“Um, Gage, we’ve, uh … We’ve let you two be for–ahem–a while, but I think I found something you might want to see.”
Groaning in frustration, I pull back from Auryn–
–and she comes with me.
“Auryn, baby, you can let my cock go now.”
“Um … Can I?”
Oh, shit.
“Gage…” Olly calls out and I glance at Auryn, her gaze full of concern. She moves and twists her hips, which isnothelping the cock-lock situation.
“Auryn, let me go.”
She sucks in a breath and twists harder, and I cry out as she moves a bit too far for my trapped dick to follow–but it still tries. “I’m trying! I’ve never done this before! I don’t know how!”
“Just a second, Olly!” I growl, but it’s no use.
I am officially…stuck.
Fuck.
Chapter 19
Olly
I’ve never overridden a door lock before, but something tells me I should. I can almost sense the concern, the worry through the door, though I’m not certain why Auryn or Gage would be worried if they’ve been together all night.
The thought makes me sweat a little bit. I know it’s just instinct, a part of life and all. Omegas find alphas to mate and procreate with. It’s just how it is.
But I find the idea of Gage and Auryn mating conflicting on multiple levels. For one, she’s a target. Mating with her is bound to complicate things, and I know this.
But Diego has already done it, and I suspect Emmett has too, judging by the fact I could smell her all over him this morning at breakfast, which is how I’d discovered that Gage had locked himself in her room. All night.
Just hearing such things made me so uncomfortable I had to take off to the lab and…do something. Anything to keep my mind focused on the solid facts and not these wild thoughts that keep trying to distract me.
I have a job to do. Clearly, no one else remembers theirs.
“Auryn?” I call out, because her voice rings out in alarm. “Are you alright? Is Gage—”
“I don’t, I can’t—”
Gage’s voice echoes with a curse, and I punch in the manual override.
“I’m coming in,” I say as Auryn cries, “No!”
But it’s too late. The moment the door opens, my eyes widen, and I spin around, ready to walk right back out because…
I still, letting out a breath.
I’ve never walked in on any of the guys in the middle of…that.
I’vealwaysbeen observant enough to know to give the alphas a wide berth when it comes to their sexual activities. I don’t need to see that. Them. Fucking…anyone.
But I certainly didn’t think I’d see Gage and Auryn still tangled together, nor did I think the sight would make me feel likethis.
I absentmindedly adjust my cock, telling myself that after I discuss my findings with Gage and perhaps run some extra tests on Auryn, I will take fifteen minutes to service myself and be done with it so I can focus.
