Page 41 of Lust & Lollipops

Kyle snorted. “Only if it was bad. And fae are very good at sex.”

Yeah, I’d realized that.

Cam and I hadn’t even taken our clothes off, and it had still been the best sexual encounter of my life. Not that I had anything good to compare it to.

“So how do I get rid of the pheromones?” I asked.

“Take a mate.”

“How do you take a mate?”

“I’m not technically allowed to say until after the show’s over. But it’s pretty simple. Basically just involves sex and magic.”

Was that what Cam was talking about when he mentioned getting me off with his fire?

Because I’d been thinking about that too much, too. Way too much.

Kyle inhaled deeply, his chest rumbling. “Your pheromones just got stronger. You totally want to fuck me.”

“No, I don’t.” I set my fork down, giving up on the rest of my food entirely.

The giant sitting across from me would eat it.

He chuckled, but sure enough, finished both of our plates in record time.

Things were just as weird when we made it back to the shelter. Since there were still three more days before another vote, things were more laid-back.

But Harker had stopped wearing pants too.

Yay.

When day eleven finally came around, I was long-past ready to boot someone else off the island. A lot of someones, I hoped. Every someone who wasn’t wearing pants, in fact. And a few others too.

I still hadn’t managed to get away with Cam, which meant I was stupidly horny.

And probably even more pheremoney. Which was not a word, but I was too annoyed to care.

Everyone was watching me like a damn hawk.

After my conversation with Kyle, they all thought I was going to jump into bed with someone, and hoped to be that someone.

The boat ride to the challenge that day was far too long. I managed to tuck myself between two guys who weren’t in the nude, thankfully. Neither of which was Cameron.

As much as I didn’t like that, I still wasn’t risking exposing his plan. He’d be off the island ridiculously fast if anyone found out.

And that was the last thing we wanted.

I had tried to talk to Kaden as much as possible, but he was avoiding me for the sake of attempting to stay in the game. I hoped my effort was enough, but wasn’t expecting it to work in my favor.

If it didn’t, Cam would just have to figure out a way to get Kaden out on his own. I saw him chatting with all the other men often enough that I was hopeful he could manage it.

The challenge was a complex puzzle. The prize was a snorkeling date to a large reef nearby and a meal on the way there.

For once, Kyle didn’t win.

Ev did, however. He was the other telepath, which made me a little nervous.

He got to pick another guy to go with us, and surprised me by choosing Jim.

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