“Working on my stamina,” Ben groaned. “I should be okay once I’ve gone through all the bones in the human body.”
21
KOIOS
Koios straddled Ben’s hips and rolled his body back and forth. The thick length of Ben’s cock pressed against him, sliding through his crease. Sometimes, if he pressed just right, it caught the edge of his hole.
Ben groaned every single time it did. Koios made it his mission to hear that sound every day for the rest of his life. Hopefully more than once.
“Earth to Koios, come in Koios.”
Koios blinked and looked around the conference room. “Uh, sorry. I was…thinking.”
“We know,” Logan said.
“Right, where were we?”
His brother Dakota and his mate Eduard were on the monitor in front of them. Dakota frowned at him. “Are you feeling okay? You seem….”
“I believe happy is the word you’re looking for,” Eduard said. “It’s nice to see something other than a scowl.”
Logan put his hand around Koios’s neck. “Your brother has finally admitted that he is part of our pack.”
Dakota blinked a couple times. It gave Koios a chance to nudge Logan’s leg under the table as a thank you for the save.
“He admitted it?” Dakota said. “Out loud? My brother? The one sitting next to you?”
“He did,” Logan replied. “Emotions all around. It’s too bad you weren’t here to meet Phoebe, or you’d have witnessed it yourself.”
Eduard chuckled. “We were dealing with a small tsunami. And yes, I mean that literally. Victor is no longer allowed to complain about Gus’s mischief. His son is an angel compared to our three. I wish they’d climb trees and fall asleep. That would mean they actually took a nap.”
Dakota chuckled. “Luckily, we were able to stop things before they flooded the entire house. The landscaping, on the other hand, is very well watered.”
Eduard whimpered. “My David Austin roses. I don’t think they’ll make it.”
Koios grinned. The triplets were amazing. He’d have to make plans to go visit them again soon. “I’m sure they’ll grow out of this stage soon.”
Dakota frowned again. “Okay, Eduard’s right. You’re happy. It’s weird. You’re smiling. I think it’s a curse. Logan, did he get cursed? Should we send Henry to?—”
“I’m not cursed,” Koios said. “I’m…relieved. Once we’re done here, Phoebe is going to work with me on controlling my wings. And I believe the expression you’re not used to seeing is hope.”
Dakota scowled. “Doesn’t look like hope. He looks like Henry when?—”
His brother froze and his eyes widened.
“Don’t!” Koios said.
Dakota nodded. “Yeah, okay. So, how about those accounting ledgers, am I right? So many spreadsheets. Let’s talk about ’em.”
“I’ll keep this brief because if I did go into detail on these ledgers and spreadsheets, my dear mate would likely encourage our children to create another natural disaster so he could escape.”
“He’s not wrong,” Dakota agreed.
“I used the details Koios discovered on the manticore’s business records. I’ve also had one of our archivists searching for possible manticore suspects. I believe I’ve found a match on both.”
Eduard shared his screen and a business agreement appeared on the monitor.
“That’s a familiar name,” Koios said. “It’s one of the older holding companies the manticore set up. I wasn’t able to go further back.”
