“I’ll buy it,” Ace decided. “And I’ll restore it, get it standing straight and tall again.”
“You might even be able to fit it through your back door.”
Ivo groaned and buried his face in Ace’s neck. “That all sounds like an innuendo.”
Ace winked. “Maybe it is.”
Ivo spared a glance at the carnage, clinging harder to Ace’s solid chest. Even though he’d been the victim of several gory experiments, even though Watsonator and his men had caused so much of his suffering, it still turned his stomach to see their entrails on the ground.
He tucked his face against Ace’s neck. “Thank you for—for giving me this closure.”
“Thank you for letting me avenge you.” Ace’s eyes flashed red. “I can’t wait to get you home, rub you down until you’re all relaxed. Claim you again so you know how much I lo—how important you are to me.”
Ivo blushed and rubbed his belly. He thought... maybe he knew what Ace had been about to say. He still felt a little too shy, though. A little too disbelieving that his life could turn out better than he’d ever expected.
“Go home, get a room,” Raptor said, his expression unreadable. “Stop suffocating me with your bonded bliss.”
“We’re not bonded yet,” Ivo squeaked.
Ace drew a sharp breath.
Before anyone could reply, Ace’s wire crackled. It was Duke. “I have law enforcement coming to clean this up. Medical support is on the way for the victims, too.”
“Don’t you ever stop to breathe a little?” Raptor asked.
“Later,” Duke said.
Ace and Raptor rolled their eyes at each other.
“He means never,” Ace said to Ivo. To Duke, he added, “When was the last time you had someone in your bed?”
Duke ended the conversation instead of answering.
“He needs a good, hard fuck,” Ace said.
“Between you and me, I think it might happen sooner rather than later,” Raptor said. “Show him enough good sex, and his blue balls will take care of the rest.”
“Hmm.” Ace nuzzled Ivo. “Want to let Duke listen in on us? Me fucking you ‘til you scream?”
Ivo hesitated. “Will it be awkward?”
“Sweetheart, you won’t have time to worry about him,” Ace whispered. “You’ll only think about me buried so deep, you can’t stop coming.”
Ivo’s mouth went dry. Ace grinned rakishly.
“I’ll set up a betting pool,” Raptor said. “Invite Duke over, let him listen in on your omega in heat.”
“I’m not in heat,” Ivo said.
“You’re pregnant enough to need Ace buried in you all the time. Withhold that, and you’ll beg. Louder with some orgasm denial.”
“Mmm.” Ace’s eyes darkened. “I want to hear you beg. What do you think, sweetheart? I’ll keep you empty for a few hours, hold you open, teasing your pretty body until you’re drenched and writhing for me. Until all you can think about is my cock inside you, breeding you hard.”
Ivo grew wet. Ace’s mouth curled in a sinful smile; he slipped his fingers between Ivo’s cheeks, testing his hole.
Ivo moaned. There were a few cars skirting the wreck. No one stopped to look at them, and Ace’s fingers slipped into him easily. Ivo’s breath punched out.
Raptor made a shooing gesture. “Go on, go have your celebratory fuck.”