A weight settled over me.
A truth I hadn’t faced yet until this second.
There was no salvation for me anymore.
It was over.
With trembling fingers, I pressed the little pill beneath my tongue. The world was numb.
We all just waited in silence for a long time. Well. A kind of silence if you ignored the distant howls that were starting to grow into the patchwork of this place.
They were waiting for the pill to work, I realized.
My hormones must be ruining them all.
Phantom had stuffed the box back into its hiding place, and was now laying back on the bed, staring at the bunk above. I think I was affecting him the worst. He seemed to already be losing his mind, as he was letting out occasional groans, running his fingers through his hair and muttering indistinguishable things to himself every minute or so.
Sometimes he threw the three of us dark looks.
I still didn’t know why he was so angry I was a virgin.
Was it a religious thing?
The Sisters used to tell us to be careful of hedonistic beliefs that made sacrifices of virgins, but if that was the case, shouldn’t he be glad?
At the third dark look, Sin replied with a silent, but very offensive hand gesture that I grabbed in shock and tried to stuff back down.
They really weren’t very nice to each other.
There was a spot of blood on Phantom’s leg from the knife Sin had thrown, though it didn’t seem to be growing.
“Are you… pack lead?” I whispered at last, daring a glance up at Sin. I needed to be so careful about bites now they knew we were mates.
These were alphas. They didn’t need to worry like I did. And they didn't understand what a threat I was, especially unchecked.
“No,” Sin replied.
“Oh.” I frowned, surprised.
Phantomwas, then?
I peered at Phantom, but he shook his head. “Pack lead’s in a rut.” He thumbed toward the other door that I hadn’t seen opened. The one with the latch.
As if on cue, a loudthumpmade me jump this time.
It was the same as the ones I’d heard earlier.
My eyes went wide.
Anotheralpha? I almost let out another squeak of shock.
Four?
Four alphas to hold me?
No. No no no—you stupid, selfish, sinner.
But then… the scents in here were hard to parse out, but therecouldbe four.
