Page 105 of Puck & Her Blades

Thank fuck I’m wearing a pheromone blocker, or it wouldn’t only be the game that would be in danger. With thousands of Alphas surrounding me, and still being officially unbonded, it’d be dangerous for me as well.

The Beta bodyguards are looking at me, uncertainly.

Since I’m hidden inside the costume, no one else can tell what’s going on yet.

Then my pussy gushes with wetness, and I know that it’s too late.

My first heat is here, and there’s nothing that I can do to stop it.

No…

Cygnus turns to look at me, alarmed. “What’s wrong, treasure?”

I stagger forward, stumbling into the boards with a loud clatter. The glass shakes.

Asher turns his head, missing his step himself at the sound. His gaze catches on mine.

Cygnus is desperately trying to pull me back upright, before I crumple to the ground.

Asher can make this shot.

He can win the game.

To my shock, instead he abandons the puck and changes his direction on the ice. He nods his head at Jackson and Zev, who turn to glance over at me as well.

Then all three are abandoning the most important game of their lives and skating across the rink toward me.

The crowd is in uproar.

My mind is fuzzy. I’m raked with tremors. I can’t think.

I can hear Roarke’s furious yelling.

The Blades are throwing the game for me.

They’ve lost.

We’re all dead.

Then my eyes flutter closed, and everything fades to black.

CHAPTER 15

Omega Chamber, Blade House

“You’re just full of surprises, aren’t you?” A gentle voice says. “You’re safe now. I’ve got you, my treasure. You have a whole pack on your side to see you through your first heat. Just, please, wake up.”

My mind is fuzzy like it’s stuffed with cottonwool.

What’s going on?

I’m a Non-heat. They can’t be talking to me.

Why is there a note of fear threading underneath their words?

I can’t think.

I struggle to open my eyes but I can’t.

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