Page 73 of Ruled By The Alpha

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When I stepped out of the shower, a naked Cooper took my place. That he hadn't joined me was telling. In the bedroom, still fully clothed, Aiden lounged back in the old armchair witha bottle of whisky in one hand and a brooding expression on his face.

"Drop the towel and come here," he murmured, crooking his fingers at me.

I dropped the towel and went to him because time was closing in on us, and I needed whatever was left. His big, warm body made the perfect cradle in which to sit as I pressed my lips to his stubbly cheek. The only blemish on his face was the faint scar disappearing beneath his black leather eye patch. Thick, dark lashes surrounded his one remaining aqua blue eye. I squirmed with need as his familiar spice invaded my nose.

I wondered what tomorrow would bring. Change, for sure. Rowan wanted me, but did that mean I must give up my existing alphas? We weren't mated; I'd never allowed them to bite during my heat. Life was short and more so if you lost your mate. Yet now I wished we had taken that step.

Would it have protected me from Rowan?

Or would he, without that personal interest, have abandoned us to Grimm's Law and then picked over the scraps?

As a smaller community, we were always going to fall prey to someone; it was the nature of the game. We'd lasted this long, which was more than most.

If this life had taught me anything, it was not to wallow in regrets, yet today I regretted not knowing Cooper and Aiden as a mate.

Aiden tipped the bottle to his lips, and the corded muscles of his neck working as he swallowed offered the perfect distraction. A male alpha was so beautiful in his power. I wanted to store up the moment, emblazon the feelings coursing through me, and embrace them, for it might well be our last.

No, I couldn't think like that.

"Want some?"

When I shook my head, he put the bottle on the floor beside the chair and pulled me so my back was flush to his chest. "You are too much in your fucking head tonight. We all are. We need to do something about that." His lips found the crux of my shoulder and throat, nipping, as his big hands came up to cup my breasts. A soft moan escaped my lips as he caught my nipples between his fingers and thumb and began tugging and rolling them.

As Cooper emerged naked from the tiny shower room, Aiden clamped an arm around my waist and ground me down on his erection. He nipped my earlobe, and I groaned softly, eyes lowering to Cooper's thick cock, already rising and jerking invitingly at me.

Borrowed time. That was all we had, minutes and hours.

Beyond the high, barred window, the sun was already rising.

"Make me forget," I whispered, eyes rising to meet Cooper's.

"My fucking pleasure," he said, that gravel voice finding a direct line to my aching core. "Open our sweet little slut up for me, Aiden, so I can taste how ready she is."

Aiden's hands shifted to my thighs, spreading them over his and pulling me wide for Cooper’s heated gaze. Two thick fingers plunged into my dripping core and pumped lazily. "She's very fucking wet." His fingers made sticky noises as he worked them in and out, and my breath turned choppy watching Cooper watch what Aiden was doing to me.

"Did he fuck you in front of Dan and Marco?" Cooper demanded, eyes locked on my pussy.

"He did," I said with a groan.

"Did you like it?"

Aiden's fingers were still inside me, curling, finding the magic spot, the bulb of my slick gland, and gently circling.

My eyes roll back. "God, yes."

"Our perfect little omega slut, always ready for cock."

"Sometimes, she has a moment of inspiration after she's been fucked within an inch of her life," Aiden said conversationally, between circles of his fingertips and nips against my throat. "So I took one for the team, so to speak."

Cooper chuckled. It had an edge that made my pussy clench. Then his eyes darkened, and he barked. "Fingers out. I want to taste her when she comes." He sank to his knees before me, pulling me forward and almost spilling me from Aiden's lap. Aiden growled his displeasure, but I’d already lost myself in Cooper's noisy feasting.

Aiden closed his fingers around the front of my throat, making me feel controlled in a way I craved as Cooper plunged his tongue deep inside my core.

My arousal gushed like molten lava through my veins.

"Is he eating you all up, baby?" Aiden asked. "Is his tongue nice and deep?"

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