Bailey, Debbie - Sienna's Submission [Men of Kinsey] (Siren Publishing Ménage Amour) (14 page)

“Sometimes, Mikhail, you make me so mad. I’m not a doll to be possessed. I’m a woman who is terrified that the men she loves more than anything else are putting themselves in danger.”

“Come here, Sienna.” Sasha motioned for her to sit back on his lap. She wanted to protest but knew it wouldn’t get her anywhere, so she sat on his lap.

Being this close to him did make her feel safe and secure.

“Trust in us to do this, baby,” he said, gently kissing the side of her head. “Ryder, Sam, and Daniel are trained for this and won’t let anything happen to anyone.”

Realizing that she wasn’t going to get anywhere with them, she sighed and smiled. “Well, it will be nice to have Ryder watching my backside…”

Mikhail lifted her off Sasha’s lap and set her on her feet, chuckling. “You just earned another punishment, little one. Those three cousins of ours are off-limits to you, do you hear me? They’re nothing but trouble.”

Giggling, Sienna kissed the end of his nose and said, “I love you, Mikhail Dalhousie.”

* * * *

An hour later, they arrived at the Kinsey courthouse. Waiting outside, they could see when Jack and Eric entered the building, both men smirking at them as if they already knew the outcome of the hearing.

Sienna gasped when she saw Ryder get out of the Hummer that just pulled up because it wasn’t Ryder. It was someone who looked identical to him, but it wasn’t him. Then she noticed a third man who also looked like Ryder. Triplets…holy crap, she thought, trying very hard not to drool on the pavement.

“That’s another punishment you just earned, baby!” This time it was Sasha to issue the warning.

“Triplets…? You didn’t tell me the three of them were triplets. That’s so not fair.” She giggled. “A girl can look, you know. And I might have been a bit more prepared if you’d given me a little warning that Ryder was a triplet. Holy cow!”

Shaking hands with Mikhail and Sasha, the one called Sam looked over at her and smiled. He was stunning, and he knew it. Daniel was as good-looking as well, but he had more of a swagger to him than his brothers.

“Well, this must be our Sienna.” Sam took her hand and, like his brother had done at the house, brought it to his lips. Daniel took the other one, kissing it as well, but his kiss also came with a little tongue.

“Enough,” Mikhail snarled and pulled her into his arms. “Do you two really want me to beat the crap out of you like I did when we were kids?”

Both very-large men burst out laughing. “Oh you have got it bad, cuz,” Sam said, trying to stifle his laughter without much success. “We thought Ryder was just kidding around with us when he said that you’d found her, but I guess he wasn’t. Maybe there is hope for us all as well.”

Turning to Sasha, Dan shook his hand and patted his shoulder. “We’re happy for you guys, really. We were just teasing. She is a beauty though, and she’s got to have the patience of a saint to put up with the two of you.”

“And she’s standing right here, so you don’t need to talk about her as if she’s invisible.” Sienna laughed and snuggled closer into Mikhail’s arms.

“You’ll have to excuse these two knuckleheads, Sienna. They sometimes forget their manners.” Ryder stepped forward and kissed her cheek.

Watching, Sam whined, “Hey, how come he doesn’t get threatened with bodily harm for
kissing
her?”

“Because he has already been warned.” Ryder smiled down at her as he cuffed the back of both of his brothers’ heads.

“C’mon, y’all, I’ve arranged for a conference room on the first floor. That way everyone can meet before the hearing.”

Everyone turned and followed Ryder to the room he had spoken about. Some of the others were already waiting inside.

“Ryder, my man,” came a call from one of the men as he grabbed him in a big hug. The man stood just a little shorter than him.

Damn, were all the men around here huge?

“Gage, it’s good you could make it. I hope I didn’t have to pull you or Sean off of anyone important.” He laughed.

“Always there for you, you know that, Ryder. And nope, the one we want seems to be avoiding us as much as possible lately.” Smiling, he turned to look at a tall, beautiful blonde that was standing talking to another woman. “She thinks she’s not good enough for us. But we’ll soon fix that idea.”

A tiny voice broke through all the noise. “Ah, Ryder, the hearing starts in a half hour, so we should get everyone up to speed.”

Sienna could see that this tiny little woman was really nervous around Ryder. He swallowed sharply. “Thanks, Amy, we’ll start right now.”

Blushing, she moved to the front of the hall and tried to get everyone’s attention, but her shy voice just wasn’t making a dent over all the noise.

Sienna watched as Sam, Daniel, and Ryder walked to the front, all their eyes focused on the woman. She smiled sweetly as Sam leaned down and kissed her cheek and whispered something in her ear. Daniel was right behind him, only he seemed to be a little more aggressive and kissed her on the mouth. Ryder walked up, and he lifted his hand to her cheek and stroked his thumb over her lip. Daniel was the only one that kissed her. The other two acted more like protective brothers than potential lovers. Maybe someday the three wonderful brothers would find the woman of their dreams.

“Everyone, we need to go over a few things before the hearing,” Ryder called out loudly.

There was a crash as the door was pushed open. Roderick Felton stood at the door, along with Jack Peters. Striding to the front, both men looked over the crowd of people.

“What the hell is going on here, Kinsey?” Felton snarled. “I hope you’re not going to interfere with this case.”

Sienna could see by the look on Ryder’s that he was about to snarl right back at him, so she walked forward, holding her hand up, silently asking him not to.

“They are here, Counselor Felton,” Sienna said, her voice dripping with contempt, “to make sure that Eric Peters goes to prison for what he did to me. They are here, sir, to make sure that
this
time you do your job properly. They are here, as the constituents of this community, to watch and make sure the Crown Counsel is making it safer for the woman in Kinsey. Your position is not an elected one here in Canada, but it is by appointment, and looking at your record, sir”—she grabbed the file from Ryder—“I’d say once I show this”—she lifted the folder—“your appointment will be rescinded.”

“Who do you think you are, Sienna?” Jack pushed his way forward. “How dare you speak that way to such an honorable man?”

“Honorable man,” she cried. “You wouldn’t know the first thing about being honorable, Jack. This man’s record is abysmal when it comes to prosecuting cases of domestic abuse. You should know that, Jack. He helped Eric get off the first time he beat the crap out of me!”

“Now see here, you little bitch,” Jack shouted at her.

Mikhail and Sasha were up and standing beside her immediately. Just knowing they were there for her gave her the courage to continue and she smiled.

“Watch your tone with me, Jack,” she shouted right back at him. “Your son is a piece of shit, and I’m going to see to it that he goes to prison. I’m not the scared, beaten little girl that was married to your jackass of a son. So if you want to take me on, you better look around you first. These are just a few of the people in this town that are sick and tired of the bullshit. It ends here today.”

Roderick Felton stepped forward, trying to calm things down a little. “Mrs. Peters.” Sienna stopped him with a wave of her hand.

“My name is Ms. Watson, not Peters. I got rid of that name the day I left him.”

Mikhail stepped closer to her and announced, “Soon to be Mrs. Dalhousie.” Sasha stepped up and quickly kissed her cheek, whispering in her ear, “You are making us so fucking horny, baby,” before he, too, stepped back. Sienna smiled at them. “Is that a marriage proposal, Mikhail? Sasha?”

“It most certainly is, and the sooner the better,” Sasha said.

“Oh, now I see how it is.” Jack smiled, but it was not a friendly one. “You’ve hooked yourself not one but two men. If Eric had known that, he could have taken you to the club to beat some sense into you. Why didn’t you just say so, and none of this would have been necessary.”

Sienna closed her eyes, knowing that Jack had just made a huge mistake. Before she could stop him, Mikhail went for him, landing a punch to his jaw and knocking him on his ass. Sasha moved to pull him up, and he, too, landed a good solid one to the other side of Jack’s jaw.

Ryder, Sam, and Daniel looked at her as if asking permission to step in.

Rolling her eyes was the only answer they needed.

The triplets grabbed Sasha and Mikhail and pulled them back.

Jack looked like his nose was broken and maybe even his jaw.

“I want those two arrested, Felton!” he screeched. Well, his jaw wasn’t broken, that’s for sure. She laughed to herself.

“I want them in jail for assault.”

“What assault, Jack? All I saw was two idiots.” Both men gaped at her. “Well-meaning and loving idiots, but idiots none the less, protecting the woman they love from a known abuser.”

“I have never abused anyone in my life,” Jack said haughtily, “and there is no proof that I have.”

“Of course you haven’t, Jack.” Her voice dripped with sarcasm. “Your wife, Carmen, was just the clumsiest person on the planet. If I remember correctly, in the twelve years that Eric and I were married, Carmen had two broken arms. She’d bruised, cracked, or broken her ribs dozens of times. Oh, and let’s not forget the numerous times, when her face was swollen and covered in bruises, you told us she fell down the stairs. And then the last time I saw her”—she could feel the tears on her face now—“the last time I saw her before her
suicide
was when she showed up at my door with your boot prints on her back and legs.”

Mikhail and Sasha came to her then, wrapping her in their arms.

Roderick Felton cleared his throat. “Ms. Watson, in order for the Crown to prosecute Eric, we will need the original pictures taken at the hospital, and I’m afraid there was a clerical error and they were erased. I also understand that the physician that treated you that night has refused to testify.”

Ryder stepped forward then. “Felton, the originals still exist and are in a secure lockup with the police. And as for the doc’s testimony, he’s here, don’t worry about it, and so will the nurse on duty that night, too. You may think that threatening them not to say anything was the way to go, but you really miscalculated this time. You see, Dr. Jackson had just come back to work after taking a month off to bury his sister when Sienna was brought in. It seems her husband beat her to death.”

All around the room there were audible gasps.

Felton mumbled and straightened his tie, obviously uncomfortable with the way the conversation was going. “Well, all right, then we can press forward with the case.”

“You can’t be serious, Rod?” Jack yelled.

“It would seem, Jack, that it is time you shut your mouth and stop trying to cover up for your son. He’s going to prison this time, and there’s not a damn thing I can do about it.”

With that Felton turned and walked to the door. Pausing, he turned back and looked straight at Jack, saying, “Even if there was something I could do, I wouldn’t lift a finger to help this time. We’ve hurt a lot of people in this town, Jack. Good people, and I won’t be a part of your sickness anymore.”

And he walked out.

Jack stared at the door, his mouth agape, his face a mask of anger. “You won’t send my son to prison, girlie,” he snarled, staring back at Sienna.

Turning in Mikhail’s arms, she smiled and said, “Watch me.”

After the hearing, everyone gathered back in the conference room to start the celebrations. Eric’s bail was revoked and Crown Counsel Felton had asked that he be remanded in custody until his trial. He didn’t want to give Eric the chance to make any more trouble for Sienna.

Two hours later they were all back at the house.

Sienna sat looking around at all the wonderful people that had come to lend their support and to protect her and her men.

Ryder came over and sat down beside her. “What’s up, buttercup?” He smiled.

“I was just thinking how incredibly lucky I am to have found Mikhail and Sasha, and in turn I guess you could say I found you, Sam, and Daniel, and the rest of the family.”

“I have to say, sweet girl, how very proud all of us are of you. You’re strength in all this has been amazing.” He turned his head away because his eyes were watering.

Amy had been sitting next to Sienna, and she said, in a voice so much stronger than usual, “You have given me the strength to go back to Felton and see if I can still prosecute my ex boyfriend. Even if I can’t, I’ll know that I tried.”

Ryder stood and lifted Amy up in a hug so tight Sienna thought he would break her.

“Ryder…don’t forget to let the girl breathe.” She giggled.

* * * *

On the advice of his attorney, Eric pled guilty to the charges and was sentenced to fifteen to twenty years. Normally for a first felony offense, the sentence wouldn’t have been as harsh, but for some strange reason the judge that had originally been scheduled to preside was unavailable, so Justice Maggie Torrent sat on the bench.