Page 126 of Curvy Nerdy Omega

Footsteps had Cas shoving me behind one of the bushes as he turned and the back door slid open.

I took more pictures, doing the only thing I could in this situation. If I tried to help, that would only make things worse plus my methods wouldn’t exactly give us the answer we needed.

If you’re alone with an alpha, shoot first and ask questions later.

Dane stepped out and closed the door behind him, scanning the backyard and still somehow missing Cas. I took more pictures and bit the inside of my cheek so I didn’t laugh at how stupid he was.

How could anyone not notice Cas when his aura was this deadly?

Alphas could be so careless.

I heard Liam’s voice and Melinda’s breathy responses, gritting my teeth at the flirty way she was talking to him right after meeting up with her secret baby daddy.

Then I smelled sharp green apples and cedar.

Dane grabbed his throat, eyes wide as he tried to find the source of those suffocating pheromones.

I couldn’t wait to see what face he’d make when he realized.

Moss and cedar grew until the other alpha dropped to his knees and he started choking, gripping his throat with both hands now. I’ve seen this before, but this time it was Cas doing it.

Turning the lens on my alpha, I snapped another picture of the way his blue eyes glowed in the dark like the true predator he was. Even the look on his face was just like Liam’s and I felt my heart skip a beat, knowing there was something seriously fucking wrong with me to find this kind of effortless violence insanely attractive.

Cas might not be a legacy alpha, but he was forcing one to submit like it was nothing—killing him. He didn’t even have to touch him. All he needed was that deadly aura and his pheromones.

I zoomed out and took another series of pictures right as Cas wrapped his massive hand around Dane’s neck.

That’s when I saw it. The reason they were all so afraid of him. I could see why Cas needed Liam to protect him – why Liam needed Cas.

No one else who could hold a candle to his strength…no one other than Cassius Valentine.

Cedar and moss was heavy on my tongue with the slightest hint of apples as Dane Valor, a legacy alpha, choked at Cas’s feet.

My alpha leaned down and placed his mouth right next to Dane’s ear and gave a sharp grin full of violent promise. “Let me show you what it really means to be loyal to Valor.”

Cas pulled a syringe out of his pocket and uncapped it with his teeth before plunging it into Dane’s neck who stared up at Cas like he couldn’t believe he’d just done.

My alpha tossed the syringe aside and watched Dane slump over. I felt a little thrill of excitement run through me when those dangerous eyes found mine, and all I could think was how he was even more beautiful when he was like this.

Letting them bond me was absolutely the right choice because these two…

They were perfect.

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