Alaric was still holding Thea when she woke up.
“You ready for early morning training?” Alaric’s voice, rough with sleep, rumbled through her body, waking her up in the sweetest way. She wished she could wake up like this every morning. Then his words registered.
“I don’t want to go. I can’t.”
“Thea, you can, and there’s no reason not to.”
“Please don’t make me—”
“Thea, you’re coming. I’ll see you outside in fifteen, okay?”
She knew she had to obey him.
“Yes, Alpha.”
“Hey, that’s not—I don’t mean it like that,” Alaric said. “You know you can say no to us, right? Thea, please. I don’t want you to feel like you have to do anything you don’t want to.”
“Then why are you making me go train?”
“Because you love training. I’m not going to let you throw it away over a misunderstanding. Come on. This isn’t like you. Where’s my fearless Thea?”
“Back on the training field where she died of mortification?”
Alaric squeezed her into his chest and kissed the top of her head. “Let’s go find her corpse and revive her then.”
“Fine.”
He got out of bed and left her room. She got ready and went to the training grounds where the triplets waited for her. She didn’t meet their eyes.
They ran a lap around the field, and before they finished, Kai grabbed Thea from behind. Instincts kicked in. Thea sidestepped and threw him over her hip. Kai landed on the grass with a thud, rolled out of it to his feet, and faced her. Conri and Alaric caught up to them, and each grabbed one of Thea’s arms.
“Again?” she said. “Because this went so well yesterday.”
Kai walked toward her with his hands raised in the air, showing her he didn’t want to fight.
“Today is different,” Kai said. “Today, we’re not sparring.”
“What are we doing?”
When Kai reached her, Conri’s and Alaric’s grips shifted, and the three of them surrounded her, caging her in.
“Today, we’re seeing if we can turn you on,” Kai said.
He slowly brought his hands to her waist, then leaned in and ran his nose up and down her neck. His hands roamed over her body. She tried to ignore the sensual feelings he invoked. The more she tried to think of other things, the harder it was.
“Why are you doing this to me?” Thea said. “You already proved your point. I get turned on by you guys. I’m sorry! I don’t know what’s wrong with me!”
“Nothing is wrong with you. You should get turned on by us,” Conri said.
She groaned. “I’ve never been so humiliated,” she said, eyes closed and head down.
“Why are you embarrassed?” Alaric said.
“You guys have always been like my brothers. Sisters aren’t supposed to moan uncontrollably when their brothers tickle them.”
“We haven’t thought of you as a sister for a long time. Not since you grew those boobs you say are useless,” Kai said. “Should we see how useless they are?”
He watched her face as his hands traveled under her shirt and cupped her breasts. She gasped. He squeezed, and her mouth dropped open. He pulled her bra down, releasing her breasts, then found the peaks and rolled them between his fingers. She arched her back, leaning into his touch.
“Please,” she begged, unsure if she was begging him to stop or keep going. She wanted this so badly. “This isn’t fair.”
“But you like it?” Alaric said. She didn’t answer. Her breathing was getting shallow and fast. “What about this?”
Alaric pulled her chestnut hair out of the way and kissed her neck from behind. Her eyes closed, she whimpered, and her head fell back against his shoulder.
“I think she likes it,” Conri said. He pressed his face into the other side of her neck and breathed in deeply. His lips trailed down, kissing her, paying extra attention to her sensitive marking spot where she couldn’t hold in her moans. Alaric found the same spot on her other side, and she moaned louder before trying to come to her senses.
“Stop. Please. I’ll figure out a way to stop.”
“You’ll figure out a way to stop what?” Kai said, confused. Thea always fought until she won. Why was she giving up so easily? Begging. It wasn’t like her.
“Being turned on,” Thea said.
“Why would we want that?” Kai said.
“For so long, we thought you didn’t like us that way,” Conri said. He started sucking on that spot on her neck.
“Or maybe you weren’t ready,” Alaric said. He nibbled the spot on his side.
“I can’t tell you how happy we were to smell your arousal yesterday. Hoping we were the cause of that sweet, delicious scent,” Kai said.
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