Riley, Taliyah and Dominique, oh my!Based on a post by FinalStand, in 13 parts. Listen to the ► Podcast at Explicit Novels.Upstairs, at the same time.Pist; pist,’ Taliyah hissed at Mikhail. ‘Wake up.’‘I’m awake,’ he replied, though his eyes remained closed.‘I can’t believe Vlad is cheating on Brandy.’‘Brandy keeps telling him that she’s Darius’ girl. How long is he supposed to hang around waiting for her to decide?’ Mikhail questioned.‘I; I warned her; he had better not be fucking my Mother.’‘Do you want me to go find out?’ he finally opened his eyes. Taliyah’s head and shoulders were visible from his horizontal form as she looked from the bed. She was still dressed in her cheerleader’s uniform.‘Don’t be stupid,’ she spat. ‘I’ll go look.’‘Yeah; because that couldn't possibly turn out wrong,’ he chided her.‘Damn it. Stop making sense. I prefer you being an insensitive jerk.’‘Default setting, gotchya,’ he laughed softly. A few moment’s passed.‘I can’t hear anything,’ Taliyah closed her eyes and strained her hearing. Mikhail rolled up into a sitting position then stood.‘I’ll be right back.’‘I’m coming with you,’ she slid off the bed as well. Mikhail took in the girl-becoming-a-woman before him. Taliyah Malik was taller than Brandy by a good three inches. Her skin was mocha with a dark birthmark under her right breast. Her eyes were dark, intelligent and sparkled when she was angry, as he could well attest.Her lips were full and very little acne scared her face. Her thick, kinky black hair was pulled back in a woven ponytail with beads on the last few inches. Her arms were firm and strong, as were her legs (she’d punched and kicked him with real force), her breasts were hemispherical and pert, with long thin nipples that poked through her clothes when she was aroused. Her stomach was soft to the touch, curvy yet tightly muscled beneath the surface. She was a true athlete.Her thighs and calves were muscular, as was her curvaceous ass which stuck out of its own accord and was sturdy to the touch. Mikhail knew. He’d played in depth with that ass just this afternoon; and loved it. Her full, rich lips were upturned in her normal sneer.‘Where did your clothes go?’ she hissed. Mikhail was down to his boxers.‘I don’t sleep in my clothes. It is uncomfortable. Besides, we’ve seen each other naked, so what’s the big deal?’ he countered.‘It will be a really big deal if Momma finds you like this, in my room.’‘I’ll tell her you beat me up, took my clothes and made me sleep at the foot of your bed like a bad serf, or a good dog,’ he chuckled. She smacked his chest.Together they went to her room door which had been left partially open when they fell asleep. Taliyah was still disappointed that she hadn’t made more progress with the terribly annoying, yet definitely attractive youngest member of the Samsonov clan. He seemed immune to her status at school, or her mother’s critical position in city government. He was the most exasperatingly independent man she’d ever met. She was also oddly drawn to his muscular frame, pale blonde hair and crystal blue eyes that reminded her of a raptor.Taliyah couldn’t quite accept that she was also drawn to the man’s brutality. There was a barely contained beast dwelling behind those crystal orbs; and she wanted to see more of it. She wanted to test it and she wanted to make that challenge because she sure that was exactly how he would see it, a one on one fight for dominance.She couldn’t gain dominance in Darius’ power structure. The whole cheer squad had been reduced to play toys for the football team. Being a girl meant she was a vagina and little more despite all her personal ambitions. Brandy barely cared, she was so far under Darius’ spell. Mikhail was different though. She’d heard about how he treated Kaja; how Kaja was part of his team and was treated as if her ambitions mattered.It wasn’t until the car ride home that Taliyah realized that Kaja hadn’t hooked up with Mikhail yet. At first, she had thought Kaja was showing stunning wisdom for not dating one of the three most hated White boys in school. The hunting lodge had changed all that. He’d abused her, fought with her and taken control over her and she’d made him pay for every step; and it had been fun. He didn’t belittle her efforts nor insinuate that his success was anything more than a temporary victory for either side.She’d verified that in the stables when she’d wailed on him good. Even his scary/crazy mother had thought Mikhail need a good thrashing. How he had ended up in her bedroom when the lights went out was still a mystery. Mikhail hadn’t once looked at her funny, or tried anything. After their earlier tussle on the floor and the resulting make-out session, he’d rolled over and gone straight to bed. She’d heard Vlad come in, their whispered conversation and then...
