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He bared his teeth at his friend.
“While that was going down, I got something from them. Did you, Kai?”
“I was too busy worrying about what they were doing to Aled.”
Anna, who was curled up on Rehz’s lap, opened her eyes. “They loved it when they hurt him.”
“Yeah,” Rehz said. “And they coveted that feeling.”
“Which means what?” Kai snapped. “That we’re their drug of choice? We already knew that.”
“It’s more than that.” Rehz lowered his voice. “They want to experience what we have.”
“Bytorturingus?”
“It’s more than the physical,” Rehz mused. “I just can’t grasp the whole of it yet.”
“Then fucking hurry up. Because Aled can’t take much more of this and neither can Anna.”
Rehz gave him a level stare. “If you focused down and stopped emoting, we might work out what is going on faster.”
“Yeah, right.”
“You like pain more than most, Kai. They could take you deeper than Aled and you’d deal with it better.”
“So you’re suggesting I offer myself up as sacrifice now?”
“If you want Aled to survive.”
Kai dropped his gaze to his unconscious lover’s face and shut up. Rehz didn’t need to ask for his help. No one else needed to know how deeply he craved pain. If he offered it up to theUngrichand worked out what they wanted? He might even be proud of himself for once.
Aled opened his blue eyes, and Kai forgot everything else.
“You okay?”
Aled licked his dry lips. “Not nearly as bad as being fucked over by Palk.” He blinked. “Is my cock still attached to me?”
“Yeah. It’s gained a few holes, but it’s all still there.” He bent and kissed Aled’s nose. “It had better be all right because I own that cock. I’ll need it when we get out of here.”
Aled’s pupils dilated. “They . . . liked it when I screamed. They liked the taste of my blood. They want . . .” He frowned. “Something they lack.”
“Don’t worry about it now. Get some sleep before they come for you again,” Kai ordered. Aled obediently closed his eyes again, and Kai laid him back down on the soft surface of the cell floor. He hated seeing his lover treated like some kind of breeding machine. It wasn’t right. He had a terrible sense that unless all of them gave everything they had, theUngrichwould triumph. If they couldn’t work out a way to get back, Aled and Anna might be doomed to stay here and fuck forever.
“Rehz? Keep an eye on Aled for me, okay?”
Taking a deep breath, he turned away from the other three and walked over to the far corner of the cube. He sat on the floor and wrapped one hand around his dick. He thought about Aled and blood and pain and . . . yeah, felt his cock spring to life and theUngrichtentacle probing his brain wake up so he could communicate with it.
“Kai Mexr . . .”
“Fuck me like they did Aled.”
The tentacle around his throat quivered and stretched, sending thin tendrils like red raindrops trickling down over his abs.
“Make me bleed and hurt for you.”
For the first time he voluntarily reached for the tentacles, wrapping them around his fingers and balls and shaft as he finger-fucked himself.
“Taste me. Get off on my pain . It’s much better than that love shit. I swear it.”
