Page 94 of Big Knot Energy (Shadowverse)

Setting it on my tray, she put her hand on my arm before I could walk away. “Say the word. If someone ever makes you uncomfortable, we’ll either have one of the other servers take the table or have them tossed out on their ass.”

“Thanks, Mom,” I teased.

Her nose scrunched up. “That makes me feel dirty. You’re far too hot and I’m far too young to be your mother.” Then she did as she’d done on several occasions and marked me with the scent gland on her wrist.

That was a huge faux pas being as I had a pack and was claimed by not only three alphas but her bosses. But Aryn didn’t do it because she was laying claim or trying to steal me away. It felt more like a big sister protecting me or like a best friend watching out for me and letting other alphas know someone was watching over me.

“You’re such a cock tease,” I heard Amir tease the alpha bartender as I carried Antonio’s drink to his table.

If I got my way, he would drink this one and hit the street. BecauseI wasn’t sure how long I could keep up this act or keep my pack from knowing how seeing him shook me to my core.

Staying on the opposite side of the table so as to avoid being within grabbing distance again, I set his drink on the table and forced another sickeningly sweet smile. “Anything else I can get you? Your check?”

The smirk was gone. Any hint of softness had completely vanished from his face. As he slapped his card on the table, he lifted his drink. “Nah. Think I’ll start a tab.”

Asshole.

The lights on the dance floor dimmed while the spotlight lit up the stage.

“Oh, look. One of my alphas is about to go on stage,” I said loud enough for him to hear, then skipped away to nudge and wink at the bachelorette party and join my omega to watch Ax’s new performance.

If Antonio thought I would let him break me again, he was in for a surprise.

Or ratherfoursurprises.

I wouldn’t say anything about his presence unless absolutely necessary, but it felt good that all I had to do was say a single word to Aryn or Amir or one of my alphas and he would be carried out and tossed onto the sidewalk like a bag of trash.

This time, the smile that stretched my lips was genuine and right on time asRiverby Bishop started, the same song he’d played when Amir had watched him dance then the two had exchanged the three most beautiful words in the world. It was the song he’d danced to the night they’d admitted they were in love with each other.

Fuck Antonio.

I had a new life, a new pack, and men who loved me.

He…

Antonio wasnothing.

CHAPTER 34

Cyrus

As soon as I heard the music fade out then a separate beat begin, I hurried from my office to find my beta and omega to join them for the show. I’d seen Ax dance more times than I could count, but I loved the looks on Issa’s and Amir’s faces as well as their increased scents when they watched one of their alphas shake his ass and rip off his shirt.

“Perfect timing,” Amir said, lifting his head for a kiss when I bent forward.

Issa was nestled between his knees. I knew we should probably tell her she still needed to wait tables while Ax was performing, but she wasn’t the only server in the room who froze to watch the show. Nearly every single person was zeroed in on the stage as first one dancer then another came out, the routine a little different than usual.

Oh, they still made sure the crowd got rowdy, still circled their hips, but it looked as though Ax was utilizing the skills of each individual dancer for this one.

Finally, Ax came out on stage. Or rather leapt out on stage, his legs spread into splits, the move uninhibited by the short ass shorts he was wearing, the outline of his junk prominent against the material.

“Holy shit!” Amir said before putting his fingers to his lips and whistling.

Issa winced and elbowed him playfully in his stomach, but she was grinning just as wildly.

My eyes scanned the crowd, my own smile widening at the reaction of our patrons. They always tended to go wild for the dance review, but seeing an alpha’s cock, balls, and knot on display like this was abnormal for our club.

Oddly enough, though, even as prominent his lower half was in those shorts, it didn’t look vulgar.

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