“I think we all did,” West chuckled.
North raised his glass. “To finding love in the darkest of places—may you both be the light for one another in the days to come.”
ATLAS
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ALPHA ONE
Nyx: Are you coming home soon?
Nyx: Lachlan brought out the tequila.
Me: Uh oh.
Nyx: Yeah, also there are girls here.
Me: Girls?
Nyx: Yeah. Plural.
Well, that was new. I was right around the corner so it didn’t take me long to push open the door to Alpha One. I immediately heard the music and the very feminine sound of women laughing. There were never enough people in this house to make that much noise and there wereneverwomen. We rarely even played music throughout the house. Even with Nyx’s warning, when I rounded the corner, I stood in the doorway with my mouth open as the scene unfolded before me.
Lachlan was pouring shots of some sort of tequila. Nyx was lounging on the couch next to North and West was—what the fuck?
“Hey! You’re home!” Nyx saw where my attention was and laughed. “Turns out our little tech genius just needs some tequila to come out of his shell.”
That was an understatement. He was currently taking a shot of alcohol from between a brunette’s bare tits. His hair was a mess and when he was done, he smashed his mouth against thewoman’s who held a lime between her lips and put both hands in the air in triumph.
I looked over at Nyx and did a double take at what was happening next to him. North had a blond on his lap and they were getting very handsy.
“What is happening?” I asked.
I came over and sat down on the arm of the couch next to Nyx who was looking like he was enjoying himself and was already several shots deep if the glaze in his eyes was any indication.
“I don’t know,” Nyx smirked. “I came home and Lachlan had some friends over. Before I knew it, we were doing shots. You know how persuasive he can be. But at leastsomeoneis getting some action.” He gestured over to North and I snickered. We’d been trying to get North laid for months.
I didn’t have a chance to respond before the party animal himself came over with two shot glasses full to the brim.
“You have a lot of catching up to do,” Lachlan said, handing me one and Nyx the other. “Hey West! Grab me another shot and come take one with us. Bring North one too—ohhh nevermind.”
We all looked over at North. The blond was straddling him now and they were deep in a makeout session. As soon as Lachlan had his shot and West and his girl came over, Lachlan raised his glass and I had no choice but to follow suit. We downed the alcohol and I grimaced.
“It gets better,” Nyx said.
He yanked me down so I was half in his lap and pulled my face to his, planting a heavy kiss on my lips. He tasted of tequila and sin—a combination I decided wasn’t terrible.
“How many have you had?” I asked as soon as we came up for air.
Nyx squinted as he tried to remember and then gave me a sheepish smile.
“Can’t remember. It’s been at least an hour since we started all this though.”
I looked over at Lachlan. “Bring me another shot.”
An hour later and after I most certainly had caught up in the alcohol department, things were beginning to take on a sultry edge. At some point Lachlan had dimmed the lights and turned the music down to something with a heavy bass and a pulse I could feel in my bones. He was dancing provocatively with the topless brunette West had abandoned when he’d passed out a few minutes ago in a corner.
My attention quickly wandered back to Nyx’s bare chest. He’d spilled tequila all over himself a few minutes before and abandoned his shirt. Now I was distracted by the way his abs bunched anytime he moved and the way the low lighting accentuated every indent of muscle.
