He gave her a lazy smile. “Precisely. Since your sister didn’t destroy the last couple of specimens, I’m actually able to get some work done.”
Tabitha snorted as I glanced down at my feet. It was interesting to see that he was talking about Trixie, considering she hadn’t been able to stop talking about him. The things that she said weren’t kind, but the look that she got in her eyes was almost fond as she spoke about him.
“The reanimated specimen is eerily similar to what I assumed he was before,” Norman told us. “But now that we captured a live specimen, I can see the difference. There is a delay in movement and reaction time almost like its body is malfunctioning. The specimens have bionic enhancements and nanobots running through their bloodstreams. I can’t tell the extent of the nanobots, but my working theory is that there is a speaker and someone is on the other side. So I have been very careful with what I say around them.”
“Are they even still human?” Tabitha asked.
“A great question indeed.” Blair pressed her palm on top of her hood.
“Their body is humanoid, but every part I’ve experimented on has been bionic… artificial. From a scientific standpoint, what they have done is a major breakthrough. The humans have somehow created an electric brain. It mimics the processes of the human brain almost exactly from what I can tell, but to be fair, I don’t have much experience with the human body aside from textbooks and information from the information sector of Kalista. From what I can tell, their entire makeup is bionic.” Norman spoke with a rushed voice, tinged with excitement.
He was definitely a scientist.
“Humans are fucking disgusting,” Damien spat. “Experimenting on their own kind like that.”
“I wouldn’t be so sure.” Rowan steepled his fingers together as his elbows rested on the desk. “It wouldn’t surprise me if these humans volunteered for it.”
My stomach rolled. “Who in their right mind would do that?”
“Well, that’s an easy question to answer.” Blair cackled, her fingers curling around the armrests as she got to her feet. “Humans are not in their right minds. I am not even sure why they still exist.” She turned swiftly and left the room.
One thing she definitely had right was that humans weren’t in the right minds. I’d never met anything more evil.
“Havingyouinanotherterritory was torture.” Thorn groaned, letting his ice magic blast over my skin as Rowan helped me out of my clothes.
Rhett and Damien left just a couple of minutes ago. Rhett had to practically force Damien to go with him. I think he was trying to give Thorn and Rowan some alone time with me. I, for one, appreciated the sentiment.
My two mates pounced as soon as the door shut, and desire tore through me like a windstorm. I stood behind Rowan’s desk, melting into the icy hot bliss between both of them. Rowan’s internal flames heated my back as Thorn’s ice magic chilled my front.
Having both of them against me at one time sent an intense, contrasting sensation through my core.
Thorn dipped his head and pressed his lips to mine, kissing me with urgency. Our lips moved together as they pulled at my clothes until I was bare in front of them.
Rowan gripped my chin and turned my head toward him, breaking Thorn’s kiss as he took over, plundering my mouth with his.
Thorn’s body left my front as he stepped back and worked his way out of his clothes. “She looks smaller than usual in your arms.”
Rowan’s fingers trailed over my ribs as they came around my front before his rough palms cupped my breasts, rolling my nipples between his fingers. “How’s she look now?”
My back arched as Rowan’s heat tore through my body, making my core throb with need.
“Amaryllis,” Thorn cursed under his breath. “She looks perfect.”
Rowan growled as Thorn’s naked body slid against mine again with mischief in his gaze. He bent down and latched onto one of my nipples, making me cry out with pleasure, breaking my kiss with Rowan.
An icy dusting spread through my veins, and my head fell back onto Rowan’s shoulder.
“I don’t like you being away from us.” Rowan’s breath hit my neck as he traced his mark on my shoulder blade.
“I don’t like it either,” I gasped.
“Then don’t leave,” Thorn supplied, tugging on my nipple before pulling back.
Rowan’s large frame covered my trembling body, providing sturdy support as Thorn gripped my thighs and lifted me off the ground. Rowan’s hands slid under my butt as Thorn dropped to his knees in front of me.
I didn’t have time to react as he buried his face in between my legs and drew his tongue up, sending small spurts of ice around my throbbing nub as his tongue circled it.
Fire danced over my bottom where Rowan held me, but my intimate places were filled with ice. Sharp gasps escaped my lips as the sensation sizzled through me, and I squirmed in their hold.
