Page 88 of Bliss & Her Idols

I watch a droplet of sweat trail down his strong pec around his nipple piercing.

I wish that I could suck his nipple and tease the piercing.

How sensitive is it?

“Enough.” Torin’s voice is tight.

I release his fingers with a final lick.

“See how she’s going to keep us all on our toes? You need an older Omega like her.” Jin kisses my shoulder. “You should obey my Queen.”

“I’m a proud Irish-American. I don’t bend the knee to royalty.” Torin twists to Jin, grabbing him by his long hair. “Talking back to your Alpha, huh? You’re the one who usually knows how to obey. Maybe I’ve been away so long that you’ve forgotten. Should I remind you?”

He whips the Beta’s towel off in a single move.

Cricket sucks in his breath.

Jin is stunning. His cock is already at full mast, long and pretty.

“On your stomach.” Torin manhandles Jin onto his front.

Panic shoots through me.

Is Torin truly angry?

Cricket launches himself onto Torin’s back. He’s so small that he barely moves the much larger Alpha.

“Don’t hurt him,” Cricket snarls. I’ve never heard him sound so fierce. “He didn’t mean it. It was just a joke. Right, my Dragon? You wouldn’t command an Alpha. But I don’t care what he’s done or said, I won’t let you discipline him. He’s my Beta. I won’t let anyone hurt my pack. Not even my own Alpha.”

He's breathing hard, about to fly apart.

Cricket has only known hurt from Alphas.

He trusted Torin and that took a lot. He appears devastated that he may have misjudged this man.

My limbs are too weak to push myself up, but I’m whining in distress that I can’t help Cricket.

Jin is glancing over his shoulder in confusion and alarm.

“Mo stoirin,” Torin says with a gentleness that he hasn’t yet spoken with, “I’d never hurt any of you. Jin isn’t about to be disciplined. This is just how we…”

He catches himself like he’s about to say something that he shouldn’t.

When he glances at me, I don’t understand why his gaze cools.

“You have to tell them. She won’t betray us. I promise.” Jin rests his head on his arms. “Please, Charming.”

Torin reaches around to stroke Cricket’s hair, and slowly, Cricket relaxes, until it’s more like he’s hugging, rather than attacking the Alpha. “This is how Jin and I play. It’s our dynamic.”

So, not only work colleagues and childhood friends.

Not only lovers, but also dom Alpha and sub Beta.

They’re not bonded but it feels like they are.

What’s happened between them?

Cricket looks over at Jin for confirmation.

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