Page 32 of Hide or Die

“Some beta women like ‘em,” said the other voice. “Especially when the real thing’s too big.”

I felt Kam take a breath as though to speak, only to let it out again. “You know what? Never mind.” A rubbery-looking cylinder with a bulge at the base entered my field of view. It was a pretty, candy cane shade of spiraling red and white. “Leo, this will be better than my fingers. Can I use this on you?”

I didn’t want a candy cane. I wanted the alpha. Too bad my words were gone again. I whimpered in frustration.

“She can’t answer,” said the alpha. “You have to choose for her. What are my boundaries, Mr. Patel? Can I be in the nest with you?”

Another pause.

“Y-yes. I think it might help. But... keep me between the two of you. And keep your clothes on. Well, except when you need to, you know...”

“Get myself off,” the alpha finished for him. “Yeah, okay. Can I talk to you while I’m in the nest?”

“Yes, of course you can talk,” Kam said quickly. “Look, I know this whole thing is awful. I’m really sorry about all of this.”

The cushions shifted as a heavy weight lowered onto them. The spicy smell of horny alpha grew stronger, and I sucked it in like a drowning woman surfacing for air.

“Why are you sorry?” asked the alpha. “Did you cause any of this?”

“No,” Kam said. “But I’m still sorry.”

I peered past Kam’s slender body as the alpha settled his long, muscular form into the softness of the nest. Saliva pooled in my mouth, and I swallowed hard to keep from drooling.

“You shouldn’t be, though,” the alpha said. “I’m never sorry—not for anything. Simpler that way.”

“I imagine it would be, at that,” Kam replied.

“So, you two—you’re together? Pack?”

Kam’s hand smoothed damp hair away from my face. He was shaking. I leaned into the touch, trying to convey reassurance. “Yes,” he said softly.

“That’s good,” said the alpha. “You hear that, Ambassador? Yourodama’s going to help you out now. You’re ready for him, right?”

There was a question in there, along with a promise of something—even if the details were beyond me at the moment. I rubbed my thighs together, feeling a fresh pulse of slick gathering.

“Like I told Jax, I think we’re probably into first name territory at this point,” Kam said. “Call me Kam, and she’s Leona.”

“Sure thing, Kam. I’m still Flynn, though. I’ve only got the one name.” The alpha shifted, his lovely dark eyes stroking over me like liquid heat. “You ready to get warmed up, Leona? Kam could make you come a couple of times—get you all nice and ready for this pretty little silicone cock.”

Some of that made it through the fuzz surrounding my brain, and he might as well have poured lava on me. I whined and panted, trying to wriggle out of my soaked panties with uncoordinated movements.

“I don’t know if that’s—” Kam began, trailing off uncertainly.

There was a pause. “Don’t know if that’s what?” The alpha rolled onto an elbow. “She’s okay with you touching her, right? You were already together.”

“Well, yes, but...”

“Then here’s the thing, Kam. This heat is going to be miserable for her, and the only relief she’s going to get is when she’s being sexually satisfied. I wish I could do it, but like I said, I’m not allowed.”

I reached across Kam’s body and managed to get a weak grip on the alpha’s wrist, hoping to pull him toward me. He made a low noise of regret before peeling my fingers loose and lifting my knuckles to his lips, pressing a kiss there. Then he gently set my arm back on Kam’s other side.

“It just seems wrong when she’s like this,” Kam said miserably.

“If you were an alpha, though,” he began. “If you could help her through this on your own, and you didn’t have to worry about pups or any of the rest of it... you wouldn’t just put her on her hands and knees and stick it in her, would you? ’Cause you don’t really seem like that kind of person.”

Kam took in a shuddering breath. “No, of course I wouldn’t.”

“Well, we’re safe here,” the alpha said. “And I promised Alex I’d be good, so you don’t have to worry about me. You might as well be nice to her and make this as easy for her as it’s going to get. I’ll just sit here and enjoy the show until you’re ready for me to bust a nut and lend her some pheromones.”

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