Page 114 of Rot In Knotty Pieces

“Ah, a secret from your pack, even?”

“From everyone.”

Rolly frowns, sitting back so he can look at me. “Including your alters?”

I nod, but my head wobbles, and I groan at the warmth flooding through my veins.

“What did you give me?”

He leans over me, smiling. “Feels good, doesn’t it? Nice and relaxed?”

“Mmm.”

“Consider this a lesson.”

He reaches out and smooths his hands up my body and onto my shoulders, squeezing lightly.

“Don’t worry, I’m all about consent. Nothing is going to happen, even if you want it to.”

I’m almost disappointed.

“But I can see how much you are begging, so I will give you a teaser.”

He leans over me, grabbing my thigh and dragging me down, hitting his hips to mine as he undulates.

I moan again.

Rolly bites my chin. “Naughty, naughty beta.”

“Rolly,” I pant.

He pulls back, grinning. “Ready…set…show time.”

He rolls off me as the window shatters, and a dark shape slams into him. Rolly laughs, and the two of them go around and round in the dim light. They slam into walls and twist and turn. I can’t keep up with them. They are dark blurs.

Rolly pins him and stares.

“Korax…” I whisper.

The stranger’s eyes drop to me. They are all in shadow, but I can feel them.

“Means raven.”

Rolly glances at me sharply.

“Fly! He’s coming.”

Korax snarls and shoves Rolly off him before pausing beside the bed I’m lying on.

“You came all this way to tell me that?” His voice is dark and dangerous. A whisper of impending death.

“Caught the other birds,” I roll, reaching out for Rolly.

His large hand covers mine.

Pix slides into the dark room, I can feel him there. He moves the opposite way to Korax, until he’s kneeling on the bed, lifting me up.

“Run, Korax.”