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But he hadn’t even had a chance to overthink it this time, because there had been Fox, riling Colin up with his fingers, making him desperate beyond belief to be filled. To befucked.

What choice had Colin hadexceptto lose himself in it? To give in to the feel of Dane’s cock stretching his mouth, the subtle salty taste of his skin.

It was tempting to blame it on the numbers. To pretend Colin would be satisfied with any threesome. But he knew it wasn’t the case. It wasthem.It was this magnetic draw he had to each of these vampires. They did something to him, something no one else ever had. It was an attraction he’d begun to think he’d never feel.

His phone buzzed, taking him out of his lusty thoughts. He peered down to see Jay’s photo pop up on his screen, requesting a video chat.

It wasn’t the first time Jay had called him in the middle of the night. Thanks to Colin’s terrible sleep habits, the time didn’t really matter. They had an agreement: Colin would put hisphone on silent if he was actually trying to sleep, and Jay was welcome to call anytime. The chances were always good Colin would be awake anyway.

He debated declining this time—he wasn’t exactly decent, in his current state, as the not-so-subtle ache in his ass could attest to—but it been awhile since the last call, and he missed his friend.

Fuck it. He had the covers on over any naughty bits, so he wasn’t exactly indecent either.

He accepted the call, and Jay’s face popped up in place of the picture, beaming at him. “Colin! I’m so glad you’re awake! Well, I wish you could sleep better,” he amended. “And feel better, but I’m glad you’re awakenowbecause—” He stopped, his eyes widening. “Colin, you’re not wearing a shirt.”

Colin looked down at his bare torso. “I was sleeping earlier.”

“But you sleep in a shirt.”

“It’s hot here.”

“Oh, right.” Jay studied him through the screen, his head cocked. “Colin, your hair.”

Colin touched a few strands self-consciously. “I know, it’s all faded.”

“It’ssex hair.”

Colin froze, unsure of what to say. It wasn’t like he cared if Jay knew he’d had sex, but he hadn’t expected to be called out on it quite so immediately. That was his mistake though. Jay was such a strange ray of sunshine that people tended to forget he was observant as fuck. Colin was usually better about it, but the twins must have sexed his brain to mush.

There was murmuring off-screen, followed by Jay whispering loud enough he might as well have been talking normally, “Well, itis. He looks like he’s just had sex.”

“Hi, Alexei,” Colin said loudly, more than used to the guy’s off-screen presence for his and Jay’s chats by now. He wasn’tlurking every time, but often enough. Fated mates seemed to be attached at the hip.

Or maybe it was just those two.

“Hi, Colin.” Jay obligingly turned the screen so he and Alexei could exchange a nod, although his eyes were still wide with awe, like Colin had appeared on his screen in a Santa suit in July.

Colin hadn’t thought much of Alexei at first—he’d been wary of the way the guy had stalked Jay with his eyes at the coffee shop, the want and the yearning there—but it had turned out all that want and yearning had been reciprocated, and Alexei treated Jay like the precious gem he was, so who was Colin to hold a grudge?

Jay focused the screen back on himself. “Colin,” he said, uncharacteristically hesitant. “I thought you didn’t like…”

“Sometimes I like,” Colin told him gently.

“Oh.” Jay’s gray eyes went even wider, if possible. “Oh.And you found a—a sometime that you like?” At Colin’s blank look, he gasped. “Colin, are you dating someone?”

“What? No.” Nothing he and the twins were doing exactly fit under Colin’s definition of dating. “I just found a place to live.”

“And you’re paying withsex?” Jay whisper-yelled, aghast. “Colin.”

“Jesus, Jay.” Colin laughed. He couldn’t help it. “No. God. I just—” His laughter died, and he scowled at the phone. “I don’t have to tell you any of this, you know.”

“No, you don’t,” Jay agreed placidly. “But you can. Because we’re besties, and besties share deets.”

“Is that a Soren motto, by any chance?”

“It is!” Jay beamed at him. “He had some questions about Alexei’s dic—”

“Sweetheart,” Alexei admonished from off-screen.

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