Page 14 of Not a Pawn

She nods trying to hide a smile.

Both Julian and I kiss her deeply before leaving her in the room. We don’t want her to feel rushed or pressured even if that’s exactly what I want to do. We head downstairs in silence to wait for our mate to join us.

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The Grand Reveal

Harlow

I hurt in places I never have before, but it is the best kind of pain. I know whatever is happening between the three of us is not going to last, but I am going to enjoy every single minute of this experience. Even if I know it will hurt to walk away when they are done with me.

I sip at the dark roast Columbian coffee I have become obsessed with in the past week and a half, enjoying the flow of caffeine as it races through my veins. I know I need to get up and grab a shower, but I am simply enjoying the silence. Sebastian and Julian are a lot at the best of times but when they focus all that smoldering sexuality on you, they are downright overwhelming.

I just need a moment to center myself. And a shower. I finish the last few sips of caffeine quickly before progressing to the bathroom. I have wondered whose room this is, guessing it isn’t a spare bedroom. I’ll have to remember to ask one of them.

I quickly wash away the evidence of our passion between my thighs before lathering up my hair and rinsing. Too quickly I am clean and step out of the shower grabbing one of theridiculously fluffy towels and drying off before moving toward the walk-in closet.

A shiver works down my spine remembering how Sebastian reacted to me mere hours ago when he walked in here, and I can’t help but smile. Suddenly, I don’t feel shy about my curves. Clearly both Bas and Julian love the way I look, and that fact gives me a confidence boost. Grabbing a strappy white sundress, I slip in over my head.

I turn to check myself in the mirror and make sure I am looking as good as I feel. What catches my attention besides the high hemline of the dress are the twin crescent bite marks on either side of my neck. What the actual fuck?

I remember pain but that’s exactly what I asked for. What I didn’t request was to be marked by two men that will surely discard me at their earliest convenience. I may not be an Elite, but I still want to find a decent husband at some point in the future. Who the hell will want an omega that has been permanently marked by the two men she let fuck her on a whim?

Anger spikes through my veins and I want to tear both of them limb from limb as I storm from the closet and down the hall.

“Harlow,” Sebastian says with a cocky grin when I walk into his brother’s office.

“What the fuck?” I roar, shoving him hard.

“Um, Harlow,” Julian says, holding both his hands out in front of him. “You need to calm down.”

“Fuck you!” I spit at him as he backs away.

I watch Sebastian skirt his brother to open the French doors that lead out to the patio.

“Little one,” Julian says softly. “I have no idea why you’re upset but we can talk about it.”

“You. Fucking. Marked. Me.” Each word is punctuated with a shove to his broad, muscular chest. “I’ll never find ahusband now.”

“Find a husband?” Sebastian asks, confusion coating his words as a frown mars his handsome face.

“You belong to us,” Julian states, his voice low and dangerous.

“Until you don’t want me anymore.” My voice cracks, pain already blooming at the mere idea of losing them. A moment later my anger surges once more. “You had no right!”

Everything changes in an instant. One minute, I am screaming at them, fighting heartbreak and barely containing my rage, and the next I am in the air looking down at them.

Chapter Ten

What A Surprise

Julian

I saw it in my office, and I thought I was losing my damn mind, but out here in the bright sunlight there is no mistaking her for what she is. Her dragon is stunning, a pearlescent white with a purple shimmer, her massive wings keeping her in the air above us. I have no words to describe the awe I feel watching our mate take her dragon form for the first time.

“Harlow!” Sebastian calls out with a grin so wide it looks like it might split his face. “Come down here!”

Her dragon roars, calling to my own as she flaps her wings heading into the space above the fluffy clouds floating in the sky. My brother whoops loudly before his dragon breaks free and he is following her into the sky. Shaking my head, I can’t hold back my own smile as I too allow the shift to fall over me.

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