His teeth skimmed the muscle of my neck, and I instantly sucked in a breath. My stomach roiled, my heart thumping as I hoped he’d go too far.
“Kai…” My voice tremored.
I wished I could lace my fingers through his silky black hair, press him harder against me so he wouldn’t have any choice but to bite me, just like I’d done to him.
But he had two long, golden hairpins holding together his styled chignon, and he was so painfully beautiful that I didn’t want to do anything to ruin it.
My eyelids fluttered as our chests rubbed together, and the scent of his slick bloomed between us. It was as potent as mine.
His sigh danced across my skin, and I moaned as I curved my hips forward to mould into him.
I wasn’t supposed to perfume. That was the rule he set the last time we tangled. If I perfumed, he said I could never see the three of them again.
But I was so close, the pressure was building too fast and I had to dig my nails into my palm when his lips creased my neck, ending in a kiss under my ear which shook me to my core.
“Hey Cas,” Kai said. “What do you think your precious Camille will say when Brandy steps out stinking of us?”
“Kai!” Caspian snapped, the desk rattling as he launched off it towards us.
Kai turned to look at him, and I didn’t have to see the deep lines on his face to tell he was pissed off.
“You don’t need to worry about it,” Sin murmured to me as he returned. His scent thickened, my desire to ask questions fading away as I sank into his hold.
This was what I wanted—to feel like I didn’t have to be strong or in control because I had to take care of my mum, earn money, or manage the chaos that was my sister. To have an alpha carry me so I could relax. Though preferably when I didn’t need to pay attention to everything going on around me because I didn’t know if I was really ‘safe’ with them, either.
Caspian grabbed Kai’s upper arm, trying to force him off of me. But Kai dug his fingers in harder, and I winced as he instantly laughed.
“Are you ready to scent mark her again?” Kai teased his alpha, and my heart ached as bitterness flowed from him.
A growl ripped from Caspian, and Sin sighed against the back of my neck as he drew soft circles over my stomach.
“I apologise, Melanie. We never stopped the growing pains.”
“What does that mean?” I asked, as I tipped my head back to look at him.
“It means I don’t want to spoil the fucking surprise,” Kai said, scowling at his alphas. “Isn’t it so much more fun if we don’t make Brandy nervous before your big fucking reveal?”
“Don’t say it like that,” Caspian threatened as he reared over his omega.
“What’s going on?” I asked Sin.
“My sister is well enough to attend the celebrations. She’s heard a lot about our recent developments, and Kai appears to be as excited as Caspian regarding your introduction,” Sin said flatly. He was being even more careful with his words, and I couldn’t work out what he was actually saying.
I remembered reading that Sin had a sister who was chronically ill, but I didn’t expect to meet her. I hadn’t expected to meet any of their family, and look how that ended up.
“Yeah, too fucking right,” Kai scoffed. “I can’t wait for the shitshow. I’m already looking forward to when—”
A snarl cracked from Caspian, but Kai just smirked at him.
There was a pause as they stared, weighing each other up.
Sin brushed the back of his gloved fingers over the line of my hip, slipping to my thigh, pulling me away from the conversation.
“Why do you have to be such a dickhead?” Caspian glared at his omega, and he couldn’t have missed the flicker of hurt which dashed across Kai’s face before he resumed his cocky persona.
“Come here,” Caspian growled at me, glowering in exactly the same way he had every other time we’d met. It didn’t matter how pumped up he was or how much he let loose. He still looked at me as if I’d come to destroy his life.
“I’m pretty happy here, thanks,” I said, wiggling between Kai and Sin. Even though I needed Caspian to mark me more than the others, their bodies were warm, and my knee-length dress was thin enough to feel all their bumps and grooves. Though I wanted them tighter and closer. I wanted them to press hard into me and not let me go.