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His voice. It was raspy and close, his full lips only inches away from my face. He flexed his hands that gripped my bare back, and his purr got a little louder.
I cleared my throat and tried not to breathe through my nose. “You sure know how to make a first impression.”
With absolutely no shame, his eyes flicked down toward my cleavage, which was all he could see. Because my breasts were pressed against his body.
“So do you,” he said on a long sigh.
There was that crooked smile again, and I couldn’t help grinning back. I was doomed. Dead.
“The sleeping beauties finally awaken.”
Blackberries and spice wafted from behind me. Michael. His voice was smooth, like melted caramel.
Ben looked up and frowned over my head. His purr turned into a growl, and his grip tightened. I bit back a whine.
Nope. No alpha pissing matches. As much as my pussy seemed to enjoy the idea of them fighting over me, I did not want to deal with that kind of shit.
“Yep, looks like the big popsicle is all thawed out.” I was aiming for light and breezy, but when Ben’s length twitched against me, I realized I was giving him ideas.Dammit. “I can get up now.”
It took a second of looking at Ben expectantly before he loosened his grip. We were still tangled together, and I had to touch his amazing chest as I pushed away. My fingers grazed his nipple, and he gulped air. I fought the urge to lean down and bite him there, make him gasp for real. Fuck, I was in trouble.
I hoped I wasn’t leaving a wet spot behind on the couch.
When I was able to roll away, I was so distracted Ialmost stood up in my underwear. I grabbed a blanket at the last minute and wrapped it around myself. Michael snorted. I glanced back to see what he was amused about, and then quickly jerked my head around the other way.
Yeah, it was Ben’s huge, hard cock. The blanket I held had been the one covering him. And that split-second look was all it took for an insistent throbbing to start up between my legs.
My skin was burning up, and I was perfuming. I needed to get dressed and leave.
Another voice came from behind the couch. Deep and soft and velvety. My hair stood on end as Griffin’s words slid over me like a caress.
“Your clothes are in the bedroom. Bottom bunk.”
I was so close to whining with need, I didn’t respond. Clutching the blanket, I shuffled past him into the small bedroom, unable to meet his eyes.
It wasn’t until the door closed behind me that the fear hit.
I’d been in this cabin before. I knew what I’d find in the bedroom. All the backcountry cabins in the park had bunk beds. Normally, I could compartmentalize it.
The room in the cabin where I’d been held captive had bunk beds. But I wasn’t there, I was here. Years had passed. Different place, different time.
Why did it have any effect on me at all? It wasn’t like I’d been badly hurt during that week I was taken,just scared. But sometimes, it snuck up on me. Like now.
I stood in that room, looking at those perfectly innocent bunk beds, and I was frozen. Paralyzed by anxiety. My heart threatened to beat out of my chest.
I heard crying and realized it was me. The door opened, and a blast of desert juniper filled the space. I let my head fall forward into strong arms, breathing in more of the scent. It was shocking how fast the fear receded.
“What’s wrong, little one? You’re shivering.”
His low voice was oddly quiet and soothing. Griffin held me tight, one hand stroking through my hair, petting me. I felt boneless in his arms, but I still had the blanket in a white-knuckle grip.
“Nothing’s wrong,” I lied. My voice was ragged, so I wasn’t fooling anyone. “Just a memory I’d prefer to forget. I’m fine.”
The door opened wider, and the other two alphas came in, their scents making me feel a little buzzed. I should have felt claustrophobic, surrounded by the three of them in the small room, in a cabin in the woods. But instead, I felt like I could breathe.
I really needed to go.
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