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"This whole time I thought you were the elder one," Lars said. "But you're the baby."

Phoenix grinned. "Surprised? Now suck my brother's cock. He's waiting."

Griffin rose to his feet, leveling his member with Lars's mouth. Lars opened, drawing him inside and swallowing him deep into his throat.

As they moved to share his entrance and fill him with their lengths, Lars found himself struck with a very different pleasure than he'd experienced previously. He was in control and he was fully engaged. He wanted this, and not just because of the way his bond responded to his Alphas. Without any doubts or reservations, he wanted their sex. He felt power with them, and the pleasure it brought him was mind-bending. Love? Who needed love when there wasthis?This was a true bond, and it would be quenched with blood.

He came, again and again, until his entire body ached. And they filled him with their seed, taking turns on him until they had nothing left to give.

They'd had his soul. Now they had his heart.

Chapter 9

The following afternoon,Griffin summoned a healer to the room to check on Lars and the pregnancy. Initially, he'd called for someone from the Xyletian military, but relented to Lars's request that he be examined by an Ekdolian. So the town's local healer was called, an old woman who had a reputation for being able to perform incredible predictions on the child's gender and hierarchical rank.

When she arrived, it was obvious that she was not happy to be there. "The whole army is here and you need to take me away from my patients? Certainly Xyletia must have one competent healer. Ludicrous."

"Do what you're told, old woman," Phoenix snapped.

"Or what? You'll kill me?" She set her case of equipment on the floor and went over to the couch where Lars sat.

"I'm starting to think about it," Phoenix muttered.

"Brother." Griffin slowly shook his head at him.

"I apologize," Lars said. "I requested you see me."

She narrowed her eyes. "You're an Ekdolian."

Lars nodded. "How can you tell? That's why I wanted you to see me and not some Xyletian."

Her demeanor immediately changed. "Oh. Well, that's understandable." She shifted into wolf form. "We all carry different scents. Some are more sensitive to them than others. I could smell the forests of Ekdol on you. That's how I knew. Your shirt off, please, young Omega."

He began unbuttoning his shirt. Phoenix stood next to him and kept his eyes on the old woman. Griffin was on the other side of the room, watching from a chair.

"Your Alphas are quite the watchdogs," she said.

Phoenix looked like he wanted to berate the old woman, but he held his tongue.

Lars folded the shirt and draped it over the side of the couch. The healer saw the pendant hanging around Lars's neck and paused, surprised.

"I know this symbol. It's a royal emblem. Who are you?"

Lars smiled. "Please, this child is important. I'd like to know what you can tell me about them."

"Yes," she said with wide eyes. "Right away."

Her wiry grey fur tickled his skin as she pressed her ear against his stomach, and she held it there for some time, listening intently.

"You've been with child for nearly a month now," she said.

Lars was surprised. "I only just felt it a few days ago."

"That's normal. Excuse me." She then began to sniff at him, moving her nose down to his crotch. Then she nodded and stepped away, shifting back to her human form. "Excellent."

"Well?" Phoenix asked. "What is it?"

Griffin stood, also looking impatient for the report.