Page 45 of The Safest Place She Knows

“I do like thesound of the first part.”

“Grigory wouldpitch a fit if you missed your schedule.”

“He won’t care.He cut back on his own time at the club when he gained a mate. Ican do my job from home; I just need to collect the receipts.”

“Why do yourpeople head for money?”

“Money ispower. We like power and are vastly outnumbered, so we are amassingas much power as we can.”

“And you areoutnumbered, so you are trying to make more of you?”

“Yes.”

“Wouldn’t it bemore efficient in a one-to-one situation?”

“We can’tprotect you one-to-one.” Ymer kept walking slowly. “So, we formpacks, give you all the power you need to keep you healthy andstrong, and ease you into motherhood at the earliestopportunity.”

“Uh-huh. Easingisn’t the word for what I read in Oren’s mind.”

He nearlystumbled. “You are reading Oren’s mind?”

“Just when heis particularly heated, so whenever I bend over. I am guessing ourlink flows both ways. Funny.”

“You know thereis a link?”

“I know thatyou all got yourselves into me in very different ways.”

“I thought wewere being clever.”

“No one fingersa sleeping partner that long without an ulterior motive.”

He chuckled.“Just making room. You are quite tight. Well, were.”

“Yeah, Ithought there was something different. I feel a bit hollow.”

“We will fixthat soon, Pet.”

She shiveredand squeezed his hand. He chuckled, and they continued theirwalk.

The smallcastle in the woods took her breath away, and she followed Ymerinside to the small room which led to a staircase that barely fithim, and from there, a bedroom that had the feeling of deadenedsound to it.

Ymer smiled andpulled her into his arms. “Now, Pet, let’s see if we can’t managesomething with that extra space.”

“I also knowthat it is just the possibility of space. If you don’t need it, itdoesn’t exist. So, it’s Schoedinger’s pussy.”

He wassmirking. “So, I won’t know what’s inside until I am in yourbox?”

She shrugged.“You said it.”

He pulled herto him with a hand to the back of her neck and kissed her. The nextthirty minutes were spent fitting him to her and Iris clutching athim and finally biting his bicep as he sank in.

He had a knot,and it took quite a bit of effort to work the edge of it into her.She bit down harder.

He tutted andpaused, sweat slicking them where they were touching, which wasmost of her and half of him.

“Easy, Pet.” Hecrooned softly. He shifted, and she growled.

He moved a handbetween them, and the tension in her made her hips jerk. He cameand rolled to his back. She released his arm with a gasp.

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