Page 130 of Bliss & Her Idols

I watch, and horror turns my guts to ice, as Jin almost throws the remaining rose at Easter.

“Congratulations on winning the first task,” Jin forces out.

Torin’s blazing gaze meets mine.

We tried.

We’re not going to be thrown off the island.

Yet I know that none of us will be sleeping tonight.

How can we, when we know that our Beta is on a date alone with an Omega who has promised that she’llbreakhim?

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

Lodge Pool, Pack Bonds Island

Exhausted, I yawn, stretched out on the lounger beside the dragon shaped pool at the back of the lodge.

After two days with no sleep, I feel heavy with fatigue. It’s harder for me to think. Anxiety swirls through me.

I couldn’t eat a single bite of breakfast this morning, even when both Torin and Cricket took turns attempting to handfeed me.

How could I sleep, when I knew that Jin was on a date with Easter and that tech billionaire last night?

It was only fake for the TV contest, but I desperately need Jin to be back in my arms.

Torin tried to take my mind off Jin’s date. He was obviously working to distract himself as well from the fear that the man he loved was beingbroken.

Last night, while I was riding Torin, as the Alpha lay below me, thrusting up with a passionate tenderness that’s the closestthing to making love that I’ve experienced with an Alpha, he glanced over my shoulder to watch our naked bodies in the mirror above the bed.

Then curious, he stared at something intently, before sweeping my hair out of the way. He caressed his thumb over the wolf tattoo on the back of my neck.

“Beautiful.” Torin kissed me. “Does this tattoo mean something special?”

“Pack.” I kissed Torin back, shivering at his touch. “Everything.”

“Would you…?” Torin broke off, conflicted. “Could you become an Idol and not a Wolf?”

I ran my fingers through his hair.

He means it.

“I’ll never stop being a Wolf but I could become something else as well. But why?” I pressed. “Once we save Jin, none of us are forced into bonding.”

I needed Torin to know that.

I had the sense that none of my men grew up with much chance to make their own decisions. It didn’t matter what dynamic they were.

I was the Omega, but the one piece of morality that I had burned deep into my core was that I wouldn’t have anyone forced into a bond, even by obligation.

Next to me, Cricket whined, staring at both of us with wounded eyes.

Yet each of us had to make our own decision.

Torin’s expression softened.

He stilled, holding me in place by the hip. “So, it appears that I am as shit as my family say I am at expressing my emotions, unless I’m writing them down onto paper into songs.” He glanced at Cricket as well. “Jin and I have promised to bond. We can’t live without each other. Plus, you’re both my Omegas.I’m possessive; I’m never letting you go. I’ve dreamed about you every night since I met you. Now, I want to wake up every morning to all three of you in my bed. Make you coffee. Build you nests. Learn how to live in a pack and never be alone again. Does that clear it up?”

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