Page 15 of Truth or Lie

But I couldn’t afford to think about that. Not now, not when—

Jax gave a heartfelt moan that almost sounded like relief. “There you are. Both of you.”

“Both? And what am I, asshole?” Flynn asked. “Chopped liver?”

“You’re a headache, just like always,” Jax shot back. “Get over here, you two.”

I crawled to them, drawn by the prospect of cuddling, and winced a bit as my body protested. The burn from Flynn’s selection of anal plugs—now safely removed to let me rest—would be with me for a while yet. Flynn followed close behind me. We burrowed into place next to the knotted pair. I allowed myself to revel in the others’ muted pleasure at the intimate contact, as well as my own. I still wasn’t one hundred percent convinced this wasn’t all a fever dream, but maybe—just maybe—I could begin to hope.

EIGHT

Leona

FOR THE FIRST timesince Romania, I resented the way my heat hormones stole away my rational mind in waves, rising and falling with every peak. I needed to be aware for every single minute of this miraculous new bond with Kam, but biology wouldn’t allow it. After I was knotted, I was out like a light for hours, my body enforcing rest so I could recover for the next round.

It helped that Kam was curled in my arms for much of that time, and it helped even more that I could kind of, sort of, feel his presence through the mating bond we now shared. He wassoftnessinside my head—fur that begged to be stroked, or a fleecy blanket to snuggle. Yet, compared to the alphas, his presence still felt terribly weak and far away.

Jax tucked my tangled hair behind my ear as I stretched, returning gradually to wakefulness.

“Hello, Beautiful,” he said. “I’ve been thinking—”

“Always dangerous,” Flynn muttered.

Jax sighed. “I’ve beenthinkingthat you should bite Kam too, Leo.”

“Me? But I’m an omega. Is that even a thing?” I asked muzzily.

“Not really,” Kam said, in a tone of voice that suggested there had been extensive discussion on the subject while I’d been out cold.

I tried to knock some more brain cells together. “But you think it might help strengthen the bond?”

“The way we see it, there’s only one way to find out,” Flynn said. “Can’t hurt, right?”

I pondered that for a bit. We were all lying together in a naked tangle. Kam was helpfully right next to me, opposite Jax, with Flynn on his far side.

“I want to try,” I decided. “Roll over, odama.”

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