Chapter 1

Adam stirred, being careful not to wake the women coiled around him. He had been sleepily quite heavily lately. A combination of making sure he was tired out every night, as well as being relatively stress free. There was always something lingering at the back of his mind, but at least the main worries were gone.

It had been almost a week since Delilah had sat him down and told him about her past. Even longer since he’d had that confrontation with Todd in the Cave. Things had changed ... and also stayed the same. It was strange to think it, but Adam was almost getting into the swing of having a proper holiday.

Or at least relaxing.

A lot could happen in a week ... and also not much at all. The days had blurred together — as had the nights. Adam had tried to alternate his time equally between sex, doing actual resort-style holiday activities, and finding out more about his power.

He was aided in that by not having any new dramas cropping up in his life. Adam had now started his third week at Serenity Falls and he was enjoying the peace and quiet. His father had still not returned — still being glued to Todd’s side as the younger man recovered. Delilah had made some discreet inquiries, and it seemed that even though Todd had awoken, he was perpetually dazed. Confused.

Distant.

Adam couldn’t make himself feel much guilt about what he had done. As far as he was concerned, Todd had been on the way out when Adam had intervened anyway. Being taken over and controlled, versus the state he was in now ... it seemed much the same. Gone was gone.

Adam’s family were all noticeably different as well — and not just because of the influence he’d had on them. They all seemed to be learning to breathe without John’s controlling presence. Maybe it wouldn’t last, but Adam had been working on some ideas to salvage as much as he could.

It wasn’t the only thing that had changed either.

Adam turned his head slightly, blinking as the first rays of the morning sun hit him right in the eyes. They hadn’t closed the curtains properly in the room last night, and the narrow band of sunlight was zeroed in on just his face and nothing else.

His movement was enough to make the figure cuddled up against his front let out a soft sigh as she wriggled even closer.

Adam blew a strand of soft blonde hair from his face as Kendra pressed up close. Her head was buried up underneath his chin, and she had one curvy thigh draped casually over his hip. She was nude, and the tips of her breasts brushed up against Adam’s chest. Kendra’s face was relaxed, her mouth open slightly as she slept.

Movement from behind Adam told him that his other bedmate had woken up. Holly was pressed up against Adam’s back, one arm hugging him around his waist. He felt the bed move slightly as she raised her head. She kissed him on the neck, then moved her mouth by his ear. Her breath tickled him as she breathed her words out softly.

“Morning, Adam.”

Adam wanted to turn around to face her — especially because the soft kisses she was trailing down his neck and shoulders were very distracting — but he couldn’t because he was so entangled with Kendra.

Holly breathed out a quiet laugh.

“No, don’t wake her up. You wore her out last night. We have to get up soon though, so let her sleep.”

Holly’s hand moved further around Adam’s waist, tracing the muscles on his chest and abdomen. His tensed as her fingers wandered lower, and Adam felt Holly body shake as she suppressed her laughter.

Holly moved lower still, her fingers brushing against his rapidly hardening shaft. Adam shivered as her strong and slender fingers wrapped around him, stroking him deftly. She playfully sucked on his earlobe.

“So hard already ... we’ll have to up our game. How many times did you come last night? I lost track. And look at you now...”

Holly’s thumb circled the sensitive head of Adam’s dick, smearing the slick precum around and around. His hips twitched forwards in an involuntary thrust. Holly stopped, taking a firmer hold of his shaft.

“Whoops — sorry, baby. We don’t want to wake sleeping beauty just yet, do we?”

Adam felt Kendra stir against him, and she sleepily rubbed her face back and force along his chest. She hooked her ankle around him tighter, and Adam let his hand drift down along her bare back until it rested on her rounded behind. At the same time, Holly stroked him a little faster, her hand silky as it slid up and down his length. The brunette was breathing fast by his ear.

“I can feel you jumping around in my hand, Adam. You’re so hard...”

Holly bit his ear as she expertly stroked him. Adam was struggling to stay still, no matter how good it felt. He closed his eyes, savouring the sensation. Both women felt so soft as they sandwiched him on either side. He could feel Holly’s nipples pressing into his back.

“I can tell you’re close, Adam. First thing in the morning is really the only time I can make you come this quickly. Are you going to do it, baby? Are you going to — ah, there it is...”

Holly murmured appreciatively as Adam’s hips jerked forward, fucking into her hand. His dick pulsed, shooting out thick ropes of semen that splattered across Kendra’s belly. Holly kept stroking him, breathing out encouragement as he kept coming.

Kendra’s eyes opened blearily. She yawned, looking around.

“Mmm ... morning, cuties. What’s — wait. What are you two — aw, lame!”

Holly smiled over Adam’s shoulder at her fiancee.

“Sorry, Kendra. I guess we did kind of make a mess on you.”

Kendra sniffed. She reached down and ran her fingers through the sticky mess on her belly, moving it around.

“Who cares about that? I can’t believe you didn’t wake me if you were going to have some fun!”

“It’s not fun — well it is. But I was just taking care of Adam. There’s no time for anything else.”

Holly kissed Adam on the cheek affectionately, and then rolled out of bed. She stretched, grabbing one elbow as she extended her arms above her head. The muscles on her abdomen pulled tight, and she looked completely at ease with her nudity.

Kendra scoffed, although she did raise herself up so she could stare appreciatively over Adam at the naked brunette.

“No time for you, maybe. If you want to waste a morning in bed with Adam by getting up — that’s on you, baby.”

Kendra was about to throw herself across Adam, but then remembered that she was still covered in his seed. Her face screwed up as she realised she would have to get cleaned up first.

“Adam, new plan. Don’t you dare move — I’ll be in and out of the shower quicker than you can —”

“Oh no you don’t.”

Holly caught hold of Kendra as she scrambled over Adam and off the bed. Kendra widened her eyes at her.

“What?”

Holly sighed.

“It’s first light, babe. We have to get moving.”

“ ... oh damn. I forgot.”

Kendra’s face fell, and she dramatically fell backwards onto the bed. Adam smiled sympathetically at the pouting blonde, as he leant down and gave her a swift kiss.

“Early mornings aren’t the worst, Kendra. Holly’s right, you don’t want to be late.”

Kendra grumbled in between kisses as she reached up and took hold of Adam’s head — pulling him back down to her.

“Easy for you to say. You got to have fun this morning.”

Holly reached out and flicked Kendra on one of her nipples, putting a hand on her hip as the blonde yelped and covered her breast.

“I don’t want to hear you complaining to the man who — how did you put it last night? ‘Fucked you into an orgasmic coma’ wasn’t it?”

“Damn, Hols. I thought you were supposed to be on my side.”

Kendra got back to her feet with a loudly put-upon sigh, but her eyes were sparkling with good humour. She looked at Holly pleadingly.

“I’m not really being serious. It’s just ... working on your holiday kind of sucks.”

Adam watched as Holly put her arm around Kendra’s shoulders, leading the blonde towards the shower. He rolled back on the bed, putting his hands behind his head. Adam didn’t blame Kendra — he didn’t feel like getting up just yet either.

Holly and Kendra’s last day had technically been yesterday. They had been at Serenity Falls a while before Adam had arrived. He obviously hadn’t wanted them to go, but hadn’t known what to do about it. Holly had been putting on a brave face, talking about arranging to see him once his holiday had ended. Kendra had been full on moping, her usual good cheer practically vanished. In the end, Adam had gone to Delilah with the problem.

Adam had forgotten about how interested Delilah had been in Holly’s career when they’d had the first gathering at the apartment. It had been overshadowed by everything else, but the owner of the Retreat hadn’t forgotten. She’d offered them a heavily discounted rate for a longer stay if they’d run some fitness and wellness classes for the guests. She’d even pay them. It wasn’t exactly their area of expertise, but it was close. Delilah had rightfully pointed out that the guests would enjoy taking direction from two attractive young women, and so the classes were quickly arranged. Kendra hadn’t had much trouble in taking some more time off — although Adam suspected that she had been rather cavalier in organising it. Holly had had a little more difficulty. She’d had to spend a morning getting in contact with clients and rescheduling missed appointments. But the end result had been that they would be here for the remaining length of Adam’s stay.

Kendra had been ecstatic about the deal, and she’d gushed out her thanks in regards to Delilah’s generosity. Holly had been a little more reserved, but equally relieved. She’d understood why Delilah had made the offer.

Kendra still hadn’t been clued into the entirety of what had gone on at Serenity Falls since Adam had arrived. Holly had wanted to tell her, but her fiancee had been in such a bleak mood as the date for their departure grew closer, that she hadn’t had a good opportunity. Adam was already planning out how to tell Kendra now that the blonde was in a better frame of mind. He wanted it out in the open now. Keeping secrets when he spent almost every night in bed with the pair was starting to make him feel uncomfortable.

Adam got up reluctantly. He couldn’t stay in bed either. He had things to do.

Adam ducked into the bathroom as the two women were finishing up. Kendra had a woebegone look on her face, and Holly had to practically dress her. When Adam came out, dressed and washed, Holly was chivvying Kendra out the front door. He called out.

“Cheer up, Kendra. It’s not that long. I’ll see you both after lunch?”

“Yep, let’s do something relaxing this afternoon. Maybe bar and beach. Or beach and bar — oh, Kendra. Come on. You were excited about it yesterday...”

Kendra sighed.

“That’s because yesterday’s Kendra was a fool, and now I’m paying the price. I just hope future Kendra appreciates what I’m going through for her...”

Adam’s lips twitched.

“And maybe get her some coffee first?”

“Yep, first thing on my list. Come on, babe. Yep, there we go...”

Adam watched them leave. They had a number of classes organised across the morning. Spaced out, and nothing too strenuous. The culmination was a healthily prepared feast for lunch that Kendra had planned out. Delilah had been intrigued by some of her ideas, and was already contemplating further changes to the Retreats menu.

Adam mentally shrugged. He was already focusing on his own task for day. One he tried to find some time for every day. Adam sat down on the sofa to put on his shoes, and then left for Delilah’s house.

“Heya.”

Adam casually called out as he entered Delilah’s home. He’d been coming here every day for over a week now, and was very familiar with the place. He sometimes caught Delilah making a wry expression at having company so often — she’d been alone for so long — but she hadn’t said anything yet. Part of that was because Adam’s mother, Erin, had basically been living here with her.

Erin turned her head, beaming at her son.

“Adam! Coffee?”

“Yes, please. Sorry I’m a bit early today.”

Adam sat down on the sofa facing the kitchen area. He nodded to Delilah, who gave him a return nod. She was seated at the small table near his mother, and she looked particularly gorgeous today.

It amused Adam somewhat. Ever since his mother had been staying here, he swore Delilah had been putting more effort into her appearance. It was still early, but the weather was still too warm to justify the fluffy white sweater she wore — no matter how appealing it looked with her ivory skin. Plus, since she was wearing the smallest pair of knitted shorts that Adam had ever seen with it, it was clear she was going for an aesthetic not warmth.

It did look good though.

“Oh, are Holly and Kendra starting today?”

Erin called out to her son as she busied herself making coffee. Adam’s mother was no slouch herself. She was wearing the most casual outfit he had ever seen her in — his eyes kept sliding to her, it looked so incongruous. Erin was wearing a full-length pair of terrycloth pyjama pants and a singlet. Her hair was pulled up in a loose knot, exposing her long neck, and wisps of hair were framing her face. She looked younger, happier.

And the way her behind filled out her pants, giving it curves far beyond its design, was also nice.

“Yeah, Mom. Kendra forgot — or she was just pretending because she thought it was funny. But they were out the door on time.”

Erin carried the coffee over to the table, and Adam got up to sit with them. Delilah took a long sip and smiled her thanks at Erin. She then turned her attention to Adam.

“I’m glad I could help. They wouldn’t have fared well I think.”

“I’m glad too. Although you don’t know that for sure, do you.”

Adam knew a lot more now than he had at the start. He felt confident enough to question Delilah’s thoughts on the matter.

The dark-haired beauty just sighed. She reached out and absently took Erin’s hand over the table, squeezing it.

“No, I suppose that’s true. But I wasn’t talking about any deep-set consequence this time. I just meant that they would be unhappy.”

Adam rested his chin on a hand.

“Yeah, I get that. But I suppose we’re just delaying things, aren’t we.”

“Perhaps. Perhaps not. You should know by now that a lot can happen within the span of a week.”

Adam raised an eyebrow at that cryptic statement, but he was distracted by his mother. Erin had pulled out a sheaf of paper, and was reading what looked like a printed out email. It was long — multiple paragraphs — and her lips were twisted in distaste as she read it.

Delilah sighed.

“I wish you wouldn’t do that first thing in the morning. It really isn’t a good way to start the day.”

“Is that from dad?”

Erin nodded. She patted Delilah’s hand absently.

“Yes, Adam. He sent another one yesterday, and Delilah had it printed out at the office. More ramblings. More ... directions. It’s strange, I never really noticed how banal most of what that man says is.”

Erin finished reading the printout, and slid it away from her. Adam snorted.

“I’m impressed he’s comfortable sending an email like that straight to the office.”

“Well, he’s never lacked for audacity.”

Delilah reached for the email and slid it in front of her. She raised an eyebrow.

“Well he did put ‘for my wife’s eyes only’ on the top. Do you think he’s forgotten your name, Lovely?”

“One can only hope.”

The two women shared a smile, as Adam leant over to read his father’s email.

“Did he say anything about Todd?”

“Not really. Nothing has changed though going by how much he was ranting about ‘useless doctors’. I honestly don’t know why he’s bothering to email me at all. He’s even being cagey about when he’s coming back.”

Delilah took another sip of her coffee.

“It’s about control. Pure and simple. He’s been making some oblique threats about suing the Retreat as well. Unfortunately for him, the third beach is well outside of the resort grounds. Plus, all guests sign the form with rules and warnings. It’s clearly spelt out that our aegis is only within resort grounds and to not wander off.”

“Are you sure about that?”

Delilah shrugged.

“I don’t understand all the minutiae, but my lawyer assures me that we are covered.”

The three of them were silent for a time as they drank their coffee. Erin then resolutely crumpled up email printout, and smiled at her son.

“So, Adam. What do you have planned for today?”

Adam put down his empty coffee cup, and sighed.

“The same as every day. I thought I’d get started early for once. I promised that I would go have lunch with Emily, so I want to be finished by then. After that I’ll do whatever Holly and Kendra want.”

“No mystery what that will be.”

Delilah muttered softly to Erin as an aside. Adam’s mother hid a smile with her hand.

“It’s good that you’re spending so much time with your sister. I think she’s been lonely of late.”

“Yeah, I know. It’s been a bit tough juggling everyone. And not everyone knowing everything is hard too.”

Delilah looked at Adam.

“Are you planning on telling Kendra?”

“Yeah. I was only holding off because Holly didn’t think it was the right time. But I will. Soon.”