Page 129 of Heir of the Beast

Chapter 28

“Pierce already knows.” Mort grins and pops her gum. I don’t even want to know what she did to deserve that gum.

Laura glances at me with a frown. I look at Mort and take a deep breath, finding my inner calm. “You’re telling me that Pierce knows about my…little love triangle?”

Double damn.

Mort holds up her finger and glances at us both. “Who didn’t know is really the question here.” She snorts and leans back in her chair. “Leenie, you knew right?”

“Yup.”

Mort nods at my shocked expression. “Pierce told me to trust him, and to stay out of it.” She chuckles and examines her plain nails. “We are trained agents, we know everything. Nothing gets by me.”

Leenie scowls at Mort. “I thought Pierce told you?”

Mort’s eyes widened and she snorts. “No.”

Leenie levels her a ~RIIIGHT~ expression.

I close my eyes. “What did Pierce say?” I need words of wisdom, some sort of sign on what I must do. Too much male testosterone—my brain is malfunctioning.

“Well.” Mort sits up, “let me ask.” She types and blinks, scowling. “Hi, Mort here. Yeah, I know you know it’s me. Uh-huh, right. Well, she is really confused, and very out of control at this point.”

“Hey,” I say with a frown. “I am not out of control, ~Mort~.”

Well. Maybe. Probably.

Still never found that tequila.

“Right.” Mort is typing and nodding.

“What’s he saying?” Laura asks. “That threesomes are not permitted?” She laughs, snorting into her hand.

I roll my eyes.

Right?

“Well,” Mort glances at me, “Pierce says just go with the flow. Do what feels right.”

That makes Laura laugh harder.

“Do what feels right?” I repeat.

Mort shrugs. “Yeah. He said it might help to get Siron’s mask off though. Maybe he is really ugly and that will help with your decision.”

“That is very vain of Pierce.”

Mort shrugs again. “That was my idea.”

Leenie is also typing. “Okay, we will be making landfall shortly, about two hours out. Let’s get to the healer then decide what to do from there.”

We all nod.

Laura frowns and falls back down on the bed. “Now that you scored both of the hot alpha-men, how am I going to get laid? Very selfish of you.”

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I take a deep breath and walk out onto the large deck. My stomach is in knots. Laura went up about an hour ago and our agents left as well, to scout the area for any impending danger.

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