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Screaming, I thrashed against him. Taking my bottom lip between his teeth, Malcolm bit down hard. Blood burst into my mouth, Malcolm moaned, so I returned the favor.
"Bitch!"
Pulling back, his lip still caught in my fangs, Malcolm swung and punched me in the face. Falling to the floor, lights burst in my vision. Pain swarmed my brain like wasps, blocking out the sound of my surroundings. Spitting out the piece of Malcolm's lip I'd taken with me, I blinked to stabilize my mind.
"Oh, you want to play rough, do you? Let's play rough then." When Malcolm paused, I looked up at him. He smiled down with his bleeding lip. "Vera."
"No!"
Swinging his leg, his foot caught me in the stomach, sending me flying across the room where I impacted with some furnishings and a wall. Crumpling to the tiled floor, I lay there crying.
"Vera?" Dale was beside me, rubbing my back. When I risked checking it was actually him, his eyes fastened on my bleeding lip. The gold pushing into the indigo and chocolate, Dale touched my chin, but then removed his hand. "How close is he?"
Alexia was standing right there behind him, her face pale with shock.
Spitting blood out of my mouth, onto his floor, I groaned in pain and slumped into his hold. "He knows my name."
Holding me, Dale moved me to the sofa to rest while the photo shoot finished. Using his resources, Dale tried to see where a search on my name could lead them.
My bond with Dale sped the healing process, so I could soon sit and watch the rest of the shoot take place. Moving to Jeremy's side, I observed the shots he took. Once he finished the publication shots, he asked me if I wanted a go. Instructing me on the basics, Jeremy let me have a play. Hymn and Adam hammed it up for me, Hymn even doing her partial shift and pretending to attack Adam.
"You've got a good eye, Vera." Concentrating on the shots I took, Jeremy looked across the room. "Alexia, join the party."
Squealing, Alexia jumped in with Adam and Hymn. They mocked out a threesome. About the time they forgot there was a camera in the room, I stopped photographing. Cheeks hot and feeling flustered, I handed the camera back to Jeremy.
Lifting a brow, Jeremy put it back in my hands. "Shoot it. Let's see how good that eye of yours is."
"I'm worried about it sucking me into a waking dream and him being there."
Combing a strand of hair away from my face, Jeremy met my eyes. "Are you going to stop sleeping, Vera?" I shook my head. "If the Goddess wants to find you, hiding in the waking world won't stop her."
Swallowing my dread, I turned the camera on the three writhing bodies on the floor. Dale left the room when the threesome stopped being play-acting but hadn't insisted I join him.
"Is this a normal thing for the twins and Adam?" I whispered to Jeremy.
He observed the trio. "We all get carried away at times, Vera. The girls have dated a few of the pack members, but they aren't mates, so it's not serious. If he got one of them pregnant, then that would change things, but it's highly unlikely."
Taking the camera back, Jeremy scrolled through the photos. "Once a month, we shoot the underground stuff. I've always been the photographer, but doing that puts me behind on my work. Want a job?"
"What, as the photographer?"
"You've got a good eye. It gets you out, earns you a good income, and in a way, introduces you to your own species a bit more." Hooking the camera up to the computer, Jeremy hit the button to download the pictures. "I'll run it past Dale, but I'm sure he'd jump at the chance to have you with him for a week straight each month."
Watching the three panting models on the floor, I bit my lip. "Is it always like this?"
"Everyone lost control with the pheromones you released during your initial daydream. Your fear dampened it, but not enough."
Biting my lip, I averted my gaze when my cheeks heated.
"Should I ask what you dreamed about?"
My cheeks caught fire.
"You know that's why Dale left the room?" Lifting the camera, Jeremy took a shot of me. "Your pheromones nearly made him lose control. Your fear and pain fueled his temper, followed by your arousal again; it got too much for him to control."
"Arousal?"
"Yes, Vera. Your arousal for what you saw. You were thinking about Dale and me with you."
