even though he probably deserves it.
I’ve been miserable all these years without him. Even if it’s just been three years, it feels longer. Like a lifetime.
And if anything were to happen to him again, it wouldn’t just be three years again. I would possibly never be able to see him again.
So when the man lets go of me and I quickly run into Bennett’s arms, pressing my palms against his broad shoulders, I lift my head and tell him it’s okay. I tell him that we have to go and it takes every fiber of my being to pull him outside.
“Can we just go? I really don’t want there to be an issue here, Bennett,” I say.
He glances over at me and I can’t mistake the hardness in his voice or the anger in his eyes. “There was an issue the second he fucking laid eyes on you, Em. And then he fucking groped you like you’re some cheap whore.”
“That she is, buddy.” The man, the fucking creep from inside the bar is outside now, draining his bottle of beer before flinging it to the ground. “At least she looks like a whore.” He grabs his dick and massages it before sticking his tongue out. “Want some of this, pretty thing?”
“Bennett no!” I scream, but it all happens in a flash.
I can’t stop him from grabbing the creep and shoving him to the ground. He’s on top of him in seconds, veins sticking up like angry vines all over his neck and forearms as he pounds the man’s face in, anger driving through him with adrenaline. I watch as the blood starts to spill from the man’s nose and mouth simultaneously and cover Bennett’s grey tshirt and his forearms. There’s blood—so much blood everywhere in a matter of seconds. And I hear him grunting in frustration as he pummels his fists into this man’s face.
The creep doesn’t even get a chance to throw a punch and I know it’s because he’s drunk as fuck and now his face is all bloody and messed up. I try to move closer and grab my brother, but I freeze in the moment thinking back to the past and how he’d killed Aaron for me and I know he’s capable of doing it all over again.
And then I see people glancing out through the bar windows and that’s when I start moving my ass. I cannot lose him again. It was hard when Mom killed herself. Gray left and Dad was in his world and the only person I could rely on was fucking sitting in prison.
I grab him by his shoulders and pull him back with everything I have in me.
“Say it again you fuck!” Bennett roars. “What did you fucking call her?” He throws another punch as I try my hardest to pull him back and when I do, we both stagger backward, but he grabs me by my waist and steadies me. I think I’m too zoned out to focus on all the blood he’s got on himself and the blood he’s putting on me right now.
The man is still on the floor and is no longer responsive and I feel a massive lump settle in my throat. NO! NONONO. This can’t be happening again. I fall to my knees, ignoring the gravel biting into my skin, and touch the man’s neck to feel for a pulse. For a second I can’t feel anything, but then I do feel it. I feel the fucking pulse, but it’s weak.
“Call an ambulance!” I shout towards the bar patrons and then I get up o my knees and grab one of Bennett’s bloody
hands before tugging him towards the pickup truck. Fuck!
Bennett gets into the passenger and I don’t hesitate as I get into the driver’s side, quickly slamming my door shut, starting the engine, and flooring it. I get us the fuck out of there, pressing hard on the gas and not turning back once, scared to death that any second now a police cruiser will be pulling up behind us and they’ll be talking him away again.
Country music plays softly in the background and it’s dark all around, with no street lights, but I like it like this. It makes me feel like we’re invisible and we might just get away.
“Em.” I hear his quiet voice in the dark.
I don’t glance at him, I just drive.
“Em.” I feel his hand on my cheek.
“You’re crying.” He says it because it’s true.
I’m shaking and I didn’t even know I was crying until he said it.
“Pull over,” he says.
I do as told and pull over to the side of the road and kill the engine. Bennett reaches over and grabs me in one swift motion before pulling me into his lap and then hauling himself into the driver’s seat.
“I’m sorry that I fucked up again, Em, and that you had to see it in person this time,” he says in a calm voice that makes me wonder how was he a completely di erent person a little while ago.
The animal in him had come out and now it was away, but still somewhere inside of him. A normal person would be
freaked out, but I stopped believing in normal when my brother first laid eyes on me like he wanted to fuck me three years ago. Right before all the shit with Aaron.
Bennett and I were closer than a brother and sister should have been. I enjoyed his hugs too much and I bet I still do. I enjoyed the feel of his hands on me and the way his breath would tickle me when he’d lean in to tell me a joke. There was always a thing between us. A special bond. I wonder how things would be if all of this shit hadn’t happened.
Perhaps we wouldn’t have all the freedom we wanted to be the way that we are, to feel the way that we feel. I wanted him just as much and I still do.
“I’m not sorry,” I whisper.
I feel his eyes on me in the dark and I don’t dare to look at him. Not even when he puts his hand on my thigh and slips it underneath my dress.
“You have no idea, Em.” He’s up against me now, his mouth against my lower lobe. “How fucking much I missed you and I’m sorry for fucking that up.”
He’s touching me now, moving his fingers up and down against my pussy through the cotton of my panties. When he pushes the material aside, a low groan escapes his throat. “Fuck, Em, you’re already soaked for me like a good fucking girl.”
I suck in a deep breath and try to spread my legs wider for him. This is what I’ve been missing for three long years, but it all feels so worth it now. It feels so good.
“Are you hard for me, Bennett?” I tease him back and reach over to palm him at the front of his jeans and sure enough, I can feel his rock-hard cock, ready for attention.
“My cock is always going to be hard for you. You have no idea how long I’ve wanted to do this, Em.” He kisses me against my neck, leaving trails of delicious pecks all over.
“I think I do.” I move my hips back and forth as he rubs my clit in slow circular motions. Sure, it feels good enough when I do it solo, but this…this feels fucking amazing.
I don’t care about the fact Bennett is still covered in someone else’s blood. I just need to come and I need him to take me over the edge.
I place my hand over his as he rubs my pussy with my long, calloused fingers. My hips rock back and forth to the rhythm he’s using to rub my clit and Bennett uses his free hand to grab my left breast. He slips his fingers beneath the cotton material of my dress and finds my nipple easily and I’m glad I didn’t wear a bra tonight. His fingers pinch and pull at my nipple and it sends shocks of electricity traveling straight to my pussy.
I need my brother’s cock inside of me soon.
“You feel so good, Em,” Bennett whispers against the hollow base of my throat. “I can’t wait to fuck that tight little pussy. It’s always been mine. It belongs only to me.”
Bennett doesn’t even need to penetrate me with his fingers. I can already feel myself over the edge. I grab Benett’s
hair in between my fingers and pull hard as a scream escapes my throat.
That’s when my brother covers my mouth with his hot one, drowning out my scream and moans that follow soon after. He slips two of his fingers inside of me and pumps them once, twice, and then I’m trembling all over, my thighs closing shut with his hand still trapped in between my legs.
Bennett grabs the back of my neck with his free hand and angles my face towards his so that he can access my mouth easily. He kisses me hard, sparing me not even a second to catch my breath. He teases me and nibbles my bottom lip with his teeth, before sucking it into his mouth.
It’s the kind of kiss we need to make for these last three years.
I spread my legs apart so that he can move his hand from in between my legs and then I kiss him back. I bite his lip and pull it back into my mouth for a taste. His tongue still tastes of the whiskey he was drinking back at the bar. Bennett groans into my mouth and it pleases me to know that I a ect him just as much as he a ects me.
He suddenly pulls away, breaking the kiss and I glance up at him in confusion. Even seated in a truck, my brother still manages to make me look tiny with his broad shoulders and long legs. He’s so big and tall, but it’s not like I’m complaining.
I can imagine him throwing me down onto a bed and pinning me beneath him, before going down on me and
devouring my pussy.
“What’s wrong?” I ask. He shakes his head and fires up the engine. “Nothing’s wrong, Em. I just want to take you home and fuck you there. I don’t want our first time to be in a truck on the side of the road.”
I reach out and touch his neck with my fingers, not sure that I heard him right. “You’ve never been with anyone?”
Bennett leans in, rests two of his fingers under my jaw, and brushes his warm lips against mine. “I always thought my first time would be with you, Em. Call me crazy, but I knew deep down that you were always gonna be mine.”
I suck in a breath as he rests his forehead against mine. “I never felt the way I feel with you about anyone else before. There’s only one girl that can drive me crazy and it’s always going to be you. You’re my girl, Em.”
Those words fill my heart and I know I want to say those words, but some part of me holds back. I just want to be sure he feels the same about me.
CHAPTER THREE: BENNETT
When we get home, everything is quiet. Em told me in the truck that Dad isn’t home and I’m glad because I don’t want to face him or anyone else right now. I just want to stu my thick cock inside my sister’s cunt and fuck her so hard that until she’s begging me to stop. I want to fill all three of her holes with all of my cum.
It’s a fucked up thing to admit that I’m so attracted to her, but I can’t stop myself from feeling the way that I do about her. She drives me crazy with need. I’ve never loved anyone the way that I love her and it’s not that we have some trauma or shit from our past that makes us inevitably hot for each other. I just love Emersyn in a way that I can’t explain. I want to always be there for her, protect her, and love her the way she deserves.
The only thing I regret is leaving her for so long, but I don’t regret killing her cunt ex Aaron. I remember using her phone to text him to come over and meet at midnight. And sure enough like the pig he is, he showed up. I gave Aaron a big surprise in the barn and picked up the closest tool lying on the floor by my feet. Smashing his skull in with a shovel until
all that was left of his head was blood and brain matter made me feel so fucking good.
I think the only thing that can make me feel that good again is having my cocked shoved inside of Emersyn’s tight virgin pussy.
I follow my sister into the house through the backdoor and we don’t bother switching any of the lights on. I just need to be inside of her soon. Once I close the door shut, I reach out and grab Emersyn by her narrow waist and hoist her up easily onto the wooden countertop. She’s so small that my hands fit perfectly around her waist like they were made just for her. I’ve fantasized fucking her in the kitchen before on this very countertop and now I’m actually going to do it.
I grab her panties and yank them down her legs before getting down on my knees before her. I’ve dreamed of doing this so many times. Emersyn is a fucking goddess and I want to pleasure her like the goddess she is.
Pushing her dress up her legs, I spread her thighs apart and watch as she leans back, her teeth biting down on her bottom lip and she waits patiently for me to devour her.
Sticking my tongue out, I run it against her inner thigh first, earning a small moan from her.
“Bennett,” she whispers.
“What, Em?” I ask massaging my fingers into her thighs.
“Please.”
“Please what?”
I want her to beg me to lick her pussy.
“I want you,” she says, leaning over and running her fingers into my hair.
“What do you want, baby girl?” I kiss her inner thighs now and brush my fingertips against her swollen clit that’s ready to be sucked on.
“I want you to eat my pussy,” she says.
“Beg me,” I say.
Her eyes meet mine and I see the blush that creeps up her neck from the faint light being filtered in from the kitchen window.
“Bennett, please,” she says in a softer voice and grabs my hair tightly in between her fingers.
Good enough.
I pull her closer and lean in, covering her pussy with my mouth and she tastes so fucking good. I can taste her arousal all over her cunt. She’s so wet and it’s turning me on.
Moving my tongue up and down, I lick her pussy like my life depends on it.
“Fuck,” Em curses and I fight the urge to grin as I dip my tongue inside her pretty pink pussy.
I reach up and grab left tit and play with her pretty nipple, rolling it back and forth between my thumb and index finger, getting it nice and hard, before pulling it back and eliciting a moan.
Her loud moans which make my cock so hard, but I focus all of my attention on Emersyn. I want her to come first and then I’ll think about my cock.
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