Page 89 of The Monster's Desire

“Why the fuck do you have a knot?” I ask Wraith after a few minutes of silence pass.

“We both do,” Knight says smugly. “Never had one before she sank her teeth in, but here we are.”

“They appeared when we bonded,” Wraith says in his low tone. “She clearly also has omega blood in her lineage, which is an interesting piece of information when added to the rest of the puzzle.”

“Damn.” I swipe a hand over my face. It’s like the universe imagined all the ways it could put someone at risk in our day and age and shoved every single one of them into Nadia when creating her.

“I was unaware you had claimed her as your beloved. I didn’t notice the change in her scent until you were already gone.” Wraith bows his head. “Congratulations.”

My jaw falls.

“W-what?” I stutter. I’ve faced down Imogen’s soulless eyes as she told me all the ways she would make me suffer and never stuttered. Seems I’ve lost my poker face recently, and I can only blame the massive number of changes in such a short period of time. No one can adapt this quickly. Not even monsters.

“You claimed her at some point between when we saw you on pack land and when we arrived here tonight,” Knight says, like this should be clear.

“Jesus Christ,” I mutter. “No wonder they tried to force me and Ridge to kill each other.”

“I did wonder a little about that.” Nadia sleepily rubs at her eyes. “I think it was us biting at the same time, but then Ridge arrived and we had to get here.” Her shoulders bounce. “I don’t know how to untether us, so you were probably going to be stuck with me, anyway...”

“For the love of God,” Ridge growls, pushing himself off the wall and making himself known. “Put her out of her misery.”

I shove off the desk, heading over to kneel at Nadia’s side. It’s a similar position to where I was earlier. My fingers tease over her cheek. “I wouldn’t have allowed you to sever the link between us.”

She stretches a hand around my neck, pulling my mouth to hers. Her tongue swirls around mine in a way that makes it difficult not to rip her right off Knight’s cock and impale her on mine. She moves back, licking her lips. My eyes seem glued to her tight nipples on her heavy tits.

“Your tits are fucking huge,” I groan, shaking my head.

Ridge laughs. I’m unsure when he joined us, but I no longer feel the staggering need to remove his head from his body. Perhaps it’s the newly formed link with Nadia at the center.

“They’ll get even larger when she’s swollen with my pups,” the wolf says.

Nadia opens her mouth. I slam my lips to hers until she grins into the kiss. “Keep dreaming, assholes. Keep freaking dreaming.”

“Oh, love.” Wraith chuckles. “No need to dream. It’s absolutely happening.”

Nadia pushes up on a forearm to flip him off over her shoulder.

“Sorry to break up this tender family moment.” Athos appears in a cloud of blue smoke. “You’ve got quite the collection of monsters on the front lawn.”

“What?” Nadia gasps.

My teeth grind together as tension immediately coils in my entire body. That doesn’t sound good at fucking all.

* * *

“Do we have a plan?” I glance between Wraith and Knight.

Ridge, the lucky fucker, managed to be nominated to stay with Nadia. He’s helping her get herself together and acting as the last line of defense if this lovely mob decides to choose violence over survival.

“My goals include providing assistance to ensure my jar remains undamaged, as well as unclaimed by someone worse than those two.” Athos nods to the demons. “Then I plan to tackle the giant block of gouda I found. It pairs beautifully with the dirt-like crackers.” He beams. “I love human food.”

My eyelids flutter as I barely hold back the snarky response that sits heavy on my tongue. I’m supposed to be cleaning up my act and ensuring I’m worthy of my beloved.

Instead, I settle for, “I wouldn’t know, as I don’t consume human food. However, we appreciate your assistance.”

“Dude, are you feeling all right?” Knight pops up right in front of me. I barely hold back the jolt as he manifests from nothing to solid. “Did they body snatch you? Blink once for no or repeatedly if you need help.”

I snort, shaking my head. It’s been a lot of years since anyone questioned my well-being, and it makes me strangely warm inside, even if I am the butt of his joke.

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