Page 25 of Big Knot Energy (Shadowverse)

I jerked upright and glared at him in the mirror, my eyes resembling a racoon as I scrubbed away the eyeshadow, liner, and mascara. “You weren’t content stinking up my bedroom and bed with your odor so you thought you’d follow me in here?”

Leaning down, I splashed the warm water on my face to rinse the cleanser and squealed when he leaned over me and wrapped his arms around my waist.

“Oh please. You love my odor.” He then proceeded to run his cheek and chin anywhere he could reach without either knocking me over or getting my product all over him.

Yep. Teasing me like a big brother.

If the whole thing with Amir worked out, at least I knewhedidn’t see me as a sister. And if he did…nope. Not the kind of man I wanted in my bed.

Chuckling at my own thoughts, I grabbed a towel, patted my face dry, then bumped my hips back to dislodge Ax’s tight hold around me.

“Ooh. Foreplay,” he said, but moved away and leaned against the doorframe, watching as I went through each step of my routine.

“We wanted the meet and greet to be organic,” Cyrus said, still in my bedroom instead of crowding me in here like Ax.

“Instead, it ended up orgasmic,” Enzo said with a chuckle.

Ax turned wide eyes and a wider grin toward his –ourpackmate. “That was awesome! I wish I’d come up with it.”

He finally left me alone to finish up. I closed the door and locked it so I could change into my pajamas, then stepped out to find them all piled on my bed in nothing but their boxers.

“Sooo…are we having a slumber party or something?”

“We’re bonding tonight,” Cyrus said, lifting the comforter and waiting for me to cross the room.

“Bonding?”

My body instantly ignited at the concept. Because I’d done nothing but fantasize about these three men for months and they were in my bed. In fact, they’d invited themselves instead of me having to blurt out how I really felt about them.

“You need a reminder that you’re pack. We’re snuggling tonight. You’re going to hold off showering until tomorrow night. Then we’re going to take the omega on a date,” Enzo said as though it made total sense.

And deflated my hopes. Because they merely wanted to leave their scent on me, assert their earlier claim that I was a packmate and not a temporary roommate.

“We’retaking him on a date, oryouare?” I asked, climbing under the blanket beside Cyrus and sighing when he tugged me closer, turning me so my back was to his front.

“Hey! Why do you get to snuggle her?” Ax whined, climbing from the far side and jostling all of us as he scooted and crawled until he was lying directly in front of me, a teasing smile on the lips I constantly dreamed of kissing. “Much better,” he said as he lined his body along my front, although the position was a little awkward.

I wasn’t used to sleeping beside a man when I’d first come here. I wasn’t used to sleeping beside anyone.

Antonio and I had had our own rooms, our own beds. The beta who’d been forced into our pack only spent a few nights with us before he’d disappeared into the ether. I was unsure whether he was alive or dead.

So having so many warm, hard bodies around me could be both comfortable and unsettling.

We’d slept together in my bed in the past, but it seemed as though it was always Ax calling for a pack cuddle. Not me.

The urge to push my butt against Cyrus, to wiggle my hips as an invitation warred with the urge to slide my hand under the sheets and touch Ax.

But slow, steady breathing and the light rumbling of a snore told me everyone had fallen asleep within minutes of the lights being turned off.

And I laid there staring into the dark.

So many things had happened tonight, so many changes were coming, and my mind wouldn’t shut down. I’d always preferred to read before bed or even watch a show I’d seen dozens of times to get my brain to at least slow enough to rest.

These alphas had completely wrecked my nightly routine.

I couldn’t complain, though.

I loved being wedged between them, even in such an innocent way. I had fantasized about being sandwiched between them naked while all three of them used my body for pleasure while making me cry out with release.

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