And that wasn’t even the craziest part. That honor belonged to whatever the fuck was going on behind him.
My brain struggled to comprehend what I was seeing. There was an object I could only describe as a giant pool toy shaped like a dragon. And like Jade, it was also dressed in full bondage gear. Its puffy front claws were handcuffed together. A black blindfold covered its eyes. A leather collar adorned its neck, and its squeaky plastic body was wrapped up in a matching harness.
Slowly turning towards me, Jade fixed his piercing green gaze on my soul. A shudder ran across my skin.
What the everloving fuck did I just get myself into?
3
Jade
The horrorthat descended upon me when I heard another living being in my office was indescribable. The pleasure previously surging through my veins halted, replaced by icy fury.
Who was in here? How had they gotten in?
“Who’s there?” I called, my dragon’s voice laced into mine.
No reply came. My blood boiled with indignation. How dare somebody intrude on my sacred space?
I shut my eyes, took a deep breath, then prepared to unleash my wrath upon whoever had broken into my room. This was no accident. This was deliberate and calculated. I briefly wondered if I should call for security, but then again, I was an alpha dragon. Iwassecurity.
Blowing out a hot breath, I glanced towards the window—the one entrance I hadn’t blocked off. That was terribly thoughtless of me. I should’ve known to cover my tracks better when engaging in... certain practices.
I cursed my own lack of foresight. There was no time to change my outfit or rid the room of the smell of sex before confronting the intruder. Whoever they were, they’d seen a darker side of me. One I didn’t want to share.
I took a few steps closer to the window, and then I saw him.
A white-haired young man was naked on his knees on the floor. He had heterochromia; one sky-blue eye, the other verdant green, both of them wide and staring at me.
My silent rage dissipated into confusion.
“Alaric?” I asked.
The omega was still and silent. Only the rapid rise and fall of his chest indicated he was alive.
A strange quiet hung between us. I was no longer infuriated—at least, not to nuclear levels. Now I was mostly curious. First of all, how did he get in here? The simplest conclusion was that he climbed the castle wall in cat form. But why? From what I knew about the proud and boastful omega, he preferred a luxurious existence. He never performed unnecessary tasks. So why go out of his way to break into my office?
But the bigger problem was me. My outfit—if you could call it that—and the incriminating scenario behind me. Clearly, the blackout curtain was useless if an intruder came in through the window.
When Alaric didn’t speak or move a muscle, I cleared my throat. That jolted him out of his panicked reverie. He gasped as if he’d surfaced from drowning and taken his first gulp of air.
“Jade.”
He hissed my name, and despite his breathlessness, I heard the animosity in it. That intrigued me. I’d never even spoken to Alaric one-on-one. What kind of grudge could he hold?
Unfortunately, my interest in the cat omega had to wait. Thesituationhad yet to unfold.
Alaric’s gaze flicked behind me. He stared as if witnessing a car crash, unable to look away.
A sense of disgrace crawled up my back. The scene wasn’t meant to be viewed by anyone but me, yet here was an interloper in the midst of my private acts.
“So, Alaric,” I began, putting on my most civil voice. “You’ve broken into my office and seen things nobody was meant to witness. Care to explain yourself?”
Alaric blinked. His lashes framed his blue and green eyes beautifully—even if those eyes brimmed with a mix of defiance and utter shock.
Then, in an unbidden flicker of the eye muscles, his gaze travelled down my body. The only thing covering my skin was a glistening black latex bodysuit, with a matching rubber body harness. The outfit was not subtle. I was certain my painfully hard bulge was on full display.
It happened fast. In all likelihood, Alaric hadn’tmeantto look. But he was a cat, after all. They were known to be killed by their curiosity.
