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Fuck it.

Taking my thumb out of my mouth, I shifted back on the couch until I was sitting in Silas’s spot. “I’m ready.”

Austin nodded but took his time answering. “I wouldn’t tell this to just anyone. There are a lot of subs I don’t trust enough to share this with, Dessie. He’ll get hurt if this gets out.”

Ignoring the lump in my throat, I took a breath and let it out slowly. “I won’t tell, and even if I think I know who it’s about later, I won’t say anything.”

“I know you won’t.” Austin leaned over and gave me a hug, ruffling his tutu. “I think your kinks and his private stuff are going to align very well, though.”

How?

Swallowing back the question as he sat up, I tried to sound normal and not like I was worried. “I’ll keep that in mind.”

Sitting back, Austin smoothed his skirt out as he gave himself another moment to think. “I have no idea if there’s a good way to say this or even if there’s an offensive one. I’ve never run into this before, so I’m just going to say it and let him tell you later what kind of language he’s comfortable using.”

Yep, something physical.

“He’s an alpha who lactates.” Austin paused before raising one eyebrow. “Do you know what that means?”

“No.” Wait. “Yes.”

Was that a kink?

I was starting to understand why he’d said he didn’t know the right words to use.

Rolling his eyes, Austin huffed again. “He produces milk like an omega who had a baby would but he’s an alpha. He knots and everything. It’s just a thing. Like a one in a zillion physical issue and as you can probably imagine, he’s private about it.”

“Some people would’ve been mean about it.” That was obvious, but what took a second was the rest of what Austin had said. “Wait. He…he’d let me…I could…”

Flopping back on the end of the couch, Austin groaned. “Now he finally gets it.”

Drama queen.

He sat up before I could point that out, though, and charged right back in. “He really didn’t understand that there are subs and littles who wouldn’t care and who could find it fun at the very least. He thought it was something that he’d be lucky to get a sub to simply ignore.”

He clearly hadn’t been looking to date in the right places.

“I…I wouldn’t mind that if we clicked.” I wouldn’t date or submit to someone just because of it, but I wouldn’t mind it as long as he didn’t mind my reaction to it.

Austin giggled. “Understatement.”

“You’re such a brat.”

He beamed. “Takes one to know one.”

Unfortunately, he was right.

“Would…would he hate that I’d like it?” At least, I thought I’d like it. “What if…what if he thinks I’m wrong for liking it?”

Austin didn’t hesitate for a moment. His voice went flat and his eyes went almost dead inside. “If he’s mean to you, they’ll never find his body.”

That was good to know.

“Okay…I’ll…I’ll get to know him?”

How was this supposed to work?

I needed to learn to ask more questions before I agreed to anything he said.

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