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“Pretty confident?”
“Oh, yeah.” She sipped her tea. “He has been doing speed runs and working out.”
“How much effect could that have in a few days?”
Himmy laughed a bright and happy sound. “Oh, this is going to be fun.”
On the day of the Omega Run, Lyra stood in a snug bodysuit similar to that of the flyers, and she had sleeves loaded with projectiles that would continue to advance as she fired them into the course.
She wasn’t allowed to see the alphas who were going to chase after her scent, but she had the location of the capsule that would protect her while they chased after her. Her goal was to get to that capsule.
She swallowed and looked at the gate that would open into the woods. She had walked them the night before and woven a few false trails. If they followed an old scent, they were suckers.
She watched the clock, and when it reached zero, the doors opened, and she ran.
Trees and branches clogged the paths, so she fired lures into the outer reaches and under trees in pulled roots. Lyra felt the branches lashing at her face and pulling at her hair, but this was the most like herself that she had felt since waking up at the research station.
She was through half of the drops and had fifty to go. This was the most fun she had had with two feet on the ground. The hair-trigger orgasm was enjoyable as well.
Lyra climbed a rope ladder into the trees and continued the second portion of the route. She stopped and sent the disks into the canopy of the trees until she had completely expended her markers, and then she got to the final spot and stepped into the capsule. It sealed around her, and she waited. In the distance, she heard a roar that was oddly familiar for a sound she hadn’t heard before. Her stomach flipped, and her sex throbbed.
They were coming, and she was on the edge.
* * * *
Himyana looked at her husband. “I swear, if they hurt her...”
Imko blinked. “They all got a little... savage. I haven’t seen Kresso that bulked out since his first rut.”
“The others were all fairly alpha’d out as well. I haven’t seen that kind of a collection of aggression... ever.” She looked at him and chuckled. “Well, our wedding night.”
“But there was only one of me. That is why we use the secure pod. They won’t be able to get to her. Hopefully. This hasn’t been done in generations.”
They watched the flashes of light on the screen that indicated the alphas who were pursuing Lyra’s scent.
Himmy pointed at one dot that blurred back and forth with amazing speed. “Who’s that?”
Imko chucked. “Who do you think? You are going to have a sister-in-law.”
Himmy grinned and felt both relief and nervousness for Lyra. Kresso had bulked out alarmingly, and his eyes had been glittering as Lyra’s scent was presented to the males waiting to go. He had always been big, but now, he looked dangerous. He had always been a slightly grumpy giant to her, and now that his mind was on mating her new friend, he looked like a monster. It was a good thing that Lyra seemed to be hot for him as well. Hopefully, they wouldn’t hurt each other... much.
* * * *
Lyra could see the trees thrashing around, and then there was a thud near her, and someone wrenched her pod out of the tree, and they took flight back toward the base.
She squeaked and braced herself on the inside of the tube as the blur of the forest went past until they were back at the starting line. She was carried over the line and saw a dark gold hand dump a bag full of markers into a counter. Fifty-one.
Her pod was set on the platform, and she was pretty sure it was Kresso that had carried her in, but he wasn’t letting her see him.
An alpha in a deep blue bodysuit charged out of the woods, and he dumped his catch bag into the counter. Forty-nine.
Lyra swallowed as he looked into the pod, put his forehead against it, and purred. His eyes were as dark as his suit, and his hair was a rich red-brown. His expression was needy, and his body was terrifying. She wanted to touch him.
His mating fangs were down and thick. The venom that would tie them together gleamed on the tips. She whined and pressed against the inside of the tube.
His fingers clenched on the outside of the tube, and she heard claws scrape. She had no idea they had claws. Himmy never mentioned claws.
There was a growl from behind her, and a huge body thudded into the one on the tube, and they were fighting.
