Footsteps thundered toward the room—several pairs. The most amazing mix of scents ever created teased my sense of smell, promising relief from the pain and delights beyond anything I’d ever imagined before. Possessive lust slammed across the mating bond from all three directions—my own every bit as strong as Heath and Gage’s.
Three alphas skidded to a stop outside the door, poised there as if held back by the thinnest of fraying threads.
“You have to invite them in,” Tony whispered, hurrying to set the abandoned plate and bottle out of the way.
The soft, oversized T-shirt I’d been wearing abruptly felt like scratchy burlap pierced through with cactus spines. I tugged at it fitfully, trying to wriggle free without taking my eyes off the display of male flesh hovering outside my door.
“Please,” I begged, rubbing my thighs together to ease the ache... and three alphas descended on me like iron filings drawn to a magnet.
SIXTY-ONE
Jez
I WAS GOING TO BURSTinto flames, right here in the middle of my nest. Three hot male bodies converged on me, wrapping me up between them in the instant before my knees would have given out.
Heath’s soft beard, Gage’s prickly stubble, and Knox’s fresh-shaven cheek all rubbed against my head and neck, warm breath whuffling over sensitive skin as they scented and marked me. I moaned, and Gage did, too.
“Oh, kitten,” he said on the heels of a deep groan. “You smell like every Christmas ever.”
I turned my head far enough to catch his earlobe between my teeth, licking his addictive taste from the small bit of skin before letting it slide free.
“No, that’s you,” I managed, only to gasp as Knox tugged me free of the others’ grasp and hauled my stolen T-shirt over my head. I lifted my arms to help—desperate to have it gone, now that I had the real source of those alpha pheromones in my nest.
Mine, to scent and mark and claim.
Gage cupped my face between his big palms, his hazel eyes flicking down to take in my nakedness before dragging back up to my face.
“I took a dampener shot before I came down here, sweetheart,” he said.
I struggled to focus on his words as Heath and Knox sniffed their way down my back.
“My body’s still too beat up for a full rut,” Gage went on, still holding my gaze. “Now, don’t get me wrong—I want my dick buried in that pussy of yours as often as you’ll let me. But this way, I can keep also an eye on things and make sure Tony doesn’t get overwhelmed.”
“Too late,” Tony said, sounding choked. “I’m already overwhelmed. JesusChrist, you guys are hot.”
On either side of me, alphas were stripping out of clothing, revealing sleek muscles under skin. I stared at the contrasting shades of pale and dark, my mouth watering with desire.
I’d more or less lost the thread, after the part where Gage said he wanted to fuck me. But I trusted that whatever the others were talking about, Gage would take care of me—just like he’d always taken care of me. Right now, I was more worried about the way my womb seemed to be spontaneously combusting.
“I need acock,” I whined, because my body wasempty, and being emptyhurt.
Knox snarled and snapped at Heath, who snarled and snapped back. Possessiveness spiked through the bond; I was just aware enough to understand that Heath should have backed down from his pack leader’s claim, and he hadn’t. An instant later, the pair sprung at each other, Knox dragging Heath to the cushion-covered floor as the naked pair wrestled for dominance.
“Oh, shit...” Gage huffed a breathless laugh and tugged me away from the writhing male bodies. He flopped down on his back, taking me with him.
